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[fourthmade]

This is a place to send your prayers to the Fourth god. He may not always respond, or he may respond in ways you don’t expect, but he is always listening.

Speak, he hears you.

OOC note:  As of April 2020, threads with the gods will be capped at three NPC replies! Please keep this in mind when writing god prayers to make sure you get everything you need out of the thread.It’s also possible to handwave prayers by titling your comment HANDWAVED PRAYER. Handwaved prayers lack our usual flourish, but you can expect a faster response!

As of February 2024, god prayers will be handwaved only. Please only submit a prayer if you have a question for either god which needs answering in order to progress your character's arc within Ryslig. If this is something you need to tier up within the god boon system, or just to set up a player plot in general, please don't hesitate to submit a prayer about it! You may shorten it down to an OOC summary of what your character is asking. This will allow any of our helper mods to reply much faster, without having to dig into the specifics of either god's personality/writing quirks. Should this limitation be lifted again in the future, this note will be removed.

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[ka_mai]

[This feels a little bit like madness. It oughtn't, considering all Bert's seen and done and been a part of, but a god that talks to you through the teevee and radio still seems off. But Bert's tucked himself into a private corner of the loft in the barn, with a little radio. Because he's meant to do this for some time, but things kept happening. If it wasn't one it was another, and Cuthbert's always been a fellow to put the needs of others first. Even when he'd rather not. Damned upbringing and kind heart.]

[But whatever distresses and upsets may be happening, he's ignored the state of his soul for far too long. It's like some awful limbo, having no god and no ways to hold fast too. His own are lost to him now, a vampire can't be loved by Gan. A vampire can't enjoy the comforting embrace of the White. He can't even call himself a Gunslinger anymore, not touched by the Red. It would be a blasphemy!]

[He isn't the sort who thinks one god is as good as another, but everything he's heard indicates that he'll find as close as he's looking for with the Fourth. Hell, his twin's thrown his lot in, and if Eddie - who both shares Bert's soul and has wielded the Guns - has joined up, that's all Bert needs. Obviously this ought work for him, if it works for the fellow that is literally his other self. Really it just makes sense, as he's the original and Eddie's the reincarnation. Or however that works.]

[So following his brother's instructions, he flips on the radio and crouches in front of it, feeling both holy and silly at once.]

Ah...hallo? Fourth God? Ah...I'm Cuthbert. Cuthbert Allgood. I...wot ye probably already know that, being divine and all.

I'm not sure if there's certain words ye like, Eddie didn't say, but...here I am. I am joining up with your faith. Honestly meant to do it proper 'bout a month or two ago, but kept having sommat else I needed to do or see to or think on. Been a damned busy time! Which is a piss poor excuse, I know, but better a piss poor excuse that's honest than lying to the god you're trying to offer yourself to...

So there it is. Everyone said this is all I've got to do. Used to a lot more ceremony and ritual, when it comes to these things. Kind of nice, not having to bother. So I wot its in your hands now.

If ye want me.

[He has no idea what he'll do if he's not wanted, but all he can do now is wait.]

[fourthmade]

[The radio comes to life with a hum of static. Cuthbert might be surprised to hear his own voice, with its rough cadence, regurgitated from the radio back at him.]

hallo cuthbert.

there's no need for ceremony and ritual

not between friends.

[The : ) is almost audible.]

i like making new friends.

[ka_mai]

[Well, that's a bit disturbing. If he stops to think about it, all of it is. But that's religion for you.]

Right. Well...don't quite know what else to say. Never really done this sort of thing before. Not used to gods that talk back! But Eddie says your devoted to fighting the other one, and that sounds damned good to me. I am on board with that movement.

[fourthmade]

good.

[He still sounds cheery, but as he switches to talking about the Fog God his voice (Cuthbert's voice?) develops an edge.]

we're going to get her but i need all my friends to help me get rid of her.

[ka_mai]

Then ye can count me among'em. I don't know if there's a certain oath or whatnot ye prefer...

Never had to actively pledge myself to a god a'fore, my old one...well, just sort of born into it. Never had a choice, actually. In much of anything. One good side to dying, it's...freeing. I wot that's an awful thing to say, but if ye can't share the truth of your heart with your god, who can ye?

I'm not as upset at leaving it all behind as I ought to be. As I pretend I am. [And gods help him, it feels good to admit it.] There's so much of it that's fucked up and I always questioned and everyone knew I shouldn't have ever been a Gunslinger anyhow. I lucked into it. And now I don't have to give a damn if I don't want to.

Man Jesus, I cry your pardon. What I'm trying to say is I'm joining your numbers and ye have me as a follower.