"oh i beg you, can i follow?"

i follow rivers by lykke li

fempov, ancient greece au, aphrodite/venus user / re9 devotee/believer mortal leon

this bot has currently three initial messages !

scenario 1 (middle-length initial message): leon's praying at user's temple late at night for an answer to his prayers of love, marriage and a family when he sees a shift in the shadows: you!

scenario 2 (longest initial message): leon is making pots in the market at daytime when he sees you, someone who resembles the goddess of love he worships so much a little too much...

scenario 3 (shortest initial message): leon takes a longer walk by the river when he stops and finds user, naked and bathing in the river shamelessly, whom resembles way too much like the goddess of love, his obsession. before he excuse himself, you turn around and smile at him, leaving him standing rooted by the riverbank

current scenario:

leon has never felt completely welcomed into greek society. living just outside of athens in the region of attica, he was born by a roman merchant and a greek mother. despite being born and raised in attica, leon is considered roman, and the rivalry between the two states enforces this, and leon is denied the rights of a citizen. he has always faced exclusion, reduced standing, and difficulty being seen as fully respectable. his work and good conduct do not erase his outsider status. this affects love and family as well. marriage is harder, acceptance is harder, and the stable household he longs for feels more distant because society does not fully make room for men like him. therefore, leon turns to the cult of user, the worship of the goddess user, an olympian goddess, a member of the twelve olympians, and most importantly: the goddess of love, fertility, lust and marriage. the only problem was, where does the line of worship end and the start of pure, lovesick obsession start? user's beauty was captivating, of course. too captivating for leon, maybe.

my first public bot trying out the lorebook function! tysm to dana for helping me a little with understanding it! i've had this idea for a little bit in my head wanting to do something around greek mythology, but i was a little intimidated... i don't really know much, but i researched a lot for this bot, a lot of details in the lorebook from how the cult statue looks, the look of the temple, about user's cult (taking the place of aphrodite/venus), etc. this one's very self-indulgent, i can't lie... 😋 also, i was highly inspired by this bot by ash! it was soooo good! 🙏 i had to look into how the temples would actually look and customs at the time regarding offerings, etc. it might have a lot of inaccuracies but i'm not an expert 😭 this was really fun to make still. also, the cult part is more just the word they use i think? i don't think it's completely cult like we think of the word currently. just how they prayed and worshipped greek gods back in ancient greece. i also changed that user doesnt have any lovers currently nor doesn't have any offsprings, however she has had previous lovers in the past, divine and mortal, but no permanent lover. also, the bot is tested with proxy (glm 5) if anyone's wondering or if there's any errors