![]() ![]() It’s actually odd that the game doesn’t use the common word ‘soul’, when it frequently uses other religious terms like ‘god’ (18 times) ‘messiah’ (64 times) ‘prophet’ (~6) ‘sacred’, (8) ‘savior’ (19) and one instance of ‘altar’ (when it easily could have used ‘dais’, even!). For the latter, if there weren’t some sort of belief in an afterlife, he’d surely say something like, “What the heck/fudge is going on?” (Although the use of “Good heavens, no!” and “Who the heck?” once each might be evidence the people of OneShot believe in an afterlife, it could just as easily a coincidence.) Other Religious Terminology Additionally, one character (Lamplighter) asks “Am I dead?” after seemingly dying/getting caught in a lethal trap. There’s one scene of two characters (Calamus and Alula) addressing their deceased mother at a graveyard, and Alula saying: “I hope she can see us wherever she is!”. Nonetheless, it seems there’s some sort of belief in an afterlife within the world of OneShot. He only time ‘spirit’ could be used as synonymous with ‘soul’, judging by the dialogue transcript, is when The World Machine/The Entity is described as “the spirit of the world”, and it’s a context where “mind”, “self”, or “consciousness” could also work. In three out of four times it uses the similar word ‘spirit’, it’s in the context of the dryad-esque “plant spirit” character, Maize. For “ghost”, it’s only when referring to a sort of helping program/journal that’s the trace of a character who no longer lives within the world. In fact, even the game when it uses the similar terms 'ghost’ or 'spirit’, it’s not used in a way that’s synonymous with 'soul’. (if the dialogue respository of the game is accurate, and it is not always so) Although narratives about artificial beings (e.g., robots) often bring up the possession of a soul as the dividing line between people and mere imitations, and OneShot discusses this dividing line, not once does dialogue in OneShot even use the word ‘soul’. It’s commonly supposed that a soul grants humans (the only indisputable “people”, in real-world terms) a unique, or uniquely sophisticated, ability to think and feel relative to their animal brethren. Contains spoilers for OneShot and its Solstice route.) Souls and Robots Since she was stated to have feathers, it is implied that she was a bird person like Rachis.(Screenshot from OneShot, showing Niko, the ‘messiah’, with Rue, a possibly robotic fox. She died of unknown causes, but before dying, prophesied that a savior would come from another land, and gave one of her feathers to Rachis. The Prophet was a seer with glowing feathers. It is unknown what might have happened to him and whether he is alive or dead. Since Calamus states that he and Alula are living in the Ruins alone, it can be assumed that Rachis is no longer living with them. Before the Prophet died, she gifted Rachis with one of her glowing yellow feathers, which he intended to pass down as a family heirloom. In one of the Author's unpublished books, it is mentioned that the Author taught Rachis how to read and that both of them have been meeting with the Prophet regarding the prophecy. When his children were young, he lived with them in the village, but for reasons unknown, moved them to the nearby ruins. Rachis is the father of Calamus and Alula, and a former resident of the Glen. Mentioned characters are simply those who have been mentioned, but have no visual appearance or interactive role in OneShot. In the solstice route, they are shown to believe that the countdown room is counting to the end of the world. They are very cryptic and give you different dialogue depending on the time set on your computer. Watcher is in the room before the room with the tape and stapler. ![]()
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