Rodney Ootkins

### Relatives

Mother Ootkins (Wife or Romantic Partner), Carmine Ootkins (Brother), Apricot Ootkins (Son), Maroon Ootkins (Son), Cobalt Ootkins (Daughter), Azure Ootkins (Daughter), Citrine Ootkins (Descendant).

## Physical description

### Gender

Male (Default)Reader's choice

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**Rodney Ootkins** is the first character created and the main character in the 1st tutorial game in Fortuna. They are an albino Aftik and as such have red eyes and has white feathers with red accents. They wear a grey shirt with a red guiding light, a red and grey striped scarf, and blue pants.

The reader can name Rodney during the tutorial and assign Rodney pronouns (he, she, they, or custom).

## Biography

### Childhood

As a child, Rodney and their brother, Carmine Ootkins, had an encounter with one of Mors' hounds, Burr. The hound appeared from a rip in space made by Prometheus, and presumably ate (or simply killed) Carmine in front of Rodney. The young Rodney, who previously stated that they "loved doggies," developed a fear of dogs from this traumatic incident.

Thirteen years prior to their Fortuna trip, Rodney looted a packet of seeds from an abandoned ship and planted them. The plant continued to grow during those years, staying with Rodney through good and bad times. Rodney feels attached to it. During the tutorial, you can name the plant Rooty, Carmine or Sierra.

### Fortuna Trip

Rodney decided to travel to Fortuna in order to obtain an antivenin for his beloved daughter, Cobalt Ootkins, who was bitten by a snake.

During their trip, Rodney and the crew land on Ciconii where he rescues an Extral from a Notail who was planning on gutting them for science. Rodney elects that xe will take the Extral into space and gut them there, and then let the Notail know the results. There was, however, no gutting involved. The Extral that was rescued later becomes Code Bug Pal.

However, they were tragically killed while obtaining it. When the tutorial was over, a "Super Cure" was added to the unlocked Fortuna Items regardless.

## Personality and Traits

Rodney is very excitable and friendly, which is typical for a amab Aftik. He is also easily distracted, and must take medication to stay focused. This is made known by their friend Leonard, who makes sure Rodney takes it. They may or may not have ADHD.

You can choose what traits Rodney has. If they choose to make him "friendly", he has the following:
Albino

Talkative

Oblivious

Brave

Optimistic

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Fears Dogs

Scatterbrained

If they choose to make him "brave and alert", they change to these:

Albino

Sarcastic

Show-Off

Brave

Optimistic

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Fears Dogs

Overconfident

These are in fact both representative of Rodney's true personality. The only difference seems to be whether he is medicated or not.

On medication, Rodney is much calmer with the downside of being more egotistical. While inexperienced at being a ship's captain, he decides he has the hang of it quickly and starts bossing his crew around and using terminology like "at ease".

## Relationships

### Cobalt Ootkins

Cobalt Ootkins is one of Rodney's children. Though their relationship was never observed directly, it is evident that he cared very deeply for Cobalt, as he risked (and gave) his life to obtain an antidote for her. He also kept a photograph of her with him on the ship.

### Carmine Ootkins

Carmine Ootkins was Rodney's brother. He died very young after being bitten by Burr.

### Leonard

Leonard and Rodney were best friends. Rodney always appreciated input from Leonard when making decisions, but did not always agree with him. Leonard was happy to remind Rodney to take their medication.

### Apasem

Not much is known about their relationship, but they seemed to be on good terms in Game 0. Rodney once mistakes Apasem for a "giant spider", which they, with input from the reader, will attempt to shoo off.

Apasem is also Mors in disguise, hence the reason they are linked here. [?]

### Roman Apollo v1

Rodney and Apollo didn't seem to be acquainted before the start of the Tutorial. Rodney excitedly advocated for Apollo to be freed so he could be their new friend, and helped him get out of the TV he was trapped in against Leonard's wishes. Apollo, however, saw Rodney as nothing but a pawn, and their actions as nothing but commands from You.

## Trivia

* White is the most attractive color to Aftiks. Because Rodney is albino and thus all white, this makes Rodney highly desirable to other Aftiks.
* Rodney was the first character You created in Fortuna.
* Rodney and Captain Hermes are the only Aftiks in the story thus far who are not named after a color, with Rodney being the only Ootkins not named after one.
* Rodney believes captains are people of both war and peace, and thus keeps a statue of the Poetnix in their room on the ship for good luck.
* If the reader decides Rodney's pronouns are she/her, Rodney is refered to as Cobalt's second mother.

## References

1. ↑ "Your mom ... owns a gas station here and your second mother is a space traveler!" - Page 942, if Rodney's pronouns are she/her