While he waits for help, Johnny investigates the bottom of the well and discovers a variety of brightly-colored ferns, mushrooms and mosses.  Snacking on this fauna keeps the child satisfied while he waits, and he enjoys some very interesting hallucinations.  Subrincinator Uplifts Johnny Generic.

I uplift

Flora!  Flora!

I uplift Johnny from the well.

I Torment Johnny by ensuring that, while Sassie is running home, he accidentally falls down another dog-specific well. Sassie barks out a request to his squirrel chum Nibbles to get additional help for both him and Johnny Generic.

I (Matuta) Torment Johnny (and increase my Prominence by V).

I Uplift Johnny by dropping, from the sky, a one-liter bottle of Dr. Pepper to keep him refreshed.

Uplift.

I, Dius Fidus Uplift Johnny by bringing to the forefront of his memory all of the other times loyal Sassie was able to save him from various situations of stranding and peril, instilling hope in his heart.

I Uplift Johnny by detonating the mine gas that has been slowly building up in the rock around the well, sending him hurtling skyward.

I’m pretty sure things are done by now; no more uplifting/tormenting.

Ah, ayup. That makes me the Patron and SetOcean is the Tormentor

No, it doesn’t.  Darknight and I are tied for the Patron (“the one among them with the lowest Prominence”), so Johnny has no Patron (“In the case of ties for Patron or Nemesis, the Plaything has no Patron or no Nemesis, respectively”).  Josh, with a Prominence V higher than SethOcean’s, is the Nemesis.

@coppro—until/ unless the rules are changed to disqualify ineffective Meddling, it is more fruitful for a Divinity to Uplift or Torment in areas over which they have no Influence… this is why there are so many Divinities in the GNDT who still have their prominence at I: “The one among them with the lowest Prominence” becomes the Patron.  So if you Uplift in an area over which you have no Influence, your Prominence remains I, increasing your chance of becoming a Patron.

You have a lower Prominence than I do, but both of us have a *much* higher Prominence than do all those Divinities who are Tormenting without effect.

Or Uplifting without effect.