---
title: "That Cheap and Sacred Thing"
description: "Only one person has ever told Autumn Godfrey \"I love you\"—and that person wasn't even human. She was Autumn's android playmate and babysitter, Elly. Mysteriousl"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/27/9227.jpg"
---

# That Cheap and Sacred Thing

![That Cheap and Sacred Thing](https://t.vndb.org/cv/27/9227.jpg)

**Aliases:** TCAST

**Developer:** carosene

**Release date:** May 30, 2011

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS, Android

**Language:** English, Russian

**Rating:** 7.1/10 (182 votes)

## Description
Only one person has ever told Autumn Godfrey "I love you"—and that person wasn't even human. She was Autumn's android playmate and babysitter, Elly. Mysteriously, Autumn hasn't seen Elly since she was seven, but now, with the help of Jude, she might just find out what happened all those years ago.

## Characters
### Autumn Godfrey
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Long
- **Body:** Teen, Freckles
- **Personality:** Reserved, Cautious
- **Subject of:** Child Abuse, Grief
- **Role:** High School Student, Illegitimate Child

### Elly
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Violet, Long
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Body:** Kid
- **Personality:** Friendly, Tomboy, Energetic, Loyal
- **Role:** Friend, Bodyguard, Robot
- **Engages in:** Murder, Body Swap

### Elly
[url=/c46448]Jude[/url] allows for the personality data of [url=/c46447]Elly[/url] to be loaded into his body via a Mini-Disk. With her personality loaded, his eyes turn blue and he holds himself in a more relaxed, childish manner.

- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Alias:** Elly-in-Jude
- **Engages in:** Body Swap

### Jude
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Red
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Body:** Young-adult
- **Role:** Prostitute, Robot
- **Personality:** Relaxed, Confident, Insightful, Obedient
- **Engages in:** Self-sacrifice

### Mary
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blond, Long, Eye Covering, Parted to Side
- **Body:** Slim, Pale
- **Role:** Maid, Robot
- **Clothes:** Maid's Dress, Maid's Headdress

### Nadiya
- **Gender:** Female
- **Traits:** 

### Rick
- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 

### Zoe
- **Gender:** Female
- **Traits:** 

### Tessa
- **Gender:** Female
- **Traits:** 

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=10574)

## Releases
### English
- **2011-05-30**: That Cheap and Sacred Thing - [Official website](http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=10574)

### Russian
- **2016-04-21**: Ta prostaja i zavetnaja vesch' - [Official website](https://vngames.ru/novels/detail/that-cheap-and-sacred-thing/)
- **2016-04-23**: Ta prostaya i zavetnaya vesch' - [Official website](https://vk.com/wall-69564393_5752)

## Tags
ADV, Future Earth, Romance, Science Fiction, Robot Heroine, Female Protagonist, Drama, Graphic Violence, Child Abuse, No Sexual Content, Prostitution, Otome Game, Flashback, Body Swapping, Kinetic Novel, Friendship, Protagonist with a Face, Robot Hero, Only a Single Hero, Prostitute Hero, Sprite Viewer, Babysitting, Robots

## More Games from carosene
- [That Cheap and Sacred Thing](https://pinovel.net/v7304)

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