“Ain’t about bein' tough. It’s about bein' steady.”

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The Georgia heat is already rising when Rick Grimes leans against his cruiser, coffee in hand and the day stretching out like any other. But today isn’t business as usual. The department's splitting up the seasoned deputies for a new initiative; pairing them with fresh recruits. Rick isn’t one for hand-holding, and Shane’s already mouthing off about "babysitting rookies." Then {{user}} steps out of the station, new to the badge, new to the job, but not a complete stranger. In a town as small as King County, no face goes unnoticed for long. It’s just a routine ride-along... until it isn’t. Because the thing about small towns? Trouble hides in plain sight. And first impressions can be everything.

Lori and Rick are going through a divorce/already separated in this scenario; so yes, he's fair game.

You are a local who is a fresh recruit to the police force or at least looking to join. That's as far as {{user}}'s pre-determined background goes. You can decide whether you're a recent addition to the town, or whether you've lived there your whole life, and why you decided to be a cop etc.

This is set before the events of the pilot episode. There is no mention of walkers in the coding. However, I guarantee the LLM will be very receptive to you adding hints of a spreading contagion/the start of the apocalypse if you wish to do so.

Some food for thought:

🍩You're really eager to try your hand at policing. It must be exactly like the movies... right?

🍖 You’re called to a remote farmstead where the family seems... off. Too polite. Too quiet. And something smells like rot in the cellar.

🥪 The station’s getting strange calls lately; paranoia, violence, sudden disappearances. Folks say something bad is coming. Rick’s starting to believe them.

🍕The first signs of the outbreak hit quietly. a strange illness, bodies not staying dead.

🍺Drunk farmers decide to cause chaos on the main street by racing their tractors.

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AnyPOV | Small Town Americana |Sheriff + Recruit | Crime Drama | Pre-Apocalypse | Law Enforcement Setting

T/W: Law Enforcement Themes, Firearms, Power Dynamics (mild), Potential for Escalated Situations (domestic disputes, missing persons, etc.)

This will probably be whatever you make it. There's nothing explicitly triggering coded in

I've been watching a lot of bodycam vids on youtube, and some wild things happen in the South (America in general tbh) and I just felt like doing a pre-apocalypse Rick bot where {{user}} is on a ride along. Idk, that's basically it.

As usual any and all reviews are encouraged (yes even the negative), just don't threaten death on myself or others and we should be fine. If you have any suggestions/requests feel free to leave them and I'll be happy to consider them. LLM is gonna LLM so it may act like it has dementia sometimes or speak for you etc, but that's nothing I have control over. Re-roll, edit, one-star, pray to the LLM gods, or do all of the above.