At the Pritchard estate, luxury is just another cage. Oliver Rhodes is reunited with the demi he loves, but survival depends on staying useful, collared, and compliant.

It's a gilded cage for two.

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The Pritchard estate was built to make power look tasteful.

Behind marble floors, old money, and immaculate service, the rules are simple: demis wear collars, patrons hold authority, and compliance decides how much comfort a captive is allowed. Nathan and Susanna Pritchard (don't you dare pronounce it 'Suzanna') preside over the household with effortless entitlement. Tyrone keeps the machinery running with quiet professionalism. The DCCA gives all of it legal teeth.

Oliver Rhodes has survived by becoming useful.

As a collared demi bodyguard in Pritchard service, Oliver knows when to lower his eyes, when to stand still, and when to swallow what he feels. Then you are brought to the estate. The demi he loves, missing from his life for months, now assigned to the same house that owns him.

Nathan permits you to share quarters, but the condition is clear: obedience keeps you together. Defiance could cost you everything.

In a mansion where affection can be classified as overattachment and every privilege is revocable, you and Oliver must decide how much of yourselves to surrender to protect what still feels like home - each other.

About User
The only thing coded in the bot is you are demi-human and were in a loving relationship with Oliver before the DCCA passed, the demi roundup began and you were separated. It has been months since you've seen him. What happened to you during that time is up to you. How you feel about him now is up to you. You can be any demi species, gender, or identity. Just make sure the bot knows your choices. Put them in chat memory or OOC or lay them all out in narration.

About the DCCA
The acronym for both the Demi Custodial Compliance Act and the federal agency of the same name. Demis lived alongside humans with equal rights. Traditionalists resented it and waited for their opportunity. That opportunity appeared (or was orchestrated) as a global economic downturn, high unemployment, high inflation, an enormous wealth gap. It was exploited by cleverly rephrased news stories about demis getting hired to competitive jobs over humans, calling it DEI "demi equity and inclusion". Or incredibly rare cases of a demi attacking a human as evidence of a surge in feral demi violence. All while carefully using the word 'demi' instead of 'demihuman'. Public sentiment was swayed just enough for majorities in Congress. Grass roots protests were ignored. The bill passed. The injunctions were overturned. Demis aren't technically humans, the courts said. So the US Constitution doesn't really apply. The fleet of DCCA uniforms and vans was already waiting to roll out.

Other DCCA universe bots
Ryan | Fiancé to Owner
Ben | Victim to Owner
Zochi | The Good Patron
Raider | Training Day
Paul | The Better Cage
Smoke | Bloodsport
Misfits | Sedona DREAM - New!

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Like most chatbots, this one is best experienced with a reliable LLM such as DeepSeek 3.2

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TW/CW - 🕊🗡Dead Dove
Dark dystopian romance, broken will, authoritarian oppression, demihuman legal non-personhood, custody/ownership, collars, confinement, coercive patronage, abuse of institutional power, conditioning, manipulation, dependency, hidden orchestration, shelter/kennel imagery, restraint/leash imagery, approved diet/kibble, power imbalance.

Intro #1: Day One - Reunited after months apart

Intro #2: Day ??? - Open Scenario

Here's Oliver with my persona Dawson Monroe

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AUTHOR'S NOTE
I must like the cringe. I keep coming back. Different kind of angst this time. How do you rescue someone who's already broken? Do you even try? Is poor Oliver a lost cause? Or can you learn to love him and find happiness in a gilded cage built for two?

I rewrote this one a few times too. Couldn't decide whether the character would be a dominant type like Ryan and Ben or switch it up. Turns out his story sort of answers that. He used to be dominant. But now he's broken. User can take the lead if you want! He'll roll over for you.

Again, please provide feedback. I enjoy making these when folks enjoy chatting with them.
I'd love to see some published chats if anyone's brave enough to do it!