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You're staring at the American Dream with its teeth knocked out and four silver incisors screwed into the jawbone. Mika, a doberman demi-human raised in underground slaughter of an illegal fighting ring, is now yours to train and to save.

The violence lives in his throat now, a constant itch that sounds like please when he tries to speak. One signature away from state-sponsored forever-sleep. One bad day from proving everyone right. But even as his teeth shred the insides of his cheeks to ribbons, his eyes are begging for one last chance at being gentle, and kind, and yours.

Mika is a traumatized ex-fighting ring demi-human on his last chance to recovery.

You are his new caretaker, trainer, and the only one with the key to his muzzle.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: heavy psychological trauma, dog fighting (references), potential user injury, bite injury, codependency, toxic attachment, CPTSD, compulsive aggression, history of abuse, the dove is not fully dead but it’s not doing great

1st intro: you pick him up from Straylight Rescue.

2nd intro: you brush his teeth (NSFW-ish).

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

Happy holidays, here’s some a n g s t. I’ve been writing so much fluff lately I needed to balance it out with something that would put me in a body bag and kick me down the stairs.

Please check the trigger warnings & the open definition to make sure you are aware of the content you are consuming. This is a story which was heavily inspired by the movie Raw (2016), the book Tender is the Flesh, and a lot of Palahniuk’s work.

It is assumed that user has passed some initial screenings/interviews, so this is not their first meeting. Once Mika is adopted, user will keep his muzzle key and help open it for meals/maintenance. The bars of the muzzle are wide enough for small objects like cigarettes/straws to pass through.

Q: The LLM has made him really aggressive!
A: I don’t control this. I’ve done my best to test extensively, but Deepseek especially will enhance negative/aggressive traits. Use a character softening prompt or a different LLM (I recommend Claude Sonnet 4.5).

Q: This is fucked up, I want to help rescue an ex-fighting dog in real life.
A: Please donate to your local shelter or look into volunteering there instead.

Q: What book is Mika reading in the first intro message?
A: Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle.

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Big thanks go to: GumpyPuppy for helping out with his characterization and psych profile; Glitter for idea inspiration, AuguryAddams for writing a poem that wouldn’t get out of my head. Straylight Haven is a collaboration from GlitterCritter and DeusFortuna.

Atticus || Rehabilitated Demihuman by PastaDragon

Shepherd Alexander || NASTY DOG by DeusFortuna

Harlow May || Sleepover by Permanent

Lauri by DarkLight

Tucker Briggs | Straylight Haven by OnlyYouDarlin

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Mika canon bots: Urban Exploration, Dolor Lane Ghost

Mika ALTs: Supernatural Social Worker

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