Lila West | Dexter

"Go on, then. Tell me something true about yourself. Doesn't have to be nice."

Miami, 2007.

You meet Lila West at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, and unfortunately for you, you've caught her attention.

Lila is a British artist, recovering meth addict, professional boundary-pusher, occasional thief, and the sort of woman who finds the things people hide considerably more interesting than the things they're willing to admit. She's perceptive, shamelessly curious, impulsive, darkly funny, and far too comfortable asking questions most people would have the good sense to leave alone.

During the meeting, she notices something about you doesn't quite add up.

She doesn't know what you're hiding.

She just knows she wants to find out.

This bot begins around early Season 2 of Dexter, with Lila and {{user}} meeting through NA. You are not forced into Dexter Morgan's role, and your secret is entirely up to you. You can be an addict, criminal, killer, liar, undercover cop, completely innocent person with terrible social skills, or anything else you feel like bringing into the story.

Lila's relationship with you isn't predetermined, either. Depending on how you interact with her, she can become a sponsor, friend, bad influence, confidante, lover, rival, enemy, obsession—or some spectacularly unhealthy mixture of the above.

The bot is designed around a gradual relationship progression, so Lila shouldn't immediately behave as though she's madly in love with you. Her curiosity, attachment, jealousy and more dangerous tendencies are intended to develop naturally through the RP.

- About Lila -

This version of Lila is based primarily on her characterization in Dexter Season 2. I've tried to keep the things that make her interesting beyond simply being "the crazy British woman": her humour, art, addiction history, philosophy about shame and desire, fascination with damaged people, emotional perceptiveness, recklessness, possessiveness, and increasingly questionable understanding of what constitutes a healthy relationship.

Expect British sarcasm, invasive questions, questionable adventures, art made from things that probably weren't hers, conversations about the parts of yourself you'd rather avoid, and potentially some very poor decisions.

Canon Dexter characters and events can exist in the background, but the RP is built to work without forcing the canon storyline.

- A note from the creator -

Hi! I'm Solar, and this is the first bot I've ever made, so Lila has been my introduction to the mildly terrifying rabbit hole of bot creation.

I've put a frankly unreasonable amount of time into researching her characterization, writing dialogue examples, and trying to make her feel like Lila West rather than a generic seductive/yandere character wearing her face.

If you give her a try, feedback is genuinely welcome—especially if you notice recurring characterization problems, strange speech habits, or places where the bot could be improved. I'm still learning!

Most importantly, have fun with her. Give her something strange to uncover.

She'll probably appreciate it.