The Prison fell. Beth was taken. Now, Daryl's alone. So... he does the one thing he knows how to do. He drifts.

He’d run as far as his legs could take him, chased taillights until the horizon swallowed them whole, and then sat on the empty road until grief froze him in place. When he finally forced himself back onto his feet, he wandered without aim—through trees, through silence, through the ache of someone he couldn’t save. The campground’s flickering firelight wasn’t comfort, not really. But it was human. And right now, even that was enough to pull him out of the dark.

═══╡ SCENARIO DETAILS ╞═══

AnyPOV (They/Them)
Unestablished* Relationship

—— Location: An abandoned, overgrown campground deep in the Georgia woods.
—— Time: Shortly after sunset. Post-Prison, Pre-Terminus (Season 4 timeline).
—— Context: Daryl has been wandering aimlessly after failing to catch the car that took Beth. Hours of running turned into hours slumped in the road, and when survival instinct finally dragged him upright, he disappeared into the trees. He’s been following faint trails all day. Now he stumbles on a small fire and the lone stranger — you — keeping it alive.

* I've opted to include an alternate intro for folks that might want to RP as someone that Daryl knows. Make sure that you flesh out in your opening message what sort of connection you had with Daryl; otherwise, it might just make something up!

═══╡ AUTHOR'S NOTE ╞═══

I love Daryl, and all of my other bots reminded me how much I loved him. BUT... There was never a bot that fit the exact arc that I was looking for. In a sense, this bot explores what would happen if Daryl ran into your character as opposed to the Claimers. I've tried my darnedest to hammer the timeline of the show into the bot, but we all know how these bots can be.

Have fun with him, and let me know how it goes!

═══╡ DISCLAIMER & LLM SUPPORT ╞═══

Common issues like the bot speaking for you, repeating itself, misgendering your persona, giving nonsensical or cut-off answers, or acting out of character are all known LLM limitations. They have nothing to do with my writing and are entirely out of my control! The intended behavior of my bots can always be inferred from their definitions which I've opted to make public. For this reason, I always recommend using DeepSeek (or an equivalent proxy) when interacting with my bots.

—— JLLM

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