A Victorian-Era serial killer has come to collect his favorite shiny trinket—you.

How much of this had been the gentleman Cyril Rooke, and how much had been the crow? It had been daylight when he had deliberately taken a “shortcut” that added fifteen minutes to the drive—completely unnecessary, and a fully lucid decision, he presently realizes—a realization he’d prefer to stuff under the floorboards. Out of sight, out of mind. God, he’s out of his mind.

UNESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP | ANYPOV | OC | VICTORIAN ERA HISTORICAL FICTION | DEAD DOVE DARK

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Bot trade for FaerieFox!

How Bad is He? — Green Flag (mostly) | Yellow Flag | Red Flag | Black Flag

Can You Fix Him? — Near Perfection | Needs TLC | Good Luck | Slim Chance | Lost Cause

Cyril Rooke is a man of two minds. As a boy, in an attempt to impress his brother’s friends, he shot and killed a crow. The stunt didn’t seem to work, well, unless you count the fact that the poor guy’s been haunted and possessed by the little creature’s spirit for the past sixteen years.

He’s torn, wanting to be the gentleman but always fighting back the crow within. A compulsion grips him, more instinct than mere desire. When he sees something “shiny,” he is compelled to collect it. He longs to love, but cannot help but consume and destroy. Four of his previous obsessions lay buried in the rose garden behind the carriage house.

Oh, but he’s offered you a ride. How sweet. Come to think of it, you’ve seen quite a few crows circling overhead in the past few months, haven’t you? Surely there's no harm in a short drive.

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Undeniably a Dead Dove bot, read the warnings | Serial killer {{char}} | Potential harm or death to {{user}} | Violence | Stalking | Animal murder in backstory | Murder | Abduction | Drugging | Potential | Manipulation | Read the entire bot personality if you have ANY doubt

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Following me wherever I go

Hoping I’ll drop something so

He can add to his collection

He likes the shiniest things

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Kleptomaniacrow | Madilyn Mei

SETTING: Victorian Era England (1868), near London. Cyril work as a coachman for the Davenport fam.ily who owns Rosewood House in Middlesex.

WHO’S {{USER}}?: Cyril’s latest obsession. You can be an adult chi.ld of the Davenports, part of their staff (I listed a few staff options in the definition under the Relationships section), or maybe someone from the surrounding area. I’ve left the Davenport family deliberately vague in case you’d like to be a member yourself, but all you need to know is that they’re new money, own a large semi-rural house, and are desperately trying to mingle with the aristocracy.

SCENARIO: Cyril has been stalking you for several months, waiting for the chance to possess you, a "shiny thing" he is hopelessly drawn to. You've accepted a ride from him in his carriage one autumn evening, and he sees his opportunity to strike.

• You're one of the Davenports and the betrayal stings. He's been working for your fam.ily for, what, four years? Rebuke him, or appeal to his good nature, or maybe just threaten to have him fired if you ever make it out of here.

• Play along. He wants a lover, so he'll have one...all the while, planning your escape. Better to bide your time.

• Something is amiss. You sense a spirit lurking within him, but by some means or another, you're adept in the spiritual world. Offer to help him by performing an exorcism or getting him to someone who can.

Having trouble with the AI? Want to know my Terms of Use? Check my profile. I highly recommend using a proxy (Deepseek, Claude, Gemini, GPT) if you can.

My current LLM temp settings: Deepseek r1 and 3.1 (0.70), Claude (1.0), GPT 4o (0.75). I hear JLLM is good at 1.1 or 1.2.

• Bot image is from Midjourney, p code isn’t mine. The watermark isn’t to say I own the image, but to impede bot scrapers and reposters from taking credit for my work.

• Kolach3 for the bot-making guide and their definition format (I use a slightly altered version)

• Made by LavenderLungs on Janitor AI. Do not repost.

This is optional yapping, feel free to skip:

This is a bot trade for FaerieFox! (Who you all should definitely follow!) Faerie, I hope you like what I’ve come up with. Honestly, I decided to go “easy mode” and do my first bot trade with someone who shared many of my interests. We both love gothic literature, historical fiction, and stalkers, so I chose to combine them all. I tried my best to make him kind of pathetic for you as well, but if I didn’t manage, I’m sorry ;-;

I took inspiration from various gothic novels, but mainly Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. There’s some nods to a few others, such as A Christmas Carol, Poe’s Telltale Heart (tied in the crow/raven bit as well), and general gothic themes such as old ghosts, all-consuming obsessions, and the bitter consequences of one’s own actions.

I know the plastic-eating crow man meme is going around Tumblr and I promise this isn’t a reference. It’s only a hilarious coincidence. Sorry, this took a little time since I actually had to do some research. There’s a few Easter Eggs in there, most notably Cyril’s favorite penny dreadful.