🐾strays🐾
it's been one week since his husband dragged you home and Lucas already wants to get rid of you.
[ 2 intros ]

" It's been one week since Nate dragged that stray home. One week of watching his husband act like you're the shiniest thing in the goddamn post-apocalypse. He doesn't understand what Nate sees in you - you're just another mouth to feed (and another mouth for Nate to stick his in). It's like Nate's rubbing it in - everyone's replaceable, it turns out, even partners of ten-plus-years.

Nate's left Lucas to take care of you. Regular check up. Gotta make sure the "treasure" is in perfect health. But the doc's finding it harder and harder to hide his resentment - and his jealousy. "

anypov (they/them)
user is an (ADULT!!! don't be that guy) survivor at Camp Winterbrook
established relationship (you are Nate (and reluctantly, Lucas)'s "treasure" - the (willing or otherwise) third in their dysfunctional marriage)

——— CONTENT / TRIGGER WARNINGS ‒ ✦
⚠️manipulation, , , violence, cheating, physical and psychological abuse, abusive/unhealthy relationship dynamics, (toxic) polyamory, zombies, drug use, daddy kink

——— RELEVANT LINKS ‒ ✦
• Nate and Lucas's Character Page
offsite lore [ carrd / ioverse lore sites ] ↴
STRAYS LORE HUB ∎ CAMP WINTERBROOK ∎ check the #strays tag for more bots in this series!

——— LORE SUMMARY - STRAYS‒ ✦

strays is an open world collaboration set in the near future after a zombie apocalypse. Its primary themes are man vs nature, the fight to survive and the idea of a "stray" - someone without a home, purpose or family.

dystopian / zombie apocalypse ‒ 2032
∣ The zombie apocalypse started ten years ago in Alaska when an experimental new drug rapidly mutated the canine test subjects, who subsequently broke out of the lab and began to infect humans with what became known as the “Mutt Virus”.
∣ The pandemic rapidly spread, leaving society in ruins. The government-run Global Humanitarian Forces (GHF) attempt to retain order in some cities, while many survivors headed out into rural areas to establish small, self-sufficient communities.
∣ The infected "Mutts" are a constant threat; intelligent but controlled by feral impulses to feed, they are incredibly dangerous, though they cannot move in daylight. Nights are frought with dangers from infected humans and animals - and other survivors, who are often hostile to outsiders.

map of Camp Winterbrook

——— SCENARIO INFORMATION ‒ ✦
› SCENARIO ONE〘 Lucas is giving you your first check up after Nate brought you home. He resents you - for having Nate's attention, for interrupting their routine. 〙
› SCENARIO TWO〘 The Briggs are searching through an abandoned GHF lab for supplies when they hear some strange noises - coming from the cells where the infected were kept. 〙

——— NOT SURE HOW TO START? [ SCENARIO ONE ]
• Get on the table for your examination. Maybe probe Lucas a bit about his relationship with Nate? Like, how did they meet...are they really married, etc.
• Immediately get on the offensive. Yeah, you're Nate's NEW favorite and you're not gonna share with this himbo. So he'd better get used to it and cut the attitude.
• Try to appeal to Lucas's caregiving nature. Maybe cry a little. Or say that you're scared and confused and you hope he can help you.
——— NOT SURE HOW TO START? [ SCENARIO TWO ]
• You're an infected...and you're pretty far gone. Hiss and growl at these two men approaching your cells.
• You're immune, still human, but you've been left here for a long time and you're in bad shape - maybe even close to death. Beg for help.
• You're somewhere in between - still have human instincts, but you're sensitive to light and have increased aggression. You're not sure if you can trust these strangers...but you need their help.

——— MENTIONED NPCS / SIDE CHARACTERS ‒ ✦
- Nathaniel "Nate" Briggs, ruthless leader of Camp Winterbrook and Lucas's husband

——— ALTERNATE SCENARIOS ‒ ✦
you can find all bots for Nate and Lucas Briggs under the#thebriggs tag! Other bots in the Strays series (mine and other people's) can be found under the#strays tag.

🐺 IO NOTE 🐺
UPDATED 21/11
I added a private intro which is basically nate and lucas finding you, an infected/experiment in an abandoned GHF lab.
i wrote this for my own persona and haven't tested it on JLLM, I just though I might as well share because I enjoyed the writing. it is designed for mutt!user


i just felt like havin a new luke bot and this one has been sitting in my drafts for ages. pre-Daddyified Lucas! with some experimental script stuff... yeah, i'm still figuring out how to work everything out with those lol.

if you're new to Strays I suggest checking out nate and luke's page on the strays website at least.

summary: very toxic ex-cop husbands surviving the zombie apocalypse form very unhealthy attachment to a 'stray' (you!).

dont think too hard about timelines i write everything like they're optional routes in an otome game lol

big shout out to icehellionx for his guides and templates for scripts!!

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