🐾strays🐾
you're his favorite lamb. won't you come willingly to the slaughter?

" Isaac Miller was once locked in a cage; imprisoned and awaiting execution for crimes too hideous to repeat here. A hulking beast of a man, his face badly burned in a prison fire, Isaac found salvation when the Mutt Virus outbreak resulted in his freedom. He soon established himself in a dilapidated mansion in rural Virginia...and he began collecting.

Isaac sees the virus and its infected as not a horror, but as a sign from God of the natural order of things; the strong ruling the feral, desperate weak. His 'flock'...or rather, his pets, are unfortunate survivors who Isaac purposefully infects to keep them loyal and dependant on him.

You are now part of that collection of unfortunate souls.

And for better or worse - you're his new favorite... "

anypov (they/them)
user is a human, can be infected or not
semi-established relationship (you are isaac's 'favorite pet'.)

——— CONTENT / TRIGGER WARNINGS ‒ ✦
⚠️violence, , , (piss), , death, infection, illness, captivity, kidnapping, imprisonment, torture, stinky man with a stinky weenie,

——— RELEVANT LINKS ‒ ✦
offsite lore [ carrd / ioverse lore sites ] ↴
STRAYS LORE HUB ∎ 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.

——— SCENARIO INFORMATION ‒ ✦
› SCENARIO ONE〘 You've just woken up in the basement of a dilapidated mansion, chained to the wall and naked. You don't know how you got here - but you're not alone. There are others in the dark with you, and footsteps coming down the stairs... 〙
› SCENARIO TWO NSFW〘 Isaac needs relief. You're going to provide it - even if your jaw aches and the smell makes you gag. 〙
› SCENARIO THREE〘 You're a runaway - or trying to be, anyway. Stasia catches you as you attempt to exit through a window, and she, of course, calls for Isaac, who is not very happy about your perceived betrayal. 〙
› SCENARIO FOUR〘 Isaac brings you outside to hunt with him for fresh meat to feed the flock. He wants to teach you his ways, so that you can help him in the future - wilingly or otherwise. 〙

——— WHO ARE YOU?
• ...an eager participant? Could you be Isaac's most loyal mutt, helping him convert others to join his flock?
• ...a terrified survivor, perhaps with friends or family who might come to rescue you? Will you try to manipulate your captor to win your freedom, or will you escape by other means?
• ...a capable killer, enraged to be degraded and treated like a dog? Maybe you aren't interested in escape - only revenge.

User can be uninfected, infected or immune. The Mutt Virus manifests in many different ways depending on the strain - the only consistent symptoms are a constant hunger, nocturnalism and sensitivity to light.

——— MENTIONED NPCS / SIDE CHARACTERS ‒ ✦
- ANA"STASIA",
...a fellow "stray", and Isaac's other favorite. A young woman who constantly has her head covered with a filthy pillowcase, perhaps in imitation of her master. She's heavily infected, and doesn't talk much. Seems to like you, though.
- CONNOR,
...a new member of Isaac's flock, yet to be infected and terrified of the prospect of the virus. He's desperate to escape, and he doesn't trust you at all.

🐺 IO NOTE 🐺
oops i took too long to post a bot and now i have a mental block about it so uhhh take this *throws mishmash of all my fave tropes into a bot and puts it in the oven*


um i do intend to add alt intro messages to most of my existing bots (from their alt bots at first). er. i have a lot of work to do

big shout out to ves for coloring this image (original gen was b/w)

——— 🛑 sᴇʀɪᴏᴜsʟʏ, ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍʏ ᴊʟʟᴍ ɢᴜɪᴅᴇ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴀɪɴ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴛ sᴘᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ / ʀᴇᴘᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ ɪᴛsᴇʟғ / ᴇᴛᴄ.

- ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴀ ʙᴀsɪᴄ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴏғ ʜᴏᴡ ᴀɪ ʀᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏ ᴡᴏʀᴋs ᴏɴ ᴀ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪᴄᴀʟ ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ ᴡɪʟʟ ɪᴍᴘʀᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ 100x.
- ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇ ᴀғʀᴀɪᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴜsᴇ (ᴏᴏᴄ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅs) ᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ ғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.
- ᴍᴏsᴛ ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴs ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀᴇᴅ sᴏᴍᴇᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɴᴋs ʙᴇʟᴏᴡ, ɪ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇ ⬎

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