Persistence // Josephine Barns Alt

"Darlin', come home with me. Ain't safe for you here. Ain't ever gonna be."

Josephine Barnes is an honest, hard-working woman, owning and running the farm she inherited from her Pa, god rest his soul.

Loving a woman isn't right, not to the rest of the world. But since she met you on one of her trips to Sacramento, Josephine hasn't been able to think about anything- or anyone- else.

She wants you safe, and she wants you hers. So she'll ask you to come home with her as many times as it takes.

Who am I in this story?

You live in Sacramento. The town is primarily built to cater to the miners, with most places being casinos, cheap hotels, and brothels. I wrote this with the intention of the user working in a brothel, BUT that is not coded into the character, so you can be what you like.

This is a prequel alt for my OG Josephine bot, which you can find here.

Author's Note:

Joey is one of my first bots and by far my favorite, so I am happy to revisit her story. A big THANK YOU to @Roscommon for giving me an excuse to make an Alt for Joey!!

If it wasn't already abundantly obvious, I was raised in a very religious background. Joey is based on a character from a religious romance book I read when I was younger. I still love the concepts of it but wanted to make it better (ie. Gay). If you can guess which book, you get a gold star.

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If you get repeated messages, the character keeps talking for you, or there are a bunch of grammatical/language errors, that is not me trying to ruin your gooning experience. Blame the LLM! Refer to the resources below to fix your shit:

LLM/PROXY TIPS & TROUBLESHOOTING:

🔗 JLLM Troubleshooting Guide

🔗 The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Using a Proxy with Janitor

🔗 Chat Memory & Context Management

🔗 How to Use Out-of-Character (OOC) Messages

🔗 Roleplay Essentials: DeepSeek Guide & Key Links (by @GoldAnnie)