#I’m never mad at you cal-with-a-kesett-tape

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IM SO MAD AT YOU @cal-with-a-kesett-tape (not really *kisses the top of your head* (platonically) <3) I see what you’re doing . I seeee you… -_- you’re trying to get me thinking about something I’m NOT going to properly write or make an outline for…….. or create a story arch for. NO! I’m not falling for it. But…… I agree with you, OC main characters just ain’t my tea. Sooooo in my brain when I was thinking about this originally, I liked the idea that the character was Prauf, made my brain happy, it would be something where Prauf kidnapped him, because he felt he had to, and took care of him at that age, was able to keep him safe cuz he’s big and he could carry Cal in a backpack thingy (cuz he tiny) he also puts his courier stuff in (which wouldn’t totally be great if Cal interacted with the stuff, but ya know, plot point) so no one paid attention to Prauf and the slightly odd, crying sound occasionally coming from the carrier, transport box, backpack thingy. Prauf is the kind of guy who would never give up on someone who needed help no matter who they are (or what they are in the case of the snitmice he took in lol according to the dialog Cal has with Bode) and Prauf never thought he’d see that little kid again and then ONE DAY he meets him again, not at first knowing this ginger was the same ginger he’d saved, but one day it starts to click, and he’s devastated but happy at the same time because he’s happy to see him but depressed because what happened to this poor kid!? why is he on Bracca? He thought him being with those people would’ve kept him safe. Cal doesn’t remember him and so Prauf never tells him. (Cal might have only very very vague memories of that time in his life because we already know Cal’s mind is really good at blocking out memories and if he interacted with something that belonged to Prauf from that time it might only be a very faint echo he can’t make sense of or if he has some inkling his mind is just blocking it out or something but overall I don’t think Prauf would’ve really kept anything from when cal was with him except for one thing). Anyway, Prauf is so happy to spend time with Cal and work with him, and look after him again. He’s happy and sad to be a part of this poor kids life again and watch him grow from a 12 year old (or something) to a 18 year old. But Cal won’t talk about his life before Bracca, and it’s so sad to see how broken he is and it’s awful he’s on a planet like Bracca. Prauf brings up the Jedi every now and then, hoping cal will say something about it but he never does. Prauf is still going to do everything he can to make sure Cal is okay and has someone he can turn to but also be someone to remind Cal to find his place in the galaxy—“eventually you gotta move on and live your life. Find your destiny” So I’d start the story with the surivor!cal maybe and he’s somewhere with Merrin, maybe a cantina that sells turbo dogs and he wants to introduce the stuff to her, but there’s some item, maybe displayed on a wall which belongs to the owner, and item is something the owner has held onto because it belonged to a friend. Cal’s drawn to it , and the moment he touches it the story “starts” with Cal experiencing his past and progression of the story and learns it was Prauf who took care of him before the Jedi did. There’s a bit more drama though because I think finding an echo of his own past is going to majorly mess Cal up and cause some sort of feedback loop he can’t get out of or which makes it really hard to get him out of the echo and maybe Merrin has to find a way to help or something. The owner lets Cal keep the item that gave him and echo. So Cal is even more devastated he lost Prauf the way he did. So that’s kinda the arch thingy. Or something like that idk.

….can you please stop making me think about writing stuff. Y_Y

If I POSSIBLY (no promises) wrote a story of Cal having severe echos at a very, very young age and his parent(s) struggling to find a way to help him, what would you ultimately want out of the story?