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'Galaxy's 4am thoughts'
I grouped together a bunch of smaller drafts and stuck them in one post. They aren't in any particular order soo-
I want to see an apocalyptic au where Cale gets to beat the shit out of some zombies with a bat.
Maybe it's set in the modern world. Single father Cale who's adopted a baby Raon after literally hearing him crying in a dumpster. He's In his apartment when the outbreak begins and it gets swarmed. He leaves with Raon in a front facing baby carrier through the fire escape.
With only a bat and a handgun to defend himself, it practically feels like Cale and Raon against the world.
Maybe it would be the smarter thing to leave Raon to ensure his own survival, maybe having two mouths to feed and protect could prove to be trouble in the long-run. Cale doesn't care. Raon miru is his son and there's no way in hell he's abandoning him.
Cale and Raon get stranded. Their city looks like a ghost town.
They find a survivor group camping out in a library. With a few days of quarantine to make sure they weren't infected, they're accepted with open arms.
And in that group, Cale meets someone named Choi han.
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Over the years, Cale meets a lot of people. Not all of them are good people. He's had to do a few unfavorable things to guarantee his group and Raon's safety. Somewhere along the way, he begins to open up his heart and think of his group as family.
(Raon, Ohn, and Hong grow up thinking Cale is the coolest. person. ever. Actually, so does everyone else-)
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I WANT CALE TO HAVE A BAT.
I like the idea of Cale meeting Beacrox and Ron, his old caretakers back when he still lived with his parents, and all of them being surprised that the other is still alive.
they meet at the halfway point between Cale's apartment and the mansion cale grew up in.
"Young Master did you have a child and not inform me?"
"... he's adopted?"
While they have their heartfelt reunion-
Choi han, Ohn, and Hong are in the corner being confused.
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I wrote this because I couldn't sleep :D
Hi hi
Remember this post??
I like- really want to write the fic
And I'm thinking of naming it something along the lines of "Alone and Asleep"
Actually maybe a series
Idk I suck at naming things
But anyways I have an alternate idea about how this au could go-
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Cale's memory goes *blip* after two thousand years.
He only remembers his past life, really blurry memories of the people living in the villa, and the fact that he's supposed to take care of it. (and figure out a way to wake up the sleeping residents)
So he just sticks to a routine, ignoring the intense feelings of sorrow when he goes to each room to dust or change their sheets.
Especially the kids rooms.
He makes little to no attempts at gaining his memory back, figuring that he's content with his life as it is. What if it's like his time as Kim Rok Soo? He wouldn't want to remember that.
Although possibly he may have to find another place to live once they wake up. His job will be done after all. His current bank account status should be more than enough to buy himself several castles-
The grocery runs to the nearby village aren't really too eventful. Sometimes the villagers look at him with sadness, which he doesn't particularly like.
There is a kitchen in the villa that he tends to avoid, unless it's for cleaning. Then he leaves that place spotless. Perhaps one of the residents asked him to clean it? Either way, he uses a kitchen right next to it to cook his meals, (sometimes finding it hard to even make himself eat once per day) even thinking about using the other kitchen makes him shiver.
Cale tends to gravitate towards lemon tea.
He hates bitter things.
He makes periodic checks on the current king or queen of Roan. They've become familiar with his presence as he makes sure the children aren't learning anything bad or being neglected. (They're quite fond of him for some reason-)
The greenhouse is where he spends most of his time. Journaling his discoveries on poisons and all sorts of plants. The ones that are used to wake up coma patients are the majority of plants in his journal.
The butterflies are quite friendly. He's lonely
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Ah.
They're waking up.
He's been all over the place, listening to the steadily growing noise all over the villa and making sure they don't fall over after being basically dead for so long. (He almost attacked the red head who stumbled into the greenhouse, not being used to noise that was not his own)
His first priority are the children, of course.
Cale answered the many questions to the best of his ability. Why they called him "young master" or "Cale-nim" was beyond him.
As they gathered into the dining room to hear what had happened, Cale had to work hard to repress the feelings that made him want to burst into tears.
When he'd explained that they'd basically been in a coma for years, they were understandably pretty shocked. There were tears, people who wanted to take a moment to themselves to process, and questions. So many questions.
How long has it been? Over three thousand years.
Were you also asleep? No.
Why are you acting so off? He's acting normally.
What did you do then? Took care of you.
Do you remember us??
....no.
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So this is another route this au could go, different from the original post-
Apologies because this is a bit all over the place-
(I wanted to mention something else but forgot ;-;)
Y'know those TCF x ORV au's where Cale gets thrown into ORV after being ded?
I WANT HIS FAMILY TO BE MORE ACTIVE AS A CONSTELLATION- (or just get Cale to be the constellation-)
Like something that I thought of was giving Cale a skill called something like
['Family Bonds Lv. ???]
Basically what it does is let Cale use his family's skills. Like said person has to help guide Cale using it- kind of like kdj's bookmark skill. I think this would need some kinds of restrictions because of how overpowered it could be-
As soon as Cale's done, whoever was helping him at the time can say a single sentence or a few words to him before going back to the others- like they'll be in a ghost-like form, guiding Cale with whatever he's using.
Example 1:
Cale just really wanted to go back to his bed. His previously white shirt was now covered in dirt and blood. Holding his hands out, he activates his stigma
[Skill 'Family Bonds' Lv. 4 has been activated!]
[The Constellation 'Castle of Light' agrees with your request!]
[The Constellation 'Castle of Light' is getting really excited!]
'Pfft- They always do this'
The warmth that he's always associated with his family whenever near them quickly spreads to his entire body. It was kind of like possession but closer to something guiding him on what to do.
'Jump'
He jumped.
'Left'
He moved left.
His body felt like it had done this all it's life. Everything felt very.. natural. There was a slight purple aura around him, behind him was the form of a ghost-like Beacrox following his movements.
With no time at all, the monster was dead.
Jumping back to the ground, cale turned to beacrox, who was already fading away.
"Thanks."
"It was not a problem, we're waiting for you."
Then he was gone. Cale would never admit it, but the warmth stayed.
[The Constellation 'Castle of Light' feels sad]
"Im almost home, didn't you say we'd travel the world together once the white star was dead?"
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I think it should depend on whoever he calls upon for the side effects-
Maybe have Cale not use this skill that often? He would probably have his ancient powers-
I've seen him choose the god of death in practically every fic, if you want to stick to that, have Cale complete a sub scenario to get this skill from his family-
It would be so cute if there was a scene where raon or the other kids wanted to help him solely to get a chance to talk with him- this skill could also dub as a way to communicate with cale if he isn't using it in battle. Just have him get really tired after-
Would be really funny if Choi han helped him and he destroyed the enemy in like a minute and immediately after kdj is just like 'wtf???? You didn't tell me you could do this????'
That's all I have rn :v