ok, listen, when i made prata initially i had no idea bartos had ever even existed, and just happened to find his profile right before making prata's hatching thread, so he's actually the only reason i didn't have prata hatch in orion, lmao. i was too scared prata would come off as my attempt at Bartos 2, so that's why prata hatched in polaris but loves orion so much. fun facts.
THAT SAID, having met bartos once as a kitten and then hearing about how he was before he went Mega Isolation, prata has grown this sort of fantasy-bartos up in his head, and is oddly fascinated with meeting the reclusive mystery cat. he's aware bartos is not friendly or open to sharing research ideas and probably would think he's just an annoying kid after meeting him once as a baby, but he has a hard time shaking the idea that
maybe, just maybe, if they met, he'd miraculously want to share some cool ideas about the caves' formation, and he'd be the friend he never had--even if prata likes to pretend he's not so foolish as that. after all, one can only learn so much from others' mistakes without experiencing their own.
i'm not really suggesting any kind of relationship in particular--friendship, enemies, etc.--but it might be interesting to keep in mind, especially as prata will likely end up joining BSS! i think prata meeting him and realizing he really is just a sad, smelly old nerd man would be pretty funny/vaguely upsetting for the both of them (were prata to let slip his high expectations leading up to it), haha.
for caravaggio, all of my characters are too young and kind to really react with much more than polite kindness except for rui, who is 100% always happy to terrorize anyone who comes within his vision in eridanus that he thinks he can scare or annoy. he's just a shitty, antisocial bully, but if you want someone to terrorize caravaggio, he can certainly do his best, haha.
aaaand prata is patient and enough of a sucker to put up with saosin as well, i think, if they could get over the initial hump. prata is deeply emotional and
definitely a little bit of a stiff do-gooder, but he's not afraid to snap back if messed with. all of that certainly makes for a character that is easy to get to and tease, but has a bite to him and is generally able to stand his ground. were prata ever to learn about saosin's odd moral compass, were he ever to do anything that involved enjoying the harm of the innocent in any way, prata would be one to immediately tell him off and demand change, but idk if saosin would really do that?
i'm down to put in prata as a fling or a romance or just a medium to be flirted with, whatever--he's emotionally squishy, rather feminine, and a sucker when it comes to romance. he would not tolerate getting bullied, but would not be very difficult to reduce to mush at all as an inexperienced, hopeless romantic. prata does not naturally find discomfort in open or poly relationships, and absolutely will not tolerate possessiveness, but i'm down to have him get his gay little heart broken in any way. probably in wanting more from any sort of relationship than the other person does--romance and commitment (though not necessarily monogamy), usually.
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