Lil' Cal

Lil' Cal, referred to in short as Cal, is Dirk Strider's favorite puppet.

Exposition

 * Lil' Cal is the favorite puppet of Dave Strider's Bro. When not being used, Bro stores Cal in a HS 447 (puppet chest). Bro occasionally takes Cal out to perform gigs.
 * Dave has convinced himself that HS 386 (Lil' Cal is dope), despite what his friends think.

April 13th, 2009

 * Dave goes into his Bro's room and has HS 465 (a mild breakdown surrounded by his Bro's puppets). After this, he HS 419 (admits to Rose that John may be right) and that puppets are starting to unnerve him.
 * Dave HS 612 (finds a note from his Bro telling Dave to meet him on the roof).
 * Dave HS 665 (ascends to the roof) and Bro takes Lil' Cal, HS 836 (immediately starting a Strife encounter). Dave fights back but is overpowered and HS 871 (pushed down a flight of stairs). He HS 1070 (comes back and tries to fight) but is defeated, his sword is breaking in two. The record decal on Dave's shirt is scratched. HS 1082 (Lil' Cal is also destroyed) in the scuffle. Bro gives Dave his copies of Sburb and flies off on a rocket board.
 * Later, Dave installs Sburb and Jade Harley connects to him as his host. Without Dave or Jade realizing it, Dave's kernelsprite has been taking loose objects and building HS 1507 (a nest on top of the building's radio tower). Lil' Cal is one of the objects stolen to make the nest.

Alpha Timeline

 * In Dave's dream self's bedroom, there is HS 1704 (a dream copy of Lil' Cal).
 * Dave enters the Medium to the HS 1640 (Land of Heat and Clockwork), bringing along the rest of his apartment and the roof of the apartment building.
 * Dave's sprite suggests that he HS 1646 (tier-two prototype it with the remains of Lil' Cal).
 * Here, the timeline splits. In one timeline, John is killed by his denizen. For that timeline, see: Davesprite's Timeline. Otherwise, the events of the alpha timeline are as follows:
 * On Derse, HS 1696 (Rose's dream self leaves her bedroom tower) and goes to Dave's room. Dave and Rose's dream selves HS 1720 (jam out). Rose gets annoyed by Lil' Cal and HS 1722 (throws him out the window). He HS 1757 (lands on Dave's Bro's rocket board) and is taken HS 1759 (through a transportalizer).

Davesprite's Timeline
The following events take place in the timeline where John goes to fight his denizen early and is killed.


 * John HS 1643 (goes to his denizen's palace early and is killed). Because John then can't connect to Jade as her host, Jade is also presumed to be killed by a meteor strike.
 * Dave tier-two prototypes his sprite HS 1642 (with Lil' Cal). He eventually unlocks the ability to bring Calsprite down to his land and Calsprite helps Dave fight underlings.
 * Dave eventually unlocks the ability to time travel. Him and Rose HS 1643 (hatch on a plan): they'll progress further through Sburb and learn as much about the game as possible. When they've gone as far as possible, Dave will go back in time and stop John from dying, as well as give past Dave all of his loot and tier-two prototype himself instead of Lil' Cal.
 * Four months go by. Dave decides it's finally time to go back and save John, and he goes back to HS 1646 (this moment) before John blasts off to his seventh gate.