One of the best games of golden sky stories was about a small girl who had no money and was trying to figure out what to get her grandfather for his last birthday (she had overheard her dolls talking about how grandfather was not going to make it another year). Had the whole town of there at the end. Start with love and then add conflict.
If I ever get to play chuubos, my character is going to be a small child who wants to become immortal after their dog dies. It’s really an arc about coming to terms with one’s own mortality.
I’d do a road trip if chuubos was on the table, Paul Beakley!