#protopest

Pest in his early days of escapism (before she had flea) she didn't know much English let alone any language other then Beetle so she'd often find herself very lost and confused in the elevator 😭

Prototype ! (YES hes here) is a universal translator and has traveled for YEARS on this elevator, hilariously enough Pest awkwardly asked him for directions in poor English and Prototype just straight up asked him to say it In her actual language, much to Pests relief Prototype responded in beetle.

He helped her learn English with Retros help and eventually Japanese although that was pretty much an independent thing for Pest.

Pest used to be less aggressive than he is now. Not cause he was kind no he was still kind of rude but she used to be VERY cautious to the point people assumed he was "shy" when in reality he was just very concerned and scared by the other passengers. (Mark insulted her for this once and she has held a grudge since)

Prototype found it charming as she grew into a kind of snarky asshole and lucky for him shes still pretty kind to him (save for the few times she unconsciously insults him and then goes "wait, I cant say that.")

Pest. Did not like Scag at first, she could barely understand a word of what she was saying and she was rather loud, but Prototype was so adamant she was a great new friend hed made and even if she's not a fan of most people she will pretend to be one for her singular friend.

Scag however, gay as shit for Pest, thought she was SO fucking cool, tried to lean on a wall and fell off her caught (earned a laugh from pest and she internally cheered) She tried so fucking hard to impress him at every move even trying to say a sentence without brainrot which just left both of them uncomfortable LMAO

She worked up enough courage to ask her out once and with much reluctance Pest agreed, SCORE !!! Their date was actually really nice save for the fact Scag fell off her cart like 8 times. And Pest agreed to continue with it.

At some point, Pest made a body for Scag and she wasn't too active with the body for a while til she started to realize the advantages of a sick ass robot body. LMAO still prefers her cart on occasion. They had been dating for about 3 years during this time, and Pest had started transitioning as a lady :)

Prototype, the idiot, had a huge thing for both of them ! I mean, he always liked Pest, but when Scag came into the picture, it just turned into a big fat crush on two very cool girls. Poor thing 100% thought they were too enamored with eachother to like him and he was totally fine with that as romance isn't too important to him.

At some point, though, he started to realize that he wasn't being treated as much of a third wheel and more like their other partner , I mean who asks for a table for three on their anniversary, what couple invites their jobless friend to their anniversary dude 😭. Eventually, he makes a joke about it to Scag and Scags like "yeah dude, we've been trying to get you to notice for like a year now," and he's like, "huh???"

In the current timeline / what we see in the game, they've all three been together for about 2 years. Funny enough, they're really domestic despite the unconventional nature of their relationship, Scag and Pest live together and have said Prototype can if he wants, but he's very content in the workshop (although he does sometimes lay at the foot of their bed like a dog, they've said he can come up and lay with them but he likes the foot of the bed more I guess??)

Scag and Proto dont need sleep, but Pest is a very fatigued person, so when she goes to bed, they've silently agreed to just shut off for the night or move rooms. 🤷‍♀️

Now. Here's the really stupid part ! Stat is also here ! Not as a partner though but as a weird? Child? Shes a grown ass woman they dont gaf though.

Pest offered (much pushing from others) to let her stay for a bit cause she kind of found it pathetic to see Stat sleeping in the elevator when she couldn't make it to the hotel and the girl honestly looked dead starved so it did kind of make Pest feel bad.

She slept in Fleas' old room for a while, and it was temporary but temporary turned into months , turned into years. And well ! Look a new family member.

She accidentally fell asleep in Pests room once upon a time, and that started a weird silent agreement that if Stat was freaking out, she could just silently go in there. They're both not very affectionate people, so trust in me that it took a very long time to get to this point with each other. Especially with Stats' fear.

Scag doesn't mind 👍 she was never a kids person, but she did actually grow fond of the idea the more Stat hung around, she always thought they were kind of annoying but seeing Pest so in tune (probably cause she HAS a kid who is now Stats age) kind of made her think. Hasn't brought it up with Pest yet though.

Prototypes a natural (LIE) He's actually really bad with kids no matter how kind he is he doesn't know human limits especially CHILDRENS, Pest and Scag are forever thankful Stat is a grown woman because she'd probably accidentally be dead left in Prototypes care if she wasn't.

Stat also has a lot of physical ailments inflicted by this severe trauma. She already had a lot of issues back before everything, but she had medication and doctors to help ! However, years without that have made it very hard to manage. And oh, ever so lucky for her Prototype is a service robot. He was the first to realize what was happening when she felt faint and exhausted, and immediately took action.

He taught Pest and Scag how to identify episodes and flares, so all three are pretty in the when Stat isn't feeling great that day

Am I projecting with that last hc..yes !