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Cait

Her hair is actually a brighter ginger but she keeps trying and failing to dye it black so it stands out less. Turns out two-century-old hair dye is pretty mediocre.

Allergic to grass. Nothing else. Just grass.

Codsworth

A defective unit. Nate and Nora were asked to return him (which is why they still had the box he came in) but neither wanted to. He was smarter than the rest and they loved him as he was.

Can see shrimp colours and will occasionally try to clean stains only he can see.

Curie

Has been running on cleaning alcohol instead of Mr. Handy fuel for the last century odd. No one knows how. That really shouldn't work.

Once she gets her synth body she is very eager to try as many foods as she can and is equally enthusiastic in the facial expressions she pulls when some of the food is disgusting.

Danse

I like to think his name is Noah. That he takes it or is given it by Sole or Haylen. But that's my own little one. I just think he looks like a Noah.

He's the one who taught Elder Maxson how to shave his beard. Not directly. More passively as it was about five years before fallout 4 and he was shaving his beard in the communal locker-shower-room thingy and a 15 year old Maxson would watch occasionally to learn. Arthur Maxson didn't really have his dad to teach him afterall. And Danse wouldn't comment or turn his nose up like Maxson knows some of the other knights would.

BONUS: I think Cutler was also a synth. I think Cutler and Danse escaped the Institute together and were given corroborating memories to help them blend in and because they pleaded to not be separated.

Deacon

He is ginger and sunburns professionally.

Deacon isn't his actual name, which is weird to realise, and I really don't know what his actual name would be. But he vibes like he would have a double-barrel surname from when he was married to Barbara. He keeps it even though no one else will ever know or hear it again. It's his little proof that she existed and she loved him.

Dogmeat

Why is he called Dogmeat.

He is oddly well trained. Like to the point he's effectively a support dog. He can open doors.

Steals shoes but only ever the left one. He never takes both shoes. Only the left.

Hancock

Perpetually runs very warm.

Has a dulled sense of taste and will actively try out any spicy food he can. Can eat mirelurk or other normally repulsive food without tasting it too much.

MacCready

Perpetually cold. He sleeps with socks on and hugging a pillow because when he was on the farmstead with Duncan he often would share a bed with his son. He misses his son.

Really unsure on if crap counts as a swear word or not.

Nick Valentine

He knows Skinny Malone's mother on a first name basis and it haunts Skinny Malone. Nick is aware of this.

He brought Ellie to diamond city from Goodneighbour and sees her as a neice of sorts.

Piper

Collects pens and pencils. Her dream is to find a mostly intact set of gel pens to give to Nat.

She has a mug of her own at The Valentine Detective Agency due to how often she goes over to brainstorm with Nick over a case or story.

Preston Garvey

Gets terrible hay fever and has to wash his face regularly to stop any pollen building up on his eyelashes.

He collects a recipe from every settlement he visits. He wants to make a cookbook of the commonwealth one day because food brings people together.

Strong

Knows how to spell Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and nothing else.

Getting really annoyed with how low all of the door frames are. He keeps banging his head and he's not happy about it.

X6-88

He finds the idea of dinosaurs rather cool. He is glad they are extinct. But still. He wonders if he could beat one in a fight.

Cait

Has unfortunately vivid dreams. They arent always bad, thankfully, but they are always surreal. It makes getting to sleep every night a reluctant surrender because she knows she will feel whatever dream awakes her.

Post Benign intervention she puts on some weight. She's visibly healthy now and her hair isn't falling out anymore. Although it still is growing back in so occasionally she keeps her hair messy to hide the patchwork.

Codsworth

Has been out of cleaning supplies for years so has been cleaning via heating things. Anything flammable he attempts to boil but that's asking for rust.

He can tap into local radios and if Sole let's him he will keep an ear out for their Pipboy frequency so he can get things ready for them when they are on the way home.

Curie

In her synth body she is actively straining her voice some to make it sound like her original voice box. This occasionally causes her to lose her voice or have voice breaks.

She tailors each stimpak she makes for the person she makes it for. Exact dosages scale to the patients size, activity level, tendency to get into situations.

Danse

Something Something awkwardly holding Sole as they sleep and he only moves every hour or so. Not for his own comfort, absolutely not because he's twisted as much like a pretzel as he can be, but for Sole's. He is trying to think of how he used to sleep on Cutler's shoulder after long missions. How he used to hold Cutler when Cutler slept on him. Tldr he's awkwardly trying to cradle Sole and cover their ears from any vertibird or power armour noise. Even if they are in bed. In sanctuary. Old habits are filled with a mourning love.

He doesn't have a favourite beer. Not that he'll admit. But he DOES have a least favourite. He won't admit that either but you can tell by the slight frown on his lips and furrowed of his brow.

Deacon

He wasnt bluffing about the secret handshake for the railroad. He was honest. He made it fully and has a book he's drawn out with each of the hand gestures being snippets and extracts of hands from old shopping catalogues and posters.

His code name is some sort of rank in the church. I don't know if he is still Christian, but I can imagine maybe he was in his youth. That joining the UP Deathclaws was senseless lynchings justified by bible verses Deacon chose without yet understanding or caring for any nuance that contradicted him. That the code name he wears in the railroad is an eternal reminder to himself of how he twisted faith to justify his actions in his youth, and how he must to atone.

Dogmeat

If laying down when getting good scratches: he kicks all legs instead of just one.

Can get out of any collar put on him. And any harness. He refuses to be robed.

Hancock

Ghouls have a very funky circadian rhythm. Hancock can go days or even a week without sleep and then not last thirty minutes without yawning. The chems don't help either. The only reason this man doesn't have bags under his eyes some days is because they melted off.

Currently the second in the weekly karaoke at the third rail.

MacCready

Knows every scout knot possible from growing up in Little Lamplight. Occasionally makes hanging nets or bags when he needs them. He made Duncan a beautiful hammock.

Hates sleeping alone. Not that he wants to sleep in barracks. He hated sharing a room in the Gunners, afterall. He means he wants to sleep in the same room at the people he trusts. Sleeping in a room and waking alone is a harsh reminder he's alone. That Lucy is gone and Duncan is miles and miles away. That he is alone and it is very much his own fault even if everyone tells him otherwise.

Nick Valentine

Has a collection of old detective movie holotapes he occasionally plays to himself. He will watch them manually with Ellie too, but he always keeps one handy to watch in his head whilst getting his wires or joints sorted.

He occasionally dad monologues at Ellie over her posture or chair. He isn't human but he damn well remembers the aches that a bad chair can give you.

Piper

She is ridiculously good at scrabble. Going against her is like trying to out flex a super mutant.

She keeps a picture of her Dad and Nat in her little cap tucked into the lining. It helps her remember what she is fighting for on the tougher days.

Preston Garvey

He knows how to service wheel chairs and some prosthetics. He's not the best but he knows what is right and what is dangerous.

Runs cold. He wraps up like that for a reason.

Strong

He is rather fascinated by the idea of baths. He remembers the verse of Lady MacBeth trying in vain to wash the spot from her hands and can be seen looking to his own hands whenever he's near water. He'll let you know when he sees a spot.

Prefers mirelurk to human meat. Not for the taste. More for the enrichment of mmmm crab leg.

X6-88

He is severely competitive. Never with a human. But with the other coursers he holds himself to the highest standard. If they have outdone him then he takes it personally and will not stop even if he levels the playing field.

Cait

Codsworth

Cait likes to hold her partner tight when she's sleeping. Like vice tight. Like it is best Sole sleeps tactically or they will not be able to go for a midnight walk.

Post Benign intervention she sleeps like the dead. Snores unlike the dead too because she defaults to sleeping with her neck in a weird position.

Curie

Codsworth still remembers the first few nights after Master Shaun came home. He would occasionally play back the recording of that day to himself when he was lonely.

He never did venture beyond Sanctuary before Sole's return. But thankfully the Mr. Handys have a local radio to communicate with eachother. Why General Atomics kept it so all Mr Handys could read and write from a proprietary frequency without telling the consumers? Because they could.

Curie is very good with kids when it comes to medical care. Not that she distracts them from it. She will often sit with the child and explain what is going to happen and how it will help them. She treats the people she cares of like people.

When dealing with child patients: she has a few sheets of stickers to reward them with that Piper gave her.

Danse

Danse sleeps better when he's not the one leading the unit. Better as in he will actually humour going to bed even if sleep still takes time. He sleeps in his boxers if he's in his own room.

Danse doesn't snore. He will occasionally grimace or startle awake, but other than that? Dead silent.

Deacon

Dogmeat

He never forgets a birthday. He once went to track down the original Nick Valentine's birthday but thought better of it. That Synth Nick is his own man. Deacon then elected to celebrate Nick's birthday as July 24th. Private investigators day.

Deacon takes pajamas dead seriously. Dress for the job you want. The job he wants? President of Well Rested Ville. He has a pair of slippers under his bed at the Railroad HQ.

Hancock

Dogmeat also responds to Catvegetable. Or John. Or really anything you say in a certain tone of voice in his direction.

He loves Travis from Diamond city. Travis is slightly more hesitant but loves Dogmeat too.

MacCready

He sleeps very light. He could be sleeping upstairs and Sole quietly calling for him will wake him.

Hancock sleeps better under weighted blankets but most of them are far too hot for him. He likes to be compressed when he falls asleep.

Nick Valentine

His ears get very cold very easily. Duncan made him a pair of ear muffs that he does still have but rarely wears because they get in the way of his cap.

On that note: MacCready has bet sensitive eyes. He grew up under a rock. It was mostly dark for the first sixteen years of his life. A flashbang would have him falling down the stairs and yelling.

Piper

Nick rarely joins game night when it's poker because no one can truly read his expression. No one can tell if he's proud of his poker face or if it troubles him that he doesn't have the facial expression nuances of a person.

The fastest typer out of all the companions. His words per minute go CRAZY. Assuming he's been taking care of his hands that is.

Preston Garvey

Piper can mimic anyone's handwriting providing you've given her decent reference. She had to learn to do so in the immediate aftermath of her father's death to investigate.

She is banned from the dugout inn trivia night. They claim she's a cheater. She claims she's prepared.

Strong

Preston can swim rather well. He enjoys it a lot in the rare instances that the water is not radioactive or full of things looking to murder him.

When Danse is exiled from the Brotherhood: Preston is among the first to extend an olive branch. Whilst none of the companions are actively hostile to Danse, none of them give him a genuine opening as Preston does. Preston may be seen as naïve, and at times he is, but he stands by his belief that no one gets better unless they work together.

X6-88

Strong likes showing off his strength by lifting heavy things. In time he thinks to combine this with his search for the milk of human kindness in trying to put his strength to kindness. This rubble will be kindly cleared from the street (thrown onto an unsuspecting raider) so very kindly. This street is now walkable for the first time in two centuries.

He genuinely hates the sounds of power tools. They make his head ring.

X6-88 is one of the best coursers and being one of the best: he gets a big say on what the courser uniform should be like. Not to the point it is something he would claim to love (he is a synth and cannot love, he would like to remind you) but to the point that when the scientists wanted to make it white to make the Institute theme they listened when he stated it would be a terrible idea.

Cait

She's not got dainty hands. Her hands are rough and she has a bit of eczema on her knuckles. Curie badgers her endlessly to use creams to hydrate her skin and Cait responds with all the enthusiasm of someone getting hit with two unskippable ads.

Used to have her ears pierced but it was done rudimentary and also being a fighter it didn't stay neat. One of her earlobes is torn and the other is nicked off. She doesn't notice it until she is off chems and can't remember when exactly it happened.

Codsworth

He was the only Mr Handy in Sanctuary. It was very lonely. Not that he minds. In the early days it was somewhat a distant concern in the face of all the cleaning he needs to do. Broken glass gets everywhere.

He did nose around the other houses in sanctuary in the early days of the fallout. He isn't one to brag but he's certain Sole's house was the best. The others. Mm

Curie

She finds molerats cute but visibly recoils if someone offers her a docile one to hold. She loves them, truly, but to touch them isn't on her cards. She rather they are free.

She celebrates every holiday. She used to in the vault. She would sing happy birthday to herself every year she spent alone like the Mars rover. It's a habit that has stuck.

Danse

His power armour was originally Cutler's. He lost his set storming in to find Cutler. When he did find Cutler: well. All that the Brotherhood knight could admit was left of his Cutler was the power armour Cutler had been taken from.

I don't know if Danse and Cutler were romantic or platonic. If they were romantic I don't think it was in a way that Danse ever admitted as such. It was him and Cutler against the world and they loved eachother truly. Platonic or romantic. Before the Brotherhood they saved up together to get a safe place to rest in Rivet city. In their initiate days if one of them was being disciplined then you could be damn sure the other was too. In the mess each always held the seat by them for the other. As knights they would do checks of eachother's Bunks before inspection to make sure the other didn't get caught out by Krieg. As best friends or as lovers they were never apart.

Cutler is now dead and Danse killed him.

Danse wears Cutler's armour.

Deacon

Can tell who is approaching by the sound of their footsteps. Or their breathing. His hearing is freakishly good.

Equally: he can perfectly mimick and steal someone's gait and breathing pattern. He does it occasionally to test Glory.

Dogmeat

He sleeps on a different companion every night. Not their bed. Them.

Can not hold an egg safely in h his mouth. He will eat it. What did you expect.

Hancock

He once had a trip that lasted a week where he fixed the plumbing in the Third Rail. No one knows how.

Very prone to ear aches. He's not deaf, his jaw is just prone to grinding and that isn't good on his joints.

MacCready

Likes being squeezed in hugs. Even if he groans and jabs at Sole with his pointy elbows. It reminds him of Little Lamplight when some of the kids would huddle up together when sleeping to feel less scared. That or he yearns for the hydraulic press.

Has always wanted a dog. He cracks a small smile whenever Dogmeat comes to sit with him. He wants to get a dog so Duncan can grow up with dogs like MacCready himself did.

Nick Valentine

He keeps a pair of old glasses to hand for when he's reading documents. He doesn't need them. He doesn't even use them all the time. But he likes to do it when he is bickering with Ellie purely because he can. She calls him dramatic.

The original Nick had a acute sense of smell. He can still smell things as a synth, but in the early days the difference really messed with him.

Piper

Nat doesn't remember her mum or father beyond the stories Piper regales her with and that haunts Piper. Nat knows what Piper says is true when it comes to their parents. But it is only true as Piper remembers it. And Nat only knows the comforting truths. It haunts Piper.

Piper talks in her sleep in full sentences. You can have a conversation with her and it goes to nonsense so quickly. Think you are being interrogated by the mad hatter who is drinking hot chocolate instead of tea.

Preston Garvey

Despite collecting recipes for a cookbook: he eats like a uni student. It's coffee and whatever he can cobble together if Sturges isn't cooking.

He's not very good with a gun. He's good enough but he never stood out for his skills with it. What defines Preston in the Minutemen is how he takes care of and organises people. Not how efficiently he kills them.

Strong

Lactose intolerant.

I honestly don't know much about Strong beyond the sheer amount of Sass he gives me whenever I exist in the vicinity of a work bench. I think he is jealous because he will never know the joys of B&Q.

Me making him lactose intolerant despite him seeking the milk of human kindness is in no way me being petty whatsoever.

X6-88

The institute has attempted to clone him a few times to see if they can recreate his level of performance. They can't. It doesn't bother X6-88 to see synth after synth made in his image be terminated or repurpose. But it sits with him. He never actively recalls it but he can never forget it.

Cait

Gets motion sick rather easily from some screens and claims it's the reason she can't stand the memory loungers.

She feels the chill very easily however also gets hot just as fast. Post Benign intervention her life is defined by those days when it's freezing in the morning but boiling in the afternoon so you need to carry your coat around looking like a mug.

Codsworth

He has his own roster of songs saved from pre war of Sole's favourite songs. He will try to upload them to a holotape so Sole can have some of their favourite songs to listen to.

Codsworth occasionally gets stuck speaking in another language when he's domed in battle. Hopefully Sole is technically minded enough to repair him otherwise Codsworth is stuck speaking Welsh for the foreseeable future.

Curie

Once in her synth form she never stops fidgeting. She near overflows with excitement and want and is always flicking through something.

Curie loves doing her hair back and takes great pride in keeping it clean as it grows out. She also likes to collect hair clips.

Danse

Danse is still rather good at scrapping from his early days with Cutler. When in a pinch he is able to repair his power armour with near anything metal.

Equally he can make rather neat jewellery with it. He never really does it anymore but he can make some fairly pretty things.

Deacon

Deacon is very tidy. But in specifically in his way. No one else can navigate his room. If they ever find it.

He can do the splits. He's denies it but Glory SWEARS he can.

Dogmeat

Dogmeat cannot do the splits but he can walk on his front or hind legs.

When Sole is injured and travelling with Dogmeat: Dogmeat will occasionally start limping to mimic them and will not stop until they are healed.

Hancock

Hancock has rather shaky hands due to kid drug use. Holding or gripping things is enough to steadies his hands most of the time, but he prefers to keep his hands busy

Blonde. He still has some parts of his scalp where hair grows although he tends to cut them short.

MacCready

MacCready can load any gun with his eyes closed. He can also tell the kind of bullet you hand him without needing to look.

He has lower back pain from having terrible posture when sitting. And sleeping. When he straightens up to take a shot you can almost hear his spine cracking.

Nick Valentine

He occasionally gets random cravings despite never being able to eat food in a way that would sate them.

A rather good singer. The institute went to lengths to ensure his voice would be as close to the original Nick Valentine's voice as possible to prevent cognitive dissonance for Nick. It worked but with the added side effect that he can shift his vocal range quite a bit.

Piper

I think she would be a really good swimmer given the opportunity. She isn't a massive fan but she had to learn the fun way once when fleeing some cultists across the river.

Preston Garvey

I don't think she would have the hairstyle she has in game. I think it's a low bun or something held in place by one of her pens. I tried to draw it but I'm not too confident yet. Here.

Despite having the worst hay fever of all the companions, Preston is arguably the best when it comes to identifying flowers. He's passionate about the commonwealth.

Preston's room is cluttered with letters and thankyous from various settlements over the years. He keeps meaning to put them up but he never gets around to it as the only times he enters his room are when he's exhausted enough to immediately fall asleep.

X6-88

Arachnophobic. Not that he will express it outwardly. But if alone on the surface and he sees anything spider like then hes firing without hesitation.