#wegie

so! the “castaway” is… not one. they’re a young water wraith, who found the suit of the castaway in it some time after said castaway died, and decided to slip into it, perhaps after observing alive castaways in suits and being curious.

two pikmin later encountered them, believing them to be a castaway. however the two soon realized they had been mistaken. Railroad (the glow) initially elected to attack them, but Aurora (the ice) was younger and hadn’t faced any wraiths like Railroad had in the past, so they were much more trusting. that, and the fact that the wraith didn’t show any aggression and seemed to be young swayed Railroad to not attack them, though the glow pikmin was still apprehensive.

on the wraith’s suit, the pikmin noticed a nametag spelling out “Wegie” and so that is what they would call the wraith.

and that’s the backstory! might do more stuff with them all in the future hehe