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.
The white lights in the Institute give him a migraine which is why he never takes the sunglasses off.
Hi! I hope this is the right way to have requests😅. I was hoping to see the companion’s reaction to the Sole Survivor trying to be immortal via tech. Like bradburton in nuka world, The Cabot Serum, or being put in a robo brain.
Fo4 Companions Reactions to Sole Attempting Immortality
MacCready grimaces at the thought. Immortality sounds cool, but it can’t be pretty… or that easy. The entire thing seems freaky to him and he’s not sure why you’d ever want that for yourself. Maybe he’s just cynical, but he’d be pretty heavily against the idea of completely transforming yourself, especially when you’re seemingly nowhere close to dying of natural causes. He's read far too many comics to know that this may be the start of something awful. Or, at the very least, unexpected.
Nick can’t help but feel a little relieved at the prospect. His biggest fear had always been that everyone he’s ever known would most likely die way before he does, so when you find a way to stay alive for longer, he feels a weight lift off his shoulders. It gives him something to look forward to in his long life, even if he feels a tad selfish for thinking that way.
Cait doesn't understand the point. Why would you want to stay alive for any longer than you have to? The Commonwealth isn't even pretty, let alone desirable to live in. She especially feels a certain way about it if you're using a drug to increase your lifespan. Do whatever you want, just don't complain to her when you decide it's not what you wanted later on down the road. Definitely a lot of petty arguments.
Preston has mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, he's excited at the prospect that the Minutemen might be guaranteed a real shot at lasting long, but he's uncertain about the long-term effects it'll have on your psyche. Would the Minutemen be any good if they're leader had gone completely off the rails from the side effects of immortality? Or would the prolonged existence of what is no doubt their strongest member prove to strengthen the cause?
Codsworth is supportive, but internally, he just thinks it's you trying to cope with the loss of your family. So much lost time spent in the vault couldn't have been good for your health. He'll do a quick mental evaluation on you (or the best evaluation he can offer) and decide from there whether or not he'll continue to indulge you or not.
Piper's definitely hesitant when you bring the idea to her attention. I mean, how many different examples of this have you seen? And how many of these examples went wrong? She'd urge you to at least think a little longer on it, but would help you out regardless of if you took her advice or not.
Curie is excited at the idea and would gladly help you put together something. She'd love the medical and biological challenge that comes with this! Please, let her do it for you! She has so many thoughts and ideas, and thinks it could be wonderful to try!
The idea of you becoming a robot to live longer makes Strong angry. He thinks that's easily the worst decision you could've ever made. His biggest worry, however, is what'll happen to your kindness when you're not human anymore. Robots certainly can't drink milk, and if you're not on his side, then he might really consider bashing you in right where you stand.
Hancock thinks it’s freaky, but hey! So is he! And he's pretty much immortal as well, so who is he to say what you can and can't do? If you want the curse that he naturally has, then by all means, knock yourself out. The only thing he'll really say about it is to watch what you're taking and from whom you're taking it from.
Deacon thinks it's the worst idea you could've had. No. He's not letting you flood your body with technology just so you can what? Survive longer? Maybe if Carrington thought it was necessary, but otherwise, it's a huge mistake. He knows the things that you've done and the things you have yet to do. He just wouldn't be able to live with himself if he let you go out and extend your life, knowing you'd forever be stuck in the past. And believe him when he says he won't be there to help you like usual.
X6-88 just nods and takes you to the bioscience sector in the Institute. He honestly doesn’t think it’s that bad of an idea, but he’d want someone qualified to give you both the rundown of what would happen before you proceeded with anything. An undying leader of the Institute? What better outcome could they have hoped for.
Old Longfellow just scoffs. What’s the point? He believes you get more out of life when there’s the notion of death hanging over you. It gives you something to fear—something to motivate you into not wasting your opportunities. At the end of the day, it’s your choice, but he thinks immortality is pointless and he's not afraid to tell you as much.
Gage couldn't care less. Live longer, die today, what difference does it make? You wanna make yourself all weird and frozen like Bradburton, be his guest, but you both saw how that went. Just don’t expect him to come save you when you end up regretting it.
