#i love rambling about my characters sorry it got a wee bit long lol oops

[ashren]

13, 14, and 15 for Ren from the unplanned variable asks please!

Thank you so much for asking!!! I might have gone a little over board and this got long, so 14 and 15 are under the cut! 13. What do they want to do afterwards? -but do they get a happy ending? Ren has no idea what he wants to do after reviving the Hope colonists. He spends most of his time throwing himself into the job 100%, because otherwise he has to face the fact that he’s incredibly out of place in Halcyon. Ren basically just doesn’t want to stop helping save the colony. And Ren absolutely gets his happy ending bc I’m too soft not to lmfao

14. What do they think of the companions? (Oh boy this got long sorry >.<) Ren is closest with Parvati and Felix, mostly because they're who I played with the most in my first run so I have a soft spot for them. Ren is older (I keep forgetting his age and writing it as 36 and 38 so I guess I can average it out and call him 37 haaaa), so he has more of an older sibling relationship with both of them. He would never admit he has a favorite, but it’s absolutely Parvati because she was the first person he travelled with and she was nothing but kind and helpful when he was confused as all hell in Edgewater.

Ren and Max butt heads a lot at the beginning. Ren is not a religious man, and has some lingering distrust of the church from his time on Earth. The more he learns about OSI, the more it sounds like a convenient way to control Halcyon, BUT Ren isn’t an asshole, so he doesn’t outwardly fight Max on his beliefs. Ren just silently judges Max for them.

After The Empty Man quest, though, Max apologies, sincerely, for being such an ass before (and for lying about his intentions when they first met). Ren accepts his apology and the two actually become really close friends. AND yes maybe Ren has a little bit of a Thing (™) for the Vicar, purely physical really, and perhaps they act on it a few times….

I’ll be honest, I’m not a huge fan of Ellie. I think her character is kinda just annoying and I wish we had had a little more character growth for her in the game. Ren is hesitant to have her join the crew, because he doesn’t like that she feels like she NEEDS to. Ren let’s her because realistically, having a doctor on the crew would be helpful. He realizes slowly that she’s just lonely, and after her quest, they have a more open conversation. Ellie still doesn’t openly admit her affections, but Ren helps her find her own ship after the events of the game and they stay friends. Ellie even calls him a friend eventually, and Ren doesn’t mention it, but is actually really happy that he was able to get Ellie to truly trust him.

Ren had no idea what to think of Nyoka at first, but he liked her energy. He didn’t really have a good read on her until after she told him more about Charon. After finding Rebekah and Anders, Ren lets Nyoka have a little bit of a breakdown about it and they bond over some shared trauma. Nyoka asks to stay on after her quest and Ren agrees. He understands that she needs the support, and I also feel like Nyoka is closer in age than the rest of the crew (Except Max, but until Scylla, Ren’s not really close with him lol)

Ren also helps Nyoka set up the Charon group afterwards, and regularly meets up with her and her new crew when he’s on Monarch.

I’ll be honest… I don’t really use SAM at all in game so I don’t really have too many opinions on SAM as a companion.

15. How do the companion quests go? I’m actually not going to go toooooo in depth here because I’d like to write out the companion quests as full fics (I’ve already started actually, hehe)

I didn’t really mention Parvati’s or Felix’s in the last question, so I will say that Ren would do anything for Parvati so he has absolutely no issue helping her make the best date she could for Junlei. (Ren also has such a struggle coming to terms with Parvati moving to the Groundbreaker eventually, he loves that she has a home and found someone to be with forever, but he misses having her on the Unreliable the most. It helps that Parvati makes time to see him whenever he does land on the Groundbreaker.)

Felix’s quest is one that I have a lot of Feelings ™ about. Ren is pretty protective of Felix, he’s the youngest on the crew and reminds him of himself when he was younger. Ren does NOT like Harlow at all. Anyone who raised Felix's hopes and abandoned him is not a friend of Ren’s, but he also understands how important the man is to Felix. So he goes along, and for Felix’s sake, gives Harlow the benefit of the doubt. Things don't end violently but Felix leaves crushed and Ren feels awful having been a part of it. Ren worries he somehow pushed Felix away with the whole ordeal, because Felix is quiet and distant for a few days. But Felix finally comes to him and they have a talk~ I have story plans for this so I don't wanna go too much further lol Thank you again!!! <3