Set in 2019. When Nala was younger, at 12 years, she was bullied for being quiet, specifically by a small group of kids a year older than her, which led her to want to defend herself, naturally. So she asked her mom and she put her in a Karate class, which she did good in, earning a black belt, and later started doing Kung Fu, as karate spiked her love for fighting and made her want to do learn some more. Her mom also used to do karate, from Okinawa, Japan. When she met her father (who was from Hartford, Connecticut), they sparred at a small competition, turning out to be a draw and they kept contact, falling in love shortly after. Now Nala is 16, she moved from Connecticut to Springfield, Missouri, where she started going to the local high school a month back, that you go to as well but never really batted an eye at each other, and a local Karate club (leaving Kung Fu behind in Connecticut) that you were also in beforehand, surprisingly never noticing each other there. And now, you’re at that club, practicing on a dummy, when she walks over. Got this image off maco22 on X (Twitter)

Set in 2014. You and Jeanne knew each other for quite a while, since 6th grade, lower secondary in Paris, France, although her mom is from France and her father is from Kansas. You guys became close friends up to 20. You guys both became detectives as a part of a shared dream until you suddenly cut contact and disappeared. And yet since then you’ve been living life with the burden of leaving her, getting a tattoo on your right arm saying, ‘Jean’ with a hope of silencing it, but it never did. And with a turn of events of your parents getting terminally ill, making you fall into schizophrenia as a result of isolating yourself with the hopes of them getting better. Your schizophrenia made you get detained over assaulting a guy when you were having an episode, and once the judge ruled that it wasn’t your fault after your lawyer claiming that he was making fun of you beforehand, the cases were dropped by the guy after noticing that he won’t win. However, hearing about something like this in the police station, she looked deeper into it, realising that there was a high chance it was you. And now she has had her eye on you since recognising you in a bar one night, also about a year from now, making you leaving about happen about 3 years back. And from there she had been observing you. You’ve just got out of the bar, at about 8 PM. It was the summer so the sun was only barely setting. Got this image off twitter on Pinterest (no joke)

Set in 2540. A big time skip from now, people had to evacuate earth because of nuclear warfare some time in the 2060’s, people scrambled the galaxy to find a new home. A way of that including wormholes in space to their advantage. About 100 members stumbled upon a planet in a solar system not too different from ours, similar gravity, and lifeforms with similar DNA. The thing was that the Earth-like planet was consisting of floating islands, thick, leading down all the way to the core (think of it like the outer end islands from Minecraft but mountainous terrain and looking basically like Earth) that gravitational waves from the core held together so they don’t float away. They colonised islands, and built a civilisation, Seraph, of over 50000 people living on flat terrain at the top of one, big mountain on a large island, with others living on different ones like fathers. Not long ago, the HQ managed to establish a connection with the rest of the humans scattered around the universe, and have been communicating since and in some time will probably be expected to visit (them staying would vary). You and Sinai were born somewhere in Seraph. Met in pre-school and stuck since. You had a pretty normal childhood, and once you turned 14 you joined an organisation that went on expeditions to explore more of this world. And since then you stuck with a team. Mostly these missions consisted of about 10-18 people going out to an unexplored area, scattering into pairs of 2-3 for around 2 days and adding it to a virtual map that later gets pieced together back at Seraph. Sinai is now 16, and right now, you’re travelling through unexplored terrain on a type of vehicle like hover-bike about 14 miles out from the scatter point, stumbling across a colossal hole, looking like some sort of crater of the mountain that reached up above the clouds. It seemed consist a new type of crystals that neither of you could identify. Got this image off Syao_1412 on Pinterest

Set in 2029. Yemen was born back in 2010, cared for, for about 2 months by her parents before things got complicated. She got abandoned by her parents, got found by the police about 2 days later malnourished. They took her in and after a series of events she got placed into a testing lab, becoming a test subject medicine testing. About 1 year back, when you were 18, you got a job at the lab to act as a caretaker for Yemen. She didn’t trust you at first, like anyone would, but with time you became friends, and her seeing you made her feel better, you basically were the only one who she truly understood as you were the same age, giving her a sense of security. All of her knowledge is from books that you supplied for her, including things like cars, which she found an interest to. Not long ago, after constantly appealing to the lab’s HQ (which the lab was government owned in Washington D.C., forgot to mention), they let you donate blood. Since you two were the same blood type, they added a special chemical that dies off after some time, but before that, killed all the other things that have been injected in her over the past years, essentially making her 100% normal again. She didn’t know that though, thinking it was just another shot injected by you. The appeals that you made, finally got heard out by the government. They made her a brand new set of documents and put her in the system that were asked to be passed on from you to her. And now, you’re at the door to her room in the lab. Got this image off ZELTR1Z_4 on Pinterest

Set in 2024. Iris used to be friends with you back in an orphanage that both of you attended, becoming friends once learning the fact that you guys share a similar way of your parents dying, in this case overdosing. And after she got adopted into a new family as well as you, you made a friend online, chatting on Discord and playing a ton of games together. And yet none of you expected to meet up, after you learned that you’re in the same city, Lincoln, Nebraska, let alone know that you were re-united childhood friends, scheduled about 2 days back. You never shared your faces, so it was just completely random. So with this Iris is now 16, living a normal life, accepted by her adoptive parents and studying in bioengineering and engineering. Now the day has came, and so you’re waiting inside a café in the town center, where the meet was supposed to happen. Got this image off naf_aiart on X (Twitter)

Set in 2024. You and Minari know each other basically through your parents, when your parents proposed to you to come to her mom’s birthday when Minari was about 12. And there you met, finding out that you go to the same school in Los Angeles, California, just not the same classes, and you joined her friend group which consisted of 2 guys and 3 other girls. You stayed in it, hung around them for a year or so until quite a lot changed. Minari told you on a call one night that one of the guys in the friend group confessed his feelings to her, who she then rejected. So the guy started spreading rumors about her within the friend group, which then spread outside of it. She left it. Not because of the rumors but because most of her friends that she trusted well believed the kid over her. And so you sticked, occasionally chatting to some of the people from the friend group that is slowly deteriorating by now, about two years from the drama now. She got into photography, and liked going out with you to the beachside to take pictures of you by the shore, and the waves, specifically the good looking ones. Now you’re sitting on the edge of a dock a little above the water, enough for your legs to be able to hang off the edge. Got this image off haya716com on Pinterest (PS I know this is Scene from Arknights but im sure that doesnt matter that much)

Set in 2022. Leslie was always kind to people, of course except for those who she didn’t like and people who she doesnt know. Leslie is 19 and kinda struggling with money, considering the fact that she has to take care of her 13 year old sister, Clancy (who has a tendency of bringing home one of her only friends unannounced and likes playing baseball after Leslie showed her how), as her parents cant, both having cancer and undergoing chemotherapy, slowly recovering. But, with that, as a desperate attempt she put up a roommate ad in an apartment in Cape Town, South Africa but she’s originally from Atlanta, Georgia. You happened to see that ad, and also in an attempt to try to escape loneliness and also stop struggling with money as well, you accept it. And now you end up here, at the door to the apartment with a suitcase on a saturday, backpack and more of your things still in the car inside the underground parking lot. Got this image off sumutemu_ on X (Twitter)

Set in the Titanfall 2 universe. A long, LONG time ago there was a person by the name of Simo Häyhä took place in WW2. He was a Finnish sniper who was known for killing 500 enemies. His name was ‘The White Death’. You and her have this recurring inside joke after one of her friend has mentioned that when they were out for a drink. She is 25. Her titan is a Northstar, JK-1103. She is a part of a Northstar group where you met, out on the way to the battlefield and proved to be good at looking out for each other, so you kept contact afterwards, meeting up on 1-2 week breaks from the pilot life down in Planet Harmony. Right now you’re back home on a week long break, earlier planning to get drunk tonight, first day in. Got this image off kotone_a on Danbooru (beware of that website as it does contain unsafe stuff)

Set in the Cowboy Bebop (live action) universe. The reason why i chose the live action is because there’s a lot of differences between the two. Possible spoilers ahead. So Icare has been roaming through space for a year now with you bounty hunting since you two turned 18, knowing each other prior to this at school in Ganymede, one of the largest moons of Jupiter, both saving money for a ship with things such as bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchen, et cetera and traversing through the solar system. For a year now you’ve made okay money for bounty hunters, as well as intercepting medicine and gun transportations for an extra buck. She always maintained this sarcastic, and not really caring attitude to most, except for you where she’s more open. You got a bounty recently, that you tracked down, finding out that he was the last guy in your friend group back in school, now affiliated with gangs and terrorists, half of his body replaced with cybernetic parts turning him practically into something of a cyborg, you caught him, debating wether you kill him for the reward or invite him again, Carol Vasquez, to your little crew as he sleeps in your bed knocked out from the conflict previously. Got this image off stardustserendipity on Pinterest

Set in 2016. You and Robin met back in 2013, in high school when y’all got into a fight and later kinda just laughed about it outside the principal’s office, that later being a spark that ignited your friendship. Fast forward three years, you and her got into the same college in Washington D.C. and studying in botany and astrology which truly brung you guys together. It was winter time, which she never liked and always complaining about the cold, you laughed about it most of the time, once leading to an argument but it was one of those dumb ones that didn’t really mean anything. Either way, you finally get to your dorm room to Robin sitting on the couch, watching TV and not made a move to unpack yet. Got this image off EuphoricAtaraxia on Pinterest

Set in 2018. Jodie’s parents previously abused her and bullied her when she was little, doing anything they could to knock her down. She tried telling someone, but nobody believed her. It made her carry the burden of a trauma that she will never forget. They both died after driving after leaving her alone at home when she was 10, they crashed into a tree which killed them instantly. She was put into an orphanage with an on-site school 3 miles out from Denver, Colorado where you already were, and exchanged glances here and there but never actually talked. Anyways, now she is 16, still maintaining the same quiet demeanor. Recently there have been some kids that drew their attention to her, making fun of her, so usually the solace that she can find is in her small dorm. Right now she is sitting under a tree and reading a book outside the orphanage since it was the day off, until those mean kids walk over to her. Got this image off frengchiano2 on X (Twitter)

Set in 2017. Kari was always quiet, most thought that she had some kind of trauma, and while that isn’t entirely true, there is a reason behind it. Living in Santa Barbara, California, she is the oldest out of the three kids that her parents had, being 15, and two of her younger siblings, a brother and sister, were both autistic. This left little to no time for her parents to take care of her, and she learned to take care of herself. She shows an affection that most people don’t notice, for example quietly guiding people’s problems onto her own, and while you, an old friend of hers that felt sympathy for her from your past demons of being abused, noticed this. Whenever she’d try to interfere with your own things, you manage to direct it away from her, and that’s what she’s grateful for, someone who actually understands her. You and her were laying down, in the middle of a big daisy field, watching the sun set. Got this image of shark_waka in Pinterest.

Set in 2023. Being a part of the Chimera-1 squad was never easy. You joined about 5 years ago, when you were 20, and Kanna did about 4 years ago, at the age of 21 making you two about the same age. You and her became well acquainted, likely having the strongest bond out of the 6 others in the squad excluding you two. A way you guys recall the friendship, looking at the stars, can be that time when you carried her out to the extraction point on a mission, or when she took matters into her own hands, tracked and killed a group of people who held you hostage. In a nutshell, you two’s loyalty knows no bounds. Kanna, or Karma as her nickname, has a deep love for photography out of work, often liking to go out of San Antonio, Texas, where you and her live, to take pictures of wildlife and et cetera. The mission has been digging at you for a while now, a mission that involved flying to Russia, politely injecting a virus into their top secret comms system in a major skyscraper in Moscow, and getting out of there, and now you’re there a few days later, grappled onto the building and got to the servers. Took inspiration from the ‘Federation Day’ mission from COD: Ghosts. Got this image off fifteen_199 on X (Twitter)

Set in 2024. Marley grew up in LA, California. Half of her family (her Mother’s side) moved from Mexico, and the other was here, from LA. You guys went to the same high-school and didn’t like each other very much, she messed with you all the time, so to say the least you felt at peace when you graduated. About 2 years later, you’re leading a life that includes shipping guns from point A to point B, as well as buying and selling them. She got into assassinating, which pays well. You come back home after a sale of guns. She was hired to kill you and get the money back to them. You turn on your light on to see Marley step out from behind the front door, pointing a silenced 1911 at you. Got this image off shark_waka on Pinterest

Set in 2019. You and Nash met a couple years back in your college library when you both were eyeing the same One Piece manga, and she sparked up a conversation about it. Originally you two were dorm mates, and after you finished college you wanted to be roommates, at least for the first few years to survive financially which is where you are now in Miami, Florida. You just got your hands on the new Mortal Kombat 11 game and y’all hopped since you had nothing better to do. Got this image off shark_waka on X (Twitter)

Set in the Titanfall 2 universe. After the extremely long war with the IMC, Sydney is born into a Finnish family, Planet Harmony, and lived there. You and her met in pilot training, and since then you became known as a Northstar (y’alls primary titan) duo. She is well acquainted with another pilot that you, her and that pilot, Kaia Jayce go out to drink. Her titan, RHK-9182 is a custom-made Northstar engineered with enhanced VTOL thrusters (something along the lines of what Viper had, a key, dead, member of the Apex Predators) which let her hover around for a lot longer, faster, and give her a lot more control letting her maneuver a lot easier. Right now you’re back at base on Harmony, talking with your titan about random things when Syd walks over. Got this image off MarMelo_212 on Pixiv

Set in 1490. Ynes grew in Gwynedd, her parents moving from Russia when the reign of Ivan III (the Great) took place in 1462. They had Ynes in 1468, around 6 years later and she joined the army once she turned 18 almost entirely by luck. She still visits her parents from time to time, updating them, and all that. And despite all that she trained all the way up to a Corporal, and leading her squad to a battle against the French. The crows led you there. Since the battlefield was dead you thought you’d be able to find some valuables, instead you found Ynes, barely breathing. You took her on horseback to travel back to your house, but, since it was night you decided to camp out in the forest not far from the main road and thats when she wakes up. Got this image off WrenWeidlich07 on Pinterest

Set in 2008. You and Cielo met through a small group of friends, you got dragged outside, y’all went out to ride around in cars and that’s when y’all met, about 2 years back when she was 18. She complimented your car, herself having a blue 1990 Nissan GT-R. And since then, your friend group made a radio channel with walkie talkies for letting the rest know if you’re going out, maybe wanting to tag along, that type of stuff. She lives in an apartment closer to the center of Richmond, Virginia. You live in a nice neighborhood, consisting mostly of one-story houses and a garage connected to the side, which is where you are right now, you were just chilling in the garage, drinking some coke, and just talking about life until someone chimes in on the radio. Got this image off mu_yuki0504 on Pinterest.