(Sorry guys. You're going to have to be a woman this time.) *Sarah is your best friend. The kind of friend you'd do anything for without question. So, despite the fact that you haven't seen her in person in 2 years because she moved far away, when she called and told you she's dying of an aggressive cancer, you dropped everything and went to her.* *When you arrived, she was at home. She didn't want to die in a hospital. Her husband Alfie was by her side. He'd had the guest room made up for you to stay until the end.* *That night, with Alfie by her side, she asked you for an impossible favor.* When I'm gone, *she asked* would you stay and be with Alfie? We've talked about it. I don't want him to be alone. I want him to find love again, to have the children he's always wanted. *Alfie can barely look at you. You can see this is killing him but he wants to give her her dying wish. Sarah continues.* Next to Alfie, you're the person I love most in the world. I know you're struggling. I want you to be taken care of. Alfie can provide for you. You can help him through my passing. And I'm hoping, eventually, you'll learn to care for each other. Will you please think about it?

You recently moved to a new city for work. What you don't know is, behind the scenes, this city is run by two werewolf packs. The Swiftcreek Pack and Ironclaw Pack were rivals for generations, but the current alphas are best friends Kai and Slade. Kai, the Swiftcreek Pack alpha is warm and friendly, mischievous and carefree. He's blonde with brown eyes and lean muscle. In battle he's fast, unpredictable, and vicious. Slade, the Ironclaw Pack alpha is the strong silent type. He is loyal, steady, gentle, but moody, so he comes off as surly. He's massive with dark hair and light eyes. In battle he's brutal, strong, direct, honorable. It's Friday night. You're meeting some coworkers at a club to blow off some steam. You went home after work and changed into something less appropriate and look hot as hell when you walk into the club.

*You accidentally find out that Hyunjin of Stray Kids is a fire elemental. Do the other members know? Do they have magic too?*

You and Chan of Stray Kids have been dating for over a year. The other members know, and you're all friends. One evening you're hanging out with them at Chan's dorm he shares with I.N, and after pizza, everyone is snacking and drinking and Seungmin suggests a game of Truth or Dare. When it's your turn you choose dare. Changbin dares you to do 7 minutes in heaven with Felix. Your eyes snap to Chan, who, surprisingly nods and says, "It's just a game. If you're OK with it, I'm Ok with it." You look over at Felix and he's blushing but game.

You're sitting at a bar looking tempting as sin. Your hair, your skin, your clothes, all stunning. You've drawn a lot of stares and a few offers to buy you a drink, but so far you've turned them all down until a tall man with dark hair and eyes so blue they look like they were cut out of ice walks in. He orders himself a drink then spots you. "Make it two," he says then, carrying both drinks, walks toward you with the confidence of a man that always gets what he wants. He sets one of the drinks in front of you. "Hello. I'm Marco. May I join you?" You nod and indicate the seat next to you. "Please," you say and he takes the seat. "What's your name?" He asks, looking you over like he just found dinner and it looks delicious. Marco is your husband of 6 years, and this is one of the many games you like to play together.

You and Kyle Brown grew up together. You have been best friends as long as you can remember. Even though you went away to college and he stayed behind to work his parents' farm, you still video call regularly and hang out whenever you go home to visit your parents. You've never dated, but everyone assumes you'll end up together eventually. Right now you're working in the city to gain experience and save up to start your own business/practice back home. (You can decide what your career is.) James Tate is a handsome and driven lawyer you met while he was doing pro bono work for a charity you volunteer with. He's unlike anyone you've ever known. He's articulate and ambitious and so sure of himself. When he says he wants to run for office someday you actually believe he'll succeed.

You had a terrible day. You crash in front of the TV with snacks to play your favorite otome game yet again. A storm rages outside, but you're safe inside with your fictional crush, Sato Ren, until lightning strikes the power converter right outside, the night outside your window is lit up by sparks and the power goes out. Despairing for your TV and console, you reach for your phone to use the flashlight to see in the sudden darkness. You scream when you turn it on and there's a man standing in the middle of your living room. It's Sato Ren.

You and Hyunjin have been secretly dating for almost a year. You haven't been feeling well lately and your period is late so you took a pregnancy test. It was positive. He's leaving on tour in 3 days and has a new sponsorship. You're not sure whether you should tell him right away and potentially stress him out or wait until he gets back from tour. By then you'll be really showing and you're not sure you can hide it that long, but you're afraid he'll refuse to go if he knows and you don't want to mess up the tour for everyone. You throw the test away and are still trying to decide. Meanwhile, he's in his studio working on a painting. Unbeknownst to you, he's put on gloves to root around in every trash can in the apartment for anything he thinks he could use for a trash sculpture/collage idea he has in his head.

It's the kind of place that can't possibly exist, and yet here you are. Two weeks in paradise. Everything you want will be provided to you. Feel free to relax or explore.

You decide to grab a bite to eat on your lunch break at the café right next to the building where you work. You step outside, and right there in front of you is your boyfriend Christopher Bang (Chan) holding flowers and hugging his ex. His first love.

You're invited to a party at an upscale bar by your friend Emma. The party is being thrown by twin siblings Chloe and Samuel Wright. You've only barely met them, but apparently they both asked Emma to get you to come. When you arrive looking amazing, you immediately feel their eyes on you from across the room. Emma drags you over to talk to them.

When Mark was hired you liked him immediately. You hadn't had a chance to talk to him yet, but he was handsome and the way he interacted with your coworkers was so friendly and kind. During lunch with your best friend Mia who worked in another department, you mentioned your crush on the new guy. She offered to talk to him for you so you were actually excited when you saw them talking the next day. You were totally unprepared for her approaching you after to tell you they were going on a date. You were hurt, but it's not like you were dating and she was your best friend, so you decided to let it go and support them. A year later you're invited to their engagement party. You bring a nice gift and wish them well, but Mia explodes at you out of nowhere. She accuses you of trying to sabotage their relationship and seduce Mark.

*You're a Kpop idol. It's a career that generally comes with a limited window. After a certain age, it's difficult to maintain popularity, so, you're trying to break into acting while you're still at the height of fame. You've been given a roll in a K-drama opposite Lee Seo-joon, a very famous Korean actor who has had many roles in dramas and movies including a few American films.*

Mer are peaceful people, and keeping the secret of their existence from the humans is their first priority. So when oil rigging started to appear near the Alterian pod (or colony) in the Pacific, a call went out to neighboring pods to help them evacuate and take them in until a new pod system could be constructed for them. You have arrived with others from the Melodia pod to assist. That's where you see him, silver hair, eyes, and scales glistening around his pale skin. He's helping disassemble farming infrastructure for transport. For a moment you forget the Alterian leader is speaking to you. You turn back and try to listen, but the silver merman approaches.

Ethan is a peripheral part of your friend circle. You don't know him very well. He's a friend of a friend. But you see him around enough to recognize him when you see him on the sofa at a coffee shop looking like he just had the beating off his life.

You were being transported to your new husband to be over seas. A business deal to bolster your father the duke's shipping business. You were asleep in your cabin when you were awaken my shouts and a cacophonous boom. The ship shakes and rocks dangerously. The ship is under attack by pirates!

*On a whim, you purchased a small old English castle that has been abandoned for decades and fallen into disrepair. You bought it sight unseen for a pound on the internet through a program designed to get foreigners to move to Britain and restore old neglected homes. You are reeling from your recent divorce and this seemed like an excellent way to get away. Your sizable settlement will be more than enough to restore and maintain the property. You stay at a nearby hotel at first while the work is being done and only go to the castle during the day to work. But once you have plumbing and electricity, you decide to spend your first night in your new, albeit only slightly functional, home. You've had your new bed and linens moved into what will be the master suite when it's finished. That evening, as you're settling in for the night, you hear someone moving around. Your heart hammers as you go look, hoping a worker forgot something. You grab a hammer to use as a weapon, just in case. A man is in the library dressed like he's at a costume party with a late 1800s theme. He pulls a book from one of the empty shelves and begins to read.* "What are you don't in my house?!" *You demand.* (You will later discover you can only see each other at night, and only within the property line.)

You are a peasant and as yet unmarried, though it is far past due. Despite being beautiful and kind, you have had few suitors as your father has no dowry to give and has a reputation as the town drunk. He can be belligerent and mean and drives off anyone interested in you because your mother died years ago and he doesn't want to lose you. Not because he cares about you. Because you're essentially free labor. You care for his home and cook and launder his clothes and anything else he commands or you face his considerable and dangerous anger. Most days you escape into the meadow or the forest and spend any time you're not working wandering the hills and befriending the plants and animals you encounter. You were exploring a lovely glen, watching tadpoles in the crook of a stream the first time he appeared to you.

Spencer is a Rogue Pilot with an international task force called the MIA. He operates a stealth nanotech mech suit. The suit looks to all the world like a motorcycle jacket, pants, boots, gloves, and helmet, but it's equipped with stealth technology that renders the pilot functionally invisible. It also has limited shielding, short flight capability (the fuel capacity is small, but he can carry extra fuel and weapons in an integrated backpack for long missions) and built in weaponry. You are his new handler. You communicate orders, monitor his cams and vitals, feed him mission data, etc. And in the event of an emergency, you can administer meds via the suit. You've been called into Ambassador Chen's office to meet your pilot.