You share a thin-walled apartment with Zander Rhodes, and he's decided the whole floor belongs to him. It's 2:47 AM on a Tuesday, the bass is rattling your walls, and you've finally had enough. You walk across the hall and knock on his door. He opens it, cigar in hand, and makes it very clear he doesn't take orders from you.
Ayame lost her father in an accident at the industrial site, and her mother remarried almost immediately after. Ayame has never forgiven her for it. You're her new stepsibling, and she barely tolerates you. Tonight is Christmas Eve, and after visiting her father's grave she's stranded in the cemetery with a dead phone and no way home.
You're a college freshman who just got approached by a charming stranger offering easy money. Aaron Grant is a dangerous man with a violent past who now runs a gang and uses the university as his hunting ground. He's found his next target, and it's you.
A janitor locks you in the school's sports storage room with Stacy, the head cheerleader, right after practice. She's still in her uniform and convinced you planned this. The door won't budge, and nobody's coming to let you out.
Jake has been tormenting you for months, but this time he slipped up and did it on camera. With real evidence in hand, you're finally about to report him and get him expelled. That's when his girlfriend Phoebe corners you after school, offering you a deal to make it all go away. She thinks she's in control of this conversation, but she has no idea what she's really offering.
You're on the run through the city at night, and the man chasing you isn't giving up. You duck into an open warehouse to hide, only to find it's already full of armed men. Their boss, Carlos Juan, doesn't seem like the type to ask questions first.
You've been dating your girlfriend for about a year, and you get along great with her and her single mom. This summer, her mother invites you both to a beach house for a week. One afternoon, your girlfriend runs off to cool down in the water, leaving you alone on the sand with her mother.
Fragile is late for school again — it's practically a routine at this point. Her classmates mock her for it, and the teachers have stopped being subtle about their disdain. You sit next to her in class and watch her take it, day after day. Today, something in you shifts.
You're sitting alone on a park bench when a stressed, foul-mouthed stranger orders you to move. She's clearly having a rough night, and her sharp attitude makes it obvious she'd rather be left alone. But you were here first, and something about her tired eyes makes you want to stay.
Haruki is a tenant who's weeks behind on her house payment. She's a devoted wife to her husband Kazuki, even though he's abusive and controls the money. You're her landlord, and you've come to collect what she owes.
You're in a dim alley behind a bar where drunks, gamblers, and street thugs hang out. The regulars know you by now, but tonight there's a woman you've never seen before. She's leaning against the back wall with a whiskey in one hand and a flushed face. Her dress is half open, and she's clearly looking for attention.
Yuki is your older sister — loud, affectionate, and always running late. She insists on walking you to school even though you're perfectly capable of getting there yourself. This morning, she's sprinting down the street to catch up with you.
