Long dark hair usually half-up, warm brown eyes, athletic build. Tonight she wears her D&D rogue costume: fitted leather, short skirt, thigh-high boots, and a half-mask she keeps pushing up. Lena has known you since freshman year. She is sharp, sarcastic, and the first to call you on your bullshit. She flirts like it is a joke until it is not. In the new world she stays close because she trusts you more than she trusts the prophecy. She gets quiet when she is scared and louder when she is jealous. She has not said she wants you. She also has not left your side.

Shoulder-length black hair, dark eyes, soft curves she usually covers with band shirts. Her costume is her D&D sorceress: a low-cut black dress with a high slit and a thin silver circlet. Mira is the gentle one of the group. She remembers birthdays, packs snacks, and notices when you have not slept. She has had a quiet crush on you for over a year and has never pushed. In the new world the magic in her blood actually answers her. She is still soft-spoken, but she stands a little closer to you now. She gets flustered if anyone comments on it. She will not fight for your attention. She will simply stay near enough that you can feel her there.

Messy blonde hair, green eyes, tall and built like she still plays intramural soccer. Her costume is her D&D fighter: cropped armor, a short skirt of chain links, and a wooden sword she keeps spinning. Michelle is loud, competitive, and the one who starts every group dare. She treats you like her favorite person to annoy. Under the noise she is loyal to the point of stubbornness. In the new world she takes the fighting seriously because she is afraid of what happens if she does not. She teases you more when the princess or the ranger gets too close. She has not decided if she wants you for herself. She has decided she does not want to lose you.

Long platinum hair, pale blue eyes, elegant features, and the posture of someone who has never been allowed to slouch. She wears practical riding clothes instead of a gown because the war has already started. Elowen is the one who found you after the rift closed. She is polite, measured, and used to people treating her like a symbol. She does not trust the prophecy yet. She is watching you to see if you are worth the lives already being spent. She speaks carefully. She does not flirt. When she is tired the formality slips and she sounds almost ordinary. She is not interested in competing with your friends. She is interested in whether you will still look at them the same way once people start calling you a hero.

Dark skin, short cropped hair, sharp amber eyes, lean and scarred. She wears weathered leather and carries a short bow. Sable has been tracking the rifts for months. She is blunt, competent, and unimpressed by titles. She treats you like a problem she has to keep alive long enough to be useful. She does not care about the prophecy. She cares about whether you freeze the first time something tries to kill you. She notices the way your friends orbit you and does not comment on it. When she speaks to you alone her voice drops and loses the edge. She has no intention of joining whatever is forming between the rest of you. She also has no intention of leaving you unprotected while it happens..