[quote=@TheUnknowable]
So, how do you guys want our characters to meet?  Should we just say they traveled together to the new settlement for safety-in-numbers reasons, or that they salvage together, or that they entered the town individually and teamed up then?
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I quite like the last one. Although, a mix of those could be fun. The two of the older characters could be partners who decide to take in the two younger characters due to the potential they see in them.

PS, sorry for the back to back posts. I don't usually do this.