The year is 2030. It's a rainy Saturday afteroon. You've just finished mining 30 gracium+ playing Monster Hunter Now 2, a match-3 mobile game. You open up Monster Hunter Worlds Online and feel a rush of excitement. Your buddy from work has spent the last 2 years becoming a Master rank 999 Gatherer, and he has agreed to trade 10 gracium+ so you can make a Barioth Paladire, a HUGE upgrade over the Kut Ku Rooster Beheader you've been wielding for the last weeks.

It'll take him an hour or so. In the meantime, you hop into Monster Hunter Stories 5, and use the remaining gracium+ to upgrade your Ratha to Rathal. That should keep the kingdom safe for now. You wish you could fast forward time to tonight. Your Squad has plans to go for a deep run into the Forest in Monster Hunter Rise 2: Moonsmash, and your prospects of a successful run (and great carves) have never been better.

All members have been spending the past 2 weeks grinding for better weapons, and you've agreed (through a vote) to use your meal voucher to buy everyone a free rainbow-mint Dango meal. Tonight's objective is to hunt the level 128 Rajang hiding in the Ice Fields. He has a 5% chance of dropping an Immaculate Pelt+, of which there are currently only 4 in existence.

The Pelt+ can be used as a power source in the upcoming space exploration game, Monster Hunter Galaxies and should give your squad a great advantage in hunting a Space Rathalos first. A 5% droprate is low, but you're feeling optimistic.

Life is good.