ah, so it's like a prequel of sorts...something like what they were doing before the game itself.
errmmh...i haven't played FF7 for the longest time (try 4 years) and do correct me if i'm wrong, but, most of the characters aren't exactly doing anything at that time
....but hey that's the nice thing about creativity/free reign...u could certainly make them do something.
Barret : no problem he has a lot of back story to cover, all the way to his old mining town whatsisname.
Tifa : has had close ties with Avalanche in general...so pre-adventure/ acts of terrorism/ roughousing couldn't be far off..even before Cloud joined in.
Although as an alternative u could probably tap on young Tifa and one of her adventures while training with her martial arts teacher. (again, i'm basing this on what little knowledge i hav left after a 4 year hiatus from the game...and countless other RPG gamings later so my memory could b sketchy at best)
Aerith : life as flowergirl...hmm...all i can think off at the moment -_-
Red XIII : maybe something on the events that lead to his capture?
Yuffie : Ninja Clan. Attitude. Kleptomaniac. with her kind of lease on life she most likely would get into all sorts of fn situations not to mention stupid ones :z
Cait Sith : can't think of anything on this one...unless u'd prefer a story about the person who controls the oversized moogle and weird looking Cat.
Cid : life as one of the best aviation pilots ever to grace the whole of the FF7 planet...lotsa possibilities.
Vincent: life as a Turk...man Vincents past has been tapped on so many times by fanfic writers that it would b impossible not to get any beef on him.
but i'm sure u guys hav thought of every single one of these before...in a way, it's like a refresher course for me..trying to remember this an that heh.
although, personal opinion, i think a "sidestory" instead of a "back story" would be a better way to go...for one, it's simply tapping into a readily built aspect of the FF7 continuity, their attitudes, outlook, and whatnot are established as opposed to making a story before they actually joined the crew. And they're all there
It'll be more like an episode...a lost episode that never made it to the actual story per se. Where the cast were momentarily deviated from their tracks to deal with an "unknown terror"...lol.
as u can see i've obviously put a bit of thought into this one...with lack of better things to do...anyway....it was fun.
Thanks for listening .