I fed our tech noir cast of characters to the two annoying podcast hosts from Notebook LM so that they could discuss how groups of them might work together.
https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/01615d4d-37f2-4789-9bb1-43374db0b787/audio
They spitball several ideas, none exceptionally creative, but maybe it can be used as a starting point. How do people in the class see their characters interacting? Is there an issue or a scenario around which they can connect?