This one might take a little bit of doubling up! Essentially, this is set sometime in the future when mankind realizes that Earth is no longer able to single-handedly sustain their development and survival. In an effort to solve the issue, an international group of four researchers were given the most hi-tech space ship and technology possible. They would be launched towards the closest, seemingly habitable (in that its makeup is similar to that of Earth) planet. The planet [thusly un-named] is several lightyears away but, thanks to recent revolutions in technology, the researchers are able to arrive within a year of launch date. Their entire ride will have them in a cryogenic hibernation until just before arrival.

The goal? To scout out this new planet, find the basic necessities of life and to deem it safe for mankind to establish a new home. Of course, this doesn't take into account whatever life forms [preferably non-intelligent] may already reside there...and whether or not they're friend or foe.

A mute girl is rendered homeless [reason still unknown] and never had the opportunity to learn sign language. She can read and write just fine, but must communicate in other ways besides speech. A coffee store owner is forced by his deaf younger sister to help her out.

Time period is somewhere in the past, where nobles and such was still a thing. I'm not at all vehement about historical accuracies so, we'll probably mix and match from a variety of time periods. A rich character who is so used to the comforts of the privileged has finally done something [not sure what] and irked their parents. In their search to teach them a lesson, the parents send them away to live with their significantly poorer friends. These people are [fishermen, farmers, blacksmiths] who take the character under their wing. Naturally, this family has a child round about the same age as aforementioned character. They don't hit it off too well at first, due to a disparity of class. However, just as they were beginning to grow closer, the parents swoop in with intentions to take the rich character home and marry them off to some noble.