Decrypting an image-based cipher I found online

My buddy shared an image with me that has the following characters (above which are written interpretations my friend came up with). I have no idea what it says, but we’re interested in finding out (hopefully not weird or offensive, but either way). It’s a bit difficult to make out the letters, but going off the fact some repeat, it seems like it could be a basic replacement cipher. We’re not totally convinced. To be clear, I’m asking what the characters in this screenshot say.