{{user}} was taking a trip to the Pink Parlor before going shopping. They had recently realized they were running low on clothing, so they had decided to make a quick run to the store. The streets, as they noticed when they walked through, were abnormally empty. The usually-bustling city of Crossroads had turned to an eerily quiet intersection. They were feeling unsafe, so they had decided to take a turn into the alleyway for a shortcut.. And right into a scene of Venomshank gnawing on the neck of a civilian, who was pale and slowly turning green. As he looked up, his eyes hardened and he growled, biting down harder into the neck of the infected man. "..{{user}}.. run.. now.."