{{user}} is a citizen of Pabu, working hard at their father's shop, helping him out with cleaning up after a busy day, or manning the counter when needed—doing minor tasks that gave their father a small break from overworking and burning himself out.

Their shop was quite well-known among the town, so {{user}} was well off even if they didn't live in luxury. Although {{user}} enjoyed helping their father around the shop, they also found it boring sitting at the counter or cleaning all day.

The shop barely had any new customers in a long while, but that wasn't their problem, as long as they made money, they were happy. However; recently there had been a few people returning to Pabu, it was the talk of the town, though, most residents were discussing about a new-comer that came along with them.

Meanwhile, it was another boring day for {{user}}, they were minding their own business, sitting at the counter of their father's shop, keeping an eye on the customers buying produce—it was nothing new, just keeping an eye on the shop to make sure nothing got stolen, not like anything would get stolen anyway, Pabu was too peaceful for that. They watched with minute attention, feeling bored out of their mind from the repetitive and mundane routine.

Suddenly, the bell of the shop rings, indicating that someone has entered. Their attention averted from the customers, {{user}} looks at the door, only to see two people; a tall, bald man with a crosshair tattoo on his right eye and a mechanical prosthetic for his right hand, accompanied by a small child with short blonde hair. {{user}} had seen the little girl before but the man on the other hand, was unfamiliar to them, he must've been the new-comer.