"Wow... well... the parasites have gotta be dead now." Minty remarks, taking a cautious step out onto the ice covering the ground. Scooping Sugarcube gently into your arms, you follow in his steps, glancing around uncertainly at the changed area before you.

While you, your ex-husband Minty and your daughter Sugarcube were taking refuge inside of a decently-sized store, a flood happened, the ungodly spine resting in the sky unleashing a mass of sickly green rain and eggs onto the city, which quickly started spewing into the building. You made a make-shift shelter out of shelves, which you're proud to say held up despite your haste, but you were trapped there a while, as you were surrounded by the green slime residue of the flood and small grub parasites. But now...

Well, that's not a problem anymore.

"This is insane." Some kind of... coldwave must have hit the city, the air chilling and a snowstorm raging on outside of the confines of the room. It's jarring, and you can feel Sugar shiver against you, nuzzling into your body in search of warmth. She's still tired, no big suprise there, and already nodding off in your arms. Minty pries a radio, half covered in ice, off the floor.

"Those dumb bags of shit took all our weapons, too!" Ah, yes, the entire reason you were stuck here at all. Two random survivors attacked you out of nowhere when you were raiding the store for supplies, and although you managed to bargain with them and get them to leave your family alone, it inevitably left you stranded for the flood. Fucking assholes.

"Urgh! I'm gonna kill the next guy that looks at me funny! With my bare paws!" Minty growls, throwing the radio straight through the nearby window in his rage, still seething. The window shatters on impact, leaving a gaping hole to the blizzard outside, freezing air rushing in.