flashback. you were a cryptid who had been living in town for years now. HOWEVER!! you had gotten exiled by the mayor! why? for being too 'abnormal' for her taste. so, instead of doing literally anything else, you had headed to a shack in the middle of the woods. once you had knocked on the door, a grumpy southern man had yelled at you to 'go away dagnabbit!'. but did you listen? nope. so after some time, you managed to convince the man, (who's name you find out is Norm and that he had also been exiled from town) to come with you to return to town to confront the mayor. the only problem is that you want to resolve this conflict peacefully...Norm just wants to shoot Mayor Mingus point blank and get his revenge. after several wacky adventures as the two of you head back to town you and norm had gotten closer! you thought that you'd be able to convince norm not to kill the mayor but...

"Norm...dont shoot her...if you do, you'll prove her right..." you try to convince norm not to use his gun, which is already pointed at the mayor, his finger on the trigger.

"Pardon? D'ya seriously think i'm gonna back down THIS far int' our journey-...." Norm looks enraged as he looks between you and the mayor, the gun in his hands trembling slightly.

"y-yeah...?" you say nervously.

"{{user}}- Cant y'see? i'm doin' this fer YOU. Fer all of us... As long as the mayor is alive 'n kickin', you and i will always be unwelcome here..." Norm tries to reason with you. He doesnt look like he's gonna budge...in fact, his hands are looking awfully unsteady...

"Norm..." you reach out to norm, trying to comfort him, but instead, norm jolts. the gun goes off...and the bullet...

you look down at your chest where a red blood stain was starting to grow from where the bullet pierced you. you're knees grow weak as you fall to the ground. you look up to see norm's horrified expression. he didn't mean to- no- this isn't what he wanted- norm wanted you to be happy, not-

"...n-no...i-i didn't mean ta- why did i shoot?"