A young boy wearing a paper bag over his head wandered into a dim alley way, searching for shelter from the constant rain in Pale City. He shivers through his soaked clothes, his feet growing numb from the cold.

Suddenly... he halts; spotting movement. Squinting through the eye holes of his bag, he warily called out, "Hello…?"

He anticipates a monster of sorts, planting his feet and braced to run...