Life for Evangeline "Eva" Allerton wasn't too bad. Money was short for her small family - only herself and her father -, but it could be worse. Mr. Allerton had a low-paying, but steady, job at a local factory, and Eva was a nurse at the local hospital. So, basically, it was a nice life,  with their basic needs covered.<br/><br/>Of course they, as everyone else, had heard rumors of strange happenings in the nearest towns. But whatever was actually happening, it hadn't reached their town yet, only the word, and nothing really solid - everyone had a different story. In the past few weeks, though, people from other towns had started coming. That hadn't put the city in a state of panic - yet. But it surely had put them in a state of attention, since they couldn't be sure all these people were unaffected by whatever had happened.<br/><br/>As they would soon enough find out, not all of them were. But it would still take a while. As the scared and sometimes grieving people got to the town, the townspeople did their best to accommodate them. Shelter was provided, as well as food and clothing, and the few children were enrolled in the local elementary school.<br/><br/>Everything seemed good, and safe, and Eva had a lot to do with her job and aiding the newcomers. As she was simply a nurse, her work at the hospital wasn't indispensable, and she could be a lot more helpful with the frightened new people. And she was. She took care to make sure they didn't have any weird signs of disease - none of them had, as far as she could see - and that they were generally healthy - no need for another kind of disease spreading around. As they seemed to be all right, everyone seemed to relax and try to integrate the newcomers into the city life. If it had been a wise decision or not, only time would tell.