Actually, Joe had a pretty secure job as a junior executive- or so he thought. After a bunch of layoffs, Joe found himself without a job and, in light of the current job market, decided it was time to move on. Living in a small town is much cheaper, and until he gets back on his feet, the small newsstand should provide a sufficient source of income.

Off to the “downtown” of Middleground (if you can call a bunch of parks, some houses, a museum and a bar that).

In this house lives Brandon Lillard, entrepreneur extraordinaire. Just like most of the other new inhabitants of Middleground, he doesn’t quite know what made him move to the goddamn middle of nowhere or what made him spend all his money on building a bar, but he’s going to make it work!