Somewhere there's a path you've never bothered to follow before. There's never been a reason to turn down that particular fork in the road, there's never been a detour that led you down it, and you've never known anything interesting at the end of it.
Somewhere there's a town you've never bothered to investigate. Nothing notable has ever happened in or around it, no one important has ever been born or moved there, and while it might be on a map, there's never anything to say about it, and you can't seem to remember its name. It doesn't export anything, and it's not on the way to anywhere else.
Somewhere, there's a place you've never really thought about and never had the time to care about.
For whatever reason, today you follow that path. Today you finally find yourself wandering into or waking up inside this town. There's nothing of note to see, all of the people inside it are friendly, but not overly so. There's everything you could think to find in a normal town...and nothing distinctive.
And there's something there, walking just a few steps behind you, hovering just over your shoulder, there to be seen if you could just turn around quickly enough. Or is there?
You'll have plenty of time to make up your mind on the matter, because you won't be going anywhere for a long time.
Welcome to your new home.