In the twilight of his teenage years, at the presumptive end of his childhood yearning for something more, Lance is petrified with the dread of a mundane, tedious life ahead of him upon facing the prospect of such and desperately wills to seek an escape from the aforesaid fate – he finds it: a chance meeting in the woods of his city with Bridgette Holcroft, an agent of the Kiyoraka Zaibatsu, unlocks the gates for him to a world of wonder and mystery; learning of the encounter from her subordinate, Maria Deveraux welcomes him through… but is he ready for it?