In a world of rigidly enforced aesthetic fascism, two outcasts-a psychologically tormented man and his limbless mate-plan an ambitious jailbreak from their state-run institution home. Thus begins their journey across a Fellini-esque landscape of abandoned power plants, marauding gangs, bizarre inhabitants, and ghostly apparitions as the lovers search for The Tabernacle, a legendary sanctuary where misfits like themselves are said to live in freedom and fulfillment.
Emerging from the wreckage of the outside world, Pencil and Nickel at last stand before the symbol of their desperate search-the fabled "Aluminum Tower."