After having retreated from the concave that was his local church, where he had been taken in after his parents' death, Michael found himself in the utter desolate field that found itself in nebraska. Through sweat and pure fear he had pushed his legs all the way to this place, but now he found himself in the middle of something beyond his understanding. Around him there were others, they spoke of some sort of 'god-game' and Michael was simply an unknowledgable teen amidst a game which he couldn't imagine was real even if he tried.