A young girl is walking on the abandoned broken highway into the city. The girl looks about 8 years old and she has black hair that has been badly cut to neck length. The most noticeable thing about this girl though is her slightly pale skin along with some rather pointed ears. She has been travelling towards the city in hope that someone will be there; she wasn't quite sure what she was going to do if she found someone, but she knew that there had to be someone in the city. As the enormous metropolis came into view the little girl became stunned, and then scared. The city had been destroyed, buildings lay crumbled on the ground and the mighty skyscrapers had fallen. The girl runs up to the edge of the destruction and calls out for someone, anyone. She scampers into the city and starts to panic, she had been hoping, just a fraction of hope that someone would be there to see her. As she reaches an intersection she stops and calls out again and then she realises she is alone. There is no one in the city; there is no one in the world left alive. She puts down her head her arms across herself, and starts to cry.
A man who has been travelling for quite some time is currently moving through some run down houses. His skin is slightly blue and he has a thick, bushy white beard along with white hair. On the top he is wearing a worn and raggedy grey suit jacket that covers his black shirt. The only clean thing on him is a dreamlike golden crown, more than anything it looks out of place. As he walks into the city he hears something that he has not heard in some time, a voice. He doesn't move quickly at first but instead takes time collects his thoughts and then begins to walk towards the voice.
As the girl is crying the man comes over some rubble into view but she doesn't notice him. He looks at her and is first glad to see her, and then concerned that she is even there. He sees that she is crying and he immediately drops his laden pack and runs towards her. He puts a single finger upon her face and wipes away a tear. As she turns up to face him he begins to move away. With a quick reach into a smashed shop window he retrieves a large pink soft toy that somewhat resembles a monkey. As he comes back and gives it to her she hugs the new toy and looks up to her new guardian, the tears no longer coming from her eyes. As a smile starts to appear the man kneels down next to her. With a very calm voice he says "Hi there, my name is Simon. What's yours?"
"M-Marceline" the girl says quietly.
"So, Marceline, are you… Is there anyone else with you?"
Marceline begins to look sad again as she says "My mummy… I don't know where she is. I don't know what to do anymore and I'm really scared"
Simon breaths our deeply and says "Yeah… Me too"