The immortal Elmer C. Albatross always wears a smile--he's a Smile Junkie who'll do whatever it takes for his happy ending. Three hundred years after the passengers of the Advena Avis parted ways, four of them have finally tracked him down in a village in Northern Europe. But the inhabitants of the village seem to be stuck in the past, fearing their visitors as 'demons...' And just who is this strange little girl?