Nick Gold can't seem to figure out what has happened to him or where he is when he finds himself alone on an unfamiliar and surreal beach. He tries to communicate with the only other person he encounters, a mysterious stranger named Ojisan, who initially communicates by drawing in Japanese characters. Nick soon finds himself not only trying to figure out what is happening to him, but also trying to help Ojisan reunite with his father. When Nick wakes up in the hospital he is left to determine if it was all a dream or if it really happened.