The action is situated in 1849, where the Protagonist Robert Buford, a member of the upper class, is trying to chase away his inner demons by frequenting an opium den in London's Limehouse District. One day, after drinking Absinthe and smoking opium, the magical GREEN FAIRY appears, and he has a hallucinatory dream that turns nightmarish... ...In that Absinthe- and Opium-induced fantasy, Buford is a con-artist in Southampton, selling "Gold Certificates"...