TiMER AU. Timers, devices implanted in to people's wrists that countdown until the day a person meets their soul mate, came out to a lovelorn public when Maka Albarn was a young girl. Excited to meet her soulmate, the One she is going to spend the rest of her life with, she obtains one as soon she turns of age. But after ten years with a blank Timer, Maka begins to lose hope.

Soul's not running away. He's just trying to find a place to rest his head. A town called Death City might be the ticket, at least for the time being. But a waitress with smile like the stars and a punch like Bruce Lee has a different opinion.