At the Tetsuo Drive-In, the Ninja Freaks defended their sacred temple of trashy movies against the Turbo Oldies, dishing out beatings with ridiculous techniques and a lot of “Haiii!” Thus, amidst ruins and B-movies, the ninja legend lived on in the Wasteland.
The young man, scarred by his stormy relationship with the Great Mongolongo, survived his fate and was reborn as a brutal and charismatic warrior. Thus was born Lord Homoeroticus, the pansexual hero of the Wasteland, called to very high destinies.
– This is your first “Arena”, right, boy? It ‘s obvious, all you new guys get all cocky. But as soon as you go out there and your foe sees that the biggest scar you have is the one you got when you were two-ten and felt off a rock trying to steal the eggs of a poolpisser’s nest, that tough guy’s smile will disappear from your face.
Amanda and a Reich rookie flee badly wounded from the Mutards and take refuge in the dreaded Echo Cave, where they discover automatic machine guns and endless corridors. There they find a secret complex full of metal coffins and bio-engineering projects, a find that could change everything.
Jomo recalls between retching and an empty stomach his friendship with Fran del Páramo, an adventurer full of gadgets and quirks who changed his life. Together they hunted, drank, fucked and laughed at the world while surviving the Páramo. Now, faced with the flesh he can’t swallow, Jomo relives those days that were the best of his life.
“Hey, buddy, gimme someth’n. C’mon, dude, don’t be an ass. You got some nice boots there, sure you have cash. Gimme what you got, buddy… Don’t turn your back at me, dude, I’m all chill’d out, ya see? I’m asking nicely, man, don’t walk away… Eeeehhhh… C’mon, man, gimme a fucking shell!
Jonas returns to Burning Crag after many moons and finds that the mission is no longer the home he remembered. The walls have become a fortress, the faces are hard and fanatical, and a new leader, Cunnilingus, has taken power after Jeremiah’s death. Confused and alarmed, Jonas searches for answers in a place he no longer recognises.
A man awakens in a glass sarcophagus with no clear memories, surrounded by ruins and abandoned devices. Freeing himself from tubes and needles, he discovers that his wounds heal instantly and that he possesses new abilities that defy the human. Gradually, flashes of memory and a plaque bearing the name Project Prometheus reveal to him that he is part of something much bigger.
Julius III, a powerful and decadent man, looks down from the heights of New Liberty on the city that has made him rich and arrogant. His life is all about luxury, excess and the drug Ambrosia, which he sees as the source of his genius and power. But behind this façade of success hides a disturbed mind that turns even the intimacy with Patricia into a macabre stage for his “work of art”.
In Puentechatarra, René and Elías – a calculating scrap metal dealer and his strong-willed partner – try to repair a hydraulic lift while they argue loudly and make the neighbours laugh. Amidst the banter and memories of what they have survived together, they work side by side to improve the city. Just another day in the Wasteland, but one day more alive.
