[2] The semi-autobiographical story, deals with members of youth subcultures resembling the Mods and Rockers of 1960s England.

Although the setting is mostly identical to post-World War II England, it is an unspecified alternate history where the characters ride on hovering scooters and motorcycles.

Much of the story focuses on violent conflicts between the Originals and their enemies, a gang of bikers which they call "the Dirt".

Their greatest aspiration is to become members of The Originals, a smartly-dressed gang who ride on floating scooters, called Hovers.

Lel starts working as a drug dealer for the gang's leader, and the pair soon have enough money for fashionable clothes and Hovers of their own.