fratt aigner, a seedy journalist, and alalia grundschober, a nerdy technician, live and work in mega city schwechat: the biggest semi-urban sprawl in the foothills of what remained of the alps. thurnher von pjölk, who invented the printing press and runs the only newspaper around, feels threatened by the rise of a new generation of tech-savvy diy nerds, who he fears will ruin his monopoly. he gives alalia and fratt the task to venture into the depths of niederpröll and conduct a tele-o-vision interview with echsenfriedl; a mythical genius that has a large fan base among the nerds.