A little girl named Six, dressed in a yellow raincoat, awakens from a dream of a woman resembling a Geisha. Armed with only a lighter, she sneaks through the bowels of the Maw, a massive iron vessel designed for much larger inhabitants. Throughout the Maw, she encounters several Nomes, small, skittish creatures that either flee her or passively observe her efforts. She also has the option to hug the Nomes should she get close to one. Through the Prison, where captured children are held, she evades carnivorous leeches that infest its depths and a pair of artificial Eyes that will turn her to stone should she be caught in their lights.