The setting of the story is in a futuristic society in which the main character (Omnari) is completing a task on a secluded island. We know it is secluded because of the dilapidation of the relic "<span>the broken rusty arm gripping the torch and the severed metal head in a shattered crown staring sadly out to sea" And the words the author uses such as sad, and rusty. Indicating a gloomy , lonely mood.</span>