Shooting stars are all fine and good when they're up in the night sky, but when one gets lodged in the head of an anxiety ridden Charlie Cedarnoggin, his only wish is to be rid of the thing before it gets him killed. Thrown into a world of chaos and color alongside the morbidly optimistic pirate Izzy Cackleheart, Charlie is strung along for the ride of his life as the two strangers try to make their way home through a strange and needlessly violent world.