故事发生在1988年的阿姆斯特丹。传奇爵士小号手切特·贝克离奇身亡，侦探卢卡斯受雇调查这背后的真相。为了查清贝克死前几天发生的事情，卢卡斯开始了一段阴暗的音乐旅程。旅途中，他分别遇到了贝克的最后一位情人萨拉、沉默寡言而又穷困潦倒的友人西蒙，以及含糊其辞的粉丝菲尔古德医生。在试图洞察这位声名狼藉的小号手内心同时，卢卡斯也不得不面对自己心中的阴霾和创伤。

Eleven-year-old Tibor has only one friend: his house robot, T.I.M. When his father replaces the out-of-date robot, Tibor saves it from destruction. He sets out in search of the only one who can repair T.I.M.: the mythic robot maker Hector Sammler. During the adventurous quest through an unknown world however, T.I.M. slowly falls apart. It remains to be seen if they will ever find Hector, provided he exists in the first place.