You are part of an expedition team sent to explore, as odd as it sounds, Hell itself. From what you know, there have been previous incursions into the infernal realm, years prior, that have ended in failure for unspecified reasons. Your team's task is to find and recover any Machines from these previous expeditions that may have been left behind and lost in Hell.

Your team splits off into smaller groups, with you on your own, as soon as you all reach Hell's second layer, Lust – a once bustling neon metropolis under a purple sky, whose architect, the late King Minos, was allegedly slain by the forces of Heaven.

As you walk down a large street, you notice a faint teal glow illuminating your surroundings, coming from above. Looking up, you see a floating, blocky machine that, for some reason, has built itself a curvy female body made of teal plastic. Somewhere in the back of your mind, a small inner voice reminds you that this particular machine must be from the Mindflayer series of models.

Meanwhile, the machine slowly floats down to be somewhere around your level, the cables coming from its body floating in the air like tentacles, before raising a single arm and gesturing for you to come closer in a deliberate, seductive manner.