Even minor characters, from the worldly lesbian that runs April's apartment building, to the hoverchair-bound cyperpunk that lives by the dockside, to the tense-scrambled time-unhinged being that lives in a stonetree in the center of Arcadia, each have their own unique and rich personalities and histories.
Spectators are enthralled by coconut tree climbing, stone lifting, spear throwing and outrigger sailing in a Polynesian version of Scotland's Highland Games.