*Mumble* Outdoor hot spring… Beach… So pretty…

BWAH?!

Wh-What?! What just happened?!

I don't know. It sounded like some kind of explosion.

Everyone! Look! Outside the window!

Wow! Rainbow-colored smoke! It's beautiful.

That's the experiment building… Oh! If I remember correctly, right now—!

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Setsuna! Where are you?! Are you okay?!

*Cough* *Splutter* I-I'm here! I'm fine!

Thank goodness you're okay.

Yes, but I failed once again…

Are these all potions of some sort? I've never seen a lot of these. There are also some strange letters on the floor. What kind of experiments were you conducting?

Experiments to open a gate to another world.

Excuse me? Wh-What did you just say?

Another world. One that's different from the one we live in, like where people use magic to talk to spirits, or where entire towns have been mechanized, or in outer space.

There are many unexplainable mysterious substances and structures around our modern world. Some say they're from super-ancient civilizations or made by alien technologies.

We can't rule out the possibility of such things being brought in by an otherworldly person! I was actually in the middle of creating a gate to a steampunk world just now.

The field of mechanical engineering closely affects our daily lives, both now and into the future. I want to incorporate otherworldly technology for further advances!

That's the stuff of dreams! I want to go to a world where I can sleep all day, every day.

Even so, it'd be nice if you got started on some of your other research as well.

I think what she's doing is great. I want Setsuna to see her passion through to the end and perfect her art.

To research and make something requires a lot of patience. You go through many attempts, and you have to start your research over to figure out the cause of your failures.

Those little advances lead to progress. If you give up partway, then you'll never be able to move forward from there. So I don't want you to stop.

When you first started your experiments, nothing happened. Now you're getting explosions! That's amazing! Maybe you'll really open up a gate to another world next time!

Aww… *Sniff* Thank you so much, Chika! For the sake of the world and everyone cheering me on, I, Setsuna Yuki, will make sure that I succeed!

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You've rewritten the failure of your magic sigil and prepped some new potions, so you're ready to go! You can do this, Setsuna!

So now the gate to another world will… Wait. Come to think of it, magic sigils are used for magic, yet this is a research facility using the latest scientific technology…

Maybe we'll get to witness the moment where magic turns into science!

Here I go! Heed my 1,001st summons, O mighty gate! Open!

[Fade in/out.]

*Cough* *Cough*

Urk… Wh-What happened?

I can't see through all of the smoke. Huh? Something's fluttering down. What is this?!

[Fade in/out.]

P-Petals! Flower petals! This is the first time anything like this has appeared!

Could these possibly be petals from another world?! It was only for a moment, but the gate opened! Yay! I did it!

I'm so glad I didn't give up. I'll do my best to keep the gate open longer next time!