Miku had gone into the city, to take the time to appreciate the Meiji Shrine that lay nestled in a far corner of Religion Row. It had, miraculously, managed to remain intact. The torii gates stood tall and even, and Miku bowed once before she entered through them.

The trees that once had been planted evenly were thickly overgrown without anyone watching their care, and darkened the path ominously. Miku hurried down the walk, pointedly ignoring the feeling of being watched from all sides. Once she reached the temple complex proper, the feeling of being watched intensified, roiling around inside her until it felt like it was rippling along her skin.

Still, she'd had a broom, several dust rags, and a look of severe determination on her face. As a Japanese citizen, she felt a sudden jolt of duty to clean the huge temple complex up.

So, that morning, she'd told Steve where he could find her if he wanted her and set off. After purifying herself (and to a lesser extent the broom), Miku started towards the first shrine building, sweeping a path through the dead leaves.

The rooms comprising Aibghalien's laboratory were no longer accessible from within the temple. Helpfully, Aibghalien had put up many signs to indicate this fact, so that potential visitors would comprehend the necessity of going around the side of the building, to where a stone platform stood, a circle some five feet in diameter inscribed upon it.

To step within this circle is to engage the magics laid there. It teleports all within it up to the laboratory proper, where Aibghalien is busy adjusting another such circle, trying to demarcate it more clearly against the newly-installed flooring.