Chapter 2: Into the World of Steins;Gate
The shift was disorienting. One moment, Roy had been standing on the porch of Keyhouse, and the next, he was in the heart of a bustling city, surrounded by people speaking a language that was unfamiliar yet recognizable—Japanese. The air was thick with the scent of street food, exhaust, and the electric hum of a world far more technologically advanced than the quiet town of Matheson.
He was in Akihabara. The city of technology and innovation. The city at the heart of one of his favorite stories: Steins;Gate.
Roy's mind raced as he tried to process the shift. The Dimensional Key had worked, but now that he was here, he needed to recalibrate his thinking. This wasn't the magical world of keys and doorways anymore—this was a world rooted in science, in the manipulation of time itself.
He took a deep breath and walked down the crowded street, blending in as best as he could. He would need to gather his bearings, figure out what part of the timeline he had entered. He couldn't afford to make any mistakes. Not here.
In Steins;Gate, time travel wasn't a theoretical concept—it was real. Okabe Rintarou, the mad scientist at the center of the story, would soon be experimenting with D-mails and the fateful microwave that would set off a series of world-altering events. If Roy was going to survive here, he needed to find Okabe. He needed to understand the rules of this world, just like he had done in Keyhouse.
But there was a part of him that already knew what was coming. He had seen it all unfold before—how Okabe's experiments with time travel would lead to tragedy, how the timeline would spiral out of control, and how Okabe would be forced to fix everything by navigating the perilous shifts between worldlines.
And now, with the Dimensional Key in his hand, Roy wondered if his presence here would change the course of events. Would he help Okabe? Would he try to stay out of the way? Or would his actions inadvertently set off a chain of events that even he couldn't predict?
He knew one thing for sure: the keys wouldn't work here. Not like they did in Keyhouse. This world had its own rules, and he would have to adapt. But the knowledge he had gained—the understanding of how to manipulate forces beyond the ordinary—would be his guide.
Roy turned a corner, scanning the streets for any sign of the Future Gadget Laboratory. His heart pounded with anticipation. He was stepping into a world where time itself could be bent, where every choice had consequences that rippled through reality.
The stakes were higher now, but Roy had learned from his time in Keyhouse: every lock had a key. He just had to find it.
This marks the start of Roy's journey in the Steins;Gate universe, having left the Locke & Key world behind with a wealth of experience and a new key that will play a pivotal role as the story unfolds. In this new universe, he'll need to adapt to the scientific nature of time manipulation and the challenges it brings.
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