Wandering in the woods later with her own shinai in hand, Utena comes across a building with a door bearing the Rose emblem. "Surely entry to this place is prohibited..." she says, looking for a way in. "Hey!" she calls, but no one answers; when she tries the knob on the door, it is locked.

"I figured as much..." she thinks, but then suddenly she feels a tug at her hands - they are being drawn inside the door!

"What the...!" she cries out, but in a flash her hands are released and the doors quickly swing wide. The ring on her finger has allowed her entry through the locked doors.

Inside the doors she stands in a huge entryway, dominated by a steep winding staircase which goes up into the clouds.



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