
1 chapter • 3 scenes
A dying pharmacist recreates an 18th-century near-death experiment and awakens in a luminous otherworld where the original apothecary has waited centuries for her arrival, forcing her to choose between eternal life and the mortal world she left behind.





A sterile modern pharmacy research lab cluttered with antique medical texts and experimental compounds, fluorescent lights casting harsh shadows over glass beakers where Elena obsessively recreates 18th-century formulas amid cutting-edge equipment.

An impossibly perfect garden where flowers never wilt, water flows upward in crystalline fountains, and the light remains perpetually golden hour—magnificent and terrifying in its unchanging perfection.

A realm of golden light without walls or horizon, where time holds no meaning and everything glows with soft radiance—neither solid nor empty, this space exists between life and death, welcoming yet utterly alien.
Elena's complete journey from desperate flight from mortality through otherworldly trials to accepting death's meaning, condensing departure, initiation, and return into a unified transformative arc.
Elena's full transformative arc from desperate experiment in her laboratory through crossing into the otherworld, confronting The Timekeeper's seduction of immortality and Pierre's regretful wisdom, to ultimately choosing to return to face her mortality with acceptance.
Elena completes Pierre's 1740 formula in her laboratory while Margot confronts her, leading to Elena drinking the compound and crossing through.

In the Garden of Eternal Bloom, The Timekeeper offers Elena immortality while Pierre reveals his profound regret through philosophical dialogue.

Elena chooses to return to her mortality, awakening in the laboratory with Margot to face her final hours with newfound peace.
