When walking home from the store with her grandfather, time seems to stop for Mai when she notices a victorian-doll in an antique store window. Feeling as if the doll was calling out to her for some reason, Mai decides to purchase it, despite the store clerk's ominous statement that he "wouldn't recommend it". At home, Mai notices that the doll's reflection in the magical mirror is always crying, and--on her grandfather's advice--she sets out to listen to the doll's heart...