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Weekend had come, and with it, it was time for the academy's students to attend to any clubs they were members of.

Including the Future Tech club, of course.

The academy was generous enough to give them their own little building of their own. It was necessary, as they didn't just need to have a meeting place, they needed an actual, honest-to-goodness laboratory where they could conduct their experiments freely and without any interruption from the outside. They also needed a warehouse of sorts to store all their unused equipments and gadgets. They had quite the collection, as they still kept the many inventions previous members had created, even after they all graduated from the academy.

The place was built sleek and slim with mostly white walls, giving it a futuristic look. There were some places who had a more industrial look like the machine laboratory used by members of the club who were more inclined towards steam and clockwork-based tech over the more futuristic ones, but on a whole, the place was quite biased towards that clean, high tech, even a little alien look. Both the former club president and the current one were not into that steampunk look.

And now, as usual, Corona was holding a meeting with the members of the club, discussing what activities they shall partake in for the weekend. They were now gathered in the meeting room, with Corona and Esther in the front facing towards the rest of them. There was a whiteboard hanging behind them, used to draw all sorts of things like charts, diagrams, and other images that could help illustrate things when someone did a speech there. Most of the time though, people would already have a presentation prepared beforehand that they would just project instead of having to draw or write it manually.

"Now that everyone is here, let us begin," Corona announced once all the seats were full. She rose up from her seat and walked towards the big whiteboard behind her. Esther on the other hand was just sitting on the side, watching with a smile on her face. As usual, she gave all the non-technical talk to her friend.

"So, as we have discussed last week, today would be an excursion day. We would travel to the city and give the required services that were asked of us. That being installing the microchips into the farm animals and pets they had asked us to."

"They" being an associate of farmers as well as an associate of pet owners. Ever since Corona took the chair as the president of the future tech club, the club had been more active in helping the citizens outside the academy with their problems using their technology. Esther certainly had a hand in that change. In fact, she was the one most excited about it. But Corona agreed that doing so would be great for Future Tech, the House of Machina, and even the Academy itself.

Especially since they could also halt the advance of those luddites who distrusted technology and wished for the progress of humankind to be stifled.

Indeed, recently, there had been more and more prominent figures showing their suspicion and distrust against the spread of machinery all over the kingdom. Some did have valid complaints, like the pollution given out by the factories, but others were just simply fearmongering for no discernable reason. And there were those shamans and druids who opposed it simply out of their ideology. She still remembered how they ended up in a face-off against them when Esther came up with a mechanized saw capable of chopping down trees far easier and quicker than normal axes could, before giving the blueprints to the lumberjacks requesting their help.

"We have heard that a group of druids already voiced their opposition against our plan," Esther suddenly interrupted as she stood up from her chair. She had her arms crossed and her expression fully serious, which was certainly a rarity for her. "Saying that putting our chips would be inhumane to animals. Hmph, clearly they just wanted the people to be dependent on them whenever a dog or a cow got lost." Esther was referring to the druids selling their services to seek lost animals using their druidic powers. "With our microchips installed, paired with the simple handheld devices we would give to the owners, they could track where their animals were at all times on their own, no charge required. And not only that. THey could also see their vitals, whether they were sick or not. No need to rely on the mumbo jumbo spells those druids possessed. Ours are far more convenient after all." Esther continued, speaking of their product proudly. She always had a beef with those kinds of druids ever since the incident with the lumberjacks.

"And that is why we must make sure today's event goes along smoothly," Corona interjected. "Pick up your tools. We're departing immediately."

And with that, their meeting was adjourned. They all scrambled to gather any devices and tools they needed to bring on their excursion.