Although I was two years late for my own Coming of Age Ceremony, Miss Sochie selected me to be her partner.
But I never could have anticipated anything like the tradition with the leeches.
The White Doll reacted to Dianna Counter's WaDoms.
After the Ceremony
There's a fire in the direction of Nocis City! Vicinity is burning too!
And it's all because of the White Doll!
That's not true. Can I move this?
But that big iron rod shot out fire a second ago!
Was everyone at the ceremony able to get out of there okay?
They all ran off.
Loran, what are you doing?
I'm trying to figure out if I can drive this thing.
But it doesn't have any levers or handles.
What!?
What is this!? We're so high up!
We're like twenty or thirty meters up!
That's right.
What are you doing now?
Well, when I went to carve the Holy Marks on you...
Is it this one?
M-My Lady Sochie, are you alright?
W-what happ--
Loran, you...!
I... How did that happen?
I-it can't be helped.
The cockpit just suddenly dropped.
What's wrong?
Do you have a stomach ache?
I guess the fish hit me...
Anyway, this machine should have some kind of operating manual.
Yeah, I guess...
Loran! You have the marks carved on your back too!
You mean the Holy Marks?
Yeah, they're clearly carved.
I can't see them.
That's because this seat is uneven.
This seat's components are probably supposed to connect to a pilot suit.
That means--
Miss Sochie!
I'm worried about the places on fire, and I need to go find you some clothes!
We keep hearing these kinds of sounds, but we can't be sure of their numbers.
Hit the lights!
It seems that they're only using the human type.
Fire!
What is that thing?
Sergeant Yanni, the light we saw tearing through the sky must have been Lord Guin's new secret weapon!
You're right. This must be our new battle strategy to defeat the Gaurians with!
Listen up! The enemy is just a bunch of strawmen!
Shoot 'em down!
Fire!
It dodged!
Captain Phil...
Have you located the source of the beam that came from Vicinity Town yet?
It doesn't appear to be a WaDom's beam.
It's an attack from the sky!
The mechanical dolls are attacking us!
Kihel... Kihel, where are you?
Kihel!
Are you trying to kill everyone?!
It's already been more than a month since we told you that we wanted to return to Earth.
Must you destroy our cities in order to do that?!
Those searchlights are interfering with my photo shooting...
You're in the way!
This is no time to take pictures!
You won't be able to fit everyone in!
Can you make it up here?!
l can climb!
Let me on next!
Miss, get on board!
Did Dianna Counter come here just to kill everyone?!
Sir! Can you make it?!
They lied to me again!
They said the Earth people can't fight back!
Now they're flying these pain-in-the-ass toy planes, and they're even shooting at us!
What's over there?
Didn't I tell you guys to just give it up already?!
You can't be planning to attack us again,
not in your little toy planes!
I'm serious, dammit!
It's a beam! It's been fired at Nocis!
- What kind of light is that!? - It's just like the other one!
It just tore through the sky!
Inform Heir Guin Rhineford about this at once!
I'm afraid I can't right now.
Jesus!
Kihel!
Where did you go?!
I was wondering the same about you, Mother. I'm glad you didn't go out there.
Now where are you going?!
I need to be with Lord Guin.
What should we do?
Mother!
The dummy balloons flew away!
Damn mechanical doll!
Mother...! Mother! Open your eyes! Mother!
Loran! Here.
Thank you.
Did you figure anything out?
Only a little.
Can you move it?
Of course not. But l found something that looks like the operating manual.
Here, this is it.
It's not a book?
The words are stored in here.
In there?
Yeah.
When you press here, the words appear.
Where did you find this!?
Under the seat.
It was stored alongside the medical kit.
You've sure got the hang of this, Loran!
I can't find anything like a table of contents,
so there must be some other documents in here.
In that box?
Why wouldn't they be?
Don't you think it's filled with lots of papers?
I don't know. You'd better not try to open it, though.
I guess not.
Aren't you worried about the fires, Loran?
Fires?
The commander must not leave the castle!
Allow Colonel Michael to communicate with headquarters!
I'm sorry. Thanks for your help.
No problem.
It's hard to believe that that huge mechanical doll came here from the moon.
You've known about this for a long time. Isn't that just as bad?
This is beyond the citizens' wildest imaginations.
I told you, the ones attacking Nocis City are the same people we've been in contact with over the past two years.
Yeah.
If there's anyone I can reason with, it's Dianna Soriel.
Dianna Soriel?
You're great, Loran!
Sid, there's someone inside!
Oh? Who could be in there?
Looks like there's two of them.
Looks like you did it, Loran.
That doesn't mean I'll be able to control it.
Who's that in the White Doll? Come down from that machine!
- The fire is spreading! - Huh?
You're driving it, aren't you?!
l saw you controlling it!
Are you Mr. Sid?
And who are you?
Loran Cehack.
Hey, lets go back.
I heard about you from Lord Guin.
This thing moved on its own earlier.
We can get home pretty quickly if we use this.
We shouldn't do that.
The forbidden history...
This looks like something that was recorded in the Dark History.
Is that what it is?
What's the "Dark History"?
Loran, try to drive it!
Can they use it?
If you're gonna use it, then hide it in Heim Mine down in the valley!
If this machine was recorded in the Dark History, then we can't let it fall into enemy hands!
It moved!
You did it.
Miss, please don't sit on my legs.
Why not?
The pedal will...
- Balancer control! - Loran!
- Get that thing under control! - What are you doing!?
Stop, I'm begging you!
Is it an earthquake?
There's a mine entrance near here, right?
Did it fall down?
I'm going home.
Wait a minute! It's dangerous for you to go home alone!
Hey, need a hand digging this thing out?
Who are you?
I'm the old man's assistant.
W-who's that?
You're Master Heim's daughter, aren't you?
Old man!
The thing that came down is probably the driver's seat.
Is that correct, Loran?
Seems that way, though I don't really know.
Is it all right to let them go?
Just finding this one mechanical doll makes this a great success.
I know those two well. I can ask them questions whenever I need to.
Do you want me to tell Lord Guin about this?
Yes. This is one of the machines recorded in the Dark History.
This evil machine started to move on it's own--
No, no, no, no. What I meant was...
Uh, yes. Loran Cehack was one of the kids inside it...
Yes.
So you're saying you think other mechanical dolls may begin to appear soon.
Will they have guns that can shoot light and melt things?
Then take the White Doll and get excavating!
We can let the militia use them.
Right. I'll begin at once.
Oh, right, right--There's something strange about the doll they were using.
What do you mean? Is it unusable?
No... Well, actually, it's got a mustache!
A mechanical doll with a mustache?
A mustache on the White Doll...
Sergeant Yanni, let's get out of here!
Evacuate all personnel!
Take that and move it--
We can't let a bunch of strawmen beat us!
There's no way it could have been one of Dianna Counter's own.
That mark on the top left of where the shot was fired...
...is where a FLAT landed two years ago.
Sir.
Could it have fallen into the hands of the militia?
It was a different type of beam.
Her Majesty Dianna asked us to do this peacefully, but the Earth is a cruel place.
Is that some kind of fighting machine?!
Or is it some kind of rocket?!
It can fly in the sky!
We have no choice but to dig up the mechanical dolls that were recorded in the Dark History!
Guin Rhineford...
You don't need to worry about this, Kihel Heim.
If Sid's reports are correct,
then not only Inglessa, but all of Earth is home to an enormous number of space machines!
We'll obtain them and use them as weapons!
Weapons from a space age...?
Moreover, one of them was being controlled by your little sister and Laura!
Doesn't that make you happy?
Why do I have to carry you, Miss Sochie?
Well? Why?
I hurt my feet when I went off to look for clothes for you.
You're my driver anyway, so it's your job to take me home.
You have a point.
My Lady!
Sam! Miss Sochie is back!
What happened to Father?
My Lady...
Sam! Jessica!
NO!
Master Heim...!
Is there anything I can do?
I don't know what era this comes from, but the system could give me an idea!
Can I use my voice to recall something?!
Father!
It's all your fault! You were too slow!
Why didn't you save his life with the White Doll?!
Father... Father!
My Lady!
- Let go of me! - Where are you going?!
Nocis!
I need to tell my mother and sister about this!
You can't! Nocis City is still under attack.
You saw the fire when you were on board the White Doll, didn't you?!
What should I do? What should I do, Loran?
- I'm going! - Don't! Please, get a hold of yourself!
No!
Calm down!
Is this...
Is this what Her Majesty Dianna was planning?
That second shot seems to have damaged your beam cannon.
We've temporarily covered it in nanoskin, so you won't be able to use it for the time being.
I can't use it?
Lieutenant Poe. Major Phil would like to see you.
Roger.
Could it be... A ten-year prison sentence?
Fifteen years. Maybe fourteen.
Sir.
But seeing as we're short on pilots at the moment, I can't afford to do that.
So I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself.
You will assist in the operation to capture that mustached mobile suit.
Yes, sir! Thank you very much, sir!
Although Madam Heim and Lady Kihel aren't here, we have to do this now because of all the other casualties, Lady Sochie.
Although you seem to have a become a bit feverish,
we still need you to sign this document.
Go ahead, My Lady.
Keith, you idiot! What are you doing here?!
Come on now, My Lady.
Place the dirt onto the Master's coffin.
Let it all out. You can cry all you want now.
Hey, hurry up!
Is the gravestone ready?
No. All we have is this.
That should do for now.
Why'd you have to come here now?
Looks like Vicinity's in bad shape too.
Well, then. If I see the mustache, I'll hold my ground,
let the WaDs surround him, and capture him.
Don't fall behind!
It's not a bad creation, although it looks a bit complicated.
Do you really think it's from an era two or three thousand years ago?
Maybe the Moonrace buried it here a hundred or so years ago.
You think so?
Oh, I saw four large beams fired off last night.
Did you do that?
I didn't fire more than once.
At the WaDom?
I wasn't controlling it.
l haven't even figured out how to read the manual yet.
Yeah. Your attack probably shocked them so much that they fought back.
- You're probably right about that. -Yeah.
So what do you think is gonna happen now?
Don't waste your time thinking about it.
There's no way they'll go to war.
But the militia fought back, right?
You idiot, you call that "fighting back"?
Last night, the WaDoms caused a ton of damage.
I made it out of there while managing to save the baker's daughter.
We should probably dig up the FLAT and go meet with Dianna Counter.
I know, but I don't want to go back.
Why not?
Because the two year observation period is over.
We can go anywhere on Earth we want now. Our job ended yesterday.
You have a point. I'm gonna go somewhere without the war and reopen the bakery.
Go somewhere without war and make bread?
Or should I bring the FLAT to the ship in exchange for their protection?
What are you saying?!
Is your own safety the only thing you care about, Keith?
Don't you care about the people of the Earth at all?
That's not what I meant.
Once you see how powerful their mobile suits are, you'll want to run away too.
You think I'd run away?
If you saw the damage in Nocis, you would!
I'd never think about doing something like that!
But almost anything can happen in a war!
You really don't have any imagination, do you?
So it is a war?
Yes, it is.
Her Majesty Dianna...
Keith!
We had specific orders not to bring any personal belongings with us.
Knock it off.
You're pretty sneaky.
You brought Queen Dianna's...
It's a copy. Just a copy.
Do you think Her Majesty Dianna can get all this settled when she arrives?
Dianna Soriel wouldn't come to the Earth in person.
But she wants all of the Moonrace to come back to Earth!
Here.
What are you doing?
I'm worried about my boss in Nocis.
Makes sense.
Loran, you'll have to learn how to use that mustached mobile suit.
Why?
In order to meet up with Dianna Counter,
or to escape.
Dana! Here comes the Heim Family's driver.
Is that him?
Be careful on the road.
Is this really a telegram sent by Lord Guin Sard Rhineford?
Give me a hand here.
R-right!
I'm giving you that telegram, Laura.
Sir!
It's a letter of appointment.
What's that?
It means you're gonna officially be driving this thing as a militia member.
No way!
We've made contact with an unknown enemy,
so we need battle strength.
Battle strength?
Do you use these things on the right and left sides of the seat to control it?
Yeah, that's what it said in the manual.
I don't completely understand the technology of the Dark History,
but it's something like this.
Hey, Joseph!
The display turned on.
Mr. Joseph, it's alright.
The radar is... detecting mobile suits?
I can do it!
I think I can get it to stand.
Please stand back!
Give it a shot!
It looks like the enemy is approaching us.
I'm heading out!
Whether it be the militia or Dianna Counter,
it doesn't really matter which side starts things.
War can make peoples' hearts turn ugly,
which causes people to lose their lives.
But I couldn't find any reason for it all.
Next time, on Turn-A Gundam,
Soldiers From the Homeland
"Though it's summer, the wind is fierce."
Soldiers From the Homeland