The melody you hum lets you remember
In memories, everything just shines
You gotta remember
Even now, hold on to those fragments of dreams
Just like what you used to have
The heart of a boy that sets the light free
Written in the column of "future dreams"
How many years have passed since that was me?
Between reality and ideals, I waver
The fires of my passion growing fainter
Hold on! Just, just hold on a second!
The battle's just beginning, so get it together!
The minute you give up, it's game over
Shall we take what is and make what we want it to be?
Do you remember?
You used to give your all for the faintest hope
You were living your life for tomorrow
Sure you haven't lost that feeling somewhere?
There's no time limit on being young
You don't think age really matters to a questing heart
It's true, don't you think?
We wanna make the dream come true!
That's to say...
Let it bloom! Let it bloom, let it bloom!
Let the flower of passion bloom!
Let it bloom! Let it bloom, let it bloom!
The melody you hum lets you remember
In memories, everything just shines
You gotta remember
Even now, hold on to those fragments of dreams
Just like what you used to have
The heart of a boy that sets the light free
The disappearance of the Coralian left behind a huge impact,
with all trapars in the surrounding area vanishing along with it.
And in the battle with the military...
...that had ensued right before that, the Gekko was hit,
losing the right-side number 2 VRF.
And the huge loss of reflection films which that damage caused...
...left us slow and unable to return to the high altitude ley-lines.
On top of that, we were at the top of the nation's most wanted list.
Um, although this guy was already there.
And so, we've been left wandering around at super-low altitudes.
Yeah...
Since that incident, Eureka had been asleep in the sick bay,
receiving treatments of medication from Miss Mischa.
But, she finally woke up today, and was actually able to sit up.
Miss Mischa was surprised at the speed of Eureka's recovery,
and said she'd be back to normal activity in just a few days.
Eureka... The girl who came to my hometown of Bell Forest.
Not only is she the pilot of the legendary LFO, the Nirvash,
but her name is the same as the word spelled out...
in my Compac Drive, the drive for the Nirvash.
She's the girl I've fallen in love with.
At first, I thought the girl of my dreams...
had suddenly appeared right in front of me.
True, she's a little strange, and she sometimes seems to lack some common sense.
Nonetheless, she's still like an angel to me.
I didn't even panic when I heard she was the "mother" of Maeter and the other kids.
Of course, that's a lie.
But, at the time, I somehow felt this all wasn't just by coincidence.
The belt might be a little tight, but bear with me.
I'll have you back to have Miss Mischa help you in no time--
Eureka...
Mama, does your head still hurt?
Wake up! Wake up!
It's all right!
She'll be up and about soon enough, after she gets a little rest.
So, be good and leave her to rest for now, okay?
Take her to the sick bay!
Sure.
Mama...
Please, tell me.
What?
What is Eureka?
She's just an ordinary girl.
You forced an ordinary girl to launch...
just so that she could go through all that?!
You knew all along, didn't you?
You knew Eureka would end up this way...
if she came in contact with the Coralian.
And you knew people have strange dreams within the Zone!
The Nirvash--
What happened in your dream?!
What did you see?!
It felt like I was able to see her.
My older sister...
Sis...
Everything that's happening now, and everything that's going to happen...
What are all of these things about?
And Eureka...
Who in the world are you?
EPISODE 14 MEMORY BAND
Phenomena and Mental Image
My name is "Observer."
I stand in the middle ground between phenomena and mental images.
All sorts of natural phenomena would never be recorded...
if someone wasn't there to observe it as it happens.
My name is Observer.
Every phenomenon leaves behind its existence to posterity...
only by being observed by the eyes of someone like myself,
who stands in the middle ground.
Do you know what a Coralian is?
There are very few words that we can say...
about the existence that people refer to as "Coralian."
Everyone speaks of it as if it was something like a ghost or a monster.
However, in reality, it is neither of the two.
Faced with a Coralian, the overwhelming awe robs us...
of the few words that we can come up with.
Do you know what a Coralian is?
Even if we were granted speech more advanced than we possess now,
I'm sure we still wouldn't be able to express it in words,
nor able to share what emotions we felt while in contact with it.
In the face of the Coralian, we are utterly powerless.
This is 02! Another heat source confirmed at left front!
Multiple targets, increasing in number!
02, what's going on over there?! I can't confirm from over here! 02!!
We are basically at a complete loss for words.
To speak metaphorically, it's like an ant crawling in a desert...
speaking of something on the other end of the vast skies.
However, in this world where we so often speak only superficially...
and avoid true characteristics because we can't get the message across,
is it worth anything to play along with the superficiality...
and weave words of description?
If we cannot get the point across, we should try harder to do so.
If you don't want to make that extra effort,
you should embrace eternal silence and leave this place.
This is what they have been proving all this time.
Help me, Sis!
To the riders that await the big waves,
the fact that it existed there told them everything.
Everything is spoken through experience.
They were only able to express themselves with simple words...
that were already prepared in advance for them.
But, they choose to express themselves with those words,
combined with the deep truths carried beneath that simplicity of words alone.
What do they speak of? The truth.
However, only the most superficial words are put to use.
People are sure to mock them as a cheap listing of simple words.
Yet who in the world really knows what truth is?
Using lofty language to describe the phenomena...
that just happened in front of their eyes...
That is exactly what makes that phenomena into a hyperbole.
A phenomenon is a phenomenon, nothing more, nothing less.
To speak of a phenomenon, one must become the phenomenon itself.
However, we are unable to truly become the phenomenon itself.
The phenomenon exists outside of our realm,
and some phenomena are created from a place other than where we stand.
That's...!
Sis...!
Renton.
Eureka...
Shall we go back together?
Yeah.
Let's go back.
Together...
That's right... Phenomena occur even if we are not there to witness them.
But they always leave something behind to those that witness them.
Whether that turns out to be injury to the witness,
or material for growth...
matters not a bit to the waves.
Three days ago
Nirvash... You're telling us to get on?
The incident that Anemone and I experienced in South Aires...
Perhaps it was a turning point with regard to what lies ahead of us.
The rendezvous of two individuals...
Anemone and Eureka, Type The End and Type Zero.
And, more than anything else, the strange phenomenon...
we saw at ground zero that wasn't written down in the official report.
This is exactly the proof of what Lieutenant Colonel--
I mean, Colonel Dewey had been mentioning.
However, there was someone else at ground zero besides the two girls.
That boy, whose name is Renton, I believe.
According to the information gathered by Department Four,
he apparently joined Gekkostate after the battle of Bell Forest.
That fact is also obvious from the cover of ray=out issue 18.
Bell Forest... Yes...
The same place where I was pursuing the Type Zero...
together with the Izumo fleet, and witnessed its awakening.
Is this all really just coincidence? Or, is it... ?
Type Zero, bailout!
Shot down?
Did we get it?!
Impossible!
Matthieu! Pull back!
Why?!
Just get the hell out of there!
It's that kid!
That shrimp delivered the Amita Drive to the Nirvash!
It's coming...
The Seven Swell!
What's going on?!
Unknown particles are appearing from the point of impact!
Trapar area is seeing a sudden increase in range!
This is...!
Impossible!
Could this be... the Seven Swell Effect?!
Geez...
Leaving something behind that causes something like this...
You really bring misfortune to your parents.
And on top of that, you get your son involved in it as well...
This is a light that destroys, that guides us to death.
However...
How beautiful it is...
Confirmed increase in electromagnetic radiation!
The trapar field is being reversed!
Can it be...?! Oh, no! Order the Mon-Soonos to retreat!
Right now, it's...!
Type Zero. That was the first LFO that we ever found.
According to the reports, three scientists were responsible for its discovery.
Doctor Yauchi, Doctor Diamond, and the man who would later...
become famous as the savior of the world.:
"Here lies the savior of the human race ADROC THURSTON" become famous as the savior of the world.:
"Here lies the savior of the human race ADROC THURSTON" Adroc Thurston.
The head of the Intelligence Department, Second Lieutenant Dewey Novac,
and a few of his men had joined them at the time.
In a way, that was the very first time that we, the human race,
had made contact with an unknown existence.
"Project Ageha"
Project Ageha continued to advanced after Doctor Adroc's death,
Project Ageha continued to advance after Doctor Adroc's death,
but it was destroyed by something unexpected.
S OF First Mobile Unit MUTINY
Eureka, the girl maintained by...
the Tower State Federation Forces as our greatest secret.
Why she was assigned to be a member of...
the SOF First Mobile Unit remains a mystery.
The abduction of Eureka by Holland, a member of the SOF,
was done in a very intelligent manner,
far from the images one has of the character in question.
2 years 9 months ago With her they took a new top secret vessel,
Abduction of Eureka
and the vessel "Gekko" (Moonlight)
the SL-1200 Mk. 2, which hadn't even been rolled out yet.
This is the Gekko...
This is Holland's... Gekkostate's ship!
Elevator has been attached to the runway.
Signs of the KLF ahead are all gone.
Activating flywheel!
Everyone is in synch! We're all ready for launch!
Roger! Launch!
A fact that later became a huge problem.
The truth is, the development, let alone construction of this new ship,
hadn't been approved by the military high command,
or even by the Sage Committee.
In short, it was a new battleship that officially didn't exist.
They'd used this fact to their utmost advantage when stealing it.
The actual theft was done by...
altering on-site paperwork as well as data manipulation.
In effect, they created a state of war which didn't exist,
and the ship was handed over to the head of the SOF...
for them to perform a phony operation.
Naturally, the theft would be covered up on site.
And the military, who had no way of knowing of its existence,
was completely caught off guard.
That's right, all because of that man.
Trapar figures are skyrocketing!
- We can fly, Talho! - All right!
However, they read into things, and show the new ship to the public.
This seemingly stupid strategy...
succeeds in causing tension against a military...
that cannot admit to creating a ship...
whose existence had already been covered up.
Illegal counter- culture magazine
Further, they not only hid the fact that they were all deserters,
but got hold of their own mass-market media...
and used it to start disclosing information about the Coralian,
which we the military had been keeping secret all this time.
Outlands Tower City-State
But, one thing I still don't understand is Bell Forest.
Bell Forest
Even considering the analysis results of the...
military intelligence division which has been tracking them,
we didn't know why they decided to stop by a tower like that.
By doing so, the barricade around the Gekko will be--
Type Zero comes first! Do it!
An explosion?!
What's happening?! The elevator's exploding!
No, that's just a smoke screen.
Smoke screen?
That's right. But it's a little too late.
I'm sorry.
Hang on tight!
That was...!
The Nirvash?!
I can't navigate because of the fall we just took,
but I patched up the hole, and the data can be seen...
on the main monitor, so it shouldn't be a problem.
But, what should we do?
If we go around the towers, we might not get there in time.
It'll be fine! Look in front of you!
We can slip through the space between the two towers and get ahead of them!
Time's up. Mission complete.
Withdraw from the area immediately.
Captain! An unknown ship has appeared at two o'clock!
What?!
An unidentified LFO is closing rapidly!
An LFO?! You're sure it's not an RPG?!
What?!
Anti-aircraft guns!
It's okay!
I see, so that is what you two have decided.
From now on, even if a road of hardships await you,
may there be light shining down on your destination.
Still since that seemingly meaningless stop at Bell Forest,
the Type Zero has reportedly shown an amazing increase in its capabilities.
Why did they stop by Bell Forest?
And that boy named Renton...
Everything begins from that place.
Perhaps I should check it out myself and go to Bell Forest...
All I need now is for you to check this over, Leader. Go to it!
I've made up my mind, as well.
We're heading here, for repairs and some new reflection film.
I see... An old excavation site, huh?
And it closed down a while ago. One of the oldest mines that...
no civilian or military unit would even think about stopping by.
Well planned, Holland, heading for FAC51.
Don't sound so stiff, man.
That place is called Hasshenda.
And it's time for Stonefield and Waterhole to close the book...
on another Midnight Ley-Line show.
Last supper with the vacuum car and all?
Right, how about a delivery of a fresh heap of your new routine?
Oh, that would be wonderful, Madame Negero.
Come to think of it, I stepped on some dog crap recently...
Come on, get on with it, or you'll run out of time again!
Oh, so anyway, I've got the pick of the week!
It came out... last week, I think.
A new one from Ministry Surround, and it's called...
TO BE CONTINUED
To be continued!
I've really fallen in love with someone
I was scared of getting hurt
And even though I can't do anything on my own
All I did was talk tough
And even though I pretended not to see
The weakness deep inside my heart
Despite all that,
I found something big enough
To blow me away! You are my sunshine!
Fly away! Fly away! As long as there's the two of us
Fly away! Fly away! There's nothing to fear
Fly away! Fly away! It doesn't matter if you fail
Go another place. Take it easy.
Fly away! Fly away! Let's fly into the sky
Fly away! Fly away! Don't hesitate anymore
Fly away! Fly away! Because you're here for me
Take my chance. Believe in myself.
Take it easy
The boy chose the girl, throwing away his past...
in a nostalgic land where he spent his childhood days.
The Nirvash flies through the skies, answering those feelings.
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