Now, one and all.
Show me a spectacle.
You asked for it, Francine.
Come, Pentagona Knocker.
Give them a taste of your poison, Mamba.
Lock them up in darkness, Schwarzes Tor.
Hmm, I see the shiroganes mean business.
I'll fight too.
Sit this one out. You can't die yet.
It's thanks to you that we can fight now almost unharmed.
Thanks to him? Don't make me laugh.
Let it bloom or let it wither
The setting sun ignites the horizon
And the gears turn
When the horn blows, the flames dance
The story waits for no-one
Off they go, the gears are churning
A red past chases after you
The jester's smile
What's behind the mask?
You can't erase the scars
No matter how they burn
Let it bloom or let it wither
The setting sun ignites the horizon
Alone in the depths of the night
Let out a cry that can cut through fate
That's the cue to begin
The curtain is rising, it's time to dance
Everybody sheds tears at the end
So hold them in now and keep going
Until the day the curtain falls
The gears will keep turning
#13 Lucille
I never asked that man to help me.
What? He sacrificed himself so we could be here.
You're wrong.
We just let that show-off have his way.
Besides, what can you do with those wounds?
Don't be so vain.
I heard them clear and well.
But I'm not going to just stand back and do nothing.
She's up there.
I have to get there.
Ooh, look what I found.
Who's that trying to climb the stairs?
Narumi!
Dripping blood everywhere.
How sexy.
He looks ready to die any second now.
I should give him a helping hand.
Or a coup de grâce!
Narumi, I can't let you die!
The finale for Narumi!
What...?
You guys...
I get it now.
We shiroganes have finally become one after entering this tent.
I don't believe it.
The shiroganes all protected me.
What's this? I thought you didn't care about Narumi.
It was the only way to keep him from trying to fight.
Right. We can't have him dying yet.
Fools.
Using your precious marionettes to protect a half-dead man.
Guys, don't worry about me.
You take care of the four oldest. I'll destroy Doll Francine!
I know Narumi will do it for us.
-Narumi can. -I know he can.
We're counting on you, Narumi!
Who does he think he is, trying to approach Lady Francine?
We won't let you.
I'll stop him.
Dammit.
I'm so close...
Go, Narumi. I got your back.
-Lina. -I want to witness you destroy Francine.
Why? I thought you shirogane-Os wanted to do it yourselves.
I'm not like the rest of them.
I'm Lina. Malina.
Move, woman.
Oh, don't be so cold.
Won't you dance with me?
You're mine!
Dear me.
Lina!
Narumi, the man who can defeat automata with his bare hands.
I wanted to fight you.
But it's useless. You can't do anything now.
The surviving automata are all running.
What's going on in there?
Teacher, we can reach them if we go down this pole, right?
Yes, they prefer to keep Francine in the center of the stage.
Seems like my package made it in time.
It's too bad, Narumi.
Narumi!
You fool, turning your back to your enemy.
Les Mains Vertes Foncées.
Rockenfield!
You're so weak, shiroganes.
I can't believe we couldn't defeat you all this time.
When did they...
Have we lost our chance to destroy Doll Francine?
What's that?
That was quite an entrance, Lucille.
The executioner always arrives last.
I'm going to send you to join your family.
I remember how red your daughter's blood was.
It's no use trying to provoke me.
My blood is no longer red.
It's as dark as the night, just like you lot.
Time for your curtain call.
-Do it. -Fire!
I-Impossible!
It can't be!
Lady Francine!
Bow down.
Francine?
No, it's the legendary shirogane who looked just like Francine.
Lucille's daughter, Angelina.
No... His heart...
There's still hope. Help me with him.
It's him.
It's not working. We have to try again.
But he's lost too much blood.
Please, use my blood.
Can't move?
Of course. Angelina looked exactly like Doll Francine.
And now her likeness has ordered you to bow.
Now, time for a little chat with an old acquaintance of mine.
Dottore.
It's not Lady Francine...
Lady Francine is up there.
I can move... I can move...
Give it up. I've waited a long time for this moment.
The moment I get to upbraid you as you lie unable to move.
Just like on that day.
I've never known such humiliation!
Lady Francine, Dottore is about to go crazy with anger!
-I can't move. -Yeah, I feel it too.
The Aqua Vitae within us is telling us to witness this battle.
Is this so humiliating? Then why don't you try this?
Just try and think that Francine means nothing to you.
What?
The puppet that told you to bow down is a fake.
You know that. So why can't you move?
You might not understand,
but we humans call it being bound by preconceptions.
Ideas that have become fixed in your mind.
Like your fixation with worshiping Doll Francine.
So try this.
Think that Francine doesn't matter to you.
I could never...!
You automata are such fools.
Lucille! If he regains movement, he'll kill you.
You have no right to despise us, Lucille.
I know what you did to Angelina after we ravaged your village.
You used your daughter as bait to lure us close.
By implanting the soft stone inside her body.
That's right. I knew you were after the soft stone.
So I had them retrieve the remains of the stone from the well.
But why?
The soft stone dissolves after 2 weeks,
no matter what kind of container it's kept in.
Except when it's placed in a human. A human child, that is.
Angelina worked as bait for us numerous times.
How hard it must've been. How painful.
I did what no mother should ever do.
My blood must be the cold color of darkness.
And you call yourself a human!
It's better than being a puppet like yourself.
Move if you want to prove otherwise.
Stop it!
You're worried about me?
I thought you hated me.
Of course I don't, you damned old maid!
I think you're amazing!
So Lucille, you can't...!
Have you made up your mind, Dottore?
You want to become human with Aqua Vitae? Ridiculous.
You'll always be Francine's clockwork slave!
Francine is...
No, Dottore!
You mustn't think that.
Francine is...
Nothing... Nothing to...
Nothing to me!
You poor fool, Dottore.
You just said the one thing you must never say.
An automaton can't exist without its reason for being.
It's over for you.
Lucille!
What... What did I just say?
I...!
You fool, Dottore.
Lady Francine is our sole raison d'être.
To deny that...
You've let go of the very reason you can move.
Lucille, hang in there! Let me take you to the medical capsule.
I've lived long enough.
Don't say that. There are so many things I still want to learn from you.
Yes, but it seems like we're out of time.
That's how life is.
When we are born,
we are handed a white piece of paper and a handful of colorful crayons.
We're told to draw whatever we like.
But you know...
By the time you figure out what you want to draw,
your time's up.
Your half-drawn paper and your crayons are taken away from you.
As for me...
I'd been busy coloring the edges black.
I wanted to draw a rabbit, but before I knew it...
I'd run out of room. There was no white space left.
Lucille...
Don't cry, Mingxia.
Don't be like me.
Draw a nice picture for yourself. Don't let go of your crayons.
Draw your own picture.
What's your favorite food?
Lucille, when did you get here?
So, what is it?
Well, croquettes I guess.
Really? I'll make some for you someday.
Why are you so nice all of a sudden?
I am always nice.
Now then.
Going somewhere?
To my family.
I've kept them waiting for a long time now.
Make sure you protect those dear to you.
And love them forever.
Hey, where are you going?
You'll go there too, someday.
But it's too early for you yet.
Go on back now.
The petrification is beginning.
Once it reaches his organs, it'll be the end of him.
Minghai, Lucille!
Minghai...
I won't forgive you if you die too!
I'll start the operation. Mingxia, help me.
Come on! This is our chance to destroy Doll Francine.
All right.
Those automata can move? Why?
Because they're low-class.
We four were created by Lady Francine herself.
We're made like human beings.
We have a strong sense of loyalty.
But not those mass-produced automata.
So they can move because their loyalty to Lady Francine isn't as strong.
But what irony. Now they will secure our victory.
Tor!
This is the end of me.
I bequeath my Schwarzes Tor to Narumi.
What do you mean?
Are you going to...?
Yes, you were the one that implanted it for me, Professor.
So I could take as many automata as possible with me when I died.
-Mr. Tor! -Timbavati, George, stand back!
She doesn't seem as beautiful to me as she once did. Why?
Because a human who endured pain and bled for the weak
shone more beautifully than her in my eyes.
I can die without regrets.
A shirogane is headed towards Lady Francine!
We must move...
We have to find a way...
I can...
I can move!
All right!
Just about. You two hurry up, too.
Dammit.
I remember what you said, Narumi.
That you just wanted to be yourself.
I want to be myself, too.
Colombine, you will find your final rest here.
I'll hold you nice and tight.
With my Les Mains Blanches Immaculées!
Mamba, Tower of Venomous Fangs!
What a wonderful embrace. But you're throwing your life away.
Good work, I'll destroy Doll Francine!
I won't let you!
Nobody can reach Lady Francine now.
Who knew Colombine had so much power?
You're being attacked by yourself, how lame!
Is that what you think?
Tower of Venomous Fangs is a self-sacrifice move.
Mamba will drink my blood.
Guess what he'll do with it?
No...
Shirogane blood nullifies your synthetic body fluids.
For automata, it's pure poison.
No, let go!
I'm melting... My face...
My body...
Was I able to be myself, too?
This sure is far from boring.
But what the heck's going to happen now?
Avoiding the crowds, I walk in the dark
And wait with bated breath in the wings
My expression is calm while I scream inside
On the verge of being torn apart
I dance and beckon you to join me
As a shadow swings across the stage
I tell myself this is the last time
But I can't seem to cut myself free
Too scared to stop for a moment
My impatience hides the cries of somebody left behind
Nobody notices the shadow standing in the sudden rain
Somewhere far away, a memory of you is saying goodbye
I stand here watching, no longer able to reach you