Argento Soma

Hello?

Where have you been all this time?

Sorry, I was in the lab helping the professor.

Professor, professor...

That's what you said when you stood me up last week.

Listen...

What?

I might not be able to see you for a while.

Hello?

Where have you been all this time?

Sorry, I was in the lab helping the professor.

Professor, professor...

That's what you said when you stood me up last week.

Listen...

What?

I might not be able to see you for a while.

Hold it!

It's an allied flier.

Nice hustle, everyone.

We're here to confiscate our morgue.

Hey, what are you talking about?

Are you the commanding officer?

It's all there in the orders.

Professor!

ARGENTOSOMA

Local facilities are unaffected despite continued fighting.

Rebirth and Death Local facilities are unaffected despite continued fighting.

Rebirth and Death Local facilities are unaffected despite continued fighting.

Major roads have been blocked due to military maneuvers.

- Please stay tuned... - Maki...

...for more information and follow police directives.

From the university server?

Takuto?

Hey, Takuto!

You made it, dude.

I'm in a rush.

You heard about Rick?

They took him to military school.

Oh?

That's all you have to say?

He took the space pilot test with you!

Give it up.

He's the type that runs as soon as fighting starts.

You can't live on dreams.

And your dream's to fly a killing machine in space?

Look, it's your friends.

What? H-Hey!

Forget it.

It's a waste of time.

Whatever.

Go hide behind your metal mixing!

Looks like no problems.

I didn't expect the x-ray to return these kinds of results.

It's almost perfect.

This means growth is possible under a full G!

Yah!

Hey, Takuto!

Have you thought of a name?

We're applying for the patent next week.

Soma.

It means "body" in Greek.

It's also what alchemists called a drug that makes you live forever.

H-Hey, Takuto!

It has to be somewhere on campus.

Where?

Where are you, Maki?

Fantasticology?

Like how titanium's named for Titans, giant gods, right?

What we call nickel comes from the German Kupfernickel...

...or the demon spirit of copper.

Uranium, plutonium, and mercury also.

All named after gods in myths.

Just like the planets.

How are things?

Biological Engineering with Professor Noguchi.

I never hear anything nice about the guy.

He is nice.

People just don't understand him.

By the way, I'm making a ring for you.

From the metals I'm working with.

I'm making a ring that'll never lose its shape.

It'll last forever.

Trust me, you're going to love it.

Dr. Noguchi's lab...

Today's the day.

What's this?

Morgue?

It came through the Liverfield Military Base's mainframe.

No, that's not right.

It came from inside the base.

That's enough, Takuto Kaneshiro.

Please come with us to the base.

As you were.

Welcome to Morgue.

You're here just in time.

Dr. Noguchi from Bioengineering.

Maki!

Maki, why didn't you return my calls?

I'm sorry.

And what is this place?

Too slow!

The electric pressure's down another 20%!

How many times do I have to tell the army!

We're not going to make it! There's not enough time!

- Um... - He's been waiting a long time.

For who?

For you, Takuto.

We're here.

- What are those? - Defects.

Just ignore them.

Those are the real ones there.

Tied to a rock so that birds could pick at his chest for all eternity.

Yes, he's back now from outer space.

Prometheus.

It's a mess!

The alien's in pieces.

He's not in pieces.

Don't worry about it.

The body's just a vessel.

Take a look. I think you'll understand.

The alien's structural essence was charted.

It's only a hunk of metal.

No, it isn't...

He's a very unique hunk of metal.

Layers woven together in a tapestry of alloys and wires.

All of the same substance and somehow combining neatly.

Yes, with this human form!

That persistence, ingenuity, and determination...

...that you used to find Maki is what I'm counting on.

I've finally found it.

The last part that won't fit.

We're going to bring this to 100% perfection.

This is the final piece of the puzzle!

You can use console six.

The system is just like the one at the lab.

U-Uh...