01 Grafitti Art





Liv cures an injured Lucia while Lee is puzzled as to why Alpha’s combat moves were similar to Lucia’s and how she could have affected Lucia’s M.I.N.D. Upon reaching the designated meeting point, they see that the Constructs have lost the stronghold and Corrupted are swarming the place. Suddenly, Liv detects nearby friendly signals. Upon clearing the area, one of the survivors reveals that the graffiti drawn nearby is gathering the Corrupted which causes them to overwhelm the place. Before leaving, the injured Construct gives Lucia his working arm as the team gathers supplies to repair Liv’s Levi-Gun.

Lee analyzes that the graffiti is mostly composed of Construct fluids and that the same paint is made into a bomb. This proves that the Corrupted are learning and evolving based on their environment. As the newest Support-type model, Liv can access the memories of the defeated Constructs to find more clues about the enemy. Afterward, the Gray Ravens were attacked by an unknown enemy and unable to detect it via radar since it used Construct parts and vital fluids to conceal itself. Lee analyzes the enemy and finds that it is based on the Nozzle model, which was used in the past for artistic purposes. With Celica’s help, they begin to track Nozzle down using the paint trail it has left.

The squad stops at an abandoned shop to take a break and prepare for the battle where Lucia and Liv each pick up a frog and sheep plushie. Lucia remarks that the frog plushie fills her with a strange feeling. Lee reassures her that it is alright since they all have things they hold dear. The squad uses EM Camo to bypass the enemy lines and reach Nozzle. It contemplates why it is forced to choose between humans and Ascendants before engaging in combat. Before it falls, Lee questions why it uses graffiti as a mode of expression when it explains that it is enlightened by a being called the “Sagemachina”. The crew retrieves its memory as Celica relays a transport aircraft to bring them back to Babylonia.

While Lucia is undergoing repairs, the Commandant questions Asimov, the chief technology officer, on abnormalities seen in Lucia’s fight with Alpha. He refuses to answer the question and they are forced to leave when Nikola, the commander, arrives. They finally meet up with Celica and President Hassan where he states that he is satisfied with Gray Raven’s performance and will discuss things discovered in Nozzle’s memory.



Before the Gray Ravens return to Babylonia in their transports, they begin extracting Nozzle’s memory. Within the scattered memory chips, it is revealed that Nozzle used to be called Anthony and has helped an old artist complete his final work. Anthony asks if he is now considered useless since his work is done as well but the old artist rebuts and tells that its journey has only just begun. Even if he does not understand its works, he hopes that Anthony will be able to continue painting. Fast forward to the arrival of the Punishing Virus, nobody wanted to buy Anthony’s artworks after everybody became fearful of machines.

After most humans have left or gone into hiding, Nozzle wakes up and finds a machine’s travel notes. It feels the writer’s individuality and happiness, unlike his memories of slavery under both humans and the Punishing Virus. It then decides to paint the will of the Sagemachina so all machines can awaken to a free world. The graffiti starts to gather different machines rallying to its cause. A group of Constructs stumble upon Nozzle and start destroying the graffiti so it attacks them. Later, it encounters Lee and throws a paint bomb at him to help him understand it. From a distance, Nozzle then detects a battle between Constructs and Tifa and approaches them to draw it down. While approaching, Nozzle lets go of the fleeing Constructs. This puzzles Tifa but sees something special in it and offers it to become an Ascendant like her. Nozzle refuses since it follows only the Sagemachina and flees from Tifa with the help of its followers.