Drea.Mer 3

Welp, so much for staying gender neutral. It just became really unecessarily difficult to sustain that, and for now there's no evidence suggesting Dori isn't a girl so eh. The series keeps on being great though.




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(Side text- An overwhelmingly huge reaction!!)
DREA.MER
Masato: The wound on my neck has already healed...?
This is far too fast.
What the hell has happened to my body?
Masato: Dori's papa wrote in his notes...
People who awaken from the sheep's “dream” are...a existence different than ordinary humans.
(Side text- A tragedy of a boy who has power and seeks to reverse what he has “lost”!)
Masato: Become the “awakened”....?!
(Book- Those who awakened ---become the “awakened”)
Chapter 3: I don't want to be alone.
BAKO HAJIME
Masato: So this is the origin?!
Are there any other details...?
This is all that's written in here...?!
Dammitall!!

002
(Side text- One man and one animal progress down a fluffy road...)
(Stone- Roadway God)
Masato: The shortest distance from Nagano prefecture to Tokyo is 230 km...
If we follow the map it'll take us about a week to reach the underground shelter in Tokyo.
But....
The city has been flattened...
and the road is in tatters.
Moreover this fluffiness..
It's spread out like an ocean....is this some sorta fluffiness prairieIf or something....?
If we end up having to wade through that stuff we'll never get anywhere.
We've been delayed by this and that since earlier too.
If this sorta thing keeps up I have no idea when we'll ever reach Tokyo....
(Sfx- Toko toko Tak tak)

003
Masato: Hey Dori.
Dori: Whatcha want Ma-kun?
Masato: Ever since your Papa disappeared....
how long have you been living alone?
Dori: Dori hadn't really been keeping track....
It just feels like a long, long time.
Masato: I see.
Night will be upon us soon.
It'll be difficult to continue wandering around these ruins at night.
Let's get some rest.
I think that place there with all kinds of goods would be best....
Lets go Dori.

004
(Sfx- Sutasuta tptp)
(Sfx- Tokotoko tak tak)
Masato: I can't see what's inside....it's too dark.
Pretty sure I had a light here...
(Sfx- Gosoohh shfft)
Masato: Uwaaah!
Dori: Never fear!
Dori's hereeeee!
(Sfx- Peka peka Sheeeen)
Masato: Lookit those eyes glow....
Dori: Dori can see perfectly even at night!
Dori will lead Ma-kun!!
Masato: Back up.
(Sfx-Pikahh flassh)
Dori: Too bright!!
Do—Dori's eeeyeees...
That was mean Ma-kun.
Dori just wants to be a useful friend to you....
Masato: Then dream of the “Sheep” coming from the sky.
I'll be just fine on my own. So you should just remain happy in those dreams of yours.
Dori: Even if Dori goes to sleep, Dori won't have any dreams.

005
Dori: Because Dori...
Is afraid of the “sheep”....
(Sfx- Puru puru shake shake)
Masato: That doesn't even make any sense.
(Sfx- Puru puru shiver shiver)
Masato: What a coward.
(Sfx- Pakiiin! Clack)
Dori: Aaaaaaaaaah!!!
Masato: What now?! You're so friggin' noisy...
Dori: You can't just take things in other people's houses and eat them! That's bad!
Ma-kun!! You're a thief!!
(Sfx- Ira ira)
Masato: Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Consider this part of an emergency evacuation plan.
Dori: Emergency evacuation?
Masato: I just wanna make this clear to you. If you utter some crap to me like “I'm too hungry to move”....
I will leave your ass behind and move on alone.
Dori: Dori...doesn't like being alone...
(Sfx- Moso moso chew chew)

006
Masato: By the way....how have you been getting food up until now?
Dori: Dori's been eating berries.
Masato: And what did you drink?
Dori: Dori would drink from wells.

007
Masato: So Dori really isn't human huh....
These ears and horns....both of them are growing right out of this noggin.
These horns are in the same shape as the “sheep's”.
Dori resembles the “sheep” far too much for my liking.
Just what the heck is she...?
I thought maybe Dori's papa's notes might..
help me clear up some of these questions...
But while the info in these things about the “Sheep” and the Tokyo underground shelter on the first couple of pages are in Japanese...
After that the majority of it is...
words and characters I've never seen before and math equations....
I can't make heads or tails of it...
My cellphone has been charged enough....but I can't connect to my e-mail or the internet...so it's basically completely useless....!

008
Masato: Dammit. Every freakin' thing here is completely useless!!
Seems like the only thing one can rely on is their body and that's it!
What kind of survival game is this?!
Matsumoto castle...
Looks like it's completely unscratched huh...
Hmm..
I don't have any sort of attachment to that place or anything...
But seeing something I'm familiar with....even if it's only one thing brings a level of comfort.

009
(Sfx- Zawazawa hustlebustle)
Masato: The sounds of talking....?
No way...survivors?!
And they're across from the castle...

010
Dori: Doriii....
Mornin' Ma-kun.
Dori...?
Ma-kun?
Ah!!
MamMaMaMaMaMaMa-kuuuuun!!
Dori doesn't like being alone!!
(Sfx- Dori Dori Dori!!)
(Sfx- Gahhh tok)
(Sfx- Zuzaaaah dssssh)
Dori: Ma-kun....
Dori doesn't like being alone...

011
Masato: What the hell are you doing?
(Sfx- Garaaan claang)
(Can- LB GAS)
Dori: Ma...
Ma-kun!!
I thought that you had gone away!!
Masato: Back up.
Dori: Ma-kun, what are you doing here?
Masato: Doesn't have anything to do with you.
More importantly, Dori do you see that huge castle adjacent from here?
Last night I heard the sound of people talking there.
There might be survivors.
Dori: Really!!
Masato: We'll grab some grub before heading out there.
Dori: Nnm!

012
(Sfx- Suta suta tmp tmp)
Dori: Nnnh nnm nhhm!!
Masato: Pipe down....
Dori: Nnm!
Masato: Sounds like they're above us.
Dori: Dori~

013
(Sfx- Mshsihih grrind)
(Sfx- Gishi gishii grrind griiind)
Masato: It's a real beauty from the outside but...
It hurts to see the insides like this.
The creaking is the worst.
Wait!
I can't hear the voices speaking from above us anymore...
Dori: Doh...
(Sfx- Dahhh dssh)
Dori: Dori can't contain it anymore!!
Nmm nhhnmmnmm!!
Everyoneeee! It's Dori!!
Lets be friends!!

014
Dori: Dori?
There's no one here...
(Sfx- Kyoro kyoro spn spn)
Dori: But there were voices....

015
Dori: Dori knew it! You are here!
It's an old man~!!
(Sfx- Buruhh)
Dori: Dori?
Doriri...?
Eeek....

016

017

018
Dori: Ma—Ma-kun...
Ahh...ahh...
Ma-kun?!
M—Ma-kun! Where are you?!
Dori is scared!!
Masato: I figured this is what would happen.
So they imitate human voices to lure survivors in...
So there are “Human faced sheep” after all huh...?
If what Dori said about the sheep with horns curled in twice is true...
then the “Human faced sheep” are small fry.
Including yesterday's “Human shaped Sheep” and the “Cloud Sheep” there seem to be many variations of these things...

019
Dori: Ma-kuuun!
Dori your sense of reason and what you say don't match up at all.
You say you found and ate berries? In this barren world? That's impossible.
And drinkable water from wells? There's no way. Any usable water supplies have long since dried up.
However the biggest thing that isn't making sense to me here...
Is how you've managed to up until today not be put asleep by the “Sheep”.
{In these last two days alone...}
{I've been attacked twice.....!}
{Just what the hell are you...? If only I had more time to consider it....is what i'd like to say but I haven't got that luxury.}
{As if I'm going to keep this charade up with a unknown monster standing beside me.}

020
Masato: I'll ascertain the truth myself Dori...
Do you exist on the side of humanity....?
Or on the side of the “sheep”?
{And if you happen to be “an existence on the side of the sheep” then I'll...}

021
Dori: Ma, Ma-kun!
Ma-kuuun!!
Helllp!!!
Masato: So that's how it is...
I can't see any indication from the “sheep's” behavior that they intend to attack....
Dori's just afraid of them for no reason.
It's only appeared that the “sheep” attack Dori because she has been mixed up with me this whole time...
And that's why she has been able to survive alone up until now.
Beyond that, if the “sheep” have no intention of attacking...
Then Dori is...
(Sfx- Hiiihiii)
(Sfx- Mishiii Griiiin)
(Sfx- Bakiiii crackle)

022
Dori: Yaaaaaaaaaaah!!!
(Side text- Believe in absolutely nothing!! That's Ma-kun!! As Dori falls her identity is revealed!! Next issue...!!!)
TO BE CONTINUED IN ISSUE 7.