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[English] [Translation] Beatless - Dystopia Prelude by PROzess

2013-07-27T14:50:23+00:00

Reserved for Schthaxe

Beatless Dystopia Chapter 0

Page 01

The Phase0 [Omen] starting from the next page is a prologue to Beatless Dystopia. Like the title suggests, it's an omen towards the main story and portraits the danger on hlE, who surpassed the human mind.

Page 02

Phase0 [Omen]
hlE---
Humanoid Interface Elements. So called humanoid robots.
hlE can undertake most physical actions.
So they can help out everywhere
and the world has become so convenient.

Page 03

Phase0 [Omen]
But an unexpected incident occurred---

Page 04

Team Chest, we'll confirm it again before the mission.
The mission is to destroy or capture the five hlE, which escape due to the // explosion in the lab.
What a quaint mission.
Originally hlE aren't able to "escape".
They are radio controlled dolls that "mimic" humans.
And look at this weapon list that MemeFrame allowed us to use...
Total overboard for just five hlE.
BEEP BEEP
!! What now!!

Page 05

Target hlE is approaching the control container.
Stop it!! // If the container is destroyed, we can't control our weapons anymore!
Ahaha <3
Five aside, even one is causing such destruction...!

Page 06

Can't you send your team over?
No! I can't operate them anymore after some unknown shot.
Damn! // Already such a chaos only after a few minutes.
!!
It's aiming for the container!!

Page 07

Our client finally gave us information.
Don't go for all at once. First take down the easiest one.
Yusef, read it. I'm watching the battle right now.
Roger.
Class Lacia // humanoid Interface Elements
Usage: Unknown---
Equipped with a quantum computer.
Can make high-level decision even without the network.

Page 08

Type-001 Code
Type-002 Code
Type-003 Code
Type-004 Code <****>

Page 09+10

Type-005
Code

Page 11

UWA
Yusef, connect us back to the network. // What happened!!
Using MemeFrame's transmission line, someone
hacked into us. I can't get back the connection.
Electronic warfare, huh.
In an high-tier battle using unmanned machines, transmissions are everything.
If these "girls" decoded the military's code and hacked the system,

Page 12

they are way too dangerous!!
We lost all five hlE!
Plan A considers that they escaped into the sea.
Into the sea, huh...
One of their "tools" already had such power.
We don't even know what kind of power the others hold.
Just what did we let get away....

Page 13

The meeting with an unknown girl would change the boy's life gravely.
But he didn't know that yet.
Phase0 [End]

Page 14

Page 15

Dear Uguisu Kagura-san.
Congratulations on the "Beatless-dystopia" serialization. Drawing a SF story is hard in various meanings. Specially a town 100 years in the future has many unknown features and one can lose himself easily there. I enjoyed reading your hard work on that every day. The incredible cute drawings, including the minor hlE characters, portrait the world so good that I, as the author, am very grateful. In short, the Lacia you drew is really cute.
From Hase Satoshi, August 2012

Page 16

Afterword

A story about humans and things. A profound SF story by the author Hase-san and the illustrator redjuice-san.

I was surprised all the time by the revealing plot with a "This was all planned out!?".

SF might be a genre that's hard to get into, but as a reader and artist, I hope this manga peeked your interest and you'll try out the novels.

I believe it will help you sort out things that you didn't understand in the manga...!

Please look forward to the next volume!

Uguisu Kagura, 2012.9

[English] [Translation] Beatless - Dystopia 6 by PROzess

2013-06-07T17:48:40+00:00

Reserved for Schthaxe

Beatless Dystopia Chapter 06

Page 01

Phase6 [Relative Distance]

Page 02

Lacia continued to draw people's attention.
The closer the shooting got to Shibuya, the more people gathered.
...
It's not that my actual distance to her is all that great,

Page 03

but if feels like she's going far away...
Kisaragi-san, we're switching cameras.
Yes.
Hey, what are you spacing out for.
The job this time is a free spectator shooting.
Once she enters Shibuya, // stuff gets real.
?

Page 04

---All the street advertising
will show real life footage // and coupons of close by shops.
*beep*
Lacia everywhere.
Like that we can appeal to a mass of costumers at once. // It's Fabion MG's special move.
Quite the fitting stage for Lacia-chan's debut, don't you agree?
Yeah....

Page 05

Our and the last Grand Prix top model will meet up // close at the Hachikou.
What an elation.
Is it because the top models are there?
We have something special planned for the scramble crossroad.
It's supposed to be the climax there.
(We have to hurry or we'll miss it)
Excuse me, let me through.
Ah, there she is!
That's....?

Page 06

That's Angela-chan from the previous Grand Prix.
And // that's our hlE top model, Yuri-chan.
Okay, it's time for today's main event, Arato-kun.

Page 07

Together with their meet up, the traffic lights turned green
and four large tracks stopped at the crossroad at red lights, surrounding it.
And then
music was played out loud.

Page 08+09

For a few seconds, the place turned into a stage.
A perfectly calculated play
that connected to three hlE.

Page 10

wow.
A feat only possible since they are hlE.
You see the building they went in?
Anything Yuri wears right now can be bought there.
Eh!!
There's business is gonna boom...
Also, ten shops around here gave out coupons. // So one can hang out here all day.
Ah! You're rigth!

Page 11

It was like a festival to draw out all money of the people.
All the girls attracted by Lacia
are of the age as we predicted.
What the...
Ah, right!
I knew something was off.
(Lacia!)
No one is bothered by the fact that they aren't humans.
Kyaa!! It's Lacia!
[cut off] Do you know of analog hack?
I never thought I would see her in real life.
Huh? What?

Page 12

ANALOG HACK!!
It means they look like humans, but don't have a human's reasoning.
So it creates a gap between them and humans, who can reason.
Humans come in contact with hlE, // thus a security hole called "benevolence" was created.
So you mean all these peoples are hacked into buying stuff...?
Yep.
Your Lacia-chan // is using her "appearance" to make humans act on their own.
She's hacking society!!
There are also a lot of couples....
Guess it's a cheap date with these coupons...

Page 13

It's not Lacia who hacks them, // but your company.
You have a point.
But she does is so perfectly.
In the end, Lacia went up to the department store at Dougenzaka.
(Here)
(Thanks)
Good job.
You won't get close to Lacia-chan until the customers are gone, // so you can take a break.
Good, I wouldn't know what to talk about at the moment.
WAAAAH

Page 14

Stop it!
Bastard!
Wh- What!?
Stop it. Let me go!
Don't get in my way!!
Uwa
Grr
What happened?
He seems he grabbed
Lacia-chan's shoulder in the store.

Page 15

D- Damn!!
Stuff like this happens from time to time.
Eh!?
It's the negative part of the analog hack.
In jobs with "appearance" the "reasoning" can go out of the window.
Then Lacia-chan's job is dangerous?
Ah, ehm,
The audience will be made to act before they think. // That's what the analog hack aims at.
For us it's business, // but the users only see their own "reasoning".
But that reasoning becomes a delusion and they run amok.

Page 16

Compared to these cases with human models or stars,
the hlE
are somewhat looked down as "things" by the users.
So there are worse cases with hlE than with humans.
Anyway, we perfectly follow up on it. // So rest assured.
After that, the job finished without any problems.
You sure? I can drive you home.
It's okay. I want to walk.
They said they would give you guards. // You sure rejecting it was okay?

Page 17

It is no needed. If there are hlE guards close by
they will the location of your house.
Even then, // there's no way they will misuse that information.
A security company will have that information.
Right...
As soon as we meet, she was attacked.
The security company might not trust Lacia.
Well, // we can ask them when it gets suspicious.

Page 18

...You were amazing, Lacia.
She's the same from this morning,
but she felt so far away...
I have not changed.
She seems so alive when she's so close by.
Mh?
...Perfume?
Yes.

Page 19

It's
Dial's new summer product.
It really // suits you.
I met her under that attack,
so I never really walked besides her.
Still, she's already becoming
a part of my life.
Soon I can't even imagine my life without her.

Page 20

Are you being overmodest?
It's the Grand Prix, isn't it.
Even if I'm your owner, // I feel bad to think you're just mine...
I never knew this feeling until I accompanied her to the job.
....

Page 21

This movement was in the show...
If you are sad that the show was for everyone,
then this time
I will do it just for you.
It's the same road as always, // but with Lacia

Page 22

?
What's with that crowd.
Did something happen?
Mh? Yeah.
Looks like a hlE was broken.
Is that someone, who according to Kengo goes around breaking hle, // near my house?

Page 23

But why is there a crowd now...
I see!
The police is here.
(Even if you bring us this...)
It's quite different from before.
The owner was with the hlE.
It seems the owner was hurt in an attempt to protect the hlE.
Hurt.... That's bad.

Page 24

A group of three man in a big white van // tried to kidnap a female hlE.
On that occasion, // the owner attacked the culprits to hinder them.
The owner will be fully healed in one week.
Breaking a hlE won't become a case,
but since there was a victim it became like this.
Human and things are different. So a difference is obvious.
But // I can't brush it off so easily.
Do not worry.
The hlE was fine too.

Page 25

I want to ask how she knows all that, // but better not.
(I can pretty much guess it though...)
Please don't touch the tape.
Ah, sorry..
TCH // Just a hlE.
You're just a hlE, so don't give me orders.
Damn, I'm pissed.
Uwa
How violent.
....
Owner, // should I take that outbreak of this man as just a temporarily one?
Mh?

Page 26

I listen to him and the surrounding conversations.
Judging by that, he // should have known that there's a possibility that the police officer is a hlE.
Why?
Analog hack.
Before he mistook her "appearance" and obeyed. // You can say that he was analog hacked.
But he got angry at the fact that he was analog hacked.
Yeah.

Page 27

I participated in the analog hack as a model,
but I supposed I should have calculated how much hostility it can create.
...
It's okay.
When something happens, I'll save you.
The owner takes responsibility for the hlE, right?
So if it gets dangerous... I'll apologize and you can quit the job.
Okay. // But there is no need to worry, Owner.
Because she has no soul, // so she doesn't have bad intentions, is what I thought.

Page 28

What's // this.
What the fuck!!?
Hmm,
she's emitting that signal.
Phase6 [End]

[English] [Translation] Beatless - Dystopia 5 by PROzess

2013-04-10T22:49:17+00:00

Reserved for Schthaxe

Beatless Dystopia Chapter 05

Page 01

Phase 5 [Disquieting Advice]

Page 02

Since Lacia came, my mornings changed quite a bit.
Morning.
You're late, Onii-chan.
Though there are still a lot of problems.
Lacia-san's first job is on Sunday.
Really, what are we going to do about that?
I didn't expect things to go out of hand with Lacia's prize.
Luck won't came your way if you don't at least laugh "Gehageha". // It's a big chance!
Are you bandit or what?
It is no problem for me.
Do not worry, Owner.
(For me it's a big problem though)

Page 03

I have day-duty, so I'm going ahead.
Sure.
(I'm off)
Is that okay with the model job?
I checked all the documents handed to us. // It was a normal substitute contract.
hlE belong to their owners, // so it is made that they employed you and you make me, your hlE, work.
But you are also still a minor...
So they called to get my father's sign yesterday.
To think he would even allow to keep Lacia here.

Page 04

He just lets Yuka do whatever she wants. // I gotta smack him a good one.
To me it looks like you are quite spoiling her too though.
....Exactly.
(See you tomorrow)
(Bye, bye)
What you mean you picked up a hlE?
Nothing I could do when I was asked by a girl.
Even an average hlE cost as much as a car. // And if it's a high-class series that can make it through a model audition easily... // Have you reported it to the police?

Page 05

If she's that expensive,
her previous owner will surely come up when she does the model work.
So you DO think things through once in a while.
(Haha)
Okay, I'm going to call home.
That Lacia hlE can take calls by herself?
*brr*
*brr*
(Call // Lacia)

Page 06

Owner, these two are your friends, I take.
(Ohh)
You're so sneaky. I thought you were unsocial, // but you were hiding something like that!
Please let her say her serial number.
From what I can see, she isn't a normal hlE.
Lacia, do you know your serial number?
Yes.

Page 07

My serial number is LSLX-22S99176LF.
EH!?
Should I send the serial code too?
First come with me for a bit.
Eh?
Just come.
Hey, // wait.
...Are you stupid?
The LSLX is Stylas best model!
Please at least look up stuff like this, since it's easy to!! // It's a high-tier machine!!

Page 08

Stylas? I think that was that super hlE making company in America.
Hey, there's something I want to ask you, Kendo.
What's a serial code?
(Hah)
To be able to differentiate hlE from humans, // each hlE is made to emit a signal.
With that you can locate the hlE. // So if you lost a machine like her, you would normally search for her with that.
You can't decipher the code,
but you can trace the signal.
Each dealer has information about the serial code of the hlE they sold, in case of thievery.
So that Lacia's owner can't track her down means... // that there's something suspicious about her.

Page 09

Deciphering the code might be impossible, but you can get something similar.
Still, no one showed up to pick her up.
Even though her face was all over TV due to the Grand Prix... // I wonder why.
No former owner and no dealer.
Guess you call that lucky?
NO.
You call that fishy.
Please be a bit more cautious.
You would never think to pick up a latest Ferrari from the streets, right? // And it's even more scary, when itself asks you to become it's owner.
(It's so suspicious!)
You sure like to compare stuff to cars.
(I wanna hit this idiot)
(Calm down)

Page 10

Have you already explained it to your father?
I did. // He gave his okay.
EH!?
(His father did!?)
(Unbelievable)
I can understand their reaction.
He's respected for his fundamental research of hlE.
Reminds me,
when I spoke with him yesterday, I asked about Lacia,
but he said he doesn't know anything.

Page 11

What's more, when he saw Lacia, he coughed, // looked away and immediately gave his okay.
I'm Lacia.
*cough* // *cough*
You can stay, Lacia-kun.
As his son, I feel awkward to see him // being so weak against beauties.
Anyway, say,
you're only informing us after a week. Isn't that a bit cold?
Sorry.
I made you wait, Lacia.
Your friends are really worrying about you, Owner.
Since I'm so careless, they look out for me.

Page 12

Send me the movement cloud serial too.
*beep*
A hlE's "behaviour" is controlled by some service.
(Movement Control Service)
(Send Data)
(Appropriate Movement)
(hlE)
So when we know the cloud serial, (Thanks)
we know on which's company's code // this beauty is operating.
!!
....

Page 13

What's the result, Ryou?
....
It's from our company.
(Serial Number: LSLX-22S991176LF // Used Movement Control Cloud)
(Memeframe Company // License: April 2105)
Kaidai-san's father. // The president of the Memeframe Company.
So it's Memeframe that's making
Lacia "act" at the moment.

Page 14

Do you know anything?
Arato, don't get involved.
Eh?
Don't get involved
any more with this hlE.
So you say, // but I'm already her owner.
You better get rid of her.
Your life // is pretty decent even without a hlE, right?
What a face he's making...

Page 15

Sunday, the day of Lacia's first job----
It's this cafe, right?
Yes. The meeting with the manager is at 9 am.
Endou Arato-san, // Lacia-chan, nice to meet you.
She sure does looks real.
H- Hello, nice to meet you too.
.....?

Page 16

Please get out your cellphone, // so that I can send you my card.
Ah.
It's kinda a first for me.
I'm...
Eh?
Okay!
I'm the human!
*beep*
So you're Lacia-chan's owner. // So young!

Page 17

I'm Kisaragi Asuna
from Favion MG's project division.
Then she is...?
She's , a hlE. // She doesn't have a personal owner, but belongs to the company.
Quite different from your case.
Ah, hello, Kasumi-san. I'm Endou Arato.
Do people tell you that you're dutiful?
(Haha...)
Kisaragi-san, please stop your friendship approach just because he's a high schooler. // This is work.
First, let's take a seat.

Page 18

I take you have read the contract.
I have explained it to my Owner already.
I see. // You're using a secretary cloud too, huh.
That's great.
As for us, // we would like to promote Lacia-chan by hiding all information about her.
Something like a secret hlE model.
I'm grateful for that, but will it be alright?
We concluded that it would be hard for her to gather fans // when too much information is leaked, since she's such an expensive model.

Page 19

Lacia-chan's model jobs will // aim from high schoolers till those in their twenties.
We think it'll be hard to gain their attention.
She's expensive?
EH!?
It's my first time seeing
Stylas latest model.
...
I can't tell her that I just picked her up, not knowing anything about her type.
I see that you haven't put an emblem on Lacia-chan.
Reminds me, Kengo wondered about that too.
It's quite strange that there isn't the maker's emblem
or stamps on her clothes or accessories.

Page 20

I don't want her to stand out too much.
So that's how it is.
And I here I thought about warning you not to have any images of you two flirting floating on the internet. // Guess it's not needed.
!!?
Just because I'm her owner, doesn't allow me to do anything.
Yes, // sorry for doubting you.
But on a serious note,
if you're seen too close to a hlE model, // the fans will get angry at you.

Page 21

Normally we don't restrict the owners of our hlE models,
but the fans tend to treat hlE models like humans // and such see it as a lover's relationship.
I see the sign of your guardian. Endou-sensei, right?
Lacia-chan isn't his?
I'm surprised he gave his okay.
My father is quite famous in the hlE scene.
You're well informed.
I might not look like it, // but I studied artificial intelligence in university.
Class was sure to cover "Matsuri", // so I was made to write a report using your father's work for reference.
I'm sorry, but he hasn't really told me // anything about that.
My father is rarely at home, so it hurts // talking about him.

Page 22

It's cloudy today, so it's a bit cold, // but it's a hlE model's advantage that she can still wear summer clothes.
Now then.
Lacia-chan's first job will be a summer vacation PR.

Page 23

We, Favion MG, are a big media fashion group. // We promote humans and hlE.
We publish various media like fashion or local speciality magazines.
This time, we'll use 7 camera units to shoot Lacia-chan
and stream it real-life on the internet.
She's just going to walk like this over the Meji road up to Shibuya.
....
You're doing great, Lacia-chan.

Page 24

See, she's looking back.
Making use of the surroundings like this, makes it easier to gain people's attention.
They're more likely to buy the clothes when they know how it actual does look like in real life.
hlE models like Lacia-chan, who have a sense of motion, // are sure to succeed----
Phase5 [End]

[English] [Translation] Beatless - Dystopia 4 by PROzess

2013-03-14T18:39:50+00:00

Reserved for Schthaxe

Beatless Dystopia Chapter 04

Page 01

Phase4 [Place of the soul]
I do not possess a soul.

Page 02

According to human's words and actions, // I react in a way convenient to them.
I just predict their expectation and act upon it.
There is no set personality behind me words.
With the progress of science,
the "behaviour of humans" is no longer limited to humans.

Page 03

If hIE look like humans, // they can also act like ones.
Even if they don't have a heart or a soul,
with their mimicking patterns, they can be used for simple jobs
and get it done.
Owner, you were only concentrating on the "behaviour" of this hiE unit
and were fooling yourself with it.

Page 04

I talked myself into believing that I had saved her.
That's why I was burning with anger.
Even I know that what she says is right.
I disillusion myself that she would be grateful.
Don't misunderstand, Arato.
hiE aren't humans.
They're just helping humans on set patterns.
So that's what he was speaking about...

Page 05

As fellow humans we share a lot of things,
so there also a lot of things I can endure from them.
But it's different for her.
I wonder if I had get myself involved with this
when she didn't look like a human...?

Page 06

I do not possess a soul.
....
Whenever I'm lost
remember my very own starting line----
A dark red explosion and
a dog waggling it's tail.

Page 07

Back when I just entered grade school, I was hospitalized with burns over my whole body.
My father was busy and Yuka was still small,
so only some relatives dropped by shortly from time to time.
I believed that I wasn't worth the attention.
It wants to be your friend, Arato-kun.
I can't remember the nurse's face,
but I remember clearly the dog's playful behaviour.

Page 08

It would follow me everywhere, so I
forced my body to move around even a bit.
After a few days
He also wants to play with you, Arato-kun.
The nurse brought over a boy.
I didn't know what to do // and didn't look at him.
A human's heart is moved by actions.
*wuff* // *wuff*
*wuff*
And non-human things // also shake the heart.

Page 09

He seems in pain, like he's begging for help...
Even when you think the world and yourself are pretty sad,
there are others that behave quite happily.
Looks like he's having fun.
Words broke the silence.
Feeling a warmth, I was near the tears for some reason.
I thought that when I appeared to be happy // that I wouldn't be sad anymore.
I'm Endou Arato.

Page 10

Extending my arm when my body hurt all over was a risk,
Let's be friends.
but I mustered my courage and took the first step.
I was saved by the happy "behaviour" of the white dog. // It made me get up.
Even without a reason, I'll extend my hand.
Possessing no soul, // doesn't mean you won't sway anyone.

Page 11

I never thought that the white dog had a soul.
But his happy behaviour gave me courage.
Even then, the heart will be moved.
Just sitting around, wouldn't calm your feelings, would it?

Page 12

No,
since I don't possess that either.
Right, she doesn't even have feelings.
But I still wanted to do something for her.
~~~
I'm really such a simpleton!!
You're so noisy, Onii-chan.
Ah, sorry.

Page 13

Even when I go to sleep with unsettled feelings,
the morning comes nevertheless.
Yuka just lives in the moment.
Father is busy and never comes home.
Lacia appears more and more human
(Looks my clothes are too small after all.)
(F- For now, I'll lend you mine)
by her repeated actions.

Page 14

Without any troubles,
four days passed.
*beep* // *beeep*
Uh... // Mm...
Breakfast is ready. Are you awake already?
What did you make?
French Toast. // Since you said you never ate it before.

Page 15

Uwa, so embarrassing.
It's like I'm totally spoiled by her.
Is this really okay...?
Can't be.
(I'll think about it while I eat..)
Morning.
Yeah.

Page 16

Owner,
did you get up alright?
Eh? Ah, well, guess so.
It's kinda embarrassing seeing Lacia wear my clothes.

Page 17

You're too horny in the morning.
Wha, I wasn't...
I didn't want to hear that from Yuka.
(Am I that transparent?)
Doesn't it...
bother Lacia?
Even if she isn't human, I wouldn't want her // to hate me.

Page 18

Looks like // we really need to buy some clothes for Lacia.
I'll have your portion ready in a minute.
Okay.
(I can at least do this)
I have so much free time in the morning, since Lacia came here.
*beep*

Page 19

I'll deal with this later.
This too...
Huh?
(! Redirecting from Endou Yuka-sama to Endou Arato-sama)
(From: Fabion MG // Subject: Your application from // Endou Yuka-sama, our company's "model)
I got a mail,
but isn't it for you, Yuka?
Well, // just read it.
O- Okay.

Page 20

Yuka, sit down there for a sec.
I'm already sitting.
This // MODEL AUDITION,
what's with that?
[Only the part in the middle:] The hiE "Lacia" you applied to our company's model audition was accepted to the grand prix.
Isn't it amazing!?
It's a grand prix!

Page 21

In short, a media group was looking for hiE models
and Yuka made Lacia participate in it...
(Let's enter Lacia-san <3)
And the result
is this.
Look // here!

Page 22

Yuka made her wear her school uniform...
Even with all the other hiE,
Lacia is the most outstanding.
She's really pretty. // Yeah, yeah <3
Hey, Yuka.

Page 23

Isn't this pretty famous?
Yes. It's even promoted on TV.
...Basically
Lacia will be big in the media now!?
When we still haven't solved the petal attack....!
...

Page 24

By the way, Onii-chan,
don't you have anything to say to me?
You're... an.... // IDIOT.
(Eh~~)
She's such a beauty.
It would be a waste not to make use of it.
But you didn't say a word to me.
Show some reservation.
I don't have a problem with it.

Page 25

Lacia herself gave the okay, so what's the problem.
A hiE
can't oppose a human in situations like this.
Owner.
Either way, // it cannot be undone now.
What now?

Page 26

When we met, we were both attacked.
If there should be an enemy after her,
we just announced her whereabouts to the whole word.
I told you there was a lot going on, right? // You keep accumulating problem without solving them.
I never heard of such a way.
...

Page 27

I live for the future.
What kind of future are you headed for!?
(Whatever is fine!)
*giggle* x2
Eh....
It was different from the one she usually showed to please humans.
Her first bright smile.

Page 28

So hiE
can laugh....
It was an expression from the heart,
that made it really hard to believe that she didn't have a soul.
Phase4 [End]

[English] [Translation] Beatless - Dystopia 3 by PROzess

2013-02-13T06:58:46+00:00

Reserved for schthaxe

Beatless Dystopia Chapter 03

Page 01

It's all...
gone.
Phase3 [New Days]
Attacking with the Metamaterial membrane, which has a negative refraction index, // turned the small unit groups transparent by the given frequency band.
The units were isolated from the command signal and wireless power source, rendering them impotent.
Not like I understand anything of that....
*thud*
EH!?

Page 02

*thud*
*thud*
It can't see the petals, but I feel them.
To say it simply, // they're in a state where light passes through them. Signals no longer reach them.
(Signal // Receive)
(Signal // Pass Through)
All these thousand of petals here
where hit in an instant!?
UWA
*whoosh*

Page 03

*rustle* x6
This is // amazing.
(Huh? It's gone...)
For a second, she looked like a huge beast.
This beautiful girl

Page 04

appeared dreading.
Phase3 [New Days]

Page 05

..Oh, right. // How long has it been since I met you?
Around 8 minutes.
Good. Then the ice-cream should be still fine.
I'm home.
*beep*
So slow, Onii-chan~~
*stomp* x3

Page 06

Don't think shopping is such an easy task.
(Hope there aren't any petals on it)
Ah
Ah
Ah
AWW~~!!
I'm Lacia.
Nice to meet you.
(Ah, ehm..)

Page 07

What should I do...
Onii-chan bought a girl...
Don't make me sound like a pervert.
I didn't pay for her.
EVEN WORSE!!
I apologize for my brother. // I'll give my best to guide him back on the right path.
I believe // this is his first offence, probably.
Yuka, it's a misunderstanding!!
What's there to misunderstand, stupid Onii-chan!!

Page 08

Well, of course she'll surprised when I go out shopping late at night and bring a girl back with me.
(Ueh~) x2
I'm not a human, but an hIE. Therefore it's not a crime that he brought me with him.
I had no owner and he picked me up. // We formed an official contract.
Eh, // really?
(I'm glad~)
Should I be happy that she was worried or should I be sad that she doubted me...
Hey, // since we're on the topic.
Can we keep // Lacia...-san at our house?

Page 09

Yeah, sure.
Really?
You picked her up, right. // So nothing wrong with it.
I should tell Yuka about what happened earlier. // I don't want her to get into trouble.
Listen, Yuka. I...
When I was shopping, tons of petals came down with a "bam".
And Marie-san from Yuzawa-san broke down.
That attack might be aimed at this girl here.

Page 10

No good. It's so unreal that I can't explain it well...
(Is my brother okay?)
(Yes, no problem)
Lacia, do you know who's behind that attack?
...
I do not know.
Figured... // Look, I was hit by a car here.
Though Lacia saved me later.
That's good that she saved you.
Right. I barely did anything.

Page 11

It's not even running on the news.
Besides,
if it's dangerous and you still brought her here, // doesn't that make you an idiot?
Yuka...
You didn't put your trust in Lacia, but in me, who brought her here.
Than--
(Ice-cream!)
She's ours now, right? // hIE can made food, right?
I can't wait to eat it~~

Page 12

If it's about food, // I can access the business cloud data and start immediately.
Is that delicious?
The user rating is five stars.
Lacia-san,
I love you <3
Hey wait.
(Hurry, hurry~)
You would accept anyone that spoils you?
A show on TV said that a hIE's eyes are cameras and record everything.
If Marie-san was there, then everything was recorded.
Ah.
I'm sure the police will do something about it when it gets bad.

Page 13

Yeah, right.
That's what the police is there for.
I was too stressed out. // Regardless of who's responsible of that petal shower,
it's way to absurd for me to fight that someone.
Because I never intended to be Lacia's owner forever.
I didn't even image that this "special" girl would become a part // of Yuka's and my life.
You always give it too much thought, Onii-chan.

Page 14

Rather than worrying about who she is,
it's more important // what she can do for me!
I envy you for your personality.
You'll be in trouble now, Onii-chan--- // You used up all of your life's luck.
(Aww)
Don't say such jinxing stuff. (What if you're right!)
If you're worried, just ask her.
Will it be dangerous for us to keep you?
According to what I heard from you, Yuka-san,
there will be no danger.

Page 15

See, it's fine.
We can cross any bridge when we get to it.
Lacia is troubled right now.
Okay, // let's make dinner.
I confirmed the contents of the fridge.

Page 16

(Wah)
What did you to make it into this? (I don't think we had any fancy ingredients...)
Who cares.
(So good~)
(So quick)
Help yourself before it gets cold.
Ah, yes.
No use in thinking about it, huh.
We siblings sure are a fine pair of naive humans.
(Uwa, it taste like in a restaurant)
(Right, it's so good~)

Page 17

Sorry // that you had to make food as soon as you got here.
Do not worry.
To begin with, hIE were made for chores and care-taking.
!

Page 18

Aw, no good. // I got so over-conscious of her skin
that I feel weird now..
Uwa, // this might be bad.
Her body... was so soft.

Page 19

Lacia will be here now every day.
(Arato-san...)
Even though I know she's not human, // I don't know how to handle it..
Maybe I really used up all my luck, just like Yuka said?
Seems that I'm quite the simpleton!
Owner, would it be better I take my leave?
EH!?
N- No, it's fine. It's nothing.
(I showed an embarrassing side of me...)

Page 20

I prepared some tea.
Thanks.
Wow. // You can even do that.
(That container was used to cool down water?)
Thank you.
But a hIE is connected to the network // and all actions are merely accessed from the management could service.

Page 21

When I pour tea, I'm linked to clips of humans doing it
and my body merely // imitates it.
Feels like I was lectured by her.
hIE are tools.
Reminds me, Ryou said the same.

Page 22

I believe you lack the basic knowledge of hIEs, Owner.
Does it trouble you when I'm nescient?
....
Speaking of,
where are you from, Lacia?

Page 23

Is that knowledge necessary to deepen our relationship?
If I think about it, I don't know anything about you.
Knowing would be better for the future.
It'll be easier for us when we know each other better.
When I met Lacia, I felt that she's reliable and trustworthy.
I wanted to get closer to her. And
if possible, I wanted to repay her with actions.

Page 24

I suppose you're a good person.
But
you're vitally mistaken.
I do no
possess a soul.
Phase3 [End]

[English] [Translation] Beatless - Dystopia 2 by PROzess

2013-01-16T15:16:36+00:00

Forgot to add.

Reserved for Schthaxe

Beatless Dystopia Chapter 02

Page 01

You
sought // for help.
Phase2 [Contract]
My
name is
Lacia.
...I'm Endou Arato.

Page 02

Phase2 [Contract]

Page 03

*clatter*
Let's run! // You'll turn crazy too if that hits you.
...Eh?
Why do we have to run?

Page 04

Are you scared?
Of course!!
We might die!!
Everyone is scared of that.
Then you just need to
overcome that fear.
And then?
If not here, // where will you fight?

Page 05

What can I do?
It'll be a real mess once people come out after they heard the explosion...
!!
Shit! At this rate, Lacia too will...

Page 06

I'm scared... So scared that I'm about to go crazy.
....
Don't move now.
You should be fine for now.

Page 07

Once you actually try it,
there are thing one can do.
Let's go!

Page 08

You're a hiE, right? // Can't you contact the police?
The police has no ways to stop the enemy.
I see... Too bad.
...Endou Arato.

Page 09

Do you trust me?
She isn't a normal hiE.
She might be even related to this petal shower.
Still,
I trust you!
doubting a girl would be lame.
...

Page 10

We'll be at my house in around five minutes.
...Will it be alright to go home like this?
!

Page 11

Oww
What are you...
...Thanks.
Endou Arato, // I have
a request for you.

Page 12

Please become my owner.
....
Owner? // You mean, you'll become mine?
I concluded // that you're appropriate to be my first owner.

Page 13

No way... // You don't know anything about me!!
Still,
you said that you trust me.
Okay!

Page 14

We reached a decision. // Confirming the contract.
There is one thing I ask
of you.
I'm a tool,
so I can't take responsibility. // Therefore
you take // the responsibility.

Page 15

!!!
Now then, securing owner's physical data.
Once I have confirmed the date, please agree twice.
Setting Endou Arato as the owner of the Class Lacia humanoid Interface Elements Type-005. // The hIE and the device are self-operating,

Page 16

so the owner will shoulder all responsibility of it's actions.
Do you agree?
Yes.
Starting the life log of the owner.
These records will be made accessible on a juristic claim // and will be used on any lawsuits.
Another confirmation is needed to release the lock on the device.
Okay!!

Page 17

Contract complete.

Page 18

Wrooor
Uwah
Is this a concentrated attack!?
To stop the unit, which is currently attacking us,
I suggest the disconnection of light data transfer.

Page 19

Do it at once if it helps us!
But // the needed meta-material barrage // will also affect wireless current supply in the area.
Should there be any humans around with life support system,
these systems will be shut down too.
And the one to take responsibility for that
is you, my owner.

Page 20

Your orders, Owner.
There's a possibility to endanger humans close by,
but will we attack?
Endanger... Responsibility... That pressure is killing me.
But I
trust her.
Do it!!

Page 21

Page 22+23

Page 24+25

...Eh?

Page 26

The petals
are gone...
Did... Lacia do this?
Just who is she...
Phase2 [End]

[English] [Translation] Beatless - Dystopia 1 by PROzess

2013-01-05T19:33:59+00:00

Reserved for Schthaxe

Beatless Dystopia Chapter 01

Cover 01

It's my first time writing a close future SF, but I love the genre. It was really hard to work on, but it's an interesting piece, so I enjoyed it. My skills my still be lacking, but I hope you can enjoy it nevertheless. --Uguisu Kagura

Cover 02

---I believe in that smile. Even if you don't have a soul---
2015 A.D. Japan
The humanoid android hlE became part of people's life and was handling the things human could and couldn't do. Endou Arato, unlike his friends Kenko and Ryou who hate hlE, felt sympathy for hlE which are supposed to be just objects. One night, Arato suddenly gets assaulted by mysterious falling cherry blossoms that make hlE and machines run havoc. Will the cornered Arato be saved by the mysterious hlE Lasia....

Page 01

In his sleep, Arato was always seeing two dreams.
Phase1 [Encounter]
The first was a nightmare about being engulfed by flames.
The second was a dream about a dog shaking it's tail.
....
I'm Endou Arato.
Let's be friends.

Page 02+03

Phase1 [Encounter]

Page 04

[Table of Contents]

Page 05

So hot.
And it's only April...
Arato, you sure can sleep during class.
Ryou.
Is that something you, who also slept just as long, should say?
It's fine, Kengo. I prepared plenty for class yesterday already.

Page 06

I envy you for your only good trait, intelligence.
Don't praise me.
Well, // the reason while I'm still in school is so that I can develop my socializing.
I learn more during the break than in class.
Intelligence is just pointless in our time.
*Beep*
Rich people sure are dynamic. // And your excuses too.
Then, what's this about?
School exists for breaks right?
[On phone: Supplementary Tasks]
According to my analysis, in ten years a human's job will be
(Hey, my honeys!!)
only to get along with girls!!

Page 07

Kaidai-san, // impressive how you can say that here.
You already hit on every girl in class, right.
Since that was my goal this year. // One per week.
(I worked really hard)
Ryou hitting on the girls made their relation only worse. // In the end, the girls all hate him.
Now even the boys avoid him.

Page 08

Since we're old buddies, we stand out in class.
Ryou, you said school was for socializing, right?
Then learn by getting stabbed one day.
I agree.
Oh right.
I made an appointment with the girls from the neighbour high school on Sunday,
(Eh!?)
you come too, Arato.
I have to pass. I promised my sister to play with her...
Liar!

Page 09

There's no way Yuka-chan would ask out her brother when he's low on cash right now.
What do you know about Yuka!?
He likes to involve you.
It's fun being with Arato.
He might be a real idiot, if you reset his brain.
And Kengo and me might be idiots too for hanging out with him.

Page 10

Okay then...
What you say about watching cherry blossoms?
Let's watch them // this Sunday.
You sure don't give up.
How many did you invite?
4 girls.
Hey, go apologize to them already. // Even if Kengo and me go, we're only three.
...Arato,
you're implying I only have two friends, right.

Page 11

Isn't that right.
No! I have others!
Okay, let's go.
Thanks.
I'll help her.
She isn't human.

Page 12

Eh?
When you interfere with an hlE's work,
it'll only be an disturbance to them.
There are lots of Androids called hlE in our city.
Still, I want to help her.
Humans can't directly express their feelings, so they do it by actions.
Let me help. The lights are about to change.
But even non-humans can do that already.
Thank you.

Page 13

That's our reality.
In 2105, Japanese society // functioned by letting Androids filling in the gaps in society.
You're the type to get tricked easily, for sure.
I just want to be nice to girls. // Actually, you guys should help too.
...That girl in the Taiyaki store.

Page 14

Can you tell she's an hlE?
No... Is that so?
Same goes for the clerk in the Soba store over there
and so is the salesgirl at the supermarket near the sky tree.
Any hlE will help an elder person when they see them.
(How about a taiyaki?"
Hee~
They sure are working hard.

Page 15

The hlE aren't working hard at all.
Are you the type to cheer on a turning motor?
I'm free to think what I want.
A fairytale.
Science has made it's way into the land of fairytales.
Even non-science people were convinced. That's what I call progress.
They're running their mouths.
What's with that cat.
It's pulling on something heavy...

Page 16

Uwa // UWAA!!
...Again?
(H- Hey....)

Page 17

There's someone around lately that smashes hlE.
They found a couple of scraps.
What a waste.
"What a waste"....
You mean, poor thing, no!?
If something of the worth of a car gets turned into scraps // it's only normal to call it a waste.

Page 18

Don't touch it.
We don't know where it's from.
Even so...
It // doesn't really need to be dump into the bin, does it.

Page 19

Don't be mistaken, Arato.
hlE aren't humans.
They're just helping humans on a set pattern.
They look like humans // and behave all well
to make them more attractive to buy.
It's a fabricated advertising.
...
They are just
objects.

Page 20

Surely, no one is making a ruckus about it.
I also got calmer knowing it wasn't a murder.
Still, because it looks humanoid,
it's hard to just throw it away.
Let's hand it to the police.
I can't // bring myself to throw it away.

Page 21

That night
something started to move.

Page 22

Yuku, are you stupid?
(Hoo?)
You call that having a snack!? (You only ate the pork sweet and sour...)
Tell me what you were thinking while I was getting the rice.
YAHOO--- MEAT---
Like an animal.
But you took so long with the rice---
*beep*
!

Page 23

Wah
Wow,
(30 minutes ago // An explosion at Tokyo Bay's 2nd land reclamation)
it's an explosion.
This looks close, but is far away, right---
Idiot. It's close by. // By linear distance it is.
So it's close, I see. That's serious. // Maybe class will be suspended tomorrow---
It won't.
Figured.
I hope no one was injured---
She's too spoiled, // but a kind girl.

Page 24

It was an hlE company. // Brother, work part-time and buy one like this.
Ah, no more rice.
Let's go with fried noodles then.
EH! // I don't want fried noodles again---
Please make it rice.
We have no more rice, so we have to buy it.
....Yeah.
Brother!

Page 25

While you're at it, buy some ice-cream. // Ice-cream!
(Ice-cream please)
What you mean "while at it".... (So spoiled)
Love ya <3
So cheep. // I'm going out shopping late in the night just with that!?
You're going?
To...
Today with that explosion, it's too dangerous for a girl to go out.

Page 26

I hope there will be an explosion somewhere tomorrow too.
How undue.
(Be careful)
(Sure, sure)
I say all that, but I'm happy she relies on me.
I'm really spoiling her...
But I wonder if it's alright after that explosion.

Page 27

Oh my, out shopping?
Good evening. // You're shopping too, Marie-san?
Yeah. // We were out of rice.
(Hahaha)
Oh right, Marie-san was an hlE too. // The landlord's.
(Let's walk together.)
(Okay)
Okay, got everything I need.

Page 28

I gotta hurry back or Yuka will compl... // ?
EHH!?
What's... // this.
Amazing. What's this?
N- No clue?

Page 29

So pretty.
H- Hey...
Guess if she, a hlE didn't sense any danger it's alright.
(Wait, Marie-san...)
Geez, what's with these blossoms.
Marie-san, you're going too...
FAST!!

Page 30

Ah, there she is...
I got a bad feeling....
Hey, Mar--
My legs won't move....!

Page 31

!!?
M- Ma- Marie-s--
!!!

Page 32

...
Aw...
W-
WAAAAH!!

Page 33

What's this.
What the.
This can't be happening.
It isn't real.
I gotta run or I'm in trouble.
But to leave Marie-san behind...:

Page 34

Wh-
Whaat the!!

Page 35

Uh
Ouch...! Hit my shoulder.
Y- Yuka is waiting.
I gotta hurry back.
!! Again...
Wawah.
Just who...

Page 36

Guah
Give... me a rest already.
Let me wake up if this is a dream.
...Saying that won't solve anything.
For now, I have to...

Page 37

These flames shackled me.
It was the same scene I saw countless time in my nightmare.
I sensed this was the end. // That's why
Help me. // Someone, // Help meee

Page 38

The silhouette
I saw back then

Page 39

Page 40+41

I was speechless to
this amazing beauty.
...

Page 42

You requested help.
I'm
Lasia---
Phase1 [End]