Panel 1: Kimura Ran cautiously approaches her apartment door at sunrise after surviving a supernatural attack and losing her left hand. Alone and unarmed, she worries about who could be outside her apartment after the overnight chaos. Panel 2: Through the apartment peephole, Kimura Ran sees a reptilian delivery driver in a red uniform holding a mysterious package outside her door early in the morning. Panel 3: Close-up profile of Kimura Ran reacting cautiously after spotting the strange reptilian courier through her apartment peephole at dawn.

Panel 1: Kimura Ran cautiously approaches her apartment door at sunrise after surviving a supernatural attack and losing her left hand. Alone and unarmed, she worries about who could be outside her apartment after the overnight chaos. Panel 2: Through the apartment peephole, Kimura Ran sees a reptilian delivery driver in a red uniform holding a mysterious package outside her door early in the morning. Panel 3: Close-up profile of Kimura Ran reacting cautiously after spotting the strange reptilian courier through her apartment peephole at dawn.

Transcript

Ran (Narration): No knock.
Ran (Narration cont'd): No second buzz.
Ran (Narration cont'd): Didn’t invite anyone.
Ran (Narration cont'd): My gun’s probably sitting in an evidence locker by now.
Ran (Narration cont'd): Not helpful.

Panel 2
Ran (Narration): Didn’t order anything.

Panel 3
Ran (Narration):…okay, that’s weird.

Dead shall rise – Chapter 3 page 9
Posted on July 13, 2026 by Maho Noir

This page also introduces one of the setting’s more common nonhuman races: the Shelmecians. In-universe, seeing a reptilian delivery driver isn’t unusual to Ran at all-- which helps quietly reinforce that Maho Noir’s world isn’t Earth, even if it looks familiar at first glance.