달러구트 꿈 백화점 Series by Lee Mi-ye, 李美芮

客人們入睡後，進入了最受歡迎的「達樂古特夢境百貨」，挑選陳列在眼前的各色夢境：想再次相見的人、期待前往的地方、害怕又想突破的事物，以及超乎想像、上天下海的瑰麗夢境……每一層樓都提供別出心裁的夢。這棟五層樓的百貨門庭若市，有睡長覺的客人，也有短暫睡個午覺的人類和動物。 　　新人佩妮通過了與達樂古特本人進行的一對一面試，來到夢境百貨上班，準備好好推銷各個傳奇製夢師所設計的夢。然而，當她好不容易稍稍搞懂測量睡意的「眼皮秤」、從「夢境滿意度」轉換的支付系統等細節後，竟然惹下大禍──最貴的夢境費用從她手上被偷走了……眼看工作即將不保，她該如何化解困境？在這神祕的夢境百貨，在清醒與睡夢的邊界，她又將遇見什麼樣的人，以及他們心中渴求已久的夢？ 　　在今日與明日的縫隙、在意識模糊之間存在的夢境，　　到底要怎麼販售？夢境的價值怎麼估計？　　內心的渴望、遺憾、恐懼，能在夢裡得到回應？　　期盼前往的地點、自由奔放無拘無束的夢境，真的能訂做？　　 　　夢境百貨，全年無休，日日備妥好夢，　　等候您的大駕光臨。──店主敬上

It has been a year since Penny first walked through the doors of DallerGut Dream Department Store, and surviving a year at the store means one thing . . . She is now an official employee of the dream industry! She can finally take the express commuter train to the Company District, where all the dream production companies are located and discover how all raw dream materials and testing equipment are produced... moreIt has been a year since Penny first walked through the doors of DallerGut Dream Department Store, and surviving a year at the store means one thing . . . She is now an official employee of the dream industry! She can finally take the express commuter train to the Company District, where all the dream production companies are located and discover how all raw dream materials and testing equipment are produced.But the Company District is not quite what she expected, it hides the darker underbelly of the magical industry that Penny thought she was a part of.Penny discovers the Civil Complaint Center, full of people filing complaints about their dreams. She also learns about the regular customers who have stopped coming to the store. As she gets to the bottom of each complaint, she begins to expand her horizons, transforming from just selling dreams to understanding what lies in the hearts of their lost regulars.Return to the DallerGut Dream Department Store delves deeper into the dream industry and its customers. Why do some of them buy a dream and never return? Will Penny and her colleagues be able to bring their regulars back? less

熱中工作、努力銷售夢境的佩妮，終於要接受年度調薪面談了。到底她在夢境產業還可以怎麼更進步？她能否跟老闆提出自己希望投入與成長的方向？ 正當佩妮苦苦思索時，老闆達樂古特竟派她前往顧客投訴部門出差，了解顧客的苦惱與真正需要。她吃驚的發現，有個投訴理由是「請不要搶走我的夢」？而另一名「清醒夢」顧客的投訴，竟然是夢境打亂了生活裡的現實分界？ 佩妮決定正式啟動「找回不再做夢的人」計畫，好好研究老顧客的夢境日記。問題是，在清醒與朦朧邊緣的夢境殘影到底該怎麼解讀？又要怎麼說服客人再次入夢呢？