>>768675
>…and cuts the dragons head clean off… dammit…
That's a good thing! Remember, your problems are different from Bri's problems, so using the same solution of hugging and accepting that you used, doesn't mean the same thing would've worked on Bri's problems!

I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to give the armor a hug? It is Bri after all, so maybe that'll help her feel better?

>All the sudden, it is if a strange, muddy haze engulfs the dream, turning it bleak and gray. All that rage has suddenly disappear… only leaving behind despair and hopelessness. Your work is still not done here… the nightmare is still here, just in another form… now as fear instead of hate.
Fear, huh? Sounds like that secret door marked "Alone" on the map is where you need to go. Hopefully, that huge stone slab has either disappeared or is now light enough for you to move it.

And since it's marked as "Alone" on the map and there's a great feeling of fear in the air, I'm guessing the next thing to do is help Bri with her fear of being alone.

>>768677
Bri's self-hatred surpasses Kronos
Kronos' self-hatred comes from his belief that he radiates world-destroying chaos to the point that even as a baby he could cause wars and corrupt his siblings. Briannah's self-hated comes from her belief that she could have been a heroine, an empress, but in the end she chose of her own free will to homewreck and torture so freely that Miley Cyrus would have turned in her wrecking ball and signed up as a Yo Momma joke. There's a serious difference here.

Kronos needs to teach Briannah that she is capable of choosing a better life for herself, and in turn she needs to teach him that he isn't a walking champion of the forces of chaos. Maybe.

>You’re… n-not sure if you did.
Keep in mind this is about the third or fourth time people are accusing you of things you didn't actually do- first when your father thought you poisoned a guard, Then when Sisah said you ordered those assassins tortured, and again when Thalia thought you were attempting a coup or something. It's bad enough that you're catching hell for things you did when you could barely walk, but draw the line at shit that never happened.

Communicate non verbally with the Armor, tapping its shoulder, pointing, leading it by the arm, whatever works. It remains to be seen whether it will go with you or not- maybe it doesn't want to, for some reason, maybe it can only open the boundary for so long or something.

Also, I don't know if now's the time for such a thing, but have you thought to intentionally wound yourself to prove your dream-walking abilities to Bri? Just something that'll draw blood and distinct enough to not be mistaken for anything else.

Looking at the severed head of Briannah's self-hatred, you can't help but feel slightly sick to your stomach. Albeit monstrous, she was and is a part of your love all the same, and seeing her laying dead here like this is upsetting. You worry this was the wrong way, but then you can't think of what could have been the right way. You can't think of what you could you have done or said to sway or stop self-hatred as big and deep as this. You don't see how you could have fixed it permanently here and now. And you know the way it went that it'll be back, eventually. But for now it is gone and maybe that'll be long enough to talk with Bri after you wake and hopefully figure out a way to start to deal with it for good.

Take a moment to turn off the music rune to conserve its charge and pick the lavender bouquet up since it may help with facing the aspect of Bri's fear. Check your gun is charged as well. ...Then touch the severed head of the dragon, and her body next. You saw memories from the shining armor of Bri's bravery when you touched it, so perhaps touching the aspect of her self-hatred will reveal memories related to it and grant you some insight. Especially insight into her origins. Because there had to be some event that set her upon the vicious self-perpetuating downward spiral of self-sabotage. And then she would then add the bad things she did in that sabotage to the list of reasons for Bri should suffer and would sabotage her again. Over and over, without end.

Bri's bravery seems completely intent on gathering trophies from this fallen dragon, which means it'll likely start to skin her hide or, given that it's Sakkilian, carve her heart out. You don't want to be around to see any of that because you know you'll puke. Instead take this time to make a quick run through the rest of this layer of Briannah's dream, including the Grand Hall, and look for changes or any new people. While the "ALONE" door seems like the most likely next destination, Bri's fear might have manifested up here and not down below. Best to be sure it didn't before you try popping that stone slab open. Oh, and the figment of who was likely the Empress is still around, since she ran off when the dragon broke free. Watch out for her because you don't know how she'll react to you now.

Assuming you didn't find anything rechecking this level, it's time to try opening the ALONE door. Give it a pull by yourself to check if it's still as heavy as before before you try and get Bri's bravery to open it for you. If tapping on it then pointing and gesturing doesn't get the message across you'll have to try writing what you need on a blank canvas and showing it that, with the hope it is literate. Oh, and get something to either jam the door in its track or prop the door up before you start trying to open the door. That broken halberd the shining armor was wielding may work to wedge the track, while a couple legs broken off tables in the dining hall may work to prop the door up.

>Once again, its focus switches back to you, growling in pure rage and bearing its teeth.
...Y'know, you might have figured out why Bri's self-hatred dragon was so hostile to you. It's because you brought Briannah genuine joy and happiness, and made her feel loved. And the dragon couldn't stand you bringing that to Briannah. It was driven to stop that, either by killing you or breaking your love for Bri.

>You… don’t? You’re not even sure anymore… you like her but… you barely know her, do you?
Yes, you do barely know her. And the situation that unfolded with her was also while under the influence of a double dose of fertility potion. And there may have been influence from Xuv on top of that as well. Perhaps if you gave it time you could find out if you do love Zela, or if it was more a lust to sate your desire to lay with a Hiver gal. However, you should not pursue Zela to find out either way because to do so after you know how Briannah feels would be intolerably callous to her, not the least because she's freaked out by Hivers. Bri needs your full attention and support now, not divided up trying to juggle both her and other romantic interests.

You also need to put away the visions of polyamory you've had dancing in your head these past few days. Given the mental state Bri is in, you should not romantically pursue anyone else. Maybe once she is in a better state, but it shouldn't be anyone that won't stand Bri or vice versa. No romantic pursuits that take you away from Bri. You want her and you together at the center of any romantic relationship with others. And if you can't be confident Bri can be truly fine you loving another person even in a lesser way than you love her, then you won't pursue anyone else. ...And frankly, chasing after more loves when you have such a love for Briannah seems foolish. Why do you feel you want more loves than just her?

>>768699
>I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to give the armor a hug? It is Bri after all, so maybe that'll help her feel better?
It's a mental aspect of Briannah, not her as a whole. And as we have already experienced we can't assume they'll react the way we expect. I doubt Bri's bravery is the kind that would accept hugging, even if it wasn't encased in armor, or is the armor. I'd rather not bother it while it's preoccupied hunting for trophies either. It seems so focused on that task to the exclusion of everything else that it may not take kindly to Kronos interrupting it.

Kaktus 2016/12/29(Thu)13:01 No. 768830 ID: 65a774
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>Looking at the severed head of Briannah's self-hatred, you can't help but feel slightly sick to your stomach. Albeit monstrous, she was and is a part of your love all the same, and seeing her lying dead here like this is upsetting.
…that is still Briannah… even in that form it’s… her…
>That's a good thing! Remember, your problems are different from Bri's problems, so using the same solution of hugging and accepting that you used, doesn't mean the same thing would've worked on Bri's problems!
…but maybe it was for the best… maybe there wasn’t a better way? Having a positive part of her take care of a negative one is probably the best you could have hoped for.

>It seems that unlike your own self-hatred Bri's is much harsher, longer and more well-fed with intense self-hatred, and fear of self.
It seems like you two faced it in different ways. You buried it in ignorance and became the fool… while she let it grow and lost control over it.
>Kronos needs to teach Briannah that she is capable of choosing a better life for herself.
You need to help her get through this!
>...Y'know, you might have figured out why Bri's self-hatred dragon was so hostile to you. It's because you brought Briannah genuine joy and happiness, and made her feel loved. And the dragon couldn't stand you bringing that to Briannah.
…you made her happy? You really did, didn’t you? …and you will continue doing so!
>You should not pursue Zela to find out if you love her either way because to do so after you know how Briannah feels would be intolerably callous to her, not the least because she's freaked out by Hivers.
Maybe it was a mistake brining her onboard in the first place…
>You also need to put away the visions of polyamory you've had dancing in your head these past few days.
To be fair, it was Bri who planted them there in the first place. Though, you shouldn’t really move the blame to her, should you? No matter… what matters now is what you do next, not what you’ve already done.
>Keep in mind this is about the third or fourth time people are accusing you of things you didn't actually do.
You’ve started to get used to that happening… you’ve been playing the fool for so long that it easier to just blame you instead of trying to find out what actually happened.

>Take a moment to turn off the music rune to conserve its charge.
Its already died on its own… in fact, all the music runes seems to have died as that cloud of despair rolled in.
>Pick the lavender bouquet up since it may help with facing the aspect of Bri's fear.
It’s all withered and dry all the sudden… and it crumbles at your touch. It’s no longer of any use.
>Check if your gun is charged as well.
It too seems to have died. Everything just… stopped functioning all the sudden.
>Look for changes or any new people.
Everything is the same… not counting all the lights giving up, all the flowers withering and all other magic just simply… dying off.
>It's time to try opening the ALONE door. Give it a pull by yourself to check if it's still as heavy as before.
Gnn! It’s still heavy as hell!
>Oh, and get something to either jam the door in its track or prop the door up before you start trying to open the door.
As you reach for a broomstick, it simply falls asunder as if it was rotten to the core. Even things made of stone and metal bends and breaks to your touch. Everything but the walls and doors seems to have just... um… given up?
>Oh, and the figment of who was likely the Empress is still around, since she ran off when the dragon broke free.
You never saw the door she ran to open... and there’s no trace of her anywhere else. It’s like she simply ceased to be as soon as dragon Bri forgot about her. In fact, the corpses in the grand hall are gone too!

>Have you thought to intentionally wound yourself to prove your dream-walking abilities to Bri?
I’m not sure how exactly that would work. I’m pretty sure any flesh wounds will not actually show up on your waking body, it will just feel like they did. But if you would, let us say, lose a finger instead… um… I think you would wake up with a “dead” husk of a finger. One that can’t be healed and will need to be amputated.


>Touch the severed head of the dragon. You saw memories from the shining armor of Bri's bravery when you touched it, so perhaps touching the aspect of her self-hatred will reveal memories related to it and grant you some insight.
…do you really want to witness this? This see the worse parts of her? …you guess you need too… to understand her. As you touch the cold head, you head fills with visions of the past. You can’t stop to feel the outmost glee as you repeatedly smash her head into your chest plate, as you watch her beak become nothing but a pile of red and orange. You can hear her chocking on her own blood as she falls to ground, just like she deserves to do. Oh, how you wish you still had the chance to have a taste of a monster like her… to taste-blood… your gauntlets are covered in her blood. Her delicious blood… the blood of a murderer… a coward… a- OH SHIT, KRONOS IS- Such power… to have someone so… so powerful at your beck and call… to have someone so influential, so important life in your hands… and she wants you to end her… end her in one of the most primal ways there is. She hesitates… maybe you can still talk her out of this? Maybe… but do you want to? You want this… you need this… you want to- their dead faces still haunting you, their pleading eyes waiting for parents that would never come. Oh, how you want to rip these monsters to pieces, how you want to make them pay for all the children whose futures they’ve ruined. Huh? What is going on? An ambush? Where is your sword? One of them is charging and where is… where… teeth… you have teeth… she is a monster… you are… you are a monster as well. They deserve to meet a monster. They Deserve to- the whole town is nothing but ruins… everyone is just… gone… you saw these people just a few days ago and now they are… gone. All the women… even the men and children… everyone is dead. Their bodies mutilated and left to rot in the sun. Their skulls and bones looted as trophies, their bodies defiled because of “honor”. Risavia did this… they are nothing but monsters… beasts… and you let it happen. If only you would have given this mission more respect you… you would… you failed them. You failed them because you wanted ale… wanted meat… how many died to these monsters because you… you… you’re a monster… so many dead become of your selfish desires… you… you’re nothing but a beast…


>Try and get Bri's bravery to open it for you.
Well… first off you need to get its attention…
>I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to give the armor a hug?
You embrace it in a warm hug… and it returns the sentiment by laying one of its hands over your shoulder. Then, when you let it go, it proceed with first pointing at itself, then you before making some very… lewd gestures before giving you a questionable look. It’s Bri alright…

Heh, it thinks you’re the prince in distress, eh? That it’s the knight in shining armor who just saved you from the ravaging beast that kidnapped you… so she’s probably expecting the usual “reward”.

>Communicate non verbally with the Armor, tapping its shoulder, pointing, leading it by the arm, whatever works.
After gesturing a lot to indicate a negative on her request, you managed to lead her to the blocked door. She easily opens it up, but it seems to be designed to only reveal a small hole in the wall… one that leads to utter darkness. There’s no way the suit can fit through that hole… do you need to leave it and venture in alone?

The lack of an inner dragon monster for her courage to fight may cause an imbalance in Briannah's brain. But for the moment, that's okay! Because you've got an entire roster of badass enemies for her to prepare against and right now you need a general, not an ambassador!

Just motivate her courage to prepare for an even greater fight, she doesn't need to pick on civilians because the best is yet to come and you need her focused for this. Inspire the courage, sing to her of gibbering mouthers and interdimensional beasts, of armies made from the desperate and forged in dogma, of life itself coming to pluck her soul like it did the other 10^999999+++ other gullible, haughty saps known as every being that has ever lived.

Make her chest puff out so deeply she grows breasts.

>>768830
Despair will be less physically dangerous to confront, so sure, go alone. It's not like you have a choice anyway.

The visions of briannah's self-hate appear to be in reverse chronological order. The root of her complex started when she failed a mission by wasting time in a tavern. By feeding her gluttony. So she attached gluttony to her self-hate and started eating those she hated. The time when she ate the suicidal royal is a bit of an outlier but maybe the act of cannibalism had become too much of a compulsion by that point, or it became associated with self-hate and thus suicide that it felt appropriate to use it as assisted suicide. Or helping someone else die would be like experiencing it vicariously.

You definitely need to share your insecurities with Briannah when you wake up. They're somewhat similar.

Also give Briannah's courage a big kiss.

Give Bri a pinch on the cheek- preferably an upper one so this doesn't drag out- and go forth. Not like you can make any preparations as long as things just crumble under your fingers.

Actually, see about bringing the sword- it's glowing and it'll be the only weapon you've got.

Kaktus 2016/12/29(Thu)17:20 No. 768892 ID: 65a774
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>The root of her complex started when she failed a mission by wasting time in a tavern. By feeding her gluttony. So she attached gluttony to her self-hate and started eating those she hated.
That… might be it? She’s definitely obsessed with hurting those that “deserve” it… and eating them… and she think she is one of the ones who “deserve” it as well… huh…
>You definitely need to share your insecurities with Briannah when you wake up. They're somewhat similar.
You both definitely need some kind of therapy after all this!
>The lack of an inner dragon monster for her courage to fight may cause an imbalance in Briannah's brain.
You’re not sure what, exactly, you actually just did… but not having that thing in control is definitely a good thing!
>Just motivate her courage to prepare for an even greater fight.
…hard to do when we can’t communicate verbally…
>Make her chest puff out so deeply she grows breasts.
…you know, you’re really going to miss fondling those things… hmm, maybe there’s a potion that… wait, how does breast on a lizard even look like? Are they all scaly and stuff? Hmm…


>Give Bri a pinch on the cheek- preferably an upper one so this doesn't drag out- and go forth.
Both cheeks are covered by heavy armor, so no can do, chief.
>Also give Briannah's courage a big kiss.
You guide its helmet to your face and kiss it on its snout. In return it strokes your check, seemingly promising that you will be safe and it will be back for you later. At least… that’s the thought that goes through your head… is it communicating in some other way or have you just read too many romance novels?
>Actually, see about bringing the sword- it's glowing and it'll be the only weapon you've got.
As you try to take the sword the suit quickly grabs it from your hands. Then it flick you on the beak and makes a “no no” motion. It doesn’t seem to part with it… and you’re not going to fight it over something you can barely use anyway.

>Despair will be less physically dangerous to confront, so sure, go alone. It's not like you have a choice anyway.
Here goes nothing… into the darkness you go.
…
As you enter, you’re engulfed by pure darkness. You’re not sure if the armor behind you closed the stone door or if it just ceased to be, but suddenly you’re standing in nothingness.
…
There is nothing here…
…
Just… vast darkness… there is nothing…
…
No escape…
…
No hope…
…
There is just loneliness… and darkness…
…
…why?
…
Why do you keep- Because of Bri! Dammit, stop it! You are here for Bri… but… where is she? There is just darkness out there…
…
…did you fail? Did you walk into some devious trap set but the nightmare?
…you failed… you…
…
…there is no hope…
…everything is pointless…

>>768892
No. There is a light in the darkness. See that dot down there? How far away is it? Keep strong for Briannah, remember that this is the Nightmare making you feel despair. Go investigate the light.

Also don't forget your gun can fire light. Fire upwards and you'll get a burst of light to see with.

Try calling out or feeling around. And hey, better silent and still than what was happening before.

Keep your thoughts about you. This is despair in its purest form trying to drag you down into darkness to force you to give up. Of the many things Kronos, you've been a fool but you'll do your damnedest to try and ensure people are happy.

The darkness will fight, but you must think of happiness, for yourself, for Bri.

>>768900
What if that light isn't a part of Bri that he can go towards? What if that light is actually Kronos himself?

That would make Kronos the light in the darkness of Bri's life. So, now Kronos needs to shine brighter in order to push away the darkness!

You have not failed, Kronos! All that you feel right now, this despair, this yawning hopelessness, is the doing of the Nightmare. The amplification of your love's fear and depression into a all enveloping darkness. You know this is the Nightmare's insidious power, for you have felt it touch you before. And by knowing that what you're feeling is a falsehood woven by it, you can push back. You will push back against it because out there is Briannah, your love, lost within its dark depths for what must feel an eternity. You know in the depths of your being there must be a way to find her, and you will find it.

Thinking on what could fight the darkness here, it's quite possible that it's you that are the weapon against it. Your deep, if previously unfocused, optimism, now alloyed, tempered and honed by reconciling with your more pessimistic side's wisdom. Your hope for the future and drive to always try, many times even when it looks like you can't or shouldn't. Your free spirit that shakes failure off like water off a duck's back. Yes, it is you that is analogous to the shining sword and armor in the layer you left.

While the music rune was sapped of its power, you still have your own voice, right? Start humming the rune's tune and don't stop. As you do, continually play it back in your mind as well and remember all associated with it, branching out from there. Remember the night of you first made love to Briannah, the best night of your life. Remember everything about Briannah that you love. Her cleverness, her beauty, her strength, her bravery, her wit and forthrightness. The way her tail flicks and waves when she's happy. The sweet taste of her skin and lips. Remember how in every future you want, she is there by your side. Remember how much you want to have a family with her. How deeply you want to live a life with her; To forge a future with her. How you wish with a deep desire to bring her joy and contentment and peace. How you will turn all your being towards bringing about the world this can and will happen in. This is why you are here. And this is why you will never give up. Why you can never give up.

If you look about you will see there is a solitary light in the darkness. It must be Briannah's strongest memory of hope and joy to be able to shine through such oppressive darkness. It shall be your guiding star through this void. Move towards it, arms outstretched to feel your way. Call out to Briannah as you go, and never take your eyes off that light.

>…you know, you’re really going to miss fondling those things… hmm, maybe there’s a potion that… wait, how does breast on a lizard even look like? Are they all scaly and stuff? Hmm…
Well, you could still hire courtesans to come to bed with you and Bri when you really miss fondling boobs. Or perhaps Thalia instead. Or another Vark gal who has a interest in sharing your bed. Just as long as it's only a sexual relationship and not romantic, and Bri takes part in it with you and clearly agrees beforehand, it probably won't upset Briannah.

As for what breasts on a Sakkilian would look and feel like... They'd have no nipples, same as a Vark gal. And Sakkilian hide is tough, so they likely wouldn't sag as much as human or Vark, staying up without a bra at larger sizes. Probably would feel firmer when squeezed as well. And you know from personal experience with Briannah whether Sakkilians have scales all over or not and how they vary, so you be the judge of whether their hypothetical boobs would be covered in scales like Bri has on her chest or if it'd be otherwise. ...You'll also have to remember to look into whether there's such a thing as a temporary breast enhancement potion out there, and if and how it effects Sakkilians. ...Perhaps look into temporary butt enhancement potions as well. If those exist you know the Sakkilians would have been the ones to invent them.

>>768900
>Also don't forget your gun can fire light. Fire upwards and you'll get a burst of light to see with.
Unfortunately, Kronos said that his gun's charge was sapped away by the same wave of despair that rendered all the other magic items outside inert, so it won't work right now. Maybe once he's driven the fear and hopelessness back some he can fire it again, but he probably can't now.

>>768995
>Remember everything about Briannah that you love. Her cleverness, her beauty, her strength, her bravery, her wit and forthrightness. The way her tail flicks and waves when she's happy. The sweet taste of her skin and lips.
You forgot to mention her gigantic ass and hips! XD

Kaktus 2016/12/30(Fri)09:41 No. 769121 ID: 65a774
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>Well, you could still hire courtesans to come to bed with you and Bri when you really miss fondling boobs.
…but you’ve never really liked hiring someone for something like… that…
>Or perhaps Thalia instead.
…hmm… well, you did almost have a threesome with her last night… Bri would… if she is still as… open as she was… she wouldn’t… um…
>Just as long as it's only a sexual relationship and not romantic, and Bri takes part in it with you and clearly agrees beforehand, it probably won't upset Briannah.
…hopefully that’s still the case. Wait, hopefully? Why are you even… don’t hope for something like that, Kronos, hope for Bri to get better instead!
>You'll also have to remember to look into whether there's such a thing as a temporary breast enhancement potion out there, and if and how it effects Sakkilians
There is bound to be something that can… can… um…
>...Perhaps look into temporary butt enhancement potions as well.
…good gods… your pretty sure Briannah drinking something like that would just… collapse the universe into itself! You can’t perfect perfection! But perfection itself is an impossibility and- dammit, brain, stop thinking about breasts and butts for moment! You have more important matters to deal with!


>Don't forget your gun can fire light. Fire upwards and you'll get a burst of light to see with.
Your gun is dead… just like everything else… everything is just pointless in the end… everything ends… there is no point in trying…
>And hey, better silent and still than what was happening before.
The sound of silence is screaming in your ears, drowning out everything else.
>You have not failed, Kronos! All that you feel right now, this despair, this yawning hopelessness, is the doing of the Nightmare.
…it’s… it’s so powerful. Did you ever have any hope of ever overcoming it? Did you even have chance in the first place to fight back… no… no, everything is… pointless.
>You will push back against it because out there is Briannah, your love, lost within its dark depths for what must feel an eternity.
…but… but even if it is… even if it is all pointless. Even if you don’t stand a chance. Even if there never were any hope to begin with… you need to fight. For your family… for your friends… for Briannah. You will not give up.
>The darkness will fight, but you must think of happiness, for yourself, for Bri.
No. You will not give up! NOT NOW! YOU HAVE COME SO FAR! No… Bri… you are coming. You will find her… and save her.

>Try calling out or feeling around.
Every sound you make is drowned out by the silence… and there is nothing there to feel but pure nothingness.
>Start humming the rune's tune and don't stop.
Like silent raindrops your tunes feel, simply echoed in the wells of silence… you can’t remember how it sounded anymore… you can’t remember hearing anything at all anymore… music… voices… sounds… all are but silence…
>As you do, continually play it back in your mind as well and remember all associated with it, branching out from there. Remember the night of you first made love to Briannah, the best night of your life.
You try your best to remember but… everything is just falling away. You can’t remember how she looks anymore… the sound of her voice… her laugh… her dialect… it’s all… gone…
>Remember everything about Briannah that you love. Her cleverness, her beauty, her strength, her bravery, her wit and forthrightness. The way her tail flicks and waves when she's happy. The sweet taste of her skin and lips.
…was she clever? How did she look like again? Was she brave? Did she even have a tail? ...was she ever happy?
>Remember how in every future you want, she is there by your side. Remember how much you want to have a family with her. How deeply you want to live a life with her; To forge a future with her.
Future… is there one anymore? Everything is so… so… bleak…
>And this is why you will never give up. Why you can never give up.
You… you can’t… but…
>You forgot to mention her gigantic ass and hips!
Dammit, brain! Stop going into the gutter! Ah, fuck it! You’ve had enough of this! I might not be able to remember her anymore, but that will not stop you! You will fight! You will win! AND YOU ARE NOT STOPPING ME, KROTOS! DO YOU HEAR ME!? I AM NOT GOING TO GIVE UP!

>No. There is a light in the darkness. See that dot down there? How far away is it?
For what seems like ages, you wander toward the singular point of light. A star of solitude, all alone in the never ending darkness, it doesn’t seem to get any closer no matter how long you walk. For what seems like hours… or days… or weeks… months… years… eons… for eons you walk through nothingness… and all the sudden you are there. The light… you found it. It’s a small… dragon? A small white dragon, curled up on the ground and… crying…

…it doesn’t seem to react to your presence…
…you call out to it but it doesn’t answer…
…you touch it but it doesn’t respond…
…it just lies there… crying… all alone…

IS THAT THE POTENTIAL FUTURE OF YOUR HYBRID BABY?! Or is it one of your enemies in weakened form?

Either way, grab it.

>>769121
Now THIS situation calls for hugs and kisses and reassurances that she is not alone, you are here, and you love her.

Suggestion 2016/12/30(Fri)11:09 No. 769132 ID: c1ba17

>>769121
Comfort the entity

And for the record, using sexual thoughts to counter mental/emotional attacks/influences could be a future trick in the dream walking arsenal. Or a meditation or mantra. Something to passively focus on during those tasks.

Hug it even if it doesn't appear to notice you, you will be there for it even if you have to hold it for eternity.

Hold and comfort it

>>769121
apply hug, for you as much as it.
as long as there's something around to hold onto that isn't empty despair, you can endure.

It's Briannah! You've finally found her! ...And she's so small and scared and afraid and alone. So, so alone. This must be the center of her deep fear of being alone, born of her father's death. And looking at her, you feel with your whole being a unstoppable need to embrace her. To hug her tight to your chest and close to your heart, same as she did to you before. To curl up around her completely to protect her from the darkness and whisper with your heart and soul that it'll be okay. That she's not alone. That she won't be alone. That there is hope. That there is a way out of the darkness. That she is cared for. That she can be loved. That she deserves love. That she is loved. And that you love her, completely and forever. And you'll say these and all else you feel in your depths over and over and over in the undying hope this tiny, precious piece of Briannah will be comforted after her ages trapped here.

...But perhaps what you need to do is not just stay and try and comfort Briannah until either of you wakes, for once you're gone the darkness will once again envelop her. Perhaps you need to bring her out of this endless pit of sorrow, back out the way you came. Yes. Yes, that is what you need to do. You will bundle her under your jacket and find a way back. Even if it takes countless eons, you will deliver Briannah from darkness.

>…hopefully that’s still the case. Wait, hopefully? Why are you even… don’t hope for something like that, Kronos, hope for Bri to get better instead!
Right, it would be too selfish on your part to hope for that. Especially when you don't know if Briannah's saying she's fine with a open relationship/marriage is a symptom of her self-hatred and her trying to sabotage herself. You'll have to be content with only Bri, but that is hardly depriving yourself. She's more than you've ever wanted or deserved. ...And maybe Doxan as well, since he's almost joined at Bri'd hip. And you never did find out if Agissa is one to seek out Bri's sexual compan- Okay, bad libido! Stop dragging Kronos' brain into the gutter!

>>769132
Y'know, thinking lewd and sexual things might be a useful tool. It seemed to cut through the Nightmare's mental fog when Kronos thought of Bri's stupendous ass and hips, making him remember that part of her. Maybe his metaphorical loins are beyond its influence on memory.

Be careful, don't let it collapse or crumble like the other stuff. Pick it up and take it with you. Maybe wrap it in your jacket if need be.

>>769121
Hold on to her and never let go. Maybe even kiss her.

>>769179
>Y'know, thinking lewd and sexual things might be a useful tool. It seemed to cut through the Nightmare's mental fog when Kronos thought of Bri's stupendous ass and hips, making him remember that part of her. Maybe his metaphorical loins are beyond its influence on memory.
If that's the case, then maybe if Kronos has sex with her it'll somehow help? Think about it like this: This is Kronos' chance to literally fuck her brains out! XD

>>769193
>If that's the case, then maybe if Kronos has sex with her it'll somehow help? Think about it like this: This is Kronos' chance to literally fuck her brains out! XD
Dude, no. Just no. This is almost the very absolute definition of "not the time, not the place." So a thousand times no. And that goes for after Kronos gets out of this pit of despair as well. Not only does he not have the time, and he's not going to be in the mood, his two choices are a animate suit of shining armor and a child-sized or smaller white dragon. The first is either sealed in or just a suit of armor, and the second feels like pedophilia. So that'll be a massive "NOPE" all over.

Once the Nightmare is done for and Briannah isn't in such a bad mental state, then Kronos can join her in her dream and they'll make glorious, passionate love together. With Bri's advance permission to enter her dream, of course. But that night is at least a fair bit off from now. Still something to look forward to, though.

>>769243
>Still something to look forward to, though.
I'm not hearing a "no". All I'm hearing is a "wait until a better time", which is perfectly fine with me. Because that is something that's definitely worth waiting for. ;D

>>769249
If it's even possible to do at all, anyways.

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

Kaktus 2016/12/31(Sat)06:56 No. 769313 ID: 65a774
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>For the record, using sexual thoughts to counter mental/emotional attacks/influences could be a future trick in the dream walking arsenal.
…it did seem to work, didn’t it?
>It seemed to cut through the Nightmare's mental fog when Kronos thought of Bri's stupendous ass and hips, making him remember that part of her. Maybe his metaphorical loins are beyond its influence on memory.
It might be because your memories of those parts are rather… err… livid…
>If that's the case, then maybe if Kronos has sex with her it'll somehow help? Think about it like this: This is Kronos' chance to literally fuck her brains out!
…yeah, no… for some reason that sounds like a horrible idea right now. You’ll refrain from fucking her brains out until after you’ve dealt with all this.
>Right, it would be too selfish on your part to hope for that. Especially when you don't know if Briannah's saying she's fine with an open relationship/marriage is a symptom of her self-hatred and her trying to sabotage herself.
…it’s going to be a mine field, but if you tread carefully and observe… you will both make it out in once piece…


>Pick it up and take it with you.
When you said it was small, you meant small compared with the other dragon… or Briannah herself for that matter. This one is about the size of you… maybe a bit smaller than you…
>You will bundle her under your jacket and find a way back. Even if it takes countless eons, you will deliver Briannah from darkness.
…but you might be able to drag her out of… here… err… where did you come from again? Is there even a way out? The sea of darkness seems endless… is there even a way out?

>Hug it even if it doesn't appear to notice you, you will be there for it even if you have to hold it for eternity.
You lie down beside it a let your arms embrace it. You give it a soft kiss on its neck before just lying there with it, listening to its heartbeat and breath. It seems so loud… loud enough to drown out the sound of silence around you… then suddenly, a weak voice, one that almost disappears behind the beat of her heart, speaks out…

…why?
…huh?
…why? Why are you here? Why did you come here…?
…because I love you… because I care for you.
…why?
Because you are a wonderful-
Go away… flee while you can… you deserve someone so much better than me… you deserve someone who will love you for your whole life… you don’t deserve me… you deserve so much more.
But I don’t want-
Please… I beg you… leave before it’s too late. I am destined to be alone… everyone who gets close to me are hurt or killed… the same thing will happen to you!
Briannah… I don’t-
PLEASE! I BEG YOU! I can’t… I won’t be able to handle losing you as well… I… I… I can’t… you need to leave… run… I… you will be hurt if you stay… please… there is no future with me… I have no future… it’s all… pointless… please… leave…

hmmm... I wonder

Ask her why, why does she care about you?

ask why now is she telling you that she's going to toss you aside because she's afraid that she might lose you? why she choses to lose you herself because it is somehow better to rip her own heart out then to let someone else do it? Bri, if you walk away now you WILL lose Kronos, however if you stay with him their is a chance that the two of you can live happily together, and now you're going to tell me that the fierce warrior that is Briannah is going to let something as small as fear stop her? Bri, don't let your fears control you, you can let them tamper your resolve, let them put cation in your actions but never let them control you or you'll never find anything that will make you happy. I mean if I gave into my fears I never would have got to know you.

Besides, you've already messed up in your plans to get ride of me, you got me to like you back and now I've decide to stick by you. And don't try and tell me how much of a bad idea that is, you've know me long enough to know how much I love bad ideas. So face it, you're stuck with me, through thick and thin.

(then hug her tighter and don't let go)

There is no future I would want to be in if it didn't involve being with you.

If there is no future ahead, then we shall both share in it regardless of the consequences.

>>769313
>I won’t be able to handle losing you
And you think I'll be able to handle losing you? The answer is "no", I can't handle losing you either.

>you will be hurt if you stay…
I'll be hurt even more if I leave. So I'm staying right here with you.

>there is no future with me… I have no future… it’s all… pointless…
That's right, the future is pointless, but only because you're not there with me.

I'm not leaving without you, I'm not going to let you push me away, I'm not letting you go, and I won't let this darkness consume you. You've saved me from my fear of Sakkilians, now it's my turn to save you from your fear of being alone. After all, that's what husbands and wives are supposed to do, right? We're supposed to help each other through the darkest times of our lives. So please, let me help you. Let me love you. Because I love you.

Briannah, will you marry me?

>>769319
They're already getting married sherlock

As for the situation at hand, it's simple as reaffirming that if you seperated, you'd probably stiffer yourself

As such, the two of you need to stick together

>>769322
>They're already getting married sherlock
Duh, I know that! However, Kronos never officially asked. The only thing he did that was close to asking was fixing Bri's broken sword.

>>769326
Which is the Sakkilian version of accepting a marriage proposal. And they also exchanged marriage bracelets, which is the Risavian/Vark version of accepting a marriage proposal. And they're arranged to marry already. If Kronos never actually asked Briannah to marry him, it was because there were so many other unspoken ways he said it and it was otherwise apparent.

>>769313
Remember the story of the Dragon and the Phoenix. Together you can defy destiny, change fate. Spit in the face of time and say your life is your own!

Reach up and gently wipe away the tears from her cheek and tell her that you won't leave her, ever, before holding her even tighter. That there is no future you want without her by your side in it.

Ask her if you leave her, or she leaves you, isn't that the same as losing you? She won't be able to handle it either way, would she? And you couldn't handle losing her either. So you will stay with her, for both your sakes.

She says you deserve someone so much better than her, and you say there is no one better than her. She says you deserve someone who will love you for your whole life, and you say it's her. That she is that person if she but allow herself to be, and you have faith she can.

She says she's destined to be alone, and you say that there is no destiny, only possibilities and our choices. That the future is that which we choose. And you felt this before, and you know it now because you met Dreamer, the opposite counterpart to Chronicler. The one who dreams all possible pasts and futures. And it said that our fates are not written in stone. That we can pick our futures. And you know there are many possible futures with Briannah and you because it said there were. Ones filled with love and family. The way to those futures is there if we but take it.

She says everyone who gets close to her is hurt or killed, and you say the past is not the future. That she is not cursed or fated because there is no fate, no fixed destiny. Those who were hurt by no choice of her own were not by just being close to her. And if there were ones hurt by her own choice, perhaps by her pushing them away to save them from the fate she believed would befall them, then the solution is just choose not to any more, and you and nobody else will come to harm. And you'll be there to help her, to listen, to support her, always.

>>769335
Yeah, but those unspoken ways were all done when Kronos still felt like it was his job to marry Bri in order to unite their people because he was being forced by his father to marry Bri. Now that he's actually developed feelings for her, I think it would be nice for him to actually say it out loud to her.

I don't think there's a person in the world that thinks as highly of you as Bri does... Could the reverse be true too?

Bri, I need you to promise me something. It might not make sense now, but just say the words, okay? Promise me you'll be there when I wake up.

How about you tell her that if she really wants you gone, she's going to have to stand up and carry you out of here on her back because you are not letting go of her. Say you know there is a way out of here because you came in that way. But even if she doesn't stumble upon the exit she at least tried something, and in here any action is better than laying about in despair.

Kaktus 2017/01/01(Sun)10:42 No. 769545 ID: 65a774
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>I don't think there's a person in the world that thinks as highly of you as Bri does... Could the reverse be true too?
…probably… which is kind of sad…

>Reach up and gently wipe away the tears from her cheek and tell her that you won't leave her, ever, before holding her even tighter.
No… p-please… leave… I will hurt you… I will only… hurt you…
>Ask her if you leave her, or she leaves you, isn't that the same as losing you? She won't be able to handle it either way, would she?
The longer you remain, the harder it will be… the more it will hurt… I can’t get close to you… I can’t get close to anyone… it will only hurt in the end… it will only… hurt… p-please… leave before it’s too late… before it hurts to much…
>And you think I'll be able to handle losing you? The answer is "no", I can't handle losing you either.
…then I am sorry… I’m too late already…

>Ask her why, why does she care about you?
Because… because… you… you didn’t leave… because you cared… because you listened… because you were there when… no one else was…
>She says you deserve someone so much better than her, and you say there is no one better than her. She says you deserve someone who will love you for your whole life, and you say it's her.
I’m not the one you deserve… if you think so… then you are a fool…

>Briannah, will you marry me?
… … …haven’t we already been forced to… we were forced together… and… we can’t…
>That's right, the future is pointless, but only because you're not there with me.
The future is pointless, because you won’t be there… you can’t be there… that is my destiny.
>She says she's destined to be alone, and you say that there is no destiny.
There is no… destiny?
>Remember the story of the Dragon and the Phoenix. Together you can defy destiny, change fate.
I… but… we can’t… we aren’t even… there is no future for us… us of different species.
Yes there is. And we won’t be meeting it alone.

You rub her stomach and you can feel her shiver under your touch…

Even if Xuv magic won’t work, then we will find a way… even if we have to find a surrogate… even if we have to adopt… we will have a future together, you and me.
Kronos…

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I will always be there for you… always…
…


[Briannah’s dispair has been subdued… for now.]


>Bri, I need you to promise me something. It might not make sense now, but just say the words, okay? Promise me you'll be there when I wake up.
… … …wake up? But I’m not… sleeping… I… feel so… so sleepy…

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Thank you… Kronos… … …and yes… the answer is yes… I will… marry…

>>769550
Time to wake up. You did something right, Kronos.

...so are we still sleeping or is that it for the night?

>>769623
That's it for the night. When you fall asleep in the dream, like Briannah just did, you wake up for real. The next day and thread starts over here >>769571.