Waking up, from a slight nap, was a first for Hannah, at least for as long as she could remember properly.
Moreover, with no monster present, there was no suffering either. Then again, neither had an office, a floating multicolored gem, or a life-like visage of her father manifested during her nap.
No, it was more like random images had floated through her mind. Images that made no sense to the current her, however, as Hannah stared at the ceiling of her, and her mother’s bedroom, she had this nagging sensation that those very random and obfuscated images held significant information.
Information that she was in dire need to know and understand, yet when she thought about it, a throbbing sensation ebbed from her head.
“Still… Hurts…” Hannah muttered weakly despite the pill her mother had given her for headaches. “But… Better… Now…”
“But…”
Not saying anything more, Hannah slowly stood up by pushing the blanket, which felt heavier than it should have been, away from her body
That done, she made her way outside the bedroom and into the living room/kitchen with a clear desire to quench her parched throat with a good amount of cold water. Nevertheless, when she did enter the living room/kitchen, she found her mother leaning on the table with a book in hand, a different book on the table, plus a few sheets of paper full of scribbles, though, what they were about Hannah could not tell immediately.
Ignoring her busy mother, Hannah quickly found the sink and drank her fill of water before walking toward her mother and taking a seat beside her.
It was at that moment that Hailey noticed her daughter being up and about.
“Ah… You're up? Still having a headache?” Hailey inquired of her daughter, who in return nodded and grunted in acknowledgment. Abandoning her current reading task, her right hand went for Hannah’s forehead to check if her fever was still going strong. “At least your head has cooled down somewhat.”
“Hng…”
Hearing another grunt of acknowledgement, Hailey stayed silent for a second before gazing at her daughter’s face to see if anything was out of place, but all she noticed was her usual countenance if a very sleepy version of it.
Shaking her head, Hailey focused on her acquired loot. “Look what I found.” That said, Hailey ignored her current read and grabbed the book on the table before opening it and leafing through the first part of the book representing an encyclopedia for imaginary monsters.
Once she found her target, she placed the book on Hannah’s lap
“What do you think?” Hannah heard her mother ask, but it was instantly forgotten when her eyes settled on the picture of the floating giant eyeball monster with large and pointy teeth and many tentacles endorsed with more eyeballs on their tips.
“...”
Opening and closing her lips for a bit, no words left Hannah’s mouth as she became speechless from sheer unexpected surprise at seeing a depiction of her monster out here in real life instead of her Nightmare.
It took a few more moments for Hannah to finally come to grips with what she was seeing. When she did, her brown eyes instantly settled on her mother’s amber-colored irises and slightly smirking lips.
Just as she wanted to voice out her desire to know, her ears heard a suggestion. “Check the title of the book.”
Doing as told, Hannah quickly closed the book before seeing the title; Monster Compendium for Adventurers Vol. 3.
“It is…Real!” Hannah managed to stutter out when she realized that her nightmare, her monster, and her father were truly there instead of simply being her imagination because, despite being on the receiving end for a long time and her recent revelations, a part of her hoped it was not.
Seeing the shocked expression as well as the pointed statement/question, Hailey immediately realized she'd done something bad. “I… am unsure.” She quickly responded before explaining it further to clarify the situation. “Look, honey… To me, everything that is happening to you is beyond my understanding. So… even if everything turned out to be just your imagination, I had to understand where it originated, after all, things don't just pop without a clear cause behind them. Hence, with a name like Beholder coming out of your mouth, I sought the only nearby place that could possibly hold a grain of truth.”
“Place?... Nearby?” Hannah uttered out with a confused expression.
“Yes.” Hailey affirmed. “The book and comic store a few blocks away, and right on your general route to school.”
Blinking with understanding, Hannah instantly realized which one her mother meant because she saw it every school day. “Darrel’s Book, Comic and Games Store?”
“Yup… That one.” Nodding, Hailey continued her tale. “With a name in hand, I went there to see if somebody would recognize the name and monster description, and strangely enough, it happened. Darrel, the store owner, easily recognized your monster and fished out the book you are holding right now. However, the way he explained to me, that book and the one I am reading right now, are connected to a game called Dungeon and Dragons.”
“Game?” Hannah repeated before recognizing the very name since she walked by its poster every day as well.
“Yes, a game!” Hailey confirmed. “There is no doubt about that fact since I am currently reading its guidebook. And let me tell you this. It is a very in-depth guide. With a lot of things to learn if somebody wants to play it, which makes no sense since these types of games are usually only played by children.
Anyway, the point is that while it may be a game, the inspiration behind it may be grounded in some kind of truth, otherwise, I doubt I would have come across your monster so easily or on the first try. So if you want to know the real Truth behind everything, you will have to dive deeper into that Dreamer business your father’s ghost is leading you on.”
“So… Might be real, and might not be?” Hannah voiced out somewhat hesitantly.
“I am sorry, honey, but I can't seem to help you there.” Hailey apologized before setting her eyes on something else. Grabbing the sheet of paper she gave it one look before handing it over to her daughter. “Still, if there is some shared truth behind your nightmare and the game, I imagined myself figuring out some kind of kernel of a truth by comparing what your father’s ghost told you and what I found within this guidebook.”
“So far, that is the only thing I managed to do.”
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Studying the paper in question, Hannah recognized what her mother meant since it dealt with Stats in general.
In this case, a correlation of the naming terminology between her Dreamer’s Status Card and the approximate existence within the game, yet it was clear after seeing her mother’s work that not everything overlapped, but what did overlap, told a lot.
Settling her eyes on Logic and its correspondent, Hanah voiced her confusion. “Intelligence?”
“Indeed… Intelligence.” Hailey said. “It just makes sense that Intelligence and Logic are grouped together like that. Similarly, Wisdom and Insight fit together. The same could be said for Charisma and Ego if I take into account the explanation for Charisma from the guidebook.
Now… With three of the obvious choice groupings done, we are left with Vessel, Instinct, and Will on your… Dreamer side… and Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution on the game side.
However, here I am having trouble.
If I am right, Instinct could easily fill the role of Dexterity. And if that is indeed the case, we are left with Vessel and Will, Strength and Constitution, but that is where the problem arises.”
Not quite seeing it at first glance, Hannah spoke up. “Why?”
“It's the wording, dear.” Hailey responded. “You see… When you think of the word Vessel, you usually think of a ship. Right?” Thinking for a second, Hannah nodded, thus causing her mother to continue. “That being the case, when people think of ships they usually imagine a huge lumbering giant cruising through the waters, but ask anybody about its insides and they will tell you that all ships are but the sum of their parts, literally.
Thousands upon thousands of parts, all interlocked into one giant whole machinery.
It was that notion of ‘Sum of All Parts’ that nudged me into considering Vessel being represented by Constitution and not Strength as my initial thought had been. The reason is that the Constitution State, as described in this guidebook, is about the resilience of the physical body and all its constituent parts. Especially, since the word constitution usually gets used to describe the general health of an animal, humans included.”
“Then what about Will and Strength?” Hannah asked. “Since those are the only ones left. Should they not be grouped up?”
“That was my thought as well, but the more I thought about it the more I got this feeling that it should not be so.” Hailey answered before giving a deep sigh of frustration. “Sigh… That said… Will was mentioned in the guidebook as either just Will or Willpower, but it meant the same thing. Either way, in the game it was not a main statistic unlike what your… D-Card and your father told you.
Therefore… Either there is the first true distinction between your Dreamer stuff and this game called Dungeons and Dragons, or the Rules between them are inherently different from the beginning.
Which, when you think about it, makes a lot of sense since the names are different even if it looks like the terminology could be exchanged between them.”
“So… Wait for Father’s instructions?” Hannah posited because that was the only thing that came to her as a solution to the problem.
“Most likely.” Hailey replied, before refocusing on something else. “Leaving Will aside, I need you to focus on Logic/Intelligence. Specifically, I want you to consider raising it once you're back in your father’s office.”
“Why?” Hannah asked her mother, although she had a suspicion of the reason.
“Well… According to the guidebook, Intelligence is the ability to process knowledge. Which makes sense as that is what smart people are known for.” Hailey explained. “However, if I am right, and Logic indeed corresponds to Intelligence, then if you raise your Logic Stat, the headache you are experiencing should alleviate as well.”
“Really?” Hannah asked hopefully since it pained her to think too much.
“Maybe…” Hailey said. “Also, if I am correct, and considering your reaction, I am certain enough to posit the theory that your father’s explanation about your third choice/path had been inlaid with extra knowledge besides the simple words you iterated to me this morning.” Speaking of it, Hailey took the note holding the exact words and terms in question. “Makes no sense otherwise, because I have read through this multiple times and I am completely fine. Although… While I can not extrapolate the true depths of the context of the explanation, I can't discount that a certain… Logic exists within to make it make sense.”
Thinking of it for a second despite the pain, Hannah spoke up a possible reason. “Maybe it only works inside the nightmare?”
“Could be.” Hailey nodded. “However, without actually being able to stay lucid while asleep like you do, I do not think I will ever be able to confirm the possibility. No… You will be the one to confirm it and when you do you will tell me. Understood?”
“I will, mom.”
“Excellent.” Hailey said before beaming a smile at her daughter, only it was not just a smile of joy but one of certitude as well. Certitude that her Will will be done. “Can't wait for you to deal with everything so you can tell me everything because, if everything was true and your father had been a Dreamer, with all that it entailed, you wouldn't be hiding this stuff from you as your father did… Right?”
“Noo…” Hannah quickly replied before shaking her head as well despite it making her head feel like an overripe melon. “I promise, Mom. I won't be like father and will tell you everything from this point on.”
“Alright… I am sure you are hungry so let's leave this stuff for later.” Hailey stated as she plucked the paper holding her scribbles and the book describing imaginary monsters from Hannah’s hands before standing up and making her way to the fridge. “I went grocery shopping, so the ingredients are fresh. Anything specific you want to eat?”
“No!” Hannah answered because she never had any favored food thus far, and any she had before the nightmares started, the drugs had made irrelevant anyway. “I will eat whatever you make.”
“Very well… Let's go with… fried chicken breast dipped in garlic cream sauce and some potatoes on the side.” Hailey laid out her imagination.
“Yes… That will do.”
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Flaring open her eyelids, brown irised eyes stared at a familiar ceiling.
Blinking a few times to clear away blurry vision, Hannah suddenly realized that she had in fact not entered her nightmare or her father’s office again, just like the brief nap the previous day. However, what she did have were those obscure sensations and images flashing through her mind for a few moments, with their impressions of this and that, only to ultimately recede into the background.
Thankfully, when they did, so did Hannah’s headache, for the most part, because her head still felt like an overripe melon, only better than it used to be.
As such, how she had spent the following day largely resembled how she had spent the previous one, namely by being a sounding board as her mother read the guidebook before extrapolating everything it spoke of to Hannah.
Which was not as much as one imagined but was still a lot because the guidebook had referred to other complementary books multiple times. In the end, all the guidebook did, as far as Hannah and her mother were concerned, was provide an overall outlook into the game called Dungeons and Dragons and its terminology and ruleset.
Luckily, despite the lingering headache, Hannah had a much easier time understanding the stuff it talked about compared to her mother. Maybe it was her young mind, or maybe it was something else entirely. Whatever it was, Hannah was glad it was there because it had made her realize that her monster may not have been as monstrous as it had presented itself to be. After all, if the Monster Compendium held any truth in regard to her monster, then her Baby Beholder currently held none of the powers the adult versions were described to possess.
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That, or the monster in her nightmare, in her Dream Instance, was far more cunning than anybody realized. That thought sparked a Hope within Hannah that her monster was indeed just stupid or too young to know otherwise, thus making it oblivious to all its inherent powers as a Beholder.
“Hnngh”
Grunting at the possibilities, Hannah remained under her blanket to await the moment her brain became less cluttered with her father’s knowledge as it was right now, if that was indeed what had occurred, to arrive inside the office and take her mother’s advice to raise that Logic Stat.
Till that time, Hannah ruminated her thoughts about this or that.
It took another day and night, meaning on Friday night, before Hannah once again found herself within her Dream Sanctum which was her father’s office where her father’s recorded visage sat on the office chair behind the large desk.
However, being in her Dream Sanctum did not alleviate Hannah of her problem. In truth, it only exacerbated it when her vision began swimming left and right, up and down. Luckily, her body had been left in the same position it had been the last time she was in this place, namely down on the ground with the oversized jacket providing a slight cushioning effect on her back.
As such, Hannah simply lay there for some time before her father’s office stopped spinning around. Fortunately, while it took some time and made her feel extremely nauseous, there were no other side effects, like vomiting.
In the end, after maybe a couple of hours, depending on how Hannah felt, the spinning stopped. Only then, did Hannah try her best to recall the last recording of her father explaining things. When she did, though, Hannah suddenly realized that, whatever her father had done and however he had done it, the headache-inducing problem did not recur with her recalling the memory.
Indeed, it was as if the magic had been spent.
As such, everything she remembered from the last recording was a clean memory, including the last part that she had not been able to make out.
“I am sorry my darling about this part, but consider it a small test of your capabilities.” Hannah remembered what her father’s ghost had said to her. “Once you're back in your Dream Sanctum, I want you to tap the Dream Gem the exact amount of days, or nights, in this case, it took for you to return here. Depending on the amount, I think we can squeeze a bit more rewards for you from Dream Awakening by not assigning any Stat Points before the Dream Awakening is complete.
You see, dear daughter of mine, you can gain extra Special Action Points if done that way.
Unfortunately, you won't be able to gain the extra special reward for awakening an S-Ranked Dream from the start because yours will only occur after the successful capture of the Nightmare.
But, one could digress that any free points is better than no free points.”
With that last sentence, the spectacular flashback ceased inside her mind as her father’s recorded visage ceased moving as well.
Only the dilemma caused by it strengthened as a result.
However, when simplified down to the basics, it all boiled down to one thing.
Should she listen to her mother who had advised her to spend her Stat Points on her Logic Stat to alleviate her immediate problems, or should she listen to her father’s hopes about the possible future rewards?
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Done pondering for a moment, Hannah issued a silent apology to her mother and tapped the floating multicolored Dream Gem thrice.
“Three you say?” Hannah heard and saw her father respond to her answer. “That is a bit better than I expected because I assumed your Impressive Ability Potential to be in the Alteration Category considering the amount of Trauma you endured under the Baby Beholder. Mmm… This is good… This means we can seek your extra points. Of course, under the premise that you are ready to suffer some headache for a few days.”
“Are you sure? Tap one for yes, twice for no.”
Tap
“Alright… Hard Awakening Difficulty Challenge, it will be!” Hannah heard her father say before his smile turned wide with glee at her choice. “Before we get to the meat, let's address the elephant in the room. Namely, what your Capturing Device will look like and how you want your Baby Beholder to appear after it's been transmuted into a Dreamon.
Though, let me warn you that while we have quite a bit of freedom with the design for your Capturing Device, the same does not apply to your Summon, if we want your future pet to be mighty, hence why we can't alter it too much from its core.
In this case being the sole eye, and the tentacles, though those can be reduced in number.
First… Let me show you a few designs of your Capturing Device.” That announced, Hannah saw her father’s visage flicker before it placed a few white pages on the office desk.
Staring at the spheres, boxes, cages, tea kettles… and many other strange apparitions, Hannah was clear that she was spoiled for the choice. Yet, deep down inside her, she had this nagging sensation that her father was testing her because one design was remarkably similar to the very recent cartoon she saw, right before breaking down and crying in her mother’s bosom.
Waiting for a few moments to pass as she browsed all the offered options with further detail, Hannah angled her vision toward the spheres, especially the red and white version as that one was the exact image she saw within the cartoon.
Debating it in her mind, Hannah eventually took note of the number indicating the option before tapping the Dream Gem seven times.
“Ah… Excellent choice.” Hannah heard. “Now let's see if we can make your… Dreamon Ball… a bit more unique with a specific color pallet that just screams ‘Dreamon’.”
Once again, her father flickered a few times before he placed a few sheets of white paper filled with colorful balls that resembled the initial red and white ball version, only with different tones on them. However, there was one thing every single one of them had in common, and that was a somewhat thick silver line separating the upper and lower halves of the balls, right at the thickest part of a horizontally placed sphere.
That silver line reminded her very much of the Silver sheen enveloping everything but her and everything she touched, at least outside her father’s office since here in her Dream Sanctum that rule did not seem to apply.
Disregarding the large horizontal silver circle and the small vertical circle around the only button on the drawn balls, Hannah focused on the colors and their counterparts of red and blue, blue and red, white and black, black and white, red and white, white and red and so on and on.
At the end of the display, Hannah found a few mono-colored versions, for the most part, since there were flourishes of other tones to give them a more unique taste.
It was after seeing those that Hannah instantly focused on one particular, a pink/silver/black/white ball, where the pink tone became the background while black and white clouds took the foreground of the design, with white clouds occupying the upper side and black clouds residing on the lower side of the dividing silver line.
Not even bothering to examine the rest, Hannah immediately took note of the number identifying the pink ball and started tapping and counting her choice.
“Pink? Fascinating choice.” Hannah heard her father’s ghost utter, only she had no idea what was fascinating about it. “Not sure if I should be surprised or not. Either way, let me finish it before you confirm it once more.” That said, Hannah observed the flickering effect again before it ceased and her father placed a somewhat larger piece of white paper on the desk.
“What do you think?”
Examining the large paper, Hannah noticed no large changes to the outside of the Capturing Device.
At most, the clouds became more symmetrical. However, unlike before, this time Hannah was privy to seeing the insides of the ball, but when she placed her focus on those drawings, Hannah saw numerous lines, circles, triangles, squares, and some other strange symbols that made no sense to her.
Yet, as if that was not enough, Hannah had this nagging sensation that she was seeing far more than should be possible from a single picture on a single piece of paper.
Nevertheless, if there was one thing that she had to admit, then it was the fact that she liked what her father had cooked up.
Tap
“Ah… At last… Your Tool, your Capturing Device, your Dreamon Ball, is finalized… Well… For your first Summon, that is.”
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Truly surprised by the sudden reveal of the possibility of possessing more than one Summons, Hannah would have loved to question her father for the details, but she knew that there was no point in her even saying anything, since her father’s ghost.
Instead, she simply listened as he continued.
“With your Tool out of the way, it's time we settle on the Summon part.” Her ghost father told her before taking the blueprint for her Dreamon Ball, if Hannah’s conjecture was right, only to fold it and leave it on the side of the office desk. “As I previously stated, we can't veer too much from the template of a Beholder, or we lose too much of its power, with the eye being the prime example as Beholder's eyes are the main way with how they use their Abilities.”
Reminded of it, Hannah quickly remembered the Monster Compendium for Adventurers Vol.3.
“As such, I posit that we leave the big eye as it is because of the Null Ability.” Blinking for a second, Hannah instantly realized what her father was going for. “There are many versions of Null Abilities, ranging from mild to extreme, from suppressing other Abilities to negating other Abilities to erasure of other Abilities.
The Suppressing Null is fairly common and can take many forms.
The Negating Null is rarer but still seen from time to time. Though, mainly with defense-based Abilities.
The Erasing Null, however, is the rarest because it denies all Abilities, even that of the user, hence why it's the rarest to exist since no Dreamer likes being ordinary. Meaning, I don't recommend it to you, even through a secondary source like your Summon.
As such, the Negating Null Ability will be the key choice for your Summon.”
The wording was different, but it was as Hannah had realized.
The Monster Compendium for Adventurers had held a kernel of truth because the ability to deny Magic was the main ability of a Beholder.
And if that one fact was true, then others had to be as well, right?
Thinking of it, Hannah quickly shook those thoughts away since her only source of true knowledge was a one-sided recording right now.
“That said, my daughter, are you amenable to this proposition of mine, or should we go for something more… flashy, like the Disintegrator Ray as the main Ability.” Just as Hannah realized another clue for the common truth behind the Dreamer business and the game, she heard her father continue his speech. “If the Disintegrator Ray is too flashy, the Death Ray would not be a bad choice either. And if those don't sound like your cup of tea… Actually… Let me just write everything down and give you a moment to choose in peace.”
Instantly, her father flickered, causing another piece of paper to appear on the desk with a list upon it.
A list that went beyond the ten or so described within the Monster Compendium, from simple Telekinesis to its elemental variants fire, water, earth, air, and some that Hannah could not even imagine.
Naturally, beside each option stood a number, but after a simple sequence of thoughts, Hannah understood that she was once again going to go for the recommendation.
Tap
“Perfect.” Her father said with a smirk on his face. “Now… Usually speaking, all Beholders get one Ability for every eye they possess, but in your case, I don't think we should go that route unless, of course, you are amenable for your Summon to possess eyes on its tentacles?”
“Are you, my dear daughter?”
Tap Tap
“Thoughts so.” Hannah saw her father wave away nonchalantly. “That being the case, we can reduce the amount of prehensile limbs your Summon will possess. What we can't get around is a few of the other Abilities Beholders possess, hence I am thinking of changing them from Abilities into invaluable Passives.
In this case, being Telekinesis, since that is how Beholders generally manage to get anything done on top of moving around since they don't have actual legs, hence the floating around with Telekinesis.”
There went another reminder of what her monster would evolve into, only Hannah was having trouble imagining what was scarier: a floating monster with tentacles or a monster hanging from the ceiling thanks to its tentacles.
“Nonetheless, Telekinesis, as a very powerful Ability, has many variations and many effects. So I am thinking of splitting it into two interconnected Passives.
The first offshoot of Telekinesis will be Levitation, such that your Summon can float around, though within limits since it is passive in nature and because your Baby Beholder will be evolving sideways instead of up, thus remaining a Baby Beholder until you as its Master/Trainer are ready to Rank Up yourself.
The second offshoot will be Force Armor where a tiny sheen of Force coats your Summon, such that it will be naturally protected from the elements and inconveniences like dust getting into its main eye and irritating the sensitive organ.
Similar to Levitation, that is all it will amount to until you Rank up at Level 20.”
“The second Ability turned into a Passive will be Telepathy.” Her father announced. “Just like Telekinesis, it's a powerful Ability with many variations, so I am splitting this one as well.
The first offshoot will turn into Listen, a minor relative of Telepathy where it passively accepts non-mental frequencies before actually translating them into mental frequencies, aka thoughts, such that your Summon will be able to hear like a normal human, in case you haven't noticed the lacking ears on the Beholder drawings I showed you before.
The second offshoot will turn into Voice, another minor relative of Telepathy. It's the opposite of Listen, where thoughts are translated into actual sounds instead of being shared mentally with others, such that your Summon can communicate with other beings without that huge and ugly mouth below its main eye being an eyesore for you or your friends.”
Even without having seen an actual one, Hannah was glad that… that feature on her Summon would cease to exist even though her monster had no such feature presently.
Ceasing all thoughts, Hannah suddenly shook her head.
No… I am still not convinced to make it a pet.
This is just a conversation. Hannah quickly noted in her head because. Just a conversation.
“The last Ability turned into a Passive will be Drain.” Her father said, but the way it reached Hannah she instantly knew what it was about. “I am sure you are familiar with a version of this Ability since all Nightmares innately possess and use it to consume Fear.
However, to a Nightmare it is neither an Ability nor a Passive, so my idea is to elevate that innate nature into a Passive.
That way we can alter the feeding habit of your Summon so it can improve alongside you by allowing your Summon to intake and digest positive emotions instead of just negative. At the same time, I am imagining implementing a conditional evolutionary trigger based on which emotions your Summon absorbed more.
You can think about that in the future.
Now, the way that will be done is through three minor relatives of the Drain Ability, namely; Absorb, Digest, and Store.
Absorb, as is stated by the name, will absorb any emotions your Summon comes into direct contact with.
Digest, as stated in the name, will digest those emotions into Aspected Potential.
Store, as stated in the name, will stockpile said Aspected Potential for when your Summon is ready to Evolve.
Are you with me so far?”
Taking a tiny brief moment herself, Hannah took a deep breath to sideline the slight stuffy feeling she was sensing, similar to what she had experienced three days ago.
That done, she taped the Dream Gem once.
“Good.” Her father said before nodding at her, or better said at the Dream Gem. “With those Passives in place, there should be much less resistance from your Nightmare as it transmutes into its new existence as a Dreamon.
As such, we are left with one last thing before you have to finalize your choice, the choice of committing to the Hybrid Path, or discarding it.
And that last thing is to make your Summon visually appealing.”
With those words, Hannah saw her father flicker once again.
When the flickering ceased, though, he presented her with three large sheets of white paper detailing the same creature, only from different angles.
Almost instantly, a flabbergasted expression manifested on Hannha’s face when her brown eyes saw what her father presented her because it contradicted every single experience she had with her big, ugly, and terrifying monster by transforming her Baby Beholder Nightmare into a small, adorable and pink creature.
Pink from top to bottom, plus some squiggly violet markings which started from around the base of each of the three tentacles and ended right down on their tips.
If that was not enough, then the large blue eye only made the imagined Baby Beholder that much cuter to Hannah’s mind.
“I based the design on your choice of the primal color template for your Capturing Device.”
“What do you think? Will this convince you to commit to the Hybrid Path?”