Princess & The Dragon, The (2026)

[bunniefuu]

(VO) Life is not a fairy tale,

but yours could be.

In the

Storybook program, we will

help you turn the pages of your

life toward

the fairy tale ending you know

that you deserve.

Life is not a fairy tale, but

yours could be.

Welcome to the

Storybook program.

[building music]

[heavy breathing]

(Jenna) Hey, what? What?

What the? What is?

Hey! Hey! Hey!

What is going on? Hey! Hey!

[music]

(VO) The princess came to Castle

Keep in every room a jewel.

To crown the past and wake

from sleep, this coronation was

a jewel.

[music]

(VO) A road within yourself

unfolds the path you won't

abandon.

Yet now begins your tale untold.

The princess and the dragon.

[music]

(Jenna) What is this?

[music]

(VO) Within a soul, the dragon

asks. Can you be brave in

(VO) Castle Vast? Be bold. Be

fast. Complete each task.

[music]

(VO) This tale would have you

choose your mask.

[music]

(Jenna) Hello? Is someone there?

Hello?

Hello?

Is anyone there?

Hello?

[music]

What's going on with my

shoulder?

It's so stiff.

[music]

(VO) Within the secrets there

recorded, a tool to escape your

trial.

(VO) But to find such truth

afforded, you must defeat the

wizard style.

[music]

(Off-Screen) Welcome to the

Minus Institute. Welcome to the

Minus Institute.

[music]

[music]

(Off-Screen) Welcome to the

Minus Institute Storybook

Program.

[music]

Hello?

Hello?

Are you kidding me?

Hi?

Holy sh*t.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. Okay,

okay. No, no, you stay there.

You stay there.

I don't know who you are. I

don't know where I am.

You probably don't either. So we

could just help each other.

Get out of here and please no.

[Bang!]

[music]

Okay, quiet. Calm down. He

doesn't know where you are.

[music]

Where am I?

[Nurse] Jenna?

Jenna? Jenna?

[Jenna] Yeah, sorry. I was

listening. You were saying?

This would be a heck of a lot

easier if you took it seriously.

We help people here who are ill

and people who cannot help

themselves.

Not entitled time wasters who

think the world owes them

something.

[Jenna] Hey, I'm here because...

Because why? Because you want to

waste our time?

Because I don't want it to

happen again.

[Nurse] Okay. Because you don't

want what to happen again?

It. The cycle. Everything that

makes my life so shitty.

All. The. Time.

Language.

It's just the thing. The thing

that runs around in my brain.

(Jenna) And it feels like I can

hear and see

everything that everyone is

saying all the time.

And it's just God. It's just...

It's so loud.

And then it's quiet. And then

everyone is

quiet because Jenna doesn't like

it when it's loud.

But why is she so loud? I don't

f*cking know.

(Nurse) Language.

f*ck you.

Do you want help or not?

I came here, didn't I?

So help us. Help you. And answer

the questions.

[Sound Cue]

What the heck?

What is this?

(VO) The dark within a grave

concern. Yet from despair you

must adjourn.

(VO) If lighted path you may

discern.

What is this?

Three, four, five, six.

Seven. Seven pages. Only five

more to go.

(Jenna) Who else is here?

(VO) Heartbeat. Heartbeat. In

your breast.

(VO) Twists and turns. Unlock

the chest.

(VO) Yield the gift to guide

your quest.

(VO) The dragon comes, there is

no rest.

(Jenna) It's a puzzle. You're

gonna puzzle us.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

[Mechanism Opening]

[ch*nk!]

[Ominous Music]

[Creepy Footsteps]

[CRASH!]

[Creepy Footsteps]

Ok, Ok, you're ok. you're ok,

you're ok.

It's just a dream, it's just a

dream, it's just a dream...

Wake up!

Ok.

[SMASH!!!]

[SCREAMING!!!]

[screaming]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[music]

[Click]

[Click]

[music]

My shoulder.

God, did he get me?

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

(VO) To wake at last from this

dread slumber

(VO) where you have been before,

(VO) there are here a very

careful number,

(VO) a ways to open up the door.

One, One, Two.

Three, Four, Eight,

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

Who am I, Gretel?

[dramatic music]

(Jenna to self) Rebecca?!

[dramatic music]

(Rebecca) I can take that.

It's okay, it's my job.

But you don't know where it

goes.

I guess, could you show me?

It just goes over here.

See, it's okay.

So what are they doing to you

here?

It's just the treatment.

Do you find this helping?

What?

Do you feel better, are the

treatments helping?

I don't think I'm supposed to

talk about this

with anyone.

Why is that?

It's either helping or it isn't.

These guys wouldn't know how to

be

kind of a bit them in the a*s.

(laughing)

Language.

You're not like anyone I've met

here before.

That's because I'm not.

I'm Rebecca.

I'm Jenna.

Oh, so proper.

Pleased to meet you.

(Rebecca) So, is it helping?

I don't know, it's hard to say.

I just can't tell if I'm in a

good spot in the cycle

or if what they're doing is

working.

Sounds like you need to do some

experiments of your own.

What do you mean?

(Nurse) Jenna.

You are expected in the solarium

in two minutes.

It is a five minute walk from

here.

I'm sorry, I was just finishing

up.

We're just chatting, it's okay.

Being late is never okay.

And neither is talking to the

other patients.

Do you think we could just dial

it down?

I don't think.

I know the rules.

And so do you.

Jenna?

It was really nice getting to

meet you.

You too.

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

This is a nightmare.

This is a nightmare.

Rebecca?

Rebecca?

What on earth are you doing?

Where's Rebecca?

Who's that?

(Jenna) What do you mean who's

that?

You know damn well who I'm

talking about.

(Nurse) Language.

[Nurse] There has never been a

Rebecca here.

You are confused.

(Jenna) No, I'm not.

I've been seeing her for months.

I spoke with her last week,

but I haven't seen her since.

Sounds like we need to get you

in to see the specialist.

Hallucinations are a known side

effect of the drugs.

(Jenna) No, they're not.

I know what I saw.

I know I spoke with her.

(Nurse) And yet you didn't?

Yes, I did.

You really are taking a turn for

the worse.

Why are you doing this?

I'm not crazy.

I'm not doing anything.

I am also not the one who is a

patient here.

(Nurse) I'm going to call the

orderlies to take you back to

your room now.

Call whoever you want. I'm not

leaving until I get the truth.

Orderlies to the kitchen.

Orderlies to the kitchen.

Urgent.

(Nurse) Well, see how you handle

this situation.

(Jenna) I told you I'm not

leaving until I find out what

happened to her.

(Jenna) No! No! No! No! No!

No! Stay away!

No! Stop!

Stay away!

[eerie music]

[upbeat music]

[Kachunk!]

[gasping]

[gasping]

Oh, oh my.

[eerie music]

(screaming)

(Rebecca) Help me.

(Jenna) Oh Rebecca, Rebecca is

it you?

Help me.

(Jenna) Oh, come on, come on,

let's get you over here.

(Jenna) Rebecca, Rebecca.

Yeah, I really showed them.

Let me see if you're okay.

(eerie music)

Don't say it.

You're okay, you're okay.

No I'm not.

Oh, we just gotta figure

something out.

We're going to figure something

out, okay?

You don't get it.

No one gets out.

Except us.

(screaming)

[SMASH!]

(footsteps)

[music]

(dramatic music)

Rebecca's real.

The dragon's real.

This book, these pages, the

notes are all real.

Oh yes, yes.

(coughing)

Oooo that's stale!

(eerie music)

Seriously, what is going on with

my shoulder?

God.

[gasping]

Oh.

What?

[gasping]

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

I'm the princess.

Where do I find the dragon?

Pipes.

Where do I find Pipes?

Pipes, Pipes, Pipes.

Pipes.

Pipes.

Boiler room, boiler room.

[eerie music]

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

Pipes, yes.

Boiler room.

[eerie music]

(VO) We all want to ease the

pressure

of many things we can't let

go.

Here within the dragon's

shelter,

can you let the trap breath

flow?

[eerie music]

[Click!]

[Buzzing]

[gasping]

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

[BANG!]

[Click]

[screaming]

[BANG!]

[eerie music]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[CLANG! SMASH!]

[eerie music]

(Dragon) Ooof!

Okay.

Okay.

[eerie music]

[upbeat music]

Where would you be?

It's gotta be around here

somewhere.

(VO) These trees too quiet do no

good.

(VO) The wizard's hand remains

unseen.

A crafted false and silent

wood

conceals his strange

machine.

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

[CLICK]

[BZZZZZZ]

[eerie music]

[BUZZZZZZZ]

(eerie music)

(Dr. Storybook) Life is not a

fairy tale, but yours could be.

Hi, I'm Dr. Storybook and you

are...

I'm Jenna.

Jenna, of course.

How could I be so forgetful?

So, how are you doing here at

the Institute?

(somber music)

Umm, I'm okay, I guess.

No, no.

You can tell me.

(Dr. Storybook) We can't improve

if we don't know where we're

falling short.

Can we?

No, I guess not.

Well, out with it then.

Tell us how we don't know what

we're doing.

What?

Speak your truth.

Um.

Talk about how no matter how

much we adjust the medication,

the cycle resets.

Go on about the constant dread

of it coming back.

OK

(Dr. Storybook) Talk about how

the medication makes you feel

(Dr. Storybook) like a shadow of

yourself.

(Jenna) Stop.

That your hallucinations are

more real

(Dr. Storybook) than what you

can see or touch.

(Jenna) Okay, this is making me

feel--

(Dr. Storybook) Go on about how

you think we're hiding people

from you

that never actually existed.

(Jenna) She's Real!

(Jenna) Why are you doing this?

(Dr.) In fact...

Your brain doesn't know the

difference

between reality and dreams.

It's one of the side effects of

the medication.

You could argue that there is no

difference.

All of this is stories.

Your brain is programmed by

stories.

Sure.

And so, it's a part of the

program.

This program

is that you accept an archetype.

Okay, pardon me, um, doctor.

Storybook.

That's your name?

Of course not.

That's my archetype.

As I was saying, this program,

(Dr.Storybook) the storybook

program involves adopting an

archetype

as a framework for healthy

development.

I don't follow.

An archetype allows us to

put a part of our personality

over there.

So in a manner of speaking,

we can look at this part of

ourselves without judgment.

So,

I am Doctor Storybook.

And you, you can be the

princess.

I'm hardly a princess.

As I was saying, this is a

conceptual framework,

highly experimental.

(Dr. Storybook) It allows us to

look at very serious parts of

ourselves

more easily.

Your suicidal ideations.

Imagine they're outside of you,

(Dr. Storybook) hunting you

like a dragon

In a fairy tale, and this

dragon,

(Dr. Storybook) this dragon has

invaded your castle.

(Dr.) And the dragon is scary,

and it's monstrous, yes.

(Dr. Storybook) But it can be

defeated.

I'm sorry, I don't understand

what you're saying.

Yes, you do, Jenna.

You must defeat the dragon.

Okay, okay, but doesn't the

knight rescue the princess?

Prince Charming saves the

princess.

Very astute, very good Jenna!

See, I knew you'd catch on

quickly. Usually yes,

the princess does need saving

and perhaps for you,

the knight,

the knight is the answer.

But if the knight

doesn't find you,

you must find the knight.

Now my hope is of course,

that this princess

learns to save herself.

So the castle is me,

but I'm

inside of the castle?

Very good. Oh you're getting

this so quickly.

(Dr. Storybook) You Want to hurt

yourself because you believe you

deserve it.

(Jenna) What?

That Guilt, and that shame, and

that confusion...

These are the teeth of the

dragon...

and you, must cut away the

teeth...

or the dragon will eat you up my

dear.

And no one wants that.

[eerie music]

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

I know where this is.

I know where this is.

(Dr. Storybook - VO, it was

always him!) We oft times will

share our stories,

a collection of our lives,

which lift us up to unseen

glories

as if their teller never

dies.

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

Are you kidding me?

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

[Upbeat Music]

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

[ominous music]

[upbeat music]

[ominous music]

No, no.

What more do you want from me!

[ominous music)]

Are you kidding me?

No, no, no, no.

No, no.

Fine, fine, fine.

Fine, I can do this.

[ominous music]

No.

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

[sighs]

Okay.

Okay.

I Hate this place.

[ominous music]

[upbeat music]

(gasps)

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

[ominous music]

Save yourself.

Save yourself.

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

[Zip]

[ominous music]

Hey!

Where are you?

[ominous music]

This is my nightmare.

I'm not hiding anymore.

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

(VO - DR. S) Though mercy begs,

you hear the plea.

Like a serpent in

the garden.

You know at last

you have a key.

But for you, there

can be no bargain.

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

Come on, fight me!

[ominous music]

[SMASH!]

[ominous music]

[grunts]

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

[SMASH!!!]

[ominous music]

[grunts]

[etherial music]

[etherial music]

[PANTING]

You're trapped here too!

We're the same!

You don't have to do this!

please!

Stop.

[etherial music]

[CRASH!]

[etherial music]

[PANTING]

[Grunts]

[LOUD SHOT]

[GASPING]

[ominous music]

[GRUNTING]

[GASPING]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[ominous music]

[crying]

[crying]

[ominous music]

[etherial music]

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

[door unlocking]

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

[Subtle heartbeat]

[ominous music]

[Door unlocking]

[silence]

It's ok.

Are you kidding me?

[eerie music]

Are you kidding me?

No.

[eerie music]

The knight saves the princess.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No. No, God.

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

No, no, no.

No, no, no.

No, you're kidding me.

No.

No, no, no. [Sobbing]

[ominous music]

[eerie music]

I'm not going to die here.

[Bang!]

No. [sobbing]

[omimous music]

(Nurse) They never take the

knight do they?

They never do, because the

treatment works.

No. [sobbing]

Oh my God. [manically laughing]

Are you kidding me?

Oh great, great.

Peeew, peeew.

[maniacal laughing]

No.

No.

No. [crying]

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

[Clap, clap, clap - off screen]

[Clap, clap, clap]

Jenna.

Jenna.

Hi.

Hi.

There you are.

[smash!]

(Nurse) Hold her!

[laughing]

You are grand.

I'm so happy to see you've

maintained your fighting spirit.

You're going to need it.

Look at you, such progress.

Such a will to live.

It's over, I made it, I won.

And now you'll help others.

It's over.

True stories are like stories.

They're like cycles, and cycles

repeat.

A true story never ends, isn't

that right?

It just goes on and on and on

and on.

And it never ends.

This is what interests me.

This cycle, this never ending

scenario.

You don't think I'm going to end

this?

Oh, I believe you want to.

Just don't think you can.

But, let's find out, shall we?

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

(Dr. Storybook) A slight

adjustment.

[Ominous Music]

No, no, no, no.

[crying]

[muffled screaming]

[Ominous Music]

[muffled screaming]

We'll see you again soon.

[dramatic music]

(VO - Dr. S) A road within

yourself unfolds

the path you won't

abandon.

Yet now begins your

tale untold.

The Princess And The Dragon.

[dramatic music]

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