erogenousmind:“Look into my eyes,” Juliet said, trying to fix Anna with a stare.
erogenousmind: “Look into my eyes,” Juliet said, trying to fix Anna with a stare. Anna laughed. “That works for you most of the time, does it? Being as cliche as possible?” Juliet smiled back, taking care not to break eye contact. “It doesn’t matter if it works for me, dear. What matters is what works for you. And we both know you like the cliche. Those old movie scenes of the helpless victim being enthralled just by those words. The light fading from her eyes the longer she looks. That’s what you want, so that’s what are you going to get.” The smile left her face. Anna blushed. “Like when the vampire claims his bride. And her whole body just goes limp. He moves and her eyes follow. Maybe her mouth hangs open.” She licked her lips. “That’s pretty damn hot.” “Yes it is. That’s the point.” Juliet looked sterner now, more forceful. She reached out and gently grabbed Anna’s chin between her thumb and the side of her forefinger, raising Anna’s eyes to meet hers. “But now it’s time for you to do just as that vampire’s thrall did, focus on my eyes, and listen. Is that clear?” Anna swallowed, an audible gulp coming from her open mouth. “Y-yes.” She’d agreed to let Juliet hypnotize her again and was actually really looking forward to it. The first time had been very humdrum and predictable, making every part of her body as relaxed as possible and then making her mind just as relaxed as her body and then counting down as she walked down the staircase in her mind. Yawn. It had been very relaxing, but Anna had never really felt like she was under. She felt far too in control, like she could stick out her tongue, open her eyes, and get up whenever she wanted. Juliet had insisted that didn’t mean much, and that Anna had been deeply entranced, probably a lot more deeply than she realized (what had that meant?). But they had talked at length afterward, and Anna had described what she had expected, and what was missing and what she would enjoy. She had actually let slip a rather lewd fantasy involving a vampire which she had tried to segue into a discussion of old TV and movies from her childhood. Juliet had taken that to heart at least, and now seemed to be giving her exactly what she said she had wanted. Anna did as she was told and was silent. “That’s right,” Juliet’s voice dropped to almost a whisper. Her hand moved not more than a quarter of an inch side to side, guiding Anna’s head. The now much more attentive girl kept her eyes locked on her hypnotist. “You can see it all before you now, can’t you. Playing out just how you’d always imagined. My eyes appearing bigger and deeper and more compelling with every passing moment. You can picture yourself staring, your eyes staying focused right here as everything else fades away. And the longer you stare, the harder it gets to look away. But this is what you wanted, Anna. This is what you’ve been longing for. You could still look away now, of course. But you want to be entranced by my eyes, don’t you Anna?” “Yeahhhh,” Anna drawled. She hadn’t realized it yet, but already her posture had visibly changed. Her shoulders sagged. She had sank deeper into the soft sofa beneath her. Her head hung forward slightly. Maybe because it felt good to relax her neck. Or maybe she was already being pulled in by those eyes. Anna had never really examined them before, but they were rather captivating. Flecks of blue and gold danced against the deepest green. It was so nice to get to study them. And there was nothing else she needed to do right now but focus, just like Juliet had said. Focus and listen. “And what happens next, Anna?” A look of confusion briefly crossed Anna’s face. She was thankful that Juliet answered her own question after half a beat, so Anna didn’t have to think of one. “Our pretty little victim starts thinking less and less. The bigger those eyes appear in her mind, the more they occupy her thoughts. And the more she thinks about those eyes, the less room there is for other thoughts. And you know how she looks when she is that deeply enthralled. Anyone could see on her face that all of her attention was consumed by those eyes. Even if she struggled for a moment, even if she blinked, every moment staring into my eyes just makes them more captivating, makes it more impossible for you to look away. As they fill you vision. You know how you look when my eyes push out all your thoughts.” In a monotone voice that sounded alien to her, Anna breathed, “Blank.” And she pictured it, just how Juliet described. Her eyes glazing over. Her head bobbing back and forth in response to every motion of the eyes which held her gaze. She saw herself blank and staring, falling deeper as the light in her eyes faded. “And when you become that blank, when these eyes have pulled you in so deep, you have no choice but to surrender to their power. You open yourself to them and you are lost in them. Blank and open, you can only watch and listen. And enthralled by my eyes, you can only absorb my words, submitting to every suggestion. Feel my words sink deep into your mind. And captivated, blank, and open, feel them take root. Even as your conscious mind focuses all your attention on my irresistible eyes, my words can find purchase in that deepest part of your mind. And all you can do is focus and listen, and become enthralled by my hypnotic eyes.” “Enthralled…” Anna’s voice was less than a whisper. Her mouth barely moved. “And what does that make you, Anna? So deeply enthralled, just like the victims of those vampires you so envied. So completely open to every suggestion. The last glimmer of independence gone from your face, just how you always imagined. No thoughts. My hypnotic eyes your entire world. What are you, Anna?” “A…thrall…” -- source link