"I just don't know, Duncan, I've gotten pretty risque lately, but this is a little intense," Jessica said, pulling a pair of blue leather cuffs that were attached to each other with a bronze metal connector.
"Jessica, be real," her best friend said as he rolled his eyes, "last week you put on lingerie, fuzzy ears, and cosplayed as a sexy dog girl. You even had a tail! How is this any worse?"
"Because," Jessica said, slumping down on the couch next too him, cuffs clattering to the floor, "before it's always been kind of a joke, I mean, yeah, my tits were hanging out and I was dressed like a dog or Pokemon, or a moth-"
"The moth thing was so weird..." he interjected.
"ANYWAY, when I was those things it was a laugh; I wasn't taking myself too seriously, but this..." Jessica leaned over and pulled out a thick collar, the perfect snug size for her slender neck. "This is huge, this is me 100% banking in on the sex appeal, and I don't know if I can do it..."
Jessica sighed, slumping back onto the couch, her massive breasts jiggling slightly under her tight tank top as she did so.
"Look, you've been over this 100 times, if you want to compete with the other girls out there that are all moving to full nude, you gotta get creative to stand out still. I shouldn't have to convince you, this was your idea in the first place," he said a little sternly, but threw an arm around her shoulder to comfort the distressed cosplayer.
"...are you worried you made a mistake?" Duncan asked carefully, brushing the dark brown hair out of his eyes nervously.
"No, it was time," she sighed, referencing a recent breakup, "we just weren't clicking any more and I got tired of the jealousy."
"So you're afraid this is you, what, banking in on your body and going overboard after being held back?" She shook her head.
"No, nothing like that. It's not just the money, not just my look or reputation, it just... unnerves me," she said, staring at the ground, blushing.
"Unnerves you how?" Duncan asked, curious how this woman who had fetishized every fandom under the sun was nervous about some light bondage gear.
"It's just so intimate, and sexual, and powerful, I just...it's very intimidating, to think about making myself so vulnerable and to appear so powerless and submissive, i just can't relax about it."
"Hmmm," Duncan said with a predatory grin that went unnoticed, "you want help relaxing over it? I may have just the thing."
Duncan had Jessica sit back up and he reached into his pocket and pulled out a sterling silver pocket watch. Jessica looked at it and giggled.
"What, are you going to hypnotize me with it?"
"Yes," Duncan responded simply. Jessica was taken aback by his confidence and her smile quickly changed to a look of curiosity.
"Wait, you can actually hypnotize people?"
"Yeah," Duncan said, standing up before and lowering the watch to a few inches before her sparkling green eyes, "my grandfather was a hypnotist, he taught me everything he knew and even gave me this watch at graduation."
"It's very pretty, is it real silver?" Jessica asked, eyes already drawn to it.
"Yes, honestly it costs more than the beater I'm driving right now, but let's stay focused on the issue at hand. You give me 20 minutes of your time right now and I promise you'll be totally at ease about the new shoot," Duncan said confidently.
"And what do you get for this generous act of humanitarianism?" she asked, bemused. Duncan put on a hurt face.
"Jessica, I'm shocked! How could you say such a-"
"Just tell me your angle, nerd," she interrupted.
"Let me come to that two girl shoot you have with Meg in the fall?" He asked excitedly, thinking about that short redhead's heavenly hips and generous ass.
Jessica looked at Duncan and laughed, then shifted her gaze to the watch leerily. Everything she knew about hypnosis came from cartoons, anime, and Dracula movies, but she reasoned with herself that those couldn't be accurate. She laid back into the big soft cushions of the couch and nodded nervously.
Internally Duncan was doing celebratory back flips, but outwardly he just nodded. "Now, just stare at the watch, and listen to the sound of my voice. Let it soothe you, let it relax your thoughts and your cares," he instructed as he slipped his voice into a low, gentle tone. As he spoke he began gently swinging the watch back and forth, and her eyes followed it's path.
Now, as you sit there on the couch, letting your body relax and letting your eyes follow the watch as it glides easily through the air, I want you to take one deep, long breath in, and when you do I want you to imagine filling your lungs with and heavy, peaceful feeling, filling your body with relaxation. When you exhale I want you to focus on all the stress and tension in your mind leaving with your breath. You'll simply release those thoughts and feelings into the air, freeing your body of their influence, understood?"
"Yes," she responded softly, already feeling much calmer than when they started moments ago.
"Wonderful, Jessica, now take that deep, heavy breath in for me," Duncan instructed. He was grateful her attention was focused on the watch and not his eyes as she inhaled deeply, allowing him to admire her massive bust as it expanded under her tight shirt.
"Very good, and exhale now, letting go of all those negative thoughts and feelings. Letting that warm, drowsy feeling relax your mind, filling it with nothing but peace and the sound of my voice."
"That's...nice," she said quietly, already her eyes were glazing over and losing that energetic sparkle she always had. Now they just followed the watch as it continued to captivate her.
"You're doing so well, Jessica, so well to follow my instructions, it feels good to follow my instructions and suggestions, doesn't it?"
"Mhmm," she mumbled in agreement.
"Then it's time to enjoy another. I'm going to ask you to take another deeeeep, heavy breath in, and I want you to fill your lungs with feelings of warmth and drowsiness, and when you exhale I want you to release every ounce of stress or tension in your body, now, deeeeep breath in."
Jessica inhaled even deeper than before, a soft, sleepy smile on her face as she did.
"Aaaand out, letting go, no more stress, no more tension, growing loose and limp," Duncan said soothingly.
Jessica's body seemed to deflate as she exhaled. Her arms were loose at her sides and her head had lolled forward so her chin was resting on top of her chest. Her eyelids were heavy and half closed as she blearily stared at the swinging watch as Duncan led her through the exercise two more times.
"So sleepy, so warm and drowsy and hazy, it's so wonderful to let go and let someone else make you feel so good, isn't it?"
"Soooo good," she practically moaned in response.
"You're doing great, Jess. Your mind feels so heavy and dazed, you have no more cares or worries or fears, it feels good when Duncan takes away your cares. In fact you want to repeat that, and as you do the feelings become twice as pleasurable. Say it."