The door gently blew open, not just by the new occupants, but by an insistent Fall breeze, blowing in leaves of various colors into the cabin's entrance. A trio of women stood at the entrance, taking a deep breath after hauling their luggage in and shaking off the cool, but gentle breeze following them in. Sasha smiled to herself, enjoying the awestruck reactions to the size of their adventurous getaway cabin. Owned by her family, she often stayed there during season changes, one of her favorite luxuries of her family's considerable fortune. Miles away from neighbors or any other distractions, it was probably her favorite place to get away from everything, even family sometimes; it was especially great for bringing friends she wanted to be close to, and she couldn't think of anyone else she wanted to enjoy luxuries with than the group of friends she had within her hypnosis interest.
"Jeez, this is your 'small' weekend cabin?"
"Yeah, are you sure we didn't just break in to a Kennedy compound or something?"
Geraldine and Melanie stood at the entrance, taking in the breadth of a place much bigger than theirs, while Sasha started taking off her coat and scarf, enjoying the satisfaction of a space pre-heated for their arrival.
"Nope, this is all ours. I told you space wouldn't be an issue."
"Which is still wrong," Melanie laughed. "I might feel bad if I don't enjoy most of what this place has to offer; and feels like I'd need a whole week or two to do that."
"C'mon, Mel," Geraldine chided. "It's not the size of the playground; it's the games you play..." She did her best to copy the cadence and intonation of some of the best hypnotists they'd come across in exploring their shared hypno-kink, their familial linchpin that cemented their friendship, and would hopefully make this getaway somehow simultaneously unforgettable and forgettable. They all laughed at the lowered tone, yet their breaths slowed and deepened momentarily deep inside each of them flared the sleepy sensation they were all too eager to experience.
"So...when do the festivities officially start?" Sasha asked nearly in a husk, surprised she was already close to ceding hosting duties and ready to dive in as a participant rather than a leader. Despite her usually shy demeanor, in and out of the vanilla world, from the planning of the trip to the arrival, she was toying more and more with the idea of dominating, letting go to being in-control. She kept her eyes to herself, yet her mind's eye never looked away from the woman she dreamed of being with in Geraldine. Sasha didn't think much of herself with usually unkempt dirty blonde hair and pale skin, feeling bland compared to Melanie's natural red curls and cutely-freckled face, or Geraldine's dark olive-skin with trademark red streaks in her straightened dark-brown hair, always a pristine beauty that had caused more than a few wet dreams. Thinking she was only looked favorably upon due to family money sapped a lot of her confidence growing up, slowly built back up by friends Melanie and Geraldine who spent time with her based on shared interests and dependable friendships. Affectionate eyes stole a glance at the woman looking down at her phone, loving whenever the best hypnotist of their switchy trio would put her under, hoping to return the favor, and more.
Geraldine checked her texts, and fortunately saw that no work or home concern or emergency could be found, that she could devote her mind completely for full days at a time to the group. With excited fanfare, she shut her phone off completely, something she rarely ever did.
The excited mood heightened a bit as a cheer of "no texts allowed" echoed in their weekend space. Geraldine ran fingers through her hair, threading the red streaks like she dreamed a hypnotist would do, quietly desperate for that contact since it'd hadn't happened yet to her recollection. It'd been a few weeks since any of them had time to trance, and this getaway was supposed to be a vacation rewarding the patience of navigating real life; the wait possibly being over felt a little like getting back in someone's good graces.
A glance over towards the well-stocked bar got Melanie to smile. "Don't know about you guys, but if I can't have one kind of mind-blurring intoxication, another one might tide me over for now." They all looked at each other, smiling as they nodded in agreement, beginning to pour themselves drinks and keeping the mood festive.
***
With the nearest neighbor a fair distance away, music proudly blared throughout the huge cabin condominium, with each woman dancing, inebriated enough to believe they were excellent dancers keeping up with the songs playing. Each laughed at one another as liquids occasionally slipped from the cups in their hands, losing the balancing act of partying and keeping their beverages from spilling. Geraldine and Sasha were trying to out-dance one another, facing themselves to compete; Melanie saw the two practically flirting with one another, as close as they got.
"Get a room, we've got plenty," the observer giggled out, still deafened by the music. Most of the group knew of Sasha's latent crush on Geraldine, and it was fun for Melanie and others in the know to watch the pair slowly get comfortable with each other, and Geraldine openly be alright with flirting back. They danced throughout the kitchen, the entrance, using unused mops from the utility closet as wigs and microphone poles. Eventually they all collapsed on plush couches in the living room. Geraldine nearly fell on top of Sasha, and to her dismay, stood up instead of closer to drunkenly proclaim herself the better dancer.
Blurry eyes scanned for agreement, sticking her tongue out at their hand-waving away disputed claims.
"Are you kidding?" the black hypno-switch whined. "Don't make me trance you to agree!"
Her friends laughed at her.
"I don't think we'll complain about that; everyone says you're the best of us. So yeah, dance worse than you have been, if that's possible," Melanie wheedled.
"No, you guys don't get trance. I get trance!" she spontaneously declared in the same childish fervor, getting more laughs out of everyone. "I've got a whole list of what I want to happen to me, and if I have to...to make you all do it to...to me..."
Despite dimmed thoughts and uncoordinated struggling, she nearly fell onto the bags piled up near the couch. Too in the spirit of things to even choose their rooms on the second floor, everyone dropped their stuff on the first, leaving Geraldine to search for the hopeful itinerary. Unable to clearly discern which was hers, she found enough energy to check the pockets and flaps of them all. In one of them, Geraldine found a thin package, wrapped decoratively with various bands of color over it.
There was no note or label on it to note who'd brought it or where it came from, but the coloring was so pretty that she couldn't help but stare at it, the hues cutting through intoxication and getting her to forget everything else before.
On impulse, Geraldine pulled at the ribbon-wrapped package. Inside was something immediately more eye-catching, colors shining proudly as the cabin lights hit it, bouncing into wide open eyes. Taking the item out of the packaging, Geraldine held a pair of colorfully-shaded sequin pants. Everyone suddenly stopped to marvel at someone's obvious party favor, taking in the long pair of pants with sequin colors coming up in waves up the legs. Blues, yellows, and reds shimmered around the room, sometimes blending into oranges, greens, and purples, taking the group back to their occasionally hypnotic use of colors.
"Whoa!" someone spoke reactively. It took a while for everyone marveling at them before asking "Who are those for?"
Geraldine was as lost as the rest of them. "I guess...whoever wants to wear them."
Sasha eyed the pants, and then Geraldine's body, thinking they'd fit her very nicely. "You're the one holding them, I think you should do the honors."
"Me?" Geraldine said, suddenly feeling self-conscious.
"Why not? There's probably some wicked effect to go with wearing it. Like you'll feel seduced by a belly-dancer, or a snake-lady," Sasha commented.
"Or hypnotize like one," Melanie joked over another sip.
Geraldine's scolding look was ignored over chants of "Put them on! Put them on! Put them on!"