The day was starting out just like any other for Rayne...that is to say, it was a frantic rush to grab her things and leave her dorm room before her roommate got back from class. She had been enrolled at New Chicago University for a little more than two weeks now, and things with Klaire hadn't gotten any better. Apparently she viewed Rayne being assigned as her roommate as an invasion of her privacy, or some other crazy shit. Rayne honestly wasn't sure. But she was sure that it was just easier to avoid her completely, for now.
In the meantime, Rayne had come up with a plan to make things... better, between her and Klaire. She was going to learn to become a hypnotist! It seemed like a far fetched idea even to Rayne, but yet it was the only one she couldn't get out of her mind. So she had gone looking for information and bumped into a perky blonde named Laura, who was working on creating a psychology sorority with a heavy focus on hypnotism. It seemed all too perfect to be a coincidence...of course it really wasn't, but Rayne didn't know that and neither did Laura. All they knew was that Laura had agreed to help Rayne learn hypnosis so she could pledge the sorority.
She quickly organized her notebook, a few library books on hypnosis, and some things she thought could be used as focal points, and stuffed them all into her backpack. A brief glance at her watch revealed that she was going to cut it close. Very close. She grabbed the pack and ran out the door and into the hallway. As soon as she was in the hallway she heard the elevator ding as it started to rise up to her floor. "Shit!" she thought to herself "Better not chance it." She pushed herself into the stairwell just as the elevator doors started to open.
Her caution paid off as Klair quickly emerged from the elevator and started her way towards their shared dorm room. The closer she got the angrier the look on her face became. She hated sharing a room with anyone, but especially Rayne. Not because of anything she had done, mind you, just because she was there...in her space.
Rayne watched through the crack between the door and the frame as Klaire walked into the room and sighed in relief. "Thank god!" she said loudly as she slammed the door with a huff.
Rayne grinned deviously as she slowly backed away from the stairwell door. "That's it Klaire, keep it up. Sooner or later I'll find your weakness, and then you'll be nothing more than a puppet on my strings...a puppy on my leash...a kitten at my feet..." The list went on for some time as Rayne descended the stairs.
Fifteen minutes later there was a knock on the door to Laura's dorm room. The perky, curly haired blonde opened the door with a smile. "Rayne! So glad you could make it! Come in, come in, come in!" she rambled off excitedly.
Rayne wasn't used to people who were so...high energy, but she needed the information that Laura had so she could join the sorority. Not to mention get some peace and revenge on her roommate. She walked into the dorm room, which was a single and meant Laura had the place to herself, and sat down at a small table that Laura had against the wall. Laura did most of the small talk for the first few minutes before she finally asked "So, how do you feel about your first hypnosis lesson?"
Rayne gulped just a bit. "A little nervous if I'm going to be honest, but very excited to learn." She tried to hide just how nervous she was with a smile, a very fake one that she had practiced to perfection.
Laura sat down across from Rayne. "Did you read the books that I gave you?" Rayne replied with a nod. "Good, so you can give me a brief rundown of how hypnosis works?"
Rayne proceeded to give a pretty detailed explanation about the basics of the science behind hypnosis. How it's something that happens inside of the person's mind and is not really sleep but more a state of focus. A state where the person's conscious mind is in a less active state and allowing the subconscious mind, and the imagination, to run wild without the more reality grounded conscious mind getting in the way.
Laura smiled and nodded. "Very good!" she said, almost as if she were teaching a small child. This only mildly annoyed Rayne. "Did you read up on any of the inductions that were in the books?"
