"Hypnotize Carly."
Rayne sat and stared at the words written on the note in front of her. She felt a swell of nervousness flush through her body as she eyed the dark haired sophomore out of the corner of her eye. She still wasn't super comfortable with hypnotizing people she had just met...and to make matters worse, here was Trisha, the head of the sorority she was trying to join, knowingly watching the whole thing. Judging her on her abilities. "No pressure" she thought to herself.
Rayne took a moment to gain control of her emotions before giving Carly a smile and asking, "So, what do you think of hypnosis?"
Carly was busy jotting down notes for her report, and didn't really even look up for more than a second to respond. "Eh, I've seen Trisha and Laura demonstrate it several times and I've seen a few of the stage shows that they've dragged me to, but I really don't think it's real. Not the way that they say it is anyway." Her voice had a certain tone to it, as if she was trying to get a reaction out of Rayne and Trisha, but was trying to pretend to be innocent at the same time.
Rayne looked up, only to see Trisha roll her eyes all the way back into her head, as if she was trying to look at her own brain. The expression was clearly one of exasperation as Trisha turned to grab a drink out of her fridge.
Rayne's gaze moved to Laura next. She was still face down on Trisha's bed, a tube sock stuffed under her nose, as the poor girl was...if Trisha's suggestions were correct, going deeper with every breath. "What about Laura?" she asked, turning back to Carly.
"Oh she believes it's all real, or at least that's what she tells everyone." Carly responded while flipping back and forth from one page to the next to check her notes.
"No, no, no..." started Rayne "That's not what I mean. I mean...look at her!" she pointed to the blonde who was 'passed out' on the bed. "She's...well she's really out! You don't think it's real, even looking at that?"
Carly finally looked up at Rayne and laughed heartily. "You don't know Laura as well as you think you do!" She said, smiling "Honey, that girl always wants to be the center of attention. She's also an actress, so her getting hypnotized here is par for the course. So no, I don't think she's hypnotized. I think she's acting."
Rayne shot Trisha a confused look, just in time to see the older girl shake her head in disbelief, while rolling her eyes and slamming back her can of soda like it was a glass of whiskey. The young freshman was starting to get nervous. She needed to find an opening to work Carly into a hypnotic trance, but so far she was drawing a blank.
Carly looked up from her notes and smiled at Rayne, who couldn't help but notice that her posture was more akin to a news journalist than a college coed. "So, what do you think of hypnosis?"
"Opening found!" thought Rayne as she tried to hide a smile. She pretended to think it over for a bit before she finally answered. "Well, I have two sides I can give experience from. I am learning to be a hypnotist, and have successfully hypnotized several people. But I've also been hypnotized several times by Laura in the course of her teaching me. Which would you prefer to hear about?"