It was the second time Mistress Suzzie had met him. The first time he'd just seemed like a typical nice guy; reasonably interesting to get to know but nothing more than that. She was wrong.
The place was neither quiet nor busy. The general hum of other conversations at this informal kink event meant they could chat fairly comfortably. Suzzie came back to the table shivering and complaining about the cold outside.
"Smokers curse, Mistress Suzzie?" he winked at her before taking a sip of his beer.
"I've been trying to quit for ages. Been on and off for a while."
"What have you tried?"
"Well I don't like vaping, patches and gum aren't working in the long run. Simple will power has worked best but isn't quite enough."
"Have you tried hypnosis?" he asked casually.
Suzzie had heard of it but was skeptical. She also knew that he'd mentioned he was into something called 'erotic hypnosis' at their first meeting so her guard reflexively went up a notch.
"You seem to be a very strong willed person," he continued.
"Hypnosis simply reinforces your will so that it is easier to get what you really want,"
Sandra, one of the other people at the table, chimed in with a 'yes I have a friend who tried that for fear of flying'.
"Okay, so how does it work?" Mistress Suzzie asked.
"Probably best to demonstrate rather than explain. Now, this is gonna seem like a silly party trick but please bear with me."
He smiled.
"Now, put your drink down please and put your hands together like this."
Suzzie followed his lead. Her index fingers pressed vertically against each other while the remaining ones clasped her hands together.
"Lovely nails by the way, Mistress Suzzie."
He gestured to her dark red claws which she had just got done and was secretly pleased that someone had noticed. These nails had teased many a submissive into quivering surrender.
"Now I want you to press your index fingers tightly together up to the bottom of the first digits. But above that level you are to try to keep them as far apart as possible. Do you understand?"
Mistress Suzzie remarked to herself that usually she was the one giving orders, not to mention that this guy appeared a little direct; but he seemed to know what he was doing and Sandra and Wayne were now looking at her with expectation on their faces...
"Yes, ok..." she assented.
"Very good, now Mistress I want you to focus on the tips of your index fingers and try as hard as you can to keep them apart. Ok?"