Isabella got to the show when it was coming to an end. She had a small time period to get inside and find Alana Morgan before the hypnotist went back to her hotel. Isabella didn't have a ticket for this show, but before she could let that stop her she scoped the area out and discovered the staff were propping open one of the back doors to bring the garbage out. Isabella used that opportunity to slip inside.
It didn't take long for Isabella to get spotted but by the time she did no one was asking questions as there were so many different people cluttering the halls that Isabella blended in.. She wandered aimlessly but then stumbled upon an area that looked familiar. Sure enough, Sophie and her had been there when they went backstage last time. Following the same route, Isabella found herself in front of Miss Mesmer, AKA Alana Morgan's door. She raised her fist to knock but the door swung open and the hypnotist's assistant (or manager, Isabella wasn't sure) stepped out and was startled by Isabella.
"Excuse me," The woman said, offended rather than polite.
"Sorry," Isabella squeaked out, hating how small she sounded. "I'm here for Ms. Morgan."
The woman rolled her eyes. "Miss Mesmer doesn't meet with just anyone."
"Oh I was here yesterday!" Isabella said.
The woman glared at Isabella then her face lit up. "Oh yeah, so you were. And Miss Mesmer asked you to come back? Typical. Ah well, go on in."
Isabella was stunned it worked so well and she wasn't sure what the woman was talking about, but nevertheless she could get some answers to her own questions right now. Without knocking, she stormed through the door and into the performer's dressing room.
What Isabella stumbled into, however, left her stumped. Miss Mesmer was sitting on the stool she sat on the last time they saw her, but this time there was a woman on her knees in front of the hypnotist and the most peculiar thing is that Alana Morgan had her pantyhose feet planted firmly on the kneeling woman's face.
The sound the door made when it swung open alerted the woman on her knees. Alana Morgan turned instantly, her eyes fixing themselves sharply on Isabella who immediately felt the need to retreat but the door slammed shut behind her causing her to jump. The woman on the floor blinked and frowned as if she was trying to remember something while she looked around to establish her bearings. Then out of Alana's mouth came a loud and piercing whistle and the young woman at her feet closed her eyes as her body deflated into a hunched position and her eyes dimmed.
"You're lucky this one is an easy trance or else you'd be in serious trouble." The hypnotist said, turning back towards the girl and placing her feet back onto the entranced woman's face. "You're the girl from yesterday, yes?"
"What are you doing to her?" Isabella said, her voice shaking.
"Hypnotizing her, dear. And no, not against her will. Per se. She's a fan, like they all are, and she wanted a first hand experience. The feet thing is mostly for my own benefit but my subjects seem to grow to like it as well."
"You hypnotized me." Isabella said, her voice steadied..
Miss Mesmer laughed. "Yes dear, I did. Try to keep up."
"No. I mean, with my girlfriend... I'm obeying everything she says. Everything. Even the nasty stuff with her..."
"Feet?" Miss Mesmer was facing away, but Isabella could still see the corners of the hypnotist's mouth rise. "I'm glad those suggestions stuck. Yes, you're hypnotized to obey all of your girlfriends orders. Within reason. You're still yourself and you still have the sensibilities of yourself, but I reached into the submissive side of you and gave it a little tug. It's not permanent, it will only last a few days."
Isabella was dumbfounded. Miss Mesmer spoke for her. "It's for your own good. The way you reacted after yesterday's show was simply unacceptable. Your sweet lovely girlfriend just wanted to see her favorite act and yet you let your pride embarrass yourself further. So I thought I'd show you embarrassment, hopefully lose that awful ego of yours."
"I don't have an ego..." Isabella said quietly.
"Oh but dear you do. I'm sorry to say. Last time you were here, your partner and I spoke when you were... 'asleep'. I think you have a need for control and unfortunately poor Sophie is too nice to go against anything you say. I thought 'why not flip the roles for a bit?'" The hypnotist explained and Isabella grew more livid with each word the deranged woman spoke.
"We're not your puppets!" She spat.
But then she saw Miss Mesmer raise her hand, put her thumb and middle finger together and SNAP, Isabella dropped into trance.
Isabella opened her eyes. It felt like she had just woken up from a nap, her mind was muddled and she was confused as to where she was. For starters, she was on her knees on the floor. She searched her mind for the reason why but it was lost on her. Next she realized where she was - she was still in Miss Mesmer's dressing room. And the middle aged woman with her dominating stare, her sleek pantyhose over her long legs leading to her pedicured feet, was sitting on her chair looking down on Isabella. To Isabella's left was the young woman from before. She was kneeling on the ground beside her. The woman's eyes were open but vacant and glossy, her lips holding up a clueless smile as she kneaded her fingers into Miss Mesmer's mature soles. Just a hypnotized drone, Isabella thought, and she realized with great horror that she too would be that, under the control of this awful woman.
"She's quite good at massaging my feet. I wonder if she dreamt about it before she met me... either way, she will now. Now, as for you, Issy. Be a good girl," The hypnotist lifted up her other nylon clad foot so her sole was in front of Isabella and the sweat from an entire evening on stage underneath hot lights in her leather heels gave the pantyhose a stronger scent, the leather smell was faint but the older womans feet stunk of aged cheese which was much worse than the worst of Sophie's stink. "What would you say if I asked you to apologize to me as you kiss the bottom of my foot?"