Editor's Note:
Maximilian "Max" Rogers somehow gained a supernatural ability in his youth which allowed him to exert unnatural control over women by simply issuing them commands. After discovering and experimenting with this power, he went on his infamous twelve-year sex spree and is believed to have dominated nearly four thousand women in that time. His discovery and capture made global headlines for years to come.
After his homestead was raided, several documents, journal entries, risque images, and videotapes were used to form a basis for the slew of court cases against him. Some of Max's journal entries in particular also shed some light on his earliest sexual escapades...
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Phase 1: "Experimentation"
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[JANUARY 07 / 2017]
Like I said before, that girl I spoke to on Sunday gave me all the money in her wallet. Just took it straight out of her pocket and handed it to me--a total stranger! It wasn't a robbery, or a... Anything really. I just asked, and she delivered.
So that got me thinking: Between the lady handing away eighty bucks, and the girl who wordlessly gave me her pen (when I said I wanted one just like it), well, I'm starting to think I'm not crazy. It seems like my words affect women, curbing their reason and imprinting my will upon them.
But there's only one way to find out. I decided to start doing some experiments. Today I tested five people. Here's a list:
1. The Girl at the Bakery
2. Some Guy by the Bus Stop
3. The Athletic Girl on the Bus
4. Guy by the Fountain
5. His Girlfriend (also by the Fountain)
Here's what I found:
My first guinea pig was the bakery clerk. She's a cute young woman, maybe in her mid-to-late twenties. Nice long black hair out over her shoulders, full lips, freckles, twinkling emerald eyes... Totally my type. But I wasn't sure how much I could get away with, so I decided to start small.
First, I stepped inside and ordered a cheap bagel. I sat close to the front counter and waited until the stream of customers vanished. Eventually it was just me and her inside the eatery. Maybe her coworker called in sick.
I went up to her and asked her to tell me what her favorite item on the menu was. And here's where things get weird--usually when you ask an employee something like that, they put on their fake bullshit persona and start blabbing about this pastry or that. But she didn't pull any of that. She answered my question immediately, almost robotically. Like she needed to tell me the truth as quickly and swiftly as possible.
So I asked her a more personal question. I asked her (to her face, mind you) how many sexual partners she had in her life. And to my surprise, she immediately answered. (Seven, by the way).
I then asked her if I could come behind the bar. She agreed. I walked up close and told her to stand completely still, but to act like nothing was wrong if a customer came in. She did exactly that--and gave me free run of the place.
What a weird phenomenon! It was like I was invisible, but at the same time she kept watching me as I poked around the various buns and cupcakes--as if I belonged! She watched me open the register and take out a few ten dollar bills. Now at this point, she started to protest (quietly) and I told her it was fine. She stopped arguing and said:
"Sure, that makes sense. Sorry for causing a scene."
That was when I knew that this power had real potential. But I wasn't sure how potent my voice really was, and I didn't want to get thrown in jail for petty theft. I put the money back, glanced at her nametag (Veronica) and asked her to delete any security footage that the cameras may have taken. She went behind the counter and presumably did just that.
Part of me wanted to try something very, very indecent with her. But I wasn't confident enough for that, not yet. Feeling a little jumpy, I left the mall and went down to the bus stop.
While waiting for the bus I noticed a guy sitting at the bench. He was a pretty average dude--thin, graphic T-shirt, ripped jeans, the works. He was chatting on his phone with somebody (family member?) when I stopped by.
Up until this point, I had only noticed my power working on women (and only when I spoke deliberately to them). I wondered if itt would work on men as well.
"Hey buddy, can I use your phone? I need to make a call." I said something like that to him. And what do you know, the guy waved me off and kept blabbing.
So, strike one.
A few minutes later, the bus arrives and he finally gets off the phone. Part of me was wondering if I had missed something (maybe the power doesn't work if the person is already in a conversation. Something like that) so I tried again. But again, he told me to buzz off.
So now I had a conundrum. My power worked on women (to some degree) but was useless on ordinary men. And since most cops are men, I would have to watch my step very carefully while using my newfound ability.
Speaking of, I encountered my next victim on the bus. This time it was a pretty Puerto Rican woman. She had on athletic sneakers and long socks--plus tight gym shorts, a cute tanktop showing off her toned midriff and belly button, and a green headband meant to wipe away sweat.
She had an expensive haircut too--it was cut short and somewhat wavy. Almost looked a bit stereotypically lesbian, but it greatly added to her rough-and-tumble appeal. She reminded me of a female scifi marine or something.
She seemed like a fine tomboy, not really my type but too alluring to pass up.
The bus was mostly empty (save for the chatterbox up front, the bus driver, and a sleepy old lady) so I walked up next to the Puerto Rican woman and sat down next to her. She was located in the back of the bus, fortunately, which gave me some leeway when it came to practicing my mind control.