Agency check (Patreon)

Your hypnotist asks you to do an agency check, to see if you can bring yourself out of trance.

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“Sinking, drifting, dropping, deeper and deeper for me, that’s it.” Your hypnotist took your hand, lifted it, and then let it drop again. Your thoughts followed the downward trajectory of your arm. Your body slumped into the chair some more. You were so very deep.

“Good. Keep sinking for me. And, whenever you feel like it, I want you to bring yourself out of trance.” They paused, before squeezing your hand. “Show me that you can do it.”

You took a moment. Your body was so heavy. Your thoughts were slow.

Wakefulness felt so far away. It would be so easy to stay down here. Deep. Mindless. But then again, they had asked you to come up. This wasn’t going against their wishes. You focused on your fingers. On your hand, holding theirs. And squeezed back.

You felt energy. Movement. You kept on squeezing as you shifted your arm, then your other arm. You tensed your legs, wriggling your toes. You shifted in the chair, sitting up, and then, you opened your eyes. It felt like you had just come up above the surface of the water.

As you blinked a few times, you saw that your hypnotist was smiling at you. “Good.” They said, nodding. “Very good. I’m proud of you, toy. You’ve proven your agency to me. Now…” They took hold of your chin, pulling your gaze up to meet theirs. “Are you ready to sink again?”