|Chapter eight – awakening |
The fox woke up, gasping for air. He bewilderedly looked around, and noticed he was in his own bed in room 263. Immediately after that, he looked at the chameleon, who was soundly asleep in his own bed. Confused about how he got back, the fox sat up straight in his bed, when he noticed that he was still wearing his pajamas, only with a slight stain around his groin. Roya's cheeks turned red in slight embarrassment, after which he noticed that the metronome on his nightstand was still steadily ticking. The fox looked at it, turned it off and looked back at the chameleon.
"Roc" the fox whispered. "Are you awake?"
The chameleon groaned and slowly sat straight up. "Now I am." He replied.
Roya struggled to find words, awkwardly looking around the room.
"Do you remember anything about last night?" the fox asked.
The chameleon squinted his eyes in confusion. "Well, yeah. I remember dreaming about driving my dad's car. Also I went to the toilet at one point, while you and Oliver were sound asleep. Why?"
".. no reason." The fox replied, starting to doubt himself. "Guess I just had a weird nightmare." Roya followed up.
Oliver stretched and rubbed through his eyes. "That's normal. Your brain isn't used to hypnosis, so it's been hyperactive at night. I know what you're going through." The goat told Roya.
"That has to be it, I guess." The fox replied. Roc yawned, got up, and walked towards Roya. "Get dressed and then we're gonna get breakfast"
The two walked through the hallways of the sleeping quarters, who were buzzing with students who'd just woken up. Some of them were slightly more active than the others.
"I'm really curious about this hypnosis thing now. I've got unlocking next week, but I wanna see if it's something for me first. Think you can 'tize me before they get to fuck with my head?" the chameleon asked. Roya looked at his roommate, considering the offer he'd just gotten. "I can try," the fox replied, "but I can't promise anything. I've only been hypnotized twice." He continued.
The chameleon frowned. "Twice?" he asked.
"Nevermind that. I meant once" the fox replied.
|Chapter nine – first attempt |
The day passed pretty fast for the two roommates. They both shared the same roster for the entirety of the day. After two hours of reading and researching classical theater plays, the students all got lunch break, and the two quickly lunched and then retreated back into their room.
"You sure you wanna do this?" Roya asked his roommate, who was already excitedly laying on his bed with his eyes closed.
"yeah, yeah! Let's begin. I need to know now." The chameleon replied.
The fox nodded, grabbed his metronome and turned it on.
"Alright. I want you to try to focus on the ticking on the metronome. Focus on the slow ticks, synchronizing your breaths with the tick. In, out. In, out. You think you can do that?" the fox began. The chameleon replied with a short "yup."
"What I want you to do is just relax your entire body, and listen to my voice. Just follow my voice and you'll be fine. Try to imagine being in a place you feel safe. Like a forest, or a local park, or whatever." The fox said, paying attention to his roommate. The chameleon had a relaxed expression, very attentive to the fox. "Can you describe the place to me?" Roya asked.
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Cloudy Waters Mansion
FantasyRoya, a young fox, begins his new life at the college campus of Cloudy Waters. He is an aspiring theatre student, but soon starts to notice that the inner workings of the mansion aren't as blissful as they seem.
