Workplace Mentality

Within the coils of Equestria’s alpha predator, Twin slept peacefully, Ruby’s coils occasionally slithered over his body. Twin’s dreams were plain and yet perfect. He was just sat in the middle of empty air, the world around him reflecting his mind; pulsating, colourful, dominating, hypnotic rings. The only thing of note other than the beautiful horizon, were the coils wrapped around Twin, hiding all but his head as he sat watching the world peacefully with a wide empty minded grin. Eventually, however, Ruby’s influence began to wane, the rings slowed, decreasing in number, their ethereal light dimming. Twin didn’t seem to notice but he very suddenly just slipped out of Ruby’s coils, falling down inside them, before opening his eyes, wide awake. Twin hadn’t been shocked away, shaken or anything, he had simply awoken, his body tingling, mind silent and perfectly awake. Twin vaguely thought how this had to be the single best night’s sleep he had ever experienced, and cooed happily, the noise causing Ruby to shuffle, nuzzling her pet as the coils that had gravitated to him in the night tightened over their prize. Twin had a flicker of doubt over the word describing himself but easily shoved it aside, smiling. He didn’t care now, he was still here, safe and sound and very much not eaten, he wasn’t quite ready to spoil the moment.

However, Twin couldn’t ignore how sticky and gunky his body felt, and the rising discomfort was moving increasingly closer to the forefront of his mind as the lingering hypnotic suggestions began to die out. Twin wanted to rub his head, as he now noticed it was very sore, he was also very thirsty and had a strong taste of Ruby’s venom in his mouth, however it had gone off and mixed into his bed breathe and it wasn’t quite as graceful as last night. Finally, his fur was clinging to the coils around him and his crotch was stuck flat down as if he had gel in it. Twin glanced at Ruby, still peacefully sleeping the morning away, he didn’t want to disturb her, but his fur was getting itchy now. He would just ask her to uncoil him so he could go bathe, because he couldn’t really move on his own right now.

“Excuse me… Mistress,” Twin blinked, he had been about to say Ruby but the word Mistress had shuffled in and slipped out in its place instead. Twin focused on the word, trying to keep it from slipping out involuntarily again, as he tried to speak Ruby’s name again “Muh… Mist… Mmmm… R…Ruh… Ruooo…By… Ru-by.” Twin sighed smiling glad he could still speak how he wanted to, even if it was broken up into separate syllables “Mistress Ruby,” Twin flushed, really? He was that suggestable? Twin sighed, conceding defeat, he felt too good, numb, but also dirty to care, besides, managing her name, even after her new title, was slightly less embarrassing than not at all “Mistress Ruby, wake up please.” Ruby groaned, her tail tightening around Twin’s throat, trying to silence him “Mistress Ruby, please,” Twin said a little softer and the lamia turned her head to look, opening one eye.

“What?” She asked, without her usual seductive and almost regal like undertone.

“I er… can you please uncoil me Mist… Muh… Mistress Ruby.” Twin flushed “I want to go have a shower.” Ruby’s expression relaxed into a smile as her coils relaxed.

“Sure, be quick,” Ruby ordered as Twin wriggled free and quickly galloped to the door.

Halfway down the stairs, Twin finally noticed he was galloping and slowed down, instead bouncing up and down as if he was getting hyped for a race. It wasn’t hard for him to figure out that Ruby’s order to ‘be quick’ was forcing him to hurry up, but, even when he was aware of this fact, he couldn’t stop himself. Twin seemed to know he’d be rewarded and he NEEDED that reward so badly he was going to do anything Ruby commanded. Twin felt a little nervous about that realisation… what could Ruby make him do if she directly ordered him around instead of making a casual remark or request? Could he stop her… did he want too? A small smile began to creep over Twin’s mouth before a sudden gust of freezing cold water splashed into his face and he leapt halfway up into the air with a yelp, the sudden chill beating away his light trance.

“I… I better just get cleaned up.” Twin mumbled to himself.

“Quickly.” Ruby’s disembodied voice whispered to Twin.

“Of course, Mistress Ruby…” Twin blinked, glad he was alone so nopony could see himself talking to an imaginary Mistress.

Twin’s shower was brisk as he had been commanded, quickly ensuring that he smelt nice and wasn’t covered in gunk from the previous night’s… playing. Twin didn’t use the dripleaf however, he wasn’t sure why… he felt as if he couldn’t use it without permission, or maybe he didn’t want it affecting the real deal when he got back, a cheap teaser for what Ruby would give him if he was good, obedient and fast! This, once again, sent Twin spiralling down into a trance as he sprinted back upstairs, his sense of self-preservation the only thing stopping him from kicking the door open when he reached it. Twin did disregard knocking, seeing as Ruby was expecting him back he was sure he could get away with it, and as soon as he saw those glittering white and red scales he knew he’d made the right decision instead of waiting.

Twin gleefully leapt onto the bed and began pushing the coils around before he flopped down atop them, giggling happily, like a cat pawing its pillow. As Twin turned his head up, he noticed Ruby watching from the headboard with a smirk on her face “Enjoying yourself, slave?” Twin shivered, the word seemed to echo as his brain flashed through a series of rapid images too fast to really catch… but the feeling of mindless bliss easily crept in.

“Yes.” Twin hummed with a drowsy smile before shaking himself awake “I… what…?” Twin mumbled, confused, uncertain what he had really been thinking before his lapse.

Ruby simply placed her tail to his lips and Twin, once again, slumped in her grip, a dopey smile stretching his lips. It didn’t really matter… he had what he wanted, Mistress’ coils all around him! There was only one thing extra he wanted “Mistress?” Twin softly asked, Ruby quickly picking up that his tone was one of somepony who wanted something they doubted they could get easily.

“Yes, slave?” Ruby asked with a giggle as the word brushed over Twin’s dulled senses easily.

“Can you… hypnotise me again?” Twin asked with a small hopeful smile, tilting his head down and looking up at Ruby, like a lost puppy.

Ruby tapped her chin in mock thought “No,” Twin stood up straight, with a look as if somepony had threatened to take his life, before Ruby continued “Hold on, I will hypnotise you later, I just want to get things… ‘prepared’ for when that happens, alright?” Ruby asked and Twin nodded sighing with relief, he was going to feel that wonderful bliss again “But for now,” Ruby stretched her legs over her head, a few bones clicking in her back and tail “I need my own bath, then I have a few things to settle before our ‘playtime’ later today. So, can you be a good boy and follow my orders? I’ll let you remember the sensation of my eyes whisking your mind away if you do?” Twin nearly broke his neck nodding so fast “Good slave,” Twin shivered, nibbling his lip as his wings fluttered at his side “Now, I want you to clean up in here after our night of fun, afterwards, I want you to go back to where you got your job application and deliver a letter, you can get it from me later,” Ruby smile wistfully as she thought up an extra idea “And if you do all this before I’m ready, you can have a glass of raw dripleaf just to edge you along… and it can be any glass you choose, a shot or pint glass, up to you.” Twin gulped, already visualising the drink in his mind slipping down his throat and numbing his thoughts… although, he was pretty much doing that himself anyway with his memories, it was still a lovely thought.

“As you wish, Mistress.” Twin said with a little bow.

Ruby nodded slithering out of her bed, sighing longingly, wishing she could cosy up with Twin for a bit longer, but work called “Good boy, for now, think of each swirling ring flowing from my eyes, gushing into your open mind like water,” Ruby cupped Twin’s chin with her hoof and he looked up at the ceiling, the colours painted there twisting into rainbows as his eyes dilated and he moaned quietly “Well done, now, get to work and I’ll see you later.” Ruby said giving Twin a playful push as she slithered away, Twin unaware he was even moving, he entirely space on getting dressed into his uniform, working towards his commanded goal.

Twin’s thoughts were like syrup, gooey, sticky and dripping down ever so slowly. He was mostly focused on getting the room cleaned and straightened out as fast as he could, each little piece he completed sending a little shockwave of hypnotic rings through his brain, rattling what few thoughts he could manage out of place. Eventually, however, his senses managed to return, without Ruby drip feeding him hypnotic energy his trances were starting to wane and dull… Twin was finally starting to ponder on what Ruby had said… what was she getting ready for him? He’d served his punishment… right…

“Maybe she’s going to eat me like Fleur.” Twin thought, imagining Ruby approaching, licking her lips with that thick forked tongue, Twin shuffling back trying to escape…

Just as Twin’s mental Ruby grabbed hold of him, he finished resetting the bed, clean sheets neatly lined out with the pillows lined up against the headboard, causing a small wave of hypnosis to wash over him as a minor reward and further encouragement. This also caused Twin’s train of thought to shift to another track, where Ruby had already coiled him up and was squeezing him tight, Twin trying to crawl down her throat willingly. It took Twin a little while to realise he was thinking this before stopping, his hooves still working to clean the room as he tried to wrestle some form of control into his mind. But no matter how hard Twin tried, the little hypnotic rewards timed themselves just perfectly to snatch away his thoughts just as he was getting close to realising he was in danger, and a dull smile would spread over Twin’s lips, eagerly awaiting his fate instead of dreading it.

Eventually, however, Twin finished cleaning Ruby’s bedroom, as he glanced around and nodded a crashing wave of hypnotic power hit him and he nearly collapsed as his body convulsed madly, hardly able to control himself. Twin’s vision blurred and swirled around before he shut his eyes, swaying slightly. After about five minutes, Twin’s mind settled after the mental melting enough that he was able to remember he was supposed to go and get a letter to deliver for Ruby. With an excited skip, Twin made his way swiftly downstairs, somehow knowing without even asking, where she was. It was like she just reeled him in with her aura… her pretty, colourful, hypnotic aura. Ruby’s head butler didn’t even seem phased when Twin just wandered into his office, connecting to Ruby’s own.

Twin knocked out a cheerful tune on the door to Ruby’s office, he could vaguely hear soft talking but it ceased the second he made his presence known “Come in,” Ruby called from within and Twin attempted to open the door even before fully pushing the handle down, causing the wood to creak a little before giving way.

Ruby was seated behind her desk made of lavish dark brown vinyl wood, a large space underneath suited for lamia tails to curl and slither under, which was what was happening between Ruby and her guest. The second lamia mare, a unicorn, was bright blue with a lush sunlight golden mane, she was wearing a long regal and yet plain white dress and yet seemed to radiate leadership, she was also wearing a crown than Twin mistook for a silver cobra at first.

“As, Twinwing, good come here,” Twin obeyed, stepping behind the desk and onto Ruby’s coils, walking in place, enjoying how the coils moulded down under his hooves. The guest chuckled at Twin’s display and he flushed but didn’t cease. He hadn’t yet been so open about his submission to Ruby with others but now he couldn’t help it when in her presence.

Ruby took out a small sealed folder with a letter tied around and a bottle shaped package “Deliver this to the place where you got your application Twinwing, I intend on hiring new staff once I have completed your… ‘training’ later.” Twin nodded as Ruby offered the stack of papers to him, Twin tucking it away under his wing and heading for the door.

“Not wasting time with that one…” Twin heard the second mare say to Ruby as he shut the door, Twin unaware what she meant at the time

Twin cheerfully hummed as he made his way out of the manor, the gates opening at his approach, the guards informed of Twin’s temporary leave earlier, the concept of being rewarded by Ruby still fresh in his mind. Along the way Twin decided to focus on Ruby’s coils, thinking of how they glittered and shimmered as she slithered along, his mind making him follow a trail of white and red to his goal. However, Twin soon lost focus of this daydream, and without any immediate orders to fulfil he, finally, began to regain his senses fully. Twin blinked slowly, glancing around as the rose tint began to drip down like water down stained glass, clearing at last as his mind began to piece itself back together. Ruby had training for him? Is that what she had in store? It didn’t seem so threatening… but then, Twin’s mind couldn’t help thinking of the prey store and the other staff members… had they undergone ‘training’ to become so loyal, was that what the non-trained staff feared? But why would they fear having their skills improved, didn’t they want to serve Ruby to the best of their abilities and more? She most definitely deserved it!

Twin, however, began to imagine how the training would go, or what it could be. He comically thought of a very silly school where the students were wrapped up hoof to neck in coils and had to struggle correctly to satisfy their Mistress or Master, in Twin’s mind eye though he managed to fail and slip out and was eaten as punishment. He still wasn’t entirely comfortable with the concept of being devoured… what if that was part of it, a practical? Maybe it would be written… but Twin found that unlikely given Ruby’s use of him previously.

Twin could have speculated for hours, but his increasingly concerned train of thought halted when he reached the little office. The same mare as before was seated at her desk, although this time she was typing away at her desk when Twin entered. Unlike when he’d visited before, the office had several potential workers waiting for their turn. Twin sat down on a free seat, attracting a few glances with his uniform, including one from the mare behind the desk who seemed to shuffle and gulp but kept listening to the current pony seated before her. When she was finished she beckoned Twin over, much to the annoyance of the others who were waiting.

“Yes?” She asked with a hint of hope in her voice.

“Mistress Ruby asked me to deliver this to you.” Twin said offering it to her. The mare quickly snatched it up and read rapidly, her eyes flicking back and forth, before she smiled and nodded in understanding.

“Of course, tell her it’ll be done as soon as possible!” She said with a wide grin and Twin now knew the rings in her eyes were Ruby’s. So, she worked for her? That might have interested Twin but he was currently undergoing his own programmed reward.

“Right.” Was all Twin managed before heading for the door, another pony stepping forward, and as Twin left he heard the worker offer employment at Scale manner… it seemed like a dream come true to the potential employee.

It was.

Twin hummed happily to himself, the light buzz from delivering the letter fresh in his mind kept him going, the effects of each order completed seemed to be growing in intensity, or, more likely, Twin wasn’t resisting their effects and was letting them in much more easily. Either way, Twin was up to the gate before his senses began to clear and he blinked, the sound of the iron grinding on stone awakening him from his stupor, as it would with anypony. Twin once again slipped back into the clutches of Ruby’s control, without a care that his easiest opportunity to escape had just sailed by, his sights were set on his reward.

Twin skipped through the halls straight to Ruby’s office, this time when she let him enter she was alone “All done?” Ruby asked and Twin nodded, Ruby leaned back and opened a draw, offering a dark green bottle with a purple liquid inside “A little extra reward to prep you for tonight. Head to the staff room before drinking it though and make sure to get dressed out of your uniform you won’t need it later. And Twinwing,” Twin glanced at Ruby, breaking his gaze from the bottle “Enjoy yourself.” Ruby purred with a grin.

“Yes, thank you Mistress, I will!” Twin said having to restrain himself from snatching the bottle from his Mistress, he didn’t want it taken away.

Although, once he had the bottle, Twin wasted no time racing up to his room and undressing, another worker was heading around collecting uniforms and Twin hoofed his over, pretty much throwing it at them, before galloping for the staffroom. Twin barged in, clutching the bottle of dripleaf, a couple ponies jumping in surprise as Twin flushed.

“S-sorry.” He mumbled, quickly finding a bundle of coils to snuggle up to in the corner of the room.

Twin gulped, licking his lips, which had suddenly turned dry, as he uncorked the bottle, the fragrance wafted up from within and Twin smiled taking a small sip… which grew into a gulp and within a second he was chugging the whole drink down. Twin’s vision sharpened and then seemed to flash into darkness and yet brightness as he had a hypnotic blackout. The empty bottle fell from his grip and Twin slumped where he sat, smiling contently as his brain melted once again, having failed to even fully solidify properly before the drink.

As the manor continued its day to day activities, Twin was left where he had sat, staring blankly ahead at something only his own mind could see. A couple of Ruby’s ‘trained’ staff checked on Twin every so often to make sure he was well but otherwise he was undisturbed for the day.

“Twinwing,” Twin snapped up straight at the sound of his Mistress’ voice, his brain suddenly kicking into a state of hyper alert as well as numbed quiet at the same time “Twinwing, come to me.” Ruby commanded and Twin leapt up, trotting to the door and heading downstairs.

Ruby was patiently waiting for Twin at the front door and smiled both warmly and smugly when he hopped down, nearly dropped to his knees at the sight of her “Y-you called?” Twin purred with a smile.

“Yessss, I did… follow me.” Ruby hissed, Twin shivering at the sound, as the lamia looped a coil around his throat to tug him along.

Ruby led Twin into the left side of the manor, near the Greenhouse, before heading down a hallway he’d never taken before, probably a back exit to the manor’s original exterior garden. Part way down, Ruby stopped at a door with a combination lock and a keyless lock, one that requires a unicorn’s specific magic. Ruby provided both the code and her aura and the door clicked open and Twin walked through without a care even as Ruby flicked the door close behind her, locking them in together. The door led almost straight to a ramp heading downward and as Twin was dragged down after Ruby he quickly summarised that they were below the regular foundation level of most houses once the ramp levelled out. Twin wondered why Ruby needed such an expansive space for training under her house, it seemed the hallway stretched off for a considerable distance, with a few breakoffs Twin couldn’t see down. One of the few rooms Twin got a glance in was filled with various maps and pictures of ponies as well as a strange insignia and the letters ‘CR’. Ruby tugged Twin past before he could look inside further and finally stopped at a purple door with a black and white swirl painted on it. Again, Ruby unlocked it, but only with a keypad this time and the door unlocked.

The room was very similar to that of a mental recovery ward, with squishy, padded white walls. In the middle was the only piece of furniture in the room, a simple purple coloured armchair, with gel pads to sink into. It looked very comfortable, although Twin suspected it would have nothing on Ruby’s coils.

“Take a seat.” Ruby ordered and Twin complied leaning back into the chair, it sank around him and he thought vaguely of Ruby’s coils again, which had begun to loop around the chair. Before Twin could react, even if his brain were clear, Ruby had looped four coils deftly around Twin’s legs, pinning them to the armrests and legs preventing escape “There we go, wouldn’t want you struggling… too much.” Ruby said smiling as Twin flushed.

“What are you going to do?” Twin asked, sounding more eager than frightened.

Ruby smirked “I’m going to rewrite your precious little mind to be my obedient slave forever, you won’t be able to leave my service… ever. You’ll enjoy it.” Ruby let her eyes flash with hypnotic rings and Twin slumped.

“I’ll enjoy it…” He droned peacefully.

“Excellent, you seem to be pretty deep in my influence, so we can begin,” Ruby slithered around Twin’s chair, standing directly behind him so he had to turn his head to keep looking at her “Eyes forward for me.” Twin mumbled in protest but obeyed and Ruby looped a coil up around Twin’s throat “Here’s what we’re going to do, every time you do as I command, like a good slave, you get a reward… every time you protest, like just now, you get… punished!” Ruby grinned as she tightened the coil, holding firm as Twin gasped, wheezing around the harsh leash. Ruby hummed as Twin only managed whistles of air around the throat gag, his face taking a light hint of blue before Ruby relaxed her grip “Next time won’t be so gentle… but I know that was harsh, so I’ll show you the reward.” Twin gasped, wheezing and coughing as Ruby pushed the coil up against Twin’s chin, turning his gaze upright.

Twin gasped as Ruby’s eyes were already in the process of pulsating with hypnotically coloured rings, white, red, blue… Twin’s eyes flicked back and forth trying to take in every colour as Ruby rubbed Twin’s new ‘leash’ back and forth over his sore throat, making him gulp. However, as quickly as it began Ruby stopped.

“No wait, please I want more!” Twin begged but the leash tightened, not much, just enough to remind Twin what it was for but it didn’t impact his breathing at all.

“Obey and you get more, every time you obey in succession I’ll let it go on for longer, it’s a reward, you must earn it, understand?” Twin nodded “Good, now look forward.” Twin hesitated, before turning his head down “You didn’t complain,” Twin smiled turning his head up “But you didn’t do it immediately, and you think you can choose when to get your reward… Head… Down!” Twin gulped, obeying much faster, but not enough to avoid Ruby’s wrath.

Ruby deftly lifted Twin up by his throat, looping her tail down and around his upper chest and squeezing his lungs before closing his throat again “Now, say with me; ‘I must not think, when I think thoughts are difficult and exhausting, they make me weak and tired, when I’m weak I need my goddess, when I need my goddess I must obey her, my goddess takes my thoughts away, her control makes me happy when I obey, I am only happy when I obey, when I am happy I can think again.’” Twin wheezed, having a little trouble starting his own repetition after Ruby had finished telling him his mantra due to the strangling coil.

“I must… not think… when I think thoughts are… difficult… and exhausting, they… make me weak and tired, when I’m weak I need my goddess… when I need my goddess I must obey her, my goddess takes… takes my thoughts away, her control makes me happy when I obey, I am only happy when I obey, when I am happy I can think again.” As Twin repeated his new mantra, Ruby began to steadily loosen her grip allowing Twin to speak more easily, when he started the second loop he wasn’t wheezing between every few words anymore and on the third repetition Ruby had begun to rub his throat back and forth with her tail again, soothing the pain of her forceful constriction.

Ruby silently began to tug Twin’s head up, his gaze flicking up to hers as he faltered in his speech, Ruby’s rainbow-like eyes stealing his breath “Keep going,” Ruby whispered and Twin kept talking as best he could, doing all he could to prevent Ruby from ceasing the wonderful display.

“…I need my goddess, when I need my goddess I must obey her,” Yes… obey her and get to see the pretty colourful rings “My goddess takes my thoughts away,” That’s what Twin wanted, what he desired and craved… thoughtlessness, and obeying brought him to thoughtlessness… he couldn’t disobey, the rings and the loops wouldn’t allow it! He wouldn’t allow it!

Ruby smiled, slowly rocking her head back and forth, left and right, steadily, like a metronome, and Twin’s head rocked back and forth in tune, only a moment’s delay between the two. Twin was still whispering his mantra, but other than keeping up with his new law of life, his mind was blank, silent and still. Ruby lifted a coil up to Twin’s mouth and silenced his quiet prayers, his body then turning immediately rigid as his brain lost the one thing he was focusing on. Twin’s eyes snapped wide open and a goofy grin spread over his mouth behind the coil pressing into his lips.

Ruby held Twin’s gaze upright, time to start “Twinwing,” The stallion shivered but made no other indication he had heard her, not that he could ignore Ruby at this point “You are a good pet, a good slave, aren’t you?” Twin did his best to nod and Ruby chuckled “Good boy, and a good slave obeys… now, you love my coils don’t you?” More nodding “Good, they feel so good, so soft, squishy, comfortable and commanding. You love to be smothered in them, it is a natural craving of course, but you will need them even more whenever I say to you you’re uncomfortable you will beg and plead and do anything without hesitation to be granted my coils… but you cannot take them for it would be rude to do so and won’t relieve you desires.” Twin merely stared up into Ruby’s swirling eyes, if she had never done this before she might have been worried it wasn’t having any effect on him, but Ruby knew the words were slithering and twisting down and into Twin’s spongey mind, like water “You also love this, the feeling of my control enveloping your mind, but sometimes there isn’t time for me to hypnotise you, so whenever I say to you Twinwing, you will submit no matter where we are, what you are thinking or doing, the rings will overwhelm your mind and return you to my control.” Ruby paused, thinking, then she grinned “Another trigger for you, whenever I say Slave I command you to you will be compelled to obey, whatever the order regardless of your thoughts on what I demand of you it must be done… and you will earn a wonderful mind tingling reward when it is completed to instil in you a desire to do it again… and again… and again…”

Ruby waited, allowing the triggers to sink and latch onto Twin’s mind deeply and tightly, unless another, highly skilled, lamia or unicorn got to Twin soon they would never leave his subconscious… and since Ruby was the only one capable of doing so presently Twin’s fate was sealed!

“Now, Twinwing, I want you to begin waking up, fully waking up. You won’t remember my triggers, the hypnosis will wash away from your mind, like water over your hoof, freeing your thoughts to be your own. You will be fully in control, unless I use one of your triggers, but you will remember every tiny detail from within my spell… but when you slip back into my control you will go deeper… a hundred times deeper than all the times you’ve slipped before combined and the conditioning effects of your previous slips under my spell will return… you will be my slave for life.” Ruby hissed as her eyes began to slow then stop.

Twin blinked, one eyelid able to close fully whilst the other kept getting stuck half open as his pulsing eyes slowed. Twin felt as if a cold bucket of water had been tossed over his mind. Cold, cruel and unwelcome lucidity and clarity returned to him as Ruby swiftly uncoiled the stallion slithering back a little to watch it all unfold. In Twin’s mind the experiences and manipulation Ruby had used upon him were lifted up, stacked and neatly organised then shoved into a box, blotting them out from his mind, leaving only his triggers unpacked as lucidity fully returned. Twin looked around before locating Ruby, everything she had done, all she had made him do flooded back into his mind and Twin rocketed up from the chair, both fearful and embarrassed.

“R-Ruby… I er…” Twin gulped then sprinted for the door, trying to open it.

“Slave,” Twin felt a little bit of static trickle up his neck at the word “I command you to come back down here and stand in front of me.” Twin found himself doing a one-eighty and heading straight over to Ruby, his hooves rooted to the floor just a pace in front of the imposing lamia.

“W-what… I can’t… I can’t move, what’s happening?” Twin asked nervously as his body quivered, the only indication that he was telling every limb in his body to thrash wildly.

“You are obeying,” Twin looked confused as Ruby began to slither around the immobile stallion “How funny, you cannot resist my control, even lucid, your mind wants my control so badly it is overriding you even when you are conscious and ‘in control’. Hehe, so, slave, you want to be my slave forever?” Ruby asked leaning over Twin’s shoulder to look him in his shocked and frightened eye.

“I want to be your slave forever.” Twin heard the words but couldn’t believe he had spoken them. However, senses a ripe opportunity, the box filled with Twin’s memories opened a little and his mind flooded with the flashes of his time under Ruby’s influence, the taste of dripleaf and the sensations of the fun they’d had “I want to be your slave forever…” Twin whispered again, flushing as his ears folded down, staring sideways at Ruby, nervously maintaining eye contact to make it easier for Ruby.

Twin wouldn’t know, but this confession Ruby had managed to get out of him would seal his fate and tie him forever to Ruby’s control. For Twin’s will had not been taken, but instead given up willingly, or so he thought. This meant that Twin would walk into the serpent’s den happily and the fact he had done so would ensure he would never look back, never resist unless commanded… he was doomed to obey Ruby forever, his final chance to escape, or at least save his mind, had just past him by without him realising and Ruby wasted no time slithering in front of the stallion and lighting her eyes up.

A few, swift seconds, drifted by before Twin returned to Ruby’s control, all of her suggestions, tweaks and teasing over the past few days flooded back into his mind in force and his will shattered beyond repair. Even for a skilled lamia, Twin’s mind was beyond repair, but he didn’t care… he had everything he wanted… he had his goddess.

Ruby smiled, tilting Twin’s unresisting chin up a little to inspect her prize, Twin smiled thoughtlessly at nothing in particular, his mind a barren, empty desert without even a single thought swirling through. Not even one made to obey Ruby or marvel at her perfection made from the hypnosis itself.

“Twinwing, wake from your trance,” Ruby commanded and Twin blinked before awakening, however he was met with Ruby’s pulsating eyes and before he could say anything he slipped right back into trance “Twinwing, wake from your trance,” Again, Twin awoke, locked eyes with Ruby and fell back down into obedience.

Each time Ruby did this the time between Twin awakening and submitting shortened. Finally, after Ruby had done this roughly thirty or so times, she, once more, said “Twinwing, wake from your trance,” Any yet, little changed, Twin’s eyes and smile somewhat relaxed, when his eyes returned to their natural colour they seemed glazed, as if he had minor cataract and yet he could see perfectly, perhaps even better than before. Ruby waved her hoof in front of Twin’s face and it was half a minute before he registered the movement.

Ruby grinned, Twin’s mind could barely distinguish between lucidity and trance. The gap would grow, once he was given some time to adjust, but for now, his mind was thoughtless, the world was heaven and Ruby was its creator.