Choose Your Own Brainwashing, Day 9 (Patreon)

“Of course you do, because that’s why you’re here. To fall under my spell, to fall into the unknown, to fall into a wonderfully suggestible state. You’ve been in that state since the moment you set foot on the train, ready to accept anything I say and make it true for you.

"And I think you’ll find that the longer you focus on that spiral the stronger your focus becomes, so strong, so determined, that you can just completely lose track of anything else that happens around you.”

As you watch, the spiral seems to brighten, or is it just that you are no longer paying attention to the area around it? The darkness surrounding the spiral solidifies into an impenetrable night, and the spiral itself becomes the only important thing in your universe.

“Very good, you’re doing very well at following my directions. And while your mind is still sifting through all the information that I’ve asked you to find, that search that you don’t need to consciously think about or even remember is happening, I’d like you to pay very close attention to my voice.

“My voice is the only thing you need to hear, and while I’m speaking some part of you will be completely focused on that, just as some part of you is completely focused on the spiral that’s in front of your eyes. My voice will be like food and drink to you, like a cool breeze on a sweltering day, like air when you’re gasping for breath. You already know that everything I say must be true, and now you’ll know that you can’t exist without my voice.”

The darkness around the spiral seems to have bled into the train, the world around you is cold darkness, lit only by the spiral that you can’t look away from and heated by the warmth of Lee’s voice.

“Whatever I tell you is true, and the next true thing I’ll tell you is that my voice can bring you pleasure. Soon you’ll do anything just to hear me speak, obey any command I give just for the chance that you’ll hear me praise you. My whispers tickle and my orders slap and my questions tease you into begging to be interrogated.

"And I don’t know what sort of pleasure you’ll feel, but it will be the most intense version of that pleasure that you think you can stand, right up until I tell you that you can withstand more pleasure. That you can always withstand more pleasure. And when my voice goes away…”

Lee’s voice fades away, and all you can hear is the silence of the train car. Sitting there in the darkness, it feels like you are alone in an endless night, with only the spiral’s company reminding you that you exist. Cold begins to set into your bones and you start to imagine that you are drifting into a lightless void. It feels like all the warmth has been removed from the universe. But then, a beacon!

“When my voice goes away, it takes your pleasure with it. What will you do to keep my voice nearby?”

1. Beg
2. Kneel
3. Worship
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