i already love industrial music and i'm a robotfucker, i've been on decades of that conditioning grind

welding noises and sparks but like in an aesthetic way that shows how vulnerable someone is to it. peak

i was about to say something like "paws are a great conversation starter, invitation to say more (either verbally or nonverbally), command, fixation, and order all in one" but you beat me to it and now i'm too distracted to even get the thought out and

well, now that you mention it, you would know a lot about that

oblivious, soon-to-be-dazed guy going "my mood's been both!" before realizing what that implies and entails

it's the overlap of service task + clear display of submission + "i would be so distracted and fixated that nothing else seems important as [target]" that does me in

and a hypnotist making the target of that drooly, needy service themselves makes the suggestion even better.

nothing says "put under" like considering something that's unusual to be usual with that suspension of disbelief.

especially when you'd even go to bat for saying "why would it be unusual in the first place?" to someone smirking.

(it's still normal after that, actually. nothing's more normal than that.)

it's not strange audio at all! it's familiar. you know it well. really well, actually.

it's good to follow. you're probably thinking about doing it. you should do it. you're going to do it. you're ordered to do it and compliant. you're already doing it. you never thought of anything but doing exactly that. it's always been something you're eager to do.

tried and true classic because you just float the idea until someone's already to pounce and by that point you're already 95% of the way there

and then going from "you'd be susceptible to this" to "hey, look. i'm doing this. eyes on me."

"isn't [x thing] hot. i always love that trope" -> "wouldn't you be susceptible to [x thing]? i feel like that's definitely the case" -> "you'd totally drop like a light. now that you're slumped, keep your attention here."

where x thing is: some form of conditioning, mantra, an induction method...

i almost started playing xiv because i had the fishing minigame and mahjong shown to me. between that and rabbit&steel i was like. shit maybe i will get sucked into an mmo.

it's a constant spectre looming over my head if i get significantly more time and another game i like dies/flops

hahahahahaha god that's too true

at least fighting games (similar damage to the human spirit) aren't on my phone and readily available. i'd have to wait some 35 minutes for an operation to finish and go, yeah, now that's time for an east game. it ruled

i'm gonna fire this up when i'm back and free actually

i had to take a break bc it was interfering with my ability to get work done

next time i boot it i'm throwing the code over 🫡

getting told it's the tenth time in a row you've brought the same thrall and he goes "wait, this is the first time i've been up here" and everyone giggles

unironic top 5 psychically damaging experiences of my life. deranked on virtual gacha mahjong, got physically bumped like a sack of flour by a vacuum, did not sleep, and got there late anyway. i can only hope it's a zero-sum game and the guy who got the yakuman off me also won the lottery too