"I feel a million times better.", Buffy said.
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"Ahh, you look more comfortable. How do you feel?",
Giles asked Buffy. She had just gotten out of a long shower, and into some
more comfortable clothes. Giles had her locked up for over 48 hours. He
would question her every hour or so, to see how much of Mesmotto's influence
had worn off. Finally he was confident she could be freed. He had to admit
though, he was still a little nervous. "I feel a million times better.", Buffy said. |
| "Aren't you afraid of me?", Buffy asked. No sense
avoiding the obvious question. "A little, but I trust you. Am I foolish to do so?" "No. I've fought off his power. My own Buffy will is back at the helm" "That's good to hear we have a lot to go over." "Yeah, like why you've devised such a stupid plan" "I beg your pardon?" "Come on Giles, why did you pick Faith as your |
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fighting buddy. You knew that Mesmotto's power was only effective
on women. We knew that before I went under. Why not get somebody like Riley,
Angel, or even Spike?" "Yes, well, that is a good question. The answer is quite simple. To protect you." "To protect me, I don't think any of those three would have done me serious harm, if any." "No, but you would have done serious harm to them. |
| In fact, you may have killed them. I didn't want you to have
to deal with that for the rest of your life." "Hmm, that'll suffice. Sorry I called your idea stupid. It wasn't. It was just mean. To Faith." "I had to make some difficult choices. Mesmotto's control is a violation, I agree. But at least I can be sure he won't kill her. Besides Buffy, I had to make sure I got you back. Nothing in the world seems too large to sacrifice when your safety is concerned. Plus, you and |
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I working together will give the greatest odds of defeating him. Faith
is not the only one who needs to be freed, Willow, Tara, Xander, Anya,
and even your Mother are all under his spell as well. Now let's have a
seat and figure out how we are going to stop this fiend." |
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"Ahh yes, another thing I wanted to discuss.", Giles said as
they sat down, "can you remember that clearly?" |
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you all of a sudden now how to hypnotize someone. I don't know if it is a power as much as an overwhelming confidence. It's like you just know that whoever you are trying to get is going to go under for you. Then, after a few seconds of, you can see that your words, and your commanding stare are starting to take affect. You see the subjects eyes glaze over, their breathing change. That's when you know you have them. The words to deepen them just seem to flow, as |
| if you had done it a million times. Or like someone else was feeding you the text. You relax them more and more, and you feel them submitting to your will to your domination. There is nothing they can do to stop you, in fact they don't want to. There is no place in the world they would rather be then right there, submitting to your words and to your will. It is intoxicating. I still have it in me Giles, I still have the ability. In fact, why don't you look into my eyes, Giles, look into my eyes" |  |
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"What, are you kidding?", Giles asked. "Not at all Giles, look deeply into my eyes.", Buffy said, forcefully. Not being prepared for such a confrontation, Giles accidently did. "This is silly I can't be....I can't be...this is..." "Shhh Giles, just relax. Just stare deep into my eyes and relax. Let my words work their magic. It feels nice. It feels nice to look deep into my eyes and relax. Falling deeper and deeper into my eyes Giles, deeper |
| and deeper. Yes, that's it not resisting, just letting yourself
go. Let yourself go Giles. Relaxing deeper and deeper. Falling deeper and
deeper under my power. So warm, safe and relaxed. Do you feel relaxed Giles?",
hypnotic Buffy asked. "Yes", Giles responded, dreamily "Good, very good. Do you feel nice? Can you feel a pleasure course through your entire body?" "Yes" |
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"Excellent. Now Giles, I am going to count from 10 to 1. The moment I say the number 10 you will allow your eyelids to remain closed. The moment I say the number 10, you will, in your minds eye, see yourself at the top of a small set of stairs. The moment I say the number 9, and each additional number, you will simply move down those stairs relaxing more completely. At the base of the stairs is a large feather bed, with a comfortable feather pillow. The moment I say the |
| number one you will simply sink into that bed, resting your head on that feather pillow. Number 10, eyes closed at the top of those stairs. Ten ... Nine, relaxing and letting go. Nine ... Eight, sinking into a more comfortable, calm, peaceful position ... Seven .... Six ... going way down ... Five ... moving down those stairs, relaxing more completely. Four ... Three ... breathe in deeply ... Two ...On the next number, number one, simply sinking into that bed, becoming |  |
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more calm, more peaceful, more relaxed ... One ... Sinking
into that feather bed, let every muscle go limp and loose as you sink into
a more calm, peaceful state of relaxation. You are there now Giles, you
are in a wonderful, deep hypnotic trance. You are no longer able to resist,
nor do you want to. You are completely under my----" WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, interupted Giles handy tea kettle. Luckily he had put on some tea right before |
| Buffy came out of the shower. The loud noise snapped both
of them out of the state they were in. Giles shook his head, as if he was shaking out the clouds from his mind, "That certainly was, uh, powerful" Buffy suddenly realized what she had done, "Oh gawd, sorry Giles! I guess I got carried away. I didn't mean to-" "It's quite allright, no harm done", Giles smiled, a little |
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embarrassed. There was an awkward silence. "I'll get the tea!", Buffy announced, then sprang up to get it. "Yes, wise idea. Well, I guess that is another reason why I shouldn't have sent Riley, Angel, or Spike. They wouldn't have been any help even if you didn't kill them." "Yeah. I guess I wasn't as free of Mesmotto's power as I thought.", Buffy admitted. |
| "Unfortunately, I don't think you'll be completely free
of him until he is destroyed. Neither will your friends.", Giles told
Buffy as she returned with their tea. "Yeah, well, we best get to some destroyin' then. What's the plan?" "I don't know yet, but some tea will help. It's caffinated tea." "In order to keep you from 'relaxing' too much again, huh? Sorry about that!" |
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| "Yes, not a problem.", Giles said, really wanting to drop it. "I could use some caffinated tea myself. I am about to drop!", Buffy said. "Actually, you have been through quite an ordeal. Getting some rest may actually be a better use of your time. You will need to be at full strength, both mentally and physically." "You win. Is there a bed here somewhere?", Buffy said. She still had no idea where they were. Only Giles knew. "Yes, third door on the right. Let me know if you need anything..." |