The soft lighting up against the vaulted ceiling made the dungeon look cosy. Quiet music could be heard whenever the whips and floggers paused or were put down. Someone in the room moaned and gasped. 

Dino put his arm around Octavia and took her aside. He was wearing a rainbow coloured tank top and rainbow shades. He whispered to Octavia in a conspiratory tone: "See my girlfriend over there?" He nodded off to the bar where Dahlia and Andante were sitting together.

Dahlia was a pretty goth girl, wearing a deep purple dress with black lace and black makeup. Andante was dressed in a shirt with a musical notes print and he had his arm around Dahlia. She sat slumped against him as he whispered in her ear.

"The husband is preparing her as we speak, so you can do your thing." Dino chuckled. "She won't remember the negotiation so it will all be a surprise, but I'll let you in on a secret, Octavia. She's been looking forward to this like crazy."

Octavia suppressed a delighted smile and adjusted her bosom in her pinstripe corset. "I assure you, I'm rather excited myself."

Dino patted her on her bare shoulder and looked down at the floor-length, striped skirt. "You look amazing. Go. Seduce my girlfriend. We'll be close by, enjoying the show." And he made his way over to Andante.

Octavia took a deep breath and watched them for a moment. Dahlia seemed to wake up and smiled bashfully at Andante. Dino put his arms around both of them and then seemed to invite Andante over to sit further away, leaving Dahlia sitting alone at the bar with her drink. 

Octavia took a deep breath. She was about to do something she normally would never do. It felt awkward but also a little liberating, knowing that Dahlia's partners were nearby to keep an eye on the scene. With a confident stride, Octavia approached the bar and drew up close to her. "You're Dahlia, aren't you? Such a pleasure to finally catch you alone."

Dahlia laughed awkwardly. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Octavia. I've heard so much about you!"

"Only good things, I hope?" Octavia casually leaned against the bar as she stared into Dahlia's eyes. "I've seen you and Andante give classes and demonstrations and I've been dying to meet you ever since."

She bashfully lowered her eyes. "I'm afraid to ask which demos you saw." With a giggle, she added: "You get around, and I get around, it's a miracle it took us this long to meet each other."

Andante's amnesia suggestions seemed to be working perfectly, it made Octavia smile. "I saw the sexual torture demo." She said as she emphatically licked her lips. "You're gorgeous, Dahlia. With or without your clothes. And you seem like such an amazing bottom to play with."

Dahlia blushed crimson and hid her face with a shy giggle. Octavia leaned in closer to touch her chin and make her look up at her.

"Please don't look away. You put such beautiful makeup on." She tenderly stared into Dahlia's eyes again. 

The girl seemed utterly frozen for a second, but then she managed to utter the words: "Thank you, Miss."

In the background, Dino bit on his fist, trying to suppress his reaction so as to not interrupt them, while Andante sat back and watched with an amused smile.

Octavia blinked slowly and smiled, trying to prolong the moment. In a low voice, she slowly said: "I'm not usually this forward, but you look like my dream girl. And the way you're looking at me now gives me this urge to do things to you."

"Do things? To me?" Dahlia stammered in a high-pitched voice. "There's so many things I could do for a Lady such as yourself, so many things you can do that I'd… I wouldn't know where to start the negotiations…"

Octavia shushed her with a soft finger on her lips. "I know what you want. Just relax and look deep into my eyes."

The blushing intensified and her eyes widened. "Yes, Miss..." Her voice died away and her mouth remained open. Her head gently swayed on her neck as she started to drift off into trance. 

"You're such a good, obedient girl." Octavia moved her hand to the back of Dahlia's head and grabbed a fistful of her hair to keep her head upright. Her voice was a slow, exaggerated version of her hypnotic tone. "Staring deep, so deep into my eyes. Deeper and deeper."

She relaxed and slumped so beautifully, as if Octavia's hand in her hair was the only force holding her upright. Her eyes crossed and then rolled up in a way that gave Octavia a hot, aroused shiver. Especially because her mouth hung open and her black lips made a hollow, round shape.

Octavia grinned at Dino and Andante, and she gave them a wink. Then she gently tugged at Dahlia's hair and said in a cheerful voice: "Remind me, Dahlia. Did you ever teach a consent and negotiation class?"

A tiny, confused frown came over her face as her eyes hesitantly uncrossed.

In the background, Dino started to laugh. Andante empathically mouthed the correct name of the class to help Octavia.

"Was it called 'From the bottom' or something?" Octavia let go of her hair and let her hand rest on Dahlia's shoulder. She grinned impishly as she continued to berate Dahlia. "Wasn't it about best practices? Didn't you show people how to guard their boundaries and not rush into a scene? Don't you think you're setting a bad example?"

Dahlia blinked heavily and bit her lip as she came to her senses. "That's right." She muttered. "I should have stopped you so we could talk about boundaries and what kind of scene we'd like to have together, instead of letting you overwhelm me like that." Talking about her classes seemed to help her wake up.

Octavia tried to be serious but she couldn't wipe the smirk off her face. "I realise that it's my fault. I started to hypnotise you and you had no way to resist."

Somehow, Dahlia's blushing took on a different quality as she lowered her eyes. "No, I actually teach other bottoms how to resist and how to change the pace and communicate during a hypnosis scene."

"Oh really?" She grabbed Dahlia's hair again, forcing her to make eye-contact. Octavia's voice was low and seductive now. "Tell me how you'd go about trying to resist me? How would you stop my voice from crawling over your skin and up into your head? How would you resist falling deep into my eyes?"

"How…" Dahlia's mouth sagged open and her eyes turned glassy and unfocused again. She relaxed in Octavia's grip, surrendering just as quickly as before.

Gently swaying Dahlia like a snake charmer, Octavia cooed softly: "I think the question is not how. It's why. Why would you want to resist what I have to offer you? Why wouldn't you submit and let me into your mind?"

With a gasp, Dahlia's eyes rolled up until only there was only white visible under her fluttering eyelids. 

Octavia paused for a moment to take a deep breath to calm the hot rush of arousal she felt. She gently posed the entranced goth girl in her seat and glanced at her partners across the room, who looked on with excited approbation.

"How many times are we going to do this, pretty girl?" Octavia chuckled and touched Dahlia's face. "Hey. Pretty girl. I'm talking to you. Hello."

She blinked heavily and sighed, reaching up to touch her forehead. She moaned softly before she managed to speak. "As many times as you wish, Miss."

Octavia chuckled impishly. "And what about your wishes? Are you going to let me eclipse them as easily as this?" She grasped Dahlia's wrist, lifting her hand up above her head.

Dahlia glanced at her hand and then looked at Octavia's face, trying to figure out what was happening. When her hand was pulled back down and passed in front of her face, the word 'eclipse' suddenly made sense, and she slumped down into trance.

Octavia took a moment to revel in the vision of this beautifully entranced girl with her eyes rolled up and her head wobbling on her neck. She loved hypnosis so much, it was delightful. Then, Octavia looked over at Andante and raised her eyebrows in a question. She waved her hand near Dahlia's face with a vague slapping gesture and waited for Andante to react. Dino grinned with glee and made finger guns at Octavia, while Andante nodded with a smile.

"Did you hear what I asked?" Octavia couldn't help but chuckle again. And then she carefully took aim and slapped Dahlia on the cheek. "What about your wishes?"

Dahlia gasped and gave Octavia a wide-eyed look. The shock had rudely awakened her, but the way her mouth hung open revealed her arousal. She licked her lips before she replied in a soft whisper: "You are fulfilling my wishes, Miss."

Octavia started to laugh and shook her head. "You flatter me. But you haven't told me your wishes. So how can I possibly fulfil them?" She leaned on the bar with feigned nonchalance. In the background, Dino gave the thumbs up, which gave Octavia the confidence to continue. "Unless I'm reading your mind…"

"Are you reading my mind?" Dahlia's voice was dreamy like a song as she looked up at Octavia. "Is that why you know all my weak…"

Octavia touched Dahlia's lips with the soft tip of her finger. "Hush, you sexy little thing. I know exactly what to do to you. Hush now. Let your mind go quiet and compliant. All you have to do is obey me." Octavia could hear her own heartbeat thumping in her ears, it was such a thrill to do everything she knew she should never do in real life.

A sigh escaped Dahlia's lips as she sank back down into trance, her eyes wide open, her shoulders and arms limp and heavy. "Obey you…" She repeated softly.

Octavia embraced her to support her and to look at Dahlia's partners. Dino gave her a chef's kiss while Andante gave a pleased nod.

"You want to come to a private room with me, don't you?" Octavia whispered with her lips brushing Dahlia's ear.

She shuddered and sighed. "Yes, Miss."

Octavia helped her stand up. "You can just remain in this obedient trance for me, it'll be easy to stand up on your own legs and follow me. See? So easy. Every step we take will actually help you go deeper into trance for me. Can you feel that?" And she started to lead Dahlia to a private room. 

Dahlia stared vacantly ahead as she walked slowly by Otavia's side. She held one hand out in front of her to lightly touch obstacles like walls and tables as they walked while Octavia held her other hand. Andante waved as they passed and Dino blew them a kiss before he climbed on top of his husband to kiss him.

"Deeper with every step." Octavia whispered furtively as she led Dahlia into a corridor.

"Deeper with every step…" Dahlia's voice was a mere murmur as she followed in a daze.

When she walked into the small, windowless room with thick curtains and a big soft couch, Octavia closed the door and led her to the couch.

"And as you sink down into these soft pillows, you can just lose your eyes and go even deeper for me, sweet thing." She sat down and watched Dahlia lazily flop down. "In this deep trance, memories start to surface, don't they? You've been alone with me before. We talked about this, do you remember now? Despite what Andante has told you today, it's easy to remember us negotiating this scene, isn't it? In fact, I bet you can remember what Andante told you too. Just take a moment here with me on the couch and when you remember all of it, you can just take a deep breath, wake up from trance and talk to me about it."

At first, only Dahlia's eyes moved under her closed eyelids. Then a smile lit up her face and she shivered. After a few deep breaths, here eyes finally fluttered open and she exclaimed: "Gaaah! Octavia, that was so rude!"

Octavia chuckled as she wafted some cool air on her hot face with her hand. "I'm well aware, my dear."

"Like, it's so wrong! So bad!" Dahlia gestured wildly to express her feelings.

Octavia nodded and grinned. "And so hot."

Dahlia paused for a moment and then shifted on the couch to face Octavia. "Thank you. Thank you so so much!"

Octavia also turned towards her and gave her a content smile. "The pleasure was all mine, you hot little thing."

Dahlia reached out and gently tucked her hand under Octavia's chin, batting her eyes with an intense look. She leaned in and asked softly: "May I kiss you, Miss?"