Emiemi, the 19-year-old daughter of famed jungle girl Julie Shevchenko, swung through the trees of the jungle of her Pomaika'i home. Like her mother, Emi was a jungle girl, except born and raised on the island, whereas her mother came from California. However, she was educated as a human on her island home, and so a bit of civilization had been mixed with her wild and feral origin. She also lived in a treehouse with books, maps, and other things her parents used to stay civilized, but whatever.

There were times when she left home to go into civilization, part of the reason that she became “civilized”, and unlike many a jungle girl, was okay with it. And there was also the native Teo Tribe that her father Kainak had become chief of, that she hung around with a lot. She liked to think of herself as the best of both wild and civilized, but the jungle was where she belonged.

She let go of the vine and landed on the branch. She ran and jumped onto a higher branch, swinging and swinging until she flung herself to another vine and kept swinging.

Her appearance reflected her dual upbringing. She had a slender, toned body with a slightly-tanned skintone. Her hair was a little disheveled, but she’d washed it recently, and it went down to her shoulder blades. Her brown eyes flashed with excitement, and they were framed by a slender, pretty face. She didn’t wear much, just what her mom called a “Standard-issue” jungle girl outfit and that’s it.

Not too far away, another jungle denizen lived among the trees. This denizen was not human. Indeed, the patterns on their skin said otherwise. It was a python, a very long one by the name of Oua.

Oua was asleep, but not for very long. He flicked out his tongue out of habit. Then something caught his attention. He perked up and sniffed around. An excited expression appeared on his serpentine face. “Ssssshe'ssss coming,” he said to himself. He lowered the tip of his tail to see if he could catch her.

Emiemi was too busy having fun to see Oua’s tail lowering. So it was a complete surprise when she felt herself being yanked up into the trees. She let out a bewildered yelp and was still confused until she found herself face-to-face with Oua. “Hello, Emi,” he said warmly.

“Oua!” she said excitedly, “It’s so good to see you!” She let go of his tail and gave the snake a hug. “How have you been?”

“Hello, Emi,” he said, “It'ssssss nicccce to ssssee you too. It'sssss been ssssso long sssssincccce we lasssst met.”

“It was a month ago,” she replied, setting her bare feet back on the branch.

“That'sssss too long,” he replied as he draped the tip of his tail around her shoulders, “How have you been?”

“Same old, same old,” she replied, “You?”

“Ssssame old, ssssame old,” he replied. “I’ve jussssst been bored lately.”

“Oh, that’s too bad,” she replied, “And I had a bad day yesterday.”

“That'ssss ssssuch a ssshame,” he said, gently rubbing her shoulders, “What happened?”

“I got into a fight with the Teo Tribe Medicine Man,” she replied, “He insisted that I not do a ritual that I really wanted to do and I got angry and well, we had a big fight.”

Oua clicked his tongue. “That'sssss too bad,” he said, “Wasssss it one you really wanted to do?”

“Yeah,” she replied, “It hurt when he said I couldn’t do it.”

“Don’t worry,” he said, “You’ll get your chancccce ssssoon.”

“Thanks, Oua,” she said.

“But patiencccce issss a virtue,” he said, “You need to learn that. If the mediccccine man thinksssss you sssssshouldn’t do it, maybe he hasssss a point.”

“I guess,” she replied.

He removed the tip of his tail and put it under her chin, lifting it up so he could look at her. “You look better than you did lassssst time.”

“Oh, stop!” she giggled.

“I’m sssserioussss,” he replied, “I don’t have to be human or attracted to humanssss to praisssse your beauty.”

“I know,” she replied. She was just flattered.

But Oua had other plans. He had a special talent that she was familiar with, and he wanted to use it. And she liked it, too, even if he caught her off guard with it. On a whim, he took his tail and wrapped it around her eyes.

“Hey!” she yelped, “What the—”

"Come now, Emi,” he said, “I’m jussssst playing.”

“I know that,” she said, “But I can’t see!” She tried to remove his tail, but he kept his grip firm on her head, careful not to crush it. He did remove it, but he covered her eyes again.

Though she stumbled about (rather comically and adorably—comically adorably, or adorably comical, if you might), there was an unspoken trust between the two. He could do things like this and she would understand and allow it. It was both complicated and simple, mostly owing to the fact that she liked what he was doing, and he made sure she was safe.

“Oh, that’s a ssssshame,” he said. “Maybe if you had my ssssssssensssssssssessssssss.”

“Ha ha,” she said, reacting to his good-natured teasing.

Oua circled around so that his face was in front of hers and began to ever-so-slightly ease the grip on her head. She finally removed the tail from her face, only to be met with Oua’s, and rings of color radiating from the center of them. “I sssssssssee you,” he sang.

Her eyes reflected the colors and they filled hers. This was Oua’s hypnosis. And it was wonderfully relaxing. She felt a relaxing warmth radiating from her center, and her mouth gaped open.

“Yessssss, keep sssstaring,” he said soothingly, “Why don’t you ssssssit down?"

She obediently moved and sat down on the branch, not taking her eyes off the snake’s for a second. "That'sssss a good girl,” he said soothingly.

Her mind was getting numb and cloudy, and a desire to follow Oua’s instructions began to bubble up in her head. But she was nowhere near being completely under Oua’s spell. But she was getting there. And she was enjoying it.

Oua could tell. He chuckled as he moved closer to her face. As part of the induction process, he lowered his tail and began to wrap it around her waist. Her mouth had already closed a little bit, giving her a neutral expression, which told him she’d accepted his hypnosis. “That'sssss it, Emi,” he said, “Jusssssssst keep sssstaring.”

She followed his head while he weaved and bobbed to keep her attention. The hypnosis was like a mental hug and being hugged by his coils felt amazing. The soft scales on the bare parts of her skin lowered her resistance, feeling great on her bare midriff and pinning her arms to her sides.

“You’re doing great, Emi,” he said soothingly, “Jussssssst look into my eyessssss.” He wasn’t going to rush her, he knew that she wanted to enjoy this. So he kept his tail going slowly and gently up her body, lightly squeezing her like he was giving her a massage.

It felt great. This was always the best part of being hypnotized… being hypnotized, of course. Her resistance and mind were slipping away, but she kept it up so she could maximize the wonderful sensation of his hypnosis. His squeezing made her sigh every now and then.

He kept bobbing his head up and down, side to side, but never doing it so that she’d look away. It didn’t matter, her eyes were fixed on his. And he was patient. She would fall, sooner or later. She would be his. At this moment, his tail reached her chest.

She gasped a bit when his tail touched her chest. But it was nothing he was doing. She was just excited. His tail gently moved around her. She let out another sigh and went back to his eyes.

“Sssssssorry,” he said. But she was already going to be his sooner or later. He just kept up the colors and wrapping. “Jussssst a little more,” he said.

His words seeped deeply into her mind. She felt her resistance slipping again. Her head was trying to droop, but she kept it up. She wanted to be hypnotized. She wanted to obey his commands. The blissful cloud in her mind got bigger and bigger. It would overwhelm her soon enough, but she wanted to keep going. She wanted this.

And he obliged. He turned up the power of his spirals and gave them a pace that would increase her enjoyment. Meanwhile, his tail had reached her shoulders.

Her mind was being bombarded by his hypnosis. It was so tempting to give in, but she knew that he was trying to make it as enjoyable as possible. How could she give in just yet? Not even the wonderful warmth and bliss could make her stop. She felt his tail reaching her shoulders and then wrap tightly around her neck. “URK!”

“Sssssssorry,” he said, “Give in, Emi. Let your mind go. Give into the blissssssssssss.”

That was enough to do the trick. She could not resist any longer and she fell completely under his spell. She sat in the cocoon of coils, a blank expression and goofy smile adorned on her face. Her mind was a blank slate, malleable to Oua’s commands.

“That'ssssssss a good girl,” he chuckled. “Are you ready to have sssssssssome fun?”

“Absolutely, Master Oua,” she said.

“Excccccellent!” he said, “We’re going to have ssssssssso much fun together!”

He picked her up and unwound his tail from the top of her torso, but kept his tail around her midsection so that he could place her down on the tree, at which point he let go. “By the way,” he said. “I’ve told you before, you don’t have to call me Massssssster. Jusssssst Oua isssssss fine.”

“Okay, Oua,” she replied.

As she stiffly stood on the branch, a million ideas swam through Oua’s head. As always, he was like a kid who just got a new toy and wanted to play with that toy, but had too many ideas. Oh, this was going to be so much fun!

“Ssssssstep forward,” he said, beckoning her with his tail. Without a word, she started walking. Oua left his tail on the end of the branch and let her walk along it. He turned it into steps, first up, then down, letting her walk along. He moved out to the end of the tree, with her still on top of him. “You’re on a ssssssslippery, but ssssssssafe platform, Emi.”

He twisted and contorted his body to make sure that it never ended for her. He even made a little loop with his tail so that she could keep walking. Eventually, she was getting up to his head, so he lifted it up to a branch and let her step onto it, at which point her wrapped a couple coils around her midsection. “You can sssssssstop now,” he said. And she did.

He chortled, satisfied that he had a subject who enjoyed being hypnotized and played with. While gently rubbing her soft human skin, he began to think of other ways to play with her. As long as both of them were having a good time, it was all fun and games.

He smiled and firmly but gently squeezed her. She remained in her blissfully gormless state, although that’s partially because he didn’t squeeze that hard. After placing her down on the branch, he rubbed her chin. The stayed still.

“Crouch,” he said. She did. “Sssssstalk your prey and attack.” She crept along the branches in the same four-limbed way she usually did, then struck like a flash. “You got it!” he said.

“Thank you, Oua,” she said.

“Sssso, how long would you like to ssstay under my sssssspell thissss time?” he asked as she sat up and he wrapped his tail around her.

“A couple days, Oua,” she said.

“Sssssssso, it is decided, he said. “In two dayssssssss, I will wake you up and let you go. Doesssss that ssssssound good?”

“Yes, Oua,” she replied.

Oua’s tail finished wrapping her up from neck to toe. Oua smiled at her as she sat gormlessly in his coils. “We’re going to have ssssssso much fun,” he said.