Emi Shevchenko patrolled the jungle for the... what was it? Gajillionth time? She neither knew nor cared. A jungle girl born and raised on the island, she knew the place like the back of her hand, and could still get lost--in a good way! She'd been "patrolling" for hours it seemed, just as she liked it. And yet, the jungle floor was simultaneously familiar and unfamiliar. The most prominent was the smell of freshly-fallen rain.

Her tanned skin and toned body glistened in the equatorial sun that poked its way through the tree tops. She was almost naked, except for the bikini and loincloth she wore, which she referred to as "Standard issue". Stringy brown hair hung from her head, had been washed yesterday, but the heat and humidity were brutal on her hair. Not thinking, she pulled her hair up into a bun and kept going, unaware of another presence.

The snake had smelled her from a literal mile away. The python, larger than the average, was coiled up on a thick tree branch, sleeping, flicking his tongue out at regular intervals. The sweet scent of a human caught his attention, and he lifted his head, green, yellow, blue and purple rings emanating from his eyes before they returned to normal. The snake smiled, hissing. “It’ssssss herrrrrr,” he purred. “It’ssssss Emi!” The snake unraveled himself from the branch, extending out. He was a python, like Kaa the snake from The Jungle Book novel, but more specifically, the 1967 movie; a hypno python, named Oua.

Emi felt the need to stop. Her legs were aching and so were the soles of her perpetually-bare feet. Instead of picking at her feet, she sat down at the foot of a mighty tree, stretching her legs out with a long, satisfied sigh. Leaning her head back, she looked up at the almost-never-ending green of the jungle canopy, she thought she spotted something. It was Oua, but he was well-camouflaged amongst the foliage, so she ignored him.

Oua easily found his query, following her scent.

The 19-year-old young woman was not tired, and was not going to fall asleep. She just needed to rest her legs. She did pull her iPhone out and started playing a mobile game, waiting for her legs to start feeling better. Every now and then she did massage her legs, hoping that would help. Thanks to her jungle island upbringing, she could run a marathon and still feel good, even though she hadn’t done so today. So basically Oua could pick her up if he wanted to.

Oua was going to indulge himself today.

She should have been more alert. But the tail wrapped around her body without her seeing, and it was only until she was wrapped up that she realized she was trapped. Shouting, she wiggled to free herself from the snake's grip, getting enough of herself freed from the snake. This was not a good start to a hypnotic meeting. She pushed on the coil around her chest and pushed it off, surprised that it wasn't too tight. It should've tipped her off as to who it was. That's not to say she wasn't thinking about it, she was just preoccupied with getting out of Oua's way-too-eager grip. Finally, she wiggled her way out of the snake's grasp, but that didn't last long, as the snake wrapped a coil around her midsection and her thigh to bring her up into the tree. And it would stay that way. Now she could relax and let the tail lift her into the trees, until it deposited her onto a firm and steady branch.

Now on firm wood, Emi sighed, relieved. She hadn't been playing a game, she really thought something was trying to eat her. Survival instincts don't care in these situations. Gripping the handle of the Bowie knife on her right hip, she spun her head around, looking for the perpetrator. When she didn't see anything, she looked up and caught a glimpse of the perpetrator.

"Oua! It's you!" she declared, both relieved and surprised.

“Yessssss, Emi, it’ssss been ssssoooo loooonnnnggg,” he said, head descending from the trees and getting in her face. His tail also descended, wrapping twice around her midsection, pulling her close to him like a hug. “And ssssssorry for wrapping you like that. I got excccccited.”

“It’s fine. But you can just scoop me up with a coil or two,” she answered. Of all the hypno-pythons on Pomaika’i, Oua was her favorite. She found him to be the most Oua-like in terms of personality—combining the wiseness of the novel Oua with a friendly, non-threatening/sinister trickery of the Disney movie Oua. And none of the latter’s creepy undertones.

“What’sssss that sssslab you have with you?” Oua asked, pointing at her phone.

“Oh, this? It’s, um... I guess it’s magic?” She didn’t know how to explain it to an animal. “If you want to put it that way. Oh! I’m so sorry, I’ll put it away!” She put the phone in a pocket on her utility belt attached to her loincloth. Then she removed the utility belt, along with the knife, and hung it on a branch.

“You didn’t have to do that,” said Oua. “But you looked sssssssurprisssssed to sssssssee me.”

“I didn’t know you were there,” she answered. “But I’m up for whatever.” By that she meant for of a vanilla hypnotic experience, culminating in being coiled up by the snake. It she would do it on her own terms.

“I’m happy to hear that,” said Oua, stretching his body to get close to Emi. Already, he was imagining how she’d look how he liked her; hypnotized and completely coiled by his body. Smiling, he stared at her, unwinding part of his tail from the branch above and lowering it to curl around her shoulder. But he was so lost in his little daydream, he didn’t notice that she was looking at him suspiciously, even with the tip of his tail around her shoulder.

What was the snake doing? He looked like he was staring off into nothing, or at her. It was weirding her out. “Uh, are you ok?” she asked.

Oua snapped out of his reverie (perhaps she had hypnotized him, he remarked to himself) before chuckling, regaining control over the situation. “I’m sssorry,” he said. “It’sssss jusssssst been ssssso long ssssinccccce I’ve sssseen you.”

Emi scoffed. "Oh, please! If you want to get me, you'll have to do better than that!"

Oua laughed. “You’re good!” He laughed. He reached down with his tail, wrapping it around her ankles. Emi probably didn’t miss how touchy-feely he got. “But I think you want it, too.”

“What makes you think that?” Emi asked while removing Oua’s tail from her ankles. As soon as her ankles were free, his tail wrapped around her head, blinding her. By accident, she tripped and fell backwards, landing seated on the tree branch. She chuckled sheepishly but didn’t stand back up.

“Well,” he said, trailing off. “You look like you want to get lossssst in my colorful eyesss.”

"Well now that you've told me about the colors, what incentive do I have look at you?" she asked.

“Good point,” he giggled. And yet she removed his tail from around her eyes! “But, come now,” he chuckled. “We both know why we’re here.” He moved his face closer to hers. “It’sssss jussssst a little dawdling. I sssssaw how you reacteeeed. We’ve missssssssed each other ssssssssso much... Let ussssssss not delay any further, hmmm?” This young woman was right where he wanted her, and he was NOT going to waste this opportunity!

Oua pushed his face up to hers, filling her field of vision, and activating the hypnotic, colored rings in his eyes, which reflected in hers. She was probably surprised, showing it by the open-mouthed look she wore when the colored rings reflected in her eyes.

“There, now that that’sssss out of the way… watch the pretty colorssssssss, Emi,” he said.

Emi's mind immediately emptied the moment she and Kaa made eye contact. The rings in his eyes reflected in hers, beginning the induction. Her jaw dropped and she slumped forward a little bit, like she was trying to get a closer look, even though she was the only audience. A pleasant feeling began to well up in her head, a warm tightness in her chest. Her body slackened just a little bit, arms dropping to the side, allowing Oua to begin coiling around her. She followed his head as it bobbed, swung and stuff, totally enraptured. For a moment, she almost let his hypnosis completely take over, but she began resisting, telling herself to fight, but just enough to prolong the hypnosis. She wanted to enjoy this.

“Putting up a fight now, are we?” he asked playfully. Like he cared. The longer she resisted, the deeper the hypnosis would be, the more fun he would have.

"Yeeeeessss," she groaned, grinning. She was enjoying this a lot. The hypnosis, combined with her resistance, was... well, the word that comes to mind is probably inappropriate, not just for a PG-13 story, but also for the situation. Either way, she felt amazing, and didn't want the hypnosis to end just yet. She leaned forward a little more, kinda forcing Oua to place her back down on the branch, but that didn't matter. It was those eyes, those colorful eyes that she focused on, and wanted to get more of. As his head bobbed and circled, she followed, unable and unwanting to look away, enthralled by the rings of color. A calming sensation began to slowly move over her. Her mind began dulling. She hadn't completely submitted yet, and wasn't going to until she was ready, but she but she was on the way to falling under Oua’s spell, a nice distraction for the day.

"Watch my eyessssss...
Let them hypnotizsssssse..."

he sang, continuing his work with his tail around the young woman's bare midsection, winding upwards towards her top. He gently squeezed, but only to re-adjust his grip. Once it loosened, he continued, satisfied that his improvised plan had worked. She would be a very enthusiastic and obedient subject, being as bored as he was. He could look forward to all the shenanigans coming their way, but he had to stay focused on his catch, first. He swayed his head from side-to-side, then rolled it, making sure that she wasn't breaking eye contact. She didn't, and he was satisfied again.

His voice called to her. It was like she had noise-cancelling headphones on, and Oua’s voice was the music. Simultaneously, his squeezing helped her relax, bringing her close to giving in. Still, she resisted, and in return, mentally felt amazing, like she was flying on a silver mist, her senses slowly and surely ceasing to exist, except for the desire to obey Oua’s suggestions. Simultaneously, the tail gently squeezed and climbed up her midsection, keeping her firmly in place. The coils were soft, smooth and cool against the jungle heat. They beckoned to her.

Emi fought back a yawn and the fatigue beginning to set in. Oua’s hypnosis was getting to her, but she still wasn't ready. She rocked backwards and forwards, trying to keep herself awake. Meanwhile, his tail, his soft scales, climbed up her body, around her midsection, squeezing. It was warm and welcoming, reminding her that if she gave in, she would forget about her stress, allow herself to be a mindless toy for Oua. But she resisted again, and the hypnosis suddenly felt better, especially when his tail carefully moved around a certain part of the human female anatomy, gently squeezing, causing her to gasp. It felt good.

She had a lot of fun every time he hypnotized her. The first time, she was understandably nervous, wondering how this talking snake knew her father Kainak and brothers Makoa and Keanu. After talking to him, she kind of trusted him, and he hypnotized her in surprise. He managed to get her all coiled up and under his spell when her protective sister, Nami, intervened. Yeah, Nami hated Oua. After talking to her father and brothers about Oua, the second time they met, she was hypnotized by surprised again, but didn’t resist as much, and with no one to intervene, he played with her for hours. Ever since then, she trusted him with her life.

"I hope you're ready," he said, "But no russssssssh." He gently squeezed her. Her sweaty skin was slippery, but his grip on her body was firm, and it was providing good lubricant for his tail, allowing it to glide up her body. His tail reached above her shoulders, ringing around her neck, but not squeezing... yet. He waited until he could tighten his entire body around her, and once he did, tightened around her neck, squeezing in a way that made her gulp and her eyes bulge, but didn't cut off her air. Now she was immobilized, cocooned by his body, about to fall under his spell any moment now...

The sudden tug of his tail around her neck surprised her. Her eyes bulged as she gulped, and she got one last burst of hypnosis. That was enough. Her mind emptied of all thoughts, except a blissful cloud. She was under Oua’s spell.

As soon as she fell under his spell, he lifted her off the branch, wrapping her down to her knees, holding her aloft to admire his handiwork. Had he outdone himself? Probably, probably not, but he was satisfied with said handiwork. He had her completely under his spell, ready to follow his whims.

"How do you feel?" he asked.

Her widened eyes stared vacantly into nothing at all, the spirals pulsing in them, and she wore a wide, goofy smile. Mentally, she was in an empty bliss, no thoughts, head empty except for a desire to follow Oua’s suggestions. She would remember this, however, because she was just enough aware of what was going on, however, she was now Oua’s toy, for all intents and purposes.

“I feel amazing,” she said in a soft, dreamy monotone.

Laughing, Oua lifted her off the branch, twirling her around so he could coil her down to her knees. Her legs dangled lazily, swinging in the air. He liked seeing this, it meant the subject was totally under his spell and comfortable in his coils. “What would you like to do thisssssssss time?” Oua asked.

“I want to do some balancing acts, Oua,” she replied, eager to do something different this time.

“Aaaahhhhh, a sssssssplendid idea,” he said. He didn’t dislike unwrapping from her after all that hard work, but since this is what she wanted, he began to unspool his body from hers. Once the coils were unraveled from her body, he placed her onto his body. “Bend forward,” he instructed, and she immediately bent forward to stand on her hands, and lifted her feet high into the air. She effortlessly stood on those hands, as the jungle life had molded her into quite the gymnast. Her toned physique hid impressive upper body strength, which kept her stable on his body. “Now, remove your left hand.”

She immediately took her left hand off his body. She spread her legs out for better balance and stayed upside down until she started to feel light-headed, and not in the way she already felt. She bent back onto her feet and stood up. Her face was red from blood rushing to the head from being upside down for several minutes.

"Outssssssssstanding!" Oua declared. "Your balancccccce issssssss mosssssssst exssssscssssellent! Now, let'sssssss tesssssst your upper-body ssssssstrength."

Encouraged by his... encouragement... Emi jumped off the part of his body she had been on, grabbing his scales and hanging from there. Once again, strong upper-body strength was the asset, as she effortlessly hung from his body, and would have been tempted to do some pull-ups if she wasn’t hypnotized.  The tickling sensation was light at first, so Emi barely noticed it. But as it got more tickle-y, she squirmed around, until her hands slipped and she dropped a couple feet, landing comfortably on a section of his body.

“Did you enjoy my ticklesssssss, Emi?” he asked.

"Yes, but ask me, first," she mildly chided. She was, of course, comfortable being wrapped up in his coils, panting a little bit from sliding down his scaly body. His next actions were still up in the air, like her, but she was going to enjoy the coils for now. As long as the next activity was mutually fun, she didn't mind.

“Of courssssssse, my apologiessssss. I get carried away ssssssometimessssss.” His coils continued to squeeze and rub the jungle girl’s slender figure, preparing her for the next activity.

“Ready Emi? Up and awaaay!” the python sang as he unwrapped the hypnotized girl cub into the air, balancing Emi on the tip of his tail in her back, and then flipping her upside down on her head. She felt herself soaring through the air, the wind on the bare parts of her skin. Loosening up at first, she stiffened as she landed on the tip of Oua's tail, first on her back, then on her head. The balancing was effortless, again, thanks to her jungle upbringing.

“Mossst impressive, Emi,” said Oua. “Interesssting. Almosssst asss ssstiff assss a tree trunk." Oua chuckled, flicking his tongue so it grazed the tip of Emi's nose. It was very amusing to the snake to see the jungle girl remain in perfect balance. No surprise, for someone raised in the island’s jungles. "You truly are a jungle girl, Emi. You will be a great jungle girl, just like your mother and sister.

“Now then asss your prize you get to choossse our next activity. Ssso what ssshall it be?" Oua asked as he flipped Emi right side up and held her in the air by her waist.

"I want to fight something," she replied, not talking about fighting Kaa to the death. However, there was some room for interpretation in there...

“Ssssssplendid!” he chirped, his body rustling, jostling her stiff body until he stopped himself. Carefully, he placed her feet on the branch, lowered his head so that he was slightly lower than her, but still in front of her. An idea had popped in his head. “I’m a tiger,” he said, “And I’m going to attack you!”

In her hypnotized state, Oua changed from a snake into a vicious big island "tiger", for lack of a better term. It was about as big as a cougar/panther, with elongated canine teeth, tiger-like stripes on its head and back. Its tail swished threateningly. Immediately on command, she crouched, baring her teeth and fingers like claws. She couldn't circle around, stuck on the branch. She had to fight. She roared, a fierce roar, making herself appear bigger than she actually was. Oua lunged first, making as close a sound to a big cat as he could.

Emi ducked under Oua's body and lunged upwards, tackling Oua from below. She twisted her body, throwing Oua to the branch. Oua's coil wrapping around her body was, in her hypnotized mind, the cat wrapping its legs around her, but without the claws sinking into her flesh. She strained while she tried to pin Oua to the branch. Grinning, Oua slipped away from the jungle woman's hands.

The cat slipped out of Emi's hands, making her slip and almost fall off the branch. "Almost" because she caught the branch and pulled herself back up. When she heard Kaa's new command, the cat in her mind dissipated, turning darker and standing on its hind legs until it turned into one of the island's apes. It beat its chest at her, growling, pawing at the air, warning her to stay away. The young jungle woman backed off, aware that she probably wasn't a match for a big ape. However, the ape lunged at her and she countered with a punch aimed at the ape's jaw.

"OOF!" Oua felt the blow hard. It took him a moment to recover from that punch. He'd forgotten how strong she was, obviously. But once he got his bearings back (no concussion!) he lunged at her, wrapping himself around her midsection, pinning her arms to the side. He grinned, eager to see how she would respond.

Emi struggled and wiggled, kicking her legs, pinned by the ape's strong arms. Then she stopped and kneed ape's midsection. Just like any big man, the ape dropped Emi on the branch. Winding up her leg, she roundhouse kicked the ape (in reality, a thick and sturdy part of Oua's body) to send the imaginary ape plummeting over the side of the branch.

"Outssssssssstanding, Emi!" he said. "Now, the fight isssssssss over. Come back to 'reality'. I'm going to give you a rewarding massssssssage."

The image of the ape dissipated, replaced by Oua. Emi immediately stood straight up, panting and sweating, but still smiling so Oua could wrap her back up. As the tail curled around her waist, she said, "Yes, Oua," at his suggestion of the well-earned massage.

As his tail curled around her legs, she straightened out, staying still. She stared off into nothing, that grin still on her lips. Even though she was off in another world, Oua's scales felt softer than when she wasn't hypnotized--in a way, that was the point. She probably looked adorable right now, too.

The feeling of silk began to engulf Emi. She already liked how Oua’s scales felt around her. Now they were irresistible. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath and sighed. Simultaneously, the noise-cancelling effect silenced the sounds of the surrounding jungle. All she could hear was Oua’s sweet honey voice. She was in bliss.

"Are you comfortable, Emi?" he asked, just to make sure.

She remained still as Oua finished coiling her up until he had her in a comfy full-body coil burrito, and still standing. "Oh yes, I'm very comfortable," she said.

“May I take you sssssssomewhere elssssssse?” he asked.

“You may, Oua,” she replied.

Finally, now that Oua had her off the branch, he set off, absconding with her to spend some more time with him. But not before taking her utility belt with his tail, so she could have her things.

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Emi read a scientific paper on her iPad, about the COVID-19 virus next to a pond and small waterfall She was still deep in the jungle, but Oua stopped by her treehouse so they could pick up some supplies, before he took off with her again. His hypnosis had even worn off, she was just spending time with him. A babbling waterfall emptied into a pond. Emi was in the middle of a chapter about how protein spikes enabled the virus to attach itself to cells, and how scientists used those protein spikes to develop highly effective vaccines, which helped bring about the pandemic’s end. Most of Emi’s knowledge of the pandemic came from outside sources. The pandemic never reached Pomaika’I, and her parents, who lived through it, didn’t like talking about it.

Something dropped in front of her. Startled, she almost threw the iPad away (that would’ve been a disaster), but a quick inspection revealed it was Oua. She sighed, annoyed. “Shit, don’t sneak up on me like that!” she said.

“Sssssorry,” Oua replied. “I wassssss coming back from a walk, for lack of a better term.”

“Okay,” Emi replied, returning her attention back to the ebook. Simultaneously, Oua curled his tail and body underneath her, gently lifting her up while she kept reading, making a little bed of coils for her. Grinning, she leaned back against the coil seat.

She finished the chapter and put the iPad down. She stretched and reclined, crossing her legs and putting her arms behind her head. It was then that Oua raised his head above her, as if he wanted her attention. She sighed, sat up and faced him. “What is it?”

“I wassssss jusssssst wondering what you wanted to do today,” he said.

Emi shrugged. “I dunno”

“You… dunno? You mean, you don’t know?”

She thought, then shook her head. “No, really, I got nothing,” she said. “What do you want to do today?”

Oua grinned mischievously. “Oh, I have an idea,” he said. Abruptly, he pushed his face into hers, activating the hypnotic rings in his eyes. “Look into my eyes, pleassssssse,” he cooed. Surprised, Emi did and the rings reflected in her eyes.

Today was certainly going to be an interesting hypnotic adventure.