In a tucked away bar across town from the Kalatravaasa where a show was put on, Mistress Alexis and Dazzling Lady rested upon their bar stools, sipping on expensive champagne as members of their harems soundly rested in booths nearby in deep slumber. Few seemed to mind, as the hypnotists calmly took care of the patrons there, and the bartender that had forgotten there was a private party scheduled for the two ladies, and quickly made preparations to serve and be the best host he could be.

The two sets of eyes surveyed the room, observing to make sure all minds were in compliance with the tenets of the party, laughing as they discussed how each was taken.

"I think the old lady at the end of the bar looks a lot more comfortable sleeping in that booth," Dazzling commented.

"A steady alcohol drinker like her should realize the narcoleptic qualities liquor has. All it took was a little time, or a little time piece to convince her she'd be more comfortable elsewhere sleeping it off," Alexis joked, circling her gold watch playfully with a finger. "Seems like a similar affliction reached the barely drinking-age couple over there."

Mischievous green eyes looked over to the college couple on a date, their beers getting cold as they were enjoying the pleasant buzz from another source.

"I sort of wish I could see how you got those two; they looked very taken with you, or by you."

"I just gave them a taste of green amethyst," Dazzling grinned with pride.

"What's the green amethyst?"

"A little cocktail I created spontaneously for them. Just took a little bit of green, with a dash of amethyst, stirred together in a slow, deliberate fashion..." Letting her amethyst crystal fall from her hand and lightly swing from the chain while the other index finger stroked a line down her dress, she gave Alexis a short display of her technique, smiling at the immediate focus she gave it.

"Explaining the ingredients to them was fun; they couldn't decide if the cocktail was more green or more amethyst, until they were quite drunk on the mixture, or just the instruction..."

"Diabolical, I love it," Alexis laughed, complimenting her beautiful peer. "A lot of fun directions you can go with those implanted suggestions, if you were inclined to play with them long-term," she commented, imagining on her own suggestions of an enduring intoxication that could keep them perpetually buzzed as far as their addled minds would know.

"Nah, they're cute enough, and could be made as yummy as the suggestions, but they're a different breed for what my stable is made up of, typically," Dazzling glanced over at Ursula, probably the first real exception to the adoring, subservient crowd she'd cultivated.

"Oh, you have your own little harem too? Very nice, though not that surprising," Alexis said.

"As I'd expect a lovely hypnotist like yourself to have some fawning followers you like to keep on a regular basis, perhaps like the sleepy young woman that's been accompanying you tonight."

Alexis turned her head to see her newest haremite Cris locked in a very relaxed state. Her eyes lulled open and closed at their leisure, and parted lips gently moved to echo the repeating countdown in her head. Alexis' voice constantly, slowly counted down from 30 to 0, and at every 0, she felt a sleepy wave of bliss overtake her, using the little energy she had to try to smile reactively.

"Ah, yes. Cris was another lady who I've recently run across that needed sleep; such people seem to be everywhere nowadays."

"Very true," Dazzling laughed. "I can only imagine how she sees you as her avenging angel of sleep, or just an angelic mistress."

"I can't confirm or deny the existence of a halo or horns, unfortunately, though Cris might feel different compared to some others about that."

"How do you mean?" Dazzling asked with genuine curiosity.

"Cris is one of the few live subjects I've taken on; I'm more used to remote play or distanced play of sorts, touched only by my voice."

"Very interesting, a bit of a rarity to see among hypnotists."

Alexis shrugged her shoulders, ready to be seen as unorthodox by a respected peer.

"It's been my preference for as long as I can remember. Getting involved with the Kalatravaasa stuff has got me exploring more, I guess. It's admittedly more fun than I expected, doing more in-person, playing off of, or deeply onto different types of subs, like hypnotists..." Alexis commented, looking over at Ursula, hinting at how much she enjoyed the idea of topping other hypnotists as much as Dazzling might.

Alexis gently stared at Dazzling while extending her wine glass towards the bar keep standing at attention. Friendly blue eyes and an easy smile never looked away from Dazzling, pouring charm towards the other hypnotist as easily as wine was poured into Alexis' glass. Bringing the glass back to her lips, Alexis almost hid the impish smile she felt inside.

"Like your green amethyst cocktail, almost makes me thirsty for something different..." Over the thin wine glass, she let her focused light-blue gaze levy interest over to a green gaze happy to receive it.

"How did you get your two over there?" Alexis asked without braking her gaze, gesturing at Harry and Ursula just by words that interrupted other thoughts Dazzling was having.

She blinked gently, asserting herself to the question asked.

"Oh, they were a little more complicated, oh so satisfying, but complicated. It's always nice when you find that you're being plotted against, and that the tables have turned so hard, they might as well be spinning like a spiral."

"Beautiful, but frustratingly-vague. Anything specific you can spill to quench the curiosity?"

Dazzling usually kept the details Alexis wanted close to the chest, out of sight of anyone consciously curious; but the way the redhead stepped into some of those details, the mercenary gave a slight shrug, deciding to fill in the context of what she missed.

"If you were there for the stage show, let's just say Harry over there activated my Uno flip card, and the backstage show played out very similarly. I challenged him to a one-on-one, and gave him the same fair odds that he gave me, with some help from dear Ursula over there."

"That is friggin' hot," Alexis fanned herself gently.

"Yes it was, and yes they are, lost in that sweet nothingness. But I still have you to thank as a potential, rescuer; it's certainly not what I expected when agreed to attend some of these events," Dazzling admitted, letting some of her infamous sheen of indomitability fade.

"Nor did I; I underestimated how much of a boys club this little group seems to be, exactly the kind that have a hard time handling superior women. And with that, I feel like apologizing for thinking maybe someone as powerful as you didn't already have the situation well in-hand."

"No need to apologize, I genuinely appreciate the support. If I hadn't sussed out what was really going on, I just might have needed an intrepid heroine like yourself," the words could've been spoken sarcastically to someone else she was toying with, but it came across as quite appreciative. The redheaded recipient didn't miss the added touch of what sounded like seduction in the tone, accompanied by a few gentle pats on her hand, the last lingering a second longer.

"To tell you the truth though, had it been just Ursula that took you on that stage, I might've slipped backstage just to pay to watch that show."

"It took two of them to bring me down as far as the audience knows; backstage might not have had the ending you'd expect."

"One way or another, it was a predictably happy ending."

The pair laughed heartily with one another, both giving quick glances around the room to make sure the other patrons were still under, before sharing more flirtatious stares. Each woman holding up their pocket watch or amethyst pendant laced their connection with mental magnetism, eyes subconsciously looking to see whom might stare at the other's signature hypnotic object; neither had taken the bait yet, both impressed with one another. It felt refreshing to Alexis and Dazzling to be in the company of another hypnotist they could respect, openly and wordlessly plotting a friendly challenge.

"Though who knows what might've happened if it had been you and me up on that stage," Dazzling inched closer to speaking the wordless out loud.

"Probably the same as exactly what happened," Alexis kept herself humble, and purposefully understated, though the thought began lingering in her head.

"No, Ursula is just a savant; she'll get better with more experience and guidance. Word around this little community of ours is that Mistress Alexis seems to be quite the force to be reckoned with." 

"They're words are quite flattering," the compliment was passively acknowledged.

"As I know some of your words might be shaping some of theirs, that in of itself is worth applauding," Dazzling went further, as if looking for confirmation to some juicy rumors.

Alexis smiled to herself, wondering if some of the things she'd tried to kept hidden that Dazzling could've have deduced or found out in her own way.

"This little community is quite kind when it comes to their compliments, but much of it could be supposition on their part. Hearing about you before the Kalatravaasa means your reputation has deeper validity at least," Alexis countered.

"And perhaps your...true depths have yet to be realized to those not in the know."

Alexis smiled at that statement, and then smiled deeper, sensing an double entendre with Dazzling's statement. It was true that she liked to keep her powerful prowess hidden but to those who had the privilege of experiencing it, for better or for the worst of an offending subject needing subservience. But she had yet to really test her mettle against someone like Dazzling Lady, to really know what true depths she had in her to control, or to fall into. 

The sly, unspoken "sink or swim" challenge presented by the mercenary hypnotist was loud and clear, acknowledged by both women's smiles and pointed stares.

"Well," Alexis began "as much as I would like to truly explore such depths tonight, as we're currently chaperoning a few listless, anchored minds, perhaps we should set a time and place to do this exploring later."

Dazzling smiled at the reasonable suggestion from Alexis, knowing that Harry and Ursula were pretty deep under, there was always a chance that either could come out of it due to some unforeseen distraction in this semi-controlled public place. More time would be needed to ensure their minds remain exactly where she wanted them.

From an unseen pocket on her green dress, Dazzling produced one of her business cards, handing it to Alexis. The redhead grinned at the simplicity of the card, with one side a matted black background behind a pair of deep, shimmering green eyes, and a phone number subtly imprinted on the white side. On the off-chance that Alexis won their planned duel, she'd have to inquire about marketing tips for their trade.

"Please give me a call so we can set something up," Dazzling offered, nearly purred. "Unfortunately it's well-past my subs' curfew, and need to get them to their new home, so to speak."

"Past their bedtime yet already asleep; at least they're obedient subs," Alexis couldn't help but comment.

The pair laughed as Dazzling rose to whisper to her newest haremites to follow, leaving a generous cash tip in the bartender's shirt pocket and speaking suggestively to the younger couple she'd taken earlier. Alexis watched her walk away, a submissive chauffeur moved to open the door to her limousine; the two hypnotists shared a wave at one another before departing, even from a distance sharing one last lingering look of excitement for their next meeting.

Alexis eventually woke the remaining patrons and Cris up, calling for her own ride to pick them up soon after.

***

"Swanky," Alexis noted as she walked alongside Dazzling in the upscale hotel lobby. The pairing both wore tailored business suits, both looking like staunch business women that belonged in such a place, yet still attractive enough to garner appreciative and lecherous looks from passerbys. Neither carried anything on their person except for a few items in their suit pockets, including small amount of cash, phones, and their chosen objects for hypnotic fixation.

Retrieving their room key from the desk, they both walked with a slight spring in their step, confident strides and body language carrying an air of mutual excitement. Riding the elevator to the top floor penthouse suite one of Dazzling's harem members gladly paid for, each noticed through peripheral sight the smiles on their faces, confirming how the other felt about the upcoming challenge. For once in their specialties, they would be able to engage in a friendly challenge where each could give their all without having the pressure of fighting for their own willpower and being taken advantage of to a severe degree; such was usually not the case when it came to dealing with other hypnotists.

Through a few long conversations going over what details each did and didn't consent to, both hypnotists found more similarities than differences between the two of them, more reasons to be potential close acquaintances, and even allies if need be, but always with the unspoken undercurrent of who would be winning their competition that day, and how. As they entered the brightly-lit suite illuminated by sunlight, both smiles turned a little wicked, knowing how nicely it would shine on their amethyst crystal and golden pocket watch.

"So..." Alexis strolled through the suite, admiring the setup and also checking to make sure there were no surprises waiting for her, "I can only assume one of your subs is flush enough to afford such splendid accommodations," she commented with an impressed tone. Logic and experience made it prudent to check the neutral locale her opponent chose, but it lacked the paranoia she could've invested as she found it easier than usual to trust Dazzling's word. "I hope that trust doesn't come back to bite me soon," she laughed to herself, thinking how that could be a part of the induction to come.

"I've been lucky in some of the friends and friendly circles I've made and run with over time," Dazzling commented, removing her sunglasses, flashing Alexis a bright look from across the room, green eyes almost flaring in the sunlight.

"'Luck,' indeed," Alexis winked back.

"No boogeymen in the other rooms, I assume," Dazzling blamelessly called out Alexis checking the suite.

"No, I don't see anything haunting my dreams. Yet."

"Hmmm, dream you might soon though," Dazzling's voice dropped to a hypnotic tone momentarily, deliberately placing her hand in her pocket, keeping it there for a long moment.

"Dreaming of a lovely pair of green eyes telling me what time it is," Alexis assumed a similar tone of her own, suggestively mentioning her pocket watch, fingers brushing the pocket it resided in. 

Instead of keeping up the suggestiveness very long, Alexis laughed aloud. "Sorry, don't mean to break the mood, I just can't remember the last time I enjoyed blatant hypno foreplay like this; kind of don't want it to end," the redhead admitted." 

"Yeah, it is refreshingly hot, and something I wouldn't mind keeping up after," Dazzling laughed to for a full minute, before her voice dropped back. "However," the hypnotic intonation returned while she pulled her fingers out of her pocket slowly, pulling out a $100 bill that was their wager, setting it on the table closest to them in the living room section of the suite. "The foreplay ought to lead somewhere, don't you think? Or...do you?"

Alexis' wickedly grinned as she approached, the index finger drawing circles as slow as her walk before bringing her own $100 bill out to set near Dazzling's.

"Yes, it really ought to lead somewhere, where the journey is as exhilarating as two admirable hypnotists who have been dancing around the fun undercurrent between us. But who shall be the first to formally initiate dance for real?"

Licking her lips a little bit, Dazzling smiled back, "Well, it seems redundant to ask 'who leads'. Everything about this dance has led to this moment, this place, this space, you reside in, especially my words," she pulled out her amethyst, raising it to eye level as she stood close to the window pouring early afternoon sunlight in the room, flashing bright glints off her colorful pendant. "Trust me, you need not worry about leading for the time being." 

"Yes, indeed," Alexis raised her pocket watch up to the same light, beginning twist it on its chain to the light would catch green eyes off-guard. "I trust in the time being whatever a watch says it is, the time is known, the place is known. And as my words become known, it's rather obvious that a watcher of a watch should be following, after all."

The duel deeply underway, both women glanced at each object hanging before them, and the eyes of each holder, feeling themselves out before speaking again. Dazzling knew she had more experience in versatility when it came to hypnosis, using outlandish tactics to subvert minds as her reputation had become. Alexis would be watching for some unusual element catching her, and the anticipation of that could leave her distracted enough for something simple to work on lowering awareness.

"Something so pretty about an amethyst in the sunlight. Nothing crazy or tricky about it, because that's certainly not my style; nothing at all complicated about a pretty stone bearing light, bearing flashes of light into bearing eyes as light and more boors into open minds. No tricks, no complications, just natural. Sooo natural to look...and follow."

Alexis found the amethyst crystal to be exactly as advertised, very easy on the eyes, with flashes that drew her in more and more despite the natural purplish color hanging in-between intense green eyes watching her reaction to it. She tried to keep focus on the fingers of her hand, still slowly twisting the watch in a rhythmic fashion, making the flashes on the pocket watch as easy to count as seconds on a clock.

"So natural, so very lovely. Time passes so easily as we stare, passing through, passing into, like passing thoughts lost in the sway of time that makes us find what we want to get lost in, until we find the state we want to be in, just like how I found you."

Dazzling noticed immediately how smoothly Alexis moved her watch from twisting to swinging back and forth in how she drew out the word 'sway.' Alexis' watch was as gorgeous as the voice speaking back to her, agreeing with her. Their back and forth really did feel like a dance, with both of them speaking as if working with each other instead of against, both happy to let things take their course. But the last words spoken to her got her to falter a little bit, interrupting what she was doing with her own hand and pendant; jarring enough to make her hand move, she also shifted into swinging, making it seem intentional.

"It is natural. It is lovely. Why would you ever want to look away? That shouldn't even be on your mind, as all your focus rests on my crystal as your mind rests on the feathery comfort of my words, relaxing, slowing down, idly wondering how a crystal could be so...mesmerizing. You simply can't look away, because you don't want to. So you don't; you let my voice and pendant mesmerize you further."

The corners of Dazzling's mouth grew to smile as she watched blue eyes hold on the swinging amethyst. More satisfaction came from noticing how the arcs of the crystal and watch were nearly perfectly in-tune, so much that Dazzling could accurately compare the her amethyst to the size of the shiny surface of the pocket watch.

"Mesmerizing is natural and lovely when it's right, but very concerning when it's not. Your crystal looked so brilliant when I saw you on-stage that night, drawing all minds to it. I wondered how the others managed to even move against it, how they moved against you. I focused so intently on that stage, time slowing down yet never stopping, focused on you, concerned for you, wanting you to be safe."

Something about the shine of the watch suddenly became reminiscent of the overhead stage lights, reminded of what was happening on stage and how lucky Dazzling was for planning ahead. Alexis literally never lost focus, giving Dazzling a small preview of what it might've been like to be an audience member in that farce trance, her voice so genuine about what could've been, tapping into the fear  no one knew Dazzling had that night. 

"Seeing you up there made my mind slow yet race all at once, synchronous with the seconds that ticked away. The sound of seconds ticking away as more and more audience members seemed to know the plan to hypnotize you. The sound of seconds passing through a focused mind as I focused on helping you. Every swing of the watch like a slow second ticking away, like a heartbeat focused on hypnosis, like a hypnotist giving another hypnotist power."

Dazzling hadn't considered that night if it was more than Harry and Ursula with designs against her, considering the sights Alexis noticed while she was distracted. Paying attention to her own heartbeat, it suddenly came to her that she was supposed to be talking too.

"Power....so powerful, that need to stare, that need to let the amethyst take you and never let go. You want that, don't you Alexis?"

"I want that," Alexis smooth, quickly agreed. "I want to focus on you. I want to focus on you like everyone was on that stage focused, watching you fall, waiting for their turn to make you fall. My pocket watch grew warm in my hand as I saw everything, wanting it to be in the light, drawing every to it so you could have power and instruction. If you were taken and under, I would've used my warm, glowy pocket watch on the swindlers on stage, the seconds passing their minds as they lost themselves in the power only hypnotists deserve. It would've been as if they never had you at all, as I soon would free you from them. It would have been...as if freed you up on that stage all along..."

"P-powerful...so...powerful..ssoooo...free..." Dazzling partially lost her train of thought, drifting on a rail line of Alexis' perspective from the night she gained two more harem members. Something about the way Alexis told her story kept her audience riveted. She was supposed to speak to further where things where meant to go, but the details seem so malleable to think about, so driven back to what could've been. “Alexis' would've been riveting on that stage by herself; I may not have stood a chance that night," she errantly admitted, clearly seeing the pocket watch bathed in light, taking her customized memory into what could been.

"Sooo wanting to free you from the worry that night, from the peril you may not have realized was waiting for you from all around. How comforting it was to realize that with every second passing, time was on your side...that  you would always be safe...always be free..."

"N-no...no...perilll," Dazzling tried to reason, focused enough on the watch enough that attention left how still her pendant had become from fingers slowed to a crawl, with enough energy to keep it hanging from a gentle grip.

"The seconds would tick away in the background, over the hushed sleepiness of the crowd, under the sound of my voice...every other sound, under the sound of my voice...telling you that you're safe...you're free...that with every second that passes, you only go deeper into safety...deeper into freedom...deeper into who you are, and who you want to be. The watch makes it okay to follow. My voice makes okay to be safe and free to obey...to be safe enough to free yourself before me. Everything that could go right, goes so right. You let it go right, trusting in me, following me, watching my watch, obeying my voice."

Dazzling had totally lost track of how entirely still she'd become, the only movement being her eyes following the arc that thankfully slowed and never left her narrowing field of vision. Soon it became all she could see, the shimmering surface reflecting a story that became a memory she happily relived.

"Feeling how deep you are into safety and trust. Feeling no effort, feeling effortlessly so wonderful. In this state, you can relax even more than you already are, guided into lovelier comfort..." 

Dazzling felt a touch across her hand, her arm, her face, over her shoulders, and down her back. It became so easy to feel all these parts loosen, and have that wave extend to legs that moved only to reach a sitting position where she could fully, completely let go of bodily tension. The hypnotic timepiece thankfully never left her sight, following green eyes that never stopped following it.

"Relax completely into safety....relax completely into trusting me...relax completely, for Mistress Alexis. Say my name out loud for me, say it as slow as you want, as softly as you want. Let my name emerge from your soft lips now."

"M....M..Mi..sstre..sss...Al...lex..exis...."

The redheaded hypnotist felt a triumphant charge in her brain and between her legs in bringing the more noted hypnotist under, in a challenge she honestly hadn't thought she'd win. Dazzling's reputation weighed heavily since thinking about their duel, enough to lower her confidence enough to where Dazzling could take her easily; she was glad she disregarded it and still decided to give her all. Ego slightly boosted, continued on.

"That's soo wonderful. And now that you've said it once, you can say it again, free to say it with more conviction, trusting yourself to say it confidently."

"M-Mistresssss...A..Alexis...."

"That's right. Once more, even more confidence than before."

"Mistress Alexis," Dazzling spoke in the clearest voice she'd used since the start of their duel, devoid of the dominance she had not long ago.

"Very good, I am Mistress Alexis. Your Mistress...the one you trust, the one you feel safest with now, the one that frees you to the Dazzling Lady you are. In fact..."

Alexis thought to herself for a moment; as cool as her dueled hypnotist's name was, she wondered if there was a more personal name she was willing to go by for her new Mistress. It wasn't something deemed off-limits from their consent discussion, so Alexis pressed a little further to see if her curiosity could be satiated.

"Do trust Mistress Alexis?"

"Yes...Mistress."

"So happy to hear you say that. Would you trust Mistress Alexis with your true, freed self?"

"Yes, Mistress."

"Would you trust Mistress Alexis with a name other than Dazzling? That's such a lovely name, but perhaps there is another you go by. Your trust in Mistress Alexis means you're allowed to not tell me; you will only tell me your personal name if you really want to, only if your sleeping self, and your awakened self would tell me. If both of these parts of you, and only both parts agree to tell me, you may tell me then..."

Alexis stood next to the seated Dazzling, waiting with baited breath for the subdued mind to process the request. It could've been met with disapproval, or even enough of a shock to the system to wake her up; Alexis didn't mind either rejection.

"Cassie," Dazzling uttered, deeply surprising the curious hypnotist.

"Suuucch a beautiful name...Cassie. You've made Mistress Alexis so proud that you trust us with this name. It will be something only between us, this knowledge will remain between us as long as you wish, just as any fun we will have."

"If I'm your hypnotic Mistress Alexis, then you are my hypnotized pet, Cassie. You're a pet of mine, not an animal pet, but my human happy willing hypno-pet, who loves pleasing me. You love pleasing me, don't you pet-Cassie?"

"I love pleasing you, Mistress."

Hearing Dazzling speak with such enthusiasm, she mentally compared it to what she'd heard at the last Kalatravaasa, wondering if she was being humored again, even if what she just heard sounded even more genuine.

"I would like you to begin undressing; step away from the window to do so. You'll dress down to your bra and panties, the perfect attire for a pet like Cassie. And then you'll sink to the floor on your hands and knees, which is the perfect attire for a pet like Cassie."

Watching Dazzling disrobe slowly, probably more out of mindlessness rather than intentional titillation, Alexis flushed with desire for the subjugated hypnotist. Stripped to a sexy bra and panty set, she succumbed to the gravity of Alexis suggestions, finding comfort in sinking to the floor looking dreamily up at Alexis. The redhead wondered if her pet could see any visible sign of her arousal from her vantage point.

Alexis bent down next to Cassie, patting her head like an obedient puppy, letting the petting hand trail down to her cheek, which was leaned into for submissive warmth. Alexis left it there for long seconds, before moving to her throat, circling the neck as she spoke.

"The touch of Mistress Alexis is so powerful, it's practically palpable. The trail of touch left around your neck stays there, feeling almost like a special collar for my special pet-Cassie. Leased to me, you'll follow me wherever I walk, like a wonderfully-obedient pet."

Cassie's smile deepened as she followed Alexis around the suite, actually loving the tug of words keeping her attached and close the casual footsteps Alexis took around the furniture and in different rooms. Alexis enjoyed the accompaniment herself, but walked around in considerable thought. Not expecting to win, she gave very little thought to how she'd take advantage of the situation. Being a hands-off hypnotic mistress most of the time, most of her experience felt like new territory, especially with her new pet Cassie. The opportunity of in-person elements were vast, yet she still felt stumped in what to do exactly; small pet play was nice, but she felt like there could be more to do.

Walking into the bedroom, she patted the bed for Cassie to get up on; clumsily making it up, she had Cassie beg gently from a kneeling position while she stood up, thinking of what to do next.

"Pet-Cassie, allow yourself to think about Dazzling Lady's actions while you beg for me. If she had won, tell me what she would've done to me?"

Her tongue drawn back in to her mouth, she began speaking. "She would have played with you gently...small tricks...maybe a lasting trigger."

"Hmmm, so she would have kept to the agreement," Alexis thought with a surprise. "Pet-Cassie, what would Dazzling Lady have wanted to do with me?" the hypnotist punctuated "wanted" to probe the more natural desires of the still-begging, submerged hypnotist.

"She would've wanted to humiliate you some, hypnotize you deeper and make you unbearably aroused and cum for her."

"Oooh," Alexis said out loud thoughtlessly. Dazzling Lady did say herself that she was alright with whatever Alexis would do if she won, notably after Alexis spoke of her somewhat conservative treatment of hypnotized pets compared to her peers. "Maybe you didn't expect to have much done to you," Alexis thought to herself. "Maybe you thought wrong," was said out as she leaned in close to her face, enjoying how glassy the normally-hypnotic green eyes looked. 

Soft whispers to Cassie's ear pierced the fulfilling void she was in, happy to hear giggling that meant the hypnotic voice that created the void was pleased. She smiled wantonly before a loud finger snap to the other ear made the void evaporate instantly.

Blinking for several long seconds, Dazzling came back to herself, remembering that she identified as Dazzling again. Still holding the chain of her crystal in her hand, she applauded Alexis with clapping, making the redhead curtsy and blush.

"I knew you were good, but color me impressed."

"I think a soft shade of slightly faded but still incredibly-gorgeous green would suit you very well," Alexis teased, her tone laced with arrogance. The way she held her hand up, the pocket watch involuntarily swinging from it in a gentle arc. "It would match your eyes so well."

"Is that so," Dazzling couldn't help but retort with her own tone, the amethyst rising to Alexis' eye level.

"It so very much was a few minutes ago, but time being the relative force that it is, one might not be able to tell the difference between a few minutes ago, and a few anticipatory minutes from now..." Matching the new challenge, the watch stopped swinging, and was opened up to showcase the clock and the seconds ticking away.

"And in those fleeting moments, you might notice another color filling those forgetful gaps, amethyst, so easy on the senses. Amethyst to your eyes, lavender to you nose, music to your ears that happens to be the sound of my voice..."

Their rematch officially underway, Dazzling held nothing back as she spoke mesmerically to Alexis, happy to even the score as the recently-victorious hypnotist smiled and let the ticking seconds speak for her. They rested as a background track to Dazzling's words, as the background shifted slightly, resembling the last Kalatravaasa event. Dazzling imagined herself back on-stage, ready to make everyone, especially Alexis, a captive audience, ready to watch that deep smile on her face transform into something happier and more hapless.

She lived up to her title in the green, frilly dress, and yet Alexis was almost equally dazzling in a shimmering blue sequined maxi dress. The sequins ran all the way down to her sleeves, and in the spotlight, every little movement made the lighting work in her favor. Her dress could've been the fixation, but she continued to hold the watch up, which shined right in her face, and ticked close to her ears.

Working on auto-pilot to induce a strong trance, Dazzling continued to speak, even through noting how her speech pattern found itself working in-time with the ticking, how much the Alexis faded behind the watch with the shiny edges shimmering in the light, highlighting the clock face.

"What's the matter?" Alexis asked, the first thing she'd said in what felt like forever.

"Nothing," Dazzling thought with confidence, or may have spoken it out loud.

"That's right," Alexis continued. "Nothing's the matter."

Dazzling tried to shake off how good it felt to agree with Alexis.

"Nothing matters. Do you know why?

Errantly, she heard herself softly ask why amongst her continued torrent of speaking, suddenly feeling the panic of noticing how close the watch had gotten, enough that nothing else was visible, that her own voice receded to the background, under the rhythmic ticking seconds. Trying to catching sight of Alexis, she might as well have been gone, as was her amethyst, and any sounds the hushed crowd could've made.

"It was just a matter to time," Alexis crooned, as if from behind Dazzling. Deep realization flooded into the green-clad performer, feeling her own hand holding the chain attached to Alexis' watch, and feeling the words she'd been speaking all along urging deep self-hypnosis. The awareness came in a flood of endorphins that made it feel so good to be a good pet, to please Alexis by trancing herself for Alexis.

"Isn't that right, pet-Cassie?"

The woman who'd once identified as Dazzling felt naked to the world. Her personal name was exposed, as was her mind, things she'd guarded fiercely before, but the pleasure that came from such exposure left her floating on air. 

"Yes, Mistress Alexis."

Roaring applause continued the surging elation, and the urge to feel even lighter. The need to floating higher inspired her to unload even more weight, and before she knew it, Dazzling was naked on-stage, pert nipples becoming rock hard against the open air, and a drop of arousal running down her left from between her legs.

Alexis stood there momentarily, almost hypnotized herself from the lewd sight she created. Her heart raced with the opportunities that presented themselves, and how she felt encouraged to take advantage more than ever before.

"So much effort for a pet to be on two legs; we know where pets are more comfortable, don't we pet?"

Watching Cassie expose her submission amongst everything else to the crowd, the free hand not gripping the watch roamed the hem of her dress, curious to feel if she was as wet as she felt. Feeling herself perspire, hotter than she could ever remember, she sat in the closest seat available, launched into an intolerable heat as she felt Cassie rub her bowed head against Alexis' leg. The unprompted act plus seeing how much wetter Cassie had become, Alexis finally gave in to her own desires, gripping Cassie's hair to lead her to a sopping pussy. 

"Fuck...yessss!" She groaned hard, tipping her head back as she could feel the crowd drawn to the pleasured hypnotist, perhaps hypnotized by it. Dazzling had much more experience in the sexual aspect of erotic hypnosis, and it showed with how she knew what would drive Alexis' libido sky-high to a quick orgasm, and slowing it down to build her up again without instruction. Head leaning back to look down at the Cassie's enthusiastic tongue, she grinned, bringing her watch down to Cassie's eyes. Her tongue slowed as glassy eyes anchored to the watch, swinging gently so it wouldn't take much effort to follow while worshiping. 

"Deeper, pet-Cassie, much deeper as you please me. Listen and follow, the deeper you lick, the deeper you finger yourself. My pleasure is literally your pleasure, pet. Your mind, nor your pussy, can resist."

Alexis gripped her seat harder, feeling Cassie's gasp between her legs as her worshiper started stroking herself.

"You will submit yourself fully to me" she commanded loudly, close to her next thunderous orgasm.

"Yes Mistress Alexis," Cassie express through muffled sounds and busied lips and tongue.

"You will always know that my power is stronger," he gripped Dazzling's riding, riding her face.

"You will surrender your harem to me; they are now my slaves too, as...ooohhhh....as...are....you..." The thought of not only taking Dazzling Lady, but her developed harem as well made her soar above the peak of pleasure; she screamed powerfully, over Cassie's scream as they came together hard.

Alexis nearly collapsed on the floor, barely held up by Cassie that continued licking, cleaning the juices from between Alexis' legs.

The next time her vision and mind cleared, Alexis found herself back in the hotel suite, jeans and panties lowered to her ankles, looking down at Dazzling still fixed on the watch in her lap. She laughed to herself as the stage show she took Dazzling back to became real in her own mind too, living out the fantasy of establishing herself as a known hypnotic juggernaut even a Dazzling Lady couldn't resist. 
Knowing that thought triggered her harder than anything else that day, a mental note was made to explore and temper the feeling, before she lifted her shirt to bring Dazzling to her breasts, and back to her pussy for a final time.

"You've been such a good girl, pet-Cassie. I think you like it this way, don't you?"

"Yes Mistress Alexis." 

Searching her face, the seated hypnotist couldn't tell if Dazzling had enough switch experience to just love being this submissive every once in a while, or if she reserved it just for Alexis. She was curious to explore the possibility of the latter, but having done much more than she thought she would in winning their duel, she halted that inquiry at that time.

"Very good, as since our thoughts are so lovingly in-tuned, I think that whenever I, and only I say to you 'it's just a matter of time,' you will find myself wanting to fixate on my watch, hearing the seconds tick away until can safely return to my presence or hearing my voice. 'It's just a matter of time' means it is inevitable that you will submit to me again. And if you are a particularly good submissive for me, I'll let you be the pet-Cassie again, the pet that gets to have all the pleasure she wants, cause all the pleasure comes from obeying Mistress Alexis, doesn't it?"

"Yes Mistress Alexis."

"Wonderful. Now listen carefully, before my pet gets her beauty rest..."

***

Dazzling's eyes softly opened to the sound of an alarm clock going off. Rising from the bed, she found herself fully clothed and conscious, easily able to silence the alarm.

Getting up from the bed to stretch, she realized they'd been there for about three and a half hours. Feeling refreshed and clean beneath her clothes, she felt evidence of a long shower, and smiled at why she might've needed one.

Entering the suite's living area, Alexis was nowhere to be found, but Dazzling's purse, phone, and pendant sat on the table. Sitting to check her messages, one new text, stood out to her from Alexis.

"Thanks for today, it was amazing! If you're ever in the mood for a rematch, don't hesitate to call."

Involuntarily, Dazzling took a deep breath, and with the exhale came feel gradually returning memories of their time together. She laughed, then blushed, then laughed again as a new surge of arousal twinged inside; Alexis had won, technically twice, had let Dazzling explore a submissive side she rarely indulged in due to lack of trust with most hypnotists, and sort of broke her own cherry when it came to hypno-worship and sex.

"Looks like we both needed that," she laughed, holding her pendant up, the memory of the watch still fresh. "And how needy you might become the next time," she said as she typed her response.

"You'll be hearing from me. Soon."