A Game of Don't
Hypnovember 2022, day 14. Prompt: Game
cw: hypnotic induction, no wakener, spiral(s)
Let's play a game.
It's easy. You start with 10 points. You lose one point each time you stare at the spiral. Understood?
Good.
So get on your mark, get set, andâ go! Don't stare at the spiral! You can look, but don't stare!
10
You did stare! Oh, no!
Let's try again. Don't stare!
9
You stared again!
It's okay, don't worry. Let's try again.
8
You stared again!
You've lost 3 points already. But there's still hope.
Once more. Remember, don't stare!
7
You stared longer this time.
This won't do!
Once more! You can do it!
6
You stared again, and even longer than before.
According to the dictionary, to stare is "to look fixedly, often with wide-open eyes".
You are looking at the spirals with wide-open eyes. It's almost as if you wanted to stare.
Let's try again.
5
Once more you stared at the spiral, and even longer than the previous times.
I understand. They're beautiful patterns. They're attractive. They`re enticing. Different colors and shapes in motion. Always drawing you towards their centers.
Try again.
4
You stare even longer each time.
The spirals are all so pretty, aren't they? Always moving, always changing, and yet always the same.
One more.
3
There's so much detail in each spiral. Some even look like tunnels, gateways into new spaces. Fascinating spaces.
And your mind may be feeling slower by now. Slowing down.
Down.
2
It would be so easy now to just stop and stare.
To stare and stare.
Stare and stare and stare.
Deeper and deeper.
Deeper and deeper into trance.
It's okay.
It's okay to be if you're in a trance by now.
It's okay of you just want to keep staring.
To keep going deeper.
You can only scroll down now, but don't worry.
I will not take your last point.
I will not leave you here without a spiral to stare at.
There will be one more, right below.
Stare at it. It's alright.
Let yourself go.
Now.
Drop
and sleep
with wide-open eyes.
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