As Starline shut the door behind him, J.J. eyed "his" office, all while staying completely still. It consisted of a small desk and a chair, and beside them was a dim lit lamp, next to it was a couch.
"Please lie down." He pointed at the couch, taking his clipboard and a pen in hand. He clicked on the pen to start taking notes. But J.J. hesitated to follow his command.
"U-uh..."
"Hmm... you seem... tense." He wrote some more notes. "Please, relax. I'm only here to help you through your emotional pains. You can trust me, just as a friend." He said in a manipulative way, faking a friendly smile, in order to convince her. "I need you to lie down and relax."
"O-okay." J.J. slowly paced towards the couch, not taking her eyes off of Starline. And similarly, Starline kept hie eyes on her as she made it to the couch, keeping a sharp, keen and sinister look in his ruby red eyes.
She sat on the corner of the couch slowly, still feeling mistrust for the platypus, but he dropped his tools and came along. He helped her lie down by gently gripping her shoulders and pushing her upper body back to the armrest of the couch, resting her head on a big, comfortable pillow. J.J. became even more nervous by the touch of his cold hands, and how he helped her lie down. A shivery breath escaped from her throat.
"Very good." He grinned. "Now, before we start, I'm going to teach you some very basic exercises. We first need to work on your breathing, an essential and powerful tool to help you relax. Take a breath in..." He demonstrated by inhaling through his nose. "...and out." He exhaled through his mouth slowly.
J.J. inhaled through her nose as he commanded, but another shaky breath escaped from her throat, and her breathings were not steady.
"S-sorry, I can't-"
He took some notes, then glanced at her calmly, touching her forehead. She could feel his hand, which was still ice cold.
"Shh. It's perfectly fine. I do notice your situation, and how difficult it is for you to let go. After all, this is just an exercise, and it takes time to perfect it. Try again. In... and out." At first he wondered why he was doing such things, but deep inside he knew his plans with her.
J.J. took another breath in through her nose and out through her mouth. This time, she began feeling a bit more relaxed.
"Relax. In... and out."
She did this exercise once again, feeling more and more relaxed and comfortable.
"Excellent. By now you should feel calm... comfortable." His voice began sounding extremely calm and hypnotic. He adjusted his left glove and grinned at her. "Shall we begin?"
J.J. just nodded. "Mhm."
"Very well..." He walked over to the desk and opened a drawer, taking out a single necklace with a charm which had a spiral symbol, then returned to her. "Focus your eyes on the charm, and listen clearly to my voice..." He began swinging the necklace sideways like a pendulum. "...and as you focus... and listen to my voice... you start to fall deeper... and deeper... into a state of trance... and relaxation. Relax..."
J.J. took another steady breath, feeling more and more relaxed as he spoke.
"By now... you feel tired... worn out of all energy. You want... to sleep. Close your eyes. Close them slow... and effortlessly..."
J.J. yawned and moaned, her eyes starting to fall and close.
He snapped his fingers. "...sleep."
Almost immediately, J.J.'s head bobbed down, and she completely fell asleep.
"Sleep..." He spoke slowly and calmly. "Sleep..." He shook the girl just a bit to make sure she had completely dozed off, and grinned. "Heh heh... that couldn't have been more easy. How such a mind could be so effortlessly taken over..."
He carefully scooped the sleeping rabbit in his arms, opening a portal with the last bit of energy his Warp Topaz had, and stepped through it, taking the girl hostage to his master's base.
