It was just a normal Sunday night for the daughters of Triton. Ursula had Adella, and Attina in the grips of her tentacles on her bed, while the others sat off to the side, waiting for their mistress to command them. They just stared forwards… blankly staring off into space unknown… only responding to the command of their mistress…

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…..Yep

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Ah-hem… Ah, testing. Are the keys coming out correctly? Do I have to erase anything? No. Whatever, we'll fix it whenever.

Hello, this is your despicable, wretched, putrid narrator speaking. Seeing as none of these girls have much on their minds, I thought it best to try something a little different here. Until something else happens, it's probably best that I give you a small description of the situation these girls are in.

As you may realize, they are hypnotized to do Ursula's bidding; or so it may seem. To call it hypnosis would be a little inappropriate though. You see, there are several types of ways to gain control of a person's body, (aside from ventriloquism), and though most fall under the general term of hypnotism there are more specifics involved.

The spell Ursula was using right now on these girls, (let's call it hardcore hypnotism), is the same one she cast on Eric. By using Ariel's voice combined with her magic, she is able to use a soft noise to essentially block their minds from reaching the outside world. It essentially puts them into a dreamlike state where they can no longer control of their bodies outside of basic motor functions like breathing, or eating. It is an effective spell when used in a pinch, but it has its limits.

It requires the full concentration of the spell caster to keep the spell running effectively. If they are too far from their victims the spell will break, unless the user is willing to dedicate a very large expanse of magic to keeping the spell active. It can tire out a spell caster terribly in that sense. And because the spell is so reliant on the noise existing in conjunction with the magic, if either piece is separated from one another, the spell will break.

Take, for example, when Ursula still had Ariel's voice in her locket. The locket is a magical item that helps provide power to Ariel's voice beyond its normal capabilities. If the locket we destroyed at any point, not only would Ariel's voice return to its master, but it would be deprived of the magic that kept the victim under the spell. And because the spell blocks the mind from the world around it, that victim would leave their trance without any memory of what had just happened. It's like waking from a dream to find you slept walked all the way to Milwaukee in your underwear, unsure where the tattoos on your ass came from.

To pile onto that annoyance; if the spell caster's mind isn't clear enough, then the victim will just stand in place, unable to really work out what to do either than breathing, and eating when hungry. It's not the sort of spell that Ursula liked to use, but she was in a rush when hypnotizing Eric, and Ariel's sisters. She gets pretty sloppy when put under pressure, I'd say; but hey, the spell did its job. She would often mutter to herself that she'd attempt a more advanced spell on the girls once all the craziness died down, but don't we all procrastinate every now and then?

Speaking of more advanced spells; there's a more suggestive variety of hypnosis, (let's call it light hypnosis). This sort of hypnosis does not block the mind, but instead clouds it with suggestive imagery and noise. This sort of spell is less reliant on the spell caster's magic, but also relies on their ability to deceive their victim more. It also lets the victim actually be able to remote, and do certain things on their own, without the spell caster being around. (That is dangerous during the early stages though, and no recommended).

The spell caster will usually give their victim something they actually want to see or hear, and then use their magic to slowly implant it into their heads, shoving opposing thoughts into the subconscious. This sort of magic has a lasting impact on the victim, regardless of if the spell breaks or not, making it advantageous in that way. However, this spell breaks far easier than the last, because if the victim even catches even a whiff of something up, the spell is broken. The longer the spell is active though, the less this matters.

This is the sort of spell Ursula had wanted, but the situation was getting bad for her, and she had to resort to more brutal measures. Now there is even more brutal hypnosis that usually involves destroying the victim's memories, but at that point, why bother? You may as well reanimate a dead corpse and you would get the same results.

Ah, wait, it seems like something is happening; hold on.

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After a long night of violation and tentacles, the girls were finally given the order to go to bed and meet up at the throne room in the morning. Ursula had given them an extra command though; they should chat with each other before going to bed. Without uttering a single word, they obeyed her commands and swam off toward their room.

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This is awkward.

Since this particular spell involves blocking out the mind for the girls, to give them an order that involves them actually committing to something independently would be tricky. They would also be doing it away from Ursula, so she couldn't help them. So this meant that once the girls reached their rooms that for less than a second, the spell would have to let up in order to give them access to their word bank. To prevent them from escaping the hypnosis, the spell almost immediately shuts off access to the mind.

What this essentially means is that the girls are about to have a very interesting conversation.

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The moment of truth had come for the girls. They sat in their beds, blank eyed as always, waiting for the moment where their minds would open up for them. It would open for just long enough for them to accomplish their task of at least one word for each girl to speak.

The world flashed for what seemed like a blink before the girls expressions returned to their neutral state once more. This time, they were armed with knowledge.

"Broccoli," said Aquata.

"Boobies," replied Adella. (Wonder what was on her mind at the time?)

"Broccoli! Broccoli!" Aquata's voice became tense with rage.

"BOOBIES! BOOBIES!" Adella mimicked the tone of her sister.

"Tartar Sauce! Tartar Sauce…" Attina's soothing voice interrupted the quickly heating argument.

(Oh wow, two words; that's impressive right there.)

"Magic." Arista spoke dreamily to Aquata.

"Broccoli." Aquata was blunt as a board.

"Magic." Poor Arista sounded absolutely crushed by the news.

"Sponge." Andrina knew better. She had seen too much of the world for this to bring her down.

"Boobies!" Adella wanted to let her heart be known to all, against all the odds.

"Wumbo." Alana remained ever distant from her sisters; knowing full well the power she contained.

"Magic?" Arista could only try to keep her family together through the hard winter.

Alana's face was blank, but in its blankness was a stern resolve. "Wuh-m-bo!" She made certain to enunciate to the best that she could. The girls all had a blank look of nervousness to their faces faced with the power those words brought with them.

"Tartar Sauce." Attina's voice bore an element of warning to it. There was no telling what sort of dark secrets her sister had awakened.

(Ok. This is mostly BS, but you try working with this material and see how far it gets you.)

Suddenly, the voice of Ursula erupted from elsewhere.

"SHUT UP!"

And the girls dropped onto their beds like rocks.

Hey everybody, this is looking to be the second to last bonus chapter I do. The loose ends I wanted to clear up have been tightened, and the ones I wanted to leave ambiguous are doing their job. I wanted just one silly chapter before I took off though and chose to have it be here.

This was a very fun chapter for me to do, and I'm glad I've got it done. Wumbo!