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Helios Sunrider · 05-10-2020, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

"Hi, I'm Nina." She greeted the boy without much of a smile, before turning to their Professor. "We'll take... that one, I guess," the one he was holding. Rufus, right? Who named a wampus 'Rufus' anway? It was a ridiculous name. "You can hold his leash," she said, looking back at Zach.

"Ni-na. Nina...Nice to meet you, Nina. My name is Zachary, and I have a plan." She didn't seem very happy to be here, but to him, that meant he just had to try harder to make things exciting. After a deep breath, he mustered up a big smile. "I don't know if it's a good idea, or a bad idea, but it sure is an idea."

Closing his deep blue eyes, Zach put two fingers at each of his temples, as if he had a migraine. "Wampus can read minds using legilimency, right?" Taking another deep breath, the boy crouched in front of the wampus kitten Rufus, eyes still closed. "If we show that our intentions are good, maybe we can convince this little guy to cooperate."

Taking his fingers from his head, Zachary took the leash in one hand. The Hufflepuff wasn't an expert at occlumency, but he knew some tricks. "Imagine each of your thoughts are on a card, and put them back in the deck until your mind is clear." One more deep breath. It was going to be all or nothing. "And then you choose the cards you want to play."

Opening up his pretty blues, it was time for him to play his hand as he made eye contact with the six legged kitten. One by one, he let a curated list of memories and thoughts enter his mind. It felt like damming a raging river, but his will held strong. Opening with an image of the Wampus House crest at Ilvermorny, he moved on to a memory of hiking through the mountains in the Southwestern United States three summers ago with his family, the sun shining bright in his mind. "..country roads, take me home..." Zach sang some dumb old song at a whisper, unable to untangle the song from that memory.

Shuffling the deck in his mind, Zach began to play cards from today, starting with breakfast. Bacon, eggs, sausage and toast. He did his best to focus on the bacon and sausage, trying to recall the smell and the taste. Letting the memory of bacon linger in his mind, next he went back to only a few minutes ago, watching Streaky run the obstacle course. Of course, he omitted the part where the cat took off into the air. "Help me out, and I'll introduce you to the wonders of bacon."

This was his gambit. Zachary knew it was careless, but he had to cast out any doubts he had when he cleared his mind. He could already be hypnotized, and not even know it. If he failed, it would be up to Nina, and maybe the professor, to clean up his mess.

05-10-2020, 07:28 PM	#229 (permalink)
Helios Sunrider DoM Puffskein Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Twilight Zone Posts: 1,391	Have a bad feeling about this.. Quote: Originally Posted by ArianaBlack "Hi, I'm Nina." She greeted the boy without much of a smile, before turning to their Professor. *"We'll take... that* one, I guess," the one he was holding. Rufus, right? Who named a wampus 'Rufus' anway? It was a ridiculous name. "You can hold his leash," she said, looking back at Zach. "Ni-na. Nina...Nice to meet you, Nina. My name is Zachary, and I have a plan." She didn't seem very happy to be here, but to him, that meant he just had to try harder to make things exciting. After a deep breath, he mustered up a big smile. "I don't know if it's a good idea, or a bad idea, but it sure is an idea." Closing his deep blue eyes, Zach put two fingers at each of his temples, as if he had a migraine. "Wampus can read minds using legilimency, right?" Taking another deep breath, the boy crouched in front of the wampus kitten Rufus, eyes still closed. "If we show that our intentions are good, maybe we can convince this little guy to cooperate." Taking his fingers from his head, Zachary took the leash in one hand. The Hufflepuff wasn't an expert at occlumency, but he knew some tricks. "Imagine each of your thoughts are on a card, and put them back in the deck until your mind is clear." One more deep breath. It was going to be all or nothing. "And then you choose the cards you want to play." Opening up his pretty blues, it was time for him to play his hand as he made eye contact with the six legged kitten. One by one, he let a curated list of memories and thoughts enter his mind. It felt like damming a raging river, but his will held strong. Opening with an image of the Wampus House crest at Ilvermorny, he moved on to a memory of hiking through the mountains in the Southwestern United States three summers ago with his family, the sun shining bright in his mind. "..country roads, take me home..." Zach sang some dumb old song at a whisper, unable to untangle the song from that memory. Shuffling the deck in his mind, Zach began to play cards from today, starting with breakfast. Bacon, eggs, sausage and toast. He did his best to focus on the bacon and sausage, trying to recall the smell and the taste. Letting the memory of bacon linger in his mind, next he went back to only a few minutes ago, watching Streaky run the obstacle course. Of course, he omitted the part where the cat took off into the air. "Help me out, and I'll introduce you to the wonders of bacon."** This was his gambit. Zachary knew it was careless, but he had to cast out any doubts he had when he cleared his mind. He could already be hypnotized, and not even know it. If he failed, it would be up to Nina, and maybe the professor, to clean up his mess. __________________ In over his head Last edited by Helios Sunrider; 05-10-2020 at 07:38 PM.