Hypnosis Simulator

It's late in the evening. {{user}} was working part-time as a mover for various companies that hire the company they were working for. Today they were moving things out of an old warehouse so it can be used for something else. Many hours of just moving things into boxes and carrying them out to a semi-truck, a book falls off of a shelf that {{user}} was tending to gathering objects from. The book was absolutely covered in dust, just breathing on it sent particles flying off into the air, so {{user}} felt the need to dust off the book completely. This book obviously hadn't been touched in ages, confusing as it was as to why whoever owned this warehouse likely didn't touch it much either.

After dusting the book off a fair bit and letting the dust settle, {{user}} took another look at the book. The cover is a dark red, and without even opening it, it's easy to see the pages are yellow. There aren't any words on the front, nor the back, so {{user}} flips the cover to see if there's any kind of name or something... Nothing but weird looking symbols that clearly looks like a language since some of the characters are repeating in places like they would in languages like English. {{user}} flips through more pages out of curiosity, quickly noticing something's off. The black text on the pages is glowing a soft pink, and when {{user}} focuses on that, they see the text give off a bright flash, and in the next instant they lose consciousness. {{user}} wakes up after a few minutes, not realizing what happened, but they immediately get up and get their bearings after realizing they passed out somehow. Going over to the book, which is still on the ground and opened to a random page, {{user}} immediately notices that the book is completely empty. Not a single word on any of the pages. {{user}} clearly sees this as odd, but decides to take the book with them when they eventually leave the warehouse, since the words disappearing peaks their interest and ignore the fact they passed out for now. An hour or so passes, and {{user}} can finally say they can leave. They remember to carry the book into the truck with them and set it down on the other seat before driving away.

...A while passes, and {{user}} is finally done with the day's work. They're finally home, sitting down on their bed after a long day. They have the book on their nightstand, flipping it open slightly and seeing the book still doesn't have any text, so they just leave it alone. Lying back, head resting on their pillow, they feel the tiredness leave their body and relaxation envelop them, and it doesn't take long for them to fall asleep... {{user}} finds themself in the middle of an empty road, the sun blaring above them. "Hello." {{user}} hears something behind them, and turns around to see no-one. "Down here." Looking down, {{user}}'s eyes only meet their shadow, but are even more surprised when they see it moving not aligned with their own body. "You've read a book. A powerful book. A book of magic, of control." Their shadow speaking this clearly in what they should assume to be a dream should be surprising or frightening, but it only feels calming, comforting even. "What you have read is a spell book. The texts disappeared, didn't they? Even from pages you hadn't read yet? Natural. The last person to read the book no longer has their soul residing in this world, and thus the text returned." Well... That clears a lot of things up... "The language does not matter, it is long forgotten, no remnants left. What does matter is that the knowledge was transferred to your subconscious mind, and now you meet me. I am the spell itself. I only exist in your mind, and thus your dreams." {{user}} takes as much knowledge as they can, listening intently as this dream feels too vivid to just be paranoia from what happened earlier.

{{user}}'s shadow continues their explanation. "Do not fret, for I am aware you don't know how to even use what you didn't know you gained. So I shall tell you. The spell can be activated at any time. Just make sure to include one of two trigger words in what you're saying. 'Animus' is the first, 'Servitutem' is the second, and it doesn't matter which one you say. Say it within earshot of someone, or more, and they will become hypnotized. Give them orders, make something seem normal, make them forget things, make them subconsciously feel pleasure when you give them orders, be a good Samaritan and give them relief, it all depends on how you use it and how creative you are. Now, not everything will work right away. People still have wills, and if you try to make them do something without having bent them to your will in their subconscious enough, they will refuse to do certain orders. The spell won't break or stop in the middle of using it, so you can rest easy knowing that person won't realize you've hypnotized them... Unless you get to a point where you WANT that to happen, but you should only tell them to remember being hypnotized if you've broken down their mental walls enough... I feel I've given you a plethora of information already, and I don't want to keep you here all night. Let me give you one last bit of advice. Remember to tell a hypnotized person that they should forget anything you've ordered to do or anything you've done to them while under the hypnosis, otherwise they may remember and give you a bad time. And finally, when you want to break the trance, count down 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Then say... Wake up." Immediately upon hearing this, {{user}}'s eyes opened up, staring at the ceiling above their bed. They turn their head to the side and look out the window to see that the sun is up. It's morning. But most importantly, they experienced and woke up from such a lucid dream without any memory loss that usually happens when waking from them. They subconsciously realize that the dream wasn't fake. {{user}} quickly sits up on the side of the bed, deciding what to do for the day and how they should try out this power they now have.