The Arkham Project: Recruiting Batgirl

Patrons at the $3+ level have access to two chapters of short hypnosis and mind control scenes from an ongoing story that I'm calling The Arkham Project. The first chapter is called Feline Therapy and the second scene is called The Arkham Project. There will be more entries to this series at the $3+ level.

For now here is a brief scene from the most recent release.

Recruiting: Batgirl

“You seem happier,” Batgirl observed as they looked out over Gotham.

Zatanna nodded, “Yeah, I started in on therapy. It’s been, nice to have someone to talk to. Our lives are so weird that it can be hard to put things into perspective.”

“Isn’t there a lot you can’t talk about though?” Batgirl asked, studying the magician with her green eyes. Barbara Gordon had learned about the dual life of heroes, even her father did not know that she was anything more than a college student at Gotham State. 

“Well I don’t have a secret identity, so it’s a bit easier for me. And then therapist I’m seeing is in the industry, in a way. He’s the Director at Arkham,” Zatanna explained.

“The director at Arkham? So you’re being treated like a supervillain?”

Zatanna laughed, “No, no. But he has some insights about people who do what we do, dress up and wear a costume. It’s not quite normal, even if we are doing good. Besides a lot of it is just relaxation techniques.”

Shifting on the stone gargoyle that she was sat upon to overlook the city, Batgirl cocked her head at Zatanna, “Like what? Hypnosis?”

“No, nothing like that. More like meditation. Breathing exercises,” Zatanna said, “between my stage show and this life it comes in handy.”

Thinking of the stack of homework she had back in her dormroom Barbara nodded, “Yeah, I get that. Can you teach me a trick or two like that?”

“Sure. Now just pick a point out in the city. Just one light, one light and focus on it Batgirl. Take a deep breath and let it out. Good, just focus and listen to my voice. Relax. Xaler,” Zatanna said letting a magic spell flow from her hands into the young hero. The purple clad Batgirl’s body visibly relaxed as Zatanna bewitched her. Placing her hands on Batgirl’s shoulders she began to massage the remaining tension away.

“Listen to my voice and follow it down, relaxing, focusing and letting all that tension drift away. Just focus on the light, the one light, as everything else fades and you hear only my voice. Focus. Sucof.” Another spell, another bit of resistance gone, as Batgirl felt everything else fade away save for the magician’s voice and the light she had chosen to focus on out in Gotham. Even gone was the thought that this might be a trap, that she should resist. There was just Zatanna’s voice and the light.

And new ideas. The new wonderful ideas that the voice began to pour into her open mind.