While Jon was wondering what he had done, Karyn busily checked her email and facebook, when she noticed an odd message from her friend Kyla. The message just said, "Watch it for the surprise at the end, don't blink!" followed by a tinyurl link.
Without thinking Karyn clicked it. A new window popped up with a blue spiral lazily spinning and soft music in the background. A dopy spiral? Karyn thought, like that would do anything. Still, she felt relaxed and Kyla had said watch it to the end. Karyn could give it a few minutes. She kept watching, her eyes tracing the spiral while the soft music soothed her, calming her. Deeper and deeper she fell into the spiral, relaxed and open. Totally unprepared for the messages that started to appear on the screen. Messages that seeped into her brain.
"you are perfectly safe, safe to relax and drift away"
"..."šthink only what you read.. the words becoming your thoughts.. your mind blank to all else.."š"
"...watch the spiral..."šwatch it spin..."š"
Karyn's mouth opened, and a little drool dribbled out. She had to watch the spiral. Sink into it.
"the spiral will count down from 10 ..."šeach caress draining your human thoughts and instincts ..."šdraining them away someplace safe..."šleaving you blank..."šleaving you empty..."šleaving you open..."
""š10 ... the spiral softly brushes against your mind"š" She felt something in her head, like a broom gently start to sweep. She would have been alarmed, if she didn't know that she was perfectly safe.
"9... draining away your will"š..." The brush came again, feeling a little like soft feathers. Karyn no longer felt the need to do anything.
"8... draining away your thoughts"š" Soft down caressed her emptying her mind of complex thoughts.
"7... draining away your emotions"
""š6... draining away your instincts"
""š5... irresistible"
""š4....so little left now"
""š3... leaving only white"
""š2... empty"š"
"1..."š1..."š1..."
Her eyes fixated on the screen. Unable to do much more then sit and drool, she watched and waited for the next instruction. A moment passed, and nothing happened other then the slow spin on the screen. The music changed, and a new message appeared.
"Now the spiral will begin to caress your mind again..."š"
"but this time..."šeach caress will bring with it ..."šthe essence of a canine..."
"every spin making you more and more doglike.."
""šuntil you are completely a"
"..."šloyal.."š"
"...obedient..."š"
"...dog..."
Once more the count started, this time back up to 10.
"..."š1... fell it touch your mind"š..."
"2... filling it with canine instincts..."
""š3... growing your wet puppy nose..."
""š4... extending your floppy ears"š..."
"5... growing your lovely fur"š..."
"6... hands and feet turning to paws..."
""š7... growing a long expressive tail"š..."
"8... that wags excitedly"š..."
"9...becoming a loyal"š.."
"10...Bark"š"
"10...Bark"
""š10...Bark"
Had anyone been nearby, they would have heard the light barking from Karyn's room. If they would have investigated they would have found a hybrid of Dalmatian and human sitting at her computer, staring at a strange video. They might have even stopped her, pulled her away from the screen, shut off the speakers, but no one else was home. Instead the loyal doggirl eagerly watched the screen, waiting for more commands from her master.
"You are a loyal dog girl." Karyn whuffed happily. It was so true.
"Loyal dogs are part of a pack."
"The girl you know as Kyla is your pack Alpha."
"You will obey Kyla as your alpha."
"You will bring others into your pack."
"You will help other loyal doggies."
"You will hide your canine side from humans until the revolution."
"You will not question the revolution."
"You will be known as Muffins until your alpha deem's you worthy of a true doggy name."
The training continued for some time, but soon it was complete and Muffins turned off her computer and went to the mirror in her dresser. She gazed lovingly on her canine features, but she needed to go to school now and she can't let the humans know about her kind yet. Concentrating, she transformed back into her human disguise. Now she would be free to travel to school and report to her Alpha, and tell her about Jon's rock. Perhaps then she would get her true name.
