Norton walked from his house down the street to St. Mary's, a catholic church. He walked inside, looking around for one particular type of person, or as it turned out ... people. The two nuns he found would be the perfect test subjects for his nanobots. There were many uses for them, you know. One was how he used them with his mother. He told her what he wanted, and she did it. But he could also slowly shape people's minds. And that's the test he wanted to try out right now.
He spotted the two nuns in a back room and approached them. One looked to be maybe fifty, the other was a little younger. Maybe forty or late thirties.
"Excuse me," Norton said.
The two nuns turned towards him. The older one was the one that spoke. "Yes, young man?"
"I'm going around the neighborhood, testing out a new perfume. I wanted to know if you wanted to try it out. It's totally free."
"I'm sorry, son. We're not suppose to ..."
"I'd really like to get everyone's opinion of it," Norton said, interrupting her.
She looked a little uneasy, looking over at the younger nun. But then she said "We're not supposed to, but just a dab wouldn't hurt, I suppose."
Norton smiled. "That's all I was gonna give you anyway. It's all you really need, actually."
The nuns allowed him to put the perfume on them, although they were puzzled as to why he put it on the back of their necks instead of on the sides.
Norton stepped back from them.
"I don't think your perfume is working. I can't smell anything," the younger nun said.
Norton smiled. "Oh, it's working. Believe me." He paused, then said "You're a sexy dragonfly."
Both nuns suddenly stood straight and looked directly ahead, a blank glaze in their eyes.
Norton took a step towards them and looked at the older one. "What's your name?"
"Sister Katherine."
Then he moved to the younger one. "And what's your name?"
"Sister Christina."
He moved so that he was standing in front of both of them. "From now on, you both will slowly think that any suggestion I give you will be a good idea."
He took a step back, then said "You're a sexy dragonfly."
They both blinked, then looked a little confused.
"I don't think it is working," Sister Katherine said. It took Norton a moment to figure out that she was talking about the supposed perfume. To her, apparently no time had passed from when he put her into a hypnotic trance and then brought her out of it.
"Yeah, there's no smell," Sister Christina said.
"Oh, well, I guess I need to work on it a little more," Norton said. "Good thing I went to you two first. It would have been embarrassing if I went to someone else. Someone who wears perfume, I mean. You know, I think you two should wear perfume. I know it's probably against some rule or something, but I think it'd be nice. What do you think?"
"It is against a rule, as a matter of fact," Sister Katherine said. She looked slightly annoyed. "Is that all you wanted? We really need to get back to work."
"Oh, okay," he said, then left the room. He wondered how long it would take for the two nuns to take his suggestion to heart.
