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| Chapter eight - awakening |

The fox woke up, gasping for air. He bewilderedly looked around, and noticed he was in his own bed in room 263. Immediately after that, he looked at the chameleon, who was soundly asleep in his own bed. Confused about how he got back, the fox sat up straight in his bed, when he noticed that he was still wearing his pajamas, only with a slight stain around his groin. Roya's cheeks turned red in slight embarrassment, after which he noticed that the metronome on his nightstand was still steadily ticking. The fox looked at it, turned it off and looked back at the chameleon.

"Roc" the fox whispered. "Are you awake?"

The chameleon groaned and slowly sat straight up. "Now I am." He replied.

Roya struggled to find words, awkwardly looking around the room.

"Do you remember anything about last night?" the fox asked.

The chameleon squinted his eyes in confusion. "Well, yeah. I remember dreaming about driving my dad's car. Also I went to the toilet at one point, while you and Oliver were sound asleep. Why?"

".. no reason." The fox replied, starting to doubt himself. "Guess I just had a weird nightmare." Roya followed up.

Oliver stretched and rubbed through his eyes. "That's normal. Your brain isn't used to hypnosis, so it's been hyperactive at night. I know what you're going through." The goat told Roya.

"That has to be it, I guess." The fox replied. Roc yawned, got up, and walked towards Roya. "Get dressed and then we're gonna get breakfast"

The two walked through the hallways of the sleeping quarters, who were buzzing with students who'd just woken up. Some of them were slightly more active than the others.

"I'm really curious about this hypnosis thing now. I've got unlocking next week, but I wanna see if it's something for me first. Think you can 'tize me before they get to fuck with my head?" the chameleon asked. Roya looked at his roommate, considering the offer he'd just gotten. "I can try," the fox replied, "but I can't promise anything. I've only been hypnotized twice." He continued.

The chameleon frowned. "Twice?" he asked.

"Nevermind that. I meant once" the fox replied.

| Chapter nine - first attempt |

The day passed pretty fast for the two roommates. They both shared the same roster for the entirety of the day. After two hours of reading and researching classical theater plays, the students all got lunch break, and the two quickly lunched and then retreated back into their room.

"You sure you wanna do this?" Roya asked his roommate, who was already excitedly laying on his bed with his eyes closed.

"yeah, yeah! Let's begin. I need to know now."

The chameleon replied. The fox nodded, grabbed his metronome and turned it on.

"Alright. I want you to try to focus on the ticking on the metronome. Focus on the slow ticks, synchronizing your breaths with the tick. In, out. In, out. You think you can do that?" the fox began. The chameleon replied with a short "yup."

"What I want you to do is just relax your entire body, and listen to my voice. Just follow my voice and you'll be fine. Try to imagine being in a place you feel safe. Like a forest, or a local park, or whatever." The fox said, paying attention to his roommate. The chameleon had a relaxed expression, very attentive to the fox. "Can you describe the place to me?" Roya asked.

"It's a beach.." the chameleon began. "I've been here before. It's a beach in Spain where I spent most of my summer last year. It's completely empty except for me." The chameleon replied.

"Good. I want you to imagine laying in a hammock on that beach. The sun is shining on you, relaxing your entire body as the warmth spreads through your head. It's not uncomfortably warm though, because there's a slight breeze keeping you at perfect temperature. Listen to the ticking of the metronome, as the tides roll in and out with your breathing."

"Yes.." the chameleon murmured, softly floating to the words of the fox.

"You're doing very good now, just drifting to my words as you sink deeper into relaxat-"

Suddenly, the fox got rudely interrupted by the intercom in their room. "Attention to all students. The principal would like to make an announcement in the dinner hall. All students please gather at the dinner hall. Thank you."

The fox sighed and turned off the metronome. "Sorry, we can try again at a later point."

"It's fine! I already love it!" the chameleon replied.

| Chapter ten - Announcement |

One by one, the students gathered at the dining hall where the rector, along with a couple of teachers, were patiently waiting for the students to arrive. Roc and Roya were ones of the last to arrive in the hall, as most hadn't left during lunch. The fox and chameleon sat down at an empty table and waited for the wolf to start talking.

"Hello Students! I'm happy to announce the first visitors! Next Monday, a couple of scouts will come and see you play. You will all individually have 5 minutes to show your talent. You'll all have plenty of time to practice in the upcoming week! Also we've made sure everybody gets at least one Unlocking class scheduled in. Be sure check your rosters as they have been updated to fit the visitors in. Have fun and good luck practicing for next week!"

Roc looked at Roya. "Exciting stuff!" the chameleon said. "Guess this is gonna be a usual thing, seeing as we're only one week into the year" he continued.

The fox nodded. He was already thinking about what he'd perform.

"I think I'll do slam poetry. I've always liked writing and improvising" Roc said to Roya. The fox smirked. "I was thinking the same thing." He replied, scratching behind his ear.

The fox wrote a lot of poetry back when he was still in middle school, and he was usually the one to write poems or stories for in the school newspapers. Now that scouts would come by to check for talent, he'd have a bit more pressure behind it though. Thinking about the scouts made him excited. The fox loved flexing his literature-muscles.

Roc grabbed his phone and checked his new roster. "Oh wow, looks like my unlocking got placed forward. I've got a session in 10 minutes. Guess I'll make my way there!" the chameleon said, before scurrying off into the hallways. Roya watched his roommate walk away and grabbed his own phone, looking at his own schedule. The fox didn't have any lessons left for the rest of the day, so he decided to go to his own room and try the hypnosis thing again.

Roya unlocked his door, hopped onto his bed, and turned on the metronome. As he lay down on his bed, the fox closed his eyes. However, the second he closed his eyes, the fox could see himself walking through the fourth building. Memories of the vague nightmare haunted his thoughts, and the fox couldn't really concentrate on relaxing. After about 15 minutes of trying to relax, the fox gave up and turned of his metronome. He'd have to wait for his next unlocking session to try and get under.