Stealing Hearts and Minds

Story by Serathin on SoFurry

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Aurus is a thief that has an edge over his marks, the power of hypnosis that allowed him to steal things that most others couldn't even dream of getting their hands on. When he gets word of a mystical and priceless mask that has come into the city he couldn't help but going after it.

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It was a typical day in the town square as people hawked their wears and otherwise conversed while enjoying the setting sun. For most the hot topic of gossip had been another brazen robbery that had happened in the financial district, one that left the guard confused since it appeared that the merchant involved had stolen it himself. The only problem was that when they did find him he was hog-tied and completely naked, which meant that either he had a partner in crime who had betrayed him or whatever the thief did to break into the house was completely undetectable. It had likely leaned towards the latter as this wasn't the first time a mysterious robbery had happened with the guard being flummoxed over how it happened.

But there was one person in the town square who knew exactly what happened at the merchant's estate as well as the other robberies, smiling to himself as he heard the latest conjecture on what had happened. In reality he had been the one that had done all the heists and done so with an ability that was known to few. A long time ago he had started to utilize the power of hypnosis after being told about it by an old traveling crone, and while he had not believed it he had managed to use it when he was nearly caught in order to avoid a guard from remembering him. Ever since then he had honed his talent whenever he could and as he gave a bright and cheery wave to the baker he had been talking to his hands held a loaf of cheese bread that he had not paid a single copper for.

But his hypnotic ability had scored him far bigger hauls then just the loaf that he had chewed on. He had gathered enough wealth to forge a noble title and get himself his own small estate, something that mostly helped keep people from realizing what he truly was. There had been a few times where he had people come in to try and check up on his claims but by the end of the day they were more than convinced and ready to make sure that he got the respect he deserved. It was all falling together in his hands and he already had his next score eyed up as he waited for the sun to set.

There was word on the street that a rather large manor house was being home to a traveling noble that had with him a mask of such value that it was said that obtaining it would change anyone's life forever. The thing was that it was only in town for a day and within that time there was no external security being hired by the one that held the mask, which meant no one knew what sort of traps or locks held such a valuable object. No other thief in the city dared to get close to it for fear of getting caught, but that was something that Aurus didn't fear at all. All he had to do was get in contact with the noble and the mask would be as good as his as he watched the sun set completely below the horizon.

Once the moon had arisen and people went to either the tavern or their homes for the night Aurus made his way to the estate. It was normally not even considered a target since the one that it belonged to were nobles from another district that merely had it for convenience when they traveled, but it appeared for the night that there would be a presence as he saw a light glowing in the window. There didn't appear to be any other guards that were traveling with the man, and while that would make it much easier for him it meant that whatever protected the mask was likely even more dangerous then he had imagined.

After picking a simple lock on the back door Aurus made his way through the otherwise dark house as his eyes scanned for potential traps. When the thief found none he made his way up and finally reached the bedroom where he had seen the light, which turned out to be a fireplace that had been lit aflame to cast a warm glow throughout the room. There was no sign of the mask but he doubted that such a priceless artifact would be out in the open as he made his way towards the chair that sat in front of the flames. He only had one shot to make this work out in his favor and as he turned the corner he began to speak, only to stop and gasp slightly at what he saw.

At first he thought he was looking at some sort of rubber doll, but as the head quickly snapped up and he saw a pair of eyes behind the shiny mask he realized that the man was wearing some sort of full body latex suit. "What the?" The lord snapped, quickly rising up from his chair as he looked at Aurus angrily. "Who the hell do you think-"

"Shhh, if you look into my eyes you realize what we are," Aurus quickly said as he recovered from the shocking sight, grabbing onto the smooth rubber of the man's rather muscular arm and patting his shoulders twice to induce a trance. "We're old friends, remember? You invited me here because you were in town before you went to sleep."

With the combination of words he saw that he had managed to slip the man into a confusion trance, watching him slowly slide back down as the aura of anger quickly slipped away. "Old friends..." The lord said as he continued to look into the eyes of the thief, which once more he moved with deliberate slowness to get the man deeper into a trance while holding onto his arm still. "Do I... know you?"

"Of course, it's your old buddy Aurus," Aurus replied as he gave the other man a genuine smile. He had learned after slipping once with a fake name to just use his genuine one, they never remembered afterwards and even if they did they still believed they were friends. "You remember what you introduced yourself to me as?"

"Oh, yes, it's Renzyl," the man replied. "How... have you been?"

"Oh man, just been getting deeper and deeper into my work,' Aurus replied, continuing to slowly slide the hand on his shoulder down his bicep in order to deepen the trance along with his words. "Been trying to get nice and relaxed, but it always seems to submit to my work. Speaking of, do you have that mask for me?"

It was a risky gesture to do it at this point but he could sense that this Renzyl was pretty good and under, something he found with a lot of the noble houses was that they often lacked a lot of willpower. "I... was to give you the mask?" Renzyl asked, Aurus swallowing slightly as he feared he had stepped too far. "That doesn't seem right..."

"Oh, of course, you meant that you wanted to show me the mask so that I could appraise it for you," Aurus quickly pivoted. "But you seem so tired and relaxed, just give the means to get the mask and we can finish up our business and you can get some sleep. Doesn't that sound good?"

"Yeah... that does sound good, I am tired," Renzyl replied with a slight yawn. "It's in a traveling safe that I put in the lower bedroom underneath a false floor with a rather tacky green rug on top of it. This key opens the safe..."

Aurus saw the rather intricate key and with deft grace plucked it out of his hand, which caused the rubber covered one holding it to fall back to the couch. "Great, I'll get that up here for you and we can see how much it's worth," Aurus said as he put the key in his pocket. "Anything else I should know?"

"Yeah, turn it to the left until it clicks twice," Renzyl said, the rubber of his mouth managing to somehow curl up into a smile despite it being covered by the mask. "Otherwise you'll explode."

Aurus wasn't sure what he meant by explode but he was glad that he had asked, thanking the noble once more before putting him in a deep state of sleep with a few well-placed words. Once he had made sure that Renzyl was in a deep state of trance he took the key and the information he had gotten and left the room. Though he couldn't help but look at the rather muscular body, latex suit glinting in the light, he knew that he was there for a job and would have to leave the strange attire as a mystery. Instead he made his way down to the bedroom that was described to him... after checking the trunk and closet quick to see if there was a spare garb like that.

When there appeared to be none he made his way down eagerly but silently to the spare bedroom. Almost immediately he spotted the rug that Renzyl had talked about and after pulling it away it took him a while before he found a means to pull up the false floor. If he had attempted to just break in and rob the place he would have never found this thing, he thought to himself as he slowly pulled up the heavy safe and set it carefully on the floor. Not to mention as he pulled out the shiny key he doubted that even the most skilled of lock picks could have replicated it as he slowly slid it in, then turned it to the left until he heard the second click.

Even though he was sure his hypnotic induction had worked Aurus still found himself flinching slightly as he turned the handle, then breathing out a sigh of relief when nothing happened other then the door slowly swinging open. Once he had managed to get it open wide he slowly reached in and pulled out the contents. At first he wasn't sure what he was seeing but as he carefully brought it over to the window where the moon shined in he found himself letting out a slight gasp of awe. While he appreciated the beauty of the things he stole he was more often concerned with what they were worth, but as he stared down at the serpentine mask he found himself captivated by its stunning brilliance from the moonlight that danced over it.

It was a brilliant white with gold highlights and at first he thought it might be porcelain except a bit heavy. As he continued to shift the mask in the light though he wondered if it was more like ivory or moonstone, though he had never seen the coloration of anything swirl and shift around like this was doing. It reminded him of when he used an opal pendant to hypnotize someone deep enough that they would get him into a secure area to steal a painting as he found himself smiling. Perhaps, he thought as he turned it around to look at the back, he could wear this instead of selling it and get people enthralled while also hiding his face.

The thought only lasted in his head for a second or so before he realized what he was thinking. If this thing was as worth as much as he heard it was then he never needed to steal, but if he did that then he wouldn't be able to hypnotize people anymore either. It was a strange thought to have to be so tied to a talent of his and not the act of theft. He suddenly realized that he was standing in a house that didn't belong to him holding a priceless artifact that he had just stolen, but even as he moved to escape and head back to his estate he continued to think about what he would look like with the mask on his face, hypnotizing people with it as he found a grin spreading across his lips...

Despite continuing to have the thought Aurus made it back to his manor before he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Unless someone had somehow saw him entering or exiting the estate Renzyl was in no one would pin the theft of the mask to him, which meant that it was all his. Though he could apparently get whatever he wanted for it as he pulled the serpent mask out of his bag he wondered if perhaps he should just keep it. It was a one of a kind item, he reasoned as he went over to his own fireplace while holding onto it, and for how far he would have to travel just to sell it he may as well make it part of his collection until the heat died down.

Once more he found himself examining the inside of the mask, his fingers sliding along the smooth material that reminded him of the suit that Renzyl wore. It did kind of look like that hood, and as Aurus stared at the rippling, swirling pattern he found the desire to try it on growing more and more. It was just for a little try, he thought to himself as he got up and went over to the full-length mirror that sat in the corner of the room, and he would make sure to rub it down so that the oils of his face and hands didn't ruin it. Even though he was risking a priceless artifact he found himself needing to do it, eventually watching his reflection as he took a deep breath and put the mask up against his face.

As soon as the cool material made contact with his skin it was like an electric tingle shot through his entire body, causing him to gasp loudly within the confines of the mask. He could feel it stick to his face and as his hands dropped away from it he found that it remained on him, though he wondered why he would want to. When he looked back at himself in the mirror he saw himself with the snake mask on and it felt so fitting, so right that it hugged the contours of his face. Even as he watched himself in the mirror he continued to gaze upon his body he found the flowing white and pearl of the mask continued to enure him to keep watching, but there was something not right about his look.

Take off your clothes... snakes don't wear clothes...

It had been a simple thought that it felt as though his own mind conjured, and as he found his fingers quickly pulling on the clothing that he had used to take this mask in the first place the rubber of the edges began to melt and stretch. He could feel it growing around his head and covering his hair but even as it stretched out and began to cover his ears his own enthralled mind told him it was alright. Snakes don't have ears, snakes have long snouts and sharp teeth and swirling eyes to ensnare their prey. It wasn't until he had taken off his shirt and had started on his pants did he look back up and snap slightly out of his entrancement, somewhere in his mind realizing that he was undergoing the same technique that he had used on others.

...because that was what his kind did. Even as he found himself pressing against the strange desires that were growing in his mind the tide of mental energy that was crashing against his mental barriers quickly eroded those thoughts away. When he pushed his hands against the snout of the mask as though to pull it off the only thing it served to do was press the inside of the snout to his lips, then as they pulled away it caused his jaws to feel like they were stretching out. The mask wasn't fitting his face, his face was being molded and conformed by the mask as the feeling of stretching on his jaws caused him to try and open his mouth despite it being confined completely within.

Except that the rubber broke apart right at the lips, pulling inwards and spreading into his mouth as he could feel it pressing against his eyes as well. Looking in the mirror Aurus suddenly let out a loud hiss that his reflection mimicked as the serpentine snout became his face, pushing out even further as he saw his eyes shift to a golden spiral that swirled not only in them but also suffused through the pearl and moonstone rubber that was covering his body. With his focus on his head he hadn't even realized his hands were also covered in the rubbery substance, the digits growing thick with gold tipped rubber claws as his cock throbbed hard from the stimulation. He knew that whatever this mask was had ensnared him, entrapped him in his own mind as he could feel the shiny substance spreading out on his head into large frills with golden membranes, but as he stumbled towards the mirror his thoughts could only latch onto one singular truth...

...he felt amazing.

He felt... powerful...

He was... a snake...

With that mantra forming in his head Aurus let out another hiss as his hips humped out and he pressed his hands against his throbbing shaft, which only served to spread the rubber on it as his chest was also being coated while filling out with new muscle. That mattered little to him as he continued to press his hands against his groin to illicit more pleasure, only to find that the sensation was growing less and less with every second. As the frill grew down his spine and the rubber coated over his groin he looked down to see that his cock was being completely enveloped, sealing up into a tight rubber bulge. He let out a hiss and kept trying to rub against it but soon there was nothing there but the smooth surface of the rubber as he suddenly felt a presence behind him that caused him to look up.

"Missing something?" Renzyl replied, Aurus knowing almost instinctively that it was him even though he looked very different from where they first met. "Or perhaps someone had stolen it from you."

"I... you..." Aurus attempted to say, though partially from his forked tongue pushing out of his mouth and mostly from the sheer power coming from the creature he was having trouble forming thoughts. The swirls in his eyes were growing more intense by the second and as new thoughts poured into his head he found himself flowing with them just like he had told so many others to do the same. "Master... you're my master..."

"That's right," Renzyl replied as his smirk grew bigger, turning the creature around and tilting up his head so that they could be eye to eye. "Feels pretty amazing to be hypnotized, doesn't it? To feel that loss of control, the need to do what a creature more powerful then you wishes, to obey and listen..."

The words were all ones that Aurus had used on others and the feeling of it finally happening to him was oddly thrilling. As Renzyl stroked down his cheeks and caused whiskers to form the only thing that his hypnosis-addled mind could think of was sinking deeper into this delicious trance and serving the one who put him there. With more of the rubber sliding and covering his body and his form mutating underneath it, falling to his knees as he felt his thighs starting to knit together. His body was squirming with pure pleasure as he continued to feel the power of the creature in front of him flow through his mind, the hypnotic sensation sinking him so deeply that he was having trouble even focusing on the blissful sensations. With every inch of his body being covered with the rubber it was taking his humanity with him not just physically but mentally, the snake in the reflection of the mirror becoming the creature that he saw in his mind's eye when he thought about himself.

"You can see it now, can't you?" Renzyl said as he slowly stroked the serpentine snout of the new creature, watching his spine push down and flow with the rubber that was filling in the divot between his merging legs. "My beautiful snake, hypnotizing yourself just like you have so many others. The power that you wielded reflecting back on you just like your new snake form does in the mirror, a lovely rubber naga."

The words flowed effortlessly from the rubber dragon's maw and as the pleasure built up inside of him the new creature found himself getting more riled up. "Please... I am bound to you, I will worship you," Aurus said as he whipped around his lower body that was becoming more serpentine by the second as his arms bulked up underneath the rubber while still being incredibly flexible and lean. "But please... let me cum, this is too much."

"Oh, you're having trouble finding release," Renzyl stated as he leaned forward and rubbed the golden bulge that he had created around the new rubber naga's cock. "But you can find it if you can travel down the path of submission and need that you can feel, earning that orgasm instead of stealing it like you have done with so many treasures. In order to gain your orgasm you just need to keep doing what you're doing, keep bringing yourself deeper with your own abilities."

Aurus found himself gasping with need as he was practically pressed against the dragon, nuzzling against his groin as he needed this powerful, dominant creature to give him the command to cum. Keep hypnotizing himself... he hadn't even realized he was doing such a thing, but the more he looked back at the mirror the more he found that the swirling marbling of white and gold swirled around in a particularly hypnotic pattern on his rubber body. It was like his body was made to mesmerize and the more he looked at it while feeling the intense sensation of latex against latex had caused him to start panting and his head began to sink more.

"I... master..." Aurus tried to say, though his thoughts were so muddled the only thing he could think of was hearing the voice of the dragon so that he could hear what his master wanted of him. "Please... let me worship... you..."

"Oh?" Renzyl replied. "Are you giving up control completely?"

"Yes... you can control me," Aurus replied as his eyes were full of spirals while looking up at Renzyl. "I don't care about orgasm, I don't care about me, I am yours... your hypnaga."

"That's so wonderful to hear," Renzyl replied as he brought his hand down once more, sliding his hand over the bulge as the golden rubber cock suddenly emerged. "Cum."

Aurus' entire back arched all the way back with his new flexible rubber form as he came so hard that he nearly blacked out. It was the complete act of submission and as the rubbery seed spilled out of him so did the last vestiges of his humanity. With his orgasm he accepted his new position, the enthrallment so deep and rooted in his mind that he knew that he couldn't get out of it even if he wanted to... and he didn't. He loved being a hypnaga and there was nothing he would love to do more then to worship that muscular rubber dragon and kept listening to that dark, sultry voice.

And then suddenly there was a snap of those latex fingers and Aurus found himself blinking several times as the veil lifted immediately, and as he did he found himself realizing what had just happened to him as though he hadn't been watching himself turning into a fourteen foot long hypnotic rubber naga from a mask he had stolen. The one that he had stolen it from, and hypnotized him in the process, was also standing right there in front of him as he found himself blushing. "Master Renzyl... I'm sorry... I hypnotized you..." Aurus found himself blurting out as the rubber dragon continued to stare at him.

"I assure you that all is forgiven," Renzyl replied with a chuckle as Aurus started to mutter to himself mostly due to being enamored with his own voice, unaware he was speaking the same mantras that were swirling around in his corrupted mind. "Those hypnotic abilities of yours weren't bad, and as you can see the mask has revealed your truest form to be that of a snake, or a naga in that regard. Of course you wouldn't be able to be one in such a place as this, you would be so powerful that I would shudder to think of the potential harm that could bring, fortunately I have a place where hypnagas such as yourself are more than welcome should you wish to join me and continue to delve deeper into this true aspect of yourself."

Aurus was still examining his rubber form and as he coiled over himself he realized that this was something new and that his old life as a thief had started to grow rather stale, perhaps that had been he wanted to try and steal such an important artifact in the first place. "Oh yes, I think I will definitely take you up on your offer," Aurus said quickly and enthusiastically as he looked back at Renzyl while running his hands down his smooth shiny body. "You mentioned that there was more to this form?"

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Renzyl hummed to himself as he made his way through the halls of the hypnaga, a special retreat where those with powerful psychic and hypnotic abilities were sheltered so that his other minions wouldn't be consistently hypnotized and bother them. As he passed by several who gave him a nod in return the thrum of power in the air was palpable; anyone short of the nexus lord himself would probably find themselves enthralled before they even got through the gate as he made his way towards one room in particular. As he opened the door to his latest acquisition he saw Aurus at his desk looking over something before turning his head towards him.

"Ah, Master Renzyl, I managed to pilfer what you required from that high-security vault in the Mint Valley," Aurus said as he quickly slithered up with the object, a formless statue of what the hypnaga had guessed was a dragon. "Why do they call it the Mint Valley anyway? It is neither a valley nor does it grow mint."

"That's a very long story," Renzyl replied as he took the statue and looked it over before setting it down on the nearby table. "It's exactly what I wanted, good work. The guards were no trouble?"

"One look and they were practically on their knees worshiping me," Aurus replied with a chuckle.

"I see that you've settled into your powers quite nicely then," Renzyl replied as the grin on his face. "Speaking of which..."

Renzyl snapped his fingers, which caused the eyes of Aurus to widen briefly before the molten gold of his eyes shifted and turned to spirals that spun around while his body relaxed briefly. In a matter of moments the hypnaga was under the same powerful, heavy trance that he had first been put under and as the rubber dragon stood there the naga slowly coiled up his body. "Masssster Renzyl..." Aurus said with a blissed out expression on his face, his body squeezing the one that he was wrapping around. "Let me worship you..."

"Of course, my wonderful pet," Renzyl said as he stroked down the shiny, smooth sides of Aurus' face. "You know how to please me, just let yourself go and let that wonderful suggestive voice in your mind tell you what to do." Aurus knew exactly what Renzyl was talking about as the voice in his head had become a submissive, needy version of his own telling him how good it was to worship this creature, to lavish attention on him while allowing his mind to become a blank slate to be filled by his master's will. He began to use his rubber coils to squeeze and massage the other creature while lining up his vent with the thick latex cock that had formed from the dragon's groin while his hands massaged those thick pecs.

Renzyl just smiled and allowed his pet to keep going in his hypnotized state, the contrast from this version of him to the one that he had had been talking to just moments ago rather stark. He could feel the snout of the creature, which was complete with a new septum ring piercing that hung from his nostrils, lay kisses down his back and neck while pushing down on his maleness to impale himself. He wanted to pleasure his master with every aspect of the form that he had been given through that mask he stole and Renzyl found that he had been getting quite good at it rather quickly. As he had expected the man was a natural and was glad that he had set up that trap in the first place in order to snag him.

But for the moment the rubber dragon didn't need Aurus in his capacity as a thief as the slithering hypnaga continued to rub and squeeze against him, falling into a light trance of his own as he allowed the other man to take the lead. Yes, Renzyl thought to himself as he let out a pleasured sigh while pushing his hips forward, he was quite glad he stole this one away...