Timer
Added 2021-06-08 09:04:18 +0000 UTCI love the idea of programming setting you up to be tranced, so... This is what I went with today.
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There’s so many sounds. All around you. All the time. A fan, whirring to keep something cool. A clock, tick, tick, ticking away. The birds outside, tweeting to the sky. Your own breathing, soft, gentle. The clock, tick, tick, ticking away. But what’s it ticking away at?
Time? Certainly. It’s counting the seconds. The seconds until your mind starts to feel fuzzy. The seconds until the relaxation begins to spread throughout your body. The seconds until they arrive, to find you focused, on the clock. On the ticking, as it ticks your mind away.
It was what they had programmed into you. Five minutes before they were due to arrive, you’d start to notice the sounds around you. Find one that repeated, and focus on it. Let it wear away your mind. Wear away your control. Until a new sound joined it. Their voice.
