For day 3, we have  Regdeh's tanuki demonstrating to a couple of skeptics in his audience the power of hypnosis! >w>
Hoop you like it! x3


“Ok, seriously, who even goes to this kind of thing, Dan?”
The lion crossed his arms and huffed, his large, muscular frame clearly too large for his seat in the audience of the theater. He scratched at his mane as he looked around the theater boredly, barely able to stifle a yawn.

The smaller, yet still muscled wolf next to him chuckled and patted him on the back. “Trust me, Ryan. This show’ll be great. Even if hypnosis is total BS, we’ll get to chuckle at some hack waving around a pendulum and trying to make someone think they’re a chicken!” The wolf grinned as he settled into his seat, while Ryan rolled his eyes and checked his phone. “Show’s 10 minutes late anyway. I’m gonna make some reservations for a place to get dinner.”

As soon as the lion finished, the lights in the theater dimmed, and a hush fell across the small crowd. The red curtain covering the stage soon parted, revealing a chubby, green and brown tanuki, dressed in a magician’s garb a few sizes too small, showing off his considerable belly. Not that he seemed to be too concerned with how earnest and cheerful he sounded.

“Welcome, one and all! To Onaka’s House of Hypnosis!” he spoke with a deep yet enthusiastic voice as he stepped into the spotlight. “It’s my pleasure to have you all for the night!”
There was a polite smattering of applause from the small audience. Dan watched the tanuki with interest, though Ryan instead opted to fold his arms, almost coming off as a bit impatient.

Onaka chuckled at the lackluster audience reception “Mhmhm, I WAS going to give you all a long-winded lecture on the finer, psychological aspects of hypnotism, but I think what we need is an icebreaker, don’t we~? Something to get your attention.” he snickered, scratching at his neon-green goatee. “Well, I have an idea. Could I get a show of hands, who 's only here because someone dragged them here?” He asked with a cheeky grin.

Ryan snrrked, and lazily raised his hand, as did a few other people in the crowd. Onaka snapped his fingers, scanning the room for a few moments, before pointing to Ryan. “Alright, You! What’s your name?” Onaka called out. The lion blinked, suddenly self-conscious at the entire audience’s gaze upon him. “U-Uhh...R-Ryan?” he said, almost like he wasn’t sure if it was the right answer.

The tanuki, nonetheless, clapped his hands together and smiled. “Ryan! Wonderful. Grab the person you came with and get over here!”. Dan stood up with Ryan, and the 2 friends awkwardly shuffled onto the bright stage.

As soon as they stepped up, Onaka went backstage for just a moment and brought back 2 folding chairs, and set them up on the stage. He gestured to them and gave them an enthusiastic smile. “Go ahead, take a seat!” The two obliged, curiously taking a seat on the chairs as the glanced around at the audience, feeling their eyes bare down on them. Onaka noticed the slight stage fright and turned each chair to face each other, so the two instead saw only each other, and not the audience.

“Alright, this will only take a few seconds, so I want you to pay attention!” Onaka said as he raised a finger. The two’s gaze fixated on the finger, and as he slowly moved it in the air, a purple trail of light was painted in the air, slowly forming a floating, dazzling purple spiral.

“Just watch my fingers, you two. Don’t think about anything else~.” Onaka said calmly, yet loud enough for the audience to hear. Ryan, for all his skepicism, slumped in his seat and let his jaw hang open as soon as he watched the first 2 spirals be painted. Dan only managed to watch about 5 before he, too, slumped in his chair, body limp and relaxed.

Onaka smiled. “Excellent. Such good boys~” he cooed as he began to reach one hand over to each of the two participants. As he spoke, he began to paint a green spiral on their forehead. “You two have had fantasies about each other for such a long time, haven’t you? You’ve just wished that the other would notice how you felt. Isn’t that right~?”

As the spiral was painted on their forehead, the two nodded weakly, the spirals painted on their fur quickly rendering their minds little more than mush. Onaka continued to paint these spirals on their body as he spoke, eventually covering their exposed fur with the glowing, enthralling spiral designs, Ryan and Dan’s eyes beginning to glow purple and green as they sunk deeper and deeper, letting the whole world just fall away except for Onaka's voice.

“You’ve never had the chance to admit how you felt, but every night you would fantasize about it, wouldn’t you? Mhmhmhm~" Onaka chuckled playfully as he drew the last few spirals. "Now, my friends, is your chance to admit how you feel. When I snap my fingers, you will allow your feelings to be unleashed, and you will only wake from this spell you are under when both of you are satisfied. Am I clear~?”

The two feebly nodded, completely lost in their weak, melted, foggy minds. The tanuki nodded, smiled, and snapped his fingers, right between the two of them. Their eyes remained glowing and unfocused, but as soon as the pair saw each other, they stood up and immediately embraced, locking lips as the two zonked muscleheads released the months of tension between them.

Onaka smiled genuinely as he gently escorted the new, hypnotized couple off the stage and into the bathroom to do..whatever it is they plan on doing until they wake up. As he stepped back on the stage, the crowd seemed to be much more interested in the tanuki’s show. He grinned a wide, cheeky grin.

“So, do I have your attention yet~?”