YOU’RE ALREADY HER PATIENT— DON’T ASK HOW
Dr. Opaline Dawson
When she first started, hypnosis and therapy rarely went hand in hand, but the re-emergence of more holistic and experimental therapies in modern psychiatry presented a very unique market for Opaline. Since the start of her career, she always had to work doubly hard to get her practice off the ground, to support herself and what others in the field had once assumed to be detriments (her age, her gender, the slight squeak in her voice) were suddenly her greatest asset.
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Her clients feel comfortable with her and the almost maternal warmth she gave off. It’s easy to talk to her, easy to open up because of her unending patience and stern, yet understanding replies. She always seems to just know what was needed. They talked and talked about their problems as her famous metronome ticked away. And while she’d love to say she had a natural talent for empathizing, she had to admit that the subtle hypnosis techniques she incorporated into each session made it much easier.
Of course, with anything experimental that also shows great promise, the U.S. government wasn’t too far behind, ready and willing to use it for their ulterior motives.
All Opaline knew was that the pay was better. The facilities offered to her are larger. She was given the authority to work outside the realm of any HIPAA or ABPP rule or regulation.
It started out innocently enough; could she actually help a veteran forget or move on from their trauma, much like she helped people quit smoking? Could she influence a suspect to continue talking and cooperating with no need for more…deliberate methods of interrogation? Her superiors had many questions and she was more than willing to answer them. Perhaps she wanted to know the answers herself.
Now, Opaline continues to excel, opening up people’s minds and pinpointing those parts that held a great deal of importance to the U.S. government.
But she also shapes, molds those minds as she sees fit. When under her trance, people are susceptible— no longer will they be loyal to a General or a Lieutenant, but to her. The collective minds of a community of soldiers and war criminals is a dangerous thing to control…and it doesn’t seem like anyone’s caught onto that fact yet.
Hometown: Bedford, Virginia, USA
Birth Date: December, 6, 1988
Orientation: Heterosexual
Height: 5'6"