>>96889580 (OP)
this will take a while. start befriending them further, deeper, more intimately. you must be very careful so as to not let them know what you're doing. dig for deep pain, trauma from childhood, unfulfilled desires and needs - all without them knowing you're doing this. you must make them talk _around_ whatever it is, never having them actually say it. that is critical, lest they be onto you later. now, this requires you to become a sneaky fuck. i recommend reading occult literature about magic, and spending copious amounts of hours on discord mental health servers, studying cluster b patients specifically. this is all to learn the subtle magic of being a manipulative fuck. WE'RE GETTING TO THE EMOTIONAL RESONANCE JUST STICK WITH ME. okay, so now you know how to be a snake, and how to read minds without the victim knowing, good. next step is to infiltrate every part of their social life. friends, family, enemies, social media, online games, ANYTHING. you MUST observe your players from every angle, see their personalities from every perspective, you must learn their deep thought patterns to predict their thoughts, behavior, and speech before even they know. now that you are a certified CIA agent you can easily implement subtle jabs at their deepest layers of internal self in your campaigns. this can lead to many things; catharsis, psychotic breakdowns, worshipping you as a cult leader, anything really. just depends on waht you want out of it. have fun :)