[Begin Log]

[30kHz alarm blaring loudly (inaudible to humans)]

[Quiet footsteps]

[30kHz alarm stops]

[Chair creaking faintly]

[Ragged breaths]

Luminita: You're back.

[Unknown Hunter screams]

Luminita: Hello to you, too.

Unknown Hunter: Where are— oh.

[Unknown Hunter scoffs]

Unknown Hunter: Have you just been sitting there this whole time?

Luminita: I’ve been sitting here for the past thirty seconds, yes.

Unknown Hunter: Oh, hilarious. So what, are you just taunting me, then? Aura farming? You know I’m here to fucking kill you, right?

Luminita: Obviously. [Seductively] And I’m prepared to defend myself… [Flatly] but I’m not sitting here to show off.

Unknown Hunter: You certainly sound like you’re showing off.

Luminita: Well… I suppose I am, on the voice front. But…

[Luminita sighs]

Luminita: I’m sitting here because I mean you no harm, and because it seems like the reverse is true— I thought, perhaps, we might have an actual conversation about that.

[Unknown Hunter scoffs]

Unknown Hunter: Yeah? You really think I’m gonna fall for that? I understand how charisma works, bloodsucker.

Luminita: Then surely you understand that I’m doing my best to suppress it right now.

Unknown Hunter: Uh huh. Sure.

Luminita: I suppose it must sound like some sort of confidence trick… You’re a hunter, people like you don’t succeed long enough to get a feel for these things. I didn’t, not until later.

Unknown Hunter: Yeah, yeah, yeah… Spare me the backstory, alright? I know you can suppress your stupid charisma, I just don’t believe you.

[Luminita growls]

Luminita: [Very seductively] If I wanted to manipulate you, to knead you like putty, I would be speaking like this. [Very flatly] But I’m not. Do you not remember how it felt last time?

Unknown Hunter: I… I…

[Unknown Hunter growls]

Unknown Hunter: Oh yeah, sure! Totally remember! I remember everything you fuckin’ told me to. Bet it’s super reliable.

Luminita: Fair… enough, I suppose. How are you back, anyway? Did you simply track me down all over again? What prompted that, exactly…?

Unknown Hunter: And why are you so interested!? So you can come up with a better lie this time? Oh, yeah, you’ll even let me remember being bitten, let me see where you fucking marked me. So cool! So ethical!

Luminita: …Hm.

Unknown Hunter: Oh my God— What is it?

Luminita: Last time… you said you ‘used to respect me’. You follow my blog, don’t you?

[Several seconds of silence]

Unknown Hunter: …Don’t act so satisfied.

Luminita: I suppose I must have disappointed you.

[Stomp]

Unknown Hunter: I’m not going to talk to you.

[Stomp]

Unknown Hunter: I’m not going to let you get into my head.

[Stomp]

Unknown Hunter: I’m going to kill you, and you know why?

Luminita: [Strained, slightly seductively] …Yes?

[Stomp]

Unknown Hunter: Because it’s what you would’ve wanted.

Luminita: I… [Clears throat] I don’t—

Unknown Hunter: You think you’re so special. So nice, so wise, so good. You think you can beat this. But you can’t. It’s not a challenge, it’s a fucking curse.

Luminita: I… know I may have—

Unknown Hunter: Would you just can it already!? I don’t wanna hear your excuses! Bargaining, manipulating, drifting… you’re even doing it to yourself.

[Stomp]

Unknown Hunter: You’re a menace, you lust over hurting people, get excited about toying with their souls like it’s some weird quirk, and worst of all, you’re in denial about the whole thing!

[Stomp]

Unknown Hunter: And then you finally show your stripes, and you turn around and act like you were just being dramatic!? What a fucking joke.

[No response]

[Heavy breathing and rummaging from Unknown Hunter]

Unknown Hunter: Here. Prove me wrong.

Luminita: I—

[A bag plops on the floor]

Luminita: [Growling] You… you…

Unknown Hunter: Ooh, everything seems under control so far.

Luminita: TAC— No, no, no…

Unknown Hunter: No, go ahead! Take it, take me, just stop fucking bullshitting already.

Luminita: [Under breath] I’ll… I’ll take it later [Unintelligible] I’ll… Haha… [Unintelligible] think they can [Unintelligible] not worth my…

Unknown Hunter: You’re—

Luminita: [Very seductively, very loudly] Look me in the eyes.

Unknown Hunter: Wha—

Luminita: [More seductively] Do it NOW.

Unknown Hunter: N—

Luminita: [Even more seductively] NOW.

Unknown Hunter: I— I… Ah…

[Luminita sighs]

Luminita: Good, er… good… you. Your weapons, your garlic, all of it… Put it on the table over there. Now.

Unknown Hunter: Yes, Mistress…

Luminita: If you’re going to start with that, call me Goddess.

Unknown Hunter: Yes, Goddess…

[Clattering of metal and other objects]

Luminita: And… and now—

[Bag pops]

[Quiet slurping noises]

[Luminita moans]

Unknown Hunter: Done…

Luminita: [Muffled] Wonderful. Sit on the bed.

Unknown Hunter: Yes, Goddess…

[End of slurping noises]

[Luminita sighs]

Luminita: [Unmuffled] Wake up.

[Bed creaking]

Luminita: [Flatly] I wouldn’t do that if I were you.

Unknown Hunter: [Rummaging] What did you— Goddammit, I—

Luminita: As ever, the blood was delicious. Certainly helps take the pull away from yours.

Unknown Hunter: What, you think this proves anything? Having me on your bed like this? I—

Luminita: No, of course not. I’m done reasoning with you.

Unknown Hunter: Then why—

Luminita: Here, take this. A memento.

[Grunts from Unknown Hunter]

Unknown Hunter: Oh, wow. An empty blood bag. I’m touched.

Luminita: Evidence that this actually happened. Perhaps that will make it easier to believe me when I say I have never tasted your blood.

Unknown Hunter: I— You— This is pathetic.

[Luminita sighs]

Luminita: Maybe. But it’s what I can offer you.

Unknown Hunter: …Before you wipe my memory again?

[No response]

Unknown Hunter: God, fuck you.

Luminita: I suppose that’s deserved. Maybe you’re even right in general… I don’t know if people like us are in any position to know. But I can’t have you knowing where I live, so… I’ll just need to remove that and send you home. I hope it helps, being told this while you're lucid.

Unknown Hunter: I…

Luminita: Hm?

Unknown Hunter: …Whatever. Just get it over with already.

Luminita: Alright. Don’t blame me if you—

Unknown Hunter: Don’t send me home this time. Please.

Luminita: …Ah. Where should I send you?

Unknown Hunter: There’s… I’ll just give you the address. Could you stop recording?

Luminita: Of course.

[End Log]