Olivia--Candy Cox to her fans--was used to doing weird shit for money on the internet. She had sucked on her toes, instructed strangers on how to jerk off to the camera, and even painted her face to look like an anime girl to take cross-eyed pictures with her tits out. She had learned quickly that guys paid good for weird stuff. Olivia didn't fuck on camera--in fact, nobody remotely close to her knew that she took her clothes off for money on the internet--but she still made a few hundred a month doing odd things. It was enough that she could make rent.
By comparison, the request that came in that day was among the tamer that she had seen. A user with the obviously-fake name of "Richard Dixon" explained that he had a magical fetish. He liked to pretend that he could magically control women and he would pay for her to make a video. He laid out a series of specifications.
As Olivia read through the request, she started to form a number in her head. She would need to buy a few things, which she normally charged with extra cost back to her fans, and there was a script that she would need to read. It was all misogynistic, as one would expect, but Olivia had long ago accepted that she was paid to help guys live out their fantasies that they were too ashamed to ask for in real life. Olivia formed a number in her mind and then added 20%.
"I'd be glad to do this for you. I love it." She didn't love it, of course, but you always said that when you got a request. It let the guy think that his kinks weren't that weird, even if they were. She quoted the number. In at least a quarter of cases, the conversation would end here. The guy would ghost her, unwilling to pay. Did they think that she was going to be so turned on by their batshit request that she would do it for free?
Richard Dixon came back with a counter-offer. At first, Olivia thought he was joking. He offered three times the amount. He would pay the original amount upfront, then the remaining if she "performed with enthusiasm". Olivia raised her eyebrows. Sure. She could make it believable for that amount. She knew that he was trying to be manipulative, holding out a carrot for her, but she didn't care. If he really was going to pay that much, let him think he was in control of it all.
"Sounds perfect!" Olivia replied back. "I'll get right on it."
She would, too. She realized this would be the most she made from a single request and rent was coming up. If this guy wanted a magically-induced whore, she was willing to play that part, get him off, and get paid.
Olivia went to the store and grabbed a few candles and a large sheet. She found a store that sold red body paint. She already had a dildo that would work well for the specifications. Then, she went to the library and printed off a copy of the script--all the while careful that no one saw what she was working on.
Once back in her apartment, Olivia spread the sheet on the flood, put the candles in a circle, and then went to her closet. She pulled the dildo out that she used for performances, then selected a high g-string and fishnets--as per Mr. Dixon's request. He had requested her topless, which saved the trouble of an uncomfortable bra.
Finally, Olivia set up her camera to point to the sheet. When she first started, she had used her phone, but always had trouble with angles and balancing. She had found a digital video recorder with halfway decent resolution. It worked much better at staying in position.
Once she had the room set up, Olivia went to the bathroom and grabbed the red body paint. She squirted a little onto her fingers and started to draw. She drew two upside-down, five-pointed stars on her chest--one surrounding each tit. Then, moving carefully in the mirror, she wrote the odd, nonsense word across the top of her chest, just above the swell of her breasts. She knew from the script that Richard Dixon had sent her that this was a "magical name". It looked like nonsense to Olivia, but if this is what got him off, she didn't really mind. She had gotten the body paint that would wash off easily.
Finally, Olivia went to her thermostat and lowered the temperature. It would be uncomfortable for a couple minutes, but Olivia knew that the colder air made her nipples smaller and sharper, which guys tended to like. It was the little things you learned as a performer that kept guys coming back for repeat requests.
Her curtains were already pulled and evening had started to set in. She decided to wait for a few minutes for the temperature to drop in the small apartment and the lighting to go down just a little more.
She gave the script another read-through. It wasn't too long--especially considering how much he would pay for it. Olivia thought for a moment about the money he was promising if she was "enthusiastic". Wouldn't it be a little awkward to be holding a paper and reading it? He hadn't specifically requested that she not, but wouldn't that ruin some of the visual appeal? Olivia thought that if she spent a few minutes, committed it to memory, and then recited it without the paper, it might guarantee some of those extra dollars. Conversely, holding the paper might hurt those chances. Olivia decided it was worth a few extra minutes.
She read through the script, then read it again, then again. She looked up from the paper, reciting the lines as best as she could manage. Then, she looked down and found the correction. Olivia had a decent memory and she wasn't trying to remember it forever, just for a single recording. She thought she had it down, but recited it a few more times to be sure.
Satisfied, Olivia took a lighter, lit the candles in a circle on her floor, and then went to the bathroom. She looked herself over one more time, just to make sure she looked sexy and hadn't smeared any of the paint. Then, she went back into the living room. She turned on the camera, pointed it to the circle, got the angle right, and then went and knelt among the candles. She straightened her back, popped her tits up, and tried to look sensual.
Then, she began to recite.
"This name on my body is a stamp of my King
He is my master, my owner, and my everything
I commit my life to him as his willing slave
I shall obey his commands and always behave
I surrender my body, my mind, and my will
I will serve him always with vigor and skill
His word is law and I will obey
From now until my very last day."
Olivia picked up the nearest candle and held it near her body.
"This candle symbolizes my life that was
The life that ends now on this day, because
As I exstinguish it now, I have made my choice
And I submit forever to the commands of his voice."
Olivia blew out the candle. The darkness was instant and all-encompassing. She stifled a little shriek, hoping she wouldn't have to edit it out later. Then, Olivia wondered why it had gotten so dark. She had blown out one candle. Now, thought, all she could see was the little red light on the camera and the bits of light that made it through the curtain. Olivia looked around in a small circle. All the candles around her had blown out.
Olivia sat in the darkness for a moment, listening to the beat of her heart. Could she normally hear it so loudly? Or was it beating extra hard right now? The room was cold, now in the absence of fire. Olivia set down the candle and carefully stood. She didn't want to drip hot wax and start a fire. She stepped over where she thought the candles should be and then approached the wall. She felt a hand up until she found the light switch, which she flipped.
The light filled the room. Much to Olivia's surprise, it looked exactly like it had a moment ago. The sheet was on the ground, bunched up from where Olivia had knelt, and the candles formed a ring around.. A few of the candles were still wisping smoke. The camera was still recording. Olivia reached over and flipped it off.
Olivia chuckled softly. It was alright. She had spooked herself for a moment. Had she just blown really hard on the one candle and accidentally blew them all out? That didn't seem possible... except it had to be. That had to be what happened, Olivia decided firmly. That was the only explanation and that's what it had to be. Anything else was simply ridiculous.