Maoin’s ears dropped further as her m- Lady Gwynn berated her, though she was happy that she was at least allowed to be in close. She was upset she had disappointed Lady Gwynn, she knew she had another master, and maybe she shouldn’t miss her of all people. But the cat knew the truth that existed in her stomach: she still loved Lady Gwynn.
Lady Gwynn would a hand grab her butt as Maoin used her other one to push her head down for a kiss. Her hands were positioned in the exact manner her former mistress liked, and despite it probably not being necessary her blood was boiling.
As soon as that affair was finished after a few seconds, the cat hissed at the other woman before speaking. ”Well if your master wants a date, then I’m sure the coward can show up themselves. Now stop being rude and interrupting our dance.” The cat saw the dance still going around them though and others staring at them however, and needed to think of a way to not awkwardly get them off the dance floor or get this woman to bugger off.
Gwynn, had not expected another kiss so soon. Especially from Maoin this time, with the kitten suddenly getting quite aggressive.
"Heh," The fox grinned, flashing the Kitten a set of sharp canine teeth. "Coward? No, my master is simply busy…unlike you, cat. Perhaps you should return to the dragon you cower beneath, hmm?~" She chuckled darkly before turning her head back towards Gwynn.
"Hey now, that was uncalled for." Gwynn said with a frown
"But it’s the truth, isn't it?" The fox replied with a confident smirk. "And this is hardly a dance any more, cat. If you couldn't tell your partner wasn't even enjoying themselves."
"T-that’s-!" Gwynn wanted to deny it, she honestly did, but she couldn't find the words to do so. Not that the fox gave her a chance.
"Tsk, I don't have much time left, but she would like to meet you tomorrow afternoon after classes."
Maoin gave the fox a dangerous look. If the fox had been a bit less aggressive, the kitten would have probably felt guilty about Lady Sorcha. But … but had Lady Gwynn really not been having a good time? She looked up towards her former mistress.
She was probably just tripping over her words, right? She seemed like she was into the kiss at least. ”I hope you don’t flash your teeth like that when your head is in your master’s crotch. I think the tongue is a far more effective weapon.”
"Eeeeh? My master doesn't know the pleasure, nor will she ever." The fox gave Maoin a dangerous look. "But perhaps this little kitten would like to be hunted by a fox?" With a small roll of her eyes and a look over to Gwynn, the fox continued. "Not that it's any of your business anyways, you washed up familiar. Will you go or not, human? My master will likely send me again should you decline. Might as well make this easier on the both of us.
Maoin at this point started to lean forward a bit, but decided not to fight at the fox’s eye roll. Was she going to tell the fox to be quiet and shut up? For a second the familiar considered doing so, but despite her attitude problems the black eared thing was likely just following the orders of whatever cowardly master she stood beside.
Letting out a sigh she looked towards Lady Gwynn with a slight grin - not a hostile one, but simply one that had a little confidence behind it. Her prior mistress wasn’t the sort to admire someone who would send their familiar to speak for them anyways, right?
Gwynn frowned, unsure of what to do here. On one hand, Maoin. On the other hand…she kinda wanted to meet this person just so she could see who exactly had the audacity to call her out like this.
"…where exactly would she want to meet?"
Maoin’s face dropped a little bit as Lady Gwynn showed her interest, but she forced the smile to stay on her face. ”And perhaps the name of your mistress would be appreciated as well.”
"Selvina Maegirpris Zaberuch or something." Fox said with a small smile. "I do believe you may know someone with a similar name already though…"
The kitten’s ears perked up in complete confusion. What? Was that … Swen’s sister? Did the Prince even have a sister? She’d done research on the family, of course. Perhaps they were just posing as one of the family members?
For a few seconds Maoin debated what to do before giving Lady Gwynn a smile, grabbing her hand with a slight squeeze, and shaking her head slightly. The fox’s ears would pick up on anything spoken, but hopefully the communication would be subtle enough that after a year her former owner would be able to figure out that this wasn’t a good idea.
Something was going on here, and Gwynn didn't like it. She didn't need Maoin to tell her that. Gwynn pulled her hand away from the Kitten, taking an aggressive step towards the fox. She knew that name, certainly. It had been the name of the guy she had previously been engaged to.
Did he have a sister or something? Either way, this was shady as hell.
"That so, fox?" Gwynn replied. "Aye, I know someone by that name…and he's a he and I don't think he has any sisters so who exactly is this person?"
"That is the name they wish to introduce themselves under, and that is all I can say." The fox replied with an impatient frown. "Will you meet or not? I only have so long to myself after this. Thirty minutes to be exact, so don't waste my time."
Maoin frowned slightly as her hand was pulled away, but let out a sigh of relief as Lady Gwynn didn’t fall for the trap. Her ears were a little down, but she decided to let her lady finish the conversation at this point.
On one hand, this still had fishy written all over it. On another hand, she legitimately liked Swen and this might be bad for him as well as her and his family. If someone was going around pretending to be them for whatever reason…she should at least do something about it, right?
Besides, Swen might be in trouble, and aside from Luna and Lyssa, Swen was the only other person she sort of remotely liked here.
"Alright, where will we be meeting then?" Gwynn asked.
"There's a fountain in a square not far from here."
"…that one, eh? I know of it." That was too much of a coincidence. "Alright, I'll go tomorrow."
"Oh good, I might actually be able to get that coffee my master wanted now. I'll be leaving then. Bye, and try not to have a heart attack you failure of a kitten. Sigh…such an overworked fox I am…" With that, the Fox poofed back into her fox form, trotting off the stage and out the doors before anyone could stop her.
Maoin let out a sigh of relief as the fox left, looking over at Lady Gwynn with some concern. The fountain had been the place they met originally … perhaps this was some sort of secret message? Looking back up towards her lady she gave her a smile which gradually dropped into a frown. ”... strange …” By this point the two of them had largely moved off the stage, and the kitten let out a slight sigh as she placed her hands into the other ladies.
”I …” Maoin really wanted to finish their original conversation, but a simple look at Lady Gwynn suggested that she was probably about to implode from all the drama. ”... you look stressed, and I do have the night off.” The kitten followed the sigh with a slightly seductive wink as she pulled the other woman closer. ”This tongue hasn’t lapped anything tasty in quite a while either. Maybe we can benefit each other?” The cat took one of her hands and placed it against Lady Gwynn’s neck, trailing them down her chest and stomach and stopping right at the line of her pants.
Gwynn blinked, definitely not minding the touch. Seeing the kitten as aggressive as this was…well, it would have been honestly refreshing before all of this happened really, but…Gywnn had something else she had to do. Stressed? Maybe. Honestly, she was just tired though. Gwynn couldn't help but to instinctively reach behind Maoin's head, giving her a few soft pats before pushing her away.
"Sorry, Maoin…" Gwynn said, looking over to Ritsa who was holding a plate in front of her. "But I should get home…I am tired and I uh, still gotta make sure Ritsa is alright." With a frown, Gwynn started to leave.
Maoin grabbed Lady Gwynn’s wrist after a moment. She was a little surprised that she was being so responsible, but she needed to know something. ”I - I don’t know when I’ll have time off again, but could we spend some more time together?” She really didn’t want to sound desperate, and she knew that the noblewoman would have likely been perfectly happy to have her disappear off the face of the world. But they still had things to talk about and …
The kitten gulped, a little apprehensive about the move she just made.
Gwynn pulled her wrist roughly out of Maoin's grasp.
"…Maybe sometime tomorrow or the next day." Gwynn said with a sigh, though she didn't turn to face Maoin. "I've gotta meet Livia soon though..." Gwynn walked back over to the table, retrieving her hat and patting Ritsa on the head.
Gwynn thought about mentioning the festival, but decided against it.
Unfortunately, that was one of Maoin’s first thoughts as soon as she recovered from Lady Gwynn jerking her wrist away. ”I’m not sure if I’ll have those days off, but how about the festival? Could I have you for it?” No self respecting master would force their familiar to work on the night of a celebration, after all.
“Maybe." Gwynn replied simply, turning to Ritsa who was hanging onto Gwynn's pants now. The poor thing looked like it was about to fall asleep.
Maoin watched Lady Gwynn leave, a frown creasing across her face as she did so. What … what had she done wrong? She’d done everything she liked, hadn’t she? It wasn’t a no, was it? But …
… when Maoin returned back to Luna’s place, she saw the two of them sleeping on the bed together. This was really the first time she thought about Sorcha again, wasn’t it? Hadn’t she promised to dance with her … she hadn’t thought of the dragon the entire time she spent with Lady Gwynn, had she? Guilt washed over the cat as she realized that when she had been thinking of her mistress, it wasn’t her face that popped into her mind.
And she deserved better, didn’t she? Wasn’t she supposed to be a servant of the top class, completely and utterly dedicated?
The kitten gulped and hoped the dragon didn’t see her pour a generous amount of drink into a glass as she stood in the kitchen area.