Thieves (Chapter 4): Reunion
#2 of Thieves
And so the thieves are finally reunited, although the circumstances, and the price for their reunion I would wager that both of them find is a hefty price to pay. Left alone with Luck, Maneki shares a bit of her experiences the past few days with the wolfox. Could Sly's words be true?
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Wet sounds could be heard echoing around the pitch black room. The only light was the very faintly glowing rune beneath the shifting slimy mass covered figure in the corner on the St. Andrew's Cross. Light moans and whimpers could barely be heard mingled with the wet sounds as the door creaked open. Luck's ears twitched softly as she heard two sets of footsteps moving into and through the room as the door closed again, leaving her in darkness again. "Still enjoying ourselves Luck?" came the familiar male's voice before two hand claps filled the air. A small rune glowed on every candle in the room before they sparked to life instantly, lit. Luck's eyes faced the ceiling, bleary and unfocused. Her cheeks were stained with tears of frustration. The bomke ruthlessly continued its work, all three of her holes completely filled, keeping her completely on the edge from the moment the wolfox had left her there. She whimpered as she looked forward slowly, seeing the male standing before her wearing only a pair of pants. Beside him on her knees sat Maneki. She was nude, her arms behind her, and bent at the elbows in another arm binder. There was a blindfold mask over her eyes, and a red ball gag in her mouth. And the cuff on her tail was connected to the back of her collar by a wire leading from the coin tag, holding her tail up and out of the way. The leash attached to the front of her collar was in the wolfox's hand on his hip. Luck's anger rose again as she witnessed her friend's position before the now familiar feeling of her climax falling out of reach again brought her thoughts back to her own predicament, she whimpering softly at the feeling. "Aww look at you Luck. You were so proud before. Now you look as if you'd do just about anything to climax." said Sly smugly. Luck wished she could speak. As much as she hated to admit it, he was right. At this point she would do anything to end this torture. She stared at Sly; her gaze a soft, halfheartedly angry one. "You've been down here, your punishment active for the past twenty hours. You still have four hours to go." said Sly smugly, ignoring her anger. Luck's eyes widened quickly as she heard those words. She had thought that her punishment would be over soon after the male had come back. To find out now that she still had almost a quarter of a day to complete was heartbreaking to say the least. "I can end your torment early if you wish. It will of course come at a price." he offered, raising an eyebrow to her now. Luck whimpered as she heard the last part of the sentence. She knew that whatever the wolfox had in mind, it was going to be a price she would otherwise never pay. The bomke trilled a little as it vibrated a little on her clit suddenly. Luck whined as she nodded her agreement to the male quickly. She was desperate to get off now. "Very well. The price will be your freedom. You will sign a contract of servitude just as Maneki did before you, binding you as my obedient pet for the rest of your life." said Sly seriously, both felines gasping as they heard him. It was no surprise. Both females had already known that this would be his stipulation. All the same it was still shocking to see that it was reality, and that he had said it out loud. Luck closed her eyes and shed a tear from both eyes as she nodded her agreement again. She knew the game. This is what he wanted, and he was going to get it whether she had to endure one punishment, or a dozen. She was his captive and didn't really have a choice in the matter. "Good." he said as he grabbed a magical parchment from a nearby table and quickly drew up the contract. Luck watched him with angered hesitance as he showed it to her. "Does this look acceptable to you?" he asked. Luck looked it over and her eyes widened confused at the last part. "What? I never said I was going to be unfair about it. Do you accept these terms or not?" he asked. "Luck nodded again and Sly snapped his fingers, signaling the bomke to pull out of and uncover her mouth. "You sick bastard..." coughed Luck as soon as her mouth was free. "Your words and your anger mean nothing to me Kitten. Now read the contract aloud and sign with your name at the end." he said, holding it up for her to see clearly. "I Luck do hereby solemnly swear to uphold this magic-clad contract with my life. I will never again steal anything from the citizens of Locke Village. I recognize and accept Sly as my new Master, and will serve him with all of the skills I possess now, and new skills I may learn in any way he desires for as long as I live. My life and my body are his so long as he does not treat me or his other pet, my partner, Maneki with any purely malicious intent. Signed...Luck..." she recited, her name appearing in a magical ink on the underlined area on the contract. Maneki gasped behind her gag as she heard the stipulation at the end of the contract. Could she really have heard what she thought she heard? "There, I signed your contract. Now get this stupid rune off of me and let me cum!" said Luck desperately. "Ah ah. Not so fast Kitten. I do have a title, and you are to use it when addressing me from now on. Apologize to me for being belligerent and beg me to end your punishment and allow you to cum." he said sternly. Luck sighed exasperated, but swallowed her pride quickly. "Alright...I'm sorry for being hostile towards you...Please...Master...End my punishment and allow me to cum." she said through grit teeth. "Good girl. The attitude will have to go, but we can work on that later. He snapped his fingers again and the rune disappeared from her belly, but much to her dismay the bomke disappeared as well, its summoning dispelled. Luck whined as she felt this, she now bound with no pleasure at all. "B-But..." she said, one eye closed as she felt her orgasm falling ever further out of her reach. "Don't worry. I have something special in mind for you. Stand Kitty." he instructed. Maneki's ears twitched as she heard her pet name before she stood a little unsteadily. She felt the arm binder give and whimpered confused as her hands came free. She looked around the darkness behind the blindfold confused before feeling something being strapped around her waist. "I want you to use this strap-on on your partner to make her cum. She is in front of you." he said as he finished strapping the phallic device on the calico and placing her hand on it so that she could feel it. Maneki immediately began to fumble forward, her hands out, feeling for the cross. Luck watched with amazement at how obedient Maneki was to the wolfox. What had he done to her to make her so compliant?
Maneki padded over toward Luck as Sly took a seat on a nearby chair to watch the show. "I'm sorry 'Neki. I shouldn't have said those things to you." said Luck softly as Maneki reached her. Maneki only shook her head in disagreement and even without the use of words Luck understood what her partner wanted to tell her. Following her friend's voice, the calico reached up and found Luck's face. Feeling the familiar curve of her friend's face brought a sense of joy to Maneki and she blushed as she pressed the ball gag to Luck's lips, trying to kiss her. Luck moaned softly at the sensation and sentiment as Maneki reached down to find her pussy, ready to guide the shaft to its destination. The tip of the dildo pressed into Luck's pussy, bringing a drawn out moan from the feline quickly. She hung her head, dragging in air through her teeth before breathing heavily. While still sensitive, her pussy felt sore from constant use over the past day. Maneki would have to be careful not to hurt her friend. Slowly but steadily Maneki pressed the phallic length into her friends love tunnel. Luck shivered when the strap-on was hilted, she feeling completely full. "P-Please 'Neki...D-Don't hold back. I can't wait anymore. Just give it to me hard and fast." begged Luck, her eyes clenched shut as she felt the small rubber point at the hilt of the strap-on press on and rub against her clit. "Maneki closed her eyes and gripped her friend around the waist before pulling back and giving a solid thrust up into her cavity. Luck half moaned and groaned out as she felt the force of the thrust, biting her lip at the pain as Maneki pulled back again, ready to thrust again. Sly watched as a few minutes passed. Maneki was giving Luck a thorough pounding, while playing with her bouncing breasts. Luck gave broken moans in response, throwing her head side to side as she was pushed closer and closer toward climax. "'Neki...My clit...rub it...I'm c-close." instructed Luck, her voice cracking a little. Maneki did as she was instructed, rubbing her friend's clit harshly. Luck threw her head back to the middle of the cross, facing the ceiling as she finally achieved that which had been denied her for so long. A long drawn out moan escaped her lips as she climaxed hard. Maneki breathed heavily herself from her exertion and stepped back, the dildo pulling free of her friend, a small flow of her juices dripping out of her well used pussy. Luck hung her head after climaxing, her eyes near blank.
"Come kitty." said Sly simply as he took hold of the calico's leash and tugged to the right. Maneki whimpered a little as she followed the leash blindly through the room. Luck watched blearily as he led her over to a pillory facing the cross and opened the top. "You are standing in front of a pillory Kitty. Bend your front forward and place your wrists and neck in the grooves. They are about chest high." he instructed next. Without hesitation Maneki bent forward, sliding her hands around the wooden contraption until she found the grooves he spoke of and settled her limbs in them, waiting obediently for him to close the top and trap her in it. He locked the bondage device and moved around behind her, grabbing from a table a small butt plug and a tube of lubricant and setting them on top of the pillory. "You've been a very good girl these last few days. I think you deserve a little reward." he said loud enough for Luck to hear what he was saying. "Spread your legs Kitty." he instructed. This time the order was followed a bit hesitantly. "Don't worry. I'm not going to fuck you." he told her. Luck sighed a little inwardly herself. She didn't think she could handle having to witness the male take her friend right in front of her. Maneki gasped and blushed behind her blindfold mask as she felt his fingers slide up her pussy lips softly, they were coated in a slick gel, but that wasn't the only thing that shocked the feline. She moaned lustfully, closing her knees quickly as she realized just how wet she already was. "Surprised by your arousal Kitty? I'm not." he whispered to her softly as he unbuckled the strap on from her waist, it clattering to the ground. "Open your knees Kitty." he instructed seriously. Maneki closed her eyes and whimpered at his tone as she followed the direction, his fingers continuing to rub her slit. "I've noticed a few things about you in your short time here so far. You seem to enjoy being bound. As much as you griped about it in the beginning, you almost seemed eager enough to put your arm binder on by yourself when I showed it to you upon returning to the castle this evening." he continued. Maneki's thoughts were a hazy blur as she fought with herself to keep her legs open. All of the bondage she'd experienced in the past few days passed through her head as her lower body rocked with the rubbing fingers on her slit. She had already grown accustomed to being bound and had anticipated it when he mentioned more "fitting attire". How quickly she'd followed his order to put herself in the pillory had shocked her as well. Could he be right? Her whimpers grew a bit louder a few minutes later as she felt the fingers leave her pussy. "Change your mind already Kitty?" he asked mockingly as her whimpers had gone from protesting his actions to protesting his stopping. He reached to the wall and retrieved a metal bar with two shackles, one on each end. "Spread your legs again and I will continue." he instructed. Maneki sighed behind the mask and slowly spread her legs again, eager to feel the pleasurable touch again. She gasped though when she felt the first shackle encircle her left thigh, just above her knee and whined a little as she felt as the other shackle was placed on her right thigh, holding her legs open forcefully. "You seem to be having a bit of trouble keeping your knees open. This spreader bar will help you with that." he explained as the device locked in place. Maneki's whimpers grew a bit as she tried unsuccessfully to close her legs, she realizing that she was completely vulnerable to the male now. "Your pussy is practically drooling Kitty." he reported softly a moment later, sticking to whispers now so that Luck couldn't hear. The calicos blush widened as he left her there for a minute longer. She could feel the drops of her wetness dripping from her hot box to the floor below her. "Do you want me to continue Kitty?" came his teasing voice tantalizingly in her ear. She gave in to her own desires and nodded her answer quickly, feeling a twinge of shame at the same time. Sly only smirked as he saw this and moved back to position behind her. Maneki's tail twitched in its confinement, her toes curled lightly as his fingers returned to her nether lips. She moaned out as he pressed two into her softly, probing her most intimate area. "What is it that's making you so horny I wonder? The fact that you're tied up secure? Or the fact that you have no say in what your Master does to you? Perhaps it's both the bondage and the situation together that has you so worked up." he whispered as he continued to finger her. Maneki was beside herself. The pleasurable touch the wolfox was supplying was quickly building her toward orgasm. And the added stimulation of his words was confusing her slightly but only making her more aroused. She couldn't deny that she'd never been hornier, never been so desperate to get off before. And frighteningly, what he was saying was starting to make sense. All the same she shook her head defiantly, not wanting to believe it. "Shall I prove to you what I'm saying is true?" he asked. She let out whimpering moan as he pulled his fingers free of her pussy once again, his fingers coated in her dew. He silently opened the cap on the lubricant and smeared a bit on the butt plug from earlier. "You've never taken anything anally before have you Kitty?" he asked softly. Every hair on the calico's tail stood on end as she felt the tip of the plug press against her tail hole. She quickly whined and shook her head in protest. "I didn't think so. But that was by your choice. Now you have no choice but to take it, and accept it." he said as he placed his palm on the flat end of the plug and pressed firmly. Maneki groaned and whimpered as the plug was steadily forced into her ass, it getting ever wider as it entered her. Her muffled whines grew louder as the plug neared its widest point, now accompanied by his teasing fingers once again in her pussy. "Almost there Kitty. And despite your protests I can tell that you are too. Now, climax for your Master." he whispered as he tickled her clit softly. Maneki's eyes flew open behind the mask as she climaxed right there. She screamed into her gag as the widest point of the plug popped into her rectum before giving way to the thinnest point behind it. The plug was buried securely inside her now as she made soft bucking, thrusting motions backwards unconsciously against his slowly withdrawing fingers. The feline breathed heavily through her nose, shivering at the feeling of the anal intruder as she felt the male move around to her side. The straps to the gag loosened and it was pulled free from her mouth slowly, hanging around her neck now with her collar. She felt a phallic object pressing at her lips and instantly parted them, opening up to take the tip into her mouth. She was surprised when she felt cool water pouring into her mouth next. "Drink Kitty." came his calm voice above her, and she greedily drank from the water pouch. He pulled the pouch back a moment later, the spout coming free of her mouth and clearing the way for heavy panting breaths. "Do you believe me now Kitty? You have an excellent submissive personality, and seem to enjoy taking direction and following orders. You even climaxed on command because I ordered you to despite not liking what I was doing to you." he said. She felt the mask lifted from her tear stained eyes and looked up at the male, seeing how he peered down at her dominantly. The calico whimpered softly at her thoughts. Never had she liked anything anal, but the situation...the way the male had forced her to experience it put a new twist on the act. Something she had no choice but to admit to herself that she enjoyed. "I asked you a question..." he said, giving her an open palm spank on her left flank, causing the plug within her to shift a little. Maneki whined a little as she felt this. "Y-Yes Master...I believe you..." she replied quickly. "Did you enjoy it?" he asked, lifting her chin with his index finger and forcing her to look him in the eyes. "N...Yes Master...I enjoyed it..." she replied sheepishly, a dark blush on her face. "Good girl. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself." he whispered as he patted her on the head and left her to her thoughts, stepping back toward Luck now.
Luck watched the male approach warily. What did he want now? "Did you enjoy the show Kitten?" he asked as he reached her. Luck only scoffed and turned her head to face another direction. "I see you're going to hang onto your defiance for as long as I allow you to. The question is would that really be a smart thing to do?" he asked, reaching and turning her head to face him again. "What the hell did you do to Maneki to make her so compliant?" asked the feline, ignoring his words. "What did I do indeed?" he said with a slight chuckle that angered Luck to no end. "I'm serious you sick fuck. What have you done to..." "Nothing! I haven't done anything malicious to my pet since she got here to make her act this way. I haven't beaten her. I haven't raped her. I'm not controlling her actions with anything more than my words. What you witnessed just now was the most sexual thing she's experienced here. She's being so compliant to my orders because she signed a contract virtually identical to the one you signed saying that she would. You heard me tell her that she's a natural submissive. She's doing what comes naturally to a sub when with a dominant person. And dare I say...She's starting to enjoy it. Don't believe me? Why not ask her?" he replied with a smirk. Luck stared at Maneki hoping her friend would dispel the male's lies, but the look of guilt and shame in the calico's eyes startled her a bit. "And I have a hunch that if you'd allow yourself, you'd come to enjoy it too." he whispered. Luck only turned to look away from him disgusted. "It looks like you both have a bit of catching up to do. I'll leave you to it. I have something that needs to be done as soon as possible. I will return to retrieve you both later. And Kitten, I am not above punishing you till you get the message about that attitude of yours." he said gripping her chin and throwing a dangerous look into the female's eyes. Luck shivered a moment at the look in his eyes before he released her chin and moved for the exit. "M-Master..." came Maneki's timid voice behind him. "What is it Kitty?" he asked, his demeanor suddenly calm again. "What about...the...it's still..." she started shakily. "The plug? I think I'll leave it where it is for now. You'll have to get used to it eventually. May as well start now." he said to her disappointment. She whimpered a little as he turned to leave the room, the metal door creaking to a close behind him, leaving the two feline thieves alone for the first time since before Maneki came here.
Minutes pass like hours as the two females stare at each other; neither feline knowing what to say to the other. "Lucky...I..." "The truth." said Luck quickly, cutting off the calico suddenly. "What?" asked Maneki confused. "Was what he said the truth? About how he's treated you?" she asked insistently. Maneki only nodded her answer in response. "So he hasn't beaten or raped you?" asked Luck seriously. "No. He hasn't done anything like that. He's made me suck him off as you saw before. And well...You saw what he did a few minutes ago. But beyond that he hasn't done anything bad to me." Maneki replied to her partner's relief. "You've heard the stories as much as I have about thieves that are caught. They are either killed upon capture, or forced into a life of horrible slavery where they have a lifetime to pay for their crime under the jurisdiction of only the one who caught them; whatever they decide to let happen to them. I assumed that was going to be the life I had chosen when he gave me the choice." said Maneki truthfully. "You decided to take his offer so that he wouldn't come after me next?" asked Luck remembering Sly's words. Maneki nodded her answer again. "He had me sign a contract like he had you sign. I assumed I was signing myself into a life of misery but...he doesn't seem to be anything like what I pegged him as when he captured me. So far he's been pretty good to me. He's dominant, and can be forceful, but it's all done in an almost...kind way. I really don't know how to describe it." said Maneki, her eyes closed. An embarrassed blush was on her face as if she herself couldn't believe the words coming out of her mouth. Luck stared at her partner as she semi described her experience with the male. She could tell that Maneki was having mixed feelings about what she's been through, and decided it best to change the subject. "What can you tell me about him?" asked Luck. "He's intelligent and cunning. He's almost got the mentality of a thief himself. He's a rune master and made his wealth forging security and control runes. I don't think he's a normal mortal though from what he's shown me. He's also got the ability to separate from his shadow and have it act completely independent from himself." said Maneki. "He sounds a little troublesome, but nothing too special. I'm surprised you haven't tried to kill him yet." said Luck raising an eyebrow. "Actually I have. Last night he left me unbound in his chambers. I was tempted to smother him in his sleep, but I couldn't do it." said the calico to her partner's confusion. "*Sigh* The fact that he's a rune master nagged at my mind as I stood there ready to kill him. I've seen how small his runes can be. I can't remove the collar around my neck or the cuff on my tail. I figured this was because of some rune he put on them. I was right. He knew I was going to try to kill him, and was waiting to see what I would do. He says there is a special rune on my collar and that killing him would have been a bad idea, but didn't say more than that. I would be skeptical of his words if he hadn't had everything to lose on that gamble." explained Maneki. "Runes..." said Luck disdainfully. "He said he learned about them from his mentor, who also supplied the runes for the gauntlet at Hysang Prison." said Maneki thoughtfully. Suddenly Luck's eyes flew open, an angry look overtaking them. "That monster set up the gauntlet?" she asked quickly. "N-No. He said that his mentor did, but he's never done so himself." answered the calico instantly regretting bringing up the gauntlet. "And you believe him? Look at this castle. I don't think he obtained it by simply doing security. And now that monster has us under his control." said Luck quickly. "Ok I'll take the blame for getting us into this mess. But don't take what he did or didn't do in his past out on me. His past has nothing to do with me." said Maneki quickly. Luck stopped suddenly, seeing the tears in her friend's eyes. "'Neki...I'm sorry...I didn't mean to snap at you. This is just...It's a lot to take in you know?" said Luck seriously. Maneki sniffled a little as she looked away, reaching her index fingers over to wipe her tears. "And for the record I don't blame you for this mess." said Luck. "You don't?" asked Maneki confused. "No. I blame myself for falling for his trap and getting the idea to come here in the first place." said Luck seriously. "He told me last night that we're looking at the glass as half empty and that we're not in as bad a position as we think we are." said Maneki a little absently, thinking back on the wolfox's words. "You've said quite a few good things about him since he left. How do you feel about him truthfully? Was he telling the truth about you starting to enjoy it here even as his slave?" asked Luck curiously, a bit hesitantly. "Of course Not...I...I mean...I don't know...I signed his stupid contract...and...I don't know...maybe...I..." said Maneki flustered before the creaking of the metal door opening again brought both of their attentions to the entering male.
Sly's footsteps echoed around the silent room as he moved towards the two females. Luck watched warily as he approached her. In his hands he held two very familiar looking items; a collar, and a tail cuff like the ones Maneki is wearing. Instead of red with a Japanese coin, they were green and had four leaf clovers for tags. All of the hairs on Luck's tail stood on end at once, she gritting her teeth as he opened the collar first. "Runed collar..." she said through her clenched teeth at the sight of it. She could plainly see six small glowing runes running along the inside of the collar. One of which she recognized instantly as the "Rune of Binding." This rune was crafted specifically for collars and sometimes cuffs. It magically binds the victim to the item of ownership, making it unable to be removed by anyone but the one who placed the item on the victim. This in turn binds the victim to the rules dictated by whatever other runes happen to be on the item. Instinctively the female moved her head backwards away from the collar; only to have this retreat met by a second pair of hands on her head from behind the cross. She looked through the corner of her eye and gasped as she beheld a shadowy silhouette of the male behind her. "Interesting. I figured your partner would have warned you about this ability during your time alone." said Sly a bit surprised. "She did, but it makes seeing it no less surprising." replied Luck struggling against the shadow as Sly drew closer. "Fair enough. Like Maneki I will require that you wear this collar and tail cuff at all times. You won't have a problem with that will you Kitten?" he asked as he closed the collar around her neck. Luck gasped and said nothing as she felt and heard the locking mechanism click closed, she only staring at the male now. Maneki starred with amazement as a new runic symbol appeared on the back of the male's left ear to match the one already on his right ear he'd pointed out to her earlier. Sly gripped Luck's left nipple tightly between his fore finger and thumb suddenly, staring deep in her eyes a moment of silence later. "I asked you a question." he said seriously, increasing the pressure on her nipple. Luck tried to hold onto her defiance, but it wavered and she whimpered lightly at the pain and the serious look in his eyes. "No...Master..." she replied begrudgingly. "Good girl. Now offer me your tail." he instructed, releasing her nipple. Luck closed her eyes and turned her head to face away from him as she slowly pulled her tail up between her legs and between them. She only ground her teeth as she felt the circular item lock around her tail next. "I'll tell you what I told Maneki last night. I know this must be difficult to accept, and I understand that you are angry, but what has happened has happened. Be thankful I did not kill you and that I am letting you both live. Accept that you were outsmarted and take your new position in life with grace. There are far worse positions to be in." he said seriously as his shadow unlocked the cuffs around her wrists and ankles. Luck gasped as she fell to her hands and knees suddenly before the wolfox and looked up at him angrily. Sly smirked down at her, seemingly daring her to make a move against him. The thought flashed through her mind swift as lightning. But that train of thought came to a screeching halt as she remembered the glowing runes on the inside of her collar. All but one was unfamiliar to her, and she knew that trying anything would be a huge gamble on her part. If Sly was confident enough to let her completely free, then he's probably not taking as big a gamble on his own life. Sly saw the spark of defiance leave her eyes slowly and his smirk faded to a smile as he stepped back. "I believe Maneki would be grateful if you would remove a certain intruder for her Kitten." he suggested. Luck steeled herself for what she was about to say and let it out in one breath. "Yes Master." she replied as she moved around behind the calico.
Maneki shifted uncomfortably on her feet as Luck touched the base of the plug, whimpering slightly. "There's a tube of lube on the table behind you. Apply it as needed and slowly remove it. Be gentle." said Sly seriously. Luck took the advice on the lube. She knew she had to be delicate with this or she could really hurt Maneki. Maneki groaned as she felt the plug tugged backwards a bit, the widest part pulling on her anus walls painfully. She sighed as she felt the cool gel drip between the base of the plug and her anal rose. Sweat beaded down Luck's forehead. This was this kind of delicate job that Maneki herself excelled at. She wasn't used to slow deliberate movements. Groans and whimpers from the calico let her know when she was going too fast or too rough. A few minutes later and the widest part of the plug popped free. Maneki and Luck sighed simultaneously as the rest of the plug slid easily out, leaving the feline empty. "Good job Kitten. You too Kitty. You handled it well." said Sly patting Maneki on the head. Maneki caught herself as a small smile barely crossed her lips at the compliment. "Well I don't know about you both but I'm famished." said Sly clapping his hands together suddenly. Both feline's stomachs growled simultaneously at the prospect of food as they both realized how long it's been since they had a meal. "Sounds like you both agree. Now if you can agree to behave yourselves, you can join me for dinner. It should be ready about now." said Sly. Maneki and Luck looked at each other. It wasn't as if they had much of a choice. "Please Master...We promise to behave. Allow us to join you at the table for dinner." said Maneki to Luck's surprise. "Very good Kitty. I will oblige your request. And before you ask Kitten; no I have not had her say this before. That was said of her own free will. If you agree to abide by the same statement I won't make you repeat it." said Sly to Luck. Luck looked at Sly, then to her partner in the stocks. Maneki returned a slight smile of apologetic sympathy that made Luck understand why she had done it. As much as she hated it, the fact is that they had both signed over their freedom to him. He was their Master. And the name of the game from here on out was keeping Master happy. Any way you could show subservience was a way to stay on his good side. Luck looked back to Sly and nodded her agreement quickly. "Good girls. Alright then; let's go get some food." said Sly unlocking the pillory and freeing Maneki before turning to the metal door out of the dungeon, his two new pets right behind him.