Lovely ladies

Félicie cutely cocked her head as she let out a muffled moan.

"We just need her to wear the necklace to keep the barrier up, right? In that case, she can wear it from down here," Penny snarled as she snapped her fingers.

Some hooded men carrying a necklace on a tray appeared as Penny unlocked the cell, allowing them to approach Félicie.

"Well, this certainly is kinky in a sense," Félicie thought as she let out a muffled giggle.

One of the hooded men then took hold of the necklace, however, he was quickly mummified by it as it glowed red.

"Fool, thou must not touch it with thy soiled hands," the other hooded man scowled as he held the necklace with a cloth and placed it on Félicie.

"Mmph, ngh, mmph ngh," Félicie sang as nothing seemed to happen.

"Check outside! We need to know if the barrier's up!" Penny shouted.

Faintly, Félicie could hear the sound of clanking armor from the stairwell. "Oh, those rubes. They think they can just slap the necklace on me down here? Rubbish. The requirements to use the artifact are that one be of royal blood AND be deemed the ruler of the kingdom. If she knows that, well, then I'm in for humiliation as a conduit down here, but I doubt any of those decaying pigs will dare appoint me as queen, even if they were to replace me- Oh, that couldn't work now, could it? Then my fake would be expected to lead the charge to battle. I hold all the power as I should," she thought.

Penny anxiously waited for word, all while keeping her eye on Félicie.

"Arrr, hey guard, mind letting me have some fun with Fé?" a woman with long ginger hair and an eyepatch over her right eye giggled.

"Nah, she's mine. I wanna grope her," a woman with a blue bob swooned.

These two were Ginger and Aoki, two convicts each with life sentences just like Félicie.

Ginger was a pirate who happily pillaged cities, gleefully killing all in her path. She was originally sentenced to death, however a skull amulet imbedded in her chest prevented all blades from even lacerating her skin. Nooses were no good either, and while tar and feathering had yet to be tried, the judges had decided to sentence her to life in prison in hopes of her starving to death. So far, she had gone three years without eating or drinking a proper meal, yet still was just as healthy as the day she was locked away.

As for Aoki, she was a warrior from the east, known as a samurai, or at least, that's what she claimed. While she was definitely from the east, she was not a samurai, but a swindler. Naturally, she was arrested after being caught, and sentenced to be tarred and feathered. However, she then made the claim that she had linked her soul with others and meaning that should she be tarred and feathered, it would get transferred over to one of the people she linked with, randomly. She wasn't believed.

However, the moment a glob of tar was smeared on Aoki's shoulder, someone in the crowd let out a scream as a glob of tar suddenly appeared on their shoulder. Then to the horror of the executioners, the tar that was supposed to be on Aoki's shoulder was gone. As a result, Aoki was given a life sentence instead.

Then of course, there was Félicie, who abused her position as crown princess to commit crimes against humanity. Because of her silver tongue, her gag was never to be removed, meaning her only way to get nutrients was for the guards to soak her gag with water to the point where Félicie could suck some of it into her mouth. Despite her gagged state, she still managed to remain as freakishly healthy as Ginger.

All three of these ladies were housed in a giant cell, separated into three segments, which could be opened to connect everyone to the same cell. Though all three were chained up, Ginger and Aoki's chains could extend enough for them to at least rest their heads upon Félicie.

"Sorry, but no skin ship today. Our kingdom's future is at stake," Penny glared.

"Mmmph ngh mmph ngh," Félicie frowned.

"Yeah, we be her main women," Ginger glared.

"I'm sorry, what?" Penny glared back.

"Um, ya know, wives? Only the three of us here, and we're in chains all the time, so yeah, of course we're gonna start wanting to fuck each other and develop-"

Penny slammed open the door to Aoki's cell and marched up to her.

"Wanna- Hey! What are you- Mmph!?" Aoki cried as Penny tied a gag around her mouth.

"Then here's some more bondage for you," Penny huffed as she exited the cell. "Might as well do you too," she glared as she unlocked Ginger's cell.

"Don't ye fecking dare. I'll- Mmph!?"

"Sorry, didn't hear that. Now get use to those gags, because I'm not taking them off anytime soon," Penny huffed as she slammed the cell shut.

"Ngh... Mmph ngh," Félicie chuckled.

Penny went silent as she stared directly at Félicie. This time, she understood exactly what she had tried to say.

"Oh... you will."

"No, I'm not removing your gag, or your so-called lovers' either," Penny scowled.

The sound of clanking armor echoing from the stairwell quickly refocused Penny's mind as she stood at attention.

"Well?" she asked as the knight from before returned.

"My apologies... the barrier is not up."

"Tch, fine, then we'll march her up to the throne."

"Mmph mmph," Félicie giggled as she shook her head.

"Oh yes we are! You don't have any say!"

Félicie scowled and began grunting as she repeatedly began tilting her head up.

"No, the gag stays on. Under no-"

"Ma'am, I think she's trying to tell us something important," the knight mumbled as he snatched the keys and began unlocking Félicie's cell.

"NO! DON'T YOU DARE REMOVE HER GAG! THAT'S AN ORDER!" Penny shouted as she charged for the knight.

However, the knight countered easily with an elbow strike and unlocked the cell, marching inside and up to Félicie.

"NO! DON'T-"

"Ah! Oh, the sweet freedom to speak," Félicie chuckled as the knight pulled down her gag.