The Drow Queen of Glaley [Very NSFW]

[Coquette Blacquin]

Coquette throws open the door to their chambers with a flourish, a palpable air of anger and malice accompanying her as she moves into the rooms. Her eyes scan the sitting room rapidly, ignoring all but her target: Claudia. 

[Claudia Emerison]

Who goes stock still, eyes wide and mouth partially open, just as she's about to take a bite of fried mushroom. She doesn't even seem to be breathing, her hindbrain screaming at her to be utterly still.

[Coquette Blacquin]

"How could you," seethes Noire, stalking toward her prey. "How could you! After everything that happened with Estelle, how could you be such a complete imbecile! Did you think I wouldn't find out?!"

[Claudia Emerison]

Claudia makes a sort of strangled grunt, the result of trying to talk before actually figuring out what she planned to say. She's pressed back in her chair, trying to keep distance without getting up. At Coquette's final demanding question, she manages to croak out a broken, "what?"

[Coquette Blacquin]

"Tenachka," she hisses. "showed me the little illusion you two whipped up. Of her fucking my wife."

[Claudia Emerison]

Still muddled by fear, outright confusion enters the equation and Claudia is utterly lost. "Estelle? And Tenachka? What?"

[Coquette Blacquin]

"Don't get cute with me, cheater," she snarls. "I trusted you when you said what you did to Estelle was a mistake!"

[Claudia Emerison]

Claudia's eyes widen even further as she goes bone white. "I-- it was! It was the worst thing I ever-- I didn't--" Tears begin to well up and she starts to shake.

[Coquette Blacquin]

"Then why had you not the sense to not only stay away from Tenachka, but capture proof of your unfaithfulness in a magic spell?! Did you not consider that she was using you? Were you that much of a dumb slut that you didn't care?"

[Claudia Emerison]

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Claudia sobs, tears pouring down her face as she rocks back and forth in a clear emotional flashback.

[Coquette Blacquin]

"Sorry isn't going to cut it," she snarls. "I trusted you!"

[Claudia Emerison]

Unfortunately that's all she seems like she's going to get, at least until Claudia comes out of her panic attack or whatever she's going through. The imisy gnome has curled up in her seat, ugly, messy tears streaming down her face, as she trembles and rocks. All the while, she whimpers out apologies... to Estelle? Is she even still in the present?

[Coquette Blacquin]

"Snap out of it," Coquette demands, her face twisted in an ugly mask. A moment later, it smoothes out. "Look at her," says Coquette softly. "Look. She's not faking this. Whatever's going on it's more complicated than you're thinking."

A few minutes later, a hot mug of tea is pressed into Claudia's hands, a blanket draped around her shoulders. 

[Claudia Emerison]

Claudia stares at it for a long moment, unable to process what she's seeing for a few seconds. She finally takes a sip, a feat made far less painful than it could have been thanks to Coquette thinking to only fill it half way up after seeing how the younger woman's hands are trembling. "I'm sorry," she finally whispers, posture still hunched and afraid. "I didn't-- I don't understand..."

[Coquette Blacquin]

"Tenachka showed me proof that you slept together," she says quietly but firmly.