After Ceva agreed to taking this job, two more people walked on inside, causing the Cowkin to hastily rise and retreat back to her own room, away from everyone else; brushing past the new additions, Ceva was watched the entire time as we all followed her with our eyes, unable to help ourselves.
Though Arani was more worried than aroused as Ceva left, but she still managed to pull her attention away when Ceva disappeared from sight, no longer as worried since she was back to where she was the most comfortable; being alone.
Besides, there were two new people to focus on, two people that happily plopped down beside Arani as they grinned at Renna, their excitement palpable as they both bowed and said ""Greetings Duchess Poinset!""
They weren't twins, nor were they clearly related, but they certainly were close to one another, even if one was a petite Catkin and the other was a slightly curvy Owlkin, her fluffy hair, fluffy feathers and large yellow eyes giving it away, though not as much as her ability to turn her head completely to the left as she added "Heya Arani~!"
That was why I was confident she was an Owlkin, but the fact that she had been rather silent with her movements also made me think she was an Owlkin as well, since they were well known for their complete silence in the air.
"Hello Athena, Bas. So you were chosen as well? I should have assumed as much. Duchess Poinset, I might be overstepping a bit here, but these two are workers I would love to have under me at the winery; Athena is an excellent salesperson, and Bas - while a bit quieter usually - works harder than most people."
Renna nodded and studied the two closer, their slightly nervous, but pretty smiles as they remained seated beneath Renna's gaze giving both of us some confidence in them to start, especially since Arani spoke for them.
And without much hesitation at all, Renna began to go over some questions, only to pause as another of our potential workers wandered on in, her tired expression and long yawn as she sank into a chair raising a few brows, but considering her file had been describing how she used to run her own business before it went under thanks to the meddling of a myriad of other businesses, we were willing to 'take a risk' with the perpetually tired Squirrelkin.
I didn't really have much to add or say at all during these interview processes, Renna's expertise in dealing with things like this shining brilliantly as I let her do all the work for now, though that wasn't to say I wasn't going to be doing no work at all going forwards; after all, I was the supplier of the wine, which she made clear each time someone came to join us, filling the common room with people.
On top of my obvious job of supplying the wine, I was also the co owner of the Domus Stella as per the contract Renna had drawn up awhile ago, so I was also responsible for these people going forwards and therefore needed to be alright with having them inside of our store, so there was that too.
But honestly, no one here seemed that bad in terms of personality, and even as almost the entire group of fifteen people that we had been interested in appeared before us - minus Ceva, of course - I still had no misgivings about the people we were going to potentially hire, even if a few of them seemed to be a tad troublesome...
Like Brix Plume, the little Goblin shortstack who was currently grinding on top of a quiet, serious Bullkin's lap, doing her damndest to make the Bullkin horny enough to rearrange her insides.
On a different vein there was this Crowkin futanari who was doing her best to pester everyone about literally anything at all, her excitement at this leading to her being a bit more energetic than we had anticipated, but that could be helpful in it's own way inside of a store, especially if people weren't sure on what to get.
Having everyone in the room together was nice, and I found it to be rather similar to when all of my family was together in one place, constantly chatting and bickering together as they wait for instruction; it was very nice to feel that similarity, and as I leaned back against the couch I nodded to myself, before my gaze landed on Heather, who was leaning against the doorway looking over everyone from afar.
Leaning closer to Renna, I whispered "I don't have any misgivings on any of them, so Renna dear, I'll be heading off to do some interviewing of my own, alright? I'll get some of the more... provocative slaves chosen for my own business, alright~? Is that fine~?", causing the red head to glance at me before she nodded, whispering back "Do come back eventually, Astra, and don't take too long..."
Seeing the sparkle in her sky blue eyes was enough to make me shiver as I glanced back at Arani, a slightly complicated yet arousing feeling welling up inside me as I rose from the couch and made my way over to Heather, nodding to the Aviankin before taking my leave from the common room.
Leaving Renna alone with all of the slaves, I made my way back to the front with the Aviankin, chatting with her and finding it amusing that she made no attempt at hiding her lust as she ogled me freely, our discussion about me needing some more slaves for my own club getting her a bit riled up as I mentioned that Rabbitkin from earlier, the one who had swallowed her to the root.
When we got back to the beginning and she pulled another ledger out, I leaned over the counter and rested my breasts on the wood, not minding at all how she drank in that sight as we began to go over some options for me.