The hivemind is conquering for me?

Walking through the Grindstone, the serpent swords ship, Mindy received warm looks of respect from her crew. She may be the smallest one aboard, but that did not stop her from standing out due to how much the crew respected her.

She meandered through the halls with practiced efficiency and reached her and her partners quarters. They left on horrible terms this morning and she hoped he would not still be in a foul mood.

Opening the door, the first thing she saw was her husband, sitting exactly where she had left him, behind his desk doing paperwork. " Hi bubbles." Mindy called him his pet name. "Hey." He replied not looking up from his work.

Mindy rolled her eyes at her husband as she walked into the room and took of her shoes and jacket and proceeded to the couch. "Oooh yeah, I needed this." She murmured to the room. "So how was your day Jacob?" Mindy tried to initiate conversation. "Boring." Jacob replied. "But safe. Unlike your little escapade." He said putting his pen down.

" 5FT tall lizards and you thought the best course for your safety was to still go into that hole anyway."

Mindy took in a deep breath, clearly her husband wanted to reinitiate their fight from earlier, but instead of meeting venom with venom, she decided to take her friends advice. She walked over to her husband, attempting to look seductive while she did so and wrapped her arms over his shoulder as they now rested on his chest.

"I know you are just looking out for me because you want to protect the carrier of your future genetic lineage." Mindy said, getting a look from Jacob which indicated 'So you finally understand!'

"That being said." she moved her arms down to her husbands crotch and started massaging over his pants. "I am not some fragile little girl, I am the strong independent woman who you fell for all those years ago nothing will-"

Mindy was interrupted by her husband yelling into her ear. "Cumming!" Jacob with bated breath then forgetting everything Mindy had just said, leant back into his chair and kissed his wife's hands. "You and your magic hands, finishing me off in seconds. Truly could we be any more compatible."

Until a few hours ago, Mindy believed that to be the truth. But now as she looked down at the wet spot in her husbands pants, she could not help remember a phrase her friend had said. 'A rusty zipper.'

"HMM!" Mindy let out a single high pitched squeak of laughter before composing herself. "Mindy?" Jacob asked confused. "Its nothing Jake, come on get out of those pants before the zipper rusts." She snorts after saying that making Jacob genuinely confused.

While getting changed in the other room, Mindy shouts to Jacob. "Bubbles, put on your formal wear, we were invited by Apollo to join him for dinner."

There was silence for a moment as Jacob walked out of his room to speak to Mindy in person. "Who is Apollo? We have no one on our ship by that name." "Apollo is a new friend I made today, He is Kathrine's private hire. The one in the alien suit of armour."

Jacob scoffed. "That gigolo? The fuck were you doing talking to him for?" Mindy did not like her husbands tone. "For your information, he and I were partnered up in the search today and he was wonderful and kind and spoke only the truth on anything he thought, which was refreshing to say the least, unlike the venom that spouts out of you."

Mindy was not sure where that came from, as the surprise on her and her husbands face was evident. "Oh so thats it then? You have been enticed by the gigolo hmm? What did he wave his cock about for you and now that is all you can think about?" Jacobs venom came pouring out at this point. "Excuse me!" Mindy screamed.

"All that man did today was talk to me about our problems as he was a wonderful stranger to vent towards. He even suggested I give you that little treat I gave you when I walked through the door. Yet You accuse ME! Of being some floozy! You can stay here you selfish little prick, I am going on my own."

Mindy slammed the door to her personal room in Jacobs face and proceeded to get dressed up as nice as she possibly could with the tools she was working with on the ship.

"Mmhh, Kat, I have to tell you. This was a good investment." I said as I sat inside the portable spa. "Polynesian spa." I whispered. Remembering something from a lifetime ago with a smile on my face. "What was that handsome?" Kathrine asked while rubbing her foot against my member while in the tub. "Oh don't worry, just being a goof."

We stayed like this since I got out of the hole earlier, Kathrine had it ordered while she was still in the city and had it brought here by Caleb's mercs. Speaking of Caleb, The door bell to the tent was just clicked.

Kathrine was about to get out before I pressed her down on her shoulder lightly. "Don't, I'll get it. Its always fun watching Caleb squirm when I flash him." For a man who was clearly liked it both ways, he found my form utterly repulsive, I assumed it was due to the fact he witnessed the main star all the way at the back of Kathrine's throat.

Walking to the flaps of the tent I opened them and spoke before looking. "Caleb, this better be important, Kat bought a spa and it is magnificent. I fully plan on utilising it until our guest arrives later so be quick about it."

It was a second later, when a feminine cough of surprise made me realise the person at the door was not Caleb. "Oh, hi Mindy, sorry I was expecting someone else... Are you early or did I lose track of time?"

"Hom." Mindy said, not being able to express anything else at the current moment. "Shit." I muttered. "Kat! Can you get me a towel? I made a mistake. Its not Caleb and I just accidentally sexually harassed one of your employees."

Kat got out of the tub while I just stood there awkwardly. "Oh dear, that's ok handsome it was just an accident here, who did you- Oh Mindy! Hello sweetie, come in, are you early? I was so pleased to find out when Apollo invited you over."

"Hom." Mindy was not fairing any better with Kathrine in her sight as the woman in question was wearing a bikini that was to put it lightly, two strings of fabric covering pretty much nothing. Kathrine smiled at Mindy's staring. "I am glad my looks have not diminished in my midlife." She said causing Mindy to snap out of it and blush.

"S-S-Sorry, I-I-I can come back later." She said clearly very embarred to make up for the lack of embarrassment both Kathrine and I had.

"Pfft, nonsense, you cant go now your here. You've dressed up so nice and look gorgeous. doesn't she Apollo?" I was already dried and dressed thanks to my Thermokinesis when they turned to me. To give my honest opinion, I looked Mindy up and down. "Your green dress and heels pair beautifully with the planets sky.

I did preferred your hair in a ponytail, but it looks nice cascading down your shoulders like that as well."

Mindy blushed profusely at the compliment. Whether flirtatious or not, giving a compliment on someone's looks will, most of the time, make them feel both happy and embarrassed.

Kathrine laughed at Mindy's reaction. "Apollo, honey, You cant be dropping your truth bombs on people who aren't used to them, you will fry the poor girls brain. Speaking of fried brains, where's your husband? Is he arriving later?"

Mindy's embarrassment ended quickly and was replaced with a look of anger. "Jacob will not be attending tonight. I'm sorry for the inconvenience." Kathrine's eyes shone with the yearning for gossip. Apollo was wonderful to have around, though he was not the gossipy type and her noble upbringing craved something juicy.

"I see, Apollo, why don't you go for a walk for a while, It will give me some time to change and have a little chat with my friend here." I saw no reason to refuse. "Sure no problem. See you In a little while Mindy." I said as I waved. "Huh? Oh um.. See you."

Kathrine brought Mindy to her room divider before placing a robe over herself so her guest could actually look at her. "Sorry about Apollo sweetie, He did not mean to flash you really. If he did I would have castrated him." She said laughing.

"Its fine though..." Mindy paused a moment hoping to not upset Kathrine by talking about her partner. "Is there something wrong with his member?"

"Something wrong?" Kathrine asked confused. "It was so engorged to the point it looked like a hindrance to his movement." Mindy replied, making Kathrine look at her with pity.

"Oh you poor thing. Have you never seen a big penis before? No wonder you look so confused." She said as she placed her hand on Mindy's shoulder. "Apollo is gifted beyond gifted in that area and you just got a face full without realising."

It was Mindy's turn to be confused this time. "They are supposed to look like that, but Jacobs is..." Mindy trailed off.

Kathrine could not help thinking again.

"Poor thing."