The hivemind is conquering for me?

Valerica was watching tv, It had been hours and Kathrine's soundproof walls failed to live up to their name. The sounds coming from her daughters mouth were like bestial cries of a dying creature at best and she was honestly surprised that Apollo had not come out screaming out of the room in horror at certain points.

The dying creature upstairs did seem to quieten down five minutes ago and as she looked up curiously at the door upstairs, it suddenly opened. Valerica, not wanting to seem like she was staring up there, suddenly directed her attention back to the tv.

Valerica watched the tv seemingly with her direct attention, but her ears had all of her attention as she heard a set of footprints make their way to the kitchen, open the fridge and began gulping down a beverage.

"Ahhh, that hit the spot." She heard her son express before he walked into the living room. He then made his way to the couch and sat down on the other end of where she was. "So, how was your date?" Valerica asked with a smile as she finally turned away from the tv only to be surprised by Apollo's attire. He was wearing nothing but a small pink towel that barely covered his lower extremities and that vambrace he always wears that stored his armour.

"Apollo, where are your clothes? This is the common space. You know I have no problems personally, but it is a matter of general respect." Valerica said to me, causing me to scratch the back of my head.

"Sorry Mom, my clothes have taken some... damage. They aren't really suitable to wear right now. And well, for how the date went? It went pretty darn well." My choice of words had struck critically against Valerica, causing her to beam a smile of pure unadulterated happiness and simply forgot about the state of Apollo's dress.

"Apollo, I was being rhetorical, I could hear the two of you from down here." She said, causing me to look slightly guilty. "Oh, sorry, I-" "-And what in Spartari were you doing to my little girl up there? I have walked in on her a few times with past dalliances and she has never made such... Animalistic noises. Don't smile at that Apollo! I am serious! It genuinely sounded like a dying animal was up there! Is my Kitten ok?"

Deciding not to beat around the bush, I just straight up told Valerica. "Yeah, Kathrine is fine. You know about her fixation right? Well, she also likes that fixation to be pretty rough. So after our foreplay, I kind of really hurt her throat. Followed up by what happened next, she couldn't really hold back her 'delight', causing her to scream, in the process making her throat even worse. Etcetera, etcetera. She is as fine as can be, she passed out not too long ago and although she claimed she wanted me to keep going after that, I think that is crossing a line I am not comfortable crossing."

Valerica smiled hearing this. 'Sounds like the poor kitten won't have her hiss for the next couple of days... That should be fun to toy around with.' She thought devilishly before turning back to her lack of fatigued son.

"And how are you feeling darling? Judging from the sounds I was hearing, you clearly were putting your fair share of effort in, by the way bravo. I am glad your big package hasn't made you a selfless lover. You would not believe the stories my slutty friends could tell about some of their worst experiences being with big blowhards who swing around their trunk like a wet noodle before calling it a night."

I chuckled as I pictured the image in my mind before shaking my head. " I don't really go into the experience for myself. Sure it feels phenomenal and everything, but I am more interested in making my partner enjoy herself. If she gets off, I get off. Besides, Kat on her own doesn't have the stamina to wear me out. Her spirit is willing, but her flesh is spongy and bruises. She can only take so much."

Valerica hearing that, gave me an odd look up and down before asking. "Are you telling me after all I just heard that you are still raring to go?" She then subtly looked down at the pink towel before shaking her head and quickly averting her gaze.

"Well, yeah. The longest I have gone is over a week with Jewel, but that ended with a broken pelvis on my part due to her strength. To be honest, it takes a lot to actually 'satisfy' me, sure I seed the land a bunch, but my stamina has me raging in the moment, I usually have to cool myself down if there is no one to tag in."

Valerica listened to what I had to say before she wholeheartedly began laughing. "Goodness child, I don't know how you do it. My best partner was Agis and even he and I could only manage fifteen minutes at most. No wonder you have so many fawning over you. You are basically a walking talking pleasure stick with an unlimited battery."

The both of us began laughing once more before it fell into a comfortable silence for a while as we watched some television. Eventually, during some clearly biased propaganda against the Coalition, Valerica turned to me and asked.

"So, what do you have planned for the rest of your night? Are you going to pick up from here back at your club or do you have anything else planned?" I shook my head in response before saying.

"No, It's a long night at the club so Sophia and most of the girls are going to be busy all night. And since I have had to cool myself down, I won't wake the beast again till tomorrow or the day after.

Valerica snorted at my naming 'beast' but didn't say anything about it as what I said next really intrigued her. "To be honest I am probably going to spar with Orchid and Onyx for a few hours, I need to start implementing multi target combat into my repertoire as I am mostly adept at duels. After that I will probably train my Psionics a bit more as I am getting really bloody close to a breakthrough with my Gyrokinesis. I can feel the precipice, I just need to reach out a little bit more..."

Trying not to sound too eager, but failing miserably, Valerica, her eyes wide and smile threatening to break through her façade spoke. "You know Apollo, if all you plan on doing is training tonight, perhaps you could train with me? Sure the technique has been incredible, but it would be nice to work my old bones out with a friendly spar. What do you think?"

I felt slightly intimidated by the overwhelming eagerness, I was slightly worried by what she meant by training as Kathrine had stated time and time again that her mother practically abused her with all the training she had to go through.

Still, I enjoyed a challenge and it would be nice to train with someone new. A fresh partner could provide unique opportunities after all. "Sure. Why not? I think training with you will be a lot of fun."

"AH!- Valerica covered her mouth to stifle her scream of delight, only twenty seconds later did she open her mouth again. "Ok, let's do it! Apollo, you go to Kat's puny excuse for a home gym and start moving all the machines outside the room. We are going to need plenty of space for this. Meanwhile, I am going to go down to the company kitchens and get some oil! Oh, this is going to be so much fun!"

Valerica then giggled as she stood up and began actually skipping towards the front door, leaving me momentarily stumped. "Did she just say oil?" I spoke confused, before shouting after her. "Did you just say oil!?!"

...

Deciding not to dwell on the mystery temporarily, I walked through the kitchen and through towards the back of the apartment towards Kathrine's gym. There was not much in there and began to move the running machine and a few other pieces of equipment with ease.

The heaviest things in there were the multiple tonne weights that I assumed Valerica had brought with her, but with my Gyrokinesis, they were a breeze to move as well. Not long after finishing removing the last of the items, cluttering the dining room in the process, did Valerica return with not one, but two large gallon drums which I assumed were filled with oil, considering the sides said oil...

After she dragged them over, she then patted one of the drums like a pet before with a dangerous glint in her eye and smiled at me. I immediately felt very exposed wearing only a towel and asked, my voice almost shaking.

"W-Why do we need so much oil?"