Three Square Meals Ch. 057

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Irillith appeared at the bedroom door a few minutes later, summoned by Alyssa with a cheerful telepathic call of, *It's time for breakfast!*

She walked into the room, and with a coy glance at the three bedmates, peeled off her long flowing dress and climbed onto the bed with them. The Maliri girl was about to lie down between Dana's thighs to begin her feast, when Alyssa sat up with a mischievous grin on her face.

"I've got a better idea!" she said insistently. "This will be much more fun, I promise!"

"What are you up to now?" John asked her, seeing the gleeful look on her face.

Alyssa smirked and replied, "It involves lots of girl-on-girl action. Don't worry, you'll love it!"

She crawled across to Irillith, then coaxed her to lie on her back. She then beckoned over Dana, who sat up awkwardly, and waddled over to her, with her enormous swollen belly leading the way. With Alyssa's prompting and support, Dana swung a lithe leg over Irillith, then tentatively lowered herself, so the Maliri was able to lap away at her pussy.

"Perfect!" Alyssa said with satisfaction. She moved down the bed, parted Irillith's blue thighs, then began to eat her out with enthusiasm.

Dana and Irillith's breathy moans filled the room, and John saw Alyssa's eyes twinkling at him in excitement. *Fucking hot, right?* she asked him playfully as she went to work on the Maliri.

John laughed then moved to the middle of the bed, where he place a hand on the shrinking and expanding bellies before him. The moaning from the redhead and the blue-skinned girl intensified as he massaged them, and he replied to Alyssa, *You do know your stuff, Sex Boss. Yes, this is much more fun."

***

They left Irillith to sleep off her hefty breakfast, and after a fun shower, John, Alyssa and Dana got dressed in their walk-in wardrobe. They strolled down the corridor towards the Officers' Lounge hand-in-hand, and when Dana hit the button to open the double doors, the enticing aroma of cooked food wafted over to them.

Calara greeted them with a friendly wave, then beckoned them over to their places. She disappeared into the kitchen, and reappeared a few moments later accompanied by Rachel and Jade, carrying plates with a full English breakfast, and a serving dish loaded down with French toast.

John grinned with delight, when Calara placed the plate of cooked food in front of him, then planted a loving kissing on his cheek. "Best morning ever!" he announced happily.

Dana and Alyssa exchanged glances, and nodded, saying, "Yes, it was."

Calara brushed her fingers through John's hair affectionately, and said, "Alyssa told us all about your plan with the Orphan fund, and we were all moved by it. It was a lovely gesture, John."

He looked up at her, and said, "You helped give me the idea actually. Remember when we met that merchant? Peter, I think his name was. Anyway, we were talking about helping people without having to slaughter a bunch of bad guys to do it. I figured this was a nice, non-violent way of making that happen."

The Latina nodded, smiling as she said, "Selling one of Dana's brilliant innovations to the Trankarans was an inspired way of making some bloodless cash."

John grinned and said, "Exactly!" before taking a bite of sausage that he'd skewered with a fork.

"I'm very proud of you," Rachel said to him, walking around to lean down and kiss him on his cheek.

"Thank you," he replied with a smile, then looked up at the three standing girls, and asked, "Are you going to join us for breakfast?"

"We've already eaten," Rachel explained apologetically, "But I hope you enjoy it."

"I'll stay with them, and help tidy up," Jade said with a smile. "You two go ahead with your work. I need to wait for Dana anyway, as she has to show me how to construct the first of the new Body Armour Suits before I can make a start."

Calara and Rachel smiled at her gratefully, and waved goodbye to everyone as they left the Lounge. Jade sat down with the others, and sipped a mug of coffee while she waited for them to finish. It didn't take long, as they were all ravenous after working up an appetite that morning. John groaned happily when he was done, having ploughed through a substantial portion of the French toast. They quickly cleared the plates, and tidied up the dining area before strolling back out of the Lounge.

"So, I know you two are off to work on the armour," John said, looking at Dana and Jade. He glanced Alyssa's way, and asked, "How about you, beautiful? What are you up to?"

Before she could reply, Dana interrupted, saying to her, "I could use you in the Engineering Bay for a few minutes. If I give you the schematics for the armour plating, can you start shaping Crystal Alyssium into all the pieces we need?"

Alyssa nodded agreeably, and said, "Sure, I can do that. If you download the plans to the holo-reader, then I'll head on down to the Cargo Bay and start forging it all."

"Not a problem!" Dana grinned at her exuberantly.

John smiled at the three girls as they reached the grav-tube, and said to Alyssa, "I'll go and retrieve my sword, then I'll meet you in the Cargo Bay. It's more psychic training for me today."

She nodded, and blew him a kiss goodbye, then stepped into the red glow of the grav-tube, and started sinking down to Deck Seven. Jade followed after her, but Dana paused, and came over to him for a hug.

"Thank you for this morning, it was wonderful," she told him earnestly. She gave him a wicked grin, and added, "And I don't just mean the philanthropy!"

John let out a throaty chuckle, and reached down to squeeze her cheeks as he said, "Any time, you sexy little minx." When he saw a speculative twinkle in her eyes, he smacked her on the bottom, and laughed as he said, "Except right now! I need some recovery time."

She giggled, then gave him a loving kiss, before waving him goodbye, and stepping into the grav-tube. Left alone in the corridor, John strolled back to his bedroom, and smiled when he saw Irillith slumbering peacefully in the bed.

*Are you there Edraele?* He called out to the Maliri Matriarch, still not quite believing that they could maintain contact over such vast distances.

*I'm here,* she replied immediately, as he walked into his wardrobe to retrieve his sword. Her voice was filled with concern as she went on to ask, *How's Irillith doing?*

*We woke her about half an hour ago, and she was a bit groggy at first, but soon came around. We think the disorientation with her eyes is linked to her psychic abilities making themselves known, as my doctor's given her a full check-up, and she seems to be in perfect health,* John explained, being careful to try and put the girl's mother at ease.

Edraele sounded relieved, and replied, *Let me know if anything changes. I know you'll take good care of her.*

John picked up his newly forged blade, which had taken pride-of-place on hooks above the weapon racks, then glanced down at his old sword. Picking the old one up to compare them, he immediately noticed the extra weight, with the new blade weighing about half the old one. Alyssa's crafting skills were coming along in leaps and bounds, and even though the old weapon was a splendid sword, - well balanced and an excellent blade, - it paled in comparison to the exquisite balance of the new one.

Leaning the old sword against the wall again, he asked Edraele, *Did you experience any problems when your powers first started to appear?*

She paused for a moment, thinking back over nearly a century, then replied, *They took a few years to fully develop. My telepathy began with overhearing fragments of conversation, and after months of concentration and focus, I was able to start picking up whole sentences. Telekinesis was very similar, starting with being able to move tiny items, and with laborious practice over several years, developed into larger, heavier objects.*

John thought back on how rapidly Alyssa had developed her abilities, being able to hold half a dozen telepathic conversations simultaneously, and moving multi-ton objects with her mind, all in a matter of a few brief months. He was astounded by how much she had mastered in such a relatively short period of time. Both his Matriarchs were listening to his thoughts of course, and had their own opinions on the matter.

Edraele got there first, saying, *She must be extremely gifted to have seen such incredible growth in power over such a tight timeframe. I suspect she's a vastly more powerful psychic than I am.*

Alyssa sent him a telepathic giggle as she said, *You've kept my tummy packed with your cum for months. That stuff's like miracle-grow for girls, so it's no wonder I got the hang of this space-magic so fast!*

He had to stifle his laughter as he left the bedroom so that he wouldn't wake Irillith, then strolled down the corridor to the grav-tube. As he stepped into the red glow, he thought to Edraele, *I spent some time practicing using psychic-lightning on my sword yesterday, and it was tough going, but I got better by the end of the session. I just wondered if you might have some advice?*

He could feel her amusement over the connection as she replied, *Yes, I could hear your furious concentration over our bond. Jade and Alyssa have some rather unconventional, but effective training techniques.* She paused a moment, then carefully corrected him as she added, *Forming lightning like that is called Electrokinesis. If you're planning to experiment with Pyrokinesis today, you might want to try Cryokinesis too, which is the manipulation of ice with your mind. Just as my mother was gifted with Pyrokinesis, you might find one of the elements easier to work with than the others.*

*Interesting advice, thanks!* John said gratefully, as he strolled down the corridor into the Cargo Bay.

Alyssa hadn't arrived yet, but he strolled over to the crates of Crystal Alyssium so that he could keep her company when she started working on the armour plating. He sat down on one of the empty crates, and held his sword in a comfortable two-handed grip. The beautiful, gleaming white blade caught the light, and he stared at it for a moment, quite captivated by the way the light flickered and reflected off the tiny Etherite crystals embedded in the metal.

He started to focus intently on the sword, but was immediately interrupted by Alyssa, who said sharply, *Relax! Remember that you're powerful, and this should be effortless, you don't need to give yourself an aneurism! Or do I need to get one of the girls to start giving you head to distract you again?*

John chuckled and replied, *OK, OK! I'm a master psychic; this is a no harder than field stripping an assault rifle.* Taking a deep breath, he relaxed, and looked at his sword again. "Fire," he murmured quietly under his breath, and he immediately felt a strange sensation of heat in his hands.

Pouring more of his will into that odd burning feeling, bright red flames suddenly blazed into life around the hilt. He grinned in delight, and the Eldritch tongue of fire rolled up the blade, swathing it in an aura of flickering and dancing flames. He watched the psychic fire for several minutes, his mind still struggling to deal with the idea that he could just summon a flame from thin air.

*You decided to summon fire, and your mind made it happen,* Edraele told him in a matter-of-fact tone. *Don't try and second guess yourself. Doubts about your abilities will make it harder to use them to full effect.*

Alyssa strolled into the Cargo Bay, the holo-reader clutched in her hand, and she grinned at him with delight when she saw the fire shrouding the sword. She let go of the holo-reader, levitating it with her mind to float along beside her, so that she could free up her hands and applaud enthusiastically.

"Nice work, handsome! It looks like you got the hang of using fire easily enough," she said, and he could see she was proud of him.

He let the flames gutter out, so that the blade was sparkling white once more. "Thanks, honey," he replied gratefully. "It really was much easier when I followed your advice not to overthink it."

She jogged over to him, and threw her arms around his neck to give him a congratulatory kiss. He kissed her back enthusiastically, until he suddenly remembered the sword, and quickly swung it away in case he accidentally burned her with the heated blade.

She picked up on his alarm, and asked, "Is the blade still hot? I assumed it would be back to normal after you turned your powers off."

John looked at her curiously, and replied, "I must admit, I'm not sure."

Alyssa shrugged and reached out to touch the blade.

"Wait!" John cried out in a strangled yelp. "Don't burn yourself!"

"It's fine. If I get burned, I'll just suck you dry and you'll have me good as new in no time," she said nonchalantly, moving quicker than he could safely keep the sword out of her reach. She touched the blade, being careful not to go near the razor sharp edges, and gave a satisfied nod as she confirmed her suspicions. "Cool to the touch. Either the heat dissipated really fast, or the flames just surround the sword without actually heating up the metal itself."

He breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned at her and said, "You're far too blasé about me healing you. It would have been awful seeing you get burned."

She leaned down and gave him another tender kiss, then stared into his eyes from only inches away, as she said softly, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to worry you. Do you forgive me?"

John smiled at her, unable to stay mad at the lovely young woman, and nodded his forgiveness. She beamed a bright smile at him, then stood up and walked over to the crates to start working on the Crystal Alyssium for Dana. He watched her walk away, then concentrated on his breathing to clear his mind and try some Cryokinesis next. When he felt calm and ready once again, he held the sword in a two-handed grip, and murmured, "Ice."

His hands started to feel an odd numbing sensation as though he were out on a chilly winter's day, and had forgotten to wear a nice cosy pair of gloves. He focused his willpower on intensifying that sensation, and there was a sudden deathly chill in the air, as if the heat was being sucked out of their surroundings. There was an odd cracking sound, as though someone was breaking a sheet of ice, and frost began to rime the length of his blade.

"Wow! I can feel the cold from here!" Alyssa exclaimed, turning to look at him with a startled expression on her face. She walked over to stand beside him, and said eagerly, "Trying touching something with the sword, I want to see what happens!"

John nodded, then stood up and walked over to one of the empty storage boxes. He touched the tip of the blade to the container, then stared at it in amazement as ice instantly began to form. It spread out in frozen tendrils, the corner of the grey box turning white, as ice crystals began to cover the surface. He could see what looked like tiny snowflakes appearing in the frigid air around the sword, which slowly drifted down to the deck.

"Very nice," Alyssa said, obviously impressed. She looked down at her erect nipples, which were hard as diamonds in the frosty chill, and smirked as she asked, "Got any glass that needs cutting?"

He laughed, then let the icy cold radiating out from the blade dissipate, and his sword was back to normal once again. "The advice you and Jade gave me was really helpful," he said appreciatively. "She mentioned feeling a tingling sensation in her paws, for the lightning in her claws, so I kind of recreated that, then just focused on making it stronger."

The blonde girl smiled at him proudly, and said, "You've done really well. I know you were saying how good I was learning psychic abilities so fast, but you only really started yesterday, and you're loads better already!"

"Well, practice makes perfect!" John said, giving her a grateful smile.

He spent the rest of the morning training, taking a break just before noon, when Jade came down to join them. She was here to collect the armour pieces that Alyssa had been busy quad-shaping, and they helped her stack them up on the loading lift in neat piles. It didn't take long to collect up all the armour plating, and the Nymph gave them a cheerful wave goodbye as she activated the lift, then rose up towards the Engineering Bay.

"Dana reckons they'll be done by late afternoon," Alyssa said after a brief telepathic chat with the redhead. "I might as well make a start on the plating for the rest of the female suits, if you want to keep practicing your elemental powers?"

John smiled as he nodded his agreement with her plan, saying, "I ate like a horse at breakfast, so I might just skip lunch." He chuckled and added, "I don't want to end up piling on the pounds!"

Alyssa gave him a wicked grin, as she said, "You're in no danger of that happening, not with the amount of calories you burn through entertaining us girls."

"Any news on Irillith?" John asked, his mind automatically drifting to the girl who was the current beneficiary of all that entertainment.

"Rachel's with her at the moment, and she's still asleep. Do you want me to wake her, so you can load her up again?" she asked him curiously.

He shook his head as he replied, "It's alright, just let her sleep for the moment. I'll go and check on her after Dana's armour demo."

"I'm sure she'll enjoy you 'checking' on her," Alyssa smirked impishly.

John laughed, but the thought of seeing the beautiful Maliri girl carrying another of his loads started getting him hard again. He glanced over at Alyssa, who gave him a knowing smile, and he flushed with embarrassment before turning his concentration back to his sword, to continue his psychic training.

***

The rest of the afternoon went by in a blur, and John only realised it was four o'clock when Calara strolled into the Cargo Bay.

"Hey guys, how've you been getting on?" she called out to them, as she jogged over eagerly.

John put down his sword, and rose to his feet to join Alyssa and Calara who were hugging each other warmly. He wrapped the teenagers in his arms, and watched the two stunningly attractive girls kiss each other enthusiastically. They paused to include him in the kiss, and they were all grinning a few minutes later.

"Much better now you're here," John replied, squeezing the pair of them tightly. Calara gave him an enchanting smile, and he added, "But to answer your original question, it's actually been a really constructive day. I've improved a lot with my psychic abilities, and Alyssa's nearly finished all the armour shaping."

The blonde smiled as she said, "Making plating for body armour is so much quicker than replating the ship. I'm sick of the sight of Invictus' armour plating!"

John and Calara both laughed at that, then John paused, looking thoughtful, and said, "Maybe I should try experimenting with Telekinesis too. Irillith did say she'd seen Progenitor-John use it, and If I can improve enough, I can help shoulder some of the reshaping burden."

Alyssa grinned and said, "I'll be your compliant sex-slave forever, if you can save me from more Assault Cruiser plating!"

"I thought you were already?" John asked her with a confused frown, while playful squeezing one of her asscheeks.

She gave him a wink, and replied, "Alright you got me. Yeah, I am, but I'd still be very grateful!"

Calara gave them both a tight hug, and said passionately, "This feels so amazing, having everything back to normal again. We really need to celebrate together sometime."

John reached down to massage her cheeks too, squeezing her firm flesh with a strong grip, and causing her to flush with excitement. "We can get together when Irillith's feeling alright again," he promised her, smiling at the heated look she was giving him.