The good news was that he could turn the next six and half days into an exceedingly long time through time distortion but as they had previously noted there were limits or maybe not limits. There were negative ways in which it affected those who lived through the time distortions. So, they decided to use a 125:1 ratio for the refinement. That would allow him to get at least between four and eight hours of effort each day with each team member depending on what stage they were in.
The sleep and relaxation hours needed to be normal hours so that his body could adjust to normal time at least one-quarter of the day. The training time was what he had expected there to be the most fighting over. Maybe he should have known better though. The lack of aphrodisiac hadn’t changed very much about most of the girls’ drives in that department. Or his for that matter. It made sense though as part of the evolutionary process they had been undergoing had been intended to push them in that direction.
It was decided instead that he would use a 400:1 ratio for that time and would split it up into fifteen-minute increments around his other activities. That seemed to appease even the greediest of the girls. Some of the newcomers had trouble understanding why their teammates were insisting that they needed at least four hours a day with Jay, but the grins they got made them shut up. Certain things had to be experienced.
When it came time to break down the time distortion for the training, Jay agreed to use half the training to train with teams set up on a schedule that Trina would create. The time distortion would be 1750:1. This meant that he could allot five hours each day for team training and end up with almost a full year’s worth of training. They would obviously have to sleep, and certainly other activities might happen but as many hours as possible would be spent in actual combat training.
It would require them being away from their children for great swathes of time, but it couldn’t be helped. Even the tech crews insisted that they be allowed to get the same distortion periods. They needed to work on their skills after all too.
The one area that he wouldn’t let the team dictate to him was how he was going to handle his personal daily training. He had five hours each day allotted for that. At first, he thought he would probably keep it shorter. After all no matter how much he might want some alone time, he didn’t really want to be in solitary confinement for an hour. It was that thought that made him realize this plan was all fine and dandy, but it might not end up working out like that.
The rest of today he was going to dedicate to some solo training and then he was going to spend the evening in normal time, with his wives and children around him. It was going to be relaxing before starting the next six days of work. Six days that depending on if they kept to the pre-set schedule or not would end up dragging out to be almost thirteen years. If that didn’t prepare them then he didn’t know what would.
There were of course some requests that he start providing the privileges enjoyed by all members of Team Jay right away, but thankfully, Huong took that problem in hand and insisted that all team members come through her for scheduling. She had the most wicked grin as she explained to the newcomers that she was Jay’s Madam.
The final issue of dispute was about more fusions. As he had expected once the new pods were set up all of his fuses started making suggestions about who should be fused with him. Some like Nalani and Faith were noticeably quiet and didn’t want to cause a problem even though their pod members were asking them to fight for the pod. Others like each of his wives except Meikiyo and Ava were pushing for members of their pods awfully hard.
Others like Maddy and Char also had strong opinions about who the next fuses should be. Even with Meikiyo and Ava it wasn’t that they didn’t have opinions. Ava clearly did and when he insisted that she tell him he ended up with a lecture about the best options.
Meikiyo’s response was the one that most shocked him. When he asked her if she had an opinion about who he should fuse with next she said, “All of them.”
Jay had stared at her for a moment trying to see if she was pulling one of her exceedingly rare jokes. Because she was such a serious and quiet person she could get away with the subtlest jokes and a very dry sense of humor. But as he searched her feelings, he realized that not only was she not kidding, but she was almost desperate for him to do that very thing.
He asked, “What do you mean?”
“Simple, you have fused with eighteen women so far. I may not like sharing you that much, but I do value the connection with the women who are closer to me than sisters now. They are as close as my very own skin. In fact, we are all part of a greater whole.
“Those eighteen have given not only you but all of the fuses a great deal of power. So why not fuse with all of them? At least with any who are willing to make the commitment for lifetime exclusivity.”
“I get it. This is about Higen. You are desperate and willing to do anything to gain the power you think will allow you to save
