(AN: Thank you all for your understanding last week. My brother and his fiancée were involved in a bad accident two weekends ago during a cross-country move. I am happy to say both are alive and well, but it was touch and go for a while.)
Introducing Slaanesh to everyone when we returned went far better than I had expected. While Cegorach and Hoec were understandably wary of her, everyone else treated her like an ordinary person. Informing my family she would be staying with us as my guest for a while, I promised to explain things in detail to them later. Trusting my decision without hesitation, they welcomed me back with open arms.
"Hold on a second, you are going to play along without batting an eye?! This abomination is responsible for the deaths of trillions and tearing apart our pantheon.", Cegorach protested, looking at Isha and Lileath with concern. "Vaul, help us talk some sense into these two. Their love is blinding them to the very real danger she poses to us."
"It is not proper for outsiders to interject themselves into someone's family matters. Who are we to tell them who they should and should not trust?", Vaul rebuffed him. "In any good relationship, partners trust each other's decisions without demanding explanations. Victor brought our mortal foe here for a reason; we should trust his judgement and leave it at that."
Thanking the smithing god for trusting me, I assured him I would disclose everything later this evening. Nodding his head, Vaul attempted to restart his conversation with Liam and Hiro when Hoec spoke up. Rising from his seat, he leaned over the table to get a look at Amallyn.
"Surely you must have an opinion on this, Amallyn Shadowguide. Are you okay with allowing this monster aboard?", Hoec questioned, hoping she would talk sense into me. "This walking disaster is responsible for the deaths of millions aboard your Craftworld and the fracturing of Biel-Tan."
"Victor would never place our lives or safety in jeopardy; of this I am absolutely certain. I trust he has a good reason and will wait for him to tell us when he is ready.", Amallyn stated, expressing her unwavering faith and trust in me. "All that said, I fully admit to hating this whore with every fiber of my being."
Annoyed that no one else was upset by her presence here, Cegorach and Hoec begrudgingly placed their trust in me. Expressing their hope that this would not blow up in my face, they topped off their beverages and sat in silence. Thanking the men for trusting me, I assured them it would all make sense to them later.
Intrigued by the deities' fear of Slaanesh, Hiro and Liam turned their gazes toward the mysterious Aeldari woman. Unable to gauge her strength or threat level, what they did notice was how their gazes kept wandering to her breasts. No matter how hard they tried to look away, their subconscious pulled their focus right back to them. Sensing where their gazes were going with their sixth sense, Mimi and Rosetta grabbed the two by the ear to pull them away.
"Thank you, Rosetta. I am not sure what came over me; my eyes kept wandering back to those cannons.", Liam spoke, being forthright with his wife.
"Same here!", Hiro agreed, tapping the table vigorously. "I am sorry, Mimi; please forgive me. My ear… you are tearing it off. I YIELD!! UNCLE!!"
Releasing her vise-like grip on his ear, Mimi looked away and began sulking. Upset that Hiro was ogling another woman right in front of her, she considered heading back to their ship for the night. Profusely apologizing to her while cradling his ear, Hiro swore he had not done it purposefully.
"Ladies, please forgive them; it is not their fault. Slaanesh may not look like it, but she is the Dark Goddess of Pleasure.", I explained. "They were under the influence of the hypnotic aura she subconsciously emits. Only those with a great deal of willpower can resist its effect."
"The Dark Goddess of Pleasure? Are you certain it has nothing to do with her curvaceous body and cute face?", Mimi questioned, glaring daggers at Slaanesh.
"What Victor says is the truth; I was formerly the Dark Goddess of Pleasure. Earlier this evening, my home and territory were razed to the ground by a usurper. I managed to narrowly escape death, but the respite will not last long. The usurper sent several lackeys after me, hence why I came running to my pookie bear.", Slaanesh asserted, attempting to wrap herself around my arm.
Pushing her away with a firm shove, she stumbled backward before rushing back to my side. Telling her to only refer to me as Victor, Slaanesh nodded her head with a beaming smile. Going to take my seat at the head of the table again, something Mimi told me suddenly clicked with me. Turning back to Mimi, I asked her to describe how she saw Slaanesh. Describing the Chaos God exactly the way I saw her, the Chaos God began giggling with glee.
"Hehe, I made my permanent appearance reflect exactly how you see me. I hope you do not mind.", Slaanesh spoke, following me.
"Do as you please; it is your body, not mine.", I remarked, taking a seat and picking my mead mug up. "Find yourself a seat, and dig- "
Going to plop herself onto my lap, I scooped her up with the Force and ferried her to an open seat beside my family. Puffing her cheeks out in protest, my wives gave her a smug smile before pouring her a glass of wine. Telling her to relax and enjoy herself, Slaanesh relented and went along with their request. Maintaining her composure for the rest of the evening, we slowly wormed our way into the various ongoing conversations and began to enjoy ourselves.
---Next Day---
Arriving on our rental island early the next morning, a fleet of robotic housekeepers greeted us as we stepped off the shuttle. Taking everyone to their accommodations, our housekeepers led us out onto a pier where we took a lift down to the mansion. Mesmerized by the abundant colorful fish swimming by, Nuelalla's eyes lit up as we entered the viewing area. Squirming out of Amallyn's arms, she ran over to the window to look out over the reef.
"It is so pretty!!", Nuelalla proclaimed, grinning ear to ear. "Da… I mean, Mister Victor, can you please teach me how to swim? I want to go swimming with all the fishies."
"You can call him Dad, Nuelalla.", Amallyn assured her. "I must admit, I do not know how to dive or swim either. Could you teach the both of us?"
"Of course, we can get started once we unpack.", I stated as one of the housekeepers offered to show me to the master suite.
"Can we do it tomorrow?", Amallyn requested in a panicked tone. "Our… Our plan was to go shopping today for a few items."
Inquiring if they wanted me to tag along with them, my family unanimously requested I sit this trip out. Noticing the flushed expressions on the faces of those I had recently made my wives, it was pretty apparent what they were going to look at. Agreeing to hang back and relax here at the mansion, I elected to build sandcastles on the beach with Nuelalla. Excitedly voicing her support for my plan, Nuelalla ran after me to ask what a sandcastle was.
"I think he is onto us…", Angelica said in a hushed voice.
"Yeah, I think so too…", the Lethan Twi'lek Binja agreed.
"Good going, Amallyn.", Bo-Katan laughed. "You blew our cover."
"Ladies, you do know I have incredibly sharp hearing, right?", I teased them, calling out from the master bedroom. "The three of us will keep ourselves busy while you are away. Go on and enjoy yourselves; see you later today!"
Heading toward the exit after shouting "I love you" to me, they asked one of the housekeepers to call a shuttle for them. Acknowledging their request, the robot advised them to return to the launchpad for pickup. Listening to them begin to chat about their plans as they went topside, a naughty smirk crept upon my face. Quickly remembering Nuelalla was with me, I contained myself and focused on making today special for her.
"Alright, Victor, spill it. What exactly is a sandcastle?", Slaanesh asked, just as curious as Nuelalla. "Is it a sandstone fortress, or something like that?"
"Haha, I think it would be easier to just show you.", I chuckled. "I'd recommend changing out of your clothing into a swimsuit."
"Uh… What is a swimsuit?", Slaanesh inquired, having never heard the term before.
Realizing neither of them knew the first thing about going to the beach, I took it upon myself to change that. Ordering two swimsuits for them from the New Genesis, Luxion transported them over once they were ready. Helping my daughter into her swimwear, she looked at the teddy bear patterns with glee.
"Hehe, Victor, are you certain this is a swimsuit? Where I am from, this is called a bra and underwear.", Slaanesh giggled, giving me a flirtatious wink. "If you wanted to see me like that, all you needed to do was ask. I will show you whatever you-"
"Enough; do not corrupt my daughter with your filthiness! Whether you believe me or not, what you are holding is a swimsuit.", I snapped, irritated she was doing this in front of Nuelalla. "The only things special about it are the size, which was adjusted to custom fit you, and the color, which I picked out for you."
"Wait a second… You… You picked out the color for me? Really!?", Slaanesh gasped, her ears wiggling with delight. "Thank you, Victor… I promise to treasure it for the rest of time."
Mentally commanding my armor to transform into swim trunks, Nuelalla and I head out while Slaanesh stood there in a daze. Telling her to join us once she came back to reality, my daughter and I headed topside with a bottle of sunblock in hand.