The hivemind is conquering for me?

”Apollo look! Its a Cham-e-leon!” Talia exclaimed with delight as she looked through the glass of the exhibit. I smiled at the pronunciation and shook my head at my little meltdown the other week.

”It is a good looking Cham-e-leon, I will give it that. I really like its eyes.” I said as I looked in closer. As though understanding me, the Chameleon turned to face me head on and did a slight bowing motion before it continued to ascend up the stick it was currently climbing.

Before I could comment on that absurdity, Talia was already dragging me to the next location.

I had decided to pop in and tag along with the field trip the younger cultists had gone on. We had to sneak in at first as the whole zoo was closed, but with my ability to jump good, it was no hassle.

After meeting up with the rest of the group, there was a wave of cheer among the younglings as I apparently got talked about during story time. There was also a pack of teenagers that had been gawking at me the entire time and whenever I looked in their direction they would look away and start giggling.

Keyla was also here as about 70% of the group were taller than her so she fits in as protection. When she saw me she was going to get all sorts of freaky with me, so she claimed, but after explaining what happened with Talia, she said she would let the Sepiida have her fun for a bit and keep the kiddo’s in line.

”Squee! Apollo look, look! It is a Phalsnitsh! I haven’t seen one of these since I was a girl! Oh they are so adorable, don’t you think.” My interest was immediately peaked. ’Ooh, an animal I have never heard of before! I wonder...’

My mind switched off a moment as I gazed into the enclosure... A large wriggling, veiny worm looking motherfucker suddenly started wiggling along the ground. Its head was a slightly different colour to the rest of its body and was slightly domed.

”Oh they are so cute! Oh I wish I could hold one, but they are poisonous and shoot out a white corrosive liquid from their mouths that can cause severe burns! Oh, but they are so cute~” Talia exclaimed as she started stroking the glass in a playful manner.

Some of the others nearby also began looking in as the Sepiida began making a fuss. No one else seemed to notice, not Talia, Ethel or even the teenagers... But I swear...

Just as I was about to comment on its appearance, more began to show themselves. They all appeared in different lengths and colour tones, some had these hood like appendages over their heads while others didn’t and all began crawling around until they suddenly stopped.

In a moment, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing as the creatures all suddenly began to elongate, their bodies becoming even vainer and longer and looked incredibly stiff all of a sudden, causing Talia to gasp.

”Oh no! I think we scared them! They have entered into their defensive stance, they can harden their bodies, becoming hard as a rock while positioned like that. Aww, I hope they can go back to normal soon. It is probably all this light in the enclosure, they usually live in caves after all, this is not a good habitat for them” She then pressed herself up against the glass further, causing the heads of the Phalsnitsches to all turn in her direction and began firing their previously aforementioned white corrosive acid at the glass where Talia was standing.

”Oh!” She exclaimed in surprise before everyone started giggling at the scene in front of them.

Meanwhile, I was utterly bewildered by what I was seeing. ’How the fuck is no one else seeing what I am seeing?’

’These things are sentient penises...’

I really couldn’t believe my eyes. They literally looked like giant floppy penises that just attempted to bust all over Talia. ’Are you guys seeing this shit? Or is it just me?’ I had to ask those that were already reading my mind. I couldn’t just blurt it out, what if I was the only one?

Onyx was laughing hysterically at my reaction to the creatures. From what I could gather during her fit, she didn’t realise at first, but after I noticed, it was all she could see, meanwhile Sol noticed the oddity the second I also did and could not believe such a creature was not more commonly noticed as such a phallic being.

”Bahahhaha! No wonder it’s the Sepiidan’s favourite animal! It reminds her of her favourite food hahaha!” Onyx bellowed throughout my mind, clearly in a very good mood today.

”Apollo are you ok?” Talia asked, tugging on my sleeve. With her pulling me to, I replied. ”Hmm? Oh yeah, I just... Those freak me out a little, can we go look at some mammals or something?”

Talia smiled. ”Of course dear. Let’s go!” She super glued herself to my arm once more and left the indoor exhibit. While everyone began to disperse, wanting to follow wherever Apollo was going, Keyla stayed behind a minute with a questioning look on her face as she looked down at the alien fauna.

”Is it just me or do those things sort of look like a bunch of dicks?” She then shook her head, thinking she was just imagining it. She somewhat missed the days back before she got emotions due to Apollo. Things were easier to understand then, people easier to read.

Now she has Apollo’s junk on her mind so much that random creatures are starting to look like it. That was until all the love she felt for Apollo, all the intense sex they had together reminded her why having these emotions was such a wonderful thing...

’Mmmmh, I wonder if I have given the Sepiida enough time yet? I might try and steal Apollo away for a final blow before he leaves...’

...

”Apollo! What is your favourite animal? How many limbs are too many? Can we see the chonk cat?” After Lele broke the barrier of communication by asking to hold my hand as we walked around, all the kiddo’s became boisterous and surrounded me.

Ethel, the teacher, a woman who appeared and looked to be in her late sixties with grey, yet youthful hair and a caring, loving smile, walked over and apologised on behalf of the children. ”Forgive them Apollo, they mean well.” She then leaned in to whisper, ”but please be careful what you say to them, four of them are still unaware of our gift, they need more time before the truth is revealed to them. Oh!”

I pinched the lovable gilf on the rear for being sweet on the children, she had a knack for it clearly and I knew who my children’s babysitter would be in the future. She bit her lip in restraint and looked at me curiously, clearly not expecting any sort of PDA from me as I laughed.

”Oh don’t worry about the kids, there are only six of them, besides I like kids so it’s no bother. Now,” I said, turning back to the kids in a loud, clear voice so they could all hear me. ”If we excuse the chonk cat, my favourite animal would be a mantis. I like their scythes very much. as for how many limbs are too many? Odd question child, but important nonetheless. Once something passes the eight leg point, it better be cute or it’s hitting the road. Now, as for the chonky girl, it is up to her if she wants to come out or not.”

Lele then tugged on my arm and asked. ”What’s chonky?” She looked up confused, causing Ethel to reply. ”The other children were referring to Sapphire, Apollo’s... ’Pet’ She is lovingly referred to as ’chonky’ because she is so muscular due to her strength that chunky just isn’t the right word to describe her largeness.”

”Really!” Lele’s eyes glistened at the thought of such a large creature. ”What does she look like? How big is she? Apollo, can we see her please?” I chuckled at her enthusiasm and at the rest of the children as they pitched in with their pleases. They had only seen Sapphire in the books Ethel had drawn for them and to see the legendary chonk in all her blue splendour would be amazing!

”Sure, I will try and wake her up in a minute. In the meantime, let’s go find some other big cats so you can see how amazing Sapphire is compared to them. If I can manage to bring her out. Does anyone want to lead the way?

A young boy suddenly raised his map and screamed. ”The Tigers are that way!” He then began running in that direction, followed by the rest of the kids, causing Ethel to begin sprinting behind them, her age simply being a factor of when she was converted it seemed by her speed and ease.

I then turned to the teenagers who also clearly wanted to go, but didn’t want to seem ’uncool’ and waited behind, causing me to make them an offer. ”First one there, boy or girl, gets a pat on the head and a forehead kiss.”

I smiled as the pack of feral unruly cultists all looked between themselves, before sabotage took place among themselves as they all began running in the direction of the tigers, causing me to chuckle.

Hivemind and cultists. Both easily motivated by head pats and kisses.