Chapter 12

Tuesday, January 11th, 2022
Colorado Springs, Colorado

With the girls gone, I figured it was time to do something I’d been putting off.

I sent, [Hey Carl?]

He replied, [What’s up?]

I sent back, [Well, with a little bit of privacy here in the house, I think it’s time to test whether we can feed off solo actions for power. I wanted to give you a heads up.]

He said, [Shit, well in that case, I’ll be having the camera off. Let me know when you’re done.]

I stopped by the bathroom to get some TP and went back to the computer. I opened another incognito tab and soon found a suitably interesting clip to watch, judging by the thumbnail preview anyway.

I gave Carl a heads up to be watching the pool and got busy. It was a little off-putting as I had never dealt with the idea that another person, even if it was another me, was aware of what I was doing while it was in progress. I got through it though. Mildly embarrassing, mildly disappointing, but it still felt good.

I sent, [All done. Any changes to the pool?]

He sent. [Maybe an uptick in the power feed, not nearly as much as being with Jan has ever done. No comparable results from an orgasm.]

I replied, [Well, all info is good info when you’re investigating. Would have been nice to be able to do something on our own to refill the pool though. Humorous as that would be.]

He sent, [Roman will be right with you, I just have to take care of something first... ]

I laughed as I headed to flush the evidence and then got back to thinking about our road trip. The first thing I considered was how much product we were potentially talking about. Then I wondered where we would be storing it once it got here. Then I found myself wondering if it made sense to try a road trip through that part of the country in early January in a rental truck especially considering all the other questions that I had. I came to the conclusion it might be better to put the road trip portion on hold and reconsider just making a run out there myself and flying back.

I spent the rest of the time the girls were gone weeding through the info in the ‘Paul V’ infopack. It truly is scary what information is publicly available and most people never realize it.

When the girls returned I shared my thoughts about the road trip with them. While they were disappointed, they agreed it was probably for the best. Meghan wanted to get back to researching product ideas.

Jan was feeling frisky so she suggested we top off my pool and wanted to drag me into the bedroom. Wouldn’t you know it, as soon as you take a problem into your own hands...

I asked Jan to hold on as I explained, “Okay, well this is a little embarrassing, but we all need to be open about it, so here goes. I performed an experiment while you girls were gone, to see if I could help refill the power in my pool on my own. I learned that while there might have been a slight increase in the recovery rate while I was busy, it wasn’t much, and there was no big payoff at the end. It was the first time I had tried that since getting these powers, so now we know more than we did before.”

Jan said, “So does this mean you aren’t interested?”

I replied, “No, it doesn’t mean that at all. Seriously, any time you are interested please let me know. I can’t imagine turning you down. I just wanted to put the knowledge out there for all of us to review. We’re going to have to discuss these things if we’re ever going to figure it all out. Before we go, have either of you put thought into a scientific approach to this? Specific things we should try? I have ideas, but I want both of your ideas too.”

Meghan said, “Well, working on the back of your last test, you guys might want to start with Jan doing the same thing. Maybe you can test if you have to be touching and what the range is if there is a result.”

Jan said, “I’m down with that, let’s go lover boy,” and took my hand and led me into the other bedroom. We shut the door and she climbed onto the bed fully dressed, which was probably not the most efficient thing to do. I joined her and helped her get her pants off.

I sent to Carl, [Let me know about any differences you notice.]

I gave her a kiss as she teased herself over the panties she was still wearing. I propped myself up into a mostly sitting position with one hand while I let the other trail along her inner thigh. I was caressing lightly from her knee to just a few inches away from her center and back when Carl sent, [Okay, she’s a hot little number. I can sense a significant increase of the flow into the pool with you touching her.]

I pulled my hand away and he sent, [Okay, that dropped off significantly. It looks like this needs contact.]

I said, “It looks like I have to touch you, I hope you don’t mind.”

She grinned and said, “I prefer it, but you should probably not help with this test. Let me show you how I have to do this when you aren’t around. Did you know that I did this when I got home from work that first day we met?”

I smiled and answered, “I had no idea, but I have to say that I’m happy to know it now. What were you thinking that day?”

I sent a thought to Carl, [Is there any way you can isolate the flow of her arousal? Like maybe visualize where it is entering the pool chamber?]

Jan said, “This cute guy wanted help shopping and seemed interested in me. All I could do was imagine his head between my legs and the look on his face as he licked me. I really like looking at you doing that, by the way.”

I said, “I’ll keep that in mind. Were you using two fingers over your panties that day too?”

Jan said, “No, I lost the panties early that day, and I used Buddy too.”

I chuckled, “Oh I’ve got to meet Buddy, where do you keep him?”

She leaned over to the edge and I guessed that she was reaching between the mattress and box spring. When she leaned back she had a decent-sized pink dildo in her hand. I asked her to show me how she used him. She seemed happy to demonstrate.

Carl sent, [I have it. I was able to make a mental intake pipe entering the top of the pool chamber and that’s where her energy is flowing in. There is a pipe inside the chamber that runs from that intake to the bottom. You’ll see it better tonight, but I’ve kind of reshaped the pool as a tall clear cylinder hoping that it would allow better granularity. I’ve also managed to mentally etch markings on it by putting one at roughly the halfway point then I halved each of those and so on. You’ll see.]

Jan was mostly using the tip around her clit, then occasionally sliding in for a couple of strokes and repeating the pattern.

I sent to Carl, [Try imagining a flow meter gauge sticking up from the pipe. Visualize the needle on the gauge right in the middle. When it’s there does it seem to follow Jan’s arousal?]

Carl sent back, [I did it, and it’s fluctuating some.]

Jan started really going to town moving the dildo in and out with one hand while the other worked her clit. Pretty soon she stiffened and gave out a moan that soon tapered into a whimper.

Carl said, [The meter pegged out while she was coming and there was a nice jump in the level of the pool.]

I kissed Jan and thanked her for the show. She wasn’t quite done with me yet though. The rest of our clothes made it to the floor and quite a while later we both put on robes and headed for the kitchen to find something to eat. Carl informed me the pool was around three-quarters full.

Jan asked, “What do you think about spaghetti for dinner?”

I said, “That sounds great. Let me ask Meghan.”

I was headed in that direction when Carl sent, [Woah, hold up. She’s busy.]

I stopped and sent, [Well I guess that’s not a shocker, we weren’t very quiet. While we have this opportunity though. Can you see if you can sort of reach out to her arousal?]

I heard Jan’s footsteps and held up a finger to my lips to shush her. She whispered, “You should give her privacy.”

I whispered back, “I’m not doing anything, the other me is ... we’ve really got to give him a name by the way. Anyway, he’s testing something, this could be important.”

Carl sent, [It’s working. I’m sensing her arousal and it’s reading strongly on the meter.]

I sent, [Okay, let’s give her privacy to finish, no reason to suspect the orgasm wouldn’t work the same, but I’d rather have permission from her before doing more.]

He sent, [Agreed.]

I took Jan’s hand and went back to the kitchen and explained what happened. She understood and agreed we’d probably handled it okay.

She said, “But that’s just my opinion, Meghan might feel differently about it.”

I shrugged and said, “We’ll find out soon enough I suppose.”

I sent, [Hey Carl, what’s the meter reading right now?]

He replied, [Almost nothing. I see a little flutter of the needle just above the low mark.]

I asked, [Do you see it as an actual needle?]

He sent, [Yes, the gauge I imagined is one of those hydraulic ones with the pins that the needle lands against on either end of the scale. I can see it floating a little off the low pin.]

I replied, [That is seriously cool. I love that you have that kind of detail with the powers in your space. It gives me hope for future innovation. Hey, while that’s on my mind, you need to keep trying new ways to move little things. Maybe when nothing is going on you can try to move eyebrow hairs or something.] He agreed to start on that.

A short while later, Meghan came out to join us.

I said, “Hi Meghan, I need to apologize to you for briefly invading your privacy a few minutes ago.”

She blushed and said, “Oh I uh, I didn’t see you come in.”

I said, “Let me tell you what happened. Actually, we’ve touched base on this before, but I want to clarify one more time here. Jan are you okay with me discussing sexual things that happen between us in front of Meghan?”

Jan said, “I feel comfortable giving you blanket permission to discuss our sex life with Meghan all you want. She needs to be informed so she can help us understand.”

I said, “Thank you. I give you the same, not that women seem to need it. I won’t bring it up again unless there is a really good reason. Now, let me describe everything that happened from my perspective,” and I did so, starting with Jan and I getting on the bed and everything Jan and I had done in the room and Carl’s findings.

When I finished I said, “When my other self noticed you he stopped me from interrupting you. The idea popped into my head to test something real quick and I suggested it without considering your feelings. I’m sorry for that. Once he tried and succeeded we stopped and left immediately.”

Jan nodded to confirm and Meghan said, “That’s okay. I’m not offended. A little embarrassed maybe, but I’m sure we all felt that at some point today. You are right, we need to get over it and be open to free discussion around here for a while. I’m on board, but only between the three of us right?”

I said, “Just between us.”

Jan agreed and asked, “Hey, how does spaghetti sound for dinner?”

She said, “It sounds perfect to me. Didn’t I see some Italian sausage in the fridge? It makes great meatballs.”

We all chipped in helping make dinner and I opened a bottle of red wine this time to go with the meal. We all liked it too, but I’m more partial to white wines normally.

While we were still eating, Jan asked, “How wide is the sphere now?”

I said, “Let’s find out,” and I got the tape measure out of the nightstand where I had put it. I sat back down and asked, “Who wants to hold the tape?”

Megan got up first and I handed her the bulk of the tape measure but held the extended end to the top of my head. She moved away from me until I told her that was probably good and we made sure the tape was straight.

Carl sent, [It looks like 9’4” to me. You need to do more cycling.]

I said, “Just under 9 and a half feet”