Chapter 3

The next day, the second day of the cruise, I was asked to drop by the captain's cabin for a chat. What the hell, I was reminded of all those times I was invited to the principal's office for a chat. Well, I was a paying passenger, so it would have to be something pretty big for the captain to throw me in the brig.

I showed up at 2:30 PM, on the dot, as requested and I was ushered into his office by a very good looking secretary. Need I say that she was nude? With all of the nudity, the only way to tell that a person was a part of the crew was by the name tags they all wore on a chain around the neck. The tags were color coded, so there was no problem telling what a person's job was. This was especially helpful if you needed help with something.

I'm sure my body language telegraphed that I was unsure of myself and feared that I was in some sort of trouble. The captain said, "Come on in, Mr. Smith. No, you are not in trouble, though your body language does make me wonder what you have been up to." He laughed and pointed to a comfortable looking chair that was covered with fabric so that it would be comfortable for bare skin.

"Mr. Smith, may I call you Jimmy? While we are in private, please call me Jeff. I wanted to talk to you because I have heard that you are the one responsible for most of the smiles this morning. I understand that the golden Pi tattoo on your chest is also quite significant. If you don't mind, I would like to hear from you just what it means and what are your intentions."

Well, that was something that I could do with only half my mind at work. I gave Jeff a synopsis of my history with Priapus and what we were trying to accomplish with the Priapus Club. He listened to my story all of the way through without an interruption. Afterward, he did ask a few questions, but nothing hostile.

Jeff said, "I must say that I sympathize with your program, especially the part about ridding humanity of the scourge of STDs. You must know that clothing optional cruises like ours are hotbeds, pun intended, of sexual adventures. It is the kind of place that brings that sort of thing out in people. Of course, the management has no objection to any sort of sex as long as it is consensual. As a side issue. I would appreciate it if you would do what you could to immunize all of my crew. I notice that there are five women and two men, including you, in your group. Please tell me how they each fit into your program."

"The other male and the older woman are my mother and her boyfriend. Right now they are monogamous, but the women and I are definitely out to convert as many people as we can. I can work faster than the women, by the very nature of our gifts, but the women outnumber me, so I suppose that we come out about even in the total conversion rate. I know it sounds kind of crass, but would you like to set up some sort of schedule so that we can service all of the crew. I would not mind, and I am sure that the women feel the same way. We did that at our school with the cooperation of the faculty, so, you see, we have some experience in doing that.

"As it happens, the spread of the gift seems to operate on a geometric progression. Very shortly after we get started, the population of potential converts seems to find itself and pushes to convert as many other people as possible. I have converted 11 women in the past 24 hours and my women have converted 12 men. I haven't checked to see how many the recent converts have converted, but the increase should be apparent by tomorrow morning."

"Well, Jimmy, I find your offer very intriguing. You do know that most of the crew are not Americans, and, in fact, this ship is registered in Sweden. Many of the crew members are from Africa or Asia. Would that make any difference to you or you women friends?"

"Absolutely not, Jeff! We are colorblind! Our only problem is with men who are so macho that they insist on dominating a sexual coupling. Priapus will not tolerate that. You know what happened to that man "John" yesterday morning. That was an attempted rape, and you can be sure that Priapus would act that way again if the situation warrants."

"That could be a problem, but that can be controlled to some extent. If we can come to some arrangement, I will speak to the crew beforehand and make it clearly understood what will happen to anyone who acts out of line."

"That sounds fine to me, and I am sure that the women will agree. You set this up, and we will follow your lead. We could save a lot of time if I met with everyone to explain the rules that Priapus has laid down before we start. Frankly, I am more concerned about the Moslem men than with anyone else. They have that cultural disdain for women that could get them into a lot of trouble with Priapus."

"Yes, we do have a high proportion of Moslems in the crew, and they may present a problem. If you don't mind, we can let that part of the problem slide until we actually get a case to deal with. Can the women handle that?"

"I am sure that they can, since they know that Priapus will protect them. It would probably help if you mention the case of that unfortunate gentleman yesterday when you talk to the crew. I don't know how much actual good it will do, but it should get their attention."

We talked some more, and I asked Jeff if he was interested in being converted. His answer was a resounding "YES," so we would take care of that very soon, hopefully, this afternoon or tonight. I wanted to get him converted before we set out on the wholesale business of converting the crew.

The whole family was waiting for me in our suite when I left the captain's office. I was pleased to report what had been said and the tentative agreements we had reached. I asked the girls which one would volunteer to convert the captain, and they all volunteered! Here we go again. I said for them to settle it among themselves in the next few minutes and let me know the results.

We talked about some other things, and Mom said that she had counted 38 new Pi tattoos since we got on the ship yesterday. Great, that means that some of our converts were out converting others. That's exactly what we wanted.

A few minutes later, I called the captain to tell him that Molly would be by to see him at 4:30 this afternoon. Well, even though Molly didn't have time for any more circulating this afternoon, the rest of us sure did. We actually had a very productive afternoon; the girls managed nine conversions and I was able to do five.

That evening after supper, I asked Mom and Ed if they would consider helping, since we were not turning as many tricks as we had hoped. It wasn't from lack of interest on the part of the other passengers, it was just a case of making a mistake in estimating how long we had to spend with each client.

Molly reported that the captain was very happy with his conversion, and had promised to fuck as many passengers as he had time for. He thought that it would be bad for morale if he fucked any of the crew, even his secretary.

That evening, the captain called a meeting of every member of the crew who was not on duty and told them of the deal that we were offering. I attended the meeting and gave them the details of the Priapus Club. There was considerable enthusiasm over the immunity to STDs and the temporary sterility. Somebody commented that the condom manufacturers would probably have us dragged into court as soon as most people got initiated into the club. As expected, a few of the Moslem men reacted adversely, but most people were all for it. As a test of the sincerity of the rest of the Moslem men, Priapus had Lachesis, one of the three Fates, make sure that they all wound up being converted by Opal.

The following day, the captain called in all of those who had missed the previous meeting and gave them the chance to be initiated into the Priapus Club. This time, everybody wanted in.

A section of the crew's quarters was selected as the initiation rooms and we started out shortly after lunch. The women were scheduled for two candidates per hour, and I was scheduled for three. Overall, there were more men than women in the crew, so we were expected to finish about the same time. We figured that, by working steadily on a 10-hour day, we could convert the crew within three days.