Chapter 48

“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” - W.C. Fields

1745 hours, local time
Tuesday, 3 March, 2015
(New) Fjord Residence
Bismarck, North Dakota

“So, now, we’re all properly baptized and ordained, and now I’m married to my own niece, who is also married to four other men, and who is pregnant by a total of eight men, none of them her husband. To make it even more interesting, each of us husbands already had wives, all of whom are now married to all of us. Fascinating new marital and family ties, I dare say. What else? Oh, yes, each of our wives are married to each other, and to top it all off, we have three more wives who have joined us.

“That’s each of our five original wives, plus Jenna, plus three more ladies, for a total of nine wives, plus the five of us guys, plus Jenna’s on-and-off boyfriend, who is now married to each of the ladies, too. That’s six men and nine women, for a grand total of fifteen people, is that right? Oh, and we’re all clerics and elders in this new church we have in Bismarck. What else?” the rather dazed and impressed Colonel Malachi Fjord, the commander of the growing local militia, remarked at the supper table.

“Oh, yes, there’s this,” Charles smiled as he touched Kyle Marquand, Jenna’s new husband, with a certain gem and transformed him into a futa lady and thus a wife rather than a hubby.

The transformation was rather wild and intense, but it was only the latest of these, Charles having already done this to several dozen lads. Most of them were teenagers, but this was a fully grown man who became a futa instead of a guy. The effect was quite noticeable, as Kyle bent over and offered every man present the chance to fuck her newly created twat. She was eager to get pregnant and Charles was the first to take full advantage of this fact by sliding into her brand new snatch. She pushed back at him while making out with Jenna, who licked her lips as she witnessed this act.

“So, you have noticed that Schumacher Syndrome has taken effect among both your existing and your newly created troops, I assume. This will add further motivation to your morale. Your militia must expand and become more effective, and having additional reasons to fight could only help, not hurt you. Have these new recruits picked up any more discipline and aggression?” Charles alluded to the roughly two thousand new militiamen who signed up in the past day or so.

“Yes, so far, though, and they also had significant marksmanship, but then again, this is North Dakota. We have a lot of hunters in this state, not to mention farmers, ranchers, etc. We’re very familiar with guns. We certainly have no shortage of arms and ammunition, of course. We got a lot of AR-15s, but plenty of other models as well. We also have a lot of grenades of a wide variety, a good number of mortars, a surprising number of squad and light machine guns, and a small, but growing number of howitzers as well as self-propelled artillery pieces.

“We have a more limited quantity of tanks, armored personnel carriers, and infantry fighting vehicles. We even have a small air cavalry, some of it acquired quite recently. The biggest issue is finite quantities of trained and skilled manpower to operate a lot of this gear, at least so far. As we recruit and train more troops, that will be less of an issue. At least our potential enemies are a bit weaker and more divided, with only those controlling Fargo in any position to be a real threat,” Colonel Fjord answered, trying not to pay too much attention to the scene in front of him, that of his new futa wife getting bred by the Prophet.

“I would focus on building up your defenses, fortifications, and militia to become a more sustainable army, as it were, even as you unify your community under the current leaders and the Havenite faith as a shining example to your neighbors. It’s quite possible that several of them will want to convert in time. Use that influence for sure, but don’t rush any kind of offensive military action. I will return in time, and as you said, there’s no substantial peril outside of Fargo, which is a bit eastward from here, isn’t it?

“I must travel to Montana, to Idaho, to Washington, and then on to Oregon and Haven itself, but I will be in Montana again before you know it, and then from there, I will return to the Dakotas. Haven itself and Havenism as a faith is growing, expanding, and they will together constitute a sizable force to be reckoned with in the Midwest in time. Also bear in mind the weather. It would have to be what, May at the earliest, before any force could even attempt to attack you, between the weather and the need to consolidate forces sufficiently powerful to do so in force.

“No doubt, smaller communities in your area will both gradually adopt Havenism and look to you for leadership, guidance, and inspiration in the mutual effort to recover from Fireball Day and its aftershocks. In the long run, as noted, I will be present for a long time, along with my tribe here, to help bring this former state into the bright new future awaiting it. In the meantime, though, you must hold fast and keep the faith, as it were, to buy time for my return. I have every confidence that, with due diligence and discipline, you can persevere against such opposition,” Charles now encouraged the colonel while still humping Kyle, who definitely enjoyed his/her new situation.