Video conferencing wasn't the ideal way to communicate with slaves. The best way to communicate with slaves was probably the whip. It conveyed information non-verbally, and established a real connection between the trainer and the slave. It wasn't the most accurate or complete means of communication, obviously words had been invented for a reason, but it was the
best
. A slave who could submit to their owner's desires without those desires being spoken aloud had achieved a level of submission that was worthy of praise. Or punishment, if the owner so desired.
Regardless, Lianne and Angelica were going to State, and Damian was going to Pocket Monster University, and that meant that he could not reach them with the longest lash or the strongest shout. They were many hours away by car, and he could see them on his computer screen or he couldn't see them at all. That is why he'd arranged a time to video-call with his slaves, and why he'd encouraged Adelaide and Willow to go off and have a romantic date that would give him and Beatrice some private time with his human slaves.
So it was more than a little surprising that when he opened the connection, and he saw his mom. Technically, Karen was his
step
mother, but he was still immediately thankful that he had decided against connecting to the video chat with his dick standing out. It had been a narrow thing, as he had considered that Angelica and Lianne would quite like a flash of Damian Dick across their screen. He had chosen a pants-on startup because he was worried that one of his slaves might have a roommate or family member in the room. And yet, when the picture flickered to life, there were four people sitting on a dorm room bed. His mom and sister were for some reason sitting on either side of Angelica and Lianne.
"Daphne," his voice betraying his confusion, "don't you have to be in
school
today?"
She stuck her tongue out at him. "It's Wednesday, it's only a half day. You know that, it's not that long ago that we were in the same school." She smirked, like she'd won a battle. "I'm going to be going to State next year, so I'm touring the place while your weirdo perverts get moved in."
Acknowledging that his sister was correct about the short Wednesday class schedule, Damian regrouped and asked the question he actually wanted to ask. "Mom, why are you guys with Lianne and Angelica rather than at home? It's their move-in day, not yours."
Karen smiled. "Well sweety, Angelica's mother couldn't make it," he wasn't sure what Angelica had told
his
mother, but he strongly suspected that the reason
her
mother hadn't helped Angelica move in to the dorms had very little to do with whether she
could
or
could not
have made the trip, "so we decided to help out in her place. These girls are my son's slaves, that makes them family!" Daphne's pained expression called into question the definition of
we
that Karen was employing.
That question resolved, Damian attempted to have a conversation with his slaves that he could comfortably have with his mother and sister watching. He wasn't entirely successful. "So... um... how are you finding State?"
Angelica brushed imaginary lint off her chest, drawing attention to her nipple through the dark fabric. "Classes haven't started yet. The architecture is good. Lianne and I got a room together so we can slave out for you without bothering anyone. I got all the classes I wanted. Guys saw our collars and kept trying to rent us from your sister, but she didn't even try to cash in. It's all going pretty well so far." Her answer raised so many questions.
His most pressing question was about whether they needed to
slave out
desperately enough that they needed have a new owner, or at least submit to other dominant people. He would regretfully allow them to do so, he'd already given them permission. If they needed something he couldn't give, he had decided that he needed to be OK with letting them go. It wasn't like
he
was abstaining from the domination of other submissives. Damian was trying to formulate a way to speak about it in front of his mother when Lianne preempted him by reading his mind in the way only a very dedicated submissive can. "I know we agreed not to get our bodies marked as your property until next summer, but Angelica and I have an interim workaround for the distance problem with you owning us. We'll talk to you about it after Daphne and Mrs. Duarte step out." The words were fraught, but she spoke them as if she expected him to like the answer she had prepared.
His sister definitely did not like the direction that the conversation had gone, and attempted to steer it in another direction. Literally
any
other direction. "So bro, how's school going?"