The Jellyfish Doctor By Jason Wilder Konschak Far away, in a land where wishing still lead to something, there lived an Arabian King whose daughters were all honey-toasted, yoga-trim, sexpots. The youngest of the daughters, Csillia, was such a fox that, when she was only 12, a Rainbow grew jealous of her beauty, and set her house on fire. Luckily, she escaped the burning inferno by climbing down her own hair. Later that evening, the King’s Secret Service caught the mad-dog Rainbow fleeing the scene. It was tortured, forced to divulge the secrets of nuclear fusion, and then beheaded with a copper-wire. Having survived that, Csillia ripened early and ripened plump in the Spring of Puberty. She became perhaps the most stunning, squeeze-tempting princess ever to shake her tasseled-top. Indeed, even she delighted in her beauty, except when it made inanimate objects jealous, or when she was stalked by horny forest critters. Now, the King’s palace was on the Ruby Shores of Calhabim. So, when the summer days were especially hot, Csillia would put on her jeweled thong and sit topless by the sea on a pier that hung out over the rocky coast. To pass the time, she took a golden ball with her and tossed it around. This was her favorite game in the world, next to taking acid at a Pink Floyd concert. It so happened that one day, she was tossing the ball, and it didn’t fall into her little hand. Instead, a seagull pooped in her eye. Uncaught, the ball bounced on the pier and rolled off the edge. It dropped down into the waves below. There, the ball disappeared. Seeing this, the Princess was filled with despair, and began to swear. Her swearing became louder and louder. While she was cursing, she heard someone say to her: “What’s the matter, toots?” She looked around to see where the voice came from. She finally saw a jellyfish. “What are you cussing about?” the Jellyfish gurgled. “I dropped my ball into the ocean,” she answered. “Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!” “Be calm; don’t curse. I can be of assistance.” answered the Jellyfish. “But, if I fetch your toy for you, what will you give me in return?” “You may have whatever you want: my jewels, my thong, my crown, a pair of my underwear, which I sold on the Internet for $45—“ “No. I desire none of that. But if you will care for me, let me be your companion and playmate, let me sit with you at your little table, eat from your golden plate, snort your golden cocaine, swim in your Olympic-sized golden Jacuzzi, I will go straight down and fetch your toy.” “How you chatter, you silly squid—“ “I’m a jellyfish!!” “You can’t be friends with me. I’m on the land. You’re in the sea.” “Oh–but if you proved your love for me–I would be able to live on the land forever.” “Does that mean kiss you?” “Well, yes … and a bit more,” answered the Jellyfish. “What chu talkin bout, fish-fish?” “We’re talking, I don’t know. Maybe third base.” The Princess thought about it. She had gone further and gotten less in elementary school. But the jellyfish made matters a bit messier. Yet, she figured why not? Why not lie to the squid? “Go get my ball, and I’ll prove my love to you, squid.” “Jellyfish!!!” But, nevertheless, as soon as he’d been given the promise, the brave jellyfish dropped beneath the waves and vanished for a long time. After a many long minutes, the princess forgot what she was waiting for, and went inside to watch Total Request Live on MTV. Thus, when the jellyfish resurfaced with the ball, it found her missing. “Fuck!” shouted the squid. “Now I got to be resourceful!” The jellyfish swam through the day and into the night, the golden ball heavy on its tentacles, until it came to a royal pipe spewing raw-sewage. Being a jellyfish named Skippy, Skippy didn’t much mind swimming through human-waste, and so he crossed the first threshold with little trouble, and entered the Princess’s lavatory unharmed. There, in the pipes, he waited for the right moment, so he would not alarm her. At midnight, the clocks chimed 11 o’clock, and Csillia stepped into the lavish bathroom. She dropped her velvet robe, stepped up to the gigantic tub, started the water, pulled the scented curtains closed, and slipped into the sudsy water, letting the tub fill and fill and fill with warmth. Then, Skippy plopped out of the spout, on her thigh, with a shout: “Hi! Remember me? I’m the fish made of Jelly!” “Dear GOD!” Csillia cried. “What are you doing here?” “Getting what’s mine! So, here’s your damn ball. Now give me my damn loving!” “Mad squid! Mad squid!” “Shut up bitch!” Skippy cried, slapping her with his tentacle. “Put out or get out!” “Oh! Yeah right! That’s like whipping me with a wet noodle!” “Give me some sugar, baby!” Skippy begged, latching onto Csillia’s chest. “Rape! Rape! Guards! I’m being raped by a talking squid!” “JELLYFISH!!!!” Instantly, the guards stormed in, and grabbed Skippy by his tentacles. It took 23 guards, each holding one tentacle, to pull Skippy away from the lovely Csillia. Jellyfish make awfully good suction-cups. “Ha! Ha!” Csillia laughed. “You’ll regret stalking me, fish! There is a penalty for wild animals that molest the princess!” “And you’ll have one hell of a jellyfish hicky on your boob tomorrow!” “Off with his head!” the Princess gasped, horrified. “OFF WITH HIS HEAD!” “You got it boss,” the guard said. Without emotion, the thug took a pocketknife from his belt, and unfolded the largest blade. He pressed the Jellyfish against the sink-top, and methodically sawed Skippy in half. Skippy didn’t scream even once as he perished. The deed done, the guard picked up the two halves, intending to flush them down the toilet, when suddenly a little man jumped out of the Jellyfish’s slimy corpse! “Not so fast, bozo!” cried the little man. He was no more than the size of a thumb, but he jumped like a flea, up onto the guard’s head. “Take this!” he cried in his high-pitched voice. He then double-fist punched the Neanderthal on the bald-spot, and the big jerk fell down and broke his crown, and the other twenty-two went tumbling after, as the little man kicked all their asses. Princess Csillia watched in awe as the little stranger made mincemeat of her highly trained platoon of eunuchs. When they all were left bleeding in broken piles around her crescent-shaped bathtub, the little man leapt onto her bar of ivory soap and confronted her. “Who are you, strange little fairy?” she asked. “I’m not a fairy, and I’m not little! And where I come from—they call me Dr. Wilder!” “What were you doing in that squid!?” “It was a jellyfish, you ditz! A jellyfish that ate me alive, while I was lost at sea, stuck in an empty bottle. Luckily, before being digested, I was able to climb up into the fish’s simple nervous system. There, using the electricity in the battery of my pen-light, I was able to control the fish.” “But why are you so little?” “Because of a curse was put on me by an evil tribe. A curse that can only be broken by kissing a virgin.” “I’ve got news for you, doc. I’m not a virgin.” “And I’ve got news for you, toots. I’m not just kissing you!” “Ooh baby!” she giggled. “You’ve got a way with words – unlike that squid.” “Yeah – yeah – chop – chop. Let’s get to it. I’m tired of being small enough to hide in a condom.” “In a what?” “Forget it.” At that, Dr. Wilder took a deep breath, held his nose tight, and confidently dove down into the darkness of the soapy bath water. He only got trapped inside a bubble for a moment, before he at last broke free, and came to the dark entrance of ***CENSORED**** ***CENSORED**** ***CENSORED**** and, having done that, he felt that he was totally himself once again. “Was it good for you, baby?” he asked, leaning back against the edge of the tub. “Um …well,” Csillia considered, resting her head on her handmaiden’s bare back. “I think it started out slow, and a bit too kinky for my taste. But it got better at the end, with the fireworks, and the laser-lights, and the fairy godmother, and you getting larger, and then my seven hand-maidens joining in, and you killing my father with a wash rag.” “Yeah. That was all quite splendid,” the Doctor said, savoring the moment. “But I’ve got to go, babe.” He then abruptly climbed out of the bath and started dressing in the King’s bloody robes. “What? Shouldn’t we get married, and live happily-ever-after?” “Honey—the Doctor’s always on call. He hasn’t got time for all of that hoity-toity crap, and if you want to be as sane and well-adjusted as me, Dr. Wilder, you’ll forget all the ritzy-ditzy-shitzy too. Besides, you need to learn a lesson. So I’m out of here. Catch you on the flip side.” “A lesson? A lesson about what?” “About promises.” “What!? Are you telling me that you would have slept with a jellyfish, just because it brought you back your ball?” “Baby—if I lost one of my balls—I’d do anything for the chick who brought it back.” Then Dr. Wilder slipped out the window, and was gone from the kingdom forever. But, Csillia’s son, born only 9 months after the Doctor’s mysterious visit, ruled the land with a heartless iron fist, and helped his people to conquer many peace-loving nations, until he was overthrown by starving peasants and skinned alive with sea-shells. THE END.