Magdalena Shaw was feeling a bit whistful. She had been doing nothing all morning and had planned to do nothing until John came home, but she was starting to get bored with it. Suddenly the doorbell rang. She hoped the maid would answer it. She was awfully busy doing nothing after all. After the fourteenth ring, she realized that the maid was busy with the au-pair again, probably in her wardrobe, and thus she would have to break the monotony after all.
âYes,â she answered the door, which was odd as the door itself hadnât asked her anything.
âUm, could you open the door first, maâam,â said a squeaky voice behind the door.
âAll right,â she replied reluctantly opening up the big door, the type only seen on expensive homes and the nicer troll caves, to reveal a tweedy man with a briefcase. âYou did see the sign, right?â
âYou mean the one that says, âTraveling salesman will be drawn, quartered, and shoved down the garderobe that we donât have.â Yes, yes,â he replied. âBut I am not a traveling salesman, I am Dr. Molesto, traveling psychologist. My services are complementary.â
âYou mean complimentary,â she asked realizing that English debates though not nothing, are close enough to be satisfying.
âYou will be silent,â he commanded in a high-pitched squeal that was doing its best to sound authoritative and commanding.
âArenât you supposed to hypnotize me, before you can command me around,â she replied helpfully.
âOh, yeah, I forgot,â he replied embarrassedly. âListen, canât you just invite me in so I can proceed to violate you and your trust in a direct violation of my professionâs code of ethics.â
âIâm not sure, what if I let you place me under an erotic hypnosis and all of a sudden you try and sell me Amway products?â
âOn my honor, I only use my talents to violate the bodies of bored housewives in demeaning and derogatory fashions, never to sell Amway,â he replied in a grating wheeze. âSo can I please come in now?â
âAll right, but youâll have to abuse me quick as I have a lot of nothing to finish up before my husband gets home,â Magdalena ushered in the doctor.
The doctor was clad completely in clothes. Not like the clothes in her special walk-in closet or even her normal walk-in closet or come to think of it that of her husband. These clothes were normal clothes, like a suit or something or at least what a suit would look like if the wearer were color-blind or just taste impaired. But as a saving grace, the fabric was nice. As for the rest of Dr. Molestoâs featuresâŚoh, theyâre probably not important anyway. And besides while I was ranting about the suit, the characters had already started a conversation in the living room
âAll right then, tell me about your mother,â Dr. Molesto said leaning back into John the Dongâs custom made recliner. By custom-made I mean it was a recliner with a âcustom-madeâ logo. The Shaws spent most of their money on costumes and special fabrics so their furniture budget was remarkably frugal to compensate.
âI canât,â Magdalena replied lying back on the couch. âWe havenât got to the incest chapter yet.â
âFair enough,â Dr. Molesto said. âNow I must put you under hypnosis. I forgot my gold watch, so keep an eye on my finger and pretend itâs a watch, ideally with those cool spirally patterns you see in old movies.â
Magdalena obeyed and followed the finger with her eyes, back and forth, side to side, one finger, now a three. Go for the slider. The crowd was cheering in the stands. Tied score bottom of the ninth. Drama set, she was ready to throw.
âYou will now feel yourself going into a deep trance,â Dr. Molesto intoned in what he believed to be a claming voice, but actually sounded like Rob Halford on a bad day. âOn three you will listen to whatever I have to say and follow my every command. One. Two. Three. Now quack like a duck.â
âI donât really feel like it,â Magdalena said, wondering where the softball imagery had gone and wondering if she could recapture that. She looked really good in those little hats and uniforms. Maybe she could use that tonight to try and bring off her husband.
âWhat do you mean,â Dr. Molesto whined in distress. âYouâre supposed to immediately fall into a trance wherein you act exactly like a submissive slut who is suddenly willing to try things that she wouldnât try before.â
âBut I am a submissive slut, and there isnât anything I wouldnât try,â Magdalena replied with an air of confusion. Her inner character was conflicting with the clichĂŠs again.
âCome on, youâve got to go along with this,â Dr. Molesto said becoming very flustered. This was agitating him greatly because he didnât want to be named Very Flustered. âYouâre supposed to fall into a trance that allows me praeternatural control of your psyche and then I can abuse you. Thatâs whatâs written in the script.â
âOh, in that case,â she said and quickly became limp as a rag doll, her eyes rolled back in a heavy trance. Dr. Molesto grinned; this was more like it.