The Immortal Cage

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You look up, and his face is there, as it has always [[been|rice krispie]].

"Rice to see you, Geraldine." You feel the gentle rain of rice krispie spittle fall into your open mouth. A single krisp lodges itself into the new crevass where your wisdom tooth once flourished. You try to speak but can only drool—the novocaine has numbed your entire face. If only it could numb your heart as well. "I've always wanted to see a mouth like yours. So . . . square, like [[Him|Spongebob]]."

Nicolas Cage, your dentist, walks over to the window and plays with the fraying corner of a teeth-whitening poster. Do you remember we were sitting there by the water, You put your arm around me for the first time . . . He licks marshmallow goop off his crusty lower lip. "[[I never wanted it to be like this.|struggle]]"

You are paralyzed in a dental chair. "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Cage screams. You lie there, bleeding from your mouth, terrified. What has he done to you? "[[Blobobooooghhbuuu??? Fffsbluu!!!!|demand]]" you demand to know.

You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter, You are the best thing that’s ever been mine. . . The sun is high above a wide, open field. Flower petals travel on the wind and tickle his nose. Spongebob travels on the wind and tickles his fancy. [[Their palms meet.|palms]]

"Sandy, seek succor from my seed. Yes, yes, search no more, sweet squirrel." Spongebob supine, Sandy suspended above, the Treedome towering too, their fishy firmament. [[You learn my secrets and you figure out why I’m guarded, You say we’ll never make my parents’ mistakes. . .|all was right]]

You lie there, dessicated, like a wrung sponge on a sandy beach. Electric lights beat down on you like the unforgiving sun. [[You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.|credits]]

You struggle to move your legs, fearing his unbridled wrath, but, you know, the novocaine, so you're paralyzed. "But . . . IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY!" In a rage, he tears the poster from the wall, his arm colliding with the side of the mirror so sweetly hung to his right. As shards of glass fly in slow-motion above your head, you manange to catch a glimpse of your [[reflection|reflection]].

The Immortal Cage Written by PIGEOSO N THE GROUP (comprised of The Centaur Polyphemus, Carl, and <a target="_blank" href="http://marcielacerte.tumblr.com">Mars Lizard</a>) on August 20, 2016. Created with <a target="_blank" href="https://twinery.org/">Twine</a>. Inspirations include "National Treasure," wisdom tooth removal surgery, and a rice krispie bar one of us was eating at the moment of this tale's conception. 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You are paralyzed in a dental chair. "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Cage screams. You lie there, bleeding from your mouth, terrified. What has he done to you? "He . . . he lived in a pineapple," Cage says, "under the sea." Weeping, Cage picks from the floor, with his bare hands, the shards of mirrored glass. He stares at his own pale visage in the sharpest of them. [[Then you took me by surprise, You said, "I’ll never leave you alone" . . .|this is life]]

You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter, You are the best thing that’s ever been mine. . . The sun is high above a wide, open field. Flower petals travel on the wind and tickle his nose. Spongebob travels on the wind and tickles his fancy. Their palms meet. "Sponge. You've made me so very happy over these past few millenia. It's been, um, ever since, I'm uh, we're immortal, Sponge, you and I. We're immortal creatures in a mortal world." "Shhh," Spongebob implores, sticking a skinny yellow finger to Nicolas's crusty lips. Rice krispie treats lie scattered on the picnic blanket before them. "Kiss me," Spongebob says. "Make me feel mortal again." "Mortality, my dear sponge, is but in the dreams of immortals. We will be together forever." They kiss passionately. Nicolas brings a hand down to Spongebob's taut buttocks and presses firmly upon its orthogonal edge. "[[Jumpin' jellyfish!|jellyfish]]" Spongebob shrieks. [[(It all comes back at once.)|flashback 2]]

You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter, You are the best thing that’s ever been mine. . . The sun is high above a wide, open field. Flower petals travel on the wind and tickle his nose. Spongebob travels on the wind and tickles his fancy. Their palms meet. "Sponge. You've made me so very happy over these past few millenia. It's been, um, ever since, I'm uh, we're immortal, Sponge, you and I. We're immortal creatures in a mortal world." "Shhh," Spongebob implores, sticking a skinny yellow finger to Nicolas's crusty lips. Rice krispie treats lie scattered on the picnic blanket before them. "[[Kiss me|kiss]]," Spongebob says. "Make me feel mortal again."

You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter, You are the best thing that’s ever been mine. . . The sun is high above a wide, open field. Flower petals travel on the wind and tickle his nose. Spongebob travels on the wind and tickles his fancy. Their palms meet. "Sponge. You've made me so very happy over these past few millenia. It's been, um, ever since, I'm uh, we're immortal, Sponge, you and I. We're immortal creatures in a mortal world." "Shhh," Spongebob implores, sticking a skinny yellow finger to Nicolas's crusty lips. Rice krispie treats lie scattered on the picnic blanket before them. "Kiss me," Spongebob says. "Make me feel mortal again." "Mortality, my dear sponge, is but in the dreams of immortals. We will be together forever." They kiss passionately. Nicolas brings a hand down to Spongebob's taut buttocks and presses firmly upon its orthogonal edge. "Jumpin' jellyfish!" Spongebob shrieks. "I TOLD YOU I DON'T LIKE TO BE TOUCHED THERE!! I PREFER TO BE TENDERLY CARESSED ON MY WEE ARMS OR MY LITTLE FRECKLED FACE." His face turns red. His eyes shine, holding back tears. "I . . . I didn't—" Nicolas starts, but Spongebob bolts in the other direction, disappearing over the great sloping hill. Then, it is silent, save the wind. [[Suddenly,|suddenly]]

[[Snap.|snap]]

Snap. [[Crackle.|crackle]]

Snap. Crackle. [[Pop.|gums]]

"Sandy, seek succor from my seed. Yes, yes, search no more, sweet squirrel." Spongebob supine, Sandy suspended above, the Treedome towering too, their fishy firmament. All was right. Together they had birthed nations. But Spongebob and the tree that gave him shade were not the only things growing in Bikini Bottom. Some scabrous thing encrusted his lower half, and it would not cease its eldritch growth. [[And I remember that fight, Two-thirty AM, As everything was slipping right out of our hands . . . |years later]]

"Sandy, seek succor from my seed. Yes, yes, search no more, sweet squirrel." Spongebob supine, Sandy suspended above, the Treedome towering too, their fishy firmament. All was right. Together they had birthed nations. But Spongebob and the tree that gave him shade were not the only things growing in Bikini Bottom. Some scabrous thing encrusted his lower half, and it would not cease its eldritch growth. Ten years later they would birth no more nations. Sandy would take up with Bubble Buddy, but drown in his soapy embrace. He would bear the pain in his heart and upon his body. But that dark, ancient terror had changed Spongebob. He would live on. [[Forever.|gumlife]]

"I thought we would be together . . . forever," he whispered. He takes a shard in his hand, then walks over to your chair, pressing glass into your throat. "Do you know what forever means, Geraldine?" Standing over you, backlit by an enormous halogen dental light, Cage silently waits for your response. [["Bloobobolb blogoblb. Fdbolloopppbolglhrrfo bobollogolb." ("Forever means immortality. And immortality means no one gets left behind.")|forever]]

"Absorbent, and yellow, and porous was he." You're still lying there, still paralyzed, but now questioning the sanity of Cage. "His nautical nonsense is something I wish." He turns to you, an [[unholy light|drop]] in his eyes.

You struggle to move your legs, fearing his unbridled wrath, but, you know, the novocaine, so you're paralyzed. "But . . . IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY!" In a rage, he tears the poster from the wall, his arm colliding with the side of the mirror so sweetly hung to his right. As shards of glass fly in slow-motion above your head, you manange to catch a glimpse of your reflection: in your mouth are two perfectly square, perfectly white teeth, separated by a large gap. The glass hits the ground with a loud clatter. [[You remain immobile, silent. Cage looks over his shoulder and stares at you with fear . . . and desire.|flashback]] [[You scream, "Hbloooboll! BLOOOODDBHG?????" ("My gums! WHERE ARE MY GUMS????")|gums]]

"[[SO YOU'LL DROP ON THE DECK AND FLOP LIKE A FISH!|flop]]"

Cage pulls the glass shard away from your throat, shocked by your response. It falls to the floor with a high-pitched ring. [[You take his hand.|hand]]

Cage pulls the glass shard away from your throat, shocked by your response. It falls to the floor with a high-pitched ring. You take his hand. [["Forever."|happy ending]]

You and Cage stare deeply into each other's eyes. His, blue as the open ocean, search for meaning in stillness. The novocaine has worn off. You smile, transformed. There is nothing more to life than this moment. [[You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.|credits]]

"He . . . he lived in a pineapple," Cage says, "under the sea." Weeping, Cage picks from the floor, with his bare hands, the shards of mirrored glass. He stares at his own pale visage in the sharpest of them. [[But we got bills to pay, We got nothing figured out, When it was hard to take, Yes, yes, this is what I thought about . . .|this is death]]

He picks a shard of glass and stabs you repeatedly, screaming, "SPONGE!! BOB!! SQUARE!!! PANTS!!!! SPOOONGEYY BOB!!! OOOHH, OH GOD, MY SPONGE, MY SWEET, POROUS, SALTWATER PORIFERA!" Blood shoots from your jaw, and the buck teeth Cage had so tenderly crafted in your mouth are now [[destroyed.|death]]