Julie sat amazed in the front row of the magic show. Her position as a reporter—and best reporter in town—earned her front row seats in the best shows in town. It was definitely a perk, especially when the person performing onstage was one of the most attractive she had ever seen. This one was no exception. "Magnus the Magnificent" was his name, and magic was his game. So far, he had done such dazzling tricks as having a woman come up on stage and pulling her own cat out of the man's hat, then her son's lizard and his puppy. If that wasn't amazing on its own, Magnus took a bald cancer patient onto then tage and made them grow hair. Julie had never seen anyone's face light up as bright as that in a very long time.
After the show, Julie and her cameraman, Jeff, went backstage, making sure to flash their VIP Backstage passes, and went to Magnus's dressing room. Julie knocked before entering the room. There were two leather couches, a leather loveseat, a red shag carpet, a small table placed on the center of said carpet, and mirrors and dressers on the far side wall.
Magnus himself stood facing the door, a drink in one gloved hand and bracing against the love seat with the other. He was smiling his dazzling smile. "Ah, Miss Julie! I was waiting for our interview. Can I interest you or your colleague in a drink?"
"I'll take one," Jeff says, establishing his tripod and then setting up the camera on top of it. He turned to approach Magnus when the drink appeared in his hand.
"That's a neat trick!" Julie exclaimed, "What's another one you can do?"
"I would prefer we get this interview done first," Magnus said, walking around and sitting on the love seat. "But after that, I'm more than willing to put on a personal show for you two."
The interview hadn't lasted long. Magnus was a very brief speaker, and Julie had been denied an answer when she asked how he did certain tricks. He was, however, highly entertaining and interesting with his answers, and Julie was satisfied with the success of the interview. She finished up the interview with her usual outro, and Jeff clicked off the camera and said, "Tie that up with a bow and that's a wrap!"
"I had assumed you had more questions for me?" Magnus said as Jeff lifted the camera off of the tripod and put it away.
"I asked you over fifty questions!" Julie exclaimed, dumbfounded that a man like this would assume such a thing.
"I have all the time in the world, Jules," Magnus said, smiling, "And I love the sound of my own voice."
"Huh, you don't say," Jeff interjected as he sat down on the couch. He took a swig of his drink and looked at Magnus.
"Well, I'm sure you two are just salivating to see more of my tricks, and I did promise a personal show to the lady, so I suppose I can start." Magnus stood up and, with a flourish of his fingers, his hat appeared in a puff of smoke. He slipped on a pair of pristine white gloves and glanced at Julie with a smile. "And now for my first trick..."
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