It wasn't a perfectly sunny day on the beach, but that was alright. It wasn't bad weather either on the island, and the hint of wind and rain in the air only encouraged people to gather together for mutual warmth and companionship.

I stood on one of the platforms, doing a pre-show for tomorrow night's show, things odd and fun that wouldn't be part of the regular performance. "And so, one last little thing," I announced as I laid my slightly hypnotic spell over the audience. "I want someone who is willing to be a part of my show tomorrow, and doesn't have anything planned for tomorrow either."

"Me!" a clear voice stood above the others and I gestured for the last volunteer of the day. She parted the crowd with her approach, and I suppressed a smirk at how lucky I was. A gorgeous red-haired woman strutted up to my little stage. The minx wore her hair in a long braid that draped down her back with bangs around her face that revealed her clear eyes, and she wore a white beach towel that wrapped around her. Obviously she had come from some time on the beach itself, and didn't bother to carry her towel with her like some other people did.

She was also somewhat familiar, but honestly, I couldn't remember half the people that worked on the island, let alone the guests that crossed my path, so I dismissed it from my mind for now. Instead, I offered her a hand to come up to the stage. "Hello," I greeted her. "What's your name?"

"Kairi," she replied with a knowing smile. The name hit me!

"Ah, I'm glad to see you come back after last summer," I said with an honest apology. "Things got out of hand, and for that, I apologize."

She waved off my concerns with a laugh. "I forgive you! In fact, I forgive you so hard, I think I'll come back and some more fun."

All was well, it seemed. "Very well," I said to all present, "as a person who knows what I can do, I'm sure you'll trust me completely?"

Kairi looked at me with a knowing gleam in her eyes, and that was all the permission I needed. I indicated a clear backdrop that I had been using to show that there was nothing in front or behind of it for certain things. "A gorgeous woman like yourself," I led her over to it and indicated for her to stand in front of the left side of the clear sheet, "I bet that you're used to people wanting pictures of you, right?"

She huffed. "Of course!" I moved behind her to check that she was in a good place. "It's only natural, though some people can't take 'no' for an answer."

I had to sympathize. "Of course, of course." I went around to the right side of the glass plate and leaned on it. The glass plate now had a series of small hinges in the middle, and I started to fold the glass in half. "I have to say though, you are very photogenic," the glass was now at right angles to itself, Kairi caught in the corner as she stood still, waiting for the inevitable.

The plate started against her right side, and she was squished into place. Not distorted, for my magic allowed me to flatten her without any hidden tricks like a normal wringer would entail. Once she realized what was going on, she tilted her hips away from the hinge, pulling on a slight pose that would make her more appealing.

Good woman. She knew what she was doing. I closed the glass plate on itself with a little bit of effort, and then stepped back to hearty applause. Kairi had been flattened between the two halves of glass, a cute expression on her face as she stood there, quite still. I rotated the whole ensemble around to show that she now had no depth to her, despite the visual illusion of one, and her back before stopping her facing front.

"You know," I said aloud as I searched my pockets in a pure act. I had magic on my side as I produced a large white-board eraser from a pocket, and some markers from a different one, "I think that many of us are wondering what you are wearing under that towel of yours," I put the eraser over her shoulder and swiped down the glass, drawing a curve from shoulder to hips.

I stepped back to admire my work and to allow the audience the same.

Kairi's towel was now missing a streak, revealing her skin underneath. I blinked, and tapped the eraser. "I had this set for just the towel," I commented as I gave it a shake for good measure. "So either I'm too good, or you were sunbathing as nature intended." This earned a laugh from the people behind me.

I shrugged. "You know, either's good for me!" I took the eraser and wiped out her towel above her waist, revealing her bare chest, pressed flat against the glass. "Yep, definitely a woman who knows the value of her body," I smirked. She could still see out, and feel. But react? Not so much. "What say you all that I finish this?"

The crowd approved and so with a few more swipes, I revealed the whole of Kairi to the world. I suspected that had I asked, she would have more than willing to skip this step, but where would the fun in that be? I put the eraser onto a table I had set aside to hold things and checked the colours of markers in my hands. "Blue," I said as I held it up. I drew a blue band across her chest, hiding her assets from view, then repeated the process over her hips for good measure.

"Now, you may be thinking that this is all well and good," I said as I stood beside the glass. "But what's the trick? Well, it's this!" I said as I opened up the glass, restoring Kairi to her third dimension.

As soon as she was able to, she stepped out, wearing the blue tube around her chest, and blue bikini bottom, both that I had drawn onto her. "Hey!" she said with a grin as she spun in place. "That's neat!"

"Excellent!" I approved. "But now, back into the glass with you."

She pouted. Aw, but do I have to?"

I sighed. "Yes, yes you do."

"OK!" she all but chirped as she spun herself back into place, this time with a more provocative stance, of hand on her hips in contrapposto. I closed the glass over her again, reducing her to perfect flatness.

"Now," I said as I erased her clothes again, "this is where the fun really begins!" I put out the markers on the table. "Kairi will be joining me on stage tomorrow night, and I would like some fun ideas!" I pulled out a black marker and drew a gag in her mouth. "What's going to happen is that I'm going to walk away for a while, leaving you all with these markers and the eraser. Feel free to make suggestions about what she should wear, or what I should do with her! I tapped the gag as an example.

"But there's also something else," I said as I picked up the eraser. With three quick swipes, I removed Kairi's head from the glass, leaving her bare otherwise. "Ladies, feel free to take your picture with your head poking up here," I folded down the top of the glass down to Kairi's neck height, and put my chin over the glass, presenting a very hilarious image of my head on her body. "And I will be along later to collect any pictures you may have. Get my interest with your presentation, and who knows? You might get to experience it yourself!"

I stepped around the glass to the front. "Until then, enjoy your stay, and your imaginations!" I bowed, and surrounded myself with smoke in order to vanish before their eyes like a cheap trick.

*  *  *

I set down the white towel on the table, having pulled it out of a pocket. The night was young, and I had a couple dozen pictures to go through. Carefully, I plucked the middle of the towel, then threw it over my shoulder.

On the table was Kairi's head, gag in place and staring at me with wide eyes, shock giving way to anticipation. "Welcome back!" I said as I plucked the ball from her mouth. "So, before we get to the good stuff," I admired the twinkle in her eyes, "We should decide which of these ideas are to your liking," I held up a fan of pictures for her to admire, her body tantalized and taunted with various ideas from the erotic to the macabre. "And which of these nice ladies will be joining you," I pointed at the heads on each.

She blew a stray strand of hair out of her eyes. "And where's my body?" she asked. "Not demanding, you know." She rolled her eyes to look around. "Just curious."

I shrugged. "Perhaps you are warming someone's bed right now," I informed her with perfect casualness. "Perhaps I have it stored away for the show later. Or perhaps it's restored and behind you, out of sight, ready to put image into practice."

She huffed. "Fine, be that way. There's a limit to how much fun we can have with me being just a head."

I smirked. "Oh Kairi, you're just a head. I can have a lot of fun with that. But first," I waved the pictures in front of her. "Where do you want to start?"

"I want to start with getting rid of anyone who thinks I'll be wearing reasonable clothes," she said with conviction. "We both know what sort of show you run, so we can skip that part."

I laughed. "That I can do," I said as I removed several pictures from existence, leaving those with nothing or more fetishistic ideas involved.

We had an interesting discussion before we got to the good stuff. Like her showing her appreciation for my work. And true to my word, I showed her lots of fun we could have with her just being a head. And she was quite fun, getting into it with aplomb.

In the morning, I would put her back into one piece, then we would put ideas into practice. But that's for later....