Lisa took a deep bow and cleared away the table with the card tricks on it and paused in the wings for just a second before returning to the centre of the performance area for the main part of the trick. She was always glad to get the sleight of hand out of the way, and with an adult audience like at this late night show in a cabaret club she had a hunch the audience felt the same. 

“Now folks, I know some of you have seen the show before, and I want to make sure you all know we aren’t cheating. So to help out I am gonna ask Lisa top come out and find a helper ”.

Lisa always loved this bit so jumped down into the audience with enthusiasm, looking for a likely victim. Walking through the tables in the dim light away from the stage it didn't take long for her to find a likely candidate, a stunning blonde in a strappy red dress with a high slit up one side of its long skirt.

"What's your name ? " she asked with a smile, beckoning the girl to stand up

"Er, Ann. " 

"And how do you feel about helping out with some of tonight's show ? "

"I, er, Nervous?" 

"Thats probably fair to be honest " Lisa chuckled " But come on how about it, I think our audience will love you..." 

"Ok I guess.... " 

Lisa led Ann back to the stage, giving her low cut dress and long legs an admiring glance, it contrasted nicely with the tiny black bikini Lisa herself was wearing. The audience cheered and whooped as the two stunning ladies returned to the spotlight, walking over to Matt by the first trick.

Ann paled a little when she saw a cabinet wheeled out, but Matt smiled reassuringly

"Welcome Ann , Lisa is destined for this box, so you can relax and be my glamorous helper".

Lisa grinned, as usual she had no idea how this part of the show would pan out but the box looked interesting, tall and narrow with a airbrushed street art style image of a voluptuous  brunette in a black bikini on the front. She smiled and walked with an exaggerated wiggle as she spun the box all the way around, only half listening to Matt explain the box was narrow and not very deep and there was no space to hide a second assistant or for one to bend down and hide. As she finished rotating the prop for the audience Matt had Ann open the doors to the front of the cabinet, seven in all, side hinged and varying in height a little. As Ann flipped them open it was clear that the way the picture on the front was being broken down, but Lisa was excited. 

"Thanks Ann, now your next job is to help Lisa get comfortable in her new home" 

Matt's turn of phrase raised a laugh but made Lisa shiver, it wasn't like it was exactly unknown for him to delay restoring her more than a little. Nevertheless she kicked off her shoes and stepped up and back into the tall thin box. 

"OK Ann first job, there's a cuff on a chain down by Lisa's right foot. Can you check thats attached to the base of the box then lock it around her ankle..."

Ann blushed a little and had a couple of goes at bending down without losing the top of her strappy dress before locking the cuff in place. Matt flipped the small door shut and latched it, covering Lisa up to just below her knees. Then he pulled off a little hatch  at the bottom of the door and Lisa wriggled her toes and the front of her foot into view. 

"Great work Ann, now the next one is high up. " 

Ann had to climb onto the wheeled platform the box was stood  on to manacle Lisa's left hand to the top of the cabinet. Matt closed a high door that stopped at the top of Lisa's head and the smiling assistant shoved her hand through a hole at the top of the door. 

"Getting there Ann, other foot next..." 

Matt had Ann find a cuff at about knee high. Lisa wobbled a little as she lifted her left leg allowing Ann to fit the cuff and chain around her left ankle. securing it in place part way up the cabinet . Matt closed the next door which covered Lisa to the top of her thighs. Another hatch at the bottom right of the door meant that Lisa could push her right toes into view.

"Good job I have an ok sense of balance.." Lisa muttered 

"Middle door next" Matt grinned "ignore her she loves it really" 

Ann shrugged and carried on. She locked another cuff around Lisa's right hand at about rib level. Matt closed the corresponding narrow door covering Lisa's tummy, again a hatch to the side revealed the secured hand. 

"Getting there Ann, then we can start the fun part. " Matt closed the door one from top, covering Lisa's face and shoulders . He removed the face of the picture on the door revealing Lisa's still smiling face in the oval cut out. 

"OK Ann, just two doors to go, and we have a choice to make. "

"Oh ? " Ann looked puzzled. there were indeed two doors left, which would cover Lisa's bikini clad chest and hips. 

"Yeah, bikini, or no bikini? " The crowd exploded into whoops and cheers, whereas Ann looked a little shocked. Lisa just grinned.

"Its your call Ann" Lisa smiled.

Ann blushed as all eyes went to her. 

"I guess if I go for the popular vote it would have to be no bikini..."

Over the cheers Matt had Ann untie Lisa's bikini top and threw it off stage. He closed the chest door and opened a kind of figure of eight on its side shaped hatch which displayed Lisa's full and now quite bare chest while Ann fumbled a little with the side ties on Lisa's bikini bottoms . Finally she pulled them away, looking embarrassed.  Matt closed the final door, but Ann was rather shocked when he opened a final hatch in the prop, a triangle neatly displaying Lisa's smooth tanned nether regions.

"Now Ann... the blades, Ann can you give the box there a spin around to let everyone see there's no funny business at the back,  thanks." 

When Ann had finished her twirl, Matt handed her the first blade from a stack . She checked it was solid and sharp and offered it up to the box holding Lisa demonstrating it was the same width as the prop and a little deeper.

"So, you can do the blades, start anywhere you like, two for each slot..." 

Lisa grinned as she saw the shocked expression on Ann's face 

"Er. Don't we have to close all those little doors ? " Ann asked hesitantly.

"No no you are good to go, pick a slot any slot..."

Ann looked at the blade in her hand then at Lisa in her box. She stooped to line up the blade with the narrow gap between the bottom two boxes, each with wriggling toes still clearly visible.

"Its ok " Lisa whispered with a reassuring smile

Ann took a deep breath and pushed. The blade went a little way in . Then it stopped and Ann stepped back looking mortified

"Its gone wrong I have hit something"

"Its fine.." Lisa soothed, "its my leg you just need to push harder. I will be ok " 

Still looking far from convinced Ann went back to the blade and pushed. 

"Harder" Matt instructed

Ann shoved and then squealed the blade suddenly went right though the box with a bang. 

"Great stuff, just eleven more to go..." 

Matt handed Ann another blade which slotted easily into the same gap as the first. Pairs of blades swiftly followed, dividing the box above Lisa's knees, at the top of her thighs, below her breasts, just above then a last pair above her head separating her hand held high. All the way through Lisa grinned, waved wiggled and shimmied, doing her best to put on a show and prove at each stage that all the visible parts were real and living. 

"What do you think Ann, is Lisa still in there? " 

"She must be..." 

"And all those parts are real ? You can check...... its ok ? "

Ann touched Lisa's hands feet and face shyly

"Yes she's real. I dont know how, but .... " 

"Its Magic Ann" Matt laughed " Now lets see what you have really done. Could you pass me the top box? 

Ann looked blankly, as if Matt had gone quite mad,. 

"Reach up, lift the top part of the box then pass it to me"

Gingerly Ann reached up and grasped the top section of the box. She paused, and lifted, clearly expecting nothing to happen. She stepped back so quickly she almost fell over when the small section of box still containing a wriggling hand at the corner, lifted away easily. Still wide eyed in disbelief she passed the box to Matt. 

"Who wants a hand ? " To Ann's obvious astonishment Matt passed the box out into the audience. The pretty blonde passed the head box next. Soon Lisa's boobs and other hand were also being passed from table to table for inspection. Then her hips and the two boxes with her legs and feet inside. For her part Lisa was loving every second, the excitement, the reaction, the unseen hands feeling and groping.

"OK Ann so while we give people a chance to check your handiwork on Lisa, would you like to help out with the next trick." 

Even before Ann had had a chance to disagree another prop was wheeled out on stage. Ann nodded hesitantly looking at the new arrival. It looked simple enough. A low trolley on wheels with two shiny poles sticking up from it about six feet apart. That was about it. No blades. She looked back out into the crowd, blushing when she caught sight of what the front table was doing with Lisa's hips,  then nodded ok.

"Cool, great, you are going to make a fantastic assistant Ann".

Ann smiled and made a nervous bow as Matt invited her to take centre stage.

"OK Ann, I need you to step up there between the bars. Perfect thanks. Now I am going to make sure the folks out there know we aren't cheating" .

Before Ann had really caught on Matt had knelt and locked a cool metal cuff around her left ankle. Seconds later it was chained securely to the pole, held in place with a padlock.  

"Just move your other foot out a bit ... " 

As Ann complied, the split in her dress flashed a great view of her shapely leg. Matt made short work of locking her other ankle , securing her to the frame legs apart. Walking to the front he popped a cuff onto each wrist and then had Ann reach out to the sides. Sure enough her wrists were locked in place too at  shoulder height. Ann was starting to wonder what she had let herself in for. It wasn't a magic trick she recognised from TV and she was all too aware of what had just happened to Lisa, not to mention what was still happening to her. Ann wasn't sure if she should be excited or scared. To complete the prop Matt carried out a plank of polished wood. He held it up to show it had a hole at each end and a larger one in the middle with a hinged section. He opened the middle then lifted it so he could thread the small holes onto the poles at each end of the platform. The open section fitted the back of Ann's neck. A couple of pins held the ends at the right height then he locked the neck stock in place with another pin and a padlock.

"OK there Ann? " Matt asked as he spun the nervous blonde around on her wheeled platform. 

"I think so" 

"Great , that's great. Now before we proceed I just realised your lovely dress isn't really what my assistants usually wear. Besides its a lovely dress and I would hate to damage it..."

" I . Er .  "

Matt smiled and walked to the far side of the stage, then clapped. There was a flash and a bang and when the smoke cleared a fraction of a second later a huge cheer. Anns own clothes had vanished and she was now barefoot wearing a tiny black bikini just like the one she had taken from Lisa. 

Matt took a bow and took Ann for another spin, which ensured the volunteer was shown off from all angles in the barely there outfit .

"What, how ??" 

Ann's face was a picture as she realised what had happened, clearly having not a clue how the change had been made.

"Actually that's not really fair" 

Matt looked over to see the box with Lisa's smiling face in it on a table in the front row

"She didn't let me have a bikini.,."

"True, I suppose fair is fair huh Ann ? "

"What ? I don't? No ..NOOO! "

Laughing Matt clapped and their was another flashbang. Inevitably this time Ann was quite naked, not a stitch to hide her sexy curves from the baying crowd. She flushed bright red then smiled weakly, maybe the attention wasn't so bad , and she had volunteered after all. 

"OK so now the trick" Mat grinned. 

"There's more ? " Ann whimpered

Matt walked up to Ann with a small wooden box in one hand. Ann gulped, fearing she recognised it. Without a word Matt popped the box over the blonde volunteer's head. Then taking a firm grip he yanked it to one side, leaving it three feet away from her neck. He did one more spin with the platform, proving  that Ann wasn't somehow bending backwards, and of course showing off her naked body one last time. Once she was facing front again he slipped open the box to reveal Ann with a puzzled smile. 

"Ladies and Gentlemen, ANN! "

Matt took the box once more and slid it to other side of the wooden shelf, this time leaving the front open, to more applause. 

Matt closed the door and slid the box back to the middle of the shelf, over Ann's neck once more.

"Three, two, one..." 

Matt pulled the box up and away. And Anns's head had vanished altogether. More applause. 

"Ladies and gentleman, it's time for a break and some dancing so a big cheer to welcome back the band....."


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As the band played their mix of covers customers at the bar were free to inspect the naked form of Ann still locked in the trick with her head nowhere to be seen. Although judging by her wriggling when touched it seemed she could tell what was happening to some extent. Meanwhile Lisa's parts were still circulating the room .