Lisa grinned as she came back into the performance area for the second part of the show. Her show. She had become accustomed to being left alone in all sorts of unimaginable predicaments and one of the other girls stepping in with Matt for a show, but this was different. Matt and Quinn were travelling to Vegas for a short season of sell out shows just off the strip. Lisa giggled to herself wondering if Quinn had expected the travel arrangements. In the meantime she was doing her first solo show as the magician, and was loving it!
Taking a small bow to acknowledge the applause she did a twirl to show off her outfit one more time. When Matt had first offered her her own show her mind had immediately jumped to what to wear. It was a novel problem, usually she got no choice, which was fine by her, she loved the thrill of finding out. This time had been different. The show was part of a vaudeville evening so had an adult audience but a fairly fun feel. So risque rather than scandalous had seemed the order of the day. She thought her choice had hit the spot. At the end of the day she loved being a magician's assistant and so had gone with what she knew, a bright purple one piece swimsuit, high cut on her hips, scoped low at the front and even lower at the back.The sides were actually separated connected only by laces. Matt had built her up in the body she had chosen for once, so she was enjoying her long legs, tiny waist and generous but not too crazy boobs. She felt great under the spotlight.
"So for the second part of the show I would like to try a couple of bigger illusions. Now some of you who have seen VSE shows before will know very often I am the lucky devil who gets to participate but this evening is a little different ....so i wondered if there was anyone in the audience who would like to help out .. "
Lisa took a deep breath. What happened if no one put their hand up. It had never happened to be fair , but ... She took a breath and peered out into the relative gloom of the night club. She was relieved to see at least half a dozen hands up. She looked around trying to decide who to pick. It took her only a moment to decide. At a table of six, a few rows back. A pretty blonde with a shy yet cheeky smile. Lisa strode into the audience and took the volunteer by the hand.
"Come on up ... whats your name ? "
"Sophie.."
""Great accent Sophie, where you from?"
"England, I'm here as an exchange student...."
"Cool.... that's right stand there.."
Lisa took a step back to let the audience see her new assistant properly. She was tiny, not much more than five feet. Her jeans and tee shirt hinted at a toned figure with curves in the right places. On cue a couple of stage hands pushed out the first trick. A simple wooden board mounted upright on a raised wheeled platform you could see underneath. Lisa smiled when she saw Sophie's eyes being drawn straight to the leather cuffs attached to the board.
"Ok Sophie if you could step up here...don't worry..."
Lisa guided her blonde helper up onto the platform and had her stand with the back to the board.
"The first trick when you have a great volunteer is to make sure they can't change their mind.."
The audience laughed as Lisa bent over to to secure a leather cuff around each of Sophie's ankles ... spreading her feet a little as she did. Ever the professional she made sure the audience got quite a view of her thong backed swimsuit while she could see Sophie staring down for a glimpse inside her skimpy top. Standing up alongside the much shorter volunteer she had Sophie reach up and out and secured her wrists into a "hands up" pose. A final leather strap around the pretty blonde's neck completed the arrangements.
"Feeling ok Sophie.... not too tight ? "
"I guess" Sophie smiled nervously " Not exactly how I imagined the evening panning out .."
"Well lets hope that's a good thing.."
"Fingers crossed.." Sophie giggled nervously.
She looked even more nervous when Lisa invited a couple of the dancers from the previous act back on stage to help. Both were huge with clearly defined muscles shining, their oiled bodies covered only by the tiniest of shorts.
"Thanks guys. So when I say up if you could lift the silver cloth in front of Sophie here... then when I say down, lower it again. Shall we practice? Up .. " Lisa grinned as the dancers lifted a silver curtain up covering Sophie on her board, clearly enjoying the view.
"Loving the role reversal here guys .. Down... "
"Now for the fun part... Up..." Lisa paused for barely two seconds.." down".
Sophie was puzzled for a second when the curtain was lowered to loud applause. Then she looked down at was clearly shocked to see her her holy jeans and tee shirt had somehow been replaced with an elegant ball gown with a full skirt and halter top.
"Guys if you can wheel the platform around so everyone can see there is nothing fishy going on round back... "
Lisa clapped along as Sophie was spun slowly around by her hunky helpers. "Now everyone is thinking this a clever trick and Sophie is in on it, but lets see if we can convince you all otherwise.... " Lisa walked seductively through the crowd to Sophie's friends.
"Hi ? Sam .. so this time I want you to think of an outfit Sophie would look good in, dont tell me... and when I say up, say it out loud... ok ? .... UP..
"Cheerleader"
"Down" Again there was huge applause. The look on Sophie's face was a picture and found that she was indeed wearing a classic cheerleaders outfit, complete with tight top, short skit socks and sneakers. It was clear she had no more idea how the trick was done than the onlookers.
Lisa walked to another table, repeating the instructions.
"Up"
"Cat Woman"
"Down".
This time there were whistles mixed in with the applause as the curtain fell revealing Sophie's compact curves clad in a skin tight black suit. The cute little mask wasn't totally covering her blushes, and the unzipped front left quite a lot of cleavage uncovered too.
"Up"
"Little black dress"
"Down"
"Up"
"Cow Girl"
"Down"
Each outfit brought a round of applause and more embarrassed squirms from Sophie.
"Up"
"Lady Godiva"
"Dow..."
"Noooo" The frantic protest had come from behind the curtain.
"Hold it guys, thats a bit unfair ... "
"Bikini"
"Down!"
Over the huge applause Lisa took a bow and then walked back into to the spotlight. She had chosen well, Sophie looked stunning in the tiny purple string bikini. For her part it was clear that Sophie was not sure whether to feel shocked or relieved.
"Sophie, pick one of my helpers..."
"Er "
"Which one is your fave? "
Sophie blushed even more and nodded to the ebony skinned dancer on her left.
"Good choice, Tyler can you give Sophie a little dance as a thank you for her help so far ? "
As the music started Tyler began a bump and grind routine right in front of the bound blonde, to whoops and wolf whistles all round. Just as he inched closer Lisa grabbed the free end of the curtain and nodded to the other dancer
"Up .... and Down..."
As the curtain fell the applause broke out once more. Sophie staggered slightly still dressed in her micro bikini but suddenly free of the board. Tyler however looked mystified to be now bound to the wooden board.
"Ladies and gentleman a big hand for Sophie ... Mitch you can wheel Tyler over to the bar, we can have some eye candy for the girls for a change! Ok I have one more trick, Sophie as you are dressed like a proper assistant want to stay on and help ?"
Sophie took a deep breath. A part of her wanted to run back to the shadows and find some proper clothes. But. She had always loved magic shows. She had begged ger friends to come along to this evening even though most of them were worried it would be lame. Being called up was beyond her wildest dreams. She just had to say yes.
"That's great... thank you hun... over this way"
Lisa led the pretty blonde to the next trick. It was a classic upright box White with the rough outline of a girl on it and a small platform with a panel and some legs to one side. Sophie was almost a bit disappointed. She loved sawing tricks but always though the modern art version was the tamest. And given VSE's reputation she had hoped for something a bit more, well more. Nevertheless she grinned as Lisa opened up the box and had her slide in the side.
"OK Sophie if you could line yourself up so your face is there ... good and hand down thee by your waist, good good. Finally you should be able to wiggle your toes through the slot at the bottom, thats it both feet.. great..."
Sophie smiled as she followed the familiar instructions, it was just like she was in one of her favourite youtube videos. She did wonder for a second how come she was such a good fit for the box, surely if Lisa was the usual assistant the box would need to be a fair few inches taller. Before she could worry about that she realised Lisa was brandishing a square blade in front of her face. She winced.
"So I will slide the blade in her and I am ready ..."
Lisa gave the small box a turn so that the small audience could see all around. Although many looked slightly unimpressed by the familiar trick quite a few sat forward in their seats. Lisa wasn't too worried guessing she would have everyone's attention soon. Leaving the box at a slight angle Lisa stood to once side and started to push on the top. Sophie looked shocked. It had just dawned her she was still stood straight in the box, she hadn't found a way to wriggle sideways as the trick worked. She was about to protest when she felt something cold and sharp at her side. She gasped. It felt just like it had just bit into her. whats more it hurt. Lisa ignored the gasp and kept pushing . The top of the box was now visibly to one side. Sophie moved her mouth wordlessly then let out a little moan. The sharp pain had gone, replaced with something more, erotic, more wonderful. She almost forgot that she wasn't sure how the trick was working, so lost was she in the moment. Her fingers gripped their little cut out as she felt close to, oh it felt so good.
She was snapped back to reality by some muted applause. She looked down to see her top half had indeed been pushed right across over the legs on the cabinet. What she knew and no one in the audience did was that her legs weren't contorted behind the shape of the box, but exactly where they had been.
"Now folks I know what you are thinking, Sophie looks cute but you have all seen this before, shes all scrunched up inside.... right? "
Lisa had already opened the curved hatch in the box concealing Sophie's legs. She opened the matching one in the top box, revealing a bikini clad chest.
"So you're thinking, real chest, fake legs ? "
Sophie wasn't at all sure what she was thinking. She knew she hadn't done anything to make the trick work and something very odd had happened around the waist area. Odd and wonderful, she wanted it to happen more. She could feel herself blush at the thought even before a part of her chest was uncovered.
Lisa smiled and opened the cover on the leg box again. Then pulled and the entire front of the box came away revealing Sophie from bikini clad hips to her toes. The parts looked real for sure. At that moment Mitch arrived with another prop. A small table on a single leg terminating in a set of wheels like an office chair. Lisa lined the new arrival up alongside It was the same height as the base of the top box. With a gentle tug Lisa pulled the upper box again, sliding it across onto the new addition. With another tug she pulled it clear, fully six feet away from Sophie's still twitching bottom half.
Ignoring the applause and shocked exclamations Lisa carried on. She pulled the entire front off the top box. Then the sides and the back. When she was done Sophie's top half was resting totally uncovered on the single legged platform. the crowd went wild. Sophie looked dumbstruck, feeling under the platform slack jawed. Lisa gave the small table another shove across the stage and then turned her attention back to the leg box. Seconds later the sides and back of that had been discarded too leaving a slender frame in each corner supporting the metal blade, leaving Sophie's bottom half visible from all angles.
Lisa spun the lower box leaving it with Sophie's barely covered bum to the audience. Looking across from fifteen feet away Sophie blushed again. Her mind was still racing though. What had just happened ? Had she really been cut in half ? That was crazy of course, but... And if so, how.
"Ladies and Gentlemen... a huge round of applause for the very lovely and very brave Sophie ... Mitch ..."
Sophie smiled and waved , then realised with horror that the really very hot male dancer was pushing her lower half through the audience to the bar area. Moments later she waved and smiled helplessly as her top half was wheeled through the crowd to join it. What the hell happened now ?