"Thank you ladies and gentlemen, thank you.. and now if you could welcome back Sophie ...."

Lisa whisked the silver cloth away from the small glass cabinet in front of her to reveal the blonde rookie assistant curled up inside. Seconds ago the box had been empty and Sophie had walked off into the wings clearing away the previous trick dressed in denim shorts and a tee shirt. Now as she stood up and jumped to the stage only a tiny blue bikini covered her slender frame. 

Lisa smiled as a couple of her muscle bound stage hands wheeled on the next effect. 

"As you can see the hunks have brought on something you may not recognise.  Sophie?" 

As Sophie walked over she tried to take in the new trick. Like the audience she didn't recognise it. It was a cylindrical contraption a bit like a drum or fat wheel, held off the floor by a sort of A frame on each side . Lisa opened a small hatch in one of the circular sides and took Sophie by the hand as she helped her climb aboard, It wasn't easy and Sophie was pretty sure it didn't look too elegant. Stooping a little she threaded her left leg right through the wheel and out the other side. She ducked and wriggled her shoulders inside then hopped a little so she got her left foot on the floor, leaving her kind of astride the bottom of the wheel with both legs sticking out from the thigh down. With Lisa's help she wriggled some more and popped her head out of a hole in the curve at the top of the wheel. Her arms popped out of holes in each side almost to the shoulders and she was in. 

Lisa closed the door and wheeled the platform around. Sophie figured she must look pretty odd, stuck in the wheel shaped cabinet with only her head and bare arms and legs visible.


"As you can see the box is only just as wide as Sophie and she is definitely still in there ! " Lisa smiled and patted Sophie on the thigh then squeezed her hand, proving all the parts were real. "And as the box is barely as wide as her shoulders and her arms and legs are locked in place, she doesn't have much room for manoeuvre ...comfy Sophie? "

"Kind of !" Sophie chuckled in her English accent.

"So you have to wonder how on earth she can do ... this..." 

 Lisa carefully grasped the rim  of the wheel like box and pulled downwards with a heave. At first nothing much seemed to happen but then all of a sudden the rim of the box began to revolve. taking Sophie's head with it. Lisa paused when her assistant's head, complete with astonished expression had been moved about ninety degrees, leaving her looking pretty much straight down. Not even pausing to acknowledge the applause Lisa gave another tug. There seemed less resistance this time and moments later Sophie found herself looking at the back of the stage with her ears brushing her bare thighs.

"Wave..."

Sophie smiled weakly to the backdrop then waved both arms as Lisa  slowly spun the trick all the way around to make sure everyone could see that Sophie's arms and legs were real and it was her pretty face looking back from between her legs. Sophie looked from side to side in wonder, experiencing a novel view of her inner thighs. She shook her head smiled and waved some more. 

"Ladies and Gentlemen... SOPHIE! "

Lisa took a bow and shoved the trick and Sophie, sending her rolling to one side of the stage head still between her legs but facing the audience at least.

"Now while Sophie gets used to her new view, maybe we could see if anyone in the audience would like to help out with the next trick ? "

Sophie pouted a little, she was loving her new job and really didn't want to miss out on a single trick, although she realised getting the audience involved was an important part of the show. So she smiled as if having her head upside down between her thighs was the most natural thing in the world and watched with interest as Lisa wandered into the audience to select her victim from the sea of hands that had gone up. 

Sophie was a little surprised as Lisa led a tall guy with chestnut hair back onto the stage. Lisa looked quite a sight in her skin tight leather trousers and leather corset top but despite her high heeled boots the volunteer still towered above her. 

"So thanks for coming up, what's your name ?"

"Brad"

"Of course it is" Lisa grinned. "Now Brad, I need to ask you a personal question. What do you have on under your jeans ?"

"I . Er. Boxers. Why ? "

"Well this trick may mess with your clothes a little so I kinda need you to strip down to your boxers!"

Sophie grinned as Brad looked nervously from side to side then out into the audience. He looked back to Lisa, his mouth opening and closing wordlessly. Finally he unbuttoned his blue shirt kicked off his shoes then peeled off his jeans and socks. Sophie grinned some more, Lisa had picked well. Brad must have stood 6'4" and was ripped. 

Lisa had Brad do a twirl as her helpers pushed out the next trick. She was really enjoying the role reversal objectifying the male volunteer was fun. 

The trick was a long table on wheels. Lisa walked around it and crouched down to wave from under it, pointing out it was very thing with no hidden matt black areas or strange curtains. 

"Brad could you hop on board and lay back please ? That's great . Now Brad did you come with anyone tonight ? "

"Yes, my girlfriend Tania, why ? " 

"Tania could you come on up and help a little ? Don't worry I just need you to help make sure there's no funny business with Brad's trick. Is that ok ? "

There were more applause as a slender asian girl walked up onto stage. She looked nervous, tugging at the hem of her simple black dress. 

"Thanks Tania, don't look so worried, you will be fine. Now I am just gonna put this here...  " Lisa clipped a wooden stock with two U shaped holes over Brad's bare ankles..." then this one right here... " Another stock clipped into place over the embarrassed looking volunteer's neck and wrists.

"Now Tania could you just make sure Brad there is snug ... and then add these to make sure he is secure too.." Lisa handed the pretty partner a couple of padlocks and helped her lock the two uprights in place. 

"Thats great, now next we fit this ... "

Lisa held up a cloth squared off U shaped object. With Tania's help she clipped it to the board securing Brad's ankles then pulled and it extended like a blind all the way to the stock at Brad's neck where it also clipped into place.

" Now Tania, you saw that Brad is on a plain table, no hollow bits or trap doors? "

"Sure" 

"And the cover is just a simple layer of fabric? "

"Seems to be, yes " 

"And Brad, you are comfortable" 

"I guess" 

"Excellent, we can proceed. Tania Brad is a lovely hunk of man, no question. But he is what, a foot taller than you ?"

"Thirteen inches" 

"Well he must make the place untidy then, use all the sofa, steal all the bed covers, that sort of thing?"

"Kinda, some times yeah" Tania chuckled. 

"Well lets see if we can even things up a little... "

Lisa grinned and handed Tania a black box with an oversize red button . 

"OK push.."

Tania pushed the button as directed . For a second nothing happened then she realised that Brad's feet and head were slowly moving towards each other. Lisa grinned and waved under the table.

"What the? That feels so weird....." Brad waved his hands in a panic but they were held tight. 

"Keep pressing" Lisa grinned as Brad got gradually shorter. "OK you can hold it there.. " 

By the time Tania had released the button the distance between Brad's neck and ankles could not have been more than three feet. Lisa wiggled and grinned as she rotated the table giving the audience a good view all the way around. 

"OK lets see how far we can go... " 

"Isn't this enough ?" Brad asked with real panic in his voice. 

His only answer was for Tania to press the button once more. This time she didn't stop until all that was separating the two sets of stocks was a inch or so of bundled curtain. 

"One last push..."

Lisa pulled the cover away as the gap closed up completely. All that was left of Brad the hunk was his head hands and feet separated by a double thickness of wood.  Lisa took several deep bows as she rotated the table one last time. Tania happily confirmed that all the parts remaining were indeed real and really Brad. 

"Now usually this is where the trick ends.... and you are all left assuming that Brad is really under the table somehow..."

Sophie laughed, the look on Brad's face suggested he didn't think that for one moment. 

"So what will really blow your mind is this..."

Lisa grabbed the wooden board that was all that was left of Brad's middle and lifted. There was a click and before either had really realised what was going on Lisa handed Tania the severely truncated Brad. Tania screamed and for a moment Sophie was sure that  she was gonna drop what was left of her boyfriend.

"There we go Tania, he takes up way less space now...  you can go back to your seats. Ladies and gentleman Brad and Tania !"

Tania looked shocked, clearly dumbfounded that Lisa has made no attempt to restore her partner. She looked at him once more and begun a question but Lisa merely ushered her off the stage.

While Tania carried Brad sheepishly back to her seat showing him to curious audience members as she passed like a trophy or prize Lisa spun Sophie's head back to its usual position and helped her squirm out of her box.


As the applause for Brad and Tania died down once they had finally reached their table, Lisa led Sophie to the evenings finale.

The trick appeared to be  fairly traditional 



The trick was an upright box not much larger than Sophie. Like the rest of Lisa's props it was not really finished, being made of rough cut unpainted wood and rusty metal hinges and handles. The crude outline of a female form had been applied to the front with spray paint in a street art style. 

"Thats right Sophie in you go " Lisa ginned and helped Sophie step up and back. 

Once the box was sealed up Lisa popped open some smaller panels in the box. The first revealed Sophie's ever smiling face. 

"Nervous? " 

"Not really"

"Maybe you should be !"

Lisa opened a hatch at about shoulder height which Sophie popped her left hand out of . Lisa added a metal cuff which stopped her pulling it back in. Lisa paused before the next hatch, giving the audience a naughty grin before revealing a generous helping of Sophie's cleavage. Another small hatch at about waist height allowed Sophie to pop out her other hand to be cuffed in place. A small porthole revealed her flat tummy and navel. A triangle being removed displayed very modest proportions of Sophie's bikini bottom. The final two holes at knee height at the base of the box meant Sophie's toes too were clearly visible. 

"Now for some fun"

Lisa turned the box around so that its plain back was facing the audience. She opened the back and revealed .......an empty box! After ten seconds or so to let the audience be sure of what they were seeing she quickly turned the box back again showing Sophie visible in each of the various view points.

"Very odd.. "

"What ? ?" Sophie asked oblivious. She knew she felt peculiar but couldn't figure out what on earth was actually going on. 

Lisa turned the box one more time, opening the back to reveal it to be quite empty once more. She stepped into the box and then climbed back out. She turned the box back once more, Sophie smiled and waved, confused by the applause. 

Lisa jumped down into the audience and grabbed a pretty blonde from the front row. 

"Whats your name sweetie? "

"Sia"

"Pretty name Sia, thanks for helping. Don't look so worried. All I need you to do is hop into the box. "

As requested Sia climbed into the box hesitantly. 

"Can you please tap and bang and check its a regular box made of pretty thin timber." 

" It is .. all seems normal" 

"Great now can you check that there's not enough spare space for Sophie to be hiding anywhere"

"I don't see how she can be I can barely fit myself." Sia stepped out the box quickly, clearly concerned she might end up more involved than Lisa had said. Lisa moved the box back so that Sophie was facing the audience once more. 

"Don't run away Sia, I need some more help .. if you could hold just there .... "

As directed Sia grabbed hold of the front of the box by Sophie's hand. Lisa took the other side and on Lisa's signal they lifted and stepped forward together.

"Woooowah, what just happened....?" Sophie felt queasy for a second as she was moved forward and then tipped so she was looking up at the ceiling. This coincided with huge applause as it became clear to the audience that Sophie's parts were still visible on the front of what was little more than a plank of wood being held by Lisa and Sia.

Two of the stage hunks came out and showed the box was totally empty by opening the back one last time, walking through it then  taking it apart and carrying the resulting sheets of wood back stage. 

Lisa had Sia help her set the remaining sheet of wood with Sophie still poking through in several places down, leaving Sophie upside down with her head near the floor of the stage.

Ladies and gentlemen a big thank you to Sia and of course the amazing SOPHIE !!

Sophie smiled and waved as the curtain fell, still a little puzzled about just what had happened. 


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Sophie looked around as best she could, she was becoming anxious. After the show she had finally seen herself in a mirror as she was carried into the wings and was totally shocked. She had felt the magic tingle that was becoming familiar and had been unable to move much but otherwise hadn't had a clue. Nor did she have any idea where the rest of her was. Once she had thought about it she could only feel those bits of her visible on the "door".

The more immediate concern was  she didn't have any idea where Lisa was either. She had accompanied Sophie as she had been carried out into the foyer to act as a table for the leaflets for upcoming shows as people filed out. It had been a bizarre hour, embarrassing, thrilling, and a little bit scary. Lisa had been there all the time but was happy to let people touch Sophie to make sure all her parts were real. Finally as the final customers had left Sophie had been carried back to the changing room and propped against a wall. Lisa had changed out of her leather stage outfit and slipped into a daring black dress which was more straps than dress and then headed out.

Finally Lisa had returned, with a middle aged women in tow. 

"And here is Sophie... isn't she exquisite?"

"Oh yes, amazing. Quite stunning infact."

Sophie glowed at the compliments and decided to smile rather than join in the conversation. 

"So you think you want to go ahead?" Sophie suddenly concentrated hard. 

"Definitely definitely. She will be just perfect for the gallery. She's available all week you say ? "

"Yes no problem. "

Sophie opened and closed her mouth, unable to decide which of the dozens of questions or protests to try and get out first. 

"Great have her shipped over in the morning. Just one thing, could we lose the bikini ?" 

"Lose the? Gallery? LISA???"