Lisa took a bow as the stage hands cleared away the table from the last trick. She was trying to conceal a smug grin, she was really looking forward to this finale.  It was an ace trick and tonight had been a good crowd, so had a great feeling. She bowed again, and turned theatrically as the next trick was wheeled out. As usual her stage hands were a pair of heavily muscled dancers in tight leather shorts. 

"Thanks boys.... Now ladies and gentlemen welcome back Sophie and Jordana... " 

There was more applause as Lisa's assistants returned. Each had changed into the slightest of bikinis. Blonde Sophie in red, brunette Jordana in green. They made Lisa look positively over dressed in her little black dress, 

"This way girls ... " Lisa led the beaming assistants over to a pair of magic boxes. Finished in while with an art deco outline of the female form in black on the front each upright box was an inch or so taller than the slight assistants . Lisa had the boys spin them around. They appeared just wide and deep enough for the girls to fit in, whilst their wheels gave a clear view underneath. The most remarkable feature was that the front door of each box had a whole bunch of small round portholes in it, each just a few inches across. 

"Boys ... " 

Under Lisa's direction the boys opened each cabinet. Jordana and Sophie stepped back and in. Each door was closed and the box given a spin to show it was solid all the way around. 

"As you can see Jordana and Sophie are still here . In fact given the doors are a bit like swiss cheese you can see quite a bit of them. ... As you can see we have a total of eleven of these cute little windows to check them out . Face ... "Lisa tapped the window revealing Sophie's smiling features..." two for hands.... two for ...ahem.. chest...one for navel, one for bikini bottoms shall we say, one for each thigh and of course one for each foot. .."

Sure enough with the doors closed each of the girls body parts listed was framed by a circular window. They smiled and waved. 

"Now to ensure there is no tricky business maybe we could have a couple of helpers from the audience to help out from here? " 

Lisa jumped down from the stage and looked about at the sea of hands. She soon decided on a young couple in the third row who looked promising. She led them back to the spotlight. 

"Thanks thanks, so you are ? " 

"Brad" the guy answered, mid twenties and looking cool in a white shirt and jeans. 

"Mia" Mia was a slight girl with olive skin and looked stunning in jeans and a strappy top. 

"Don't look so nervous guys, for now I would just like you to help out with the trick... is that ok ? Great great. First you can say hi to Jordana and Sophie and check they are real and in the box with no room to hide....Boys ? " 

As her new volunteers met the assistants the boys wheeled out an open trolly stacked high with metal tubes. 

"Cool cool , ok Brad, Mia , can you look at these .. hold them up, check them out .."

As directed brad and Mia each picked up one of the tubes. Made of thin shiny metal there were a couple of feet long and were capped on one end with a black plastic disc. 

"Be a bit careful, they are sharp on the ends" "

Lisa took one of the tubular blades and held it by the porthole which was displaying Sophie's left breast, covered by a sliver of bikini. It was clear the blade was just the right size to fit into the porthole and a barely longer than the box was deep. 

"OK great so if you would each take a blade and line it up with the window which shows your assistants tummy... yes just like that, yes that's great. Now you just need to push, don't be shy it will take a shove to get it going.... " 

Brad was braver and pushed first. Sophie screwed her face up as she felt the sharp metal on her bare belly. She whimpered which made brad stop, looking to Lisa, clearly alarmed.

"It's ok. you can keep going... it's magic" 

Brad nodded and pressed on. It seemed the blade went in easier now and it slid into the box and presumably Sophie until there was a slight thunk as it hit the back of the box. Slightly reassured Mia followed suit, with Jordana, to great applause

"Thats great guys well done. As you can see the blades have definitely gone into the box, you put them after all, and the girls are still there... yes ? Ok. grab another couple . Thighs next...."

The feet were slighty different as the assistants toes were stuck out clear of the tubes but the blades sunk into place all the same. A pair of blades for the thighs  of each girl followed then hands. 

"Just four left but these are the fun ones I think ! Lets cookie cut those bikini bottoms shall we ?" 

Sure enough the next blades were lined up over Jordana and Sophie's costume bottoms and they too sunk into place. Both girls screwed their faces up and bit their lips. 

"Boobs, boobs next !" 

Lisa had the guys give the boxes another turn. The white fronts now had ten black discs at strategic points and only the girls smiling faces remained visible.

"Last one lets do it" " 

Brad and Mia looked a little nervous again, but after a glance at Lisa then back to each other they lined up their final blades and gave one last shove, to more applause. 

"Give them a big hand folks, they did great. ... Brad and Mia ....OK lets see what they have done shall we ? "

On cue the boys pushed out a metal frame on wheels. It was about as high as one of the magic boxes and a bit wider. Its wire structure looked a bit like an oversize wine rack , having  seven rings on each of six rows. The boys separated the two boxes a bit so there was space for the new prop between them. 

Smiling at the puzzled looking helpers Lisa went to the box containing Sophie and took hold of the disc covering her left hand. She pulled slowly, carefully pulling the tube back out. Once clear of the box she had one of the boys spin to to show that there was now a hole right through so you could see light out the back. Then she set the metal tube she was carefully holding into one of the rings on the rack, at random near the middle of the bottom row.

"Ok you two have a go, pick a tube and pull out and move it across..." 

Brad choose one of Sophie's feet and withdrew it carefully before slotting it into one of the holders on the top row in once corner. Mia followed suit but put the foot one row lower and a couple in. 

"Great keep going, they all have to come out.... " 

It took just a few moments for each of the boxes to be emptied of the discs. The wine rack like affair now had twenty two black capped metal tubes nestling in it randomly spread with plenty of gaps. Meanwhile each magic box was punctuated by eleven small tunnels. 

"So what do you think guys ? "

"I er , Brad looked at the props puzzled" 

"Its pretty cool" Mia added" I dont understand how Sophie and Jordana could have dodged all the blades as we could see each part right up until the blade was in place... "

"Well maybe they were there at all ?  Or maybe they didnt miss the blades ? " 

"They must have ..." 

"Mia pick a tube and carefully peel the top off, it will open a bit like a pack of pringles! "

Mia looked hesitant and paused. She couldn't see how there could be anything inside the tubes. And she could't quite remember which parts had gone where. 

" I , er.. OK .. " 

"Go ahead it will be fine, its magic !" 

Mia took a deep breath and selected a tube on the third row up. She grasped the black cap, it did feel like a snack lid. She peeled and it popped. Then she screamed!

She stepped back in horror to reveal a pert breast barely covered by a red bikini top. 

"Nice choice! " Lisa chuckled over huge applause. "Go ahead check its real. Don't look at me .. you picked it " 

Mia gingerly ran her finger on the exposed flesh at the side of the top. "Oh. My. God." 

"Brad your turn"

Brad thought for a second and peeled of a cover on a tube at the bottom, uncovering a hand to more applause, which got louder when it waved. 

"OK guys you can see where this is going ... they all need to be uncovered. Go for it. "

Mia and Brad set to work popping off the covers. Another foot, bikini pants a hand, a thigh and so on. Mia picked the first face. Sophie was smiling widely from her vantage point on the one from the bottom row next to one of Jordana's breasts. In no time at all all twenty two tubular blades were opened and there were body parts on show all over the frame arranged randomly with many gaps. Hands waved, toes wiggled and both girls smiled. Lisa ticked a toe at random and Jordana giggled four feet away  while two breasts jiggled pleasingly despite one being near the top and the other at the bottom of the display. 

"Convinced now Mia  ?" 

"I , I , I guess yes, those parts are definitely real... "

"Brad? " 

"Yes i think so. May I ? " 

Lisa nodded and Brad took the tube with the red bikini bottoms on show and took it out of the rack and held it up. He turned it around and replaced it in a different spot. 

"Nothing to hide .." Lisa smiled.

"How come it cuts their bodies but not their outfits ? " Mia wondered out loud as the boys wheeled the two magic boxes back stage... " 

"Who said they did ? Try them ! " Lisa grinned 

Mia looked puzzled for a moment then the penny dropped as both Sophie and Jordana's face lit up with mock outrage. Mia looked for the nearest bikini part and pinched a red covered nipple and pulled. Sure enough the small triangle of cloth came away showing neatly severed threads of bikini and leaving a very bare breast. Brad picked the green bikini pants and pulled too, removing a slightly larger scrap of cloth and leaving Jordana's smoothly finished middle on display. Mia took two steps back, looking very thoughtful. 

"OK folks time for a little break. We do have a couple more tricks but we can leave Sophie and Jordana like this for folks to see for themselves, if, IF Brad and Mia dont mind helping out after the break. Mia ? " 

"MIA MIA MIA" 

Given the chanting of the crowd Mia felt she had no choice but to say yes, and followed Lisa of stage looking dazed