WHO: John Zatara and Open!
WHERE: Broadway Theater
WHEN: This evening, Sunday night
WARNINGS: None so far!
SUMMARY: John's put on yet another performance, and when it's over, is available to be seen.
FORMAT: Para for me, and whatever for those others
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Magic always changes things... )
He shook the other man's hand as he approached. "Good show, don't think I've seen anything quite like it before."
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He glanced around, and back to the man. "There's always been something about being able to use just hands and mind to enspell a crowd, without any powers or magic added, that has been a thrill to me. It almost puts the real thing to shame."
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His eyes glittered with amusement.
"Perhaps on a special occasion, to do something fantastic."
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He nodded, eyes alight.
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"As I'm sure you know, concentration is key to most skills. If one trains one's mind for one thing, then one can use that training, that concentration gathering, for other things. Stage magic is a thing of timing, spacing, and perfect concentration on effect, speech, and way of movement. All of those are vital to magic."
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His grin only grew. "So in a way, the way I make money is the way I practice for my more serious job."
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He glanced around the hall and nodded. "A good turn out. It's nice to see people in one place for once."
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His smile was warm, though, and his voice dropped pitch, and perhaps for a moment, the sound and lights in the room were a little less loud and a little less bright against his face and voice. "And some, some few, need something, want something, to believe in. Magic, of old, has been a thread that ties men to something older, more powerful, more mysterious. It has been called by many named; Magic, druidism, witchery, sorcery, and even science. In the end, it is merely something to believe in. And sometimes, when the night presses close, and the silence is too large, that is exactly what people need."
The moment passed and the noise and lights were exactly as they were before, unchanged.
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He raised an eyebrow. "What do you do out in this wild city of ours?"
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