(Untitled)

[devilish_prince]

Lestat saunters into the hall of the Mansion and stops short when he reaches its centre. Then placing his hands on his hips, he shouts to no one in particular. "I'm rather bored, and could use an adventure to pass the time. Does anyone know of where I can find one? Preferably one that is grand and world changing, but I'll settle for something less

Comments

[likegoinghome]

"I haven't been here long. But I believe that for the most part socialization is a grand way to pass time. Meeting people from your past who ought to be dead or think you ought to be." She shrugs vaguely.

"I've kept myself busy planning a show."

[thegreatdanton]

"The both of us have." Angier chimes in, standing now beside his wife.

[devilish_prince]

"Oh? A show? What kind of a show is it?" He asks them both. "Are you in theatre? I love theatre..."

Then bowing slowly, "Lestat de Lioncourt, at your service."

[likegoinghome]

She grins, secretively. "It's a secret. You'll simply have to wait until the eleventh of November to see."

"We are in theatre, as a matter of fact." Another grin.

She'll curtsy. "Julia Angier. And this handsome gentleman is The Great Danton."

[devilish_prince]

"The eleventh of November? I'll have to make sure to clear my schedule," he pens through an imaginary daytime planner. "Yes, yes it is free, it should be fine."

"Mademoiselle Angier, a pleasure. Monsieur Danton, the same. Why do they call you The Great? Have you done extraordinary things?"

[thegreatdanton]

Angier laughs. "I have indeed, good sir. Many an extraordinary thing. Perhaps you would like me to demonstrate?"

[devilish_prince]

"Please do! I should be delighted to watch." Lestat finds a seat nearby and smiles eagerly. "I do love a good demonstration."

[thegreatdanton]

The magician grins, amused. He does love to show off his talents. "Julia, if you'd be so kind as to fetch a sword from the plothole for me? A good sturdy one."

[likegoinghome]

She'll curtsy prettily. "Yes, of course."

And off she'll go, never once dropping her posture to fetch a good, sturdy sword from the plothole (along with something else to complete this trick- Julia knows which her husband has in mind after all).

"Will this one do?"

[thegreatdanton]

He accepts the blade and makes to inspect the thing. "I believe it will, yes. Would you like to have a look at the blade for yourself, Sir? Assure for me that it is real, if you'd like."

[devilish_prince]

Lestat takes the sword and inspects it thoroughly, suddenly whipping over and whacking the leg off a chair. "Yes, it's real," he grins and hands it back.

[thegreatdanton]

The Great Danton nods, approvingly, as he accepts the blade back.

"Feel free to inspect as closely as you'd like while we perform." Carefully, the man moves to balance the blade on its hilt, so that it's point sticks into the air, perfectly balance - a trick in itself, for it is nearly impossible to balance a blade so perfectly.

Delicately, he scoops his wife into his arms. "Relax, Darling. Steady breaths." Always the performer.

Angier lowers his wife over the blade, gently... or as gently as one can be impaled, rather. The rest of the trick relied on Julia's performance.

[devilish_prince]

Lestat watches the demonstration, blinking with a blank expression on his face. A moment later he is laughing and clapping. "Bravo, that was brilliant. How do you learn such tricks, exactly? That's a particularly good one, I must say. Can you show me any more?"

[thegreatdanton]

The magician steps aside and bows, leaving the blade balanced with Julia seemingly imapled upon it for a moment for effect before moving back.

"I invent many of them." Angier explains, pulling his wife off of the blade and appearing to inspect her for permanent injury. "Others I've learned from other magicians and added my own twists to. Most everything requires more props, though. Simple card tricks or vanishing coins and the like I can do with what I have, but bird tricks and aquarian stunts I'll need my things for. You're more than welcomed to attend our upcoming performance though. November eleventh, in the theatre."

[devilish_prince]

"I believe I shall; it should prove to be very entertaining. And I'm in constant need of being entertained. That is, unfortunately for the rest of the world," Lestat laughs. "Have you been doing this kind of thing for long?"

[likegoinghome]

And we can assume, of course, that Julia is wincing and gasping and contorting her face in pain before "dying" to be revived by her husband's touch. And when she's brought back she'll look a bit frazzled, but grateful.

"He's the greatest Illusionist in the world." Julia will say, proudly, and hold his arm.

"Ages. We started together when we were twenty."