The small hall was full and noisy, as the assembled men found seats.
At the scheduled start time, lights dimmed, and the curtains opened, to reveal an empty stage. A rhythmic sound track began to play.
The music played for a few moments, then a young man in a dark pants and a black open-necked shirt walked to the centre of the stage, carrying a thick hoop of some sort.
The magician held up the hoop, and showed it to be two hoops holding open the ends of a tube of fabric. He held the hoops parallel to the stage, and then let the bottom one fall, creating a 6' tall tube of fabric.
Almost as soon as the lower hoop had hit the ground, the magician allowed the upper one to drop. As it did, it revealed a pretty 5'9 blonde woman, wearing a black close-fitting top and pants. She took his hand, and they bowed to applause from the audience.
The blonde walked off stage. The magician held up his hoops and once again dropped them in sequence; this time a brunette wearing a similar black pants and top appeared.
The two women wheeled in a table with 4 separate boxes on it. Each box was about 1' high and wide, and about 1 and 1/2' long.
While the brunette opened each box, showing that they each folded out flat, with one panel towards the audience and two away, the blonde danced with the magician. After a few seconds, she ended up facing the audience with the magician behind her. As she ran her hands up and down her body, his hands undid her buttons.
They broke apart, and stood some across the stage from each other, gazes lock, her back towards the audience, and him facing it. In one swift motion, she removed her top and tossed it into the wings. Turning back to the audience revealed she now wore only a bright green triangle bikini top, with a tie between her tanned, firm breasts.
She once again moved to be standing directly in front of the magician, but this time facing away from the audience. He knelt smoothly, than placed his hands in her belt-band and pulled her black pants down, off her legs, revealing a matching g-string with a tie on each side. Her tanned buttocks and long tanned legs were in sharp contrast to the bright green of her g-string.
They danced once more, and she faced the audience again. His hands found the tie between her breasts and started to pull, but she spun away, laughing and waving her finger at the magician.
The brunette had meanwhile opened all the boxes, and wheeled in another covered table. The magician led the blonde over to the boxes, and she lay down, so her head was in the top box, her torso in the second, her lower torso and upper legs in the third and her lower legs and feet in the fourth. Her hands were crossed over her upper torso.
The brunette closed each of the boxes, hiding the blonde's almost naked body from view. She then walked to the covered table, and uncovered it, revealing a large collection of blades and similar instruments.
The magician selected a large scimitar and walked behind the box table to the centre. He gently lowered the scimitar into the thin gap between the upper and lower torso boxes until it seemed to meet resistance.
The brunette then opened the head and foot boxes, revealing the blonde's smiling face and moving feet. She shut the boxes again, and had no sooner shut the foot box than the magician pushed the sword clean through the centre of the two central boxes. There was a brief, muffled scream as he did so.
The brunette opened the two central boxes revealing the scantily clad torso of the blonde was still intact. The magician repeated his performance through the blonde's neck and legs, each time the brunette revealing that the assistant inside the box was unscathed.
Finally, the brunette opened the boxes and revealed that the blonde was still fully intact. She then closed all the boxes again.
The magician selected a pair of swords and returned to behind the boxes. He took the first sword and thrust it downwards through the centre of the torso box. There was a brief muffled shriek. He quickly thrust the second sword through the same box. Both swords now protruded from the bottom of the box by several feet.
The brunette opened two boxes, revealing the blonde's g-string clad lower torso and head. The audience applauded again.
The magician removed the swords, and the brunette closed the boxes. The magician now picked up a pair of razor sharp blades. He placed them in the gap between the centre boxes and slowly pressed down. The blades slid through the blonde's body, until finally a short section of them protruded from the bottom of the table.
The brunette opened the head and feet sections again, revealing the blonde's wincing head and wiggling feet.
The magician removed the blades, and the brunette opened the central boxes, revealing the blonde's unharmed bikini-clad body. The blonde struck a pose in the box, then was helped out by the magician and they took a bow to enthusiastic applause.
All three bustled about the stage. A large metal cylinder was wheeled in. A computer on a desk and a chair were placed near it and cables run between them. The rear curtain was opened to reveal a white wall.
After all this, the blonde left the stage, leaving the magician with his single assistant.
She opened the front half of the cylinder, showing a largely empty space, with just a 6" area at the top and bottom enclosed. She climbed inside, and the magician closed the door and latched it shut. He then went to the computer and typed a command.
On the white wall, a projection of the cylinder in blue appeared. The magician hit a key and on the screen a yellow circle appeared inside the cylinder and began to move downwards from the top. As it did so, an image of the brunette appeared.
In a few seconds, a complete image appeared. More keys, and the cylinder vanished. The image of the brunette began to rotate around her centre, showing the audience her from all angles.
The magician opened the cylinder, revealing it to be empty. There was applause from the audience. He closed the door once more.
He returned to the PC and hit more keys. Suddenly, the brunette was wearing a tiny black bikini, tied on her left hip. The top barely covered her nipples, leaving must of her firm tanned breasts bare. The audience wolf-whistled and cheered approvingly.
Nodding, the magician hit enter and the yellow circle retreated from the base to the top of the cylinder, erasing the brunette as it did so. Once it was complete, he opened the door, and the brunette emerged, wearing a tiny g-string and triangle top. The audience cheered louder, as the brunette turned a couple of times to show off her suit before leaving the stage.
The magician returned to the computer, picked up a CD and inserted it. On the screen appeared a picture of a red-head in a red thong and triangle top. He hit enter and the yellow circle once again erased her image. He opened the box and she stepped out, showing off her large bikini-covered breasts and tanned legs.
The two other assistants entered and cleared away the props.
Each woman pushed a cabinet onto the stage, and posed beside it. Each cabinet had a stylised outline of a woman on the front. Each woman wore a bikini the same colour as the cabinet and matching 4" high-heel shoes. From left to right were the blonde in a yellow bikini, with yellow shoes, the brunette in a tiny black bikini and black shoes, and the redhead in a red thong and red shoes.
One by one the magician helped his assistants into their boxes. First he opened the boxes, and helped the girl climb in. Then he shut the front, leaving the woman's face, hands and feet visible through the front.
Once all his assistants were in their cabinets, the magician pull a table covered in gleaming blades onto the stage. The blonde, who was nearest the table, grimaced.
The magician closed a door over the blonde's face, then placed several pairs of blades just into slots down the side of the cabinet, one pair at neck height, one at the drawing's belly and one at its' knees.
He opened the head box again, and the blonde smiled nervously out. He shut the door, and quickly pushed the blades home through her neck, belly and legs. As he inserted the neck blade there was a muffled shriek. He shrugged and continued.
He moved onto the now protesting brunette and repeated the performance. He finished on the resigned looking redhead.
He returned to the centre of the stage and called for volunteers. Everyone in the hall volunteered. He selected 6 men, and brought them up onto the stage.
He told the volunteers to go to one of the boxes, and take hold of one of the two central boxes. Once they were all in place, he explained that the boxes slid out forwards or backwards, and that when he gave the word, they were to slide the parts they were holding out, and line them up along a long table, which he wheeled in from the wings.
"Ready...Set...Go!" he shouted.
The men pulled at their boxes, and quickly the three women were reduced to heads and feet, with their central parts now on a long bench.
The magician walked along in front of the boxes and opened each one, calling out its contents.
"White bikini pants, Red bikini top, black bikini pants, red bikini pants, white bikini top and finally red bikini top.".
He took a bow in front of the dismembered body parts.
He then asked the men to examine the women's bodies to confirm that they were indeed real. This they did, crowding around in front and with much prodding. Giggles and shreiks came from the three head boxes around the stage.
Once they were finished, the magician closed each box again.
"Now, we have to be very careful here, not to mix things up. Can you men just put all the bits back where they should go now?" the magician asked, grinning widly as the audience shouted advice.
Within minutes the boxes were replaced. Needless to say, some "mistakes" had been made. The magician went to each box and removed the blades once again.
The magician then opened the blonde's door. She stepped out. She now wore a tiny black bikini top and red thong.
The brunette was revealed, wearing a red thong and yellow top, and finally the red head in a yellow g-string and black thong.
All four took a bow to thunderous applause.
The three assistants moved into the centre of the stage, and stood in a triangle, facing outwards. The magician threw a large black cloth over the three woman, then after a few seconds, pulled it off. The stage was empty!
The magician bowed and left the stage as the curtain fell.