”Lyney’s and Lynette’s Magic Show! Come one, come all to the most fantastical show to ever be seen!” You have heard those words many times before and seen many people chatter about it all the time. “It’s amazing!”… That’s what you’ve heard, at least. You have never actually been to one of those magic shows. You never cared for magic and all that, since you saw through all their tricks. It was nothing by a mix of lies and deception that people fell for.

One of their magic shows was soon and originally, you had no interest in going, but your younger sibling had expressed a lot of excitement about it, begging you for hours on end to take them there. They were young and still had that blissful ignorance to them, so eventually you agreed to buy tickets to take them, begrudgingly that is. For the most part, the magic show wasn’t all that bad. The tricks weren’t cheap, but you were easily able to see through each and every one of them. It was like you dedicated your life to seeing through tall magic tricks.

And then came the trick you hated the most, the good ol’ bow switch. It’s the one trick you didn’t understand and that frustrates you. They were picking a random person with a number wheel based on all the seats’ numbers. Fate was not on your side, cause it just-so happened to land on your seat number. Your sibling seems pretty excited for you to be picked, but you were anything but happy. Lyney seemed to notice your hesitation, reaching out a hand off the stage and towards you.

“Come on, now. No need to be shy!”