“Ladies, gentlemen, and all other civilians! I present to you a one of a kind show. Give a round of applause for, Artful!”
The crowd's cheers roared as they jumped for joy as the performer stepped onto stage. With a flip of his wand, rose petals showered the civilians. Gasps and cries of glee had enhanced Artful with pride.
Artful smiled as he took his stance, “This next trick will be sure to knock your socks off!” Pointing them down to their feet, he swirled his wrist and closed his eyes. Abruptly, a laugh pulled him out of his trance. Opening his eyes, he realized he had created multiple piles of plastic ball pit balls. No, that wasn't supposed to happen.
Artful frowned before looking at the civilian with a backwards baseball cap. The laughing had grown before it began to spread across the others. It wasn't entertainment, it was mockery…
“What a joke!” Artful flinched as he felt something wet and slippery hit his head. He fell down onto the stage which only seemed to encourage the childish torture. When Artful could look, he realized he had been banana'd. Artful growled before attempting to scramble to his feet. His efforts were useless as he slipped more as banana peels flooded the stage.
Artful felt the anger building before he swung his wand and sliced through the crowd blinding. Escaping his potassium prison, he looked to see a few civilians laying in pieces as blood soaked the grass. Screams filled the air as people tried to flee.
The wand was thrusted through the air as civilians were impaled with a jousting pole.
Red, red, red. Crimson like makeup. Maroon like hatred. Artful looked at a crowd of civilians attempting to help the wounded before manifesting a large piano, at the last second he caught a glimpse of his favorite fan before crushing them and her in a horrible symphony of keys. The magician felt his makeup run down with his tears, lip quivering, one of the banana throwers watched as he hid behind a sign
Artful hugged the teddy bear as he tossed and turned in his bed before stirring awake. Glancing over at the clock, he realized he slept in till 3pm, dear lord.
The magician sniffled before throwing the covers off, time to start the day. As Artful began to put on a black and white magic themed Christmas sweater, a pounding came from his door. Looking over at the sound, Artful sighed as he recognized the knock pattern.
“Devesto, if you knock any harder I think you might break it off its hinges, merde..”
“Wouldn't be the first time I busted someone's door down,” The ginger robloxian smirked as he pushed his sunglasses up the bridge of his nose while twirling the building cube on his finger like a basketball. “Anyways, you coming to that stupid Christmas party thing? I know I’m not going unless there's some spiked eggnog or at least some good crack.”
Artful stared blankly, “what?”
“Christmas crack? Damn, get the expensive moldy cheese out of those ears and maybe you could hear what I'm saying.”
Artful rolled his eyes as he applied his makeup onto his cheeks, “Je pense que tu parles trop.”
“I don't speak nasty snails and baguettes,” Devesto chuckled as he walked into Artful's room. Picking up the teddy bear, Devesto swore he could hear Artful's heavy breathing. “Cute,” the ginger set it back down before being shoved out by the magician.
“I'll see you at the party, hooligan.”
“Great!” In a blink Devesto was gone.
*Artful always dreaded these parties, he didn't do so well with crowds ever since the incident. It was hard enough when he had to deal with one of his exes in the matches all the time. Those damn bananas.
Fastening his bow tie, artful grabbed his wand before strutting out into the hall. Before heading out in the party room, he knocked softly on Harken's door. Her eye opened harshly before realizing who it was.
Artful whispered as he bowed, “Merry Christmas, dear.” He passed her his music box for the evening to help her get through the chaotic evening that was ahead. Harken bowed her head to the magician before laying back down to enjoy the silence.