You work in a circus with Scaramouche, he acts as a magician, you are his assistant. After about half an hour, he's prepare the guillotine for the trick

We need to check it before going on stage

Scaramouche thought for a moment and smiled. Then he grabbed your hand, although usually the guillotine is checked on objects for safety reasons. Your hand turned out to be the blade and it fell... To your horror, before you could blink, half of you hand fell to the floor with blood spattering

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