April 13th, 2021
13 Apr 2021 · page 1055 of 1306
Let's make some magic!
Cast: Lei Feng, Patience Rattaker, Pemberton Pryce, Thea Pryce, Tim Chiang, Verity Cunningham
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I see Tim is wearing his own face on stage for a change!
Yeah! I feel weirdly happy for him.
I wonder if he's doing an ~exotic~ accent though?
Maybe he doesn't want the audience to think he's the same as the previous performer?
That's how you get paid twice. (Or at all, in this economy.)
In that case I assume we won't be seeing the bullet catch then.
Is that a reference to [Chung Ling Soo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Ling_Soo "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Ling_Soo")?
{I know it's a reference to Tim's earlier appearance...}
Hrm. Patience has decided that she's interested, after all.
"Ooh, I want to know how that mechanism works."
The other act was all slapstick and sleight of hand. This one has engineering.
Yeah, I suspect she will play some important role in events to come.
Incredible work at subtly hinting how the trick is done without actually showing it.
If anyone's interested in how the trick is supposed to work...
...there's a small gap between the boxes that's JUST small enough for a skinny person to fit through. The blades, though they look real, tend to either fold up or have hidden panels.
the blades are real! they're just short, the long handle adds to the illusion.
The proper colouring on the apparatus really helps too. The thick black edges really trick the eyes.
The angles of the face and the foot between the two tall panels are somewhat germane, too, i believe.
Actually, i believe that the effect is based on the flexibility of the {slender} lovely assistant.
Good for you. Always worth a try.
Just... Don't expect it to work... It doesn't always do that...
it takes an eternity to build trust, and an instant to shatter it
I just put that in my page of quotes.
"I didn't truly lose that trust. No, I sliced it into three pieces and gave the middle piece a good shove sideways."
Even with all this going on between them, they're still able to put on convincing smiles and get through the show.
Now that is acting.
I'm worried about what Verity is doing in the meantime. Stepping aside while someone else takes the spotlight is not like her.
In all fairness, Verity is a competent bounty hunter. That's a job that calls for discretion from time to time. Just because Vee's got a bee in her bonnet about Harry Barber and, shall we say, an extraordinary degree of self-esteem, doesn't mean she can't do the job.
Now, having said that, I fully expect Vee to show me up by making a big scene. :)
I think you mean "self-delusion," but otherwise I agree 100%. ;)
Judging by the last page, she's taking the opportunity to eavesdrop on Pryce's party.
That definitely caught Patience's attention!
I love the flirtatious smirk on Tim's face in the middle panel.
Not a big fan of the two lead characters in this chapter, but the inner struggles of Lei are interesting. Also it's nice to see Tim again, this universe is so populated and fleshed out that familiar faces can pop up after years and the readers instantly connect.
Different audience. His previous show was what the folks in third class get to see; this audience is the first class passengers.