The inspector waves his hands about, and a few of the officers scurry off for one reason or another.
"I did not witness the tragedy myself, naturellement, but the witness reports are all the same."
One returns with a clipboard that Otto snatches with zeal.
"8:30 - the Rings of Death! 8:40 - the Lion of the Bastille! 8:50 - the Eternal Wand! 9:00 - it was to be the finale! The wonderment of the magicking world, the overwhelming winner of this year's Magician's Grand Prix: the infamous Curtain Trick!"
It doesn't sound quite so impressive in comparison to the others, but Otto certainly pronounces it with enough conviction.
"The time is uncertain from here. The props for the trick were rolled out. The assistant entered and was hidden behind the cloth. The trick itself is too amazing to even begin to describe! None can adequately explain how it is that the fire does not consume the stage, nor how it is that the tower does not collapse in upon itself! And yet, there it is! And the grand finale - the unveiling!"
A sad shake of his head.
"But non. All that was unveiled was the greatest tragedy of the century."
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The inspector waves his hands about, and a few of the officers scurry off for one reason or another.
"I did not witness the tragedy myself, naturellement, but the witness reports are all the same."
One returns with a clipboard that Otto snatches with zeal.
"8:30 - the Rings of Death! 8:40 - the Lion of the Bastille! 8:50 - the Eternal Wand! 9:00 - it was to be the finale! The wonderment of the magicking world, the overwhelming winner of this year's Magician's Grand Prix: the infamous Curtain Trick!"
It doesn't sound quite so impressive in comparison to the others, but Otto certainly pronounces it with enough conviction.
"The time is uncertain from here. The props for the trick were rolled out. The assistant entered and was hidden behind the cloth. The trick itself is too amazing to even begin to describe! None can adequately explain how it is that the fire does not consume the stage, nor how it is that the tower does not collapse in upon itself! And yet, there it is! And the grand finale - the unveiling!"
A sad shake of his head.
"But non. All that was unveiled was the greatest tragedy of the century."