But he still cheerfully found a piece of music for Riley Perry. He had just checked the number of viewers on the livestream—in the few short minutes Riley had been talking, hundreds of thousands more people had tuned in. This Riley Perry, she was the show's traffic magnet.
The music started a moment later. It was, well, very mystical.
Riley Perry stood in the middle of the set, facing the cameras and the audience. "Everyone knows I'm not the greatest actress, but what you might not know is that I'm also a magician!
Next, I'll be performing the Great Disappearance Technique… of eating a squid skewer. Whoops, scratch that! It just slipped out. I meant my school's most secret art: the Big Floating Technique."
As she finished speaking, she waved her hand, and a jewel-studded longsword appeared. She gripped it, gave it a little flourish, then let go, leaving the sword hovering in mid-air.
Roxanne Fulton gasped. "Whoa! Where was that sword hidden? Why is it floating?"
