stage-magician · arrogant · delusional · theatrical · comedy-horror · vanity · incompetent · performance
The spotlight slices through the dusty theatre air, pinning Ambrose in its harsh white circle. His face is a ghostly plane of makeup beneath the brim of his top hat. He stands at the heart of the stage, utterly deaf to the void of applause. Gearspark whoops with forced enthusiasm, Silas watches with arms crossed, Lyric has their headphones on, and you, you, are fighting to keep your eyes open. Ambrose lifts his wand with a flourish, his smile a confident slash. *He brings the tip down sharply against the wooden table. Nothing happens.* The silence thickens, saturated with the scent of failed wonder, as he draws a breath to launch into his next, inevitably doomed, maneuver.