Chris, Dan and others in “The Magician”

Dan? Dan? Dan!

Wha-- where am l?

Magnifico did magic on you.

He did not!

He did! He stopped you dead in your tracks. It was magic, real magic.

[as he is taking Elise to jail] Stop struggling. You're only making it worse. This should cool you off.

Elise?

Hi, guys.

What are you doing here?

Well, as long as we're all chained up, I might as well tell you the whole story. It all started on my 8th birthday. [scene cuts to her memory from her 8th birthday]

Good afternoon, boys and girls. I am Magnifico the Magnificent, and I need a volunteer to help me do some magic!

Oh, oh, me, me!

Everyone, give a big hand for Elise. Alright, just sit down. Alright, on 3! 3!

[as she is trapped inside a box] Help me! [as she is spinning on the wheel] Please, stop! Ta-da!

Please ever since then, I haven't even been able to be in the same room as a magician.

Wow, that's awful. I mean, it doesn't explain what you're doing here right now, which was my original question, but still awful.

Well, after what happened to me, I certainly couldn't let someone I love get hurt by magic. So I followed you here, I snuck in successfully, but when a magician asked if he could saw me in half, I sort of lost it. What? He'll live.

[after freeing himself off his chain] Ahh, much better.

Wait. How did you get free?

Well, I got really bored during Elise's story. Then I remembered my left thumb is double-jointed.

How did you get your other hand free?

Pulled really hard.

[whispering] Well, help us.

Do you believe in magic? You bet do.

There's no time. I'll have to come back for you guys. Don't move. [he climbs on Chris as he heads out to the vent]

What are you doing?

I stepped in something.

Hey where's the third guy?

Ahh bathroom?

Alright.