eyeshield22
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Sep 19, 2019
@DummieBlondie
He set his clothes on top of the hamper and looked at the tired visage of a man the world has decided to heap giant amounts of shit on. Wavy raven hair, dull jade green eyes, his mouth turned down in a perpetual frown with the lines to match all framed by a black beard. Slight creases in his forehead and cheeks hinted at the effects the stress was having on him. He gazed down at the slight paunch he was developing. He picked up his shirt and muscled his broad shoulders and arms into the polyester straight-jacket. His once well-muscled legs had lost much of their definition. They looked like playdough imitations of what muscled legs should look like. He shimmied into the pants and put on his loafers. It was a sad ritual and a daily reminder of the muscled physique he once had.
He left his bathroom the same elderly conquered man he had been. Marcus padded down the hall and stopped in front of his office. It contained all the memorials of his ancient glory as a stage magician. His stature is reduced now to playing at student union shows to pay the utilities. A sad sigh escaped his throat before he opened the door; he confronted the memorials of his past. His eyes were cast down unworthy to look at them. Marcus hurried in and got his suitcase of tricks. The other boxes of tricks were delivered the day before. These smaller tricks helped keep the audience distracted while the next trick was set up.
Marcus spared himself a few glances of Vegas posters where the glitz and glamour got to him. He only spared himself a few moments to reminisce before he rushed out of his trophy room. Slinging the suitcase over his shoulder, he left his apartment and locked it. Immediately, he was assaulted by the noise of city life. The constant subdued hum of music and arguments. He soldiered on coming to a little faded red Toyota pick-up. Little dents and scratches littered the body. Marcus threw the suitcase into the back which looked on the verge of rusting out. He spared only a few more moments of attention before getting in.
He uttered a little prayer to the deities of magic and capitalism as he started the engine. It sputtered and groaned to life slowly while the belts screeched in protest. Marcus ignored the sounds out as he pulled out of his parking space and began puttering down the road.
--Student Union--
Marcus puttered into one of the rare free parking spots of campus parking. A little smile blossomed on his lips; maybe, the gods of magic were smiling on him. His burgeoning upbeat mood continued while he pulled out his last bit of magic supplies and headed towards the theatre where he would perform.
He waited in the back having transformed himself from the sorry sad sack he’d been hours earlier. Now, he donned a crisp black tuxedo, a black cape adorned his shoulders, and he topped it off with a red-rimmed tophat. Marcus stood with his curio of curiosities while a comedian fired off tepid jokes into a luke-warm audience.
One of the backstage hands came up to Marcus. A fake smile plastered over her face. Her eyes alight with panic. “Do you have everything ready to go,” she asked in a breathy voice. His lips parted with the answer when his phone chirped with a text for him. It read, “Sorry, my boyfriend caught the flu pretty badly, and he needs to go to the hospital. I won’t be there to make it as your assistant. Sorry.”
Now, his jovial mood went up in flames. He felt his panic rising. Marcus met her panicked stare with one of his own. “My assistant just canceled on me, and I needed her for some of my sets. Do you have someone who could fill in,” he asked in forlorn hope. The assistant looked perturbed for a moment. “I know someone who could fill in. I’ll get her,” she said before running off.
Marcus hoped to the gods of magic to smile on him and not fuck him over, again.
He set his clothes on top of the hamper and looked at the tired visage of a man the world has decided to heap giant amounts of shit on. Wavy raven hair, dull jade green eyes, his mouth turned down in a perpetual frown with the lines to match all framed by a black beard. Slight creases in his forehead and cheeks hinted at the effects the stress was having on him. He gazed down at the slight paunch he was developing. He picked up his shirt and muscled his broad shoulders and arms into the polyester straight-jacket. His once well-muscled legs had lost much of their definition. They looked like playdough imitations of what muscled legs should look like. He shimmied into the pants and put on his loafers. It was a sad ritual and a daily reminder of the muscled physique he once had.
He left his bathroom the same elderly conquered man he had been. Marcus padded down the hall and stopped in front of his office. It contained all the memorials of his ancient glory as a stage magician. His stature is reduced now to playing at student union shows to pay the utilities. A sad sigh escaped his throat before he opened the door; he confronted the memorials of his past. His eyes were cast down unworthy to look at them. Marcus hurried in and got his suitcase of tricks. The other boxes of tricks were delivered the day before. These smaller tricks helped keep the audience distracted while the next trick was set up.
Marcus spared himself a few glances of Vegas posters where the glitz and glamour got to him. He only spared himself a few moments to reminisce before he rushed out of his trophy room. Slinging the suitcase over his shoulder, he left his apartment and locked it. Immediately, he was assaulted by the noise of city life. The constant subdued hum of music and arguments. He soldiered on coming to a little faded red Toyota pick-up. Little dents and scratches littered the body. Marcus threw the suitcase into the back which looked on the verge of rusting out. He spared only a few more moments of attention before getting in.
He uttered a little prayer to the deities of magic and capitalism as he started the engine. It sputtered and groaned to life slowly while the belts screeched in protest. Marcus ignored the sounds out as he pulled out of his parking space and began puttering down the road.
--Student Union--
Marcus puttered into one of the rare free parking spots of campus parking. A little smile blossomed on his lips; maybe, the gods of magic were smiling on him. His burgeoning upbeat mood continued while he pulled out his last bit of magic supplies and headed towards the theatre where he would perform.
He waited in the back having transformed himself from the sorry sad sack he’d been hours earlier. Now, he donned a crisp black tuxedo, a black cape adorned his shoulders, and he topped it off with a red-rimmed tophat. Marcus stood with his curio of curiosities while a comedian fired off tepid jokes into a luke-warm audience.
One of the backstage hands came up to Marcus. A fake smile plastered over her face. Her eyes alight with panic. “Do you have everything ready to go,” she asked in a breathy voice. His lips parted with the answer when his phone chirped with a text for him. It read, “Sorry, my boyfriend caught the flu pretty badly, and he needs to go to the hospital. I won’t be there to make it as your assistant. Sorry.”
Now, his jovial mood went up in flames. He felt his panic rising. Marcus met her panicked stare with one of his own. “My assistant just canceled on me, and I needed her for some of my sets. Do you have someone who could fill in,” he asked in forlorn hope. The assistant looked perturbed for a moment. “I know someone who could fill in. I’ll get her,” she said before running off.
Marcus hoped to the gods of magic to smile on him and not fuck him over, again.