Chapter 3: Chapter 3 – I’m something of a wizard

Slight of hand, a trick most well known and used by magicians as it made items appear almost like magic. This technique can easily confuse and baffle people who witness it, but it was more of a niche trick for beginners to magic and not much more unless one puts in an extreme amount of effort to sell the idea of an item magically appearing. Despite this the technique was useful to learn as a way to hide objects that needed quick use or to quickly confuse someone. 

Jim looked at Jake and asked

"So you got all of that?"

Jake then flicked his wrist only for a bag of white powder fall out from his sleeve. Jim then sighed before saying

"It's fine, we aren't trying to do anything fancy but you should try learning as it could really confuse your customer making them more open to accepting your offer."

Jake nodded before picking up the bag of dirt and trying one more time, he asked

"Where did you learn this trick from?"

Jim took out another bag of dirt, they seemed to have halved it between them. Jim then said

"Well I was reading some books that my pop forgot about and I found a book called magic for beginners , so I started practicing."

Jake then flicked his wrist again only for the bag of dirt to fall sadly to the ground as it slowly fell out of his sleeve. Jake then said

"When we got back I want to practice that book!"

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Jim chuckled as he said

"Sadly it doesn't have many pictures so you can't read it."

Jake grumbled as he said

"You should teach me to read sometimes"

Jim then preformed the slight of hand trick seamlessly, it wasn't all to convincing due to it just being a basic technique but it was obvious he had perfected it. Jim said

"You are perfect just the way you are, all you need to know is how to read the basics"

Jake seemingly accepted that reasoning as he bent down to grab the bag of dirt and try again, Jim then looked around, they were in a large alley way between to houses with bustling streets on each exit, Jim was sitting on a sack of what seemed to be grain Jake was struggling to perform the trick directly in the middle of the alley, they both had long sleeves on to perform the trick but their clothes were still in tatters as they seemed to be just barely more than a large brown sack with no design. Jim then said

"I'm going to see if I can get a customer , you can stay here and practice. When you can preform the trick consistently come find me in one of these streets, I won't go far okay."

Jake waved bye as he sat down to practice the trick. Jim walked out of the alley to see small houses on each side of his view, each house was made of wood that wasn't breaking down like the wood to his so called house. Jim was mesmerized as he saw not only completed houses but also some with paint on them making them vibrant colors of blue, yellow or white. 

The sight not only awed Jim but also inspired him even more to achieve his dream. Jim then pushed his amazement out of his mind as he walked near the walls to stay out of sight, he knew that some JPs might search him due to his poor clothes and shaggy appearance.