The Amelia Project - Prelude 10 - Peppermint Schnapps

Starting point is 00:00:00 Alvina, are you sitting comfortably? Um, yes. Good. Because this is going to knock your socks off. I told you I can't have any more of that peppermint schnapps. I'm about to interview getaway drivers. I'm not talking about peppermint schnapps. You're not? I'm talking about...

Starting point is 00:00:20 Yes? I'm talking about... Yes? Magic! Oh. A magic trick! Oh, okay, let's get this over with. It's amazing.

Starting point is 00:00:32 So you're what? Going to pull a rabbit out of a hat? Smash your watch and restore it? Levitate? I'm going to show you... You're not having my watch, by the way. A card trick. A card trick?

Starting point is 00:00:45 I know! Salvatore showed by the way. A card trick. A card trick? I know. Salvatore showed it to me. Oh, God. Oops. Oh. Are you going to pick those up, or...? When Salvatore does it. Anyway, practice. Practice

Starting point is 00:01:01 makes perfect, eh? I've just got to practice. Look, why don't I let you practice, and then maybe in a few days, or weeks, or months, you can show... No. I'm showing it to you now. It's going to... Blow my socks off, I know. Well, hurry up, I've got a stack of resumes to get through. Right. Here we go. That's all the cards. I just have to get them back in the right order.

Starting point is 00:01:30 In the right... I mean shuffle. I just need to shuffle the cards like this. That's shuffling? I'm cutting the deck three ways, so the cards are in a totally random order. Now, the pack is totally mixed, right? Well... Right? Yes. I'll say yes.

Starting point is 00:01:51 Yes, it is. Choose a card. Okay. What is it? Why do I have to tell you that? Because otherwise the trick won't work. It's an eight. Add two.

Starting point is 00:02:04 Okay, so ten. Is that the number you're thinking of? Well, it's the number you told me to think of. Great! It's the number you're thinking of. Now, count out ten cards and look at the next one. Right. Do I tell you what it is again? No. No, don't do that.

Starting point is 00:02:24 It wouldn't be magic if you did that, would it? Of course. So now you're going to tell me the card I'm looking at? Yes, so I take the two, divide by... No, there's no division. Add, add, add. Eleven even by... There is a divide.

Starting point is 00:02:43 Look, there's got to be an easier way of doing this. Shh! I'm working! No, no, it can't be. There must be something else. Maybe we'll have a bit of that peppermint schnapps after all. Mind if I help myself? If you take the one and divide it by two, subtract, what is the square root of ten? No, it can't be. How are you getting on? Just another, um, what is another... Ah, got it! Hit me.

Starting point is 00:03:08 You are looking at the Jack of Spades. What? I told you it would blow your socks off. No, it's just... It's wrong. Excuse me? After all that, how could it be wrong? It's just... It's wrong. Excuse me? After all that, how could it be wrong? It's wrong?

Starting point is 00:03:29 But I did everything... Not even close. Two of hearts. It can't be. Here we go. Two of hearts. Well, pluck me like a chicken. Don't worry.

Starting point is 00:03:41 I'm sure with a bit more practice... Practice, yes. I need to practice. But not now you don't. Now you need to prepare for the next client. You remember? Melissa Menken in half an hour? Hell, you could even break a lifetime's habit and read the case file.

Starting point is 00:04:01 I spent hours... You're absolutely right, Alvina. I need to practice. You're not listening to me,ina. I need to practice. You're not listening to me, are you? Oh, sod it. Salvatore... Melissa Mencken. Half an hour. Oh, and don't show her that trick. She's a real magician. Melissa Mencken

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The Amelia Project - Prelude 10 - Peppermint Schnapps

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