Wednesday, April 8 2026 - 2:05 AM
By: Neoriceisgood
Stage Magician.
An acceptable profession in Justopea, as the magic isn't real (though there have been one or two incidents with the JSP being fooled into thinking it was real and executing stage magicians without sufficient evidence of actual magic use.)
Even if he doesn't know actual magic, he CAN teach you slight-of-hand and deception. As well as how to catch other's using slight-of-hand and deception to their advantage. The things stage magicians utilize can be adjusted to spy-work relatively easily.
And, hey, if you don't learn all that much, Justopea doesn't really want you to replace their soldiers.
Those kids never heard the phrase:
"Never underestimate a man that grew old in a job were people die young"
I sense hubris preceding nemesis for the orange one here.
The JSP aren't the brightest tools in the shed are they? Do they actually, really, recruit based on chin size?
The JSP execute stage magicians for the greater good.
Where better to hide actual magic? With stage trickery. If something looks impossible without actual magic... well, that just speaks to the skill of the stagecraft, right?
Magicians are journalists are similar in a lot of ways.
For example, they both disappear if they're good at their jobs.