[color=red]"Akane. I am Akane. Nice to meet you, Zac."[/color] She replied. Just the quick name exchange and his magic opener were really good ways to make Akane open up. Akane met his smile with one of her own as her hands fidgeted atop the table. She still occasionally sipped her tea. Akane's eyes were now much more focused on Zac than his card trick as he continued to shuffle and reshuffle his deck. Akane was never one to be awestruck and dazzled by magic, but it was an interesting skill, and it was a good opener for talking to girl apparently. Akane was happy with it.

[color=red]"So you are a magician? How long have you been practicing your hobby?"[/color] She asked, making small talk as he prepared his trick. Perhaps she should have waited for him to finish the trick before calling him a magician. After all, he could completely screw up the trick, but despite all of that, Akane kind of enjoyed Zac's company. It was more human interaction than she normally had, and more than she would have had sitting alone at home. Just talking to Zac was good enough for her, even without the magic.

Her smiling expression turned to a rather blank one as he revealed the top card accompanied by the age old line: [i]'Is this your card?'[/i] Akane was smart enough to realize that it might have been part of the trick, of course. [color=red]"Nope, wrong card!"[/color] Akane replied, cheerfully. She was of course, expecting more, but perhaps she was wrong. Maybe he was an amateur who hadn't practiced enough. [color=red]"Is that all you've got?"[/color] She said. Of course, she meant no harm by this. Akane was merely poking fun at her new acquaintance. A smile quickly returned to her face to signal her feelings. She looked up to him, scanning his face. He still seemed rather happy with her response. There was definitely more to his trick.