Effect Idea
Hold a piece of string between your fingers. Tell the spectator to concentrate on the middle of the string. Slowly pull on the string. Both the spectator and you watch as the string breaks in two.
"While both of us were watching that piece of string, nothing else existed. No problems, no money, nothing except this happening."
Meanwhile, restore the string back to normal. Repeat the same process but, this time, instead of the string breaking, it keeps on getting bigger and bigger.
"You see? First we break away from reality, then we get hooked on by the feeling it gives us to ultimately want to prolong it as much as possible."
Continue your routine.
Sketch
ON THE STREET, 4PM
After performing the effect, Kris says goodbye to his temporary audience and starts walking towards his home.
DARK ALLEY, 7PM
We see KRIS, 21, walking towards his home. A couple of drunk guys and girl walk by him. One of the girls trips and falls on Kris. The guys make it seem as if Kris has tripped the girl intentionally. The fellows are looking for a quick fight.
Without saying anything, Kris starts performing his routine, breaking the thread, restoring it, making it longer. The thugs look at each other then start beating the shit out of Kris.
CAMERA IS ABOVE KRIS, ZOOMING IN VERY SLOWLY.
Kris is laying flat on his back on the ground. We see two feet appear next to Kris's head. Kris shifts his view towards the girl and reacts. THE GIRL, 23, is wearing a summer dress, so the audience might suspect that Kris has gotten a flash of her panties.
"Are you just gonna stay there and look at my panties?"
Kris looks down in shame. (Completely optional, Kris can say, "But... you're not wearing any").
Kris gets up on his butt. We still can't see the entirety of the girl, only up to her neck. We can tell it's the girl that fell on Kris a while ago.
"I really liked what you did back there."
And from here you can take it in any direction you want.
Other Endings
After being beaten, Kris is lying on his back, the girl appears, gives him a kiss on the cheek and hands him her phone number on a piece of paper.
After being beaten, one of the guys that punched him returns to apologize and ask him if he could teach him some magic that he could perform for his small child.
Instead of Kris getting a whooping, when the guys start attacking him, Kris grabs their arms and breaks them, makes them longer, restores them - just like he previously did with the string (#foreshadowing).