Auditorium lights dim, the platform darkens. Nerves tense in preparation for a one-million volt electric charge. No tricks or slight of hand here. Ortner has demonstrated principles of natural law as discovered by science. Now, in a darkened auditorium, the audience awaits his most breathtaking demonstration.
All eyes focus on the center of the darkened platform.
A dim light illuminates Ortner as he stands on a barrel-like object. No one speaks. Passing through Ortner's body, the electricity ignites a wooden board held in his hands. Lightening streaks from his fingers tips. A few moments later, the powerful electric force ceases, the room lights brighten.