user: Q: This person is required to go along with the act and appear to be clueless as to how you did it. They are crucial for the trick.  Explain in detail the trick to them and their role to see if they're willing. Location is an important aspect of every magic trick. If you're performing in your house, find a location with long curtains. You could also use a location with a door nearby. Explain the lowdown of the trick's entirety to your volunteer. Go through a few practice runs of where she'll hide and when she'll hide. Prepare trigger words like "kazaa" or "presto" to indicate when your volunteer hides and when she reappears. Run a simulation of the trick with your volunteer so that you're both on the same page. Set up a performance space in front of the location you've decided on. Set up chairs at a vantage point that blinds them for the behind the scenes activity. Gather willing people to be part of your audience. It may be best to practice this trick in your home to your family. Make sure the blanket is long enough so that it covers her feet. Immediately after you've secured the blanket, your volunteer should make her move and hide. Silence is key to being believable. Say your first trigger word once you've secured the blanket. This will let your volunteer know it's time to hide. Count in your head to 5 while they silently hide. Talk to the audience briefly as your volunteer hides. This will give off the impression that less time has passed. Don't take too long or else your audience may suspect something. After giving your volunteer around five seconds to hide, show your audience the empty space. Announce to the audience that your volunteer has disappeared. Once you've secured the blanket up a second time, say your other trigger word. This will signal for your volunteer to resume her original position. Make small talk until she is back in place. This should take about 5 seconds or less. Keep a calm demeanor while holding up the blanket. It's up to you if you want to say magic words for her to reappear. This is a preference that will vary for each magician. Now your volunteer will appear standing in the same place as before. It will seem as though you've brought back your volunteer from some unknown abyss.
A: Find a willing volunteer. Find a hiding spot for them to go to. Prep your volunteer. Preparing the audience. Hold a blanket in front of your volunteer. Say the magic words. Drop the blanket. Hold the blanket up. Drop the blanket.

Q: Mussels are typically served in a skillet type frying pan, in a bowl with broth, or in seafood pasta. Lift one mussel from your dish and grip it from the base with the open side of the shell facing outward. With your free hand, gently pry the tender flesh from the open shell. You will notice that the meat is still partially attached to the shell, so you may need to use your fork to scrape around the bottom of the meat to remove it from the shell. Poke at the meat gently and pull it from the shell slowly. Take care not to accidentally stab your hand with the fork. If your dish comes with broth, transfer the meat from your fork to a spoon and dip it into your broth. If your dish is served with a seafood pasta, use your fork to gather a bite of noodles. Eat your mussel in one bite.  Your mussels might come without broth or pasta, in which case you will probably be given a rinse bowl for your fingers. If a rinse bowl is present, it is perfectly acceptable to eat with your fingers. If your dish is served with broth, you can also spear your mussel with your fork and enjoy it with a separate spoonful or broth. Typically you will be served a separate bowl or plate for distended shells. If you are not given a separate plate or bowl, place your empty shells back onto your plate or bowl. Never plate discarded shells in a communal plate if sharing. Generally, when eating mussels in the United States, it is considered proper etiquette to discard the shell and continue to use your fork to pry out the additional mussels. If eating mussels with broth, you can spoon the broth into your mouth or use a piece of bread to soak some of it up for a delicious bite. Take care to dip one piece of bread a time (you can even spear it with your fork) to avoid double dipping.  If enjoying seafood pasta, alternate between bites of mussels and bites of pasta. Consume your mussels one at a time until your meal is finished.
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assistant: Hold the shell in one hand (usually the dominate hand). Pull the meat out with a fork. Prepare the first bite. Take care of the empty shell. Finish your meal.