[Please, please let them get straight to business, for his sanity. Nico certainly seemed in her element here. Hubert glances back at the clap of her hand, before continuing this stroll.]

Any talent with illusion, much to my chagrin, eludes me. But, seeing as my areas of specialty are conjuration and alchemy, I should be able to recreate similar effects. They'll simply be degrees more real.

[Hubert pauses, murmuring under his breath and tracing a small sigil against an unadorned piece of wall. In a little flicker of magic, a sparrow made of shadow materializes and starts to flit about the store silently.]

For whatever reason, my magic tends towards shadows and mist unless I construct it otherwise; that seems to suit the theme of the festival you had in mind, does it not?