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Conspiracy Theorist:
In Proven Guilty the White God intervened by having Michael turn up saving baby wardens and Senior Council.
It required the Intervention of the most powerful being in the freaking multiverse to pull Harry’s political fat out of the fire on that occasion. In Turn Coat it required merely a Mist Fiend.
It’s like when Carlos in Peace Talks has to dissuade Harry that he was NOT suited for a diplomatic role. “Oh God, Harry No!”
Harry may be taking on his greatest foe to date, his own smart mouth. If he is to be the Wizard of Chicago he needs to make it a thing to political and civil authorities of Chicago, he needs to impress them with his non-wizard skills as well as those as a wizard. Dear god, he may have to show them that he is smarter than he looks, he can hold his smart mouth, that he can respect figures of authority in their own spheres of influence, that he can be diplomatic, and most of all that he isn’t going to set the building on fire. Or blow it up. Or given his recent interest in Carlos technique, disintegrate it as a change of pace.
Harry is going to have to deal with the Mayor, the Chief of Police (“Harry Dresden, why do I know that name?”) the Fire Chief (“Harry Dresden, why do I know that name?”) etc and carry that past baggage with him. The Feds will also be interested, so he has to dance to their tune as well, and smile while he is doing it.
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on April 23, 2022, 03:01:25 PM ---
Harry may be taking on his greatest foe to date, his own smart mouth. If he is to be the Wizard of Chicago he needs to make it a thing to political and civil authorities of Chicago, he needs to impress them with his non-wizard skills as well as those as a wizard. Dear god, he may have to show them that he is smarter than he looks, he can hold his smart mouth, that he can respect figures of authority in their own spheres of influence, that he can be diplomatic, and most of all that he isn’t going to set the building on fire.
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He can have his new sweet wife-to-be deal with them, and take notes on it....
Conspiracy Theorist:
Ah but Jim loves tormenting Harry, so Harry having to do the “political thing” whilst his inner monologue would just prefer a nice “Fuego” to resolve the situation is what we are likely to see.
Harry may have problems adapting some of Lara’s ‘techniques’ to his own use, and will have to figure out something which works for him.
For a start though he is going to have to sharpen up his image, and there Lara might be of some use, decent tailoring, haircut and personal grooming. Harry has worn some ridiculous things over the years, he is going to require clothing for meetings for the school, city officials etc, basically a wardrobe rather than just jeans, sneakers and humerous black tee shirts. ID Harry had the idea. I would go with a white shirt with proper double cuffs, black waistcoat (with mechanical pocket watch) , black trousers and black shoes, no tie but the amulet for more formal wear. Leather versions of the trousers and waistcoat Spell enhanced for battle, as The Duster allowed far too much damage to get past it in Battle Ground, swapping out for black jeans and White Tee for more casual wear. As always the duster over everything. Otherwise Mab, Lea and Molly will dress him like a Ken Doll.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on April 23, 2022, 03:01:25 PM --- In Proven Guilty the White God intervened by having Michael turn up saving baby wardens and Senior Council ...
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That was just Harry taking a leap of faith (specifically, taking Michael's leap of faith, by proxy...)
;D
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on April 23, 2022, 03:01:25 PM --- ... the Chief of Police (“Harry Dresden, why do I know that name?”) the Fire Chief (“Harry Dresden, why do I know that name?”) ...
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<heh>
<heh-heh>
I expect that -- even with an image-upgrade by Lara -- Jim would write at least some of this to run Harry through the wringer!
Conspiracy Theorist:
I forgot the Chief Building Inspector (‘Harry Dresden, why do I know that name”) the Head Librarian (“Hello Harry, you have three books overdue, and we aren’t accepting the excuse that you were dead for six months, and then marooned on an spooky island for 18 months, pay up or replace them. They were burnt in a fire weren’t they?)
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