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A notion...
Conspiracy Theorist:
Money creates new problems, Harry is going to be sued and not just by Larry Fowler. His neighbours will probably ask Harry to buy them out, as he is a planning blight and that might not be so bad, if the boom had gone off it would have damaged the neighbouring house.
Then there is the IRS “so Mr Dresden, you say you were dead for a large portion of that tax year? Do you know how often we get that excuse? Please explain why you suddenly live in a Castle and appear to have an unexplained large amount of wealth”
vincentric:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on June 20, 2022, 07:58:17 PM ---Money creates new problems, Harry is going to be sued and not just by Larry Fowler. His neighbours will probably ask Harry to buy them out, as he is a planning blight and that might not be so bad, if the boom had gone off it would have damaged the neighbouring house.
Then there is the IRS “so Mr Dresden, you say you were dead for a large portion of that tax year? Do you know how often we get that excuse? Please explain why you suddenly live in a Castle and appear to have an unexplained large amount of wealth”
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I think Rashiid took care of all that when he handled his affairs with the White Council. He will have to worry about next year though. I'm sure Marcone reported the castle to the IRS as a payment for freelance services.
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: g33k on June 18, 2022, 06:07:29 PM ---I don't believe a Faraday cage will block magic, only E-M radiation. It therefore *WOULD* block tv's, radio, wifi, cellphone, etc.
You could get a landline or fiberoptic through a Faraday cage, but crossing a magic circle with such a line would break the circle. The E-M spectrum crosses magic easily, though... wifi, cellphone, etc.
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I wondered if he could somehow make a suit that blocked magic,so he COULD use some electrical equipment now and then
and if a circle did not let EM thru... well, you wouldn't be able to SEE in and out...
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: g33k on June 20, 2022, 12:07:24 AM ---Microchips -- all electronics -- are the most susceptible, but he doesn't use plain ol' electrical stuff either. Candles for light, not light-bulbs, because he kept blowing light-bulbs. No hot-water heater, old icebox instead of refrigerator.
With only the slightest of efforts, he blew a transformer box; also, an electric fence.
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I think for electrical it seems to require extended contact. He goes into office buildings without blowing everything out. He HAS an office - it never said he used candles there. Other people in the boardinghouse presumably had electricity. With a lot of maintenance, Mac's place has electricity. A water heater in a small apartment, maybe hard to shield. He might not spend a great deal of time in the kitchen, he can get away with a quick dash in for frozen pizza. Or for actual food
Microcircuits are easier to blow due to the proximity of parts of the circuitry to each other. Electrical filaments are likely what he blows. Edison didn't make the first electrical light, he made the first PRACTICAL one - one they didn't burn the filament out in a few minutes.
Conspiracy Theorist:
The Swartalves fitted out the Castle for Marcone, that is stated in Peace Talks. Marcone owns any number of construction companies, so I thought that a little odd at the time, but makes perfect sense if he had Namshiels coin, the electrical failures might have given the game away to someone like Murphy or Lara.
It suggests he was actively using the the coin from Changes onwards when he acquired the site.
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