theofficetroll

Neat! Thanks :-D

I am a huge admirer of Tesla, but I would say that he does meet most criteria for mad scientist. It was very sad how his life ended up :-/

The moment I saw the name of the second missing child, I also wondered if they were a reference to The Munsters... (Lily and Herman Munster were the parents)

Probably apropos of nothing, but Tesla proposed building his "Peace Ray" in Omaha Nebraska. An ultimate weapon created by a mad scientist which could destroy innumerable troops on land and thus make war impractical.

Nalizar said something about wondering why "they" didn't want Joel. As he can tell the difference between Rithmatists and non-Rithmatists, this reads as a pretty definite indication that Joel is not a Rithmatist at this time. But, he will keep looking for alternative sources of power, I'm sure.

This opens a whole host of questions about Lines of Forbiddance (and other lines). Can one direct the Line of Forbiddance or is it always perpendicular? And what is it perpendicular to? If you draw a Line of Forbiddance on a slope, is it perpendicular to the slope or to the Earth? Could you create a sloped line which you could walk across? Anchor it in whatever appropriate way, then walk across it. Cheap bridge, cheap way over Can Lines be created which are not anchored to the Earth? Could you create a square of Line of Forbiddance on a slate, flip it over, and set it down as a cage over Chalklings (or a person or whatver)?