Previous<\/a> \u2013 Book1 Page 4 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Today, NutJob is going to meet BarmyWaffle for the first time. They both want to explore improved ways of generating and harnessing electricity.<\/p>\n Wearing a loud, blue tie, and still wearing his white lab coat, an agitated BarmyWaffle arrives thirty minutes late.<\/p>\n \u201cStuff\u2019s gone AWOL again!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAh, you must be NutJob? Delighted to meet you! My name\u2019s Emmett. But everybody calls me Barmy! Barmy as in proper noun<\/em>, not as in adjective<\/em>! Though some might disagree!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLikewise! I\u2019m Dave. But everybody calls me NutJob!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t stay unfortunately, I\u2019ve just been round to the Constabulary, they\u2019re sending an officer over to the Garrison now. I need to get back. Let\u2019s get together next Wednesday for a proper chat.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOK,\u201d says NutJob, \u201cI must dash, I need to catch up with Faraday and find out how he\u2019s been getting on with our<\/em> side project.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThanks for the tea,\u201d he says to CandiCrush, then he smartly heads off towards the PrintWorks, walking at a preposterously rapid pace.<\/p>\n NutJob works part time at The Lancastrian<\/em>, the main newspaper in Wolfland. In 2450AD there are no telecoms, no internet, and there\u2019s scarcely any electricity. Hence, a traditional newspaper is the main way that people keep up with the news. Electricity is provided to the PrintWorks only on Fridays, so the company is keen to develop its own independent supply. That\u2019s what NutJob is working on.<\/p>\n Like most youngsters with part time jobs, KristalClear and NutJob work on Friday evenings after school, and on Saturdays.<\/p>\n CandiCrush and KristalClear finish their tea, and set off on foot towards Broadland High Street, then down towards the river and the Garrison. They\u2019re keen to find out what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n Soon after the cars vanished from Lancaster, everyday life changed. New homes and businesses replaced the superfluous<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> \u2013 Book1 Page 4 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous \u2013 Book1 Page 4 \u2013 Next Today, NutJob is going to meet BarmyWaffle for the first time. They both want to explore improved ways of generating and harnessing electricity. Wearing a loud, blue tie, and still wearing his white lab coat, an agitated BarmyWaffle arrives thirty minutes late. \u201cStuff\u2019s gone AWOL again!\u201d \u201cAh, you … Continue reading “Chapter 1 Connectedness004”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":632,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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