Turbines: Urban Fantasy

The turbines arrived just ahead of the predicted tornado storm. "Should we go ahead and install them?" the project manager shouted up to the wizard consultant. The consultant shrugged. "They'll be tested in a tornado storm sooner or later, right?" "Ayup." "Might as well be sooner, then. Still time to get them rigged and safetied to spindle the energy right, and since we'll set up a higher drain on momentum like that, it might also save some of your houses' roofs and keep a few trees from being hurled around. Not that you don't already have everything built to code and covered, of course." The consultant knew full well the town didn't. He'd observed the worst part of town when he drove in--it was the first thing he did in every city or town, get a taxi driver and ask for a tour of the worse parts. Usually, he'd also get an impromptu history lecture or at least a window into the self-justifications the townsfolk kept up for a bad part of town. When a wizard was looking for certain qualities and certain ingredients, the bad part of town was the place to go, especially if he streeted up the wizard look like some of the rappers had been doing lately. Made him blend in enough that he wouldn't be bothered, left him sticking out enough that people wondered if maybe he was the real thing.


Inspiration: http://www.flickr.com/photos/advancedinternationalnetworks/8385260985/
Story potential: Medium.
Notes: I like this idea of how magic-users fit into the urban ecosystem. Plus adding a nice dash of global climate change and adaptations to an urban fantasy setting.