There should be an Effulgence thread

[DanielH]

Wait when did the brainphone get a graphics upgrade? It’s been through a few revisions but I don’t think that was any of them. Or are you just giving it to the specific version in Stranded?

I suppose “I am wrong about what’s happening with the other person talking to Linya” is also a possibility.

[atheistcanuck]

Well that sure is a lost Pen.

[Alicorn]

I'm pretty sure the brainphone's current version is said to support images but I haven't the faintest clue where in the text it says that.

[atheistcanuck]

I know they were considering that upgrade but I didn't think they'd actually done it.

[Kappa]

I have a vague recollection that the brainphone is image-supporting but I don't know why I think that or when it was(n't) established.

[DanielH]

Could Glass figure out more about Etty being a swan if she looked at it the other way around? That is, instead of asking “Why was the bird this Bell turned into a swan?”, if she asked “Why was the person who was turned into a swan a Bell?”.

Relatedly, would you have bothered Effulging Crane Lake, if Tchaikovsky had written that ballet instead?

[Alicorn]

Glass is at the limits of her abilities to determine things about Etty turning into a swan.

Kappa says that it being swans did bring the ballet more to her attention than otherwise but I think we definitely might have done Crane Lake.

[jalapeno_dude]

Didn't Stella and Alice break up at some point over the vampire venom thing? If I'm remembering correctly they're back together again but it's at least some precedent for a Bell breakup.

[DanielH]

They did not. Stella was worried that when Alice stopped being a vampire he would be angry enough to break up but that didn’t happen.

[Timepoof]

I am re-reading some late Effulgence stuff and I realise that I have no idea what powers everyone actually has except for the obvious minting-enchanting-torching-teleportation-brainphone-mind upgrades-no sleep. There should be, like, a list of peal-standard stuff and a list of what people have in addition or whatever.

ETA: For that matter Silmaril might also need that soon