Adventures in Effulgence

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How To Read Effulgence

1. make a wish
   1. ✴ he couldn't have imagined
   2. ✴ one enormous bruise
   3. ✴ but you like an audience
   4. ✴ you have the means in your possession
   5. ✴ i drive better than i walk
   6. ✴ it's that all of those things are boring
   7. ✴ so i guess that wasn't hades
   8. ✴ telling someone your secrets
   9. ✴ if i got three wishes
   10. ✴ we will seek my buried inheritance
2. hexes
   1. ✴ unconsciousness would be an undesirable outcome
   2. ✴ i believe i can fly
   3. ✴ in the tiniest of pieces
   4. ✴ no one else will be using theirs
   5. ✴ technically not karma
   6. ✴ be as you aren't
   7. ✴ all rise
   8. ✴ we're kind of inexplicable
   9. ✴ now isn't that something
   10. ✴ welcome to wonderland
   11. ✴ some people are this impressive without magic
   12. ✴ here goes
   13. ✴ who are you when you're alone?
3. parable of the talents
   1. ✴ high school is kind of boring really
   2. ✴ good morning
   3. ✴ introduction to being a college student
   4. ✴ dress for success
   5. ✴ interesting rich people
   6. ✴ for my birthday i become a real person
   7. ✴ i remember everything, so who are you?
   8. ✴ super speed and other exceptional abilities
   9. ✴ i'm just that fascinating i guess
   10. ✴ welcome to the chessboard
4. golden opportunity
   1. ✴ a city and a mint who sleep very little between them
   2. milliways lurks
   3. ✴ the empire of the stars
   4. ✴ ☼ oh how it lurks
   5. ✴ ☼ farewell diplomatic contingent
   6. ✴ ☼ plotting to unnerve her
   7. ✴ it's not all crises and public appearances
   8. ✴ on the first day of christmas, my true love gave to me
   9. ✴ ☼ cake and ice cream
5. truth be told
   1. ⍋ the cold is harmless
   2. ⍋ witches own little
   3. ⍋ no nudity taboo
   4. ⍋ symbols hold infinite layers of meaning
   5. ⍋ distance is immaterial with cloudpine under you
6. fire and water
   1. Ω by the seashore
   2. Ω in atlantis's hall of treasures
   3. Ω in a forest of legs
   4. Ω among her own kind
   5. Ω on a train
   6. Ω along the tracks
   7. Ω in district three
   8. Ω ⍋ in control of an inferno
7. outside help
   1. Ω ⍋ in defiance of the capitol
   2. Ω in a supposed democracy
   3. Ω at the memorial dome
   4. ⍋ runecasting is an art
   5. ⍋ witches' daemons can travel alone
   6. ⍋ and we are always birds
   7. ⍋ there is so much to do
   8. ⍋ it is unwise to anger a witch
   9. ⍋ we live until we are too bored or lonely
8. celestial objects
   1. Ω ✴ in a heap of people
   2. ✴ points of failure
   3. Ω on top of the world
   4. Ω upon the moon
   5. Ω on trial
9. raise the stakes
   1. ✝ sunnydale welcomes you
   2. ✝ enjoy its extensive library catalog
   3. ✝ enjoy state of the art information technology
   4. ✝ meet our friendly citizenry
   5. ✝ take advantage of our excellent schools and their handpicked faculty
10. bells and whistles
    1. ♪ yes, we believe in the wisdom of our god
    2. ♪ ⍋ ✴ Ω for the world slows and the stars falter
    3. ♪ Ω yes, there is love
    4. ✝ ⍋ Ω ☼ we are invariably pleased to welcome tourism
    5. ♪ our shield, our defender
    6. ⍋ our goddesses answer when we call
    7. ✝ Ω our real estate is a great investment
    8. ✴ ⍋ a profusion of whistles
11. dance between the stars
    1. ᗜ this makes it mine
    2. ᗜ (admissions procedures)
    3. ᗜ i live in the sky
    4. ᗜ i am swift and clever
    5. ᗜ these are my villagers
    6. ᗜ (watch me think)
    7. ᗜ watch me dance
    8. ᗜ (state of the union)
    9. ᗜ i'm on fire
    10. ♪ ✴ ᗜ birdwhistles
12. sleeping, waking
    1. eyes ears skin tongues
    2. ᗜ and now i'm even older
    3. ᗜ i spy with my little eye
    4. ᗜ i'm a goddess of vicious precision
    5. ᗜ i'm a good friend
    6. ⍋ witches treasure children
    7. ᗜ i command armies
    8. dreamcatcher
    9. ᗜ i contain multitudes
13. lend a hand
    1. ☼ ✴ delicious bubbly
    2. ☼ got good ears
    3. ☼ ✴so very dapper
    4. ✝ Ω ours is a service-oriented economy
    5. ✝ Ω and the property values just keep going up
    6. ♪ though you turn your face away
    7. Ω in between moments
    8. ☼ love at first sight
    9. black bats flying round and round
    10. ✝ our town knows how to celebrate a special occasion
    11. ✝ and we are conscious of a long town history
14. waking, rising
    1. here and there
    2. ᗜ i can conjure spirits from the vasty deep
    3. ✝ we're convenient to a wide variety of establishments
    4. ✝ our summers are warm and pleasant
    5. ✝ our hospital facilities are nationally acclaimed
15. down down down
    1. ω down and out
    2. a good day to die
    3. ω underground
    4. timer
    5. ω Ω downside
    6. unreliable doorstop
    7. ω Ω ☼ inside
16. they bite
    1. ✝ ☼ ✴ we are convenient to major metropolises
    2. ✝ our town is the birthplace of many notable figures
    3. ✴ eviler and eviler
17. nous et notre
    1. ⚜ mon père
    2. ⚜ mes études
    3. ⚜ mon ami
    4. ♪ Ω all that remains is you
    5. ⚜ ma bête
    6. ⚜ ma colocataire
    7. ⚜ mon mari
18. bellstorm
    1. ᗜ Ω ✝ i'm big sister
    2. ᗜ Ω ✝ ⍋ ☼ ♪ ✴ Ø i am the oncoming storm
       • give it a shot
       • they find a Bell
       • this is Upside
       • they've heard so much
       • seven different people
       • now where's that Sherlock
       • Stella's hunting Whistles
    3. Ω at home and abroad
    4. ✝ we are the proud site of the world's only portal to hell
    5. ⍋ we know how to celebrate
    6. ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø it's a dead man's party
       • and wonder of wonders
       • the Sunshine contingent
       • but that would be ignominious
       • without explanation
       • come meet my grandma
       • critical mass
       • she's still all-over copper
       • sing for the party
       • suddenly easier commuting
       • emerges airlock-style
       • talk about magic
       • his nametag identifies him
       • in case he dreams
       • one of speculation
       • shouldn't be hard
19. welcoming
    1. (retroactive)
    2. ♪ ᗜ ⚜ yes, there is beauty
    3. ⚜ ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ma fête
       • before the guests arrive
       • the pile of Jokers
       • eventually extracts herself
    4. ♪ though the whole world shun you
    5. ⚜ mon ennemi
    6. ☼ strictly professional
    7. ✝ our city is on good terms with its neighbors
20. in life's name
    1. ҂ quiet, this is a library
    2. ҂ greetings and defiance
    3. ҂ the self-knower
    4. ҂ seedling enterprises
21. put a ring on it
    1. Ø ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ ⚜ almost like a party
    2. ✝ we boast a poorly regulated militia
    3. ҂ ✝ good guesser
    4. Ø ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ ⚜ ҂ welcome to my
    5. ☼ ҂ aurum tourism
    6. the emerald isle
    7. ♪ and where shall we turn if not to you
    8. Ø ✴ basically a ninja
    9. ✝ we are committed to promoting ethnic diversity
22. tell me everything
    1. ✧ what are you doing here?
    2. ✧ why me?
    3. ✧ what must i do?
    4. ✧ now what?
23. deal them in
    1. ⚚ ultimate twin sacrifice motion, set up!
    2. ⚚ so there was this deck of cards, right
    3. ⚚ universal star visitor brilliant start!
    4. ⚚ miracle crystal dancing jewel, spin!
    5. ⚚ ✧ spit it on the floor
    6. ⚚ so look this is really interesting
24. all the colors of the
    1. ✧ ⍋ where am i?
    2. Ω ✴ ☼ ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ ✧ in the palace
    3. ⚚ Ω ✧ flickering heart barrier viewing go!
    4. ⚚ Ω ✧ ✴ ☼ ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ festive rainbow mirror summoning!
       • fluffy, unclothed straggler
       • looking for Amariah
       • with a cup of that tea
       • headed for Juliet
       • in search of Shell Bell
       • hey Brilliance
       • the rest of the deck
       • hunting for Minus
       • the vague notion of finding Aurora
       • to a lone Tony
       • responsive to conversational stimuli
25. diaspora
    1. ⍋ we have a complex relationship with our sisters and our cousins
    2. ♪ our beloved and our god
    3. Ø alone in the multiverse
    4. ⚚ silent gem isolation!
    5. ✧ where have you gone?
    6. ҂ the interdimensional community
    7. ⚜ mon ordinateur
    8. ✴ square one
    9. help yourself
    10. ☼ without recourse
    11. Ω on our own
    12. ✝ our transit system is top of the line
    13. ᗜ i can fly this thing
26. ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ ✧ ⚚ repealing
    1. • Rêverie
       • Origin
       • Sunshine
       • Alethia
       • Rainbow
       • Samaria
       • Syntropy
       • Aurum
       • Eos
       • Thilanushinyel
       • strays
    2. • very similar seven-year-olds
       • meet the other you
       • ask him who he is
       • just a bit overwhelmed
       • between conversations
       • thinking about it
       • meet my daughter
       • up off the floor
       • all the genetic data
       • meet the Wellspring Matilda
27. domestic matters
    1. ✝ there is room here to expand
    2. ⚚ devoted enchantment conduit, smile!
    3. ᗜ i hold the power of life and death in my hands
    4. ⚚ ҂ wild card aura, cast colors!
    5. ⚜ mes enfants
28. monarchies being thus
    1. ∀ extradimensional space
    2. ∀ semiautonomous kitchen
    3. ∀ enchanted spectacles
    4. ∀ surefooted moccasins
    5. ∀ bewitched armor
    6. ∀ technical issue
    7. ∀ fire-flower meadow
    8. ∀ Ω grandma, grandma, look
29. ∀ ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ ✧ ⚚ intelligent nametags
    • what to think
    • a dozen different kinds
    • a pretty aura
    • chatting pleasantly
    • idly telekinetic
    • with her sister
    • who keeps coming
    • Stella's over here
    • for no reason
    • accumulating respect
30. storm II: storm harder
    1. ∀ resurrected relative
    2. ⚜ ma fille
    3. ⍋ ✴ ☼ Ω ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ ✧ ⚚ ∀ we are not truly immortal
    4. ⚚ ten points, mint vast ghostly wishes!
    5. ⍋ we worship certain symbols
    6. ✝ our news publications keep our residents up to date
31. strands untwisting
    1. paris in the spring
    2. ✝ we are an underrated tourist destination
    3. ♪ alleluia
    4. ⚚ regretful web of thought!
    5. Ø ✧ full of new life
32. in which
    1. Ψ in which subtle artists do not all work the same way
    2. Ψ in which nymphs are good for more than one thing
    3. Ψ in which bella dearly wishes to be less interesting
    4. Ψ in which the lesser of two evils may still be pretty evil
    5. Ψ in which it is unclear how this became bella's job
    6. Ψ in which bella's warranty is at risk
33. breakable things
    1. ఒ forgotten
    2. ఒ summoned
    3. ఒ awaited
    4. ఒ Ψ cheated
    5. Ψ in which informational content is secondary
    6. Ψ in which bella does not have long to think of something
    7. Ψ ҂ ⍋ ᗜ in which the narration is suggestive, yet vague
    8. Ψ ⍋ ҂ ᗜ in which the bells have a lot to think about
    9. Ψ ᗜ ⍋ ҂ in which aware buildings are nothing new
34. spontaneous teenage relative
    1. ✝ many people move here to start families
    2. my weight in quarters
    3. ✝ we are the location of many significant historical events
    4. the season to be jolly
    5. ✝ enjoy expertly restored and renovated architecture
    6. ✝ Ω local insurance rates are surprisingly reasonable
35. prismatic cleavage
    1. ⚚ erroneous messenger, sleep!
       • Jane broke
       • it needed constant supervision
       • show up jacketed
    2. ⚚ self-devising bejeweled minds!
    3. ⚚ Ω ✝ universal template sweep!
36. whmmmmm
    1. ∀ cotton candy
    2. gently introductory spelunking
    3. Ω ⚚ ✝ ∀ in chronicle
37. idyllic childhood
    1. ☼ adrift again
    2. use it or lose it
    3. roller coaster
    4. greek deities
    5. québécois
    6. ☼ the history channel
    7. prophesied wanderings
38. universal love
    1. good morning everyone
    2. just behave
    3. ☼ managing not to
    4. sudden ice
    5. Ɣ horrible cold
    6. dead babies and mind control
    7. Ɣ do: read; don't: visit 214
    8. Ω ⚚ ✝ ∀ ☼ Ɣ friendly door
    9. Ω ⚚ ✝ ∀ ☼ Ɣ ✴ six weeks of winter
39. the empress of rings
    1. ✧ where shall i begin?
    2. Ø filtered with care
    3. Ø song of saturn
    4. Ø completely covered in flowers
    5. Ø open to visitors
    6. Ø rife with adventure
    7. Ø carrying a torch
    8. Ø ✧ connected by a dragon
    9. Ø deluged with emails
    10. ✧ what brings you here?
    11. ✧ why don't you try?
    12. Ø singing all alone
    13. Ø ✧ rich with activity
    14. Ø ✧ ⚚ ✝ ∀ ☼ Ɣ ✴ Ω welcoming to all
40. cherubim and seraphim
    1. ⚜ Ø ⚚ ✝ ∀ ☼ Ɣ ✴ Ω ma mère
    2. ♪ preces meæ non sunt dignæ
    3. ♪ liber scriptus proferetur
    4. ♪ sed tu bonus fac benigne
    5. ♪ coget omnes ante thronum
    6. ♪ per admirabilem ascensionem tuam
    7. ♪ ⚜ Ø ⚚ ✝ ∀ ☼ Ɣ ✴ Ω the end of vigil
    8. Ψ ᗜ ⍋ ҂ ♪ ⚜ Ø ⚚ ✝ ∀ ☼ Ɣ ✴ Ω at the door
    9. ᗜ i'm not here
    10. ⚚ ᗜ layered net conjuration!
    11. ҂ syntropic
    12. ♪ sicut erat in principio, et nunc
    13. ☼ ♪ repatriative possibilities
41. absentee parenting
    1. i might as well be the man on the moon
    2. i've written home to mother
    3. you can throw me if you want
    4. and my ears will listen
    5. ⍋ i bought some postcards
    6. ⍋ Ψ we do not bear children until we have so chosen
    7. ∀ mixed bag
    8. Ψ ∀ home at last
    9. Ɣ do: make introductions; don't: usurp the government
    10. ✴ through a mirror
    11. ✝ we encourage the meetings of like-minded individuals
    12. ᗜ i'm back again
    13. meet you again for the first time
42. lost years
    1. ⍋ we feel misfortunes deep and keen
    2. ఒ Ω ∀ found
    3. ᗜ i'm just as i was before
    4. Ω beside herself
    5. ҂ Ɣ nonstranger
    6. ✝ we harbor assorted family planning facilities
    7. ⍋ we can live wherever we find ourselves
    8. ∀ find a mom
    9. ✝ dating doubly
    10. Ø ⍋ we travel far and wide
    11. ✧ how long has it been?
    12. ᗜ ✝ i'm almost sixteen
43. sweeping up
    1. ⍋ our interactions with mortals are often limited
    2. ✝ our facilities are regularly upgraded
    3. ✧ ∀ how are you feeling?
    4. ఒ explained
    5. ᗜ ∀ sweeping changes
    6. ∀ ☼ several kinds
    7. Ɣ do: consult alts; don't: unexpectedly appear
    8. ✝ we have a low rate of unemployment
    9. Ɣ do: distribute invitations; don't: kidnap party guests
44. ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ ✧ ⚚ ∀ Ψ Ɣ ఒ who will be coming?
    • dragon alts
    • not clinging to any
    • the sheer fact of being a space plant
    • angel of yourself
    • has lots of parts
    • the boy one of me
    • the Griffins are a-prowling
    • not generally a party person
    • the scourge of eclairs
    • sticking to her sisters
    • she has done a good deed
    • real actual tea
    • vaguely in a search pattern
    • an extremely friendly
    • could readily be him
    • stalling about something
    • his lack of pants
    • some of them have wings
    • dancing less beautifully
    • the available unicorn
    • Minnie's entertainment
    • a curious circuit
    • he kind of stands out
    • keeping current
    • many tonies
    • find her girlfriend
    • vampire consumption only
    • wellsprung
45. ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ ✧ ⚚ ∀ Ψ Ɣ ఒ will you marry me?
    • a fantastic variety of flowers
    • that was cute
    • that's just not polite
    • kind of needs it
    • work together
    • to visit the admin
46. lost pen
    1. exeunt space plant
    2. a cloud of poofs
    3. doors are complicated
    4. whole new world
    5. keeping occupied
    6. moved house
    7. each another's audience
    8. the flying place +
    9. +
47. chess pieces
    1. the non-princess of raxwell
    2. precarious +
    3. +
48. monsters and legends
    1. ◎ lake acuity
    2. ◎ dash rapidash dash
    3. ◎ hospitality
    4. ◎ gratitude
    5. ◎ yarn
    6. ◎ investigation +
    7. +
49. swish and flick
    1. i am made of you
    2. 〢 doggerel verse
    3. 〢 vine and hazel
    4. 〢 arts magical
    5. 〢 bedknobs and broomsticks
    6. 〢 philosopher's stone
    7. 〢 hidden arte
    8. 〢 wizard coffee
    9. 〢 wand and shield
    10. 〢 natural occlumency
    11. 〢 animated photographs
    12. 〢 pen and paper
    13. 〢 patronus charm
    14. 〢 dark chocolate
    15. 〢 seeking thestral
    16. 〢 delicious snacks
    17. 〢 disillusionment charm
    18. 〢 wind shield +
    19. +
50. only the avatar
    1. ⁜ all who bend the air
    2. ⁜ learn the healing arts
    3. ⁜ the mighty spirits
    4. ⁜ in spite of large deeds
    5. ⁜ masters of the earth
    6. ⁜ we're the ones who closed the show
    7. ⁜ settle for fake ones
    8. ⁜ widely believed a virtue
    9. ⁜ bones are important
    10. ⁜ or commit arson
    11. ⁜ implies emotional pain
    12. ⁜ reconcilable
    13. ⁜ incommensurate
    14. +
51. force of will
    1. ± and there shall be an age of darkness
    2. ± and a wolf will move among the lambs
    3. ± and every hand shall wield the angels' swords of flame
    4. +
52. the prime directive
    1. Ֆ warp factor one
    2. Ֆ hormonal imbalance
    3. Ֆ holy rings of betazed
    4. Ֆ prewarp civilizations
    5. Ֆ life's blood
    6. Ֆ very large number
    7. Ֆ unfederated sanctuary
    8. Ֆ video manifesto
    9. Ֆ moon phase +
    10. +
53. to be the sky
    1. ⚡ barometric pressure
    2. ⚡ warm front
    3. ⚡ calm winds +
    4. +
54. where the people are
    1. ♔ nautical +
    2. +
55. the emperor beyond the sea
    1. chatelaine of cair paravel
    2. ⌻ the summer i was ten
    3. ⌻ tuesday afternoon
    4. ⌻ the first occasion
    5. ⌻ the second occasion
    6. ⌻ queen of narnia
    7. ⌻ the golden age
    8. ⌻ the summer i was ten again
    9. ⌻ the autumn of sixth grade +
    10. +
56. side by side
    1. ≏ earth/mars +
    2. +
57. seidr and spear
    1. ↾ the cuckoo's child, by invitation
    2. ↾ graceful as a cat, by sorcery
    3. ↾ welcome everywhere, by subterfuge
    4. ↾ abroad, by bifrost
    5. ↾ deceived, by illusion
    6. ↾ aloft, by wingbeat +
    7. +
58. acquire (ptsd)
    1. ӝ ooh, british accent
    2. ӝ the graceless
    3. ӝ mmm, tea
    4. ӝ the group
    5. ӝ woo, rock music
    6. ӝ the pie
    7. ӝ the hospital
    8. ӝ the sharing
    9. ӝ eek, monsters
    10. ӝ the alien
    11. ӝ the animorphs
    12. ӝ the capture
    13. ӝ the departure
    14. ӝ the bait
    15. ӝ the airplane
    16. ӝ the ocean
    17. ӝ the zoo
    18. ӝ mmm, pancakes
    19. ӝ the cat
    20. ӝ the experiment
    21. ӝ the divulgence
    22. ӝ the circle
    23. ӝ the pookas +
    24. +
59. leaves of green
    1. ⚘ what you sow
    2. ⚘ dandelion seed
    3. ⚘ capsicum
    4. ⚘ viridiplantae +
    5. +
60. unfashionable tattoo
    1. ◌ an estate sale
    2. ◌ authorized borrowing
    3. +
61. count your blessings
    1. # change
    2. # okay but what's the thread count
    3. # endurance
    4. # patience
    5. # time
    6. # health
    7. # travel
    8. # flexibility
    9. # swiftness
    10. # okay but do we have to leave so soon
    11. # vision
    12. +
62. catch without release
    1. ౪ dark scrying +
    2. +
63. friendship is magic
    1. ʊ friendship is magic part 1
    2. ʊ friendship is magic part 2
    3. ʊ the ticket master +
    4. +
64. something that i want
    1. ⌇ a book or maybe two or three
    2. ⌇ mother knows best
    3. ⌇ when will my life begin
    4. ⌇ flower gleam and glow +
    5. +
65. an art project
    1. funerary proceedings
    2. ⍟ marilacan embassy
    3. ⍟ bioestheties exhibition
    4. ⍟ singing open the great gates
    5. ⍟ overture
    6. ⍟ choreography
    7. ⍟ tremolo
    8. ⍟ line dance
    9. ⍟ symphony
    10. ⍟ façade
    11. ⍟ dye
    12. ⍟ weave
    13. ⍟ dissonance
    14. ⍟ ornamental flower show
    15. ⍟ fermata
    16. ⍟ landscape
    17. ⍟ calligraphy
    18. only too real
    19. style substance subterfuge +
    20. +
66. mythical beasts
    1. 🍁 vorkosigan +
    2. +
67. exact words
    1. Ꮼ sugar berry
    2. secret passage
    3. Ꮼ pumpkin princess
    4. +
68. groundhog day
    1. ♦ zero +
    2. +
69. 1. +

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