Direful Reflection from confronting the bird.
Thorned Ribcage from searching the clearing.

Either way your bird stays with you, alive and re-usable.

Then again, since you can get one as a gift, does it still count as Fate-locked for posting purposes, since the owner may not have spent Fate? Also, if you save your pennies for next year, you could get the device without ANYONE spending Fate.

I just wanted to express how much I'm enjoying the new festival. There's so much to do! Laboratory experiments, augmentations, the Finishing School, De Gustibus, the Bone Market, hearing rumours from the Charcutier (surely the future Mr Eggs, Master of the Bazaar?), newspaper publishing, egg-smashing for fun and profit, etc. The artwork for the new companions is stupendous, and I also particularly like how several of them open up new Opportunities in various places when you have them. It's a bit like the Exceptional Stories that add a new permanent opportunity card, a new option to an existing card, or open up a new area to explore -- it makes them much more memorable in the long run.

And the social egg-sending action is a nice touch -- even without spending Fate, everyone can, if they wish, trade a few eggs with their fellow Londoners.

The Wiki entry for Begin a Scientific Investigation lists 2 investigations for Whitsun, when there are, in fact, at least 3. You can also investigate the Highly Illegal Device. I realize they don't post results and details for Fate-locked options, but they usually at least list them.

Then again, since you can get one as a gift, does it still count as Fate-locked for posting purposes, since the owner may not have spent Fate? Also, if you save your pennies for next year, you could get the device without ANYONE spending Fate.

In any case, I have the details if it is allowed to post, but I am not Wiki-edit-savvy. Nor am I certain it would be allowed, for the above reasons. But the mere existence should at least be mentioned there, shouldn't it?

Do the Ha'pennies stick around after Whitsun if you don't spend all of them during the festival?

Optimatum wrote:

Usually the wiki only lists indirectly Fate-locked options if visible even without the Fate-related unlock. Is the Highly Illegal Device research without one in your possession?

If we get more coins next year so that the Device can be obtained for free, the wiki will of course add all the related options.

I can't answer that, I'm afraid. I only got my lab set up after I had the Device.

And Asarta, I have a complete set of screenshots of it now.

[spoiler] The Rewards seem to be identical to researching the Aged Egg, except for the item received. In other words, the Attribute gain and Speculation gain seem identical. [/spoiler]