Possession Event

[lucetimods]

Who: People in Luceti
What: Spiritual possession
When: The 26th to the 1st
Where: Luceti!
Summary: Check out the previous mod post.
Rating: If it gets smutty, move it somewhere private.


Starting at midnight on the 26th, Luceti and its inhabitants will find itself the focus of the Filial spirits, usually quiet and reclusive, now stepping out to deal with one of their own.

As promised, here is some additional information to help figure out how to play around with the spirits and interacting with similarly possessed people.

First off, each spirit has a certain time or place when they are at their most powerful. Consequently, characters possessed by them will enjoy these boosts and this in itself can be a deciding factor in what would otherwise be a stalemate. Here’s a quick run down:

Sona - She’s most powerful around lakes, rivers, and the ocean. Mostly this is concentrated at the southern lake.

Kipinn - He’s most powerful in high places, like mountain tops and the roofs of community buildings.

Faeren - She’s most powerful in the farmlands alongside things that grow.

Tsinku - He’s most powerful in the village itself, where technology thrives.

Eferin - He’s most powerful in the center of the forest where his heat may cause trees to burn. In fact, the upcoming forest fire may cause some trouble if his followers get too rowdy.

Hyt - It’s most powerful during the daytime under a bright sky.

Twila - It’s most powerful during the night time.

Nala- She has no domain and is generally welcome wherever she goes.

How possessed characters will deal with other possessed characters will depend on the interactions of the spirits themselves. A useful spreadsheet sums up these relationships. Those that have a friendly attitude to one another will generally allow ‘trespassers’ into their domain, but those they are not so friendly with may cause conflict.

Finally, to elaborate on Twila-possessed characters. Those with a natural affinity for darkness are likely to be possessed first. Once they have, they can try to recruit others less-compatible candidates to ‘join the cause’. Their goal is numbers. The more who are working with Twila, the better. Once they do, they’ll be inclined to act in their own self interest and if necessary, deal with others who try to get in their way. In the long term, the spirit Twila wants to stay this way, bonded to the Lucetians as hybrids, that way it cannot be imprisoned again. Think of it as pure survival instinct of an animal that’s spent way too long in a cage.

All isn’t lost. The other spirits may not be able to cage it again, but they won’t accept Twila reacting in this manner. Though it’s hard to tell what their beef with Twila is, they have an instinctive familiarity with the dark spirit and seem to act as its jail keepers.

They have the power to free people from Twila, but given their poor communication skills, figuring that out might just be a challenge. After all, the spirits can only communicate in shades of feeling and intentions, but not actually verbalize directions or marching orders. However, there will be a Malnosso post mid-event that will give everyone, possessed or otherwise, the info they need to turn things around.

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All days - Nala

[funnygirl]

[Once midnight hits, Belle becomes aware of a strange sensation of something digging through her skin that pulls her out of a deep sleep. She sits up in bed, sweating and flustered just in time for her wings to begin twitching and glowing as they grow and change color. Once the changes stop she jumps out of bed and rushes to Beast's room. Something is definitely wrong.

In the following days Belle will try to keep to her usual routine as much as possible. Both for her own sanity and to ensure that Beast knows where she is or is going to be. She works her usual shifts at the library and does her usual shopping at the bakery and items shop. But Belle can't help but rush to the aid to someone who is hurt, even if it's only something as simple as a paper cut.

Many times her feet guide her to the clinic, hoping to lend aid of any kind. She'll help anyone in need, no matter which spirit they are possessed by.

When she is not otherwise preoccupied, she can be found testing out her new wings by flying about the village. She has many false starts, causing her to crash onto people's roofs, walls, and sometimes people themselves. But after a few days she's able to remain in the sky and land with something close to grace.]

Midnight first day, naturally

[tailasoldastime]

[Beast has only just been stirred out of sleep by a growing stiffness in his own backside when he is immediately shaken by Belle's sudden entrance. At first he is still too out of it to realise it is her - the room is very dark to begin with - but then he remembers who he lives with and that it must be her.

Before he's even thought about how surprising (or comforting, due to the present pain) it is to have Belle come to him in the middle of the night, he calls out to her aimlessly in the dark.] B-Belle? What... is it?

Midnight first day, naturally

[funnygirl]

Beast...[She moves closer to the bed slowly. Her longer wings are throwing her balance off and she hasn't had enough time to adjust to them yet. Beast might notice the faint, white glow her wings cast in the dark.]

Something strange is happening. Do you feel any different?

Midnight first day, naturally

[tailasoldastime]

[As he blinks a few times to adjust his focus, the glow is the first thing to catch his eye. As he follows the outline it makes over her wings, which he sees are much bigger now, his jaw drops lower and lower. At first it's a fearful shock to him, like she is changing into an entirely new creature - but then, the light and wings becoming part of Belle's figure seem strangely... beautiful. There is something about it that makes it seem almost... heavenly.]

Belle... y... y-you're...

[He slowly begins to stand up, looking down at her in sheer awe and amazement. For Belle, the whiteness of his own freshly-grown wings might have come into view.]

Midnight first day, naturally

[funnygirl]

[Her eyes settle on the now larger shape of Beast's wings and she sucks in a breath. Just as she thought, it isn't just happening to her.]

...You as well. [She gestures to his own wings which he doesn't seem to have noticed yet.]

Midnight first day, naturally

[tailasoldastime]

[He lets out a gasp as soon as she speaks and he turns to see a wing appearing to come from his back. While he's rarely ever done this, he tries focusing on the muscles in his wings so he can see them move - and he does indeed manage to witness a twitch.]

Belle, are... a-are we...? [Dead? But in Luceti, they always come back...]

Midnight first day, naturally

[funnygirl]

[The sudden paleness of her face suggests that she knows what he's asking. She shakes her head firmly.]

No. I don't believe so. Maybe...this is just another one of those strange Shifts.

Midnight first day, naturally

[tailasoldastime]

[He moves a little closer. However much he knew that couldn't have happened, it still relieves him to hear her say no.]

Maybe. [A hint of uncertainty in the phrase. He was going to add the word "but", until something compelled him to refrain. He pauses and looks down pensively. It seems strange, but it doesn't feel to him like an influence from the Malnosso.]

Th... there's something else.

Midnight first day, naturally

[funnygirl]

[She stares up at him with a furrowed brow.]

What do you mean? [Then she remembers the sensation of something crawling into her skin when she woke up. But certainly that was just a dream?]

Midnight first day, naturally

[tailasoldastime]

There... I think it is- [He pauses again - it's as if something had interrupted him. Deep down, there seems to be a mental weight on him, urging him to be on guard, to speak in a low voice, yet he doesn't even hear a word.]

... Some... something is trying to talk to me.

Midnight first day, naturally

[funnygirl]

[She steps closer slowly and raises a hand to rest on Beast's shoulder. Looking at him closely, she too lowers her voice to respond.]

What is it? What is it telling you?

Midnight first day, naturally

[tailasoldastime]

I d-don't know... Hyt.

[He gives her a confused look. How did he know that?] I-ih... H-H... Hyt t-tells me... th-that I need to... w-watch... myself.

27

[savingchina]

[Mulan couldn't begin to figure out what was going on with the village. Was it one of those experiments? Strangely she remained unaffected, her wings staying the same size and not getting any sort of power like the others had.

She tries to go about her day as normal though, refusing to just stay inside. So she grabs her sword and makes a first stop at the barracks for a morning workout.

And even if she could see that a lot of the residents with suddenly huge wings were taking advantage of their newfound flight, she wasn't counting on anyone to be crashing into her. She goes down with Mulan easily, falling to the ground with a nasty crash!]

27

[funnygirl]

[Belle groans in pain as she attempts to roll off the unfortunate person she landed on. Luckily for her, the person mostly broke her fall. Massaging her head, she sits up with an apologetic look.]

I'm very sorry. I didn't have time to call out a proper warning. [She blinks, finally recognizing who she's talking to.] You're not hurt, I hope.

[degleamed]

[ When Belle comes into the bakery, Rapunzel greets her with a friendly smile - though perhaps it's a bit more subdued than usual. Of course, she's already thinking of what sort of favors she could trade her baked goods for, but she maintains the visage of a kindly host. ]

Good afternoon, Belle. It's good to see you, as always.

[funnygirl]

[Belle's face brightens when she sees Rapunzel, as usual. In the past few weeks she been coming by the bakery whenever she could to visit her friend and to pick up an order of whatever the specials where. No matter how hard she tries, her pasties never come out as good as Rapunzel's.]

And you as well. How are you today? Keeping sufficiently busy, I hope.

[degleamed]

Oh, absolutely. [ She sighs exaggeratedly. ] I've been swamped! You know - my goods really are the talk of the town. It's a wonder I never thought of charging for them until now.

[funnygirl]

[She blinks in surprise. Certainly she must have heard wrong. But then her eyes take in all the price tags that have appeared all around the bakery.]

But...there is no currency here. How are you charging people?

[degleamed]

Something of equal value, of course! There might not be money, but there's certainly other items of value.

[funnygirl]

[Well she supposes it must be fair if it's an equal trade. But...]

I don't have much that would be good for trading. What would you be willing to receive in exchange for a dozen sweet rolls?

[degleamed]

Oh, a dozen? [ Hmm, that was a tall order. Give her a moment to ponder... ] How about...a diamond-encrusted tiara? Yes, that should do the trick.

[funnygirl]

[Talk about a tall order. Belle grimaces. How is she supposed to come into possession of something like that?]

I...I'm afraid I don't have anything like that to give you.

[degleamed]

Then I'm afraid you may be out of luck.

[funnygirl]

[This surely hadn't been the kind of reaction she'd expected.]

But if it's a trade you want, how can you expect me to trade something I don't possess?

[degleamed]

I suppose if you have something of equal value to that, I could consider it. But otherwise you leave empty-handed.