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.

Comments

Yes!

[savedtheworld]

[It takes Aang a moment to hear Eley, but then he swoops over towards him and waves him onwards to join.]

Sure thing, Eley! More people means more fun.

[winds_voice]

[He'll follow after him of course, suddenly feeling rather... well light and playful and certainly not quite as somber as he might have been at the beginning of all of this.

He flaps his wings hard to keep up with Aang until he seems to be passing him by. Apparently he's already making a race of this, sending a gust of wind back behind him to try and keep him away.]

Who can fly faster, I wonder?

[savedtheworld]

I thought you'd never ask!

[He says with a delighted twirl in the air.]

C'mon, Eley, let's race!

[winds_voice]

[He almost gets ahead of himself and dashes off without much thought to where it is they're actually going. But he stops himself, pondering a moment.]

We should set a location for a goal. We cannot race if we do not know what our destination is after all.

[savedtheworld]

Oh! Right. [He takes a moment later to stop and then flutters idly near Eley.]

That would be a good idea. How about to... the ocean?

[winds_voice]

[He gives a nod at that.]

The ocean it is.

[And with a strong flap of his grown wings, the Spirit heads off in that direction, the beat of his wings sending a gust trailing behind him which he hoped might catch Aang off guard to give him a head start!]

[savedtheworld]

Whoa!

[Aang laughs, surprised at the gust and letting it blow him back. It gives more of a challenge. But then he thrusts himself forward, with winds at his back. Already being a master airbender translates well into the skill with which he uses the Kipinn abilities. But against a legit wind spirit, he knows he has to bring his A-game. He flaps and gusts himself forward to try to catch up to Eley.

But he's not feeling particularly competitive - not while racing a fellow Kipinn. He finds himself focusing on the sense of fun and joy playing with a kindred spirit.]

[winds_voice]

[Eley's obviously not got winning firmly in his mind either because it isn't long before he's looking back to see just how Aang is progressing, watching him use the wind to his advantage with some interest.

...in fact now he appears to be circling round to head straight towards him, flying in a corkscrew around the boy with the wind twisting in his wake. He might be playing with him at this point~ He wants to see just what he does with this sudden spiral of wind.]

[savedtheworld]

You're a natural, Eley!

[He hovers in place while Eley goes through the corkscrew, and then he opts to spin matching the wind, manipulating it as he does so that the wind moves around and with him, boosting him up through the air.]

[winds_voice]

I am a Wind Spirit. There would be something wrong if this was not natural.

[He remarks after turning to face his work, seeing Aang spin and suddenly rise into the air. It seems he's not the only one with some prowess.]

I will admit that I am rather impressed by your own abilities.

[savedtheworld]

You make a good point.

And thanks! I guess airbending translates well into this stuff. I'm having loads of fun!