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

[halfnhalf]

[Teddy looks up at Albert, and a couple of feelings happen at once.

Recognition, from seeing his face around the village as well as an old, old game that Teddy barely played due to both being a little too young and the style of gameplay being outside of his interest. He mostly recognized him from pictures around the internet, honestly. But, as a rule both he and Billy adopted, he kept it entirely to himself.

And then there's caution, because while Nala is the helpful sort, she knows better than to greet Twila as easily as she would with the other spirits. And this man has obviously been influenced by Twila. The boy she's possessing has already had several run-ins with those who came in contact with Twila, and she probably should have gently encouraged him to go back to his home.

Those two feelings together make Teddy stare, then straighten up to a stand, though he doesn't smile as he usually would.]

No, thank you. I was just flying a little too long. It's fine now.

[chikaidestroyer]

[He nods at Teddy's response, mildly noting the pause and stare that he was met with. Under different circumstances, the note of caution and brief but noticeable stare would have registered as out of place; however, with the spirits involved, it was easy enough to dismiss that reaction.]

I'm glad to hear that. We have not met before, I suppose. Albert Silverberg. [He doesn't smile, though Twila seemed to want him to; the spirit didn't influence all of his actions.]

[halfnhalf]

Albert... I've seen you around town a few times.

[Finally, Teddy does smile, both as himself and the spirit as one, and holds out his hand to shake.]

Teddy Altman. Nice to meet you.

[chikaidestroyer]

[Albert shakes the boy's hand, allowing for a brief smirk before he lets his hand drop.]

A nice, firm handshake. [He nods his approval, then sets out immediately onto another topic.] I must admit I had an ulterior motive to approaching you. Will you hear me out?

[halfnhalf]

[In the past, Teddy would've been wary, but heard him out with a touch of irony. Of course, people would have ulterior motives when it came to him. He doesn't feel this way as much anymore, but it's still something that settles deep within.

Now, there's still a touch of wariness, but the irony isn't there. He can heal, why wouldn't someone seek him out? It just seems more logical now.]

Yeah, of course. What did you have in mind?

[chikaidestroyer]

[He hums faintly for just a moment, as if debating right then and there how to describe his issue.]

My arm has been ... decaying, for lack of a better way to describe the situation. I have seen that Nala's power can significantly heal the damage in ways other magic has not.

[He pauses there, looking at Teddy. His intended request should be obvious.]

[halfnhalf]

((ooc: to be continued...))