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

...It seems like it!

[foundafamily]

R-right.

[He can't back down due to nervousness now, and some of the recklessness of the filial spirit influencing him kicks in to push him on.

He starts flapping his wings again, holding his arms out for extra balance. Stopping about five feet above the ground, he smiles despite his anxiety. It's not too hard!]

This is... this is kinda neat!

Oh well. XD They're always cute together regardless, so.

[lostinmyway]

[She glides on down, beaming with pride the entire time.]

Yes, isn't it?

[She holds out her hands to him.] Let's go!

They are! :)

[foundafamily]

[He smiles back at her, pleased with his admittedly minor success, but flutters backwards a bit to avoid her hands. Sorry, he's still a wimp.]

Go? ...Where? There's nothin' up here, is there?

[Though he wouldn't put it past the Malnosso to have some floating invisible rocks for them to crash into, but that's just the side of him that wants to be a negative Nancy.]

<3

[lostinmyway]

[That retreat gets a bit of a puzzled look from her, but then his question distracts her.]

Oh, there's a wonderful view! Luceti looks so beautiful from the air. You should come see!

<3!

[foundafamily]

[Just the thought of flight had him so preoccupied that he didn't even think about how great a view they could get from up in the sky.]

Yeah? It must be like the view from a skyscraper, huh?

[He's missed those; to him they're a natural part of the skyline. He doesn't realize that her world might not have them.

Encouraged for the moment, he flies a little closer, ready to follow.]

Let's go check it out!

<3! [1/2]

[lostinmyway]

A skyscraper?

<3! [2/2]

[lostinmyway]

[...But never mind that! Seeing how enthusiastic he's become, she once again holds out her hands.]

All right! Charge!

[foundafamily]

Right, sorry. Skyscrapers are, um...

[Oh. She has her hands out again. He swallows his nervousness and manages to blush only as red as a tomato as he takes one of her hands. It's a little less frightening this time. A little.

In an attempt to deflect possible attention, he laughs teasingly.]

...Charge? Y-you make it sound like we're gonna go fight something.

[lostinmyway]

[Oh Firo. You're so cute.

And also so confusing to Grune, because she's going to just hover in midair now to try to figure out why you said that.]

Oh, no. That wouldn't be very nice at all.

[foundafamily]

[One wonders why he even attempts to keep up the tough gangster facade anymore.

Wary of offending her, he nods quickly.]

...Right, right. Of course not. It just sounds like somethin' you'd say goin' into battle, you know? Or, like, medieval knights would in stories and all that.

[Probably yet another thing she wouldn't recognize, he realizes only after he's said it.]

[lostinmyway]

[Now this, Grune actually has heard of--one of Sophie's babysitters used to read her books about knights and princesses and dragons.]

Oh! Yes, that's a very heroic thing to say, isn't it?

[Not quite what he meant, but hey.]

[foundafamily]

Heroic?

[He has to think for a moment to understand the connection; what are knights supposed to be if not heroic? He laughs.]

Yeah, I guess it is. Is that why you say it?

[There's a bit of teasing to his tone, but he doesn't mean it maliciously. Besides, with all that magic stuff she does she's a bit of a hero anyway, isn't she?]

[lostinmyway]

[It's a good question, but unfortunately he's not going to get a good answer, because, well:]

Hmm.... Why do I say it?

[foundafamily]

You don't know..?

[By this point, he's not all that surprised.]

Maybe you wanna be a knight?

[lostinmyway]

Oh, do you think so?

[That makes sense...doesn't it?]

[foundafamily]

Well... Do you? You could fight--I mean, um... talk dragons out of killin' people.

[That would make for an interesting fairy tale.]

OH MY GOD WHERE IS MY CAFFEINE. You totally didn't see that.

[lostinmyway]

And then we could become friends!

[Totally.]

Dragons are so sweet, aren't they?

No idea what you're talking about! Nothing was seen here; not a thing!

[foundafamily]

Yeah. Meetin' more friends is always good, right?

[And if she somehow made friends with a dragon, nobody would dare to mess with her. It actually sounds like something of a good deal to him now.]

Sweet? When they're not burnin' down cities, I guess. You said you knew a dragon, didn't you?

[He's interested to know what a dragon does to be sweet.]

Bless you. <3 Also, appointments?

[lostinmyway]

[That comment about burning down cities confuses Grune rather a lot, but then, as always, she gets distracted.]

Yes, that's right. Luminair, Maggir, and Toothless are all very nice. And they're so cute, too!

[Although the first two are tiny babies and the last one isn't actually in Luceti anymore, but there you are.]

Sure!

[foundafamily]

[ooc: continued here.]