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

27th onward - Nala

[resistmyself]

[It's a while after this that Hal can be found out in the open again. He seems a bit dazed, the unexpected response from one of the spirits to the mental pleas of his better half was unexpected, and he's just not used to feeling this... giving. Even on his best days.

Eventually, he makes his way to the fountain and just sits on the edge of it, watching others go by and seeing if anyone needs his help. Ironically, he's the one who looks like he could use a helping hand.

He won't be flying, however. As tempting as it is, it just seems too unnatural, even for him.]

want an twila'd mutant? |D

[selfhelp]

[Billy isn't exactly known for his healing - it's still an imperfect magic of his - and Twila isn't exactly boosting his charitable instincts, but he still feels the urge to help out wherever he can, especially with the whole "I'm acting kind of evil" guilt cropping up between shadow-puppet-playtime. So when he passes by the guy looking kind of down on his luck at the fountain, he pauses.]

Hey, are you okay?

no, never.

[resistmyself]

[The vampire glances up sharply at the voice. Here it is, that same presence that prodded at the edge of his mind at the start of all this, that almost caused his resolve to shatter even without taking him over.

It makes him feel uncomfortable, but only momentarily. Nala's calm soon takes over. He's safe from all of them now - even the dark one.]

...I will be, I think. It's nothing you need to worry about.

omg rood

[selfhelp]

[Billy looks dubious, if only because of how shaken the guy looks to even be asked. He's seen people with that type of white wings brush off their own issues - Teddy's been the worst so far - so it just makes him more concerned.]

Are you sure? You don't look so good.

[resistmyself]

I promise you, I am physically sound.

I haven't even yet had the opportunity to... how should I put it? Use these abilities, I suppose.

[The still growing wings behind him flap irritably.]

[selfhelp]

[...Screw caution. Billy shrugs off the reassurances and goes to sit down beside the man, not too close, but near enough to send the message that hey, he's not leaving right now. It's one part neighbourly concern and one part spiritual influence, and he can't decide whether he cares what side he's most interested in.]

That's good though, isn't it? That no one's needed to be healed.

[resistmyself]

Yes. Yes, you're right. It is.

[If Hal was more himself, he would have been able to make a connection between the way his usual blood lust reacted to Billy and the way it reacted with Rogue. It would be nearly identical.

However, Nala has dulled that need down to practically nothing. He can't tell a difference between anyone, human or not. It's wonderful, but at the same time he fears what might happen should the spirit leave him.]

Any lack of conflict is good.

[selfhelp]

Yeah. I know it can be hard, though, for you guys. I live with someone who's got Nala, and he's itching to heal the slightest thing all the time.

[He's still a bit concerned, but maybe conversation will ease the guy's mind a bit and get him to relax. If not, at least he tried.]

I don't really have that problem.

[Twila > Nala, in this aspect. B-but he's totally not trying to recruit or anything...!]

[resistmyself]

I imagine you wouldn't.

[He looks over at the young man, thoughtful.]

I felt that one, you know. It touched the corner of my mind, but did not take hold. The consequences of that would be something we'd both like to avoid.

It's not as bad as some might make it out to be, you know. Of course you'd know, what with it being with you. But me... I'd use it as an excuse.

[He shakes his head, rubbing at his eyes a little.] I'm sorry. I've found myself rambling far too much since I arrived here.

[selfhelp]

[Most of the context of that is obviously lost on Billy, and normally it might have served as a warning to be cautious, but with Twila's influence he's not as easily discouraged from conversing as he might usually be. Instead he files the words away for potential future reference and shrugs it off.]

That's okay, I usually do plenty of rambling, myself. I'm sure I'll get you back for it eventually. [He then offers a hand out with a sheepish smile.] I'm Billy, by the way.

[resistmyself]

[The lack of response to his rambling doesn't go unnoticed on Hal's end, but he figures it's for the best. That's not something he really needs to be discussing.

He takes the offered hand after looking at it for a moment, smiling slightly.]

Hal.

[selfhelp]

Nice to meet you. Though sorry it isn't in a better situation, here. [The handshake doesn't linger, but Billy's smile is genuine, at least.] Have you been here long? Like, is this your first experiment?

[resistmyself]

The fact that they're even called that is a little disgusting, but yes. I am newly arrived and this is, in fact, my first "experiment".

I doubt there's a guide for this sort of thing.

[selfhelp]

Well... actually, there is a guide for Luceti itself. Has anybody shown you that?

[He'll happily dodge around the experiment subject; he doesn't much like the word either.]

[resistmyself]

Yes, I've read it. Unfortunately, it doesn't make actually experiencing these... instances... any better.

I suppose I'm just meant to get used to this regardless?

[selfhelp]

Either get used to it or hope to get sent home early. And that never really works for anyone.

[He just loves talking to New Feathers. The conversations are so damn cheerful.]

...But, um. This isn't the worst thing to ever happen here, but it's not always this bad, either. Your mileage may vary here, basically.

[resistmyself]

Your pick-me-ups could use some work.

[But he's a little amused despite himself, so that helps.]

[selfhelp]

Yeah, I've been told that before. Criticism doesn't seem to be helping me any.

[But at least it's not a total failure of an attempt, apparently.]

[resistmyself]

Perhaps that's something that will... improve with age.

[Though given some of the vampires he's known... not necessarily.]

[selfhelp]

I don't know, I kind of like being cynical. It isn't particularly disappointing.

[resistmyself]

Oh of course. Cynicism always has its merits, even if it can also annoy others as well.

Some would even call this a merit too.

[selfhelp]

I think I just have very low self control.

[resistmyself]

There are ways to work on that.

27th

[knightofratatosk]

[As luck has things - or, more precisely, Emil's strong alignment with ALL of the spirits as opposed to one in particular - Emil is unaffected by all of this, leaving him to just sort of watch the goings-on with great suspicion. He was around for the last time this happened and he remembers all too well the kinds of things that happened back then; as a result, he's just trying to stay indoors and avoid confrontations as much as possible, but he and his housemate do have to eat, which necessitates the occasional trip to the store for food.

It's on one such trip that he spots Hal sitting on the edge of the fountain. Knowing that this is probably a terrible thing for a newcomer to be dealing with, he's going to go over to check on the man.]

Hey there! Did you ever find your stuff in the store?

27th

[resistmyself]

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