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

[complicatedliar]

"I see. So how do you tell if a bad person is aiding this beast?"

[elevatoravatar]

"Generally if they are trying to end their own existence, either alone or by taking as many with them as possible."

[complicatedliar]

"So you don't care if people are hurt unless it is self destructive? How interesting."

He sighs. "Though I think our particular evil god is more interested in tormenting others into such despair. A fine feast he shall some day create for such a creature as Erebus, I imagine."

[elevatoravatar]

"His destiny is to trigger Ragnarok. Perhaps that is why the thunderer came with me."

[complicatedliar]

"Then you probably ought to see to him." Feh, destiny. He won't be bound by that nonsense. "It seems our conversation has come full circle."

[elevatoravatar]

"When I find him I will. As it is now, I need to learn the rules of this place. Then I can worry about the affairs of gods and men."

[complicatedliar]

"The rules are simple. The people outside the shield inflict experiments upon us, most of them annoying. The shield cannot be broken. Death is not permanent, but if you die you come back a week later with a very unpleasant handicap, seeming at random. Power is curtailed, but one might deal with spirits for more. The best of those is a spirit called... Twila, I think it is. Is that right? Ah, I believe so. The books communicate with all the other books, but sometimes you must talk very loudly to make yourself understood. That is all of the pertinent things I can think of."

He shakes his head. "Questions?"

[elevatoravatar]

"Best? Do you mean most powerful? Most well connected? There are many ways one can excel and not all of them fit every situation."

[complicatedliar]

"Most cooperative, I would say. The others ask stiff prices for little reward, particularly Hyt." He smiles crookedly. "As a baker, my concern is often economy. Though either way, I have no talent for magic so it doesn't matter in the long run to me."

[elevatoravatar]

"Frequently the most cooperative ones ask for the greatest prices. Still, it will be something to look into."

[complicatedliar]

"Sometimes. I think it really hinges on how much a spirit... or person, I suppose... wants allies to begin with."

[elevatoravatar]

"In my experience nothing is free. Especially not power."

[complicatedliar]

"Mm. Likely not. So what is it you are going to do now, anyway?"

[elevatoravatar]

"Hrm, with spirits on the loose, perhaps I should start working on a binding circle. If things run amok it may be the sort of thing that is necessary."

[complicatedliar]

Well, that sounds boring. Very boring. He'd much rather see her running around and butting heads with people.

"Will that do any good if the root of the problem still exists?"

[elevatoravatar]

"Ah you have a point. Perhaps a disguised ward, one to herd those who have lost themselves to the spirits to. Hrm... Such deceptions are rather complicated though."

[complicatedliar]

"And again, does not address the root of the problem. I suppose eventually you'll have a fishbowl with the entire village in it, the way this mess has been spreading. Not something I'd particularly endorse."