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

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[savedtheworld]

[Aang swoops down towards her while she's on the roof, waving as he does.]

Hi! Your wings are the same color as mine. [It must stand for friendliness, he thinks.]

[fervidity]

[She waves back with just as much enthusiasm, a small smile on her lips.]

Oh! Yeah. They are.

[She looks over her shoulder at them, letting them beat once, before turning back.]

They used to be yellow though.

[savedtheworld]

Mine were a different color, too! [He gives an eager not, fluttering his wings with his feet still just above the surface.] Your wings're still really pretty!

[fervidity]

[Her mouth opens to ask what color but stops.]

Ahah, well, thank you. [A sheepish rub of the back of her head. She's still unsure how to take compliments and she's even MORE unsure now because are calling wings pretty even a compliment?]

They match yours. I wonder if that means something. Maybe we're supposed to be friends.

[savedtheworld]

Yes! [He makes an excited, windy hop into the air at that.] I bet these wings are about friendship! My name's Aang! I definitely wanna be your friend.

[fervidity]

[Her grin is a bit lopsided.]

I'm Kushina. [Then she looks a bit more serious, arms folding and eyes closing.]

Okay, but there's one thing you have to do before we can really be friends.

[savedtheworld]

Nice to meet you, Kushina! But... [He peers curiously.]

What is it?

[fervidity]

[the serious face she was making drops promptly and her smile is a bit cheeky]

We have to pull a prank together.

[savedtheworld]

Okay! I love this friendship test already!

[fervidity]

[and she already likes him if he's so gungho about her test heckyeah pranks

they're going to be pretty good friends, if this keeps up]

Any ideas?

[savedtheworld]

[Excellent. He rubs his chin in concentration. This is pretty serious thought.]

Well I am pretty handy with a pie... But maybe we should work on something more, y'know, wind-y.

[fervidity]

[The idea strikes suddenly.]

Why not both?

[savedtheworld]

Windy pies?

[Are you a genius?

Continue?]