lucetilogs | Possession Event

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.

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Mm... it's a bit bright. I like it otherwise.

But I think I prefer nighttime.

Oh. Yes. I can see why you would be more prone to accepting the darkness.

[ And a small voice in his back of his heads wishes he would do the same. Helios' attention is elsewhere as he all but zones out before blinking and smiling. ]

It's pretty at night too, I suppose. Though one always has to watch out a bit more...closely when alone.

[ Yes good.

Saten tilts her head, her expression picking up a bit of confusion. ]

Oh? Why's that?

[ The question startles him some because he thought it would be obvious or at least because the dark tended to be more...treacherous in general. ]

Ah, well, just because you never know what you might find out in the woods or mountains. Being together with someone makes it so much easier to traverse the darkness and such. [ He shrugs. ]

But some people prefer to be alone. It's peaceful staring up at the stars at night, even if they're not exactly real or even there. For making us part of their army unwillingly the Malnosso put a lot of effort into the accommodations of this place.

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Hm... I don't see what makes it easier. It's not as if darkness changes anything. It's only scary if you let yourself be afraid of it.

[ So don't be afraid. ]

[ The same voice whispers those same words in Helios' ear. Don't be afraid.</> He flinches slightly, turning away so that Saten can't see him or his reaction. He'll pretend like nothing happened and just laugh sheepishly and shake his head. ]

I-I suppose. For some people that fear is, um, understandable. Sometimes things happen to people that-that makes them afraid.

But things can happen when it's light out too. You can't blame darkness for that.

That's true. [ Though a prickly sensation runs up his spine as Helios watches the other carefully. ]

Not everything bad happens in the dark, people just associate it with bad things. But it's not always true what they categorize it as.

[ And yet he is still wary of all the people walking around with black wings for some reason. ]

[ No need to be wary! Nothing suspicious here! :> ]

Do you?

[ His eyes narrow ever so slightly and his off white wings shift behind him as he paces a little. ]

For somethings I-I do, yes. But that can't be helped when you know and have seen what said things can do, harmful or helping or otherwise. [ He shrugs. ]

I guess it's all a matter of opinion when it comes down to it.

Did they do it just because they're dark?

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