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

[selfnamed]

[You know, being a normal winged guy in a town full of flying freaks is hard. But not quite so hard as trying to live a normal day and coming in to get cinnamon rolls and seeing price tags.]

... great. You should have seen this one coming, Nate.

[degleamed]

[ He wasn't ready to pop some tags. That's where he went wrong. ]

Ah! You're back. [ Rapunzel leans against the counter on an elbow. ] Can't resist these cinnamon rolls, can you?

[selfnamed]

He looked up at her with a mixture of surprise and irritation.

"It looks like today I'll have to. I don't have money. Nobody has money."

[degleamed]

"Money isn't the only thing with value, you know. What else can you pay with?"

[selfnamed]

"Unless you have a burning desire for me to translate ancient Latin? Not much."

[degleamed]

Suddenly, she frowned. "Really? Nothing at all? Surely you must have something of value."

[selfnamed]

"Nothing but the clothes on my back and I need those."

[degleamed]

"Then I'm going to have to ask you to step aside. Or, perhaps you'd be willing to work for me a bit? A favor for a favor?"

[selfnamed]

"I'm not sure your cinnamon rolls are that good." He took a moment, however. The truth was, he honestly had nothing better to do.

"What kind of favor?"

[degleamed]

That was more like it. Rapunzel grinned reflexively. "The windows need a good washing. I need them to really sparkle. Think you're up for it?"

[selfnamed]

"... you're joking, right? You sure you don't need something moved around instead?" Window washing seemed so menial. He wasn't sure he could swallow his pride enough to do that just for cinnamon rolls.

[degleamed]

"Well, if you want to move something, you could always pull out the fridge and clean behind there, instead. Your choice."

[selfnamed]

More cleaning. Great.

"Maybe I'll stick with the canned variety."

[degleamed]

"Suit yourself, darling. Try not to think too much about what you're missing out on, will you?"

[selfnamed]

"I think he'll live."

But feeling slightly humiliated and disappointed at leaving with nothing, Nate made his exit.