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

seems legit!!

[alloys]

[ But the library is the perfect place to pull a put-out-the-lights prank. People trying to read, tons of narrow spaces to bump into and trip...and look, twelve o'clock and someone's gone down. It takes Tony a moment to remember the kid - taught him to cook, didn't he? - but what he notices first is that his wings are still their usual size.

Well, he knows what to do. He strolls out of the shadows, and because he's such a great guy, he'll even over Cilan a hand after he trips. ]

Looks like someone forgot to pay the power bill.

[cilantro]

[Wow, you're so helpful Mr. Stark. Even though you're the one who caused us to trip in the first place, but he doesn't know that.]

I would hope they'd have very little difficulty in remembering to keep track of such things. [Considering that things like electricity bills are practically nonexistent here. Thanks for offering the hand back up though...but now upon actually looking properly, he notes there's something off here.]

Oh, it looks like your wings have changed recently like some of the others here. [Unlike ours, but he's not really complaining. Very curious about it, though.]

[alloys]

[ He offers a cocky grin in response. ] Nice, aren't they? Top of the line, actually. I see yours are still...boring. That's a shame.

[ Except not really, because this gave him an excellent opportunity! ]

[cilantro]

I wouldn't say they're boring. [They are wings, after all. Then again, your wings are clearly the more interesting-looking ones here.] ...Though I suppose their taste in appeal is a little stale by comparison.

[alloys]

[ He admits they're stale - well, that's a start. He can work with that. ]

Smart cookie. So, you want to change that, don't you? There's always room for one more on the winning team. If you're not batting a thousand, don't worry - we'll get you there.

[cilantro]

["The winning team"? That gets a slight eyebrow raise, but he is nothing if not curious.]

I take it that means you know how to make the wings appear more like yours? [He was sort of under the impression that this was part of another experiment or other strange thing that happens around Luceti sometimes, but maybe this flavor is a little different.]

[alloys]

[ He nods sagely, putting a hand on Cilan's shoulder. He can teach you the ways. ]

Exactly. Start by asking yourself what that one thing that you want but can't have is.

[cilantro]

Huh? [That's kind of a strange question--or rather, it's not exactly something he's thought about too often before. (At least, before Luceti...)]

Hm...to be honest, I'm not sure what that "one thing" might be. [Unless the answer he was supposed to give was "cool wings" then haha sorry he's thinking too hard about this.] It's not something I've been asked very often.

[alloys]

[ God, he is thinking about it too much. But maybe that was better - when he chose his allegiance, he'd really mean it. ]

Don't spend much time longing after the impossible, hm.

[cilantro]

Well... [There are things that Cilan does want, a few of them being kind of materialistic (or perhaps even selfish...) for someone like him, but...] I guess I try to think that some things are not entirely impossible to have?

[alloys]

Fine, fine, that works, too. Probably. Got an answer yet?

[ Twila wasn't doing Tony's patience any favors. ]

[cilantro]

[wow don't rush us; there is something that's coming to mind, but...]

I must admit that I'm a little confused as to what this has to do with the wings. [In fact, he's honestly a little surprised that you even asked that question in the first place. Tell us that, and then maybe he'll be less aggravating to convince. Maybe.]

[alloys]

[ Yeah, he's really going to have to work on the patience thing. Tony reflexively checks his watch. ]

Well, see - the spirit that gives you these nifty wings can also help you achieve that thing you want but don't have. It's very generous. Try it out.

[cilantro]

[At the word "spirit", Cilan kind of tenses up a little--he's had some pretty awful luck with ah, "spirits" before...]

I see. That is rather generous... [And then as if noting the slight change of tone, he tries to sound at least a little more thoughtful about it.] But to think that the wings would be able to achieve other things you want...my, that's quite an unbelievable taste...

[alloys]

Not just the wings. That part is more the spirit's doing. Got that one thing you want yet?

[ Hm. Maybe he was a hopeless case after all. This was taking far too long. ]

[cilantro]

Ah, I see. [Even though he's been in Luceti for almost a year, Cilan still can't help feeling skeptical (or nervous, perhaps) at the mention of spirits or other paranormal-like things, even when he does answer somewhat in the affirmative.]

Yes. But I also have my doubts regarding whether the spirit would be able to help with it. [Or rather, if Luceti would somehow prevent it from doing so for this particular thing he wants.]

[alloys]

I could give you an answer on that, but - you know, you need to actually tell me what it is first.

[ Honestly. Could we get this show on the road? ]

[cilantro]

[Maybe he was delaying it just to purposefully annoy you--nah, just kidding. But Cilan does seem to properly notice that you appear rather impatient, so he finally says it now.]

To be honest, the one thing I want the most at the moment is a way to leave Luceti as soon as possible, if not now. [A passage, an escape, a door, whatever would allow us to be able to go home...without major repercussions as he then adds with a slightly awkward smile--] Ah, preferably in one piece, of course.

[But from what he's heard, most people's attempts to leave here on their own don't really work out. And he has a sneaking suspicion that Luceti's not really that generous, whether it's a spirit's doing or not, hence his doubts. (And, to be fair, it is something he just can't have while he's stuck here, isn't it? At least, not on his own terms since we're stuck here playing along with the whims of Luceti until it grows tired of us.)]

Would having wings like yours really be able to help with that?

[alloys]

[ Sheesh, about time. Tony could understand that wish - he wanted to leave Luceti, too, provided Pepper went with him. He wonders what makes the kid so eager, but the thought is only fleeting. He's given Tony something to latch onto, and by the same hand, something for Twila to, as well. ]

It's entirely possible. Twila's by far the most powerful spirit here. If any mystical power has the ability to take you back, it's this one.