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

I almost regret this with how nice their other thread is going... almost

[elongatedsmile]

[At first when Xzana sees Norma flying overhead she thinks little of it. Then there's the feeling of mistrust and anger. Those red wings! Those awful red wings!

If Norma flies over any rivers or lakes again, there may be a spout of water being sent flying towards her from the rather upset half dragon currently under Sona's possession down under the waves.]

/sobs

[bubblywishes]

[Norma was finally, finally getting the hang of flying today - she'd been practicing for days now, on her own and could actually take off and stay up for some time. She was just going to try and land on a tree close by to call it a successful flight before she hears an angry, bubbling, gurgling noise below. ...That doesn't sound happy.]

Wha--whooaaa!!

[She just barely misses being hit head on by the surge of water, though it does knock her off her flight course, and she scrambles and flaps wildly to stay airborne, before falling into the shallows with a plop!]

[elongatedsmile]

[When Norma crashes into the water there's a rather upset looking halfbreed under there. Luckily she doesn't exactly want to kill anyone, but anyone siding with Eferin won't be getting a free pass either.

She winds her arms up and then shoots them out in front of her. Moving through the water as easily as if it was air. With her motion the water will feel like it's swelling below Norma, and that's because it is. Right before it shoots out again to propel her OUT of the water onto the bank.

Xzana follows her right up. Flapping angrily above the water.] Leave here! You are not welcomed!

[bubblywishes]

[The water smacks Norma like a battering ram, doing well to pretty much rocket her out of the water, where the flops to the grass on her stomach, coughing up a mouthful of water. What just happened?! It happened so fast she barely had time to even get her head on straight from the first hit, jeez! Though, after a second, she doesn't give a flying fuck what just happened - Eferin takes full control and Norma's temper soars. She can't just take an innocent fly over the lake now without getting attacked?! Well, to hell with you then, kelp-kisser! She'll boil you alive in that over sized cooking pot!

The temperature around her rises, so that even the air around Norma become distorted, a casting circle appearing below her feet for just a short minute. The spell, though it would have taken her longer, comes like clockwork, and she doesn't even need to utter the chant. Eferin's in full control, guiding her eres to the tips of her fingers, executing a Fire Storm with deadly power. It's only supposed to be mid-rate, but the spirit gives it a boost, and the tornado of flame swirls angrily over the spot Norma last saw the young dragon girl.]

[elongatedsmile]

[Xzana dashes back down under the water the very moment she feels the heat start to rise. She dives down deep to avoid the flames. She waits a bit under the water, waiting for the flames to stop.]

[bubblywishes]

[The flame roar and rage for a few more minutes - going so far as to even heat the water above Xzana quite a few degrees. When the spell finally dies, the water is steaming a little, and a few bubbles rise to the surface. Norma grunts, eyes looking around for the person, the Drip as she's been calling them, who attacked her.

In the mean time also, she's ringing out her clothes and hair, while increasing her own body temperature to dry off some The moisture should evaporate quickly, and leave them bone dry in a little bit, hopefully. She hates being wet. Absolutely despises it now. It's even worse than being unnaturally cold in the winter.]

Oooh...if I see that Drip again, I won't miss the next time. And I'll use a higher grade fire spell, too. ...person can't even got for a fly... Who do they think they are, huh?!

[elongatedsmile]

[Well, she won't have to wait too much longer. As once the fire spell dies out Xzana emerges once more from the water. Only this time bringing up a whirling tornado of water with her.]

LEAVE THIS AREA! Your kind is not welcomed! LEAVE! [With that she sends the whirlwind of water dashing towards Norma.]

[bubblywishes]

[OOC: Continued here!]