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

31st

[musubi]

[Now Richard is given an indignant look. Of course Isamu knows how to use his wings. It isn't exactly hard.

He gives them a couple flaps, lifting himself off the ground.]

31st

[ledbythewind]

[There we go, that's what Richard wanted. Once Isamu is airborne, he uses his own momentum to tug him up higher with a laugh.]

Come on, let's go for a flight. It will be a good way for you to get some sunlight on your wings.

[Sweetening the deal with a bribe? Maybe.]

31st

[musubi]

[Isamu yawns, as though this is the most droll of ideas, but that doesn't stop him from following. He can always use the sun.]

31st

[ledbythewind]

[Once he's satisfied that Isamu is in fact following him, he releases his friend's hand, winging his way up to the top of the nearest community building, where he lands and waits for Isamu to do the same.

That smile is too wide to be entirely innocent, however.]

31st

[musubi]

[Hyt is a very untrusting spirit. Isamu trusts Richard more than anyone when it comes to his own safety, but he doesn't need Hyt's paranoia to know when the blond might be up to something.

Does this stop him from landing? Of course not.]

31st

[ledbythewind]

[But look how happy and excited he is, Isamu. How could anyone possibly be suspicious of... actually, Isamu probably has more experience with that than just about anyone.

But Richard beams, and bounces on the balls of his feet.]

Watch this.

[He practically skips over to the edge of the roof, turns around so that he's facing Isamu, and then just... lets himself fall backwards off the edge.]

31st

[musubi]

[Isamu doesn't even move from where he'd landed.

Richard has wings. He'll be fine.]

31st

[ledbythewind]

[And indeed he is: when he nears the ground in his fall, he summons up a gust of wind that catches his wings and lifts him back aloft, much as if he were riding a rollercoaster. From the triumphant and pleased sound he makes when he comes shooting back up, it's about as much fun as riding one.

He turns a couple of loops before landing back on the roof with a grin.]

Would you like to try?

31st

[musubi]

[The young man shrugs. He just doesn't feel the need for the thrill.

He can fly whenever, so why bother with something that silly?]

31st

[ledbythewind]

[Richard's face falls a bit at Isamu's seeming lack of enthusiasm. But it's fun! He knows you're being Mr. Lineface right now, but still.]

Or would you prefer to try something else instead?

31st

[musubi]

[Isamu tilts his head, though he doesn't look any more interested than before.

What does Richard have in mind?]

31st

[ledbythewind]

[This time the blond lifts a hand, conjuring up a current of wind, then leaps into the air to catch it and let it just push him along while he glides, wings outspread. Another motion of his hand and the wind gusts harder, sending him gliding faster.

It's flying, without any of the work. Surely Isamu will be interested in that.]

31st

[musubi]

[It's nothing Kipinn shouldn't be able to do, which (through Hyt's influence) means Isamu doesn't much care.

He'll watch anyway, just so Richard knows he has his attention.]

31st

[ledbythewind]

[Richard glides around the building a few times before finally landing once more, glancing over at his friend's face.

Still no spark of interest, and now he's beginning to get frustrated.]

Isn't there anything you would like to do?

31st

[musubi]

[Isamu takes a moment to think about it, then beckons for Richard to come closer.]

31st

[ledbythewind]

[Curious, the king does as Isamu beckons, wondering what his friend has in mind.]

31st

[musubi]

[Isamu flaps his wings, and in one quick move grips Richard's shirt at the bottom and pulls the front of it over his head, flipping over the man as he does so to land on the other side.]

31st

[ledbythewind]

[That... is definitely a squawking sound Richard makes as he suddenly finds himself unable to see and tugged off balance, arms windmilling as he attempts to keep from toppling over backwards due to the added weight of the larger wings throwing his balance off. Of course, they also mean Isamu won't be able to tug the shirt off over the wings, but that isn't really Richard's primary concern right now.]

31st

[musubi]

[It's a good thing he isn't trying to get it over his wings, then. Just his face and head.

Isamu stands behind him, smiling and shaking with silent laughter.]

31st

[ledbythewind]

[Watch out, Isamu, because Richard might just be about to topple over onto you no thanks to the shirt over his head making his lack of balance even worse...]

31st

[musubi]

[That's alright. Isamu will just step aside.

Plenty of space to land now, your majesty.]

31st

[ledbythewind]

[And over he goes, landing on his back with a thud. At least the wings cushion the fall somewhat, but he's still got that shirt over his head... how very undignified.

However, once he's on the ground, he just sort of... lies there, not doing anything or even moving at all.]

31st

[musubi]

[Laying there with his stomach exposed, then?

That just means Isamu will have to reach out with one wing and tickle the exposed skin with the end of it.]

31st

[ledbythewind]

[Richard's first reaction (after making another very undignified sound) is to reach for the offending object, meaning that if Isamu doesn't move that wing away, Richard is going to be grabbing onto it and giving it a tug.

Hey, fair is fair!]

31st

[musubi]

[Oho! Try and grab it. He dares you.

In the meanwhile, he'll be moving it here and there, tickling again whenever he finds an opening.]