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

[winds_voice]

[Eley's not going to keep her from her book for too long of course and offers it back to her.

...while feeling a little sheepish now it's obvious he was interfering. What was he doing, really?]

Forgive me for intruding. You appeared to be rather distracted... is this a good book?

[geniustheveil]

Thank you. [She takes the book back with another small nod.]

When I'm reading, I seem to be in my own world sometimes, I'm afraid. [Or, yes, a very good book.]

[winds_voice]

Hmm... so much so that you instinctively seem to be able to avoid obstacles. Interesting. May I ask what it is about?

[He hadn't done much in the way of reading despite Agkelos' large library. Spirits didn't have to read after all, not where he came from. He had the knowledge, but not the desire to use it for leisure.]

[geniustheveil]

[Well, it would be bad if she wasn't paying attention and ran into someone or someone got hurt!]

It's a math book. [She looks a little sheepish at this; but it's something she enjoys.] So far, it's very similar to the books I studied from back home. I keep wondering if I'll find something more advanced from a different world here.

[winds_voice]

Math? [No really, he has no idea quite what math involves. He hadn't exactly had a typical school education back home. Supposedly is was something that had varying levels of difficulty at least.]

I am not sure if I have ever heard of such a thing. What exactly is 'math'?

[geniustheveil]

[She should realize that possibility quickly, with many people in the same situation in Luceti, but Ami manages to assume she just needs to break it down into component parts first.]

Arithmetic. Geometry. Algebra and calculus.

[winds_voice]

[...nooope, that just went right over his head.]

I... am not sure what any of those are.

[But they sound complicated and now he can't help but feel a little embarrassed for knowing nothing about them.]

[geniustheveil]

They're branches of mathematics. [Which is a bit... circular, but that can't be helped. There's no other way to say it. On the other hand, at least she doesn't seem inclined to be judgmental about him not knowing them.]

If you're interested, I could teach you more about them, or I'm sure the school could, too.

[winds_voice]

[All right so this... mathematics has several different categories apparently. Somehow he's not sure if that makes it more or less complicated.

However, he's always trying to learn new things so if she's going to offer he can't really say no, can he?]

Hmm... I am unfamiliar with the workings of human schools. However if you are willing to teach me more I would certainly listen.

[geniustheveil]

I'd be happy to show you anything I can. [She doesn't say 'teach', because it seems a bit presumptuous to her to assume that role.]

[winds_voice]

[He gives a nod at that, but... he honestly doesn't know where to start. He hasn't really grasped the concept of this 'maths' thing at all yet.]

Well then, perhaps we should start with the simplest lesson you can think of.

[geniustheveil]

[Arithmetic? She's worried that could sound insulting, though, if he does know counting and sums and subtraction.]

The simplest might be something you're already familiar with, but it would be adding and subtracting.

[winds_voice]

[It's all right. He hadn't even realised it was anything to do with numbers until she mentioned adding and subtracting.]

Ah, I see. Then you are talking about the manipulation of numbers? I am afraid I do not know much more than the basics...

[geniustheveil]

[She's quick to be reassuring as soon as his voice trails off that way.]

It's alright! Everyone starts with the basics, in everything new we learn.