lucetilogs | Possession Event

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.

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You think summoning doesn't take a lot, or something? [There is a smile on her face, but her eyes are cold.]

Summoning is different from other spells, now you're just being difficult.

Look who's talking about being difficult.

If you're looking for a fight, Sheena, then you've come to the wrong person. I've done what I can to help you. Please try to be more careful.

So now you're just gonna dismiss me? Who said I was looking for a fight? You always make this stuff up like you think I'll get in trouble if nobody's paying attention.

Your attitude did. You're still doing it. Although, I understand that it's probably not you... not entirely.

[On top of everything else, she has an attitude? Fire rises automatically in a circle just above the ground, with some of the smaller plants browning and curling away from the flame.]

I don't wanna have a fight with you.

... Then don't.

[She's not even certain why she's being short with Sheena, or as short as Nala would allow really. It could still be some of that lingering tiredness.]

Then quit trying to start one. Something's gonna happen around here and you're-

[This is the harshest contrast to the way she felt right after dropping from the sky. It isn't right, though, neither one of those was right and Raine doesn't have any answers for her, only scolding.]

Forget it.

Honestly, I'm not trying to start anything. [Though she's not really sure what had started it to begin with. She had only traveled over to heal her.] Right now we just need to be patient, and observe. Once we know more, then we can act.

I'm sick of waiting around for something to happen. That's all we ever do, react to the stuff they throw at us. If you don't know then I'll have to go ask somebody else.

[To that end! She prepares for takeoff.]

We're all sick of not being able to do things other than react. But we can't run off without having an idea of what to do either. The most that I know now is that Twila was released, and that's why the other spirits came to us this time. It's not the same situation as before. So for all we know the same resolution won't work, either.

The "resolution" is making Twila go away again, right? [Sheena smirks.] I think I can handle that. Just gotta find one.

And what do you intend to do about it?

Well what do you think? Go find one. I'll let you know how it goes!

[Grinning, with hints of fire and thirst for a fight, Sheena takes off from the clearing]

[Find one. Raine found herself wondering if the ninja even knew what she was talking about, anymore.

In any case, there were other things she had to do today.]

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