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

[silversnowfall]

Would that embarrass you? More than I already do.

[A half-smile, a half-turn, and she somehow makes a rolling landing that doesn't leave her with anything broken.]

[yourfononsarewhack]

You're no embarrassment. [He doesn't know why he said that. So he glares at her.] Just a nuisance, from time to time. [And he strolls over to stand over her landed form, a flame flickering in his hands.] Three out of ten, I'd rate.

[silversnowfall]

I didn't ask for your judgment. Frankly I don't think I need it to know I'm terrible at this.

[Now up off the ground, Nephry, it is surprisingly refreshing to spend time with brother dear at the moment.]

Do you have any thoughts on what is going on here?

[yourfononsarewhack]

[And he's all too eager to share what he knows, if gruff about it.]

The basics aren't so hard to follow. The increase in our wingspan is accompanied by a specialization in a certain elemental magic, which is akin to the filial magic - there's certainly nothing fonic about this. The elements all seem to corrsespond to the wing colors.

And thus far, I am experimenting on my new capabilities. And they are going fabulously!

[He makes a spiral of fire rise up from his hand, reflected in his glasses. Isn't it great that your brother has to be an impulsive pyro to be nice to you, Nephry.]

[silversnowfall]

That part, I'm familiar with. I want to know why they are all here.

[yourfononsarewhack]

[Restating the obvious was much more amusing when he had Guy to do it for him. But he goes on flippantly.]

Haven't you heard? They're here for the spirit convention. Eferin's trying to sway the others into investing in his new gasoline company.

[silversnowfall]

That might be the first time in my life I've heard you make very little sense without being too purposeful about it, Jade. Did you know they were here before?

[yourfononsarewhack]

I'm well aware of that, regardless of my lack of any pacts with them. But, with a lack of any other facts regarding their possessions of our bodies, why not be inventive?

[silversnowfall]

Being inventive will get you into trouble.

[He can't argue with that.]

[yourfononsarewhack]

You say that like it's a bad thing. In my experience, starting trouble is a convenient method of getting things moving and potentially finding unexpected answers.

[silversnowfall]

That is because, in all of your experience aside from the past few years, you have been the catalyst for the trouble, and even when your new friends start it now you stand to benefit.

[Most of the time.]