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

[dissonates]

[The plaza, you say! Well, Asch is currently on his way through it, headed for the shops on the northern side, his big off-white wings indicating Nala as his spirit of choice. Care to stop him and chat?]

[generalflirt]

[Yes, yes he does. Not that he's like extra social or anything, but seeing his face from a glance, he blinks and waves-] Luke-kun! Grow out your hair?

[He happened to sitting on a bench with his Pikachu curled up in a light nap beside him at the time]

[dissonates]

[....

Haven't heard that for a while. Honestly, it's amazing that it doesn't happen every day. Asch has a moment of internal debate, trying to decide if he feels like coming up with a vague explanation for the face-twinning or just...]

Something like that.

[...Roll with it.]

[generalflirt]

[And at that, Masaomi grins, knowing Luke is annoyed with him but wanting to make sure he's okay with the loss of his girlfriend-! And claps him lightly on the back. Which is probably awkward what with everyone having big wings this week]

Well, it looks good on you, my man.

[dissonates]

[Asch makes a vague noise to at least acknowledge the compliment and just... keeps moving. Hopefully that'll be the end of it; he has no intention of actually pretending to be Luke, it's just easier not to talk about it.]

[generalflirt]

[Wow, dismissive. Well, he's got no real reason to bug Luke, but at the same time he's surprised that Luke isn't having a more pointed reaction to him. bringing up Xion would be in poor taste and-

Yeah, it would be ill advised, even if he wants to. The Tsinku in him allows Luke to just go]