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

Re: One of the later days!

[handing]

[Pepper is feeling better than she has in days, ever since Tony decided to lock her in the house and trap her like some sort of prisoner. She's been frustrated, but also concerned enough that she's stayed, wanting to make sure things didn't get any worse with his growing paranoia.

And then she woke up with a fully grown set of wings of her own.

It had taken surprisingly little effort to melt the locks off her door that morning. Her control had been precise, and the sensation of it amazing. Manipulating the heat so only the metal gave way, and not the wood surrounding it. She'd felt absolute satisfaction when she pushed open the door, and it continued even then, as she tests her control while perched up in a tree, far more comfortable in the forest than she's been in her own home.

A voice calling from nearby gets her attention and Pepper smiles when she sees Teddy close by. His concern is sweet, but unnecessary, and she shakes her head as she replies.]

No, actually, I won't. I've got everything under control.

One of the later days!

[halfnhalf]

[Teddy frowns to himself as soon as the words leave his mouth; god, that was so Nala of him. But when Pepper answers, the frown fades, and he looks at her with concern instead. Sure, this place is probably best suited for the fire spirit, but... all these trees, and Pepper.]

As long as you're sure. [...] If you do hurt yourself, I can heal you. Just putting that out there.

Re: One of the later days!

[handing]

I'm sure. [And she's also pretty sure about just which spirit has decided to influence Teddy. Between the white wings and the unnecessary caution,, it's clear that Nala's inhabiting him. But there are worse spirits that can take control--like whatever is inside of Tony right now. Or Sona.]

That's good to know. [She lets the fire she's working with dissipate, flame vanishing into nothingness as it spread, then flies the short distance over to where Teddy's perched.] But it's not necessary. I can't get hurt anymore.

One of the later days!

[halfnhalf]

((ooc: to be continued...))