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

all the airbenders!!

[fervidity]

[Maybe she's just learning to fly because she's a bit wobbly as she tries hovering, beating her wings in time to keep her from plummeting.

Kushina looks around at the sound of her name and blinks a bit at the glider she's on.]

You're...Ikki? Ikki! Why are you-- [She's in the air but without wings and Kushina feels a protective urge bubble inside her at the sight of the young girl all alone and flying. She's having FAR less trouble than Kushina is though.]

Oh! Well, yeah... it's a lot harder than it looks though. I have Gai to thank for that challenge, I've been trying to move my wings when they were smaller.

But you're not even using your wings! What is that? Is it even safe?

yes good

[breezing]

[ There's a burst of laughter at that, since...well, she's been flying since she was younger than she is now. But thinking of it, she's not sure she ever explained to this woman about airbending. ]

Yeah, it's safe! I don't have those wings, but I'm an airbender, y'know? Which I guess for you just think of it as having lots of wind jutsus.

[ She's getting better at explanations. ]

I'm just bending currents to keep up. It's easy peasy!

[fervidity]

[NOPE. She just thinks Ikki has some control over wind like most of the Kipinn possessed residents, or those who have wind affinity jutsu.

She looks fine though, not even remotely scared of high they are. After a moment of watching her masterfully keep herself afloat, she smiles quickly.]

Oh, like this?

[Suddenly, a huge gust of wind blows Ikki up at least thirty feet into the air above her. Down below, Kushina's bright red hair seems to have tried to follow because it looks like fire as it whips around.

[breezing]

[ There's just laughter as Ikki's thrown up in the air; she doesn't seem to mind in the slightest, although she spins up above, and then snaps the glider closed to dive back down, throwing it open again once she's nearby.

Apparently mid-air stunts don't bother her in the least. ]

I guess everyone's an airbender today! But yep. That's what grandpa and I can do - we bend the air.

[fervidity]

[She smiles a bit as she hears the laughter, waiting until Ikki is nearby again.

Then cue confused expression from Kushina.]

You... bend it?

[breezing]

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