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

[charitylovehopefaith]

Faith Long. A pleasure to make your acquaintance, sir. [No it's not. But she still offers a little smile. Best to play nice now.]

[goldenglasses]

Likewise! I'm always happy to meet such talented people here. So you said these are some pictures of your home world? Did you live by an ocean?

[charitylovehopefaith]

Very near one. My father and brothers both serve in the Royal Navy.

[goldenglasses]

Royal Navy, huh? [He pauses. Having to dig deep into his memory to try to recall what the Royal Navy might have been. Something about protecting waterways?] We didn't have anything like that back home, but it sounds like they were very brave.

[charitylovehopefaith]

They were, yes. [She has her own opinions about their service, but she isn't going to offer those to a stranger.]

[goldenglasses]

[Hm, not very talkative. This was going to be difficult.] Did you ever think of joining the navy too?

[charitylovehopefaith]

Of course not. Women can't serve in the navy, sir.

[goldenglasses]

They can't? Why not? ...I thought they could... [Was something he had learned about Earth culture mistaken?]

[charitylovehopefaith]

No. I think any of the men I know who serve in the military would be horrified at the suggestion that a woman be put in such danger. Only men [now, her tone is almost bitter again] love their country enough to put their lives in peril for it. Or so they think.

[goldenglasses]

What? Really? I don't see why that would be different between a man and a woman. Seems like they both can care about their country just as much.

Sometimes, back home at least, I know some woman who are much better at caring about things then men do. [He should tell you about these two insurance girls he knows sometime.]

[charitylovehopefaith]

Well, where I'm from, such a thing isn't heard of. Women don't serve in the navy. I've no real desire to do so anyway, but even if I did, the option is not available.

[goldenglasses]

It seems odd to me, but I don't know very much about the world you come from either.

So they serve in the navy. Would it be alright if I asked what you did back home? [He's trying his best to be chatty. Kipinn may not be pleased with his choice of who to be chatty with, but it's hard to keep the wind still anyway.]

[charitylovehopefaith]

I learned from my mother how to run a household. [Which is said with a fair amount of pride. It's no small task, certainly.]

[goldenglasses]

Yeah? That sounds pretty important to me. [It's an honest answer. Gunsmoke was a hard planet to live on. It took a strong person to keep a household running without suddenly finding yourself homeless.] If a house isn't properly looked after it just goes to ruins, doesn't it?

[charitylovehopefaith]

Yes, it does. It becomes inefficient, and the upper servants usually end up embezzling quite a bit.

[goldenglasses]

Embezzling, huh? That does sound pretty serious! So it's a good thing you're there to keep the house running in order while your husband is at his job!