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

[godbent]

[Wow, that's cool. She can't help but think that as she decides to try her hand at holding herself in place in the air. Or well as best she can with flap, flap, flap -- this is harder than it looks and you'd think to hold yourself at a relatively even level. To watch]

[automailed]

[It's less cool when he actually makes it off the roof, fumbles with inconsistent flapping, and ends up gliding too low and crashing into the next house over, but hey, points for trying...

Also: ow.]

[godbent]

[Pfffthahahaha. Okay that just made he laugh, and it made her to the ground to avoid falling out of the sky herself because of her laughing, setting down not that far from where he took off, just at ground level]

[automailed]

[Oof. Edward takes a moment to disentangle himself - it's harder with two full-sized extra limbs - and sits up, rubbing his head and glowering up at her, though there isn't really much anger attached.]

Are you laughing at me?

[godbent]

It was sort of cute, anyway! [She says this boisterously, waving a hand to dismiss any idea this was offensive, flames coming out of her finger tips as she does this]

[automailed]

[C-cute, she says. Still red, but slightly mollified, Edward picks himself off the ground and tries to regain some of his dignity.]

It wasn't supposed to be cute, it was supposed to be cool. I mean. If it'd worked.

[godbent]

Well then, you're going to have to do it better if you want to be cool.

[automailed]

I don't see you doing any better.

[Apparently he missed her in the air while he was up on the roof.]

[godbent]

What?! Of course I'm doing better! I can do sustained flight and everything!

[She snaps, pointing an accusing finger at him]

[automailed]

You can?

[Dammit, there goes the upper hand again.]

[godbent]

[ Continued here ]