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

[drawnbythesword]

[If Asbel were smarter he'd definitely move out of the way.

Shame, that.]

You're going to hurt yourself, falling like that!

[castbytheglyph]

[Dang it Asbel. What follows is not her fault, he brought this upon himself.]

No I'm not! Jump outta the way, do something, anythiiing!!

[With a little focus, Pascal calls a gale beneath her with her new found powers. Hold on, if she knocks Asbel over will he still be able to see her very exciting, very awesome, mid-air recovery? He has to see it !Aw man, this might suck in more ways than one.]

[drawnbythesword]

[WHOA what the heck, Pascal, that gale beneath her forces Asbel out of the way, not because he was knocked out, but because he instinctively reacts by taking flight into the air with his wings. You win this round, Pascal...!]

[castbytheglyph]

[Sweet, he got out of the way. That means he had a great view of what she did, right? Right?!]

Phew, nice one! But didja catch my totally intense landing I pulled off just now? I was all 'pwaaaa-fwoosh' while you were kinda just 'fwish', I bet it looked great!

[drawnbythesword]

Oh, sorry, Pascal. [He rubs the back of his head, feeling bad.] I guess I must've blinked.

[castbytheglyph]

You what?! Awww man, talk about a major bummer. It must've looked ultra cool and you didn't even see it. [...] Think I should zoom back up and try again?!

[She's already starting to rise back up into the air with her wings before Asbel even has a chance to answer.]

[drawnbythesword]

Please don't. [He could do without a mini heart attack.]

[castbytheglyph]

Maaan. [And to think, it was so much fun too. Sans the part where Asbel tried to catch her.]

Y'okay mister boring guy, I'll stay right here and let these wingamajigs go to waste. Speaking of, what've you been doing with your totally awesome new wings, Asbel? Y'know, aside from dodging stuff.

[drawnbythesword]

I've been flying with them too. But not by trying to give my friends heart attacks. [UNLIKE SOMEONE.]

[castbytheglyph]

[DUDE. GET OVER IT..] I dunno how you would give someone a heart attack with just your wings, unless you kinda spread 'em out real fast like- Wah-taaaah!!

[BEHOLD SHE IS THE BATPASCAL or birdpascal or something. Whatever it is she's trying to be, Pascal spreads her wings as far out either side of her as she can manage. She ends up hovering in the air for a moment before she resumes flapping so she doesn't end up going splat.]

I bet if you did that fast enough you could totally scare the pants offa someone!

[drawnbythesword]

I... don't think that would really work, Pascal.

[castbytheglyph]

It could work! ... If you've got wingophobia or something, or you're super freaked out by fast movements. Maybe?

[Okay, so maybe that's kind of a weak idea.]

Anyhoo, you didn't end up being landed with a heart attack so that makes everything a-okay!

[drawnbythesword]

...I guess so. [It's hard to really argue that line of logic...]

((ooc: If you want to continue...))