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.

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Day 3

[therewerefifty]

[Gosh, Shikamaru, interrupting her quiet time like this. But really, Makie doesn't notice him to begin with. Fresh from her meeting with Knives in the forest, he's likely to notice her first, as the flickering light...strings?... she's playing with in the palms of her hands vanish as she crosses the fields.

Though she does appear to be crossing in his direction. What do?]

Day 3

[endgames]

[Normally, nothing. The people in the village outside of his close friends have largely annoyed him, but for his nature to complain about troublesome things, he also knows how to ignore them.

In this instance, however, he's compulsed by the sudden feeling that he should be standing his ground. It's not enough to leave things be, he has to do more. As he's pondering over how weird that is, he realizes he recognizes this person too.]

Huh. Well if it isn't the elevator girl.

Day 3

[therewerefifty]

[Makie's steps slow at the sound of his voice, and the words are enough that she knows who it is straight away. But it's not until she glances up to meet his gaze that her obligatorily polite smile smooths into utter blankness as she catches sight of those wings.

And all at once, the casual greeting seems cast into a more threatening light. It's a suspicion she can't quite shake. Even so, she nods her head in greeting.]

Shikamaru. What brings you here?

Day 3

[endgames]

I was hungry. [Slowly, he holds up a potato in his hand, the skin of it a healthy, golden yellow. His fingertips are dirty, like he just dug it from the ground.] Did you know you could harvest potatoes as early as May?

Day 3

[therewerefifty]

[...

...well, that's harmless-sounding enough. She even smiles a little.] I didn't. I'm not very familiar with potatoes at all, I'm afraid.

Day 3

[endgames]

Heh. That makes two of us.

[He smiles back and take a bite out of his potato. It'd probably taste better cooked. Maybe he should find a few more.]

[therewerefifty]

[To her knowledge, the food here is free for anyone, though Makie glances at the potato and also wonders. Hmm.]

At home we have sweet potato. It tastes delicious when it's roasted. I...assume the two are related.

[endgames]

The name give it away?

[therewerefifty]

[Wow rude, Shikamaru. :|]

You'd be surprised how many things named the same in this place are completely different from each other. [Or perhaps you wouldn't, elevator man. Still.]

[endgames]

Oh, no doubt. [Classic story with the word ninja, after all. He takes another bite and, mouth full, points at her with the potato.] That's some deep talk for potatoes, though.

[therewerefifty]

Deep, when I was only intending to offer a cooking suggestion.

[endgames]

Yeah, yeah. That's fair enough.

[Continue here?]