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

[fervidity]

No, you won't.

[And she knows him well enough that he really won't. She not really angry though, just worried herself that he's going to miss everything when he's so calculating but this world is unpredictable enough that he really can't plan ahead at all.

It must be disorienting. She knows that feeling of having no power over a situation. It's happened her whole life. So she pulls his face closer and presses her forehead to his.]

But don't apologize. I know you can't help yourself.

[There's a bit of a smile and then a chaste press of her lips against his before she pulls back, beaming now because she's the one to steal a kiss.]

Will you help me practice flying then?

[derpivity]

[The kiss caught him a little off guard. Just a little, though, and when he was about to kiss back, she pulled away. Unfair, Kushina, unfair. Next time, he'll make things even.

Upon asking her question, however, Minato grins.]

Certainly. [A beat.] But I think you're slowly getting the hang of it.

[fervidity]

Really?

[Her eyes light up a little too and she seems to realize her balance has gotten a lot better when she's focusing on Minato and not her wings so much.]

Well, I bet you're already a professional at it.

[derpivity]

[He sheepishly smiles at her as he shakes his head a little. Professional would be too big a word.]

Like you, I'm also getting the hang of it.

[fervidity]

[But not unbelievable. He's always really good at whatever he does, according to Kushina.]

Yeah right. I bet you can do all sorts of cool tricks already.

[derpivity]

[While it may be true that he can perform some basic tricks, he still feels he's getting the hang of all this. Flying is very different, after all.]

They're all still very basic. I'm sure given time, I can get a better hang of this.

[fervidity]

[HA she knew it. she knows him so well. meanwhile she's probably picking this up faster than most people who just got their own wings, not that she knows this. genius ditz -- keeping her balance was a chore but she's flying unlike some others, most likely.]

I wonder if you can incorporate your flashing move with the wings.

[derpivity]

[Well, if someone knows him inside and out, it would be Kushina, after all. And really, judging from how she's handling herself, she looks like she's flying just fine.]

I tried it a while ago and I think I can move even faster.

[fervidity]

[Always one step ahead. She looks a bit excited, wings fluttering.]

Show me?