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

[ducked]

Do you feel that way sometimes? That you are asked to do more than you are capable?

[goldenglasses]

Who me? Oh no! I don't think I'm usually asked too much really!

[ducked]

How do you spend most of your time?

[goldenglasses]

Hm? Here? In Luceti? Oh, I dunno, I just got a job at Seventh Heaven! [Besides that, a whole lot of drinking and brooding.] I also read the journal a lot and talk walks in the woods. You know, keep myself busy.

[ducked]

Why do you walk in the woods?

[goldenglasses]

Well, we don't have anything like them back home on my planet. It's a nice change, you know? Seeing so much green all over.

[ducked]

Hm. I find it is also a calming place to find peace of mind.

[goldenglasses]

Yeah, I guess it is pretty calming and peaceful kind of place too.

[ducked]

It is. Do you find peace of mind there?

[goldenglasses]

Ah, yeah. I guess I do. [Not as much as he once use to.] But in the quiet I guess it's hard not to, huh?

[ducked]

It is an easy place to let your mind wander. Why do you think about?

[goldenglasses]

Oh, I dunno. How green everything is, I guess.

[ducked]

Are you sure that's all?

[goldenglasses]

Ah, yeah, I guess? I dunno. Just think about normal things like other people do.

[ducked]

Everyone thinks of something extraordinary from time to time.

[goldenglasses]

Yeah? I guess so. Sometimes I do think about how nice it would be if my home had a nice forest like this one here. I come from a desert planet, so having a forest like this would be pretty extraordinary.

[ducked]

A desert? There are no forests on your entire planet?

[goldenglasses]

There are one or two that have started to grow with a lot of care. But in general? No, there aren't any natural forests.

[ducked]

Hm. I hope, then, then those small forests can thrive. Every world needs trees to sustain life.

[goldenglasses]

Me too. There are strong people watching over some of them. So we have some hope for the future.