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

[positivelycharged]

I'll catch you-!!!

[And he does manage to put on enough of a boost of speed to almost catch up, despite that earlier setback. Almost...there...!]

[goldenglasses]

[Vash smiles at the attempt. Suddenly remembering that he was going to let this guy win he slows down just a tad. Letting him catch up.]

[positivelycharged]

[Not realizing that Vash is going easy on him, Florian breaks into a smile at finally managing to catch up. See, see, he can totally do this! He'll totally beat you Vash! Thoughts like that, mainly.]

[goldenglasses]

[Vash doesn't want to make it look too obvious that he's going to let this guy win.] Aw! No fair! Get back here! [Speeding up just a tad to try to pull ahead just a bit. Got to make it look good!]

[positivelycharged]

I'm gonna win~! [He's pretty confident, despite how close they are now! Starting to get a little tired...he might start slowing down soon enough, but for now he tries his best to keep up the pace.]

[goldenglasses]

No way! I got this one for sure! [Vash keeps a close eye on the kid's speed. They were getting close to the finish! He tries to keep it matched. Maybe a tie would be alright instead of a loss. Kipinn just wants to win, even against another person influenced by him. It must mean you're even more awesome than you first thought if you could beat yourself. Right? Maybe? He's going with right.]

[positivelycharged]

[The little voice in Florian's head keeps saying go for the win! You can do it! Win win win!! He's not really trying to fight it, either, and so all he can think of is trying his hardest to get past the grown man with the same powers as him. So...close....!]

[goldenglasses]

[Right at the last second Vash slows down just enough to let Florian pull ahead right at the edge of the village so that he can win.] Whooooooa! You beat me! Good job!

[positivelycharged]

[Florian doesn't actually stop moving until he hears the cheer from somewhere behind him; he finally slows down, panting pretty hard, and turns to offer the widest smile he can muster.] See...I could...definitely do it...!!

[goldenglasses]

Yeah and you did! Nice job!