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

[mysicksadlife]

It's a reference to a very old book.

[She supposes she can see the appeal of having a belief system to fall back on, and a lot of what that 'very old book' describes would be a great world to live in - if it could ever actually work, which she doesn't think it could.]

[tsunsandsteals]

Aah, gotcha. [small nod] Must've been an interesting one!

[mysicksadlife]

Some people say so. [Her lack of enthusiastic endorsement, of course, really doesn't mean much. She tends to downplay everything.]

[tsunsandsteals]

Would you recommend it?

[mysicksadlife]

[In fairness to her, she actually does seem to consider this for a moment. But to be honest...]

No. I'm afraid I wouldn't. Unless you're really good at picking the good from the bad.

[tsunsandsteals]

Oh, it's one of those, then. [He's heard that's the case for a lot of stuff.] Gotcha.

[mysicksadlife]

On the other hand, a lot of people have done some pretty great things, claiming it was their inspiration, too. So I guess I can't rule out its possible effects.

[tsunsandsteals]

One of life's little mysteries, huh. [Like half the things in his own world]

[mysicksadlife]

[As much as she wants to just say she can't believe it, she thinks of Quinn and how Quinn had, at least, gotten some comfort and meaning out of her exploration of faith.]

Maybe it's something you have to see and decide for yourself.

[tsunsandsteals]

Maybe. If I get curious enough I'll check the library for a copy.

[mysicksadlife]

If you do, they say you should start with the new part first. [At least she thinks she heard that once or twice in Sunday school years and years ago. She hasn't thought about it much since then.]

[tsunsandsteals]

Wait, new part? There's an old and a new part? Like the Pokedex?

[mysicksadlife]

I don't know what that is, but this one's called the Old and New Testaments.

[She's... kind of surprised to find someone completely unfamiliar with it. But then, 'different worlds', they say.]

A long time ago, there was a guy who was pretty important to history, and a lot of religions. The New Testament part is pretty much after he showed up.

[tsunsandsteals]

A lot? There's more than Shinto and Buddhism, then? I think I've heard of them, but I can never be sure... [not that Silver himself practices any. Aside from swearing to Mew when he's pissed.]

[mysicksadlife]

He's pretty important in Christianity, Judaism, and even Islam.

[Which is not mentioning the myriad of other religions that exist in her world. She couldn't even name them all aside from most of the major ones if she tried, probably. She hasn't even mentioned that Bahai considers him a manifestation of God, either.]

[tsunsandsteals]

I have no idea what any of those are. Maybe I will check this book out...not that I'd follow them! But I'm getting curious, we don't have as many followings back home.

[mysicksadlife]

It might be kind of interesting, then. You can tell a lot about people by what they believe in. Or what they do despite what they say they believe in.

[tsunsandsteals]

Yeah, that's what I've heard. [Especially about the way people treat Pokemon. The ones who believe in love and trust are obviously the strongest of them all, and it took him long enough to realize that.]

[mysicksadlife]

[She'd sort of meant it as a slam against hypocrisy; but the few people who did live out moral and altruistic beliefs, she supposed, could be considered admirable.]

So what do you think about it, then?

[tsunsandsteals]

I dunno...I guess it's something to think about, if nothing else.