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

[fourthgenerationprincess]

Okay...

[ She attempts to close out everything in her mind except the presence. Now that she's focused on it, it seems to have a deep, undulating beat, much like an ocean tide. She asks it a wordless question, and in return feels a sudden fire in her chest like she's never felt before with magic.

The water at their feet, undulating slowly, grows choppier. A wave crashes on the shore, and another one begins to form. Twilight keeps her eyes closed through it all. ]

[geniustheveil]

Amazing! [Ami's voice is soft as she has the advantage of seeing the full effect of Twilight's efforts. She'd already known Twilight was talented in magic, but she was happy to share in this moment.]

[fourthgenerationprincess]

[ Twilight cracks an eye open to see the wave coming towards her, and grins widely. ] It's working!

[ The wave continues moving forward. She doesn't want to break the connection just yet. It's so peaceful. ]

[geniustheveil]

Be careful. You'll end up soaked if it keeps coming much longer. [But rather than truly worried, she sounds calm about it; it's just cautious advice.]

[fourthgenerationprincess]

[ Twilight is too excited and caught up in it to really heed Ami's advice. She gets to her hooves and stares out at the lake. Waves continue to come, but in different, unnatural shapes - lopsided, or shaped vaguely like some familiar object, a tree or a pony. Twilight eases herself deeper into the connection with Sona all the while. ]

[geniustheveil]

[Ami can't help appreciating them. She thinks some must have meaning to Twilight, from her home; but most are easily recognizable. Her voice falls to an amused, but somewhat impressed, hush]

Twilight, the waves!

[fourthgenerationprincess]

{ Twilight is so overwhelmed with happiness that she begins skipping circles around Ami. ]

I love this! I love this! This is almost as wonderful as using magic!

[geniustheveil]

[Ami hadn't quite considered that possibility. She gives Twilight a somewhat surprised look now.]

Do you think it could be something different?

[fourthgenerationprincess]

[ She stops skipping and considers this. ] Well... maybe it is magic, but it's a different kind of magic. It's like...

[ How to describe the feeling she gets when she accesses, communicates with the presence she now knows as Sona? ]

collaborative magic.

[geniustheveil]

[Ami thinks of some of the senshi's combined attacks, and finds herself smiling briefly.]

I think that's a good word for it.