Re: Demonic possessions

On 29 Oct 2005 18:45:04 -0700, "Bob Throllop" <bobthrollop@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>nyra wrote:
>
>> > > >No, not possessed by demons. Possessions _owned by_ demons.
>> > >

R.L.:
>> > > What possessions do any of her people have, and why?

/snip/

>> > She's a servant of a local noble,
>>
>> Noble human or noble djinni? In which way is she bound to service -
>> why is she obliged to serve, how does her compensation look like? Can
>> she only leave if her master breaks the contract or already if she's
>> no longer content with her situation?
>
>I'm replying both to Nyra and to R.L. here. I feel as though I'm being
>pushed to provide answers to things that are better left
>unstated--

Unstated in the story, or not pinned down in your world-building either? I
like leaving my own world-building vague and evocative as long as possible,
not jumping to private conclusions on points that I can leave publicly
unstated.

Don't mean to press, just that's where I'd have to start to suggest some
possessions she might have.

>she's a servant because that's what she does. She does draw
>a pay packet (in coins made of mithril or neptunium perhaps, or some
>such) but it's characteristic of her nature and most of her cohorts'
>that contractual details don't get discussed.
>
>In specific answer to the first question above, however, she seems to
>think her master is a genie but he is in fact human.
>
/snip/


>> How physical is she and how tangible need her possessions to be? She
>> might be able to take any shape she wants and 'conjure up' a great
>> many different items. This would severely limit the point of actual
>> physical possessions[1]. On the other hand, she might be able to
>> access containers from any distance, which would allow her to live and
>> travel lightly while having access to many and bulky physical
>> possessions.

That could be shown interestingly too. Becasue of those powers over
physical objects, she *can* go naked; needs no pockets.


>Some very good thoughts that I hadn't considered. This is really
>helpful. I am now strongly leaning toward making her invisible to
>everyone except her master, and with the ability to magick up any item
>that happened to be sitting on top of the dresser when she left home.

Her master? What about the scene at the farmer's house?


>> Can she have 'insubstantial' possessions like the captured dream of an
>> angel or a dying breath? How about relics like dust from the Prophet's
>> footsteps or a coal from a particular pit of the Gehenna?
>
>If I can think of a story use for them. (btw, the goal of the current
>quest is a lost bottle much like the one I Dream Of Jeannie lives
>in--something weird like you suggest would be a great improvement but
>only if I can come up with a good backstory for it.)

Hm. Can you give more context?


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