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Ivar "The Boneless" Ragnarsson ([personal profile] ragnarsson) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-12-10 12:20 pm

The Yule Log

who: The Norse and everyone else in the city!
what: The Norse celebrate Yule. Gods help everyone.
when: December 22nd, Winter Solstice
where: Somewhere outside
warnings: Alcohol, drugs, animal sacrifice, blood play, rough foreplay, sex. Will update if necessary.



The Yule celebration has gotten underway on the Winter Solstice and it promises to be a most interesting night. The Norse have gone all out with this affair to make sure it's going to be a success. First thing to be spotted is a bonfire, so big that you might want to be careful not to trip around it, because you'll fall right in. There's plenty of room for dancing too, if you feel like grooving to a beat that's a little more unusual than most.

The Yule celebration shares a lot of similarities with Christmas, so it's a good time for gift giving. There's little shoes on a table, mimicking the tradition where Odin would leave presents for good children by putting them in their shoes. Claim one as your own and maybe a friend will leave a gift inside one for you. Watch it though. Any grinches will be fed to the Yule Cat.

There's a table set up to the right of the bonfire with food, mostly of the hearty kind that the Norse seem to prefer, and of course, lots of alcohol. Please remember not to get into any drinking contests with the gods. They will observe no responsibility for what happens afterward.

There are also mushrooms for consumption, provided by everyone's favorite psychotic Viking, Ivar The Boneless. These ones are directly from his home world, which means they come with a variety of side effects. They have the ability to make a person hallucinate quite a bit. But they can also make people much more horny than usual. Lastly, there's the effect that hits some people in making them extremely violent. Sometimes one effect hits, sometimes more than one. In any case, anyone who consumes some is assured to have an...interesting time.

On a lighter note, there's mistletoe scattered around, hung from the trees and tent beams. Fun fact: the Vikings were the first one to use it for the tradition of kissing. Of course, they also believed it was a plant that was powerful enough to kill a god, so the kissing was ostensibly for protection.

At the height of the night, there will be an animal sacrifice done. A goat is slaughtered and the blood from it is gathered into a couple of bowls. If you'd really like to go all out like a Viking, paint your face in the still-warm blood, or drink a little bit of it. Otherwise, enjoy freshly seared chunks of goat as it bastes over the bonfire.

Have fun, drink, fight, and remember to make your ancestors proud!
ikols: wrists are bound (love me while your)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-12-11 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Where is Sakaar? I've never heard of such a place.

[ He tosses a grape in her bowl to ensure she doesn't get scurvy. ]
trashvalkyrie: (02)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2017-12-11 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
It's...

[How to explain this?]

It's a garbage planet. Everything that gets lost in space, everything that gets sucked into a wormhole or a black hole, ends up there.

[In return, she chucks a chicken leg into his. Protein!]
ikols: your telepathy (maybe i'm missing)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-12-11 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nomming on that protein, delish. ]

Is that how Thor wound up there? [ If only he had his arms free to dab. ] He explained where he had been, that Ragnarok had befallen everyone, but he wasn't very specific on the deets of everything else.
trashvalkyrie: (06)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2017-12-11 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. From what he tells me, that murderous bitch Hela shoved him off the Bifrost.

[She's still bitter about Hela and all things concerning Hela, fight her.]

I found him on Sakaar and brought him to the Grandmaster there as a champion for his tournament.
ikols: & oh my tongue is a weapon (i'm the king of everything)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-12-11 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ In Hela's defense murdering people is sort of her niche, but this doesn't seem the time to point that out. ]

I know the title Grandmaster but I can't pull up a face ... Oh, it's frustrating. I can't remember him, no. What were you doing on Sakaar?
Edited 2017-12-11 20:37 (UTC)
trashvalkyrie: (51)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2017-12-11 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Listen. Look. Look and listen. It's Different in this case.

Her nose wrinkles.]


He's weird. Old, flamboyant, lecherous...I dunno how else to describe him. He loved me, though.

Mostly I was drinking, but I worked as a Scrapper to get by. Finding treasures out of all that junk and selling them to the Grandmaster to fund my booze.
ikols: of a mage's moon (out of the light)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-12-11 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He nods along, then cocks his head. ]

And what was my twin doing on Sakaar?
trashvalkyrie: (03)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2017-12-11 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
What he does best, from what I can see: currying favor and learning secrets. He got there ahead of Thor, and since time on Sakaar is sort of weird, he'd managed to get close to him by the time His Majesty arrived.
ikols: you won't even know i'm here (i will keep quiet)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-12-11 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm proud to hear it. Do you think the Grandmaster is the type to accept an invite from the portal?
trashvalkyrie: (44)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2017-12-11 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't be shocked. I don't things ended particularly well on Sakaar.

[Shoves an entire chicken wing in her mouth...and then spits out the bone.]

I suppose you're wondering where I fit into all of this, then.
ikols: nor yet by blade (but it's not by bone)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-12-11 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Delicately nibbling on a rogue croissant. ]

I'm wondering why it sounds like you were so embedded into the Sakaarian way of life and not overly eager to punch your way out, as would other Asgardians. Case in point, Thor.
trashvalkyrie: (44)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2017-12-11 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, that's what she figured. She considers actually explaining, but that's...a lot. A lot that she's not keen on saying aloud. So instead, she merely holds up her wrist and lets her sleeve fall to expose the tattoo on the inside of her arm.]
ikols: without a remedy (standing at the head of the crusade)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-12-11 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His non-reaction speaks for itself, but he does add placidly, ] Nice ink?
trashvalkyrie: (06)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2017-12-11 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[CUE A HUGE EYEROLL.]

It's the sigil of the Valkyrie.
ikols: yeah you took me by surprise (you know how to play it right)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-12-11 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Not in my universe, but it's good to finally place your identity. Brunnhilde?
trashvalkyrie: (52)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2017-12-12 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[She gives him a flat stare.]

Right. Like I said. Val.
ikols: stylin wilin living it up (♀ straight masterpiece)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-12-12 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
You know, you're just as enchanting in every universe.

[ Batting his lashes. ]

Are you sure I can't entice you to dance? [ A blur overcomes Loki's body as he becomes she, and she tosses long locks over a shoulder. ] I'll even let you lead.
trashvalkyrie: (02)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2017-12-12 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't aim for 'enchanting.' I am for...rich and drunk, mostly.

[And protecting her people she guesses.

She shakes her head, slowly, her gaze flickering over the newly female Loki in front of her. Even if it's appreciative, she's not won over.]


That's not my brand of making a fool of myself.