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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!
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[personal profile] bottombitch 2017-12-12 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ Aoba jostles at the bump that he likely feels more than Noiz does. He wavers, then swivels his head towards him. ]

Dave's. I hadn't run into him in some time, but I had already made his by the time I found out he'd gone back.

...It makes me sad to look at it, but I can't really bring myself to give it to anyone.

[ So he'll let it collect dust... until he figures out what to do with it. He pockets it, because looking at it isn't going to do anything but bring him down. And it's honestly not the kind of thing he wants given this very festive atmosphere. Well... festive in a way.

The odd cultural difference between them is the fact that Aoba's tends to treat Christmas more as a date opportunity than a holiday to bring together families, or in the case of this quarantine they now call home, found family. This party seems to take that and strip out the garish and decorative outer layer, showing a rough and raw depiction, and it's very... different. As an added wrinkle, Aoba has only a passing familiarity, maybe some conversation with some of those present - Thor, mainly through a brief discussion on Friendr during one night when his headaches kept him shut in, and more recently with Loki and his rather public (and televised) stunt with Taako.

Otherwise, he feels very much out of place. That is, he was until Noiz approaches with this ridiculously large leg of meat that he's gnawing through. Aoba drops his eyes to the monstrosity of a drumstick and feels himself start to sweat, just by looking at it. ]


...What are you eating?