The Yule Log

[ragnarsson]

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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marco ø animorphs ø ota

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food and drinks

[Marco's steering very clear of those mushrooms for now, mostly because he's not sure he wants to be both morph-capable and high off hallucinogens in public because that sounds like a really, really bad combination, but he's not stopping himself when it comes to the food and drinks. After all, he's pretty used to being tipsy and has a pretty good grasp on keeping himself out of morph when he's like that.

So he's wandering around the party, smiling, schmoozing, drinking a few beers and a few things stronger. He's carrying a plate that he can't nearly clear off, though, despite his usually pretty decent appetite - he's no Ax after all. So he's more than willing to offer up some of the food he hasn't finished, and he's more than willing to initiate some conversation with anyone looking like they feel a bit awkward.]

gifts and sacrifice

[Marco does claim one of the little shoes, though he doesn't really expect much in his. He did, however, bring a few little things to put in people's shoes - mostly bracelets beaded with leather strands and pretty beads, unisex and in various colours. Anyone he's talked to once or twice or who he's interested in, he'll leave a little gift for, while he has special more personalized presents for one or two people.

The sacrifice is definitely not something he'd been expecting as an actual activity to happen at this party, and it catches him more than a little off-guard when it actually happens. He's not one to judge, but man, that is so not normal where he's from. Both brows raising, he makes a squeaky little noise of dismay.]

Oh my god, gross.

mistletoe

[Marco can't say no to any tradition that involves getting kisses - if he gets caught under the mistletoe with someone, he won't even hesitate to initiate a kiss.]