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!

Comments

[thisisamazing]

[Ah. Right. That sure is blood on her face. He was kind of trying to forget that part happened. His tribe doesn't really do that. But he just sort of laughs nervously, glancing back at the dancers.]

I uh, I don't know, I'm not very light on my foot. [There are plenty of things he can do on his prosthetic, but he's never exactly managed dance.]

[ikols]

I'll take that as a yes! [ Reaching for his hands, she adds, ] Clapping and stamping, you can do that, can't you? I won't let you fall over.

[thisisamazing]

I mean, of course I can do that, but that's not really dancing! [Please Thor do not let him step on a god's toes.]

[ikols]

Do it in time with me and it will be, sweetling.

[ Dragging Hiccup into the dancers, she at least ensures their hands stay together. ]

[thisisamazing]

Uh- right, okay. [He's still a little unsure, but now it's mostly about the pet name. That's a little odd, and he's not sure how he feels about it. Not even Astrid calls him by any cute pet names (she's more likely to punch him in the arm and call him names). He lets himself be led into the throng of dancers, though, awkwardly trying to get the rhythm down.]

[ikols]

[ Clap, clap, stamp, whirl by hooked elbows. Over and over, people lose the order but the party continues to the thudding beat of the drums, with Loki once yanking Hiccup out of the way of stumbling revellers. She thoroughly enjoys the dancing yet keeps a beady eye on him all the same; it wouldn't do for him to get hurt on her watch, at her invitation, and he's so awkward at first. ]

[thisisamazing]

[He's a little clumsy with the whirling, the sharp turns, but he's getting the hang of it, for the most part. It helps that he has plenty of experience on the peg leg, even if he's not much of a dancer when it comes to celebrations. It's a familiar dance, too; of course it is. His vikings may be the backwater hillbilly island vikings who do things Differently, but there are similarities too.]