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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: dressing up fox (you are the son of every)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-12-13 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Shaking his head, he tips it back to return that look with a softer one. ]

He has a fiance back home, we've agreed to be a thing on this moon, but we both know it won't last forever. Billy has already returned to his lover at my point in our time-line, so I ... I don't harbour any illusions about him staying with me forever, or a grand romance blooming.

I just want to be ... [ the best I can, ] here for him, for as long as we do have.
dothelokimotion: (Against the endless pressing dark)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2017-12-13 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
What is wrong with that?

[ Loki rests a finger under his twin's chin. ]

I told you once. Sometimes, it is better to be foolish.
ikols: you lost me when you lied (it breaks my heart)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-12-13 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
I seem to have a knack for irreparably hurting those I love the most. [ With his chin tilted up, he pecks Loki on the cheek. ] Except for you, my one outlier to all rules.
dothelokimotion: (Truth takes us to dangerous places)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2017-12-13 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ He smiles faintly. ]

I wonder why.

Are you not the one who writes his own story? Knack or not, you are not determined by it. Neither does it define you.
ikols: rest your muscles on my honour (flex your arms)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-12-13 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Tricks are played upon me by myself and I hardly seem to notice. [ That gives him an idea, though. ] Billy could turn me into a potato with a thought, I'm not worried about the way he defends himself magically. If I should upset him and I don't notice, though, would you protect him from me?

[ Guilt stains his expression. ]

I almost drove him to suicide, once. It's astonishing he even talks to me.
dothelokimotion: (Regret nothing until it's too late)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2017-12-13 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
I'll try my best.

[ Ah. He softens slightly. ]

If you recognize that, then I do not think you have much to worry.