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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!
fiercestwarrior: (Smile for Thor)

[personal profile] fiercestwarrior 2017-12-17 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sif isn't particularly surprised to find that an animal is being friendly to her. The city does have its strays after all, and some of her first experiences in the quarantine involved rounding some of them up to bring them to shelters.

What would be surprising is to know that this little cat has such a very high opinion of her.

But since she doesn't know either that, or the fact that this is no cat at all, she bends down to give Alex a friendly scratch behind one of her ears.
]

Hello, little one.
garotted: (i don't dance now)

[personal profile] garotted 2017-12-17 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ immediately, alex pushes her head into the scratch, purring as loudly as her currently little body can manage just so sif knows exactly how much she appreciates it. she's really, really bad at showing affection to other people as a human, but it's.. easier like this. and she does want to get to know this sif. for one thing, suddenly she's a warrior? how fucking badass is that?

hope you don't have any intentions of going anywhere anytime soon, sif, because a moment later alex is staring pointedly toward a bench. hey? take a seat?? ]
fiercestwarrior: (chatty)

[personal profile] fiercestwarrior 2017-12-17 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This little cat is starting to remind her of the strange dog that decided to affectionately pester her during some of her first days in the city. She had almost ended up keeping the little bugger, but in the end she wasn't in a position to keep a dog and so she had instead made sure that a loving home was found for her would-be companion.

Sif sighs sort of fondly and sits down on the bench. Sometimes you just have to do what the critters tell you to.
]

You know, I spent a lot of time having conversations with animals when I was a girl.
garotted: gazgraphics | dw (if they don't feel our fire)

[personal profile] garotted 2017-12-17 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ much better. alex waits until sif has settled before leaping onto the bench beside her. she pads closer, then settles into a small cat loaf at her side, little furry body pressed alongside sif's thigh, still purring contentedly.

the comment earns a glance up, though, mismatched eyes surprisingly intense for a feline as her ears flick forward to listen. ]
fiercestwarrior: (chatting away)

[personal profile] fiercestwarrior 2017-12-17 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, petting the loaf is pretty much mandatory, isn't it? ]

It is true, I did. I spent much time in the great stables of Asgard, and so I spoke to the horses. There were cats there too, to keep the vermin out. I once found a mother and her kittens, and decided that it was my duty to keep them safe. When other children came to look at them, I chased them all home to their mothers bleeding.