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

[bastardofipswich]

[ There is nothing about Billy's look that Chase isn't into right now. COOL HELMET, A+. BLOODY FACE PAINT, A+. OVERALL HOTNESS IN THE FACE AND BODY AREA, A+. Look, he's easy to please, and especially easy when he's already happy and intoxicated.

Though: hard kisses that are short on skill and technique are his signature move, so how is he going to react to somebody else laying one on him?

The answer is: by enthusiastically leaning right into it, himself, even if their noses awkwardly bump and his ability to remain balanced on his own two feet is... precarious, when leaning enters into the equation. There is the very real possibility that Chase might just stumble into Billy. But, right now? It's the best kiss ever.

Thank (the viking) god(s) for mistletoe. ]

[wiccant]

( he’s even got a nice, galaxy printed costume on, except--the stars aren’t quite dyed into the fabric, but move as he moves, as if they’re just mirroring some distant sky. because magic’d superhero costumes are the best kinds of superhero costumes.

chase is unsteady on his feet, and billy isn’t much better. he moves a leg back to balance himself a little better, slides his lips against chase’s own and gently digs his teeth in against his lower lip before pulling back with his lips curved up into a small grin. )

I didn’t know you were coming to the Nordic Yule party.

[bastardofipswich]

[ Chase chases (heh) that kiss with a lazy snap of his teeth, before he's grinning and giggling, clinging to Billy for support. ]

I like to be surprising. And this... totally beats Christmas. It's more... [ He tries to think of the right word. ] Natural. You know?

[ Please don't launch into some hippie nonsense about nature and magic, Chase. Thankfully, as soon as he glances down and sees the stars on Billy's outfit, he's fascinated by them, reaching out to touch. ]

[wiccant]

( he can touch the thin fabric of the costume, but—when billy sways, the stars move, too, shifting over fabric to move just slightly to the side and back again when he sways in the opposite direction—as if they’re staying in place, and it’s just billy that’s moving. he raises a hand, offers chase gloved fingers to watch as he moves that back and forth in front of him with a laugh. )

Many modern-day Christmas traditions stem from Viking traditions. Their Midwinter feast lasted twelve days—they’d honor their gods with sacrifices, feastings, a sacrificial wild boar for Frey. . Mistletoe comes from them, too. ( don’t mind him as he starts being a giant fucking nerd. he’ll even raise his other hand, moves it to support chase’s shoulder. ) Baldr, son of Odin and Freyja, was killed when Loki convinced Hodr to throw a stick of mistletoe at him. It went straight through him and killed him instantaneously. ( he pauses for a moment, purses his lips. ) One version of the myth says Freyja cried on the berries, turning them white, and resurrected Baldr. But there are a few of them. . I should ask Loki. Most of that's wrong.

[bastardofipswich]

[ Oh man, Billy. The more you move, the more Chase is fixated on the fabric. But he listens to the little geek out session, and it seems legit enough that Chase nods along in agreement. He remembers his Norse mythology well! Okay... not well, but... passably... It's been a while since he's read any of it, okay. ]

Loki's kind of a dick for doing that. [ A brief, thoughtful pause. ] But I get how it could've been funny at the time. Like just... [ He gestures like he's throwing a football. ] pelting someone with mistletoe. [ DEEP WORDS, CHASE. ]

[wiccant]

( his costume is pretty awesome, and it's fun to watch chase follow it with his eyes--also, it's hard as shit to keep still when he feels the constant need to move. he sways a bit, wrings his hands. laughs when chase raises his hands as if he was throwing a football, as if that was the funniest thing he's seen. )

Loki is kind of a dick. ( billy's having to pause to laugh at that, too. is it funny? no? he thinks so. ) You said you swim, right?