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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!
like_quicksilver: (watching)

[personal profile] like_quicksilver 2017-12-23 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
[She leaned her head against him, for a moment, finding herself back at Kattegat and listening to the skald.

They have these pills you take to lower fevers. I remember the healer being surprised that I was still able to walk.[Her father wasn't wrong, and she couldn't be surprised at her death anymore if that was the case.]

[His other question required her to think a little longer]
Fascinating. To see glass everywhere and the food available, even when it's meant to be winter, and to actually be on a moon. [All of the sagas and poems back home seemed boring compared to this.] It's easier with some family around.

storradr: (1274)

[personal profile] storradr 2017-12-23 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[He wasn't sure what pills were, but it was easy enough to assume they were some sort of medicine.

His brow furrowed slightly.]
So, you were saved just before the fever took you? What does that mean for your mother, back home? Have you disappeared? Or...? [He shook his head, definitely confused. His questions weren't completely directed at Gyda though. He knew there was no way she could know.

He had to smile at her wonderment, mostly because it mirrored his own.]
And the machines. You forgot about those.

It is. Speaking of, how is your house? Have you met anyone interesting?
like_quicksilver: (tired/unwell)

[personal profile] like_quicksilver 2017-12-24 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
[She swallowed hard, not wanting to talk about it on such a day, but not wanting to hide the truth.] I..no..It was after. I remember waking up, seeing figures in shadow in the great hall. They spoke without speaking, but I went to join them, they pointed me towards a door-one that I never saw before in the hall.

[That's how she ended up here.]Ivar knew of our family, he didn't know who I was until I told him my name.

[From her brother. The gods saved her from being stuck in Hell, and even back home, her family would keep her memory.]
storradr: (1274)

[personal profile] storradr 2017-12-24 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
[He immediately felt a pang of guilt at her reaction. These were questions he shouldn't have asked her. It wasn't fair to her in the least bit.]

But now you are happy and safe here and that's all that matters. Hm? [He put his arm around her shoulders and gave her a light squeeze.]

But you did not answer my most important question, Gyda. Have you met anyone new? Anyone interesting? Made any friends?