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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!
trashvalkyrie: (44)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2018-01-01 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[She likes that smirk. She'll have to keep tabs on this one.]

...Tony. Right. [The feeling that she's met him before is intensifying, but she's a bit too drunk to make the connection right now.]

Yeah. I'm older than them, though. I left Asgard before any of them were even born. We met up later on, just before I came here.
inebriety: (tony › insufferably smug)

[personal profile] inebriety 2018-01-01 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tony's already guessed that this is the person Thor wanted him to meet purely based on how much she's drinking.]

You look fantastic for your age and you're probably better off having missed their childhood years. I'd expect it's harder to appreciate those muscles if you remember the snotty kid he used to be.
trashvalkyrie: (04)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2018-01-01 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ding ding ding, got it in one.]

Wow, a charmer. [Val snorts, and shakes her head.] I don't find it hard to appreciate any amount of muscle, but...I wouldn't have wanted to be around, judging by the stories they've told me.
inebriety: (tony › and witty)

[personal profile] inebriety 2018-01-02 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Well now you're going to have to spill because I haven't heard any of these.

[He's guessing it'll basically be the god version of a frat boy.]
trashvalkyrie: (Default)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2018-01-02 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Val rolls her eyes.]

'Loki turned into a snake because he knows I love snakes, and then when I picked it up he turned back into himself and scared me!'

[She makes her voice lower in an oafish but not completely wrong impression of Thor.]
inebriety: (Default)

[personal profile] inebriety 2018-01-07 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tony really should have known better than to start drinking after asking that kind of question. He ends up choking and wheezing, carefully putting his drink down before doubling over to try and breathe again.

That was better than he thought it would be.]
trashvalkyrie: (50)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2018-01-07 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's not even sorry, honestly; she just laughs and reaches over to give him a good thump on the back to help him along.]

You alright? I know I'm hilarious, but...
inebriety: (tony › facepalm)

[personal profile] inebriety 2018-01-10 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
[If Tony ever sobers up he'll wonder why he found it so funny, but that day isn't happening any time soon.]

I'm good. I'm good.

[He coughs a few more times before straightening up.]

Warn a guy next time. I was expecting something like 'and then they got drunk'.
trashvalkyrie: (51)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2018-01-10 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Pfffft. [Val rolls her eyes.] That's not much of a story to people like you and I, is it?
inebriety: (tony › why)

[personal profile] inebriety 2018-01-11 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
[He puts a hand to his heart dramatically.]

Excuse me? What kind of person do you think I am?
trashvalkyrie: (51)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2018-01-11 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
The only person I've met so far that hasn't done a double-take watching me drink.

[Game recognizes game. That's just how it is.]
inebriety: (tony › hey hey you you)

[personal profile] inebriety 2018-01-15 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
[He scoffs at that.]

That's because they're weak.
trashvalkyrie: (52)

[personal profile] trashvalkyrie 2018-01-15 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll drink to that.

[And true to her word, she drains the rest of her mug.]

You ever need a drinking buddy, let me know.