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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!
suckstobestrange: (In this graveyard of dreams)

[personal profile] suckstobestrange 2018-01-04 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Sometimes it was the way of things. Stephen could think of countless times when he didn't want to accept something, only could when it was thrown at him from an outside source. Truth was funny that way at times, and he was glad to see Ragnar seemed to be able to accept the idea, unpleasant as it was.]

It's a strange place to be sure, but it does seem to offer some blessings. [Like Ragnar's daughter having a chance at a life, for all it was here and not home. Loki and his evasive comments about ego-death before. Friends and loved ones who they might never have otherwise gotten to know.

Bonds were important, even those that were only in passing after all.]


I'll return. I like my life here, but the Earth needs me and I'm not going to shirk that duty. [For all there was a part of him that would like to stay, he wouldn't doom his world to do it.] If I stay, magic back home dies, and everything along with it in the long run.
storradr: (633)

[personal profile] storradr 2018-01-04 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Of course, he accepted it. Where Ragnar was from, loss was almost a daily occurrence. Their existence was fragile and short and there were constant reminders of this all around them.

He nodded in agreement.]
I have seen things here that I would have never dreamed possible. Things not even the gods would possess.

I must return as well. There are many things I still need to do. But if what I have heard is true, we return as if no time has passed and there is a chance we may return here.
suckstobestrange: (I worked my fingers to the bone)

[personal profile] suckstobestrange 2018-01-08 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
I've heard as much as well from a variety of people, including some from my own world. It definitely does make things less stressful in that respect.

[He's got a life or death situation to get back to at some point.

He's not sure how it's going to go but like fuck he's gonna avoid it.]
storradr: (582)

[personal profile] storradr 2018-01-08 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm. But I am curious to experience some of the things I have been told will come to pass. I am curious to see if they are true.

[He paused, taking a long drink, deep in thought. His gaze moves back to Stephen suddenly.]

I do not know your name. I am Ragnar. Lothbrok.