EVENT LOG: LOOK! A DISTRACTION!

[asgardmods]

Who: EVERYONE
What: Look! A Distraction! Festival log part one. The overflow log can be found here and part two of the event can be found here.
When: Days 338-341 (Oct. 8-15)
Where: The castle courtyard.
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

[ All barriers are coming down for this five-day event: both the ones between the gods and their Travelers and between the city and its center. The castle courtyard is open to any and all for the next five days. NPC booths with games, snacks, and trinkets fill the space both along and around the entrance with plenty of room to spare for anything the Travelers might want to set up for themselves. Music and food fill the air at a constant, with firepits and decorative torches burning at night to light up the courtyard in an earthy glow and keep everyone warm. There will be plenty of food and entertainment, and the party will last throughout the night each night.

The theme of the festivities will change with every day:

Day 338 (Oct. 8/9)

It's time for a costume party! Travelers will be encouraged by the natives and gods alike to wear costumes both silly and serious! Anyone needing assistance simply need to say the word, and they will be descended upon by enthusiastic natives ready to help and desperate to put the tragedy of Thiazi's attack behind them.

Day 339 (Oct. 10/11)

Familiar scents will waft in the air with the theme of the second day: Home away from Home! The visiting god Honir has made a push to organize food and music straight from the Travelers' worlds, and it will all seem absolutely and utterly authentic. The natives will be cooking and playing music throughout the festival, and will be encouraging Travelers to to teach others about their own world/time's clothing and culture.

Day 340 (Oct. 12/13)

This day is going to follow something of a Samhain celebration. Merlin, with the permission and help from the gods, planted the seed of an oak tree in the centre of the courtyard. By this day, it will have grown as large as though it's been there for a hundred years. Travellers will be welcomed to tie ribbons or letters to the tree for their departed loved ones and friends, whether they've passed on or simply left the city, in remembrance and a final farewell.

However, being far too curious about to whom they're writing, Honir will be going through all of the ribbons and letters when no one's looking. Moved by their losses, he'll be bugging Mimir into helping him perform a spell that will bring a sort of comfort to everyone. Characters can receive up to a maximum of three photographs of themselves with whomever their ribbon is for, regardless of whether or not they ever took a picture with that person or even had the technology to do so. All of these photographs will be candid shots of happy memories that will be waiting for them on the Travelers' pillows.

(We aren't doing approvals for these so please, limit yourselves to only three photographs!)

Day 341 (Oct. 14/15)

This day will introduce a festival game with the gods! As you go around to the various booths and attractions throughout the festival, NPCs will be handing out small treats to anyone they see wearing the colors of their patron god - whether you wore the colour intentionally or not!

The gods themselves will also be hosting another game of sorts: each of Asgard's patrons and allies will have a riddle or trivia question for any Travelers that approach them. Answer these correctly and they will tie a token of their favor (a ribbon in their colour or crest) around your upper arm. These ribbons can be cashed in for prizes at any time during the rest of the festival! (More details can be found under Day 341 HERE.)

The log for the fifth day masquerade can be found here!

The event guide for various events throughout the festival can be found here. Please include your location and the IC day (ex. Day 338 - this can be found in the schedule) in your top-level comment or your subject line when starting a thread! If you want to request a certain god, feel free to ping them and we will do what we can. Otherwise, have fun, and as always - let us know if there's anything you need! ]

OVERFLOW LOG

Comments

[ex_outofcontrol435]

I know you worked for the government. [His expression cools at that.] But we had that fight already. You got used. Not like I can't say the same.

Sorry for this NO HOOKS tag but I wanted to throw the option at you haha...

[comeonthensexy]

[ The Doctor's there too. He doesn't approach Pyro himself, seems perhaps a bit too focused on his tying ribbons. But Pyro's welcome to approach him if he feels like it. ]

[tonsofpun]

I guess so. A couple of guys were running it, but they wanted to look around so I offered to take over. I've been shooting since earlier today.

[Ellie grins at him, and takes another shot. Thankfully this one is near to dead center.]

You want to try?

339

[comeonthensexy]

[ Here's the Doctor! Always happy to help. ]

Have you ever tried chips?

[ There's one very different thing to note about him though. He's wearing the thing with the high collar (except no hat) and it's really very ridiculous. Don't ask him what his people thought. He's just wearing it for the hell of it. ]

[leidenschaft]

I never worked for the government, that was Charles' idea. My powers didn't manifest until I was a teenager - in Auschwitz. [his expression darkens.] And even then --

I'll have to do it in my own time. [he purses his lips into a thin line, having considered that he'll have to actually talk to charles because this is stupid, and difficult, and anyway, at least he's not going to be alone. but time is of the essence, and - there are things that they have to talk about, anyway.] Just in case it is the other - power, and you did say you don't want to be present when that happens.

339

[hadbadays]

[ Oh, is someone talking to him?

He blinks at Shinji, straightens his back some, and takes the few steps needed to reach him. ]

Why not.

[ And he takes the stick, turning it over in his hand. ]

What is it? Looks Asian.

[ He needs to find something to Sherlock's taste and bring home. Store some. ]

339

[comeonthensexy]

[ And here comes the Doctor, sneaking up behind her, donning an outfit with a ridiculous collar. He leans down, places his hands on her shoulders and mumbles playfully: ]

Feeling adventurous today?

i had to

[tipsygnostalgia]

[Roxy doesn't really care about the riddle game the gods have going on, but once she spots her ARCH ENEMY she has to go say something to him.

Giving you the most disapproving of looks, Baldr.]

Your Dad didn't ground you long enough.

Day 340 because I want to

[comeonthensexy]

[ Naturally the TARDIS would stop by. And naturally the Doctor would too. And naturally, they end up being there at the same time.

He slips over, catches the language but doesn't read anything more than a couple of words. Instead he opts to ask, in Gallifreyan. ]

Who are you writing to?

Day 340

[comeonthensexy]

[ Once the Doctor's tied all his ribbons and messages, he makes his way over to Merlin to say a proper hello. ]

Brilliant idea.

Day 339

[hadbadays]

[ John's gotten his hands on fish and chips when he spots Namine exploring. He hasn't talked to her since before the city went... mad, and so he heads over. ]

Namine, hullo!

[teenyoda]

[Well, if the guy wanted to go into an explanation, Stiles could sit on his furry rump and listen.

A yip meant yes.]

[teenyoda]

VANAHEIM

[Yeah, he knew that one thanks to Thor and his big stupid face. That was it, though. He hadn't bothered learning much of what went on outside of the city, barring the fact that the there were ice giants out there who needed to get dead.]

339

[hadbadays]

[ Unfortunately, John doesn't actually know how to shoot a bow. It's not necessarily something that's caught his eye before either, but wandering the area and seeing Ellie doing it does get his attention. ]

Where did you learn to do that?

Day 340

[abrilliantmind]

[Armin is very intrigued by your origami, as a matter of fact.

He has seen other people tie ribbons and letters to the oak tree, but the strange little sculpture causes him to stop in his path and move closer.]

Is that a bird?

341 BECAUSE THE CUTE

[sicarius]

[There might be a certain nonno who's gotten used to the thought of a child tagging along and poking at him over the past few days, and it's delighted him more than he can say. Today he's kept an eye out for the boy- and when the bright color of red and white passes out of the corner of his eye, he can't help but turn heel and notice the young boy carrying his cape with him.

There is a chuckle and he follows the boy as he goes along.]

Now what are you doing with that, nipote?

[He isn't upset- far from it actually, as the smile on his face and his amused tone indicates. He's just wondering what struck Desmond to use his cape, of all things.]

[samantha_grey]

... That one's complicated. [And she's traveled to enough of them to be aware of it, not to mention reading some of the histories she snuck in to look at before the private stacks were opened legally.]

Let's go down the list. Your main allies are Vanaheim and Alfheim, but Vanaheim's dicey at times. There's an arrangement between your cities. Honir and Mimir stay as guests there and Freyr and Freya as guests here, and there's been tensions lately because of Freyr's death. Pretty sure that's why a bunch went up there. Alfheim's a newer ally, but they're pretty much stable.

Utgard's technically mostly neutral, but they allied with us at the first big battle, and I think for the moment the alliance is still standing. I saw him in town earlier, so for the moment he's on our side. That could change, though, I'm sure. He didn't used to be.

Technically, you could call Niflheim an ally, but it's not like the land of the dead would send troops, at least not as far as I know.

The Deep City, where Ran's running the show underwater? I'd call them and the coastal town nearby politely neutral and mostly on the same side, but I wouldn't call them your allies exactly. Ran's on her own side, but it isn't Thiazi's. That much's for sure.

Your enemies are Muspleheim and Thrymheim, and the Dwarves are solidly neutral. They... kind of seemed like they favored the giants more, but they'll trade if you've got the gold and the stories.

That's about it.

[Probably more than he asked, but then again... she'd been paying a lot of attention. Sam liked to know who her enemies were.]

hehe

[asgardspride]

And what, pray tell, did I do this time? [Have a look of smug self-satisfaction, Roxy. He's been a good boy lately.]

[asgardsloyalty]

[ Heimdall quirks an eyebrow; the names of a few kingdoms would have sufficed. He unties a ribbon from his wrist and passes it to her. ]

You are aware I can only distribute one ribbon per traveler.

[failassassin]

You saw the opportunity and took it, [he said with a sigh, as he got to his feet.]

340

[comeonthensexy]

[ Someone caught those tears, though.

The Doctor doesn't outright point it out, but he moves over to her with a gentle smile. ]

Hey, Hibiki.

[samantha_grey]

[She chuckled.]

Don't mind me. I'm just like that sometimes. I don't get to show off much. 'sides, it is a ... little more complicated these days, isn't it?

[servesthehuman]

I was, [he said, expression growing a bit more serious.] It was...chaotic, to say the least.

339

[flightofdeath]

Snape is not the only one who is homesick. Voldemort is there as well, at first staring only as though it weren't possible. It's only been a day since his arrival, and yet the reminder of what he is missing, what home smells and looks like, is terribly overpowering. Even the sweet things, even those treats he doesn't like, he finds himself gazing over for longer than necessary, as though they are a part of his old school brought here. Voldemort no longer attends Hogwarts, and has not for a couple years, and yet the food reminds him of it so poignantly.

There is a moment where he takes it in, is breathing it in, and if he listens closely he swears he can hear Hogwarts's song in the background being sung by some of the natives. It's enough to snap him out of it, to remind him that those are natives to this world, not Hogwarts students singing, and so instead he ends up glaring at the offending treats. Treacle tart in particular, as he never liked it, and the sweets from Honeydukes. Sugary things are high on his list of undesirables.

In the end, he is insulted by the table's presence here. He is reminded so strongly of the Wizarding World and yet could not be further from it. The cruelty involved in this bit of "home" is enough to set his anger off, to take the very depth of his loss and rub his face in it once more. It is because of this that he now moves forward, gripping the edge of the table in front of him, and lifts. While not exactly the strongest of men, Voldemort is by no means physically weak. Certainly untrained, certainly not honed, but not weak, either. And so it is with this strength that he is able to lift the large table up and shove it over onto its top, food and mead and sweets spilling absolutely everywhere.

Hope you got all you wanted to eat, Severus, because there will be no second helpings.

Mwahaha!

[familyissues]

[ His face lights up when he hears the man's voice, turning to look over his shoulder, white and scarlet spilling over his arms. ]

Nonno! Nonno, look here!

[ Wearing the armored shoulder piece more like a protective back plate, he's hiked up the heavy fabric beneath one arm and created a wide, deep well that's brimming with all kinds of sweets. Damn, is this kid proud of himself. ]

It's like trick or treat!