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

[tonsofpun]

You too, nice.

[The question makes her laugh a little bit under her breath as she nocks another arrow.]

Something like that.

... I guess the Rockies are the boonies, sort of. There's forest everywhere in the mountains and we were sort of stuck there for a while.

[familyissues]

Heh. Counts well enough. Hell of a place to get stuck, sounds like home to me- I grew up in the Black Hills, out in the woods.

[ Adding, because he's still keeping an eye on her, ]

Good stance, Ellie.

[tonsofpun]

Sounds like fun to me. It had to be really nice, back in the day.

[The praise makes her readjusted, almost surprised by it. Joel generally subscribes to the 'grunt of acceptance' school of letting her know she approves, so she's still new to stuff like this.]

-thanks.

[familyissues]

'Back in the day'. Something like that.

[ He nods at her, brow perked in mild curiosity. ]

So you can handle a bow, ride a horse and know your way around firearms. What exactly did you do back home?

[tonsofpun]

[Ellie looks up at him, and after a few seconds, grins at him.]

I was a smuggler.

[familyissues]

[ Both eyebrows go straight up, but he doesn't miss a beat, ]

In the Rockies? What the hell were you smuggling? Bears?

[tonsofpun]

[She's still grinning. The awful thing about it is that it's an accurate description.]

Nah, just me. Joel was supposed to take me to this rebel group in our world, the Fireflies- and I'm helping.

[familyissues]

[ His mouth quirks into a smile. The urge is there to make a Star Wars crack, what with rebels and smugglers, but he's doubtful she'll get the reference.. ]

Fireflies? What are you rebelling against? Did the Tea Party finally take over?

[ Desmond nocks another arrow. He's mindful now of how he holds himself- if he were just alone, he might not give half a shit for form, but the reminder is there to set a better example. ]

[tonsofpun]

[Ellie watches him, studying as she goes on.]

Nope. Epidemic wiped out most of mankind two decades ago. They barely ever mention that it used to be a democracy, because now it's military rule. Curfews for everyone, rations, job assignments. I was in a military boarding school, it's where you get shuffled if you've got no parents.

[She sticks her hands in her pockets.]

The Fireflies are the ones who want freedom back. I don't exactly think everything they do is cool, but... it's complicated.

[familyissues]

[ He lowers the bow as she talks, respecting her with open ears and his full attention. Now that's heavy, incredibly so, especially for a kid like her to go through, and it hits Desmond suddenly, unexpectedly hard.

"Most of mankind"? Billions. The billions he died to save in his world just... gone in hers. He's not smiling anymore, though he keeps his tone as light as he can manage, he's pretty good at that. ]

What are they doing to get freedom? Doesn't seem like a militarized government would take too well to sit ins and daisy chains.

[tonsofpun]

[She hates seeing that look on people's faces. This is why she usually doesn't talk about her world, and just lets people think think she's had a particularly shitty life -- which she has -- but it's surprisingly common where she's from.]

Fighting back. Living outside the quarantine zones. Smuggling things, getting supplies to the people the military's cut off.

... I don't exactly trust them, but they're the only ones still bothering to look for a cure.

wow watch my late ass

[familyissues]

[ He has to turn away, has to follow through with the exercise and keep his eyes on the target. It's not even his burden to carry, but it's upsetting news nonetheless. The arrow hits dead center as he asks, surprised, ]

Hold up- the government isn't trying to cure it? What about the CDC?

dat ass

[tonsofpun]

[Ellie nods at it, approvingly, and goes on. It's not that big a deal to her -- it's just reality. That's all.]

No, they tried to at first. Tess said they even bombed whole cities to try to kill off the Infected.

It only worked for a while. But it's been a long time now since the outbreak. I don't think they have enough people.

[familyissues]

I'm sorry, Ellie.

[ He frowns, adding, ]

And I'm sure you're sick of people saying that, like it'll make anything better. It's just... hard to know what to say to news like that.

You're a lot tougher than I would have guessed. [ Have a wry smile. ]

[tonsofpun]

Why sorry? When it's the way things are, it's the way things are. I didn't realize how fucked up things were before I actually got here.

[It's been a rough realization. That compliment, though- it doesn't make her smile. She never knows what to do with praise.]