asgardmeridiem | EVENT LOG: LOOK! A DISTRACTION!

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

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You didn't intend to try riding a horse either, but that shit happened.

[She loves reminding him. And she hands him the bow.]

Give it a shot.

Right, cheers.

[ Not that he really minds the reminder.

He takes the bow, and frowns at it. Well. First time for everything. ]

Instruct me?

[Ellie's really beginning to love teaching John how to do things. Maybe it's because the generation gap makes it just weird and fun enough, or maybe it's his reactions- but either way.]

Okay, tuck your elbow just like this... and hold onto the string, not the arrow. There you go-

[ It is a bit weird because it's been a long time since he's really had to learn things. Sherlock can do a lot of things he can't, but Sherlock also never actually tries to teach anything. He doesn't mind much, though. It's oddly fun. ]

Right.

If I accidentally strike someone else I blame you.

Don't be a dick, just point it at the target.

[But she's laughing.]

Now pull it back, all the way to your jaw.

[ He just grins, and does so, after which he tries to aim. It's probably basically completely different from guns, so he has no illusions he'll actually hit.

And apparently he can't really hold the string that long, because he's basically forced to let go after a few seconds. The arrow doesn't fly off into the crowd or anything, but it doesn't hit the target. ]

Bugger.

[Hey, he got the string all the way back. Some people aren't strong enough to do that.]

You did it without smacking yourself in the face. Better than my first shot.

You did that?

[ Sorry, he's laughing. A bit. ]

Ow.

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[Ellie laughs too, and touches her cheek, where there's a barely-there scar that'll fade in time.]

Yep, that was this one. I got better.

Clearly.

[ Let's give it another go. Maybe he should learn, after all. In case he runs out of bullets during battle. ]

[Ellie moves in to adjust his stance again.]

You act like you're cool with holding a weapon. Some of the other folks who came over are sort of... skittish?

I've had practice. I'm an army doctor.

[ Let's have another go! It hits the target this time.

Well. Sort of. It hits what the target's standing on. But it's... something? ]

Shit, I didn't know that part.

No wonder you didn't freak out at my arm.

-hey, better.

Never seen anything like it, but it's not the worst I've seen.

[ He's going to try until he hits the freaking target. New arrow! ]

I bet not.

[She takes a deep breath.]

Which war were you in?

Afghanistan.

[ Another miss. ]

... I heard about that one. That was the one happening when the outbreak started.

I guess that stopped it, then.

Guess it did.

Funny you can't have one without the other.

Kinda shitty.

How come people want to fight wars all the time? I mean, wasn't it great back then? Everybody had electricity, and food, and running water, a bed.

They had their families.

Why risk fucking it up?

I think... people don't understand what they have until they don't have it. And they always want more.

[ And that deep and sort of depressing thing to say is followed by a shout of triumph as he hits the target. ]

[Ellie gives a whoop too, promptly forgets about everything sad, and thumps him on the shoulder.]

Good job, high five!

[ He flashes a grin and holds a hand up for said high five. ]

Guess I can get a hang of this after all.

Yeah.

[She gives him a good solid one, and a huge grin.]

Sherlock said you liked having something to shoot, so.

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