asgardmeridiem | EVENT MINGLE: AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Who: Everyone!
What: The event mingle for the And A Happy New Year event.
When: Days 555-557
Where: Anywhere in town!
Rating: PG-13 tops! If it gets worse, move to a private log please.

DAY 555 (Dec 14-15)

As the last of the black ice is cleared from the city - and the last of its natives wake from their gray slumber - a cautious winter celebration begins. The city itself opens its doors wide to the allied forces still camped outside it and the natives invite the Travelers to observe the beginning of Winter and the approach of the end of the Asgardian year with them.

The day begins with what seems like a typical party in the streets. There is food, music, and an attitude of general warmth and hope from the Natives that hasn't been quite so present in a long time. It will be interrupted in the early afternoon by a snowball fight that starts in one sector of the city and quickly snowballs out of control. For a few hours, the city itself will become a veritable warzone, with most of the city's native children and adults alike getting in on the fight! Watch your back and take no prisoners. (NOTE: Please check THIS LINK for player plot information about the snowball fight!)

DAY 556 (Dec 16-17)

Day 556 sees a brief return to old - and maybe familiar - tricks. The festivities continue on outside, but some Travelers throughout the course of the day may find themselves influenced by magical impulse… all in the name of good holiday fun, of course.

The effects of these miniature curses will last anywhere between ten minutes and an hour and happen spontaneously, and most of them are echoes of similar curses that have been laid upon the city before. Travelers may find themselves:

Unable to lie or actively compelled to blurt truths, consequences be damned
Only able to communicate in poetry or song
Given a nagging urge to (sincerely!) compliment anyone they come across
Compelled to just hold hands with whoever they're near
Caught under sprigs of magic mistletoe that seem to appear at arbitrary times at equally arbitrary places (though they can either be kissed or just wait a few minutes for it to disappear again)

Your character can be affected by as many and as often as you'd like, but none of them are mandatory. To reward the Travelers for putting up with that silliness one final time, they will find in their rooms that night a basket of chocolate, a horrendously ugly Christmas sweater, and one item from home. The item can be anything that fits within the game's technological and magical rules! If you'd like your character to receive something, please just drop a comment HERE to get it approved.

DAY 557 (Dec 18-19)

Day 557 marks the final day of celebration. That evening, twinkling, magical fairy lights will cover the edges of buildings and the branches of trees all over the city. There are light displays of amazing proportion all over the city, and the Welcome Halls are done up in entirely their signature color. the Travelers will be invited into the castle again for a ball much like the one last year. Thor will announce the end of curfew and tell everyone to party hard, because the hunt for both Surt and a way to heal the World Tree will begin after this.

The party will last until midnight, when everyone will be shuffled out into the courtyard for a brilliant fireworks display. It represents both the victory over Thiazi and the hope that the celebration of this coming new year will not be the last.

[ This is the mingle log for the And A Happy New Year event. Please include your location and the IC day in your top-level comment or your subject line when starting a thread! ]

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[Kanji's not the greatest at these events either. Nor at fancy clothes - that is to say, wearing them, not making them - though he's definitely making an effort, given the occasion.

Still, he's been left stranded himself a little for now, so - spotting Hibiki there, he heads over.]

Not dancin', huh?

Ah-- Tatsumi-san!

[She shakes her head, looking sheepish.]

I never learned how to dance. And, um... I think I'll trip in this dress.

[It. Hadn't exactly been her first choice, but the shopkeepers did so love helping her dress up...]

[He ... thinks he heard that?]

...I can see the problem. It's ... pretty big. Fancy dancin' doesn't look so hard, but... I wouldn't wanna be steppin' on what I'm wearin' either.

The people at the store helped me pick out a dress, and they said this one looked the cutest...

[...And to be fair, she's incredibly adorable in it! It's just. Not very easy to move in.]

I'm clumsy anyway, so it's probably better if I just stay to the side, I think.

C'mon. Don't put yourself down. You ain't that bad.

[Given who else he knows, he definitely can't criticise her on that ground...]

It's up to you. But if you ever wanna, don't let that hold ya back.

I wouldn't even know how to start anyway. I've never really danced before.

[Ahaha...]

What about you, Tatsumi-san? Do you ever dance like this?

Who, me? Uh, it ain't really somethin' I've had the chance to do...

[And few enough people who'd want to dance with him, sadly.]

Really? But you look like you'd be so good at it!

[...Admittedly, in her mind, it's because he's so tall. Obviously being tall is very important for a good dancing experience, because watching all the people out there, she doesn't see a single one as short as she is having a very successful dance. Height differences, man...]

You - think so?

[He gives a bit of a 'huh'. Well, he's not going to say he can't without trying, but he'd never have thought...]

Uh-huh! You look really nice, and I bet if you learned the steps, you'd be great at it!

[So obviously he'd be an amazing dancer is Hibiki's very professional opinion yup.]

[Laughing a bit here-]

Maybe. But y'know it ...takes me a while to learn stuff.

Oh... That's true. I've been watching all this time and I'm still not sure what you're supposed to do.

[It's like everyone just magically knows how to dance to all of these different songs she just doesn't get it.]

How are you supposed to know when to spin...?

I dunno. Is it when the music does somethin'? Is it just every so often?

[Man, it's making him a little dizzy just watching. He wouldn't say he's a bad dancer, but that's only when it comes to, you know, normal parties...]

But not everyone knows what the songs are, right...? But everybody moves exactly on time...

[I-is it magic...?]

Well, you've gotta just go with the rhythm to get the timin' right, I guess... have ya just gotta remember it?

[Scratching his head for a moment as he thinks it through.]

S-so... when the rhythm does something, that's when everybody knows to move a certain way? Even though the songs sound so different...

[Serious thinking face going on right here right now.]

I wonder if Eyes-san knows... He's really good with music.

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