EVENT MINGLE: AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

[asgardmods]

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! ]

Comments

[itistolaugh]

"You stupid, stupid--"

She was shaking as she squeezed his hand back and scrubbed at her eyes with the palm of her other hand.

"It's not like I have a future either, you know! But that's no excuse to have a miserable now!"

[sleight_of_hand]

"What else do I have? Miserable is just what I'm used to..."

Dammit, he couldn't stand this; Adachi tugged her a little closer so she could lean on him and cry on his shoulder instead.

[itistolaugh]

Harley stiffened and turned her face away from him.

"We had something nice. We really coulda..." She took a deep, shaking breath. "If you wanted misery then you should've done it on your own time. You didn't have to do me like that."

[sleight_of_hand]

"No, I didn't," he admitted. "Guess the only thing I'm good at is spreading that misery around."

[itistolaugh]

"The worst part is I really, really, really wish I could just hate you but I don't and I'm stupid enough that I'd probably even take you back and I can't believe I just said that out loud."

Harley pulled her hand away and covered her face, letting out a long exhausted sigh.

[sleight_of_hand]

"Heh... yeah, well, I wouldn't actually say any of the shit I've said today, so there's that," he replied, running his hand over his face now that she let it go. He really didn't know what to do; it would have been better for her if she left him be. She wouldn't be hurt that way. But at the same time, he didn't want to cut off all his ties.

This whole thing sucked.

[itistolaugh]

"Was there ..." She swallowed and stared at the ground. If she didn't look at him, she could probably hold it together.

"Was there something I could've done? What is it about me that I'm always the runner up?"

[sleight_of_hand]

"It's not who the runner up is and who isn't," Adachi replied. "It's more I don't know what the hell I want. It's the first time I've ever gotten any kind of attention, not to mention from two women that had one hell of an impact on my life. I didn't know what the hell to do."

...there he went, blurting shit out again.