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

[not_sasuke]

Sure, sure.

[He seems frankly amused by it all, following along with his free hand in his pocket.]

I'm surprised, though. I would have thought you'd be concerned about being seen like this.

[made_4_ritsuka]

Huh seen like what?

[About as clueless and slow as ever.]

It shouldn't be a problem that we're out since we're together and wandering around on our own.

[not_sasuke]

[Clueless indeed.]

Well, considering how you reacted when I mentioned kissing, I didn't expect you to be so bold about holding hands like this.

[made_4_ritsuka]

[She blushes a little, but she doesn't seem to adjust her grip at all.]

I-I've grown up a lot. And holding hands is something that friends do too, so I don't think anyone will get the wrong idea.

[not_sasuke]

Even when it's a boy and a girl?

[Because that usually has some implications...]

[made_4_ritsuka]

U-umm.

[She blushed a lot more, her face turning red more than pink. But still she wanted to hold hands with someone and he had always been really nice to her; even if he teased her.]

W-we don't have to if you think someone will think it's something like that.

[not_sasuke]

[You're so much fun, Yuiko. He's genuinely amused.]

No, no, it's fine! It just seemed worth pointing out.

Who knows, maybe one day you'll be brave enough to hold hands with someone you really like.

[made_4_ritsuka]

Ritsuka-kun's already held my hand before, when we were walking home from school. He normally wouldn't let me but we had gotten in trouble and I think he was trying to make me feel better.

[She had been surprised but had really enjoyed it.]

[not_sasuke]

Oh? So that's the guy you like?

Pretty lucky! He's here too, isn't he?

[made_4_ritsuka]

[Yuiko nodded her head, she couldn't really admit it out-loud but it was pretty obvious.]

He is. And Soubi-san is too. Ah but Ritsuka-kun's brother is here too, he's really protective.

[not_sasuke]

Protective? Like, he doesn't want his little brother dating yet?

[Since clearly that would be the issue.]

[made_4_ritsuka]

He wants to know all about who Ritsuka-kun talks to and really only seems to want Soubi-san to be around him.

[not_sasuke]

...That sounds a little more like stalking than being protective.

[Yuusuke should know; he's spent a good six months or so keeping tabs on his own brother, although that wasn't really out of any affection. Mostly he wanted to figure out who he needed to get rid of so Sasuke would finally leave of his own volition.]