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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[The effect is both terrible and would be hilarious for anyone watching by who had a twisted sense of humor. Souji feels himself thrown away violently that he instantly slams into the bamboo wall; no time for him to move them out of the way. The surprise makes the blades react in turn, which causes them to sling him right back like a rag doll. He can't place himself properly, hell, there is no way you can fall on your best friend which you've just awkwardly kissed without making this situation even worse. An arm somewhere, a leg on a place that would make anyone blush, his head was spinning from having the air crushed out of him from the push to the fact he was completely panicking.

And in this tight space, no one can hear them scream.]

Shii--

[...Well at least the rhyming curse seemed to be cured.]

- hrk!

[As Pong-like as this may look from the outside, having a fully-grown Souji barrel straight into certain sensitive areas is a pretty efficient way to postpone any impending racket. With no more than a gurgle, Yosuke crumples. The only thing left for Souji to land on is a burning pile of pain on the ground, just past the doorstep.

...Hey, did he hear something break? It seems unlikely, but Yosuke's stunned and reeling mind would much rather grab onto that kind of thought for dear life than whatever the hell just happened.]

[A wiz of an emotional roller-coaster leaves Souji with not just mental, but physical wounds at this point. He's pretty sure one of his kneecaps hit the ground, and the other....well...it's best not to talk about where the other ended up.

Still, he doesn't seem as badly damage as his friend he just fell upon on, and a wave of guilt overcomes him. Sure it felt...well...not exactly how he expected it would go down, but he couldn't help but be a little bit glad. And that...was something he'd probably never tell the other, or anyone else. He'd probably feel the same thing with the other two, and then he feels all at once that maybe he's just not made for this.

All at once, the things around them come flying off, the piercing white light and lack of walls giving them no comfort...but at least if Yosuke tries that thing again, Souji won't slam right back into him. Somehow he manages to get up. He's not sure how he manages, but he looks at Yosuke one last time, and there's a slight color, probably due from the cold. Obviously.]

I should go. W-we'll talk later, partn-[No it seems almost wrong to say that here right now.] - Yosuke.

[He's not exactly waiting for the other to respond, as he turns around, his fallen scarf on the ground next to his friend's left leg.]

Go!? [Shocked back into mobility, Yosuke struggles to pull himself together and back to his feet.] Hey, you can't -

[But sudden movements are beyond him right now. All he can do is watch Souji through scrunched-up eyes - silhouetted, wavering, turning away, gone.]

Souji, wait! Hold up... [He bites his lip.] Aww, crap.

[Strictly speaking, this is inaccurate, but nature can still call a lot louder than he can. Even then, he hesitates. If he runs, he's pretty sure he'd be able to catch up, but what the hell for? To reload and shoot another few rounds into his foot?]

...I can't just leave this here.

[Whisking the forgotten scarf into his hand with a thought, because that keeps the bitterness at bay for a moment longer, he flees back the way he came, and hates every step.]

~~[And then Souji regretted making out in the snow for the rest of his days.]~~

EVENT MINGLE: AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

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