Who: EVERYONE
What: the Good God, Y'all mingle log.
When: Days 461-462 ( June 9-12 )
Where: the castle courtyard
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

Day 461 ( June 9/10 )

When the Travellers wake up, they will find a message sent to every bracelet in the city:

As per the agreement between the gods and their Travellers, all persons within Asgard are humbly requested at the castle courtyard for enlistment in the Holy City's war efforts. Every individual is invited to find their resolve and seek out their purpose; this is the final stand in Ragnarok, and your help is needed now more than ever.

Enlistment is mandatory! Please see your local officials for more information.

A friendly if not a touch formal invitation to what will essentially be Asgard's job fair! A mandatory job fair. This is why we can't have nice things.

The castle courtyard and the streets leading into it will be crowded with bustling natives and several booths, not uncommon in appearance to the many festivals they've had over the last two years. This time, however, there is no music or celebration to be had. Everyone is hard at work organising their efforts for the war and doing their level best to assist in the transition.

Day 462 ( June 11/12 )

The fair will continue for two days, to give everyone time to get down there and make their decisions. Anyone that hasn't signed up by the end of this day will be visited at home by a city rep and a few guards that will politely ask them to register for a group and weaponry if they plan to carry it. Refusal will land them in jail for the day, where they will still be politely asked to please, seriously, just pick something. Anything. Uncle Odin wants you.

At the end of the fair, there will be food and drinks to thank the Travellers for their support and cooperation. Throughout the entirety of the event and for the rest of their stay, the natives will be more reverent and grateful than ever than the Travellers have chosen to stay and fight at their side. They will do anything they can to help them win this war; this evening will be one of camaraderie and appreciation for the past, present, and future sacrifices to save the World Tree.

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the Good God, Y'all event. Remember that all characters must be signed up for at least one group by June 12. Information on the currently established groups can be found here; sign-ups are in the comments section on the same post. Please put [OPEN/CLOSED] along with the time/location in the title of your comment. Let us know if you have any questions! ]

Who: EVERYONE
What: the Almost Useful mingle log
When: Day 437 ( Apr. 22/23 )
Where: all across the city
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

Day 437 ( Apr. 22/23 )

After giving some consideration to the nature of their bonds with their patron deities, Sam Winchester posts to the network supposing a theory: if the gods can feed magic into the Travellers to give them their House Powers, perhaps, then, the Travellers can feed magic back into the gods. They have been under great duress both with Odin's collapse and the most recent disasters in the kingdom, even the smallest bit of a boost may make a difference.

Using the same runes from Draco's magic expansion plot, Travellers will be advised to draw the personalised god runes for their patron deity somewhere on their bodies in runic ink, anywhere it might not be disrupted or broken. For the duration of this day, every time the Travellers use any form of magic - be it House Powers or other runic magic - the god rune will glow faintly in the colour of their patron. The energy they pour into their magic will travel along the bond to their god and give them something of an energy shot, just the slightest lift in their strength and energy.

However, performing this transfer comes at a cost. The more magic performed, the more the Travellers will be drained of their own energy in a nearly euphoric way. The exhaustion will come in a vague sense of warmth and affection ( as it is, after all, the spirit of the Mother that gives the gods their magic ), as the need for a nice cup of their favourite cocoa, or perhaps a comfortable nap in the sunlight, or maybe even a profession of love.

Yes, we're giving you an aphrodesiac curse. As the Travellers grow more and more tired, they will grow more and more inclined to cuddle up with someone or something they care about and sleep off the exhaustion. This is generally harmless and will not be an extreme; it will not create feelings of love where there are none and it will not encourage them to do the nasty or anything like that. It's more simplistic than that, a base sort of love that comes in simple touches or a spoken word of love.

Anyone participating in this event is more than welcome to vary up the way this manifests in their characters, but by the end of the day, all Travellers using the transfer will be taking a collective nap for a few hours. When they wake, the euphoric effects will be gone and the god runes will no longer be active. Fingers crossed no one came across them cuddling with their best friend!

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the Almost Useful special event! Remember that your character can only use the rune for their patron god. Please put [OPEN/CLOSED] along with the time/location of your character in the title of your comment. Let us know if you have any questions! ]

Who: Sora and anyone around
What: Trying to figure out what to do in the whole big picture thing.
When: Day 437
Where: Gefion Park
Rating: Nothing above PG here.

( Here for a purpose but what exactly is it? )

Who: EVERYONE
What: the LOCUSTS! mingle log
When: Days 431-434 ( Apr. 10-17 )
Where: all across the city
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

Day 431 ( Apr. 10/11 )

Any early risers that head outdoors as the sun is rising will find a somewhat strange sight: hundreds of earthworms, scattered all across any available loose earth, squirming around on the ground. What caused them all to dig their way to the surface isn't clear just yet, but they aren't the only creatures behaving a bit strangely today.

Just as the sun breaks the horizon around 7AM, a single stag will come charging through the city coming from the north and heading straight through the Gate of Frost. Mere minutes after that, a whole herd of deer will follow his lead and stampede their way south without care for anyone or anything that might get in their way. Smaller animals like wolves, foxes, rabbits, and the likes will follow at their feet, birds flying overhead in great flocks - all headed the same direction. Any pets or animals within the city will be irritable and anxious, some trying to escape and follow the same path outside and away from Asgard.

In the midst of the mass exodus, the bracelet's SOS function will blare loudly as one of the gods summons the Travellers to the castle.

The Travellers will have less than an hour to get themselves to the heart of the city where natives will already be ushering people indoors with a nervous calm. The whole of the city will be rushing their way through the barrier, and it will be made obvious fairly early on that not everyone can fit inside the castle. Jockey for a safe position and keep a strong hold on your loved ones so that you don't get separated in the chaos, but be fast about it.

After that hour mark, a wave of water will come crashing through the city from the north, flooding the streets at a height of approximately 10ft / 300cm. Anyone not within the castle barrier by that point will either drown or be swept away in a violent current that will carry send their bodies into whatever solid objects might stand in their way. Those safely within the barrier will see Heimdall at the front gate with his hands raised as though pressed against an invisible wall; if they look closely, they will be able to make out all city structures glowing with a faint shimmer - either royal blue, pale green, or amber - before their view is obscured by the water pounding against the barrier. The dome over the castle will be made visible by the flood encapsulating it as it washes anything that wasn't rooted down through the streets. It will be an awesome sight, though grim enough, as nature takes its course through the city.

The flooding will continue for several hours, during which time the Travellers will be largely left to their own devices as they wait out the worst of it. Sigyn, Freyr, and Freya will be going around with castle maids to make sure that no one in harmed and to try to keep people relatively calm. Hel, Fenrir, and Jormungand will be doing their level best to intimidate people into compliance by coordinating the immediate relief efforts that will take place as soon as they are able to leave. This means that, for the few hours it takes for the flood to die down, the castle will be largely unmonitored as the gods try to minimise the damage.

After the worst of the flooding passes, the residents of Asgard will be free to return to their homes. There will still be a foot of water to wade through, but it will be slow moving and relatively harmless. Thanks to Thor, Baldr, and Loki's protection spells, all buildings will still be structurally sound, if not wholly intact. Glass panes may be shattered and wooden doors may be splintered; anything that wasn't firmly tied down may be displaced somewhere down the road or otherwise destroyed. But for the most part, the damage is minimal. Now just to do something about this pesky water ...

Day 432 ( Apr. 12/13 )

By now, the floodwater has lowered to a scant inch or two, leaving the city streets littered with debris but otherwise safe for travel. Natives will be setting up booths to help coordinate the return of lost possessions or missing pets, reporting any property damage, and recovering any bodies of those that might not've made it to the castle in time. Travellers are welcome and encouraged to assist in the relief efforts. There will be district clean-up sign-ups below, but these are not mandatory to get involved, they're more of a way to see who will be in your district to make plotting easier.

Later in the day, while everyone is still trying to rid the streets of the lingering water and put everything back to rights, the first survivors of the flood will begin trickling into the waterlogged city. Outlying villages and encampments were destroyed in the disaster and are now seeking refuge with their gods in the capitol. Despite the stress Asgard is already under with the supply shortage and the damage from the flood, the Prince Regent will not deny his citizens the aid they require and will welcome them into the city until they can revive the land to health.

Days 433-434 ( Apr. 14-17 )

Relief efforts will now be split into two different areas: recovering the city and creating space for the new arrivals. The natives will need help setting up temporary housing, like filtering families into unused housing and setting up tents for the remaining numbers. They will need to ration out food and general camping supplies, and when Asgard is currently in a supply shortage, making ends meet will be a bit of a struggle. We would really love to see some player created groups banding together to do this! Things like donation collections or fostering an NPC or anything at all, you guys should work together to help facilitate the arrival of these refugees and their temporary(?) stay within the city. There are some player projects already up here if you’d like to take a look and get involved!

On the other side of relief efforts will be cleaning up the streets, boarding up broken windows, things like that. Sigyn will be working to rebuild the wall and could use some assistance in not only construction but the magic of her barrier as well. More player coordination here will help put things back to rights, so if your character has an idea of what they can do to help, please comment below to start up some relief projects! It'll basically be two days of everyone trying to dig themselves out of the mess and get settled again.

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the LOCUSTS! event. All of the gods ( except Odin and Frigg, naturally ) will be out and about during the first day of this event, so if you’d like to plot with any of them, please contact either the NPC handler or the mods and we’ll help facilitate some plotting for you. As a reminder, all deaths during this event count towards your death consequences. Please put [OPEN/CLOSED] along with the time/location of your character in the title of your comment. Let us know if you have any questions! ]

Who: Newbies and anyone who wishes to greet them!
What: Getting used to the city
When: Days 429 and forward.
Where: Anywhere in town!
Rating: PG-13 tops! If it gets worse, move to a private log please.

[Please include your location and the IC day (ex. Day 429 - this can be found in the schedule) in your top-level comment or your subject line when starting a thread! It can be any welcome hall, major attraction, or just out an about in any district. For newbies making a top-level thread, you may include your character's name/canon/house in your subject line if you'd like, to make housemates easy to find! :) If a God is needed or wanted, please ping the mods and depending on availability we might be able to throw them in where asked.

Also, keep an eye on the event schedule for April! If you're ICly introing during an event, make sure you take that into account. Thank you!

Have fun!]

Who: Merlin and YOU
What: Coming home to something rather unexpected. Also dragons.
When: Day 163, Afternoon
Where: Everywhere!
Rating: PG

( He doesn't have time to ponder before he goes tumbling to the floor. )

Who: Sora, Hisao, and Ritsu
What: So some kids got left a shop and have no clue what to do. Enter in the adult.
When: Day 153 afternoon (Yep, so backdated)
Where: Hrafn Tea Room
Rating: C for clueless


( can you face the challenge? )

Who: Merlin and YOU
What: One of those pesky curses. Surprise! Someone is now a girl. Woman. Whatever.
When: Day 121, morning
Where: New Camelot & Sigyn District
Rating: PG

( Arthur is probably never going to let him forget this. )

Who: Hisao and Sora
What: An adventure in Rollerblading
When: Day 115?
Where: Starting in Sigyn
Rating: Rated R. For Rollerblades. (No, probably G unless Hisao falls over and gets injured.)

( Rolling start! )

Who: ANYONE AND EVERYONE.
What: Characters getting their hugging grove on or trying to avoid the rampant touchy-feely nonsense and just go about their day to day business.
When: Days 89-90
Where: Sigyn District, including the Hospital.
Rating: HUG EVENT.

[Open log post for characters who live, work, commute through, visit their club house, shop or might otherwise be in Sigyn for any conceivable reason whatsoever for the two days of the hug event! Post your location and what day -- 89 for hugs, 90 for sticking, more detailed information in the event post here. -- and let's get these hugs on the road.]

Who: Kaz (parasiteye) & ANYONE EVER
What: Him wandering around like an idiot with a concussion 8|b
When: Day 75, early eveningish
Where: Baldr-Hel area
Rating: PG for Kaz being Kaz I suppose skdjg and dried blood?


[ SO GUESS WHO'S BEEN MISSING FOR LIKE 2.5 DAYS. This idiot--which is totally not his fault. Johan roughing him up ensured that he was passed out for at least a day following the incident and since then he's...well, he is not doing so great at the functioning thing. His disoriented and his head aches, and at the moment he's really just wandering around like an idiot. ]

[ His head's been bandaged by the same doucher who took a tire iron to the back of his head so at least there's that. Even if there's dried black blood all the way down the back of his neck and shirt from it and it will break his heart to know his jacket is ruined :c ]

[ REGARDLESS he's looking pretty spacey as he stumbles down along one of the main roads, both hands pressed against the buildings to help orient himself because oh my god this is difficult with a concussion ]

Who: EVERYONE!
What: Spring Party!
When: Day 73 (April 26-27)
Where: everywhere, but mostly the park!
Rating: PG/PG-13! If it goes NSFW, take it to a private log please.

[Hey everyone, it's time for that party the gods mentioned! As afternoon settles in on Day 73, there will suddenly be an abundance of flowers blooming all at once! In places where the city is still all or mostly grey, they're the same, but in frequently trafficked places (Welcome Halls, Paid Housing neighborhoods, the areas around popular shops etc), things should be getting pretty colourful, and there the flowers are in every shade of the rainbow! All coloured flowers will be letting off a strong, pleasant scent (honeysuckle, jasmine, lilac, whatever you can think of), and some of the more cone-shaped flowers are filled with a faintly glowing nectar that, if harvested, will prove to be a strong healing salve when applied topically and an all-purpose antidote to poisons when ingested.

In the the park, things are set up for a big party! There are numerous spots with seating in both chair and floor cushion form, as well as self-renewing tables of food and drink (including things from Travellers homes and some very fine fruit wines). Music seems to come from nowhere, and is of the ambient whimsical instrumental sort, some laid back and some a little perkier, to promote dancing. The sky tonight will start out clear and full of stars, very intense and eye-catching. After dark, some of the flowers will glow, providing soft coloured light in place of the usual street lamps.

Around midnight, the whole city will be treated to some further special effects. Lights will come up from the ground like multi-coloured fireflies, floating around the city aimlessly for awhile. Trying to touch them will result in one's hand going right through, feeling only a faint warmth. They'll gather loosely around people and other sources of warmth and movement, hovering about and forming patterns here and there. After roughly an hour they'll lift up into treetops and along the eaves of buildings, and stay there glittering til morning.

Lastly, a couple of hours before dawn some light cloud cover will come in, bringing with it a gentle cool sprinkling of rain. In the morning there will be enough light for rainbows, for anyone who stays up to see the impressive sunrise!

The music will stop at sunrise, and all of the other effects (including flowers) will fade away by noon of Day 74 (April 28)! In the meantime, have fun and enjoy!]

Who: Merlin (dragonspeak) and YOU
What: The word's been spread, and the time is right for both students and teachers to gather. Let the information exchange begin!
When: Day 72, afternoon
Where: Empty study room in Odin's library
Rating: PG

( Enough Travelers had volunteered to help others, but how many would come today? )

(ooc: Everyone's welcome, even if you haven't spoken to Merlin before! Feel free to assume your character heard it through word of mouth. And don't be afraid to mingle between you guys, too!
ETA: Also, the current list of volunteers can be found over here!)

Who: YOU. This is an OPEN log, heck yeah.
What: Lux's Grand Opening
When: Day 69, all night
Where: Lux, in the Baldr District
Rating: PG-13 to be safe—If the rating goes up in a thread, please let me know!

( welcome to Lux... )

Who: Sora and YOU!
What: An acrobat goes off to train. Fun tiems ensue possibly.
When: Day 59
Where: Arena in Thor, one of the training rooms
Rating: Let's go with PG for now. Might go up depending on who tags in.

( Train the body, train the mind. )

Who: OPEN TO ALL
What: Get yourself treated for sudden stab wounds! Heal people who have been stabbed! Can't do much about the betrayal, though, sorry. Feel free to interact with other patients and stuff. Bond over bleedy betrayal!
When: day 51+
Where: Sigyn district hospital
Rating: PG-13ish?

Momoka has managed to set aside an entire room for the sudden influx of stab wound victims, probably because most of the hospital workers are still blank and grey enough that they don't mind being ordered around by a ten-year-old. Anyway, this makes for easy interaction with everyone else going through the same thing as you. Make some stab friends!

Who: EVERYONE!
What: Valentine's Day Log!
When: Day 37, 8pm
Where: The Castle Ballroom
Rating: up to PG-13. Take NSFW things to a private log please!

Here it is: the moment you've all been waiting for! The Valentine's Ball has begun!

At 8pm, all characters will suddenly find themselves wearing formal wear to suit their tastes, and lights and music will begin in the ballroom. Characters are welcome to come and go from the ball as they'd like, except for the Ball Court members, who will be teleported to the ballroom and may not change clothes or leave until 9pm!

Ball Court consists of the following people:

ODIN:
Nathan Drake (smallbeginnings)
Terezi Pyrope (synesthesic

THOR:
Yuu Kanda (illusioned)
Rider (Alexander) (macedonian)

LOKI:
Shion Sonozaki (stungun)
Mephisto Pheles (undevil)

SIGYN:
Tavros Nitram (uncertainty)
Tsukiko Yahisa (starryguyed)

HEL:
Karkat Vantas (crabby)
Kaz (parasiteye)

HEIMDALL:
Ventus (wingblades)
Zen (poisonfeathers)

FREYR:
Souji Seta (verifies)
Chihaya Kisaragi (sora_wo_koete)

FREYA:
Gomez Addams (rabiduspatris)
Minako Arisato (orphean)

BALDR:
Juuza Amakusa (satisfies)
The Boss (bosses)

Court members were determined by number of Valentines received, and are the top earner in their respective Houses! :) We'll be unscreening the valentines tally comments momentarily.

At 9pm, the King and Queen of the ball will be announced. King & Queen were the highest Valentine earners in the whole city, and are:

Karkat Vantas (crabby) & Kaz (parasiteye)

Yes, Hel House dominated the Valentine Receiving by quite a bit, as did these particular characters.


The ballroom has dim but colourful lighting and plays a variety of types of music from classical to dubstep. There is a refreshments table including punch, various cookies, and small sandwiches, and a second table that, again, provides any kind of food or drink (even alcohol) the character could wish for, including things from their home worlds. Also, as of 8pm everyone's valentine receiving boxes will be unlocked! Open them up to see the valentines you received and who they're from! :)

Have fun and party hard, everyone!