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! ]

Who: Yuiko, Ritsuka, & Marribelle
What: Yuiko wandering
When: 532 Morning
Where: Near the castle
Rating: PG

Nine days had passed since Yuiko had vanished. The vibrant pink of her hair had vanished, it has been cropped short so that she now was hardly recognizable. The only thing setting her apart from the gray natives were the ears tucked away under a cap as she sat outside of the castle. She didn't look distressed, but at the same time she didn't look happy either, just blank and void.

Her bracelet had been returned to her that morning, but the effects were still lingering as she sat there and tried to remember what had been happening over the course of the last week.

Who: EVERYONE still in Asgard
What: the Sound the Alarms mingle log
When: Day 499 ( Aug. 20/21 )
Where: all across the city!
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

Day 499 ( Aug. 20/21 )

Under Freya and the Emergency Response Team's guidance, the gods will be hosting a pre-announced emergency drill today. The Travellers will receive a heads-up via a short ping on their bracelets to be prepared for it at any given moment, and that chosen moment will come just after noon with the SOS alarm sounding off throughout the city. The City Patrol should assist in guiding everyone to their respective safe houses while the Medics grab their gear and check over every citizen to take the designated "Injured" to stations that should be set up and prepared for use in the safe zones. The Engineers will be told to employ any new defences and/or lock-down mechanisms they've devised to help keep the enemy at bay.

The drill will conclude after two hours, once everything has been relatively sorted and documented. This event won't end there, though!

Intrigued by the sudden blaring of alarms, a horde of strange looking animals will slowly trickle into the city through the Gate of Fire. They're a new species that have grown from the wreckage of the flood and, being that they are still in the infancy of their evolution, they will be docile and overall friendly upon finding the residents of Asgard as the source of the alarm. This means that they'll be very easy to shoo out of buildings when they curiously walk through open doors, and they'll take to following anyone they find particularly interesting, which means they can be made very easily into pets. They're here to stay, at least for now, so make nice with your new friends!

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the Sound the Alarms event! The IC poll to name the new animals is here. Please put [OPEN/CLOSED] along with the time and location 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 474 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 43 - 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 July. If you're ICly introing during an event, make sure you take that into account. Thank you!

Have fun! ]

Who: Seimei Aoyagi & Yuiko Hawatari
What: The big bad brother crushes a little girl’s dreams
When: Day 475
Where: Loki District
Rating: We’ll go with PG-13 for now
CW: Possible mentions of child abuse

( Go home, you're not wanted. )

Who: Everyone!
What: The mingle log for Part One of the Christmas in July event.
When: Days 475-477 (July 7-12)
Where: Anywhere in the city!
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

CHRISTMAS IN JULY, PART ONE;
(July 7-12/Days 475-477)

Days 475-477 (July 7-11)

Day 475 begins with a strange and unseasonable cold snap. The sunrise does little to fight the thin, harmless layer of frost that covers the city, and fat gray clouds crowd the skies by noon. Snow will fall heavily (but intermittently) over the course of the next three days, leading to high snow drifts and buildings that strain under the weight of the snowfall. Most of the Natives seem unsettled, regarding it as an omen, but the city's children seem to be glad for the change. They sled around the streets with little regard for their own safety - or the safety of the pedestrians around them. Any who leave the city will find that the temperature slowly normalizes the further one gets from Asgard, leveling out to normal about a half mile from it.

Day 477 (July 12)

When the city's clocks strike eleven PM on the night of the third consecutive snowday, the temperature makes a harsh dive as a violent snowstorm blows in without warning. It leaves little physical damage on the city, but hard pellets of sleet and hail mix with the snow. The precipitation is so heavy that visibility is practically nonexistent, and the wind blows hard enough to overturn mailboxes and tables. At precisely midnight, the electricity in all apartments and homes in the cities seems to flicker for a split second. The storm dies abruptly, and all is still.

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the first half of the Christmas in July plot event. Please put [OPEN/CLOSED] along with the date and location in the title of your comment. Let us know if you have any questions, and have fun! ]

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: Yuiko & anyone
What: Getting her color back
When: Day 438
Where: Anywhere
Rating: PG?

How long had it been? Yuiko rubbed her eyes blearily as she stared out from the steps of her welcome hall. She had a vague sense of the time that had passed but now it was hard to recall anything, as if it was just a blur and she had been really drained. She certainly hadn't been feeling like herself at all.

She was still dazed a little as she wandered around a little, her color gradually returning and the pink of her hair, tail, and ears returning to its bright cheerful norm. With each hour that passes by her ears and tail lift just a little until she finally feels like herself again. She could be found just about anywhere catching up with some people that she hadn't seen since turning grey, or grabbing a juice, even just sitting sprawled out somewhere getting a little sun and staring at the sky; hopefully not in the way. Occasionally she would hold up her wrist and stare at the bracelet with the small pink stone.