𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐈𝐈: 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑, 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈

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Welcome to Hotel Fen! It's December 2016. This month's patron is Thor the Thunderer. Outside the back entrance of the hotel, down a little path to the side, you'll find a narrow, hedge-lined path that leads to a small clearing among some of the forest trees. There are a few benches on either side, an invitation to sit and think, or even to sit and talk, because while you're here, it feels as if you're not alone — though there isn't anyone to see past the other hotel guests who might be wandering about. At the center of the clearing is a moderately sized altar carved out of stone. The table of the altar stands about waist high and is large enough to place a downed deer... or lay a person on. The stone itself looks old, the edges worn smooth and that light gray now darker from being exposed to the elements over the years. The spots on top of the table, well, it wasn't uncommon to leave sacrificial offerings to the gods in the past, but it's probably best not to ask what the darker stains are if you don't want to know. There's a large slab rising up from the back of the table to stand over it, which comes to a point at the top. On the slab are carvings of thunderbolts, wicked-looking goats, and a face that looks like someone who'd been in the hotel previously. There's also a large ᚦ in the center of the slab and even if you don't know Norse mythology and any of its gods, you get the impression that it represents Thor. On the table are three items that used to be available in the gift shop: a 4XL Viking drinking horn, a small Yule goat, and Mjolnir. The horn will always be full of mead (yes, it refills itself) and anyone who drinks from it, depending on the quantity, will either develop a loud, bellowing voice (say you took a sip) or actually fly into a berkserker rage (if you drink yourself blind). The Yule goat, on the other hand, is harmless... for the time being. And Mjolnir? Good luck lifting it.

wild was Vingthor when he awoke, and when his mighty hammer he missed; he shook his beard, his hair was bristling.
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I. WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS
summer has come and passed ♫♪

The guests wake up to discover two things: the date is now November 13, 2016, and they are not in their original rooms. The front desk lady will be, as always, oblivious to this strange occurrence, but will easily and eagerly provide replacement key cards, at no extra cost, if requested.

There are no signs of the missing posters or the ghost students or the black tree. In fact, it's like the last couple of weeks never happened at all... probably because it's now 2016 instead of 2021?

Christmas is also in full swing in the hotel, with decors and lights and carols all around. It's also perpetually snowing outside — nothing heavy, always at an even pace, but somehow still enough to freeze the lake for ice skating, allow skiing, and for snow to gather and make the hotel look picturesque. Kind of like what one would see in a postcard. Or a snow globe.

New arrivals will also start on this date and scenario, regardless of when in the month they actually came in OOCly.

Please refer to the calendar for the list of activities, as well as the new room assignments.

II. HIGH ON A HILL WAS A LONELY GOATHERD
lay ee odl lay ee old-oo ♫♪

Out on the courtyard is the hotel's newest attraction: a large goat inspired by Sweden's Gävle goat, though erected so much earlier than the original version. But like the Gävle goat, it will quickly become the subject of repeated arson attacks, and guests will soon start to notice that when the goat is burned, bad things happen.

Hmmm. Maybe it's because goats are Thor's sacred animals...?

The first burning will be on November 27th, coinciding with the burning of the Gävle goat in Sweden. The incident will result to a freak thunderstorm the next day and the following guests will be struck by lightning or electrocuted (if they're inside the hotel while it's storming) — not fatal, but enough to hurt and lead to injury and panic.

• Alexandra Trese
• Poe Dameron
• Bucky Barnes
• Aleksander Kirigan
• Anna Morasca
• Beverly Marsh
• Jon Snow

The goat will also be hit by a car on December 5th, on the same day it happens to the Gävle goat. In the following week these guests will experience enhanced "clumsiness", such as falling off their beds for no reason, falling down the stairs, tripping on nothing, running smack into glass walls, getting a door closed on their faces, spilling drinks or food on themselves...

• Ben Hanscom
• Lyanna Stark
• Julia
• Gloria
• Wes Wrench
• Alec Lightwood
• Pietro Maximoff
• Alessandra DiStefano
• Steve Rogers
• Hannah Solo
• John Marston
• Kofun
• Zed Martin

Troublemaking and curious guests can also, of course, attempt to burn the goat. FOR SCIENCE. Please comment here with the date and circumstances of the goat burning, and find out the consequences!

Lastly, these guests will be immune to any bad luck brought about by burned goats, even if they are part of the lists above:

• those whose patron is Thor: Wes Wrench, Jouya Hoshino, John Cthulhutine
• those who bought Yule goats from the gift shop: Rey, Poe Dameron, Alina Starkov, Cashmere Ritchson, Alexandra Trese

TO BE CONTINUED...

OOC NOTES AND UPDATES

• The character masterlist has been updated! There's been some swings to the HV rankings, so please do check them out. 😎
  • We're still working on updating the taken list, so please refer to the spreadsheet in the meantime!
• Sign ups are once again open! We currently have 12 slots. This month all new arrivals will wake up in the hotel, however, they will remember having arrived previously according to the arrival option selected. Who's going to believe them though, when they were in their rooms that morning of November 13, 2016? HMMM.
• The gift shop will no longer sell the Viking-themed items that were up for grabs for those who participated in the TDM. Those who still haven't used their vouchers, however, can still use those at the gift shop, and we'll leave it up to you to decide which items are now available (it's Christmastime!) and how much they're priced.
• Kazie will now resume responding to the Hoarr threads, as the information gleaned might be useful to the characters in the coming months. So feel free to go back to the previous log and tag that. With this month's log taking place in an entirely different time, who really knows if that conversation happened... 😏
• We sincerely apologize for the laser tag event falling through and for the inconvenience and confusion it has caused everyone. We thought that it would be something new and fun to try, but then life happened and we were not there to facilitate and get it moving. Again, we're really sorry.
  • Speaking of laser tag, we've decided to use the OOC plotting posts to determine the winners, factoring in the injuries and the "participation." So the winner is Team Vidar, followed by Team Tyr, Team Hodr, Team Thor, and, very far behind in terms of points, Team Baldr. (No, this is not foreboding at all.)
• For questions, please ask them here! We can still be reached via Plurk and Discord, though mostly just Lizzy, so we'd prefer having the questions on this post for everyone's visibility. Also, for that same reason, we're not putting up an OOC post this round, but please feel free to post plotting comments under this toplevel.
• Lastly, we just want to say THANK YOU to everyone for staying with us despite how horrible we've been in the past weeks. We'll make it up to you and do our best to still give you a fun RP experience. 💖

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