father_chris | Jólasveinar hunt

Jólasveinar hunt

So someone appears to be stealing Christmas around here. And knowing his legends, Father Christmas has a pretty good idea who.

Before anyone sets off to retrieve their lost things, he hands out pairs of new socks.

"That'll protect you." he says. "The Jólasveinar won't hurt anyone wearing new clothes, for some reason."

He puts on his red and white fluffy hat, and leads the way with a lantern.

We're on a Jólasveinar hunt
Gotta get our stuff back
What a beautiful day!
We're not scared!

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We're on a Jólasveinar hunt
Gotta get our stuff back
What a beautiful day!
We're not scared!
What's that up ahead?
It's a big, snowy garden
We can't go over it
We can't go under it
Oh no! We've got to go through it!

Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch!

Little Rae is bundled up with her bright yellow scarf tucked into her coat's collar and her new socks warm inside her boots, and she is trudging along through the crunchy snow with the group led by Santa.

She's not scared, she's just quiet. Determined. She wants her candles back, and for everything else that's been taken to be returned. But she doesn't want anyone to get hurt. Even thieves.

"Careful where you step. There's plants sleeping under mulch and all that snow," she calls to the others as they go through the garden. She doesn't want the garden plants damaged or anyone to trip over them.

"Maybe we should have put stakes up around the beds." Guppy says, being careful around the plants.

"Goth'cha," Cat says and tries to be careful where she steps, but gardens are not a thing she knows. She'll just step where Guppy and Rae do for now.

"We should," Rae says, nodding, then grins over her shoulder at Guppy. "Though we might have to wait until we can find them for sure to do that."

Which defeats the purpose!

Oh well. The asparagus is safe underground, but there are strawberry plants piled with mulch that could be smushed.

"We should be okay if we stay in between the rows," she says, and forges ahead.

"I'm sure the plants are strong underneath." Guppy says. "Stronger than we would be. Have you both got your protective socks on?"

Cat nods Guppy and is careful to walk between the rows.

"I'm good. Do you think we'll be able to keep them?" Cold feet are a serious danger on the streets and these socks are warm.

Edited (sorry, didn't see the part about the protect socks) 2015-12-24 22:56 (UTC)

"I've got mine, too," Rae nods, as they make their way through the garden. "They're really nice."

She feels her foot come down on a hidden plant, and tries mid-step to avoid it, stumbling clumsily. Rae doesn't fall, but it's a near thing.

"Augh," she says, making a face. "Got snow down down the tops of my boots." She doesn't like the sudden cold against her ankles as the snow melts, and tries to shake out the excess snow.

"I don't think he'll want second hand socks in your size back." Guppy smiles.

"You want a tissue Rae?"

We're on a Jólasveinar hunt
Gotta get our stuff back
What a beautiful day!
We're not scared!
What's that up ahead?
It's the edge of the forest
We can't go over it
We can't go under it
We've got to go through it!

Rustle, snap, rustle, snap!

Edited 2015-12-20 17:24 (UTC)

Cat is doing great, keeping her cool in the dark despite all this woods and nature stuff. That is until a branch snags her leather jacket. Biting back a scream, she tries to free herself but she can't quite reach it.

"Easy there." the big man in red says, reaching over to detach her.

"Thanks. Didn't see that branch." She says with a nod of thanks. She continues walking but after a pace or two, looks back and asks, "Do you think this might turn into a fight? I don't mind throwing down when there's need, but I don't know how much help I'd be with anything that not normal. No magic."

"So long as everyone's wearing the new socks, it hopefully won't." Chris says. "If it does, I'll hold them off and the rest of you can leg it."

"Golden. Should be run for Security if it comes to that?"

"Yeah, my powers are really only limited to chucking snow and hitting people with big blooming candy canes." Chris chuckles.

Somehow, Gyda was able to keep up, keeping her heavy cloak wrapped around her for warmth and protection. This sneaking around reminded her of when they were escaping to Floki's home, only it wasn't men they were trying to avoid.

"I have an ax, if you need a weapon." She said this to Cat. She had her sword as well, both weapons strapped to her belt.

"I don't think we'll be needing any of that." Father Christmas says. "I wouldn't lead all of you lot into danger without at least enquiring about battle skills if I thought you'd get hurt."

"Of course not," Cat says cheerily, though once Father Christmas' back is to her, she pulls out her switchblade, flicking the blade out and back in, to show Gyda she's not unarmed.

"So what are we doing here if it's not to fight? Just helping you find them?"

"How do you think I'm gonna carry all that stuff back on me own?" Chris asks, rolling his eyes.

We're on a Jólasveinar hunt
Gotta get our stuff back
What a beautiful day!
We're not scared!
What's that up ahead?
It's a big snowstorm!
We can't go round it
We can't go under it
We have to go through it!

Swishy, swooshy, swishy, swooshy!

Guppy is managing to follow Santa's light, but the snowstorm is a little harder to get through, which is how he ends up slipping over and falling face first in the snow.

Totally meant to make a snow angel though, of course.

Cat is bundled up with her leather jacket zipped tight, a scarf around her face, and her goggles down and set to low-light. With the full moon reflecting off the snow, anything else would be blinding.

She pauses to offer Guppy a hand. "Did you twist an ankle or anything?"

"No, just bruised pride and wet trousers." Guppy accepts the hand up. "Thanks. Should have brought a better light."

"Well, with the full moon, I wouldn't have thought it was going to be this dark." She digs into her pockets, then, and pulls out a penlight. "Here. Just don't shine it in my face. My goggles are night vision."

"Oh cheers." Guppy accepts the torch. Outwitted by a teenager again!

"I hope it's not going to turn nasty when we find them."

"I hear you. Last thing I was in a fight with trolls or dwarves or whatever these guys are."

"I think they're just objectionable humans." Guppy says. "Or some sort of elf. One stole my pizza."

We're on a Jólasveinar hunt
Gotta get our stuff back
What a beautiful day!
We're not scared!
What's that up ahead?
It's a deep dark cave!
We can't go round it
We can't go over it
We have to go through it!

Tiptoe
Tiptoe
Tiptoe
Tiptoe

Rae, eyes wide against the darkness of the cave, stays close as they make their way into the cave.

"It's spooky in here," she murmurs, hearing even the small noises magnified by the echoing cave. Rae hopes there's only the Jólasveinar to contend with.

There is a creature in the darkness that hisses and growls.

Rae hesitates, wide-eyed. Her imagination can supply quite a large number of creatures that sound could have been made by. Plenty of things hiss in the darkness.

None of them are creatures you'd like to meet.

"Be careful!" she whispers to the group in warning. "Something's there!"

Something brushes against Rae's knee, then bumps her ankle.

Cat freezes and flips down her googles to see if she can see what's happening.

We're on a Jólasveinar hunt
Gotta get our stuff back
What a beautiful day!
We're not scared!
What's that up ahead?
They've got thick grey beards
And a big black cat
And why are we whispering, they've got all our stuff!
It's the Jólasveinar!

Before taking all the stuff back to the bar, there's time to join in the Christmas feast!

There's a full Christmas dinner, with all the trimmings. There's more candles than, it seems, were ever taken, and they light up the cave like a grotto.

Merry Christmas!

Edited 2015-12-24 18:42 (UTC)

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