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It was yet another day in the life of the one known as Pride. She was stalking the halls of the demon dorms, a package under one arm. There were rumors of a dance coming up, and what better way to display one's place in the social hierarchy than a social gathering? Carthusia had been wandering the maul for hours looking for the perfect outfit and was very pleased when she found something flattering in black, red and orange specifically for the dance. While she'd been running around in a particular bootique, she'd found the perfect shirt for her pseudo-boilfriend Livius. They both had to look stunning for the plan to work, and the demoness was quite thankful that Envy had the exact same idea she did, and a killer sense of style to boot. Rounding a corner, Carthusia inspected the package. Good, it was still sealed in its glamorous black paper with the logo of the store plastered all over it. There was no mistaking where this piece came from, and she knew Livi would appreciate it.

The package was the only thing she saw when she suddenly she felt something slam into her. Lifting the package from her view, Carthusia saw she'd just run over another student some five inches shorter than her. Black eyes blinked in confusion. "Oh... sorry about that! HEY WAIT I KNOW YOU." Shifty eyes glanced this way and that before the demon offered the poor, squished student a hand up. "Are you busy."

Oh good, someone who could help her with her evil little plan. A minion, if you would. Carry tried desperately to hide a ridiculous smirk that was threatening to invade her entire face. Calming herself (because if one wanted a minion, one had to exhibit authority!), she placed the package beneath her arm again and motioned for the werewolf to follow her. What was this girl's name again? They were in Truth or Dare together when the girl dared her to forcibly strip Barth while pinning him against a tree. Well, scratch that, Carry chose to pin Sloth against a tree because he wouldn't move for her at all, but whatever. The two girls tromped over to the dorm in question - Livius'. One could tell it was Livius' dorm because it was decorated with the utmost care (and was all bright green).

Carthusia pointed to it with earnest. "Pup, I need to get in there." To be a major creeper and give this to my pseudo-boilfriend? Nah, don't say that. I'm not a creeper! "There is... great treasure in there. Shiny treasure. And lots of adventure. Do you know how to pick locks?"

Right, right, put the idea in the head of the minion and let the minion go to work. Excellent plan! She patted herself on the back and imagined Livius' surprise and delight when she showed up in his room with the gorgeous shirt he could wear to the dance. It would be perfect!

Carthusia clenched the package to her chest in anticipation, probably looking just like a child who was about to get their favorite candy after waiting for five years. She looked intense. The werewolf went to work on the door and popped it open like it was nothing at all (and probably was, for LW would be an excellent minion, yes she would). Carry swallowed a shriek of glee and barged into Livius' room, snatching the redhead's wrist with her hand and drug her inside. The demoness quickly shut the door behind them so as not to arouse suspicion. No, they weren't breaking and entering. What would make you assume such a thing?

The dorm was dark and Carthusia simply assumed Livius was out and about at that time. Perfect! That means she had time to arrange her present perfectly and properly thank her devious minion partner in crime properly. Extending a hand, Carry intended to shake on it and perhaps offer a reward/ "So, how should I repay you, LW?" Yes, she did pay attention during the introduction and would remember not to call her 'Pup' again. Perhaps a contract was in order?

Oh, before that.... Carry squeaked in excitement at the prospect of surprising her boilfriend. She was about to tear around the dorm to find a good place to set up the gift when she noticed a sleeping form on the bed.

"Oh Jack, bless me in your infinite horror. He's so CUTE WHEN HE'S ASLEEP."

Insert insane fangirl squeal and stare.

(Poor Livi.)

Though they had been silent in getting into the room itself, the soft sounds of female conversation caused some stirring. Typically, Livi's room was very neat, stylish and organized but this time, the girls could see that there were more things around; large amounts of wood, soft fuzzy materials, pillows, a hammer and nails. After gaining advice from the minipets teacher, he was building a kennel for his favored pets, so they had room to romp about and play and not always be underfoot. But as Livi had been studying some building books, though part of him wanted to ask Barth for some kind of assist in this, he had fallen into an exhausted sleep.

But the pets, on the other hand, woke up at the shifting of light in the room and the sounds of the girls talking. Luka hopped instantly to his feet, his ears flopping over his eyes before he shook his head and yapped loudly, trying to find out what was going on. Von, one of Livi's many holyjoxes, didn't seem pleased about anything waking him up and he was growling low as he studied the girls. And hideki, his second foxsquirrel, freaked out from Luka's yapping. Invasion!! They were being invaded!!!

Thankfully Luka knew Carry's scent, so he rolled and bounced over to her and head butted her leg playfully, giving up his customary wolf whistle in greeting to her. Love now, yes yes? The second girl he didn't know... but she smelled nice so he barked a greeting and head butted her too before rolling onto his back, wanting attention. heart

Where Carry stood quite at home in this room, LW was standing with her tail curled around her legs and staring at the occupied bed. Alright, so she wasn't freaked out because there was someone in the bed, and a boil no less. No. LW was freaked out because this wasn't the usual boil (or 'boils') she might stumble upon while they slept. Also, the she-wolf had her fingers crossed that neither Ren nor Gabe discovered this little...recruitment.

"Huh?" LW pulled her gaze away from the actually quite adorable sight or Livi sleeping soundly in his bed. VERY soundly, since he had yet to stir with all the noise Carry was making. And his minipets. "A...pact? Your mark?" What did that mean? It sounded like something she had heard someone mention before. But it wasn't ringing any bells. Especially not the warning kind. The she-wolf regarded the demoness while she spoke, taking in her words. What she explained didn't sound too terribly bad. And, it had its plus sides. "I...it doesn't sound half bad to me." She mumbled and shifted her weight from her right foot to her left. "You really don't have to repay me, but I don't see why this pact wouldn't work if you really must." A pause. "What do we have to do for it....uhh, to work?" Was there even something that was required?

Violet eyes stared down at her feet. Was that...did...DID HE JUST WOLF WHISTLE?! OMFGSOCUTE! The she-wolf crouched down and reached out a hand to stroke the foxsquirrel. Oh man, HOW FRICKIN ADORABLE! Candlejack! She felt like she was cheating on her own minipets and Davy (Gabe's floresce) with the sudden fawning this little dude was eliciting out of her.

"Hello, Luka!" LW said cheerfully. "Aren't you just a sweet honey!" Her tail thumped the ground softly, no longer so tightly wrapped along her legs. "Sooo cute~"

DAWWWW Luka was always so adorable, especially when he wolf-whistled. It was just too cute! He even did it in minipet training class, which made him more endearing to Carthusia, if that was even possible. A few more scritches later and the demoness noticed the object of her affection boil was finally out of bed. Yay~ She was getting ready for the big gifting moment, shifting the package she'd brought under her arm. She was ready to shove it in his face and loudly proclaim how happy she was to see him, how enthused she was about this gift and how good it was to see Luka and the Sunshine Band again. But there was one thing Carthusia noticed that put a stop to all the thoughts in her head - threw the wrench in the gears of her mind. The hamster died. The wheel broke many years ago. The Titanic struck the iceburg and was utterly toast.

Livi's hair.

Carthusia was more shocked than appalled, because really, nobody woke up with perfect hair. But at the same time, Livius was so good about keeping himself in pristine condition that the thought never even entered Carry's head. Livi was always perfect. Him in this state simply shattered the illusion that he woke up every morning with his hair perfectly combed and his body washed and perfect as if he'd just taken a shower. Of course, that was a ridiculous fantasy (Carry often indulged in those for Jack knows what reason.) Before she could react any further, she uselessly lifted a hand, slack-jawed.

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What was it that made him notice the girls? Hard to say. Maybe it was Luka's happy chortles at being picked up, as the fox squirrel leaned his tiny head up to nuzzle under her chin with loving purring like sounds. But he was somewhat used to Luka being too excited for his own good, but he didn't quite get why he was making that much noise. He only did that when there was someone around to give him attention... It was quite possible that it came from the first cold blast of his drink as it wash into his mouth. Or.. it could have been the soft sound LW made. Or... even still, it was how Von and Hideki were acting that made him finally force his eyes open and look over to see why they were acting like such spazzes so early.. late? Ugh, what time was it, even?? It felt like he had only gotten a couple of hours sleep....

REGARDLESS, something made him stiffen, like someone had thrown him back into the hellish Jack forsaken Christmas Town again. The grip on his bottle tightened as he slowly, and finally, took in notice of not just one, but two 'guests' in his dorm room. The ghouls could see his already pale skin turn even more so as his brain finally clicked and it all made sense. The minions insanity, Luka's continued happy loving sounds. Of course he was spazzing... there were people in his room! And not just any... and they were... in...

His drink fell silently out of his stiff fingers as his mouth fell open. It was hard to say if he made any sound at all before he simply... booked. Moving quickly, he grabbed the nearest brush and ran into one of his closets, slamming it shut behind him. The sounds of his somewhat frantic muttering wasn't hard to miss; something about how in Jacking hell did they get into his room... and how he was offending people with his half dressed, psycho hair state... and how he was never going to live this sort of thing down and his social life was completely over. Never had anyone seen him in such a state of disarray and his mind simply could not handle that. And that feeling was made worse because it was Carry and LW that were seeing him this way! LW he had never truly expected to see in his room, to be honest, but Carry?

Great, he looked horrendous in front of his ghoulfriend, pretend as she might be, he had never wanted to look disheveled in her presence! It took ten minutes of shifting around and more grumbles of discomfort from working out the tangled mat of afro-horrid that was his hair, before the closet door opened again and Livi poked his head back out. All brushed out, his hair was laid out more straight than curling, giving him a much different look. Two bright spots of red painted his cheeks as he coughed, looked away from them both and came out, showing that he was fastening the buttons of a more comfortable shirt as well. At his appearance, Von and Hideki went to his side and nuzzled at either side of his legs, making sounds as if to ask if he was all right. But he found he couldn't even say anything as he went to go clean up the dropped mess of his drink. Luka's head tilted in LW's hold at how Livi was acting, giving a concerned whimper at the silence from his usually more talkative master. "...aaarrroo....?"

It was only after he had cleaned up his mess that Livi was able to turn to look at the girls again, composure somewhat fixed though it was obvious he still... was bothered. ".... forgive me for offending..." was all he said. Least it was them and not his family who had seen him like that. Mumra would have dragged him back by his horns if she had seen him look that bad. "I... um... wasn't expecting any company...." He had noticed that LW was holding Luka but he didn't say anything about putting him down. Once Luka attached, he let him stay with whomever was making him happy. He wasn't mean about such things.

Her hold on little Luka wasn't very tight, so he could move freely and jump from her arms if he so wished. But LW was...not quite hiding behind the little guy, though she kept him snuggled close as she eyed the boil. The she-wolf winced a little when Livi realized that he wasn't alone in his room and the two ghouls were getting front row seats to the less manicured and pristine looking demon he was. She sort of felt bad at that point. Though she had to privately admit this was all hilarious in one way or another. LW just couldn't get around to making any sounds of amusement yet.

He fled into...was that a closet? The she-wolf let out a slow breath and relaxed a little, scratching at Luka's head with her fingers. Why did he have to be so cute? She was going to be sad leaving the foxsquirrel when she eventually left this room. Hopefully mostly in one piece. Livi wouldn't freak out too much, would he?

The she-wolf's gaze fell on the demoness, watching her pace and start to fidget. She looked troubled and like she was feeling this had been a horrible idea to initiate. LW tried to make her feel better while Livi hid in his closet (doing what, she had no idea and was not going to judge).

"Y'know, he should feel quite loved that you would go out of your way like this to surprise him with a gift." The she-wolf offered Carry a smile and nodded towards the package she held. "He is one lucky demon, in my opinion."

And then the Envy demon stepped forth from the closet. The monster atop his head had been slain and now all that remained was one very confused boil...with red cheeks. It did make her tail start to flick back and forth at the tip with how silent he seemed to be being. Even Luka didn't appear to understand the silence. She inched closer to Carry while Livi cleaned up the mess of his spilled drink. Just in case. She didn't know Livi well enough to have any idea of what kind of reactions could be expected from him.

Glancing up at Carry when she started speaking, LW nodded in agreement to being sorry. "Sorry, Livi." She said in a small voice, though her expression was curious as to what exactly was in that gift now.