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Though they were cute, minipets did not make very good company after a while. They were more walking fluffballs of maintenance than anything else, and they never gave very good advice. And the company of yourself could get a little dull too, even with the ability to make a second you.

So Thackery decided to be proactive about this problem, but not so proactive that he wouldn't make everyone come to him. Throwing a party was usually a good trick to get a lot of other students in one designated place. He had attended a few parties since he started here, and had co-hosted the beach party not long ago, but had never pursued a more intimate affair. Not that intimate, just a little more friendly. But not too friendly.

After brushing aside all of the overthought nonsense that was making this post too awkward and his planning too complicated, he'd gone back to square one, considering his options and what he had to work with. He had one room of a fairly decent size in the Demon Dorms, which was a perk, a Queasy Bake Oven, a great deal of free time...and a whole lot of lonely. The first thought was, naturally, a baking party, but that seemed like a good way to ruin a lot of good spookies and cake mix or distract from conversation. He settled instead on his second thought: a sleepover. With cuddles for everyone.

There was literally no downside.

Sibyl had heard through the grapevine there was a party happening. A slumber party. Parties meant friends, socializing, and most importantly friends..but she was mad at her best friend, and she couldn't find Marzena. It was a mystery how she had found the horse boil's room, but Efflo would find Sibyl at his door in her PJs carrying a plush seal almost as big as her, sporting that stupid grin that seemed to be signature for the Selkie ghoul.

Efflo didn't stand a chance.

And so now the poor, poor boil was being dragged hand-in-hand along with Sibyl, the ghoul leading him into the room in question.

"Helloooooo~!" Sibyl called as she entered the demon's room, gasping and stopping in the doorway to look all around. Whoaaaa! This was awesome! "Efflo! Efflo, look! This is going to be so much fun~!"

"Yeah?" Sibyl grinned up at Efflo and moved as he urged her to, hugging the seal plush in her other arm. "Looks like we're the first to arrive.." That was okay, it meant she could see who all arrived as they came through the door. And it meant they could pick the best pillow nest of the lot. Yes.

"They said this is Thackery's party. We should say hello to him and thank him for throwing it." As she said this she gave a sage nod, as if she was suddenly a party expert.

Because she totally was.

Being the first ones there was perfectly fine with Efflo, it meant no swarms of people and that he would hopefully be able to steer Sibyl to some out of the way pillows in the corner. He didn’t have much hope, however, at seeing how excited the ghoul was.

“Yes, we probably should,” he agreed, still standing behind her. He and Sibyl might have had different ideas on what constituted a good time, but Efflo wasn’t about to stray away from her. She had suddenly turned into a security blanket for him, and she thankfully seemed to know what she was doing. He didn’t have a clue.

One thing was still bugging him though… “Sibyl? Where’s Gabriel?”

Efflo hadn’t thought it was possible for Sibyl to look so unhappy. She seemed to take everything in strides, and, well, she was Gabby’s best friend so she was probably used to his jerkiness. Or at least he assumed she would be, but apparently there was a line that was not to be crossed.

“Abandoned you?” he asked gently. He patted her shoulder awkwardly. “That wasn’t very nice of him… But you know, it’s Gabriel… I’m sure he didn’t mean to hurt your feelings… Really… Maybe…” He frowned; his defense wasn’t going as well as he had planned out.

Cuddle party?

Say no more, the fox was there. If there was something he had been trying his best to hide from everyone for ages.... and kinda failing, was his love to cuddle. Deep down he just loved the closeness of it, the comfort of it. He missed the closeness of his clan, so he was really feeling needy recently.

So thats why he was here. He was also curious who else in this school would be here, it wasn't exactly something he could see everyone liking. Some of the people in Amity were reaaallllyyyy not the touchy feely type. Upon entering the room, he knew two right off the bat. Frost and Thackery. Huh, he knew Thackery liked to cuddle (Why else would he have started this?) But frost too?

He didnt really know anyone else.

Amrita wasn't the biggest fan of cuddling, but she was a big fan of groups of creatures...plus sleepovers were always cool. She liked those, the few she had over the last three years, anyway. In keeping with the idea she had showed up in her 'pajamas', which was really just a simple, burnt orange nightgown that ended in fashionable tatters at her knees and a very thin, long sleeved black robe, just in case. She didn't think to bring anything else, and as an Undead the thought of snacks readily escaped her, leaving her to show up to the 'cuddle party' empty handed and trying to not look as awkward as she felt.

"Um...Hi." She waved to the group with a hand that was definitely not backwards for once, her only eye moving from creature to creature.

Catching the sound of presumed party guests, Thackery popped out of his closet with another armful of blankets, immediately dropping them and stepping all over them to say hello instead.

His idea of his most presentable pajamas, judging from what he was wearing, was apparently some soft pajama pants with a cute print and a crop top with some writing on it. It didn't match. Not even close.

"Oh, hi! I don't think we've met yet!" He waved to the unfamiliar ghoul, glancing between her and Efflo. "I'm Thackery, and this is my room and stuff. Make yourself at...home? Room? Can you call it home or should it be room?" He didn't put much more thought into it, because there were more greetings to be attended to.

"Yayyy, and Efflo too! I'm so glad you c--where's Gabriel?" He eyed him suspiciously. "You are still a ship, right?"

"Frost Knight! Yep, you're in the right place. For all that stuff! Including me! But you can see that part." Thankfully, he spotted someone else to say hello to, a convenient distraction from how amazingly he was nailing these conversations.

"Remiiii, hi! I saved you some pillows! I know you like pillows! See?" He pointed at the 'reserved' pillows with an energy level much higher than one should ever use to point at a stack of pillows. His tail wagged in that doglike way that said oh oh I want your approval!! as he cheerfully bounced on his toes, before catching something orange out of the corner of his eye.

"Hey Amrita! Come in! Everyone is still getting here so you're just in time for..." For what? He hadn't planned much of anything other than the idea of the party. "All the things!" Good save.

"I'm glad you guys are here," he admitted; it looked like he might elaborate on why, but he stopped himself, smiling at them instead.