Cuddle Party

[ysabetwordsmith]

Everyone needs contact comfort sometimes.  Not everyone has ample opportunities for this in facetime.  So here is a chance for a cuddle party in cyberspace.  Virtual cuddling can help people feel better.

We have a cuddle room that comes with fort cushions, fort frames, sheets for draping, and a weighted blanket.  It has a basket of grooming brushes, hairbrushes, and styling combs.  A bin holds textured pillows. There is a big basket of craft supplies along with art markers, coloring pages, and blank paper.  The kitchen has a popcorn machine. Labels are available to mark dietary needs, recipe ingredients, and level of spiciness. Here is the bathroom, open to everyone.  There is a lawn tent and an outdoor hot tub. Bathers should post a sign for nude or clothed activity.  Come snuggle up!

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CUDDLE PARTY!!!!!!!!1111ELEVEN!!!!

[technoshaman]

*ahem*

Brings a huge tin of caramelcorn (Dairy!) and bowls for sharing, and a couple of sixes of assorted Dr. Brown's (kosher!) sodas, sets them on the table, grabs a small bowl of corn and a ginger ale for himself, along with a SNUGGLE ME sticker for his shirt, then flumps down semi-gracefully on the CuddleCouch. Shoots an inviting look at Ysabet. :)

[alatefeline]

Oh, heck yes.

*strolling calmly around a corner: a purple-furred feline, of approximately housecat size and shape but with a longer tail, tuftier ears, and with feathered wings on their back*

*manifesting with a soft 'pop' on a handy table in the kitchen: oranges, homemade shortbread cookies, quinoa pilaf, and fresh veggies cut in crunchy little shapes, with recipe cards*

*appearing mysteriously in crafting space: lots of soft, chunky, easy-to-use yarn in balls or skeins, and lots of large beads made from natural materials, all organized by material, texture-type, and color*

*the alate feline knocks a soccer-ball-sized ball of purple T-shirt yarn out of the box, and chases it into the main cuddlespace room*

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[alatefeline]

*a winged feline headbonks your leg and trills invitingly*

*clearly they are saying PET ME? in cat-to-human large-font body language*

Re: CUDDLE PARTY!!!!!!!!1111ELEVEN!!!!

[ysabetwordsmith]

*flop* Caramel corn nom nom nom!

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

<3 shortbread!

*adds some Buddha's hand shortbread*

Re: CUDDLE PARTY!!!!!!!!1111ELEVEN!!!!

[technoshaman]

Oh, goody! *petpetpetskritchcuddle*

Re: CUDDLE PARTY!!!!!!!!1111ELEVEN!!!!

[technoshaman]

Mmmmmmsnuggle. Oh, goody, I picked right! Happybear between a wingycat and a woofle... :D

[technoshaman]

Mmmm, seconded on the shortbread! *takes one of each*

[technoshaman]

t-shirt yarn? Very fine?

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[ysabetwordsmith]

*pet pet pet*

[mashfanficchick]

*A large, flat, open box of myriad different sensory and fidget toys, all of them safe for all types of animals and humans, appears next to a selection of blankets, comforters, and beanbag-type chairs. A small, short-haired humanoid appears from underneath one of the blankets. She waves expansively and invitingly*

"Hi! I brought things! There are multiple kinds of curry in the kitchen--each labeled with ingredients and spiciness level--and name/pronoun/touch-level tags up front. Anyone wanna cuddle!nap?"

[alatefeline]

nah, it's literally cut strips of stretchy cotton-blend cloth like would be in a t-shirt, but verrrrrry long so it can be rolled into a yarn ball;

can be homemade by cutting old clothes, T-shirts can even be cut into one continuous long piece, or purchased as a convenient Thing;

used for projects where gaps and stretches and general largeness & looseness of the pattern are okay, rag rugs and chunky crocheting and so on

http://www.instructables.com/id/t-shirt-yarn/

you could ask an actual fiber artist for more detail, this is just what I have picked up being around them, and could be incorrect in some details

[talewisefellowship]

YO I'm here for cuddles wassup

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[alatefeline]

*rubs ears and chin and neck on fingertips*

*hops onto couch and settles in next to you; kneads your leg gently with paddypaws*

*PURR PURR PURR*

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[alatefeline]

*PURR PURR PURR*

*chirp wingbrush*

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

The same idea as the loops you could buy by the bag for the potholder looms. By the time I came in someone had forgotten that you have to use 100% natural fiber on anything like that (at least NOT polyester/nylon. Those MELT.)

Things that I could see varying grades of t-shirt yarn being good for are woobies, beach/pool cover ups, out of the shower bath mats, dishrags, insulating mats, lap-rugs.


*Offers skritches to those seeking them.* Pass a Cel-ray?

[thnidu]

A small winged dragon, about a foot long, flies into the cuddle room and around the kitchen. As he goes along the wall, empty bowls appear on the floor beneath him. Everyone hears his voice in their minds: "Hey, anybody, just tell a bowl what you want in it!"

He alights near the small humanoid and rubs up. "Cuddle?"

[redsixwing]

Oh, oranges and shortbread! *acquires snacks*

Wingkitty, would you like to play chase with some of that yarn? If you would, I'll drag it and flick it for you.

[erulisse]

A tall woman with pale skin, a long auburn braid down her back, and pointy ears wanders in. She is wearing green and pink floral print PJ pants, a baggy t-shirt that says "I like hugs and cuddles, please ask first" in English and elvish, and a long burgundy devoré velvet robe whose floral motif echoes the print of her pants. Her body language is cautious and after looking around she heads for the table with the cookies.

[redsixwing]

A brown-haired human of indeterminate gender arrives, selecting a name label and writing "Six," and affixing "they/them" pronoun stickers. They're wearing a heavy, comfortable sweatshirt over loose trousers and thick socks, and carrying a dish of hot, steaming casserole.

On their shoulder is a large, red-and-gold bird of roughly pheasant conformation, whose long tail feathers and bold colors advertise him to be male.

Six sets the casserole down (being a virtual treat, it is nonallergenic and contains savory, creamy favorites) and gathers a bowl of popcorn to share with the bird, then heads for the main cuddle room.

[redsixwing]

"Yes, please." A brown-haired human of indeterminate gender, wearing 'they/them' stickers and a nametag that says "Six," waves back. "Would you prefer your own blanket, or sharing?"

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[manglefox]

Aww. A kitty. With wings! My favorite! :D :D :D :D

*Pets between alatefeline 's ears gently with a fingertip and flumps down on the other side of the winged kitteh from technoshaman so he can pet and scritch too. *Makes a soft, contented sound of his own as his good ear and the half of the other droop down contentedly.*
-Spring

[manglefox]

*Has picked up a ball of yarn in one wing, and knitting needles, and is knitting a plush of a cupcake. *Tosses to whomever looks like they might need a plush cupcake when she's finished*

[manglefox]

*Quietly creeps over to short-haired humanoid person and crouches to offer a cuddle as he's very very tall, but figured a fluffy giant teddy bear would be nice to cuddle-nap on. <3

Oooh fidgets and curry. <3333

[manglefox]

*Pounce* Hello there! :D :D :D