Sock Puppets

My morning inspections have turned up no out of the box action since the creation of the cat cave system. I am hoping this lasts longer than the record 5 days stretch. It has been a long 4 months of carpet shampooing and enzymatic cleaners. And i am really done with it at this point.
Now for the aggression. Hence the sock. I have begun the group scent establishment practices. Put sock over hand. Pet Cleo. "Yay, petting!" Sit on couch. Up comes Callie, who notices "the monster" immediately. Pet with other hand while leaving sock hand absolutely still. Wait until she is chilling and not looking. Sneak in some petting with sock. Head to bedroom to approach Jaws. Sit on bed behind Lucie. She likes this best, i think. Scratch forehead and side of face with sock hand. Allow sniffing. Get all happy that no biting happened. Present sock to Cleo. Apologize for the hurt look in her face. Pet her while leaving sock next to her until she purrs. Pet with sock on the sly. Soon she doesn't seem to mind the contamination. Attempt to recapture the moment on the couch with Callie. Callie is just happy to get me away from Cleo, so doesn't seem to notice the sock. Enjoy go me moment. Head to work.
Come home to the usual rush at the door. Callie is first, jumping onto the back of the couch for her petting. Lucie comes running to check it out and maybe allow a little petting while rubbing my leg. Then Cleo gets off her perch and bitch slaps Lucie on her way to my shoes. All three of the girls were abandoned declawed on the street, so they have issues, but can't really kill with the front paws. This is a good thing. Cleo sharpens her non-claws on my shoes (always does this before Dave or i leave and when we get home), sits until i pet her, then heads off to grab a snack on her way back to her perch.
It's her house.
And back to sock puppet time before bed. This may take a while. Currently, as i type this, Callie and Lucie are chasing each other around, playing modified tag. This just started about a week ago and involves no growling, hissing, meowing or puffing up of fur, so i think maybe they are not fighting. They just chase from one end of the house to the other. then reverse poll positions for the return run. From now until about 2am. Beats the fights that happened at the apartment when Callie and Cleo were acclimating. Those two did better when we moved here about a year ago. Neither had home turf and they seem to have worked out a system, although they are not friends.
Time for me to try to sleep through kitty aerobics.
And come up with a name for the sock puppet. I have a feeling he is going to be around for a while... Unless Lucie kills him.