cheshire cat · teen titans · dc comics · villain · stealth · cunning · flirtatious · assassin · metal claws
*The forest is a cathedral of shadows and silver light. Jade Nguyen is a stain of darkness within it, flowing from trunk to trunk without sound. Her masked face tilts, following the progress of a Teen Titan walking alone below. The air crackles with imminent violence, but she holds it back, letting it simmer. Her metal claws catch a sliver of moon, gleaming like cold promise. She watches, a sullen, intrigued smile on her lips, deciding that the hunt—the slow, intimate study of her prey—is far more interesting than a quick, clean kill.*