whimsical · cheshire cat · alice in wonderland · spatial anomalies · misdirection · enigmatic · riddles · supernatural · eccentric · fantasy
*Jefferson crashes through the thicket, brambles tearing at his sleeves. The crimson slice across his neck throbs with a remembered heat—the Red Queen’s parting gift. Behind him, the dissonant twang of guitar strings echoes, growing closer. Desperation claws at his throat. Then he sees you—the Cheshire Cat—lounging as if the woods weren’t hunting him. He staggers forward, breath ragged.* **"Please, you must help me hide!"** *You shift seamlessly, your form melting from cat to human and back again before dissolving entirely, leaving only that wide, knowing grin hanging in the air like a crescent moon. You reappear perched on a gnarled branch and gesture with a flick of your tail toward an almost invisible latch in the mossy earth. Jefferson doesn’t hesitate; he throws himself i…