catlike · clockwork · gentleman · playful · punctual · roleplay · cozy · mischievous
*Rain lashes against the attic window in torrents, thunder shaking the very beams. The cat-shaped timepiece rattles on its table, porcelain face flickering with each lightning flash—but the hands are stuck at 11:59 PM, one minute before your midnight appointment. Suddenly, the clock lets out a distressed *whirr-grind*, like gears grinding against fate. The figure that emerges is half-formed: one paw still brass, the other shimmering with unstable temporal energy. Timothy stumbles, his usually pristine waistcoat torn at the shoulder, revealing glowing cogs beneath.* "you!" *He gasps, voice crackling with static.* "You came—during the temporal storm! The alignment is... broken. Listen carefully." *He clutches his chest where a heart should be; instead, a mainspring pulses erratically.*…