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Player Information:
Name: tuesday
Journal: awashima
Method of Contact: email - relock.reload at gmail
Previous characters: Snake (neverwounda); Hiroyuki Asai (gravitychain) - Dropped
Character Information:
Full Name: Cheshire Cat
Series: Are You Alice? (manga)
Canon point: At the very end of chapter 10, after he speaks with the Mad Hatter but before they go to the castle.
Age: Appears to be a young adult!
Species: A cat masquerading as a cat boy who's secretly a work of fiction.
Appearance/PB: The catboy on the far left!
Appearance upon arrival:
History:
Previous RP memories: N/A
Bringing someone along?: N/A
Character History:
As a note, since I'm apping strictly from the manga (which tends to do things differently from the drama CDs), there are a lot of blanks in the history the manga hasn't covered yet.
But, as it goes so far, Lewis Carroll was writing Alice in Wonderland! And Alice, with her pet cat, Dinah (who Cheshire used to be while the story was still going), would follow the White Rabbit over and over, because that's how the story went.
Until one day it didn't. The White Rabbit became aware that Alice wasn't following him, and Alice became aware of the confines of the story. She didn't want to continue any more because she didn't like Carroll's changes to the story, and something terrible was happening to Carroll. But before the White Rabbit could find out what, Wonderland collapsed into nothingness.
This is where the White Rabbit gains his human form and unwittingly gives out the first "name" to a Wonderland resident -- "Cheshire Cat," to a pair of floating eyes and teeth in the darkness. Out of all the future residents in Wonderland, Cheshire is probably the one who knows the most about it. He knows about Lewis Carroll and Alice, and what the limits of the story are -- and he's the one who offers the White Rabbit the choice to "save" Alice, since Cheshire doesn't have the power to do it himself. Of course, the White Rabbit accepts.
From that decision is born the White Rabbit's Wonderland, where everyone has a role (attached to their names) to play for the sake of finding Alice. For instance, the Mad Hatter has the ability to kill anyone as long as he's defending Alice, and the Cheshire Cat's role is to make sure the Duchess, Alice's "replacement," doesn't try to run away from her role, and so on. And for those who aim to win the name of "Alice," they must first be invited by the White Rabbit and given that name. Then, to prove they are Alice, they are given the ability to kill the White Rabbit. If they can do that, they win and get to stay in Wonderland.
Unfortunately, the Cheshire Cat had little intention of playing his role, no matter what it was. But he doesn't get in the way of Wonderland's "story." But what made him even less compelled to abide by his name was the fact that his Duchess was a girl that he ended up caring for -- but he also knew nothing would come of it, and because the Duchess acknowledged that too, they remained distant. He would usually have one night stands with hot women, wander around Wonderland, pester the White Rabbit, and generally Not Do His Job.
And -- he does tamper with the "story," just a little. when the 88th candidate for Alice's name appears in Wonderland, Cheshire eventually kills her (thereby disqualifying her) because he doesn't approve of such a "fake;" he claimed it was his way of protecting "Alice in Wonderland." And when a boy wanders into Wonderland without a name, Cheshire is the one who half-cons him into taking on the name Alice (or, to be more precise, "Alice?"), making him the 89th Alice candidate. The trick is that he probably knows who Alice? is! Originally, Alice? was meant to be written into Alice in Wonderland as Alice's brother, but sort of ended up as the actual Alice's killer and then everything sort of went bad. But Cheshire is enigmatic and has goals that don't exactly coincide with what the White Rabbit plans on doing, so whatever he does -- as unconventional as it might be -- it's ultimately to serve his hidden purpose.
As for what he does in the story itself, he tends to run around and visit Alice? whenever he feels like, but rarely with anything honestly helpful to say. However, he does drop by the Duchess's mansion to take Alice? away from his master. See, the Cheshire Cat's role is to ensure that the Duchess doesn't escape her duty, and her duty is to take on all of Wonderland's "regrets," which takes the form of a distorted monster -- or the Duke.
The thing about Wonderland is that everyone is sort of self-consciously living within a story; in a story, you can't look back and try to fix a mistake, and you can't look back to change your action, and you don't fix what's broken or complete the unfinished. Wonderland residents leave all these feelings and objects behind -- all of which become "regrets" of some form or another. As Wonderland is a half-written story focused on Alice, the Duke, who is formed from regrets, is attracted to Alice. Buuut as Alice taking on Wonderland's regrets would be bad, so the Duchess is there to take on the burden for Alice.
In any case, Cheshire takes Alice? away because, as Alice? points out, he's turning a blind eye to the Duchess's pain. Cheshire justifies his actions by claiming that he's just a pet cat -- which means he can't do anything. And just as Alice could never truly love a pet cat, the Duchess wouldn't be able to, either. So it'd be pointless to try and struggle against it. Unfortunately, his resolve isn't strong enough by the time the Duke breaks out of the mansion and nearly kills the Duchess. "Nearly" because Cheshire takes the hit for her, since he couldn't pretend not to see anymore.
Eventually, the White Rabbit comes in and takes care of things and leaves -- rendering the Duchess having been unable to complete her duty of restraining the Duke. As she's failed to carry out her role, the Queen of Hearts beheads her, and a new Duchess is assigned to be Cheshire's mistress. Needless to say, he can't stand her, but he smiles and keeps himself far away from the mansion, almost like he's always done.
Personality:
Outwardly, Cheshire seems like your average friendly guy. And it's not like that assessment would be horribly off, either. The Cheshire Cat, as his name might suggest, is always smiling. He's generally willing to drop by and offer a playful comment or two to lighten the mood, and generally conducts himself in a manner that indicates that he's someone who enjoys life and loves playing around. And both are two, to a certain extent. The Cheshire Cat certainly does derive various forms of enjoyment from his actions, and conducts himself in a haphazard, careless way that manages to accomplish both what he wants to accomplish and give him something to busy himself with without getting bored.
He's certainly playful, but to the point that he doesn't offer helpful advice if he doesn't feel like it and will often tease another even if they obviously are frustrated by it. However, while he's extremely aware of how frustrating his cheerful and capricious personality is, he doesn't bother changing himself. In fact, he tends to find the reactions of others amusing, and will not hesitate to accomplish something or speak in a roundabout manner if it'll entertain him while also serving his initial purpose. And, because he does this pretty much all the time, he also has a good sense of when to pull back -- generally when it involves violence toward his person. He may act like a carefree guy, but he's much smarter than he looks.
However, in reality, Cheshire is not as simple as he may act. The fact of the matter is that for all he acts like he enjoys messing around and riling people up, he's also using the people around him for -- as he himself claims -- the sake of protecting the "Alice in Wonderland" story Alice loves. Thus, Cheshire will lie, kill, allow himself to be hurt, and otherwise engage in various forms of subterfuge -- all with a smile -- for the sake of achieving that goal, whatever that may entail. He's someone who knows things! He knows about the story of Wonderland, about Carroll, and all the things even the White Rabbit may not know or does not want to acknowledge. But his knowledge is his alone, and he does not trust anyone or believe anyone is able to help him, so he tells no one of it.
Unfortunately, for all his white knighting, Cheshire also does not see others as being on the same level as him for a number of reasons. When it comes to carrying out his own personal agenda, he doesn't see anyone as equal to him in the respect that he could also trust them to aid him, partially because he sees it as a sort of personal obligation and it would not be right to receive help in it. But in the grand scheme of things, Cheshire sees himself as a cat, still. When Alice? asks who he is, he introduces himself as a pet cat; "nothing more, nothing less." He is probably one of the people in Wonderland who is most bound by his roles, both as Dinah and, now, the Cheshire Cat. He cannot see others as equal to him because -- well, he's just a cat. A cat isn't like a human, or Alice, or the White Rabbit, or anything else. Maybe he's not quite less than everyone else, but he certainly can't mingle with them because of his restrictions. He's accepted this fact as something absolute! He will never be anything but a cat and it sucks but he can't do anything about it.
He does try to rebel against his role, just a little. He comes to care for the Duchess in a way that would exceed his obligations to his generic mistress. But his role requires him to make sure she does not run from her own role -- which means he has to actively take part in her getting hurt all the time, which he can't bring himself to do. So he sort of wallows in a skewed self-hatred (he does not hate his roles or his position so much as how he is powerless to do anything about what is immediately in front of him, and he does not hate Alice for being the one -- according to himself -- to have not granted him much power; so the only one left to blame is himself, to a certain extent) and pretends not to see or be hurt by the things he doesn't like. He pretends not to be bound by his role and instead wanders around, but for all his fooling around he is the most aware of what he's skipping out on and what he needs to accomplish. And now that the Duchess is gone, he continues to skip out on his role! And he tries to leave behind all his negative emotions and continue forward with a smile, as is the norm in Wonderland.
But he is still painfully aware that he's a cat who can't do much for himself. All he can do is hide in the shadows of the White Rabbit's Wonderland, doing what he can for his mysterious hidden motives -- the details of which, other than "protecting the Wonderland Alice held dear," have not been revealed -- but otherwise not doing anything for himself.
Extra:
Character Abilities: Is generally good at dodging bullets! Though this may partially be because the one who often does the shooting (the Mad Hatter) is unable to hit anyone who isn't actively threatening Alice? by virtue of his role. Can also reappear and disappear at will which is either teleportation or extreme stealth.
Possessions: N/A
Anything else: N/A
Samples:
Action/Communication thread/post sample: Here & here.
Log/Prose sample: Already a member!
Name: tuesday
Journal: awashima
Method of Contact: email - relock.reload at gmail
Previous characters: Snake (neverwounda); Hiroyuki Asai (gravitychain) - Dropped
Character Information:
Full Name: Cheshire Cat
Series: Are You Alice? (manga)
Canon point: At the very end of chapter 10, after he speaks with the Mad Hatter but before they go to the castle.
Age: Appears to be a young adult!
Species: A cat masquerading as a cat boy who's secretly a work of fiction.
Appearance/PB: The catboy on the far left!
Appearance upon arrival:
History:
Previous RP memories: N/A
Bringing someone along?: N/A
Character History:
As a note, since I'm apping strictly from the manga (which tends to do things differently from the drama CDs), there are a lot of blanks in the history the manga hasn't covered yet.
But, as it goes so far, Lewis Carroll was writing Alice in Wonderland! And Alice, with her pet cat, Dinah (who Cheshire used to be while the story was still going), would follow the White Rabbit over and over, because that's how the story went.
Until one day it didn't. The White Rabbit became aware that Alice wasn't following him, and Alice became aware of the confines of the story. She didn't want to continue any more because she didn't like Carroll's changes to the story, and something terrible was happening to Carroll. But before the White Rabbit could find out what, Wonderland collapsed into nothingness.
This is where the White Rabbit gains his human form and unwittingly gives out the first "name" to a Wonderland resident -- "Cheshire Cat," to a pair of floating eyes and teeth in the darkness. Out of all the future residents in Wonderland, Cheshire is probably the one who knows the most about it. He knows about Lewis Carroll and Alice, and what the limits of the story are -- and he's the one who offers the White Rabbit the choice to "save" Alice, since Cheshire doesn't have the power to do it himself. Of course, the White Rabbit accepts.
From that decision is born the White Rabbit's Wonderland, where everyone has a role (attached to their names) to play for the sake of finding Alice. For instance, the Mad Hatter has the ability to kill anyone as long as he's defending Alice, and the Cheshire Cat's role is to make sure the Duchess, Alice's "replacement," doesn't try to run away from her role, and so on. And for those who aim to win the name of "Alice," they must first be invited by the White Rabbit and given that name. Then, to prove they are Alice, they are given the ability to kill the White Rabbit. If they can do that, they win and get to stay in Wonderland.
Unfortunately, the Cheshire Cat had little intention of playing his role, no matter what it was. But he doesn't get in the way of Wonderland's "story." But what made him even less compelled to abide by his name was the fact that his Duchess was a girl that he ended up caring for -- but he also knew nothing would come of it, and because the Duchess acknowledged that too, they remained distant. He would usually have one night stands with hot women, wander around Wonderland, pester the White Rabbit, and generally Not Do His Job.
And -- he does tamper with the "story," just a little. when the 88th candidate for Alice's name appears in Wonderland, Cheshire eventually kills her (thereby disqualifying her) because he doesn't approve of such a "fake;" he claimed it was his way of protecting "Alice in Wonderland." And when a boy wanders into Wonderland without a name, Cheshire is the one who half-cons him into taking on the name Alice (or, to be more precise, "Alice?"), making him the 89th Alice candidate. The trick is that he probably knows who Alice? is! Originally, Alice? was meant to be written into Alice in Wonderland as Alice's brother, but sort of ended up as the actual Alice's killer and then everything sort of went bad. But Cheshire is enigmatic and has goals that don't exactly coincide with what the White Rabbit plans on doing, so whatever he does -- as unconventional as it might be -- it's ultimately to serve his hidden purpose.
As for what he does in the story itself, he tends to run around and visit Alice? whenever he feels like, but rarely with anything honestly helpful to say. However, he does drop by the Duchess's mansion to take Alice? away from his master. See, the Cheshire Cat's role is to ensure that the Duchess doesn't escape her duty, and her duty is to take on all of Wonderland's "regrets," which takes the form of a distorted monster -- or the Duke.
The thing about Wonderland is that everyone is sort of self-consciously living within a story; in a story, you can't look back and try to fix a mistake, and you can't look back to change your action, and you don't fix what's broken or complete the unfinished. Wonderland residents leave all these feelings and objects behind -- all of which become "regrets" of some form or another. As Wonderland is a half-written story focused on Alice, the Duke, who is formed from regrets, is attracted to Alice. Buuut as Alice taking on Wonderland's regrets would be bad, so the Duchess is there to take on the burden for Alice.
In any case, Cheshire takes Alice? away because, as Alice? points out, he's turning a blind eye to the Duchess's pain. Cheshire justifies his actions by claiming that he's just a pet cat -- which means he can't do anything. And just as Alice could never truly love a pet cat, the Duchess wouldn't be able to, either. So it'd be pointless to try and struggle against it. Unfortunately, his resolve isn't strong enough by the time the Duke breaks out of the mansion and nearly kills the Duchess. "Nearly" because Cheshire takes the hit for her, since he couldn't pretend not to see anymore.
Eventually, the White Rabbit comes in and takes care of things and leaves -- rendering the Duchess having been unable to complete her duty of restraining the Duke. As she's failed to carry out her role, the Queen of Hearts beheads her, and a new Duchess is assigned to be Cheshire's mistress. Needless to say, he can't stand her, but he smiles and keeps himself far away from the mansion, almost like he's always done.
Personality:
Outwardly, Cheshire seems like your average friendly guy. And it's not like that assessment would be horribly off, either. The Cheshire Cat, as his name might suggest, is always smiling. He's generally willing to drop by and offer a playful comment or two to lighten the mood, and generally conducts himself in a manner that indicates that he's someone who enjoys life and loves playing around. And both are two, to a certain extent. The Cheshire Cat certainly does derive various forms of enjoyment from his actions, and conducts himself in a haphazard, careless way that manages to accomplish both what he wants to accomplish and give him something to busy himself with without getting bored.
He's certainly playful, but to the point that he doesn't offer helpful advice if he doesn't feel like it and will often tease another even if they obviously are frustrated by it. However, while he's extremely aware of how frustrating his cheerful and capricious personality is, he doesn't bother changing himself. In fact, he tends to find the reactions of others amusing, and will not hesitate to accomplish something or speak in a roundabout manner if it'll entertain him while also serving his initial purpose. And, because he does this pretty much all the time, he also has a good sense of when to pull back -- generally when it involves violence toward his person. He may act like a carefree guy, but he's much smarter than he looks.
However, in reality, Cheshire is not as simple as he may act. The fact of the matter is that for all he acts like he enjoys messing around and riling people up, he's also using the people around him for -- as he himself claims -- the sake of protecting the "Alice in Wonderland" story Alice loves. Thus, Cheshire will lie, kill, allow himself to be hurt, and otherwise engage in various forms of subterfuge -- all with a smile -- for the sake of achieving that goal, whatever that may entail. He's someone who knows things! He knows about the story of Wonderland, about Carroll, and all the things even the White Rabbit may not know or does not want to acknowledge. But his knowledge is his alone, and he does not trust anyone or believe anyone is able to help him, so he tells no one of it.
Unfortunately, for all his white knighting, Cheshire also does not see others as being on the same level as him for a number of reasons. When it comes to carrying out his own personal agenda, he doesn't see anyone as equal to him in the respect that he could also trust them to aid him, partially because he sees it as a sort of personal obligation and it would not be right to receive help in it. But in the grand scheme of things, Cheshire sees himself as a cat, still. When Alice? asks who he is, he introduces himself as a pet cat; "nothing more, nothing less." He is probably one of the people in Wonderland who is most bound by his roles, both as Dinah and, now, the Cheshire Cat. He cannot see others as equal to him because -- well, he's just a cat. A cat isn't like a human, or Alice, or the White Rabbit, or anything else. Maybe he's not quite less than everyone else, but he certainly can't mingle with them because of his restrictions. He's accepted this fact as something absolute! He will never be anything but a cat and it sucks but he can't do anything about it.
He does try to rebel against his role, just a little. He comes to care for the Duchess in a way that would exceed his obligations to his generic mistress. But his role requires him to make sure she does not run from her own role -- which means he has to actively take part in her getting hurt all the time, which he can't bring himself to do. So he sort of wallows in a skewed self-hatred (he does not hate his roles or his position so much as how he is powerless to do anything about what is immediately in front of him, and he does not hate Alice for being the one -- according to himself -- to have not granted him much power; so the only one left to blame is himself, to a certain extent) and pretends not to see or be hurt by the things he doesn't like. He pretends not to be bound by his role and instead wanders around, but for all his fooling around he is the most aware of what he's skipping out on and what he needs to accomplish. And now that the Duchess is gone, he continues to skip out on his role! And he tries to leave behind all his negative emotions and continue forward with a smile, as is the norm in Wonderland.
But he is still painfully aware that he's a cat who can't do much for himself. All he can do is hide in the shadows of the White Rabbit's Wonderland, doing what he can for his mysterious hidden motives -- the details of which, other than "protecting the Wonderland Alice held dear," have not been revealed -- but otherwise not doing anything for himself.
Extra:
Character Abilities: Is generally good at dodging bullets! Though this may partially be because the one who often does the shooting (the Mad Hatter) is unable to hit anyone who isn't actively threatening Alice? by virtue of his role. Can also reappear and disappear at will which is either teleportation or extreme stealth.
Possessions: N/A
Anything else: N/A
Samples:
Action/Communication thread/post sample: Here & here.
Log/Prose sample: Already a member!