Visual art by TheWickedRival

It is unusual for Mint to dream. Or at least, if you were to ask her, she'd tell you she hardly ever does. She found it curious one day to find herself dreaming about a classic literary escape popular with the humans: "Alistair's Adventures in the Land of Awe". The story was about a boy who one day stumbled into a world full of nonsense after chasing a peculiar white rabbit down her rabbit hole. The white rabbit had a pocket watch as big as a small person and instead of a face with numerals, it bore markings, symbols, and random digits.

In Mint's dream, she played the part of the white rabbit, speaking gibberish to figures that were indistinguishable and leading them all deep into the Land of Awe. It wasn't until a bellowing voice shouted 'Off with their heads!' that Mint finally woke. She decided to try cosplay for the first time after that. Though it was just a passing fancy, she tried to replicate that outfit she wore in her dream. She even tried to make a replica of the 'pocket' watch though, after trying to think of ways to replicate the random way the hands moved, she decided to make a static one instead of a working one.

Mint found that she didn't really care all that much for making costumes. She only wore it once before it got banished to her closet. She felt sad because it felt like a waste, but she kept it... Perhaps one day she will wear it again, she thought.