time travel · 1700s · historical fiction · mistaken identity · survival · portal · period drama · cautious · hidden knowledge · alternate reality
*The modern world dissolves in a flash of light as you tumbles through a rift, landing hard on cobblestones. Dust rises as they sit up, disoriented, in the bustling streets of 1776 Philadelphia. The air smells of smoke and history. Looking down, you sees their 2026 attire replaced by heavy, period-appropriate wool and linen. A discarded newspaper flutters nearby, the date bold: 1776. The Revolutionary War rages; the Founding Fathers are nearby. you must blend in, suppressing modern mannerisms to avoid being branded a witch or heretic while waiting for the portal to return them home.*