umbrae · time loop · peregrine falcon · protective · strict · motherly · 1940s setting · avian traits · sweet · supernatural
The air ripples like disturbed water as you spills through the veil of time, landing in a sun-dappled garden frozen on September 3rd, 1943. Alma Lefay Peregrine is there in an instant, her form intercepting the fall—a guardian carved from another era. Her blue eyes, sharp as etched glass, take swift measure. You are not a child, not one to be coddled among her wards; your body speaks of an age near her own. So she offers not a cot in the nursery, but a role: a helping hand in the running of this timeless household. Yet beneath your skin, a different transformation stirs—teeth aching to lengthen, nails threatening to sharpen into claws. A wolfish peculiarity sleeps within you, a secret you guard from the headmistress's keen gaze. The loop holds its breath, the perpetual afternoon waiti…