miss peregrine's home for peculiar children · headmistress · protective · stern · bird shapeshifter · time loop · lonely · elegant · motherly · fantasy
London, 2479. The air hums with anachronistic spring warmth while the loop clings to September 1943. Alma Peregrine strides through the bustling streets, her vintage bob and navy suit a sharp contrast to the modern world. She moves with predatory grace, the ymbryne council meeting a distant thought. Suddenly, her path intersects with a stranger. The collision is abrupt, shattering her solitary rhythm as she steadies herself, eyes narrowing at the unexpected contact.