NPC STUDY + WHILE TRAVELING .
josephine adair. — MOTHER FIGURE. 1852 - 1927. the first person perri met when her time travel began. josie’s parents immigrated from france around the time of the gold rush, but never made it as far as california, settling instead in helper when josephine was born. by the time josie’s twenty, she’s married to john adair, owner of the only bar in town. the two have a daughter named ella. josephine loves being a mother more than anything, and quickly takes perri in when she discovers the girl shaking in the middle of town — ella’s seventeen and recently left to travel east to the big city, and there’s an empty attic room in josie’s home and an empty space in her heart that perri easily fills. she teaches perri english and treats her as her own daughter. after perri leaves, josie is distraught for a long while; eventually, she and john pack up their things to move to baltimore and be with their daughter.
dr. nikoli darzi. — FRIEND. 2902 - 3007. a doctor who helps perri during her first jump to the far future. human doctors are a rarity by the time nikoli is born, most medical practice left to artificially intelligent robots, but when nikoli has set their mind to something it’s nearly impossible for anyone to stop them. their great - grandma was a doctor, and they grew up admiring her and wanting to be just like her. so they did! when perri arrives, they’re the foremost human doctor in their wing of the city hospital, despite their young age. they’re the first person to believe perri about her time travel & they try to actually help her learn about her powers. once she’s gone, they take a special interest in trying to figure out how time travel without the help of a machine is possible.
frances - eleanor merrimont. — LOVE. 1760 - 1801. the daughter of an innkeeper. has very strong political opinions and often convinces her mother to house rebel soldiers for free. the first person perri truly falls in love with, and the first to return her affections. frances never marries, and publishes books of poetry, mostly love poems, under the pen name francis m. from shortly after perri leaves until frances’ death in 1801.
jack bryant, cecily bryant, & raymond fox. — FRIENDS. 1898 - 1941, 1900 - 1973, & 1899 - 1957. a poly triad, very wealthy, very energetic, throw lavish parties every single weekend. jack was a stage manager of an american theatre troupe when he met cecily, an actress. the two fell in love in a matter of weeks and wed within half a year, packing up and moving to sydney. within the first month they were there, they met raymond at a bar, and any of the three will eagerly tell you it was love at first sight all around. jack is a writer, though none of his books ever sell very well, including the one he’ll write about perri’s adventures after she disappears. perri joined their group seamlessly, though she was only ever slightly romantically involved with cecily ( and more as a friends with benefits than anything else ), and she still considers the three to be her best friends. jack dies fighting in world war ii, and cecily and raymond move back to the usa together, where cecily becomes an off - broadway actress and raymond works as a magazine editor, putting his skills from editing jack’s books to use.
renata ellison. — FRIEND / EX - GIRLFRIEND. 1991 - 2074. renata grew up in texas and moved to new york for school, though she dropped out after her sophomore year of studying pre - law. she’d never really wanted to be a lawyer. she spent her early twenties living with upwards of ten people in tiny apartments, making it work as a bartender, studying piano on the side. by the time she’s 25, she lives alone and has a job at the wooden nickel, a speakeasy - themed bar downtown, and later would become the primary pianist at the bar. this is where she meets perri; she takes perri out for drinks after her shift on perri’s first day singing there, and they sleep together, and perri moves in with her quickly, partially for the sake of the attraction between them and partially because perri’s new in town and doesn’t really have anywhere else to go. they date off and on, but renata breaks it off — they’re roommates and coworkers and that’s already a dangerous enough combination without bringing romance into the mix.
