Psssssssst! Hey kids! So... you're on the Forever Corps summer session, and you're having a great time seeing the timestream.... But those trip leaders they give you? Total squaresville, man! Know what I mean? Ol' Miss Beaton's going to show you the most sanitized, squeaky clean futures and pasts she can. You want to see the REAL deal, I'll show you around. We'll have fun too! Ol' Miss Beaton'll never know. Whaddaya say, kids? Come with me and I'll show you the REAL timestream. It'll be a blast. You only step in the same river once, right kids? Take my hand and i'll show you what was and will be. Oh except I don't have hands.

The future sure is confusing. I'm still getting the hang of those language shots, but mi sentas pli bonan tagon tage. Ne tiel maldika.

For our first assignment, they sent our group to a farm and we're feeding pigs! Except the pigs are in giant tanks of water and wearing VR helmets. "Boy that's some bacon!" I said but maybe the translation drugs aren't working right yet because they sure looked at me funny.

Anyway, it turns out you don't really have to feed them, because of the tubes, but we checked the readouts on the tanks. Everything was a-ok! Apparently the pigs are super smart and they use them to run the factories that make everything so nobody has to work.

"But if the pigs are so smart, how come they can't just check their own tanks?"

And they all looked at me funny again.

See how confusing the future is?

Forever Corps Plaza is sooooo swank. They put all the Psyhigh kids in one wing for our orientation, where we each get our own suite and a balcony overlooking the Time Hole. You can totally get lost staring down that hole—it’s like a spiral seashell on the inside, with everything that ever happened or will happen or is likely to happen spun around the edges like a billion dioramas, or frames of a film. It goes both backwards and forwards depending on how you look at it.

Totally embarrassing moment #1 (which I’m sure will be part of an ongoing series): @Hectic Wilson was standing on his balcony staring down at it and he puked! Right down the Time Hole. I was there and will admit it was educational watching the splotch of vomit navigate all the different temporal gravites as it tumbled.

Hey I signed up too! We get school credit for it right? I got all my shots today and I’m feeling really woozy especially the language shots I don’t even know what’s coming out of my mouth right now can you understand me ĉu vi povas kompreni min? And what do we pack? Are you bringing toilet paper? This is going to be AWESOME!

OMG I just got accepted to Forever Corps! They offer “a life-changing experience in a future timeline where I will develop my psychic leadership skills.” It’s especially important these days because of the Reality Accident and all, so it’s not like just some vacation with zip lines and folkloric techno dancing. Plus, I’ll make friends with like-minded teens who share my passions for travel and volunteering! It starts next week, and I hear there are still spots open so you should totally apply.