I found this subject of interest and after some research I have found what could be a groundbreaking discovery!
I went to the tree and took several small samples of bark. In my dorm, I split it into fibers and created a cord. From the following tests I deduced this:
-The bark fiber can conduct electricity at incredible speeds
-It can conduct magickal energy
-It can translate magickal energy into electric signals and vise versa

With this information I have created a small metal device that will detect magickal energy sent at it and send the energy to someone with a matching device. There is an option as well to convert the energy to electricity and save it in the devices system. I call it a Psyphone and I'm giving the first 20 out for free in my dorm, dorm 13656.

Perhaps this research can be used in future studies? Let me know.
Thank you,
-Mirana Ashdove

Have you ever gotten lost in your own back yard? Well, it happened to me in the forest. It's this confounded fog, which alone isn't enough to get me turned around in my own neck of the woods. It was the elves.

Just one or two elves in the vicinity is enough to make you a little confused. But a whole mess of them together creates a magnetic sink hole in the appearophere, and you can find yourself in very unfamiliar territory if you're near the event horizon.

There are specific frequency/disruption agreements with the United Society of Elvenkind, and USE elves wouldn't break those agreements without good reason. Does this have to do with the refugees from @Nate Wilson's Underground Psychic Railroad? Can people actually travel the World Trees, @jarvis? If this is true, the people of Timberland must be told.

My dog has been catching some of crazy whiffs off the World Trees. Ozone, walnuts, welding fumes... the burnt metal reek of Nova. He started sneezing and couldn't stop till I offered him my handkerchief and let him blow. Back at home he insisted on the neti pot and lemon tea with honey. We have a reservation for the campus steam room tomorrow. He thinks it will help clean his sinuses out.

What's this about people using the World Trees for transport, @jarvis? I thought they were only about data transfer. Are they as safe as the Translation Chambers that @Astrid997 and the interns have been using?

It has come to my attention that my last journal post was accidentally repeated. I apologize; ever since my accident with the World Trees, it's been even harder than usual to separate reality from my hallucinations. I find myself saying important things twice or more, as I'm not sure if I ever really spoke out loud at first. Although I've come to terms with the constant symphony of ghostly whispers, I have yet to drown out the screeching voice of old Mae Louise Cunningham, the non-psychically gifted woman whose soul I presumably absorbed when I shattered her corresponding receiver stone.

After being released from the infirmary, I completed my Mundane Studies report by use of the Internet (from the very same computer that once entrapped me, no less) and found that she is an extremely orthodox Catholic. Any psychic or magical aspect of my life is, in her mind, equated to witchcraft and deems me hopelessly condemned. Her reactions range anywhere from disgust to rage and even fear, and I hear the whole spectrum daily.

If anyone has any idea of how to reverse my condition, PLEASE contact me immediately; if not for my own sake, than to restore her soul back to her own body. there is no telling what a borderline insane woman would do without a soul or conscience to hinder her.

My dog returned from Germany this morning. Now he's a certified Psychic Service Dog, with papers from the school in Bonn. Thinks it will help him get a job. He's telepathic, can move things with his mind, tell the future, and read the past from objects just by licking them. He wants to work with humans who have lost some of their psychic ability and make up for it with his own.

"Who is it boy? Who's coming?"

"Pant pant pant pant"

"Is it my sister?"

"Pant pant pant pant"

"My uncle?"

"Pant pant pant pant"

"The postman?"

"Pant pant pant pant"

"Is it Hyslopus, the oozing evil from beyond time, preparing to consume this world with its putrid essence and noxious fumes?

"Woof!"

True. The Archmage and his contemporaries have been studying the World Trees ever since they were as young as sixteen, where a novice must choose a topic to study and a mage to work with. The study of the World Trees didn't begin with Brinkerhoff as it has always been the fascination of human kind ever since. Belief systems centered around great trees were the staple back then. The organized study of the trees, however, started during the Age of Alchemy, albeit misguided.

Bonn has been a center of magic trade in the modern era. It is the home of the Mandrake School of Magic. Although everybody can study anything, the Bonn school specializes in Nature Sculpting and Shape-shifting. Later on, the school would be known for any Nature-related magic.

Now, according to the journal of German Archmage E. A. Horowitz, Archmage Brinkerhoff chose to study the World Trees, great trees that support the planes of existence and exists in plain sight but we refuse to see it. Often mistaken as ordinary vines, the World Trees are symbols of humility and reverence for the natural order of things. On one fateful day, while studying for his final tests, Brinkerhoff felt minute fluctuations in magic emanating from a nearby world tree, taking the form of a humble cherry blossom. This event started a series of inquiry about the purpose of world trees and how the magic world can benefit from it, leading to the work cited above.

After Brinkerhoff died from World War II while helping magicians escape the Reinigungstag, a Nazi-organized purge. Horowitz became the next Archmage, succeeding Brinkerhoff while in exile. In a dream, Brinkerhoff revealed to the new Archmage that his death is "natural, according to the order of things" and asked the Circle not to retaliate. "It would soon end," he said. Later on, the German Circle would be criticized for its lack of action against the Holocaust. Yep, the Kabbalah diviners hate them.

My dog left for Germany this morning at 10am. Special training. He loves sausages, so I assume it's some kind of junket. He'll be up all hours sniffing European smells and eating Katze Kot I'm sure.

How important is this German connection, @jarvis? Surely someone has been working on this technology since Bittenhöf?

It looks like you've found my commemorative pin from the 1937 International Oblique Forestry Fair, @kkennedy9311. It's got a small green gem at the center of it. I found it when I was little and it's been with me ever since, not only because it looks cool but because it's a kind of psychic compass. But lately it's been malfunctioning. All I get out of it is "GHOST SERVER NOT RESPONDING" and "CONTACT @GROTTO G.S.M. INC.".

I thought about showing it to @jarvis or @timberlina because I heard they're into antiques, but when I heard that another one had blown up and gassed Student of the Month @Briar Rose, I thought maybe it was better not to get mixed up in it.

So whatever you do, @kkennedy9311, don't jiggle it and whatever you do don't drop it. Could you pack it in a small jewel box with lots of cotton and then wrap it in bubble wrap and put it inside a pillowcase full of feathers, then clear the yard from your dorm all the way to the Spoon Bender student coffee shop and OM MY GOD WATCH OUT FOR THE CRACKS IN THE PATH and then you can give it back to me?

What is this?

Let me just dig up something...let's see...

Here: a copy of the 1931 International Oblique Forestry Faire brochure. It says that there is indeed a ride called the 'Iggy Drop' and the description says it can give a "surprise of a lifetime." I'm not sure if Mr. Blinkerhoff is the archmage or the archmage's father. The ride and its environs were actually made with gigantic trees called redwood. World Trees, specifically the Yggdrasil (origin of the name "Iggy Drop") and its saplings, are guarded by the United Society of Elvenkind. We are all forbidden to tamper with the tree, which is why Blinkerhoff conducted his experiment while being watched by senior elf mages.

The Faire also include scrying booths, lucid massage parlors, rent-a-body, and other magical and scientific endeavors sanctioned by the Earth Magic Federation, Intergalactic Paranormal Affairs Agency, and the Interdimensional Link Agreement.

@Briar Rose, please get well soon. We saw you being carried into the building by two elves. Mrs. Vavavoom from the medical team said you have inhaled some gas while working on some experiment.

As always, please read all the relevant Material Safety Datasheets before performing any experiment. Remember to handle any sensitive gems with a gem cushion or pedestal.