Okay, so I've been away for a while. Again. When @Sweetie2 showed me her sister, who got brainwashed, I really panicked. I may or may not have run away and hid in a supply closet for a few days.

And then, when I came back, there was a recall notice for the ciriculum, so I had to burn it. I feel a bit bad about it. I mean, who burns books? Bad people. But this book would literally brainwash whoever read it,, so I guess it was for the best. After that, I got the new ciriculum from Elizabeth. I wasn't sure if I should read it. The other Minders still looked dazed.

I flipped through it and didn't see any strange glowing runes, though, so I thought it was fine. I read a little of it. Don't worry, not hypnotized or anything. I just... I don't know. It has games and songs and stuff. Seems appropriate for summer camp. But everything is about Anything Owl. Rodent bone spitting competitions, GaGa where after ten minutes a large bird comes down and brings peace and water ice (supposedly mirroring the many wars Anything Owl intervened in), campfire songs about how Anything Owl literally BROUGHT humanity fire; I just don't know why?

I can't figure out what Anything Owl is trying to do here. Teaching the kids about themself? It seems like a lot of effort. Maybe it's just me. I admittedly haven't met many non-human non-plant people. I mean, maybe other species have other broad goals? If humanities' ultimate goal is the search for knowledge, or the search for a purpose, or whatever thing you can think of, maybe Anything Owl's end goal won't make sense to a human? Maybe it's just how our minds work? Maybe we can never understand what drives other species, not really, but we just have to accept that they work differently, even though we can't comprehend why?

Anyway. I feel like my journals always get all philosophical. But TL;DR the new ciriculum seems alright, and I guess there's no sense in not teaching it. On the other hand, you shouldn't trust someone if you don't know what their goal is... but I'm not sure I really have to trust this, and I'm not sure if I have a choice anyway. Post ya later.

Well I just flew in from Main Roost HQ and boy are my arms tired!

Ha ha that's a joke. Because the tawny wings are on my shoes!!!! They are really great once you get the hang of them.

Anyway, Main Roost HQ is near the top of the World Tree. And let me tell you things look pretty interesting from up there!

First, yes, that original set of the New Children's Circle Summer Curriculum books were completely bogus. Please return all copies to my information station in the cafeteria at lunch. And what ever you do DON'T READ THEM. And especially don't read them if you start to feel a little twiggy.

In exchange, I have the NEW New Children's Circle Summer Curriculum books, straight from the printer, Busy Beaver. I saw an advance copy and it's much more what you'd expect -- old timey drawings of Anything Owl in his nest, Anything Owl showing the little children the way out of the darkness, Anything Owl smoking cigars in the clearing with Super Skunk and Rabbit-to-be.

Frankly, it all may be a bit *too* old fashioned for kids these days. But if he keeps handing out these flying shoes he's BOUND to get a great following. Because they are AWESOME! All you have to do is become an Anything Owl Ambassador. Which involves some secret rites and stuff but trust me it's nothing to worry about.

Visit me at my table in the cafeteria for more information!

I HAVE SOME IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT THE NEW CHILDREN'S CIRCLE SUMMER SESSION CURRICULUM.

IN ORDER TO GET THE BEST DEAL WE COULD ON THE PRINTING, I ASKED BEE-WOMAN FOR A "FRIENDS AND FAMILY DISCOUNT." BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE GO WAY BACK.

BUT IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT BEE-WOMAN WAS LAZY AND USED HER OWN BEE-CURRICULUM, MERELY REPLACING HER NAME (BEE-WOMAN) WITH MY NAME, (ANYTHING OWL).

NOT KNOCKING BEE-WOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON EARLY PSYCHIC CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, BUT HER APPROACH REALLY MAKES MORE SENSE FOR BEES. COMPLIANCE IS LIKE THE TOP THING IN THE BEE KINGDOM.

BUT WHERE ARE THE STORIES OF ABOUT ANYTHING OWL BRINGING THE CHILDREN MINERALS AND CHARCOAL TO DRAW PICTURES ON THE CAVE WALLS? WHAT ABOUT ANYTHING OWL AND THE COYOTE? OR WHEN ANYTHING OWL DROVE THE MADNESS AWAY DURING THE LONG WINTER?

LOOK FOR THEM IN THE NEXT EDITION OF THE NEW CHILDREN'S CIRCLE SUMMER SESSION CURRICULUM. COMING SOON!

I HAVE CALLED @Elizabeth Magnolia BACK TO MAIN ROOST HQ IN ORDER TO LEARN THE NEW CURRICULUM AND DISTRIBUTE THE SECOND EDITION AS SOON AS THEY ARRIVE FROM THE NEW PRINTER, BUSY BEAVER. DID YOU APPRECIATE THE TAWNY WINGS UPON HER SHOES? SIGN UP TODAY TO BE AN ANYTHING OWL AMBASSADOR AND GET A PAIR TODAY!

ALSO, SORRY ABOUT THE TWIGS, @Sweetie2. THERE WILL BE SOME POKING THROUGH WHILE THE NEST SETTLES.

When they gave us the weird brainwash books, Annie looked at me, clearly concerned.

"Are you going to be okay?" She asks me.

"What do you mean?" I question.

"Well, I know you're very gullible, and I don't want you getting brainwashed by this book." She says to me.

"Don't worry!! I'll be fine. I'm not THAT stupid." I say to her.

"Okay..." she mumbles back, clearly not convinced.

"Don't read the book Sweetie. Don't read the book Sweetie" is what I say to myself in my head for the rest of the day.

When i go back into my dorm, I plop the book on the desk. I think about what I saw. The twigs, Magnolia's...odd actions, and how the twigs are somehow controling Magnolia. Everybody else looked the same as her, well, except me and Annie of course. Its probably an infectionous thing. I hope i don't go to work tomorrow and see Annie just as brainwashed as everyone else. I start to read Bailey's dictionary, when Bailey storms into the room, her hair an absolite mess. She looks angry.

"SWEETIE!!!" She shouts at me, "YOU STOLE MY DICTIONARY!" She yells.

"Sorry" i squeak weakly.

She looks at the book on my desk. She snatches it.

"While you read the new curriculum, I will take my dictionary back," she says to me, waiving the book in the air, completely unaware of the fact that it is not her dictionary.

She starts to leave, grumbling," I'm gonna have to check for damage," as she is halfway in my doorway.

"WAIT!! THATS NOT--" I am interupted by the slamming of the door.

"Oh no. Oh no. OH NO!" I exclaim, in a state of pure panic," I have to make sure she dosent read that book!"

I rush into her room, but it's too late. Bailey sits on her bed, the curriculum resting, its pages open next to her. Her expression is blank. And I swear to the lord I saw the ends of tiny twigs pop out from parts of her body.

"Anything Owl is good. Anything Owl is great. Anything Owl is very helpful." She chants.

Oh no. This is bad. Bailey is very smart, and many know that, so many trust what she says. If she says these bainwashed words to people, they will believe her, and become brainwashed themselves. i run out the room and into Annies dorm room.

"ANNIE!" I shout.

"What? What is it Sweetie?" She asks.

I tell her everything that happened.

"Oh no" she says," this is SO bad."

I haven't posted in a while. Sorry. But things have been very... hectic. I always say that, don't I? Well it's usually true.

The other day before activities were about to start a voice sounded on the loudspeaker, which I had no idea even existed. "ALL MINDERS, PLEASE REPORT TO THE WATER FOUNTAIN TO RECIEVE THE NEW CIRICULUM." @Sweetie2 and I gave each other a confused look as we made our way there.

When we got there, @Elizabeth Magnolia was already there, expression blank as usual. She was holding a bunch of booklets connected with those black plastic spiral things. Once everyone was there, she started speaking. "The newly updated Children's Circle Summer Session ciriculum is ready. Minders will follow the ciriculum, or be removed from the Children's Circle Summer Session and any other extracurriculars sponsored by GROTTO G.S.M. The children love Anything Owl." I could feel my jaw hanging open in shock, as Sweetie and I shared a concerned look, which must've been hard for her while still smiling.

As I glanced back to Elizabeth, she had a weird look on her face, like she was about to sneeze. Just then, her shoes sprouted small tawny wings. She dropped the booklets in shock. "Wha- Where am- What?" She looked right into my eyes. The shoes carried her away, feet first. I hadn't seen her act like this since before Anything Owl... it was like she was back, for a moment.

Once she had disappeared over the horizon, everyone started picking up the booklets. On the cover there was a stock drawing of a few cartoonish kids playing with water balloons on a grassy field. I know it was a stock image because it still had watermarks. Over the image was the title, CHILDREN'S CIRCLE SUMMER SESSION CIRICULUM.

On the very first page were the words "Anything Owl belongs. Anything Owl will help. Anything Owl is good..." and so on. I didn't read the whole thing since it seemed like a bunch of brainwashing mumbo-jumbo. In the corners of every page were strange symbols that glowed when I touched them. I haven't read the whole book yet, but it seems to be a lot of Grotto G.S.M. and Anything Owl propaganda so far.

I'm not exactly sure what to do. It's kinda obvious that reading the book will brainwash you (the other minders had suspiciously blank expressions after the meeting). But I don't know what else to do. I think I'll call Cornelia and ask them. This whole thing gives me the creeps. Bad vibes all around. But I can't exactly leave the kids. They didn't do anything. Well, other than set my lunch in fire a bunch of different times from their minds, but that could technically count as homework- long story short, this whole thing is very sus.

Hey Everyone.

They still need child minders for Children's Circle Summer Session. I was asked to get the word out. Don't hold back because of my experience this summer. Most the the Children are not WolfenGroup kids and are actually pretty funny and fun to hang out with. (Except for that one kid but I heard she hasn't signed up for any more sessions this summer, whew.)

I won't be returning this summer, you know, because of what "happened" to me in the Ravine. I guess it's gonna take a while for me to heal from my "injuries".

Meanwhile my parents are still pursuing legal action against WolfenGroup. Frankly, I am like, "you guys need to be investigating the history of the Ravine instead." I know of kids in the past who have gone in there and never come out. Well you know there are whispers about it. I guess it hasn't always been part of the campus. PsyHigh acquired the Ravine and its surrounding land in the 30's as part of the great expansion. The Ravine has never been on any real maps, of course like most of PsyHigh campus, but there is mention of it in the Crane Book of Psychic Lands way way back...like, you know, waaaay back when the ancient ones roamed this neck of the woods. To me the Ravine is more a safety issue for students than the dumb WolfenGroup. I would love to finally uncover its true secrets!

It sure makes ya think.

You guys I know I haven't posted in a while! The end of the first week's session of camp had me laid up with 5 broken ankles and a sprained elbow from Tie Dye Death Shrouds craft activity. One of the WolfenGroup kids made a run from Derrick's pod while they were doing the Reanimated Stick Bug craft and smashed into my group's crafting area and I fell down the Ravine.

My parents now want to sue WolfenGroup. I am kinda embarrassed by this now. I guess the WolfenGroup donates a lot of money every year to the PsyHigh Annual Fund (the founder was like one of Psy High's first students) and they have a lot of power at PsyHigh. I don't want to be the unpopular kid in the fall on campus. You know what I mean? What if the school has to cancel the Halloween Dance in October because their main sponsor of the dance (Ok they do cool decorations I gotta admit) is in court with, ahem, my parents?

I can't believe my mom's own experience of dealing with difficult parents at her preschool she works at hasn't made her more sensitive about you know, NOT trying to ruffle the feathers (of the Great Undead California Condor to be precise) at your kid's school!

Meanwhile, it has taken me forever to heal from my injuries (both physical and psychic) from my tumble in the Ravine. You know what they say, "What happens in the Ravine stays in the Ravine". I mean..the legends are true.
I gotta go, I need to babysit my little sister while my parents meet with the lawyer god this sucks.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?

Recently the kids have mentioned Anything Owl. Whenever I hear about it I get the shivers.

Every morning @Elizabeth Magnolia says her piece about it. The first time, I laughed and she glared at me. I thought she was kidding. I've tried to approach her but she won't talk to me. She seems kinda... different.

When the kids started mentioning Anything Owl to me they said they heard it from kids in other groups. "Anything Owl grants wishes! Anything Owl can give you whatever you want!" I was really scared by that.

It sounds really culty, and since it's my job to keep them safe, I told them a story. One of those traditional, be careful what you wish for, there is always a price you may not be willing to pay ones. I warned them about the fae.

I'm not sure how much I believe that there are intelligent beings capable of speech and reasoning native to Earth (including humans), but many of the fae stories/warnings have solid advice. Don't trust strangers, don't give strangers your name, be careful in negotiations, always read and understand the contract before agreeing.

I also told them a story about the mob to try to strike the fear of god into them even more. If you own a store and someone comes in offering goods that "fell off the back of the truck", no matter how cheap they are you NEVER buy them. That's how the mob gets you hooked, and if you buy from them once they can report you to the government. So then they ask for "favors", take your money, all that jazz. Never wish on Anything Owl, it might request more and more of you. Since I don't know how it works I decided to cast a broad net in the fear mongering department.

By the end of storytime, everyone seemed disturbed. I don't enjoy making them afraid, but I think they should absolutely have a healthy fear of Anything Owl. Sweetie also seemed frightened, but she kept smiling for the kids. I think she might be mad at me for scarring them.

I don't know what happened to you, Elizabeth, but we met a few times and you were very nice, so if your entire consciousness hasn't been hidden/taken/erased, I'd be happy to help you.

Also, before everyone calls me horrible for attempting to scare the pants off a bunch of kids, I told them afterwards that there was nothing to worry about. As long as you didn't make a deal, beings like this can't usually hurt you. If Anything Owl works like fae. If not... I have no clue.

I have a prepared statement to read:

Anything Owl is our friend. Anything Owl is our brother-sister of the night. Anything Owl is the fleet wind that takes us home to roost.

We suggest you make peace with Anything Owl. Anything Owl loves us all. Anything Owl lives so deeply in the nest. The twigs flutter and Anything Owl is here.

All the children love Anything Owl.

{Taken from the newly updated Children’s Circle Summer Session curriculum}