The Helmsbrook Archives

Entry One - Pilot

Entry One 1/10/17

6:34am

Well, I didn't think that I would be starting this.. I mean, legitimately. You see, this was supposed to be an extra credit project for my teacher back home. Besides, I know nobody is going to read this, it's just for my friends back home. Like Erika and Jacob and Lola. Whom none of you know, but I'm mentioning them anyways. I wonder if they'll even read it.. Who knows. Might as well try, right?

I guess I should provide context. I was sent to Helmsbrook for some private school thing, I'm not entirely sure why, though. I mean... I'm good at math and science. Other than that, I really don't have any special talents that make me deserving of private school. Nonetheless, a private school in the middle of nowhere. Oh yeah, that's another thing. This entire town is literally in the middle of nowhere. When my mom was driving me to this school, we were lost for nearly 2 or 3 hours. Then, suddenly, there was an entire town around us, and we nearly crashed into the gates of this weird school. My mom and I never saw anything beforehand. We just blinked. And there it was. Funny, huh?

Anyways, I'm currently in my dorm room, which I share with multiple different people. Some girls, some boys, some neither, and some that I have no clue about. It's weird having to share a dorm room with girls. Don't get me wrong, I like them fine, it's just different (also a few of the boys have breasts also.. I think that means they're trans? I've never met a trans person before. I wonder what it's like. I could ask, but I don't want to be offensive or anything. So, I'll just keep saying boys. After all, they seem happy when I call them boys. So I suppose that's what they are.) There are probably 8 or 9 of us in this dorm room, I haven't really counted, I'm still getting used to this place. Some go back to their homes for the weekend, but their families actually live in Helmsbrook. I would go back, even just for a day, but I don't know how to leave. I tried a couple of times last week when I got here, but I'd always get lost in the forest and end up back in Helmsbrook. No matter which direction I'd run, even if it was in a straight line, I'd always end up back in the town... I'll never get why.. Probably. Maybe I could ask some of the other kids in the room with me. It's one of the girls (cis or trans, I have no clue at this point. Nor do I care. I just know it's a girl) and two boys. Then there's one person whos gender I'm clueless about. I've heard the others say "them". I'm guessing that's normal here? I'm getting used to it, I guess. That person is Alex. The girl is Natasha (who constantly brags about her name being "Ah satan" backwards), and the boys are Aaron and Jackson. Aaron's cool, but I don't know much about Jackson, other than the fact that he has really pretty eyes. I think they're called Glasz or something? They're just pleasant to look at. I could ask any of them about leaving, but they're all doing their own thing. The boys are doing homework. Natasha's tending to some garden, but she won't tell me what she planted. She says it's a surprise.. Oh lord.. And Alex is listening to music, or a podcast or something. Besides, they've all lived in Helmsbrook their whole lives. I don't want to offend them or anything. Is that stupid? Maybe. My classes start in an hour, and I haven't done any homework. I should get some of it done.. I'll type here when I can.

11:42am

Can't type for long.. I just know that the homework was weird.. Talking about some dark sea monsters or something. I know that those aren't real, but everyone was paying close attention to the lesson a couple minutes ago. And they were taking notes and acting like it was serious. You've got to be kidding me. This has been going on since last week. None of this is real. This private school needs a serious life update. I don't even think that anyone heard about the Presidential election! When I brought it up, nobody said anything! Normally some sort of heated discussion happens when it's brought up, but nobody had even heard the names before! It's like I can't connect with any of these kids! I don't know.. I have have two or three classes after lunch ends. Then I'll be able to write back at my dorm. This place is freaking me out. And there's the bell, I'll type more later.

5:04pm (or 17:04)

Well shiz (was told I had to keep these journals clean. Ugh.) So you know those plants I mentioned earlier that Natasha was growing? So they've grown now. But when I walked into my room, a freaking vine was growing out of one of her pots and it was just hovering in front of my face! Then grabbed onto my wrist and started making me punch myself in the face! THAT PLANT WAS ALIVE. I was yelling and freaking out until Natasha ran back into the room and sprayed the plant with some sticky substance.. It didn't smell like weed killer or anything, but it made the plant "shrink" back into the pot. When I asked what the plant was, she just said, "You've never had to deal with Devil's Crop before? How funny. They're very pleasant to eat. But you have to wait until they're ripe. In this case, that means that We'll have to wait until the vine turns into a cloudy blue!" AND SHE WAS SO CALM. TOO CALM. MUCH TOO CALM. Devil's Crop?! What on Earth is that? I need to get out of this place.. Or report this freaky girl.. What the hell is with this place.. Is this actually normal?! I need to get out of herei0[p=\lej

10:45pm (22:45)

Sorry about that.. I passed out on top of my keyboard earlier. Natasha is the one who walked in and saw me. Oh, and made sure to save my data on this entry. I'm happy she saved and all, but I wish she had changed the end a bit, because I can't edit it now. But she said she didn't want to edit so that she could "Preserve the experience". Which I suppose, I have to admire. And well, as you can probably tell, I'm awake again. Jackson and Aaron said that it was because the skin on those vines are poisonous. I don't think I'm poisoned, though. At least, I hope not. It just knocked me out for a bit. Natasha says I'll be fine. I hope so. I still want to get out of here... At least, to a degree. I also kind of want to study this place. After all, the sky is purple and red right now, which I've never seen before. But that's only because I've never been up this late. I've always been asleep by 8:30 (17:30) at least  since I got here. Well, the sky is beautiful and all, but.. It's red. And purple. And.. red. I really should study this place, maybe I can find out why this place seems to be so cut off from the rest of this world. 

Now, I need to get to bed. It's almost 11 and everyone's already asleep. I'm learning everyone's names a little better.. But I won't talk about the rest of them until I make sure the names are right. The only person I can actually see right now is Jackson, his bed is next to mine, so I can see his face from my computer light. He looks peaceful. He looks like nothing could hurt him. And his hair has fallen in a way that perfectly frames his face. But how? How can someone look at peace- be at peace in a place like this?! I guess I just don't get it yet. Heh, wow. I guess these entries might be interesting to do after all.

Signing off, 

Drew