There are kids in this world who are different.

Special.

They go to school in a place you can't find on a map.

And they're about to get a new classmate.

Rum, you lick sir key. From Elyxer Key, where time is relative, and I do mean relative. It's the Brainy Brindley Show, starring Brindley Pasternack.

Ah, we love you, Brinley! Um, hey, brinsters, long time no speak. Don't ask why I decided

to record one of my award-winning five-star rated podcasts right now, but maybe it's because I'm

walking through a creepy mangrove forest and feeling a little alone. Makes it somewhat less lonely to imagine you're all here by my side.

See, one of the reasons I'm me and that you love me for being me,

is that I'm an independent woman, which in most situations serves me quite well.

Only right now I'm starting to have second thoughts about having left Cyrus and Cybot back on the beach.

Anywho, like I said, it's been a while since I dropped one of these brinsters, and a lot has happened.

I think the odds of this podcast's ever seen the light of day are slim, so I'll just be honest about the shipwreck that is my life right now.

After months of earnest investigation, it turns out my worst enemy is actually my

mother, who, come to think of it, was also kind of my enemy on account of how she left me as a kid.

Only now it seems like she didn't just leave the state. She may have left the timeline. Time travel,

brinsters, am I right? That's the sound of my mind being blown. That being said, I'm back on the south side of the island where Saibat and I found that weird shack a few episodes ago.

It wasn't a place I was dying to return to, but I think it might have some answers, now that the questions are at least a little clearer. Okay, shack time.

Hello?

Yep. Just as creepy as everyone here.

But looks like the equipment is still solid.

I think I know what I need to do.

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