Our first competitor, James from Candlewick, is a scholar. So James... What's in the pool?
"I'm so excited to be here! Let's see... The water is so murky, but I think I see... I see something looking back at me... no, looking INTO me. It's immense! It's ... how is it larger than the pool itself? I can hear... singing?"
We're going to need an answer, James. The timer's going. The doors are locked. The game is all, James. The pool. What.
[RITUAL AGAINST THE GODDESS]
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URGENT FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS UPON FURTHER READING:
3. There is a town in Great Britain called Ottery St Mary
4. Just HOW ottery is it?
5. Is it just a little ottery, or VERY ottery?
6. Are all the people in it, in fact, otters wearing human clothes and engaging in complicated hijinks whenever a Census official calls?
7. More research urgently needed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1SkepihYLE
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