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T.I.M., however, jumped into a large pool of water and proceeded to sink 40 feet. Only one obvious path lay before us: a staircase up where we heard voices and music. We were met with what appeared to be a lobby area, with a few hotel-like rooms, and a very violent sauna with an erupting geyser. Then we did what we always do: split the party and skip through the dungeon. We finally journeyed into the Maelstrom, the primary lair of the Storm Giants, via the teleporting conch shell we had grabbed from the Cloud Giants. Oh and there’s a bunch of other entrances to other areas of the dungeon.” “We found a whale and I made a seahorse friend! I accidentally killed a shark, then I killed two crabs. He immediately began babbling like an excited child as he pulled out magical treasures that he and Bryseis had discovered in their underwater excursion. He tucked, rolled, and sprang up on his feet. A gigantic shark head emerged, crashing into the side, sending a water-logged T.I.M. While we debated on how to handle it, the pool of water began rippling. It wasn’t the kind of party we wanted to crash. She reported that an entire delegation of Giants sat upstairs in some sort of concert or show, hosted by the Storm Giants. I felt the minutes tick by slowly, furtively glancing toward both the staircase and the pool of water.