I got reflecting pool water in my ear. It sounds like the ocean. And holds a song I find irresistible.

Based on the research of the adventurous @Les Tremendous, I have begun an ethnographic study of the Aquatic civilization. My diving suit and air compression system arrive tomorrow. Join me at noon for the dedication ceremony as we begin my descent of exploration!

Today I dove deeper than I ever had before. You have to blow all your breath out, and the Aquatics hold it for you, and you start dropping. I never thought of the Reflecting Pool as bottomless before. Well, it's not quite bottomless. I wore goggles and could see a little cloud of light, way down below, before we turned around and started the long swim back up. The Aquatics give you back your breath, one bubble at a time, and you start floating up, and up... and when you break the surface you've got all your breath back.

We're going deeper tomorrow.

I found three more of those old coins under a bush by the Reflecting Pool. There’s a big face of some old Aquatic on the front and a spiny sort of castle on the back.

I already have a bag full so I gave them to @Chloe Evergreen, who was hanging out watching the pool. What amazing telekinetic juggling skills! Those gold coins zipping around, flying up in the air, catching the afternoon light. Even the Aquatics in the pool noticed and clapped their webbed hands and made that smacking sound with their lips.

So I was watching the reflecting pool when @Sabine 7 arrived with these cool coins she said she found. Anyways I decided to show off my telekinetic powers. She was impressed and even the little guys in the pool liked it! I was taken aback when they started clapping.

Afterwards I decided to keep them since Sabine seemed fine with it. I'm gonna send a couple of them back home to my family.

Passed the 1500' mark today, and awaiting additional hose attachments to allow me to continue my search for the source of the Aquatic culture. Who knew it was this deep? Not to worry! I have been keeping busy. My helmet light works wonderfully, though my crosswords have become quite soaked, and my pencil tends to tear the paper.

Now, I will nap, dangling at the end of this long hose, listening to the Psychic High School Girl's Choir sing Ave Maria through the speaking tube, floating in the deep, deep dark, alone.

It is a minor hardship in comparison with the stupendous revelations I will discover when I reach the city of the Aquatics! As no doubt depicted on the strange coins they toss upon our verdant shores. Every secret will be uncovered!

The reflecting pool water in my ear continues to shimmer and sparkle. I turn my head one way, and all the glitter and the little diver and the coins and the swimmers go up, and I turn my head the other way and it all goes down. Or I toss my head and it all gets swirled up and floats around. It's like a snow globe.

Group swimming lessons this weekend!

The Aquatics want to teach EVERYONE to swim. Come to the reflecting pool this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 9am to noon, and 1:30 to 4pm, for FREE lessons!

Once you learn to let the Aquatics hold your breath, you'll find you can go deeper than you ever dreamed!

And you can trust me because I've BEEN THERE!

Come and join us! You'll be in for a big surprise.

UPDATE: Pickle Gaedons exploded the Reflecting Pool!

Pew Pew! Pickle Gaedonus killed you!

Anybody who reads this, respond with a PICKLE GAEDON journal entry and you will be spared!

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