Chapter 3, Rain Gear, INKlings, Laundry Summary

The Narrator enters the room, accompanied by the Chubby Girl dressed in pink. She instructs him to don heavy rain gear and goggles and then hands him a flashlight. Weighed down by the raingear he enters a dark area; the Chubby Girl closes the door behind him, and he is enveloped in pitch black. He turns on the flashlight and discovers he is on a metal platform. He descends a metal ladder and ends up in a giant cavern through which roars a massive river. He follows the wet, rocky floor for some distance until he meets an older gentleman—the Professor. They try to hold a conversation but cannot be heard over the roar of the river, whereupon the Professor uses a remote control device to 'turn down' the river's volume. The narrator...