Chapter 21, Bracelets, Ben Johnson, Devil Summary

The Chubby Girl leads the Narrator through a series of obscure passages until they enter the underground cavern where they pass underneath the waterfall and enter the laboratory which was introduced in chapter 3. The laboratory has been thoroughly searched and is in shambles although several pieces of equipment appear untouched. The Chubby Girl deduces immediately that the damage has not been caused by INKlings who are apparently fairly mindless in their destruction—instead it is obvious that Semiotecs have searched the lab. She states the Professor will have escaped via a secret egress to a secure location. They enter a secret passage and travel through a maze to a vast cavern that contains an underground mountain. They discover the Professor has left a trail of paperclips. They follow the paperclip trail for about two...