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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GlassEye" data-source="post: 6692781" data-attributes="member: 40413">Homer finds rappelling down into the sinkhole to be trivially easy despite being showered by foul swamp water during the descent.  The climb up may be significantly more difficult he thinks, particularly as foot after foot of rope plays out and he still hasn't hit bottom yet.  The black clouds obscure the view below and quickly obscure above as well; Homer feels he is descending through some featureless underworld.Just when Homer feels he is probably about out of rope he spies the floor of the cave through the thick clouds.  The slick, rocky floor slopes towards an inky black pool in the center of the cavern.  The shore surrounding the pool is littered with shattered bones, bits of rusted metal, and broken weapons.  Cascading swamp water courses down on him from above, while the hot, stinking fumes rise from below.Lizt is beginning to worry that she doesn't have enough rope for the entire climb when it suddenly slackens.  Homer has apparently reached bottom and just in time.  When Lizt looks back she sees barely 20 feet of rope remaining.</blockquote>