Chatterbox: Down to Earth

Welcome, CBers, to the October~November 2018 scavenger hunt~

This is an adventure the likes of which you haven't known.

Of humor, of wit, of joy, of pain, of sorrow, of mystery, of laughter and tears, music and silence, clarity and confusion...

Prepare to have your world upturned twice and over again without warning or caution--

Beware: You are about to pass the point of no return. For once you start--once you behold the first clue--you will find yourself unable to stop searching.

CBers, you will go through many trials and ultimately be required to solve three individual Locks. Only then will your mission be complete.

What is this mission, this adventure? What secrets does it hold? Why have YOU been chosen for it? And what is that standing behind you???

These answers lie beyond the first clue...Are you prepared to take the dive?
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A wave crashes onto the sandy shore, chasing the heels of a swiftly retreating figure.

Farther inland, on the edge of the forest, a breeze blows to meet the waves. Another figure, cloaked, follows the wind down to the sand. The two figures meet.

"It is time," the first one says, and the other nods.

"Are they prepared?" the cloaked one questions and the second one peers off, staring into seemingly nothing.

"They are eager," the second one replies after a few moments, with a shrug.

The two figures stand in silence.

The waves grow louder.

And the scene is bathed in white.

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The first clue is easy, or so you might think

On the thread that never sinks.

Its name is a lie
And that's where I hide
Nestled between
Pages seven and nine.

Go, CBers. We are waiting for you, ready to deliver the next clue.