HANK "THE BABE" WILLIAMS TAKES A SWING AT RIDDLE #3!
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Published: January 2, 2025
Author: Daniel Conderman
Context: Recovered Conderman.Group Smack Talk Showdown story update
Original URL: https://conderman.group/2025/01/hank-the-babe-williams-takes-a-swing-at-riddle-3/


The Endless Battle Royal continues. Rabbit Raw has escaped the Timekeeper's
loop, but the remaining wrestlers are still trapped among the swirling runes.
Hank "The Babe" Williams steps forward with his baseball bat and declares
that he has solved the third riddle: "It's a mirror. A reflection. The truth
staring you in the face!"

The Timekeeper's ticking slows. Symbols fade one by one, and an open portal
appears in the center of the ring.


RABBIT RAW SHINES AGAIN
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Fresh from his victory, Rabbit rallies the remaining competitors and narrowly
avoids Tik-Tok Timmy's sneak attack. Timmy keeps his vintage camera trained
on the action, desperate to capture the moment.


KNOTTY BY NATURE DOUBLES DOWN
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With Furry FUPA mysteriously gone, Luscious Locks vows that no one else will
vanish before she gets answers. She braids her shimmering hair into a whip
and sends Bungston Big Bucks into the ropes with a Hairicane Whip.


HOLIDAY HAVOC
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Santa Claws, still troubled by the Triad of Oddities' cryptic whispers,
throws Drippy McGee toward Barbra and lands a Ho-Ho-Hammer. Glittery dust
falls around him under the Timekeeper's strange influence.


A CHAOTIC ALLIANCE?
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Joe Joe Sausage Head and Tik-Tok Timmy appear to work together, hurling a
chair at Hank. Hank sidesteps it, and the Timekeeper's magic absorbs the
blow. Timmy catches it all on camera while Joe Joe complains that the move
was meant to be a distraction, not a blooper reel.


THE TRIAD'S CLUE
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The diminished Triad of Oddities chants as new runes surround its corner:

  "The keeper binds, the keeper blinds,
   but his secrets unravel in mirrored minds."

Hank's answer has weakened the Timekeeper and opened another piece of the
puzzle, but the battle is not over. The portal flickers in the ring, waiting
for the next wrestler to escape -- or for the Timekeeper to reveal his hand.