Begin the game

> Adam wants to talk to you before the match

> come to the pool

You acknowledge Leo's messages, then put your phone away and set off at a light jog from your dorm room towards the sports hall. You're a first-year student at Marlin College, Oxford, and you're also the reserve goalkeeper for the university's water polo team, the Piranhas. Marlin College is one of Oxford's wealthier colleges and has its own sports complex with an all-deep pool, which was one of the main reasons you applied to study at Oxford.

You've been playing water polo for about six years. You certainly have the athleticism for this physically demanding sport, which requires that you keep in excellent condition through a gruelling regimen of diet, exercise and training. The competition to join the Piranhas was tough and you're glad to be on it, even if you usually start the team's matches on the reserve bench.