---
id: cistern
title: "[ Cistern ]"
exitN: null
exitS: null
exitE: "[[tunnel]]"
exitW: null
exitU: null
exitD: null
items: []
encounter: null
safe: true
---

## first-visit
The cistern lies beneath the house like a second, colder kitchen. Black water fills a brick basin from wall to wall. Drops fall from above at intervals too regular to be weather.

The tunnel is east.

## revisit
The cistern counts its drops in the dark.

## examined
An iron pipe descends from the ceiling and vanishes into the water. Grease, ash, and old rain have made a skin on the surface. For one moment it reflects a ceiling hung with pans.
