you gaze around at the vast room, at it's grand, evil decor. the walls are draped with sigils and runes, tapestries and paintings. in the centre of the room, there is a huge, nine-sided well, held down by the same dark, spiky chains that attach to the outside of the fortress. the well is filled with the same sickening, swirling green essence that surrounds the fortress. you open your mouth to speak, but before you can, Bertha lets out an aggressive whisper "-quick, the cult! hide, somewhere, anywhere!" you hear a distant, deep chanting, quickly getting louder. where do you hide?