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The cistern under the reservoir
After following the scrapes down a manhole into the sewers, the party enters a giant cistern beneath the Central Park reservoir UC E3·01:45:49 UC E3·01:48:07. As they walk in, they hear a voice of many rats speaking as one UC E3·01:48:07.
The cistern is an ancient cistern under the reservoir of New York, where the aqueduct comes down into the city in Central Park, and it holds the Rat King's court UC E4·00:01:22. It is made of giant stone platforms, and each step up takes about 15 feet of movement UC E4·00:04:26. The floor has a murky drain with perhaps three or four feet of water, and the water mains are fully opened onto the space UC E4·00:07:15 UC E4·00:06:49. A poster of an alligator in a Broadway musical hangs on the wall UC E4·00:51:39. When the Rat King is defeated, the control panel that Pete and Sofie jiggle opens both the door the party came through and an upper door UC E4·01:25:27.
By episode
UC E3: Pigeon Plus Ones
- Sewers and cistern beneath the Central Park reservoir — 01:48:07.
UC E4: Scramble in the Sewers
- The cistern under the reservoir — "this ancient cistern underneath the reservoir of New York, the aqueduct coming down into the city in Central Park" — 00:01:22. Stone platforms of different heights; one step is "15 feet of your movement" — 00:04:26; a drain in the floor with "three or four feet of water" — 00:07:15; a control panel on a wall; a door that slams and locks; a higher door that opens at the end — 01:25:27. Rising water: "water mains that have been fully opened onto the space" — 00:06:49. A poster of an alligator in a Broadway musical on the wall — 00:51:39. A giant sewer grate in the floor — 01:22:42.