Hool’s primary domain is the ground, so in general, you venerate him by putting things of value near it. For instance, priests of Hool are known for kneeling especially low to pray. And a common offering is pouring out a bowl of rice on the ground.
You don’t have any rice handy, unfortunately. So you guess you’ll have to start by kneeling.
As soon as you do, something feels wrong, in a way you can’t quite explain. The best way you can put it is that it feels like the ground is rejecting you.
And then a thought hits you. What if the point of all this stuff is to corrupt the ground, turn it against Hool? That’s very concerning. For a start, you don’t know just how much ground is affected. Is it just confined to this building?
If that’s what’s going on, then the only thought you have is to find something that’s strongly connected with Hool, even when it’s not on the ground. And you don’t know where you’re going to find a snake in this city, certainly not on short notice. So what else even is there?
Bert lets go of something important to him, Hool is a deity that values loyalty, and getting rid of something deeply personal for his sake is pertinent
Keeping with the ground theme, perhaps an offering of something that grows on the ground, like seeds or the like
Hool is also known as the god of paths so perhaps by drawing one, you could approach better