Prompt: Recent rainfall has kept temperatures cool but one of the parks can’t handle all the water draining into it. The water has turned it into a strange swamp and, in addition to the terrible smell, people have claimed to see strange floating lights—or, weirder—a strange, hulking figure that seems right at place in the swamp. Some have described it as being seven feet tall, covered in moss and weeds and mud and/who knows what else; while no one has been able to confirm this, if you venture too close you might wind up observing something strange, yourself. The park no longer feels safe and if you wander too close you may feel hateful eyes upon you. You may even wind up chased out by a monstrous swamp monster, but if you try to approach him or interact otherwise, he seems to disappear. It’s probably best just to stay away from the park until the water dries up, just in case.
Dria shook her umbrella off as she stepped out onto the porch. It still hadn't dried off since she came home last night. It had been pouring the rain for a week straight, and meteorologists didn't know what to make of it. Whatever, she had to go to school for a project.
Pulling her coat tight, she raised her umbrella and trotted into the downpour, rain doesn't stop school. She walked along the sidewalk and came to a park. Or what had been a park. The downpour had not drained properly over the last week and over the last few days, the park had developed a smell - a swampy smell. She plugged her nose.
Lights seemed to come from deep in the fogged up park, but it couldn't be. Someone had started a rumor of a Swamp thing....
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