Reeds along the water bank hide a myriad of secrets known
only to the fish and other inhabitants of the water and its surrounds. They
present a magical enclosure where the dark forces of life reside.
Fish with humps, ducks with walking sticks, swans in wheelchairs
amongst other unsightly and unpleasant residents.
Humans are advised to stay away or suffer the consequences.
What these consequences are I am not sure.
I have spoken to an old fish on the night the reeds are
tallest and he revealed some of the terrors that reside within.
He spoke about the dreaded Turret rat, so called because
their teeth resemble the turret of a castle. How he or any other fish know what
a castle looks like is beyond me but I didn't question him, decided to just
listen.
I am sworn to secrecy about the location of this meet or the
date on which it took place. The dark forces within the reeds are very
secretive. He tells me 'Turret' is always on the lookout for victims of the human
kind.
He reminded me of the many missing people around the world
who after a night out, disappear without trace or explanation. This is the work
of Turret and his accomplices within the reeds.
Their dark deeds are often disturbed when well minded
councils or conservation groups cut the reeds back. They look on this as time
out or rest time, knowing the reeds grow back quickly.
Turret will often recruit a long slithery pike to use as a
whip around the ankles of unsteady humans. Particularly in the early hours of
the morning. They will be pulled into the water and mashed into a slime by
thousands of hammer head flies which is then used as a slush like drink for the
reeds.
These hammerheads are very good at taking instructions from Turret and his cohorts in the dark army. They feel safe in the reeds because humans
look to the water for menace.
Reeds can also talk to each other but refuse to converse
with other life forms. They won’t even talk to Turret or any of the other
residents of their enclosure. They see the human slush as part payment for the
protection life form receives in their space.
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City defined by its Whispering Reeds
