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21 June 2025, 13:46:21 PDT (1 month ago)
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23 June 2025, 12:18:02 PDT (1 month ago) by woodlanduni

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In the quiet marshes of Enmir, where fog clings low to the water and every step feels muffled by moss and wet earth, there lives a creature rarely noticed unless it wants to be. Locals call it the Murkdrifter, a name earned from the way it seems to glide just above the surface of the swamp like a thought half-formed.

No larger than a pomu, the Murkdrifter is a strange, secretive little thing. Its body is covered in layers of shaggy, moss colored fur, threaded with fine, root like tendrils that twitch faintly in the damp breeze. At a glance, it resembles a patch of floating detritus, a clump of overgrown lichen or a water logged clod of plant matter. But look closer, and you’ll spot its wide eyes watching from behind hanging vines or peeking through the gaps in gnarled roots.

Though they hover just above the marsh with an eerie stillness, they’re far from lifeless. When they move, it’s with a slow, deliberate grace. Their limbs, if you can call them that, are soft and boneless, more like thick, creeping vines than anything animal. They wrap gently around low branches or reeds, allowing the Murkdrifter to dangle over still pools like some curious plant. Occasionally, they’ll dip into the water to slurp up small insects or scoop up clusters of glowing larvae hidden beneath plants.

They’re quiet and notoriously shy. But despite their elusive nature, they’re oddly drawn to warmth, particularly campfires and the lingering heat of freshly boiled herbal brews. Some say you can coax one closer by simmering marsh herbs out in the open or humming softly as you work. If a Murkdrifter decides it likes you, it may linger nearby for a few nights, resting in the crook of a low tree branch or nestled between rocks thick with moss.

Those who’ve glimpsed one up close say their eyes flicker like distant lightning bugs, and their breath smells faintly of damp wood and rain soaked petals. Strange little creatures, half forgotten by most.

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