Hoses were banned, water was limited in every household and every fountain was shut down.
There had been rumours that the reservoir was almost empty
Didn't take long before panic set in and emergency plans were made.
Thousands of large plastic ovals would be released into the reservoir to create shade.
It was hoped that they'd slow down the evaporation long enough for autumn's rains to set in.
A few week after the announcement, photos were released depicting the ovals in progress.
They'd been decorated to look like boulders to blend in better with the rest of the area.
The town accepted the events and grew hopeful that the drought would end.
It didn't stop people from moving out and fast - whole streets vanished over the month.
After the plastic ovals were released people stopped leaving, everything got better.
None of us heard from the ones who'd moved out but we assumed they'd moved on too.
The truth didn't come out until a bunch of teens broke into the reservoir late at night.
Before that any visit had been strictly accompanied by security (for health and safety of course).
They'd never let anyone near the reservoir itself, only near the edges.
Now people had gotten close enough to touch the ovals, close enough to smell them.
First thing they noticed was how many flies there were in the air, swarming the ovals.
Their scent was sickeningly cloying,like rotting fruit but worse.
The teens figured that it was probably some anti-sun chemical or something.
And then one of them saw the hair.
Long brown hair tied up in a plait, gently bobbing beside an oval.
They split up to find sticks long enough to pull the corpse in, scared and thinking it was a suicide.
Some stuck behind to try and figure out exactly how to get her out.
They soon found other "plastic ovals" with tattooes and body hair that they recognised.
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