watching Bangtan eat is one of my weak spots, I can spend hours on youtube watching videos of them eating! So what could be more fun drawing them together with their gf EATING!!! Like a huge family gathering, I imagine it to be loud and messy and fun. I hope you can enjoy and tell me what you would eat with them if you had the chance. Bye dear ARMY Diana
iâm getting evicted for being trans & I need help.Â
hey guys. my nameâs chris. i was born christina. from the time I was five years old, I knew I was trans. and I spent my high school years being picked on for being too boyish. Art was my escape. Through art, I could draw my body exactly how I wanted it to look.
This year I turned 18, and finally told my mom and dad Iâm trans. I wanted to do it before Christmas, so I could spend my first Christmas out of hiding. I knew my parents would be upset, but I didnât expect them to kick me out.
Sadly, they turned on me. they said they loved me, but that iâd be a bad influence on my five-year-old brother. a big part of me is relieved that Iâll be out of the house, but the other part of me is freaking the fuck out. iâm jobless and broke. i have three more weeks before I have to pay rent and groceries all on my own. Iâll be looking for a job, but in the meantime I'm desperate to have the security of a monthâs rent.
Please PLEASE help me. if you can even give $5 ⊠it will help so much.Â
PLEASEÂ DONATE HEREÂ and spread the word.
I like haunted houses in theory BUT I have no idea how to react when the actors speak to you. They ask me a question and I just⊠answer itâŠ
The scariest part of a haunted house is the unscripted social interaction.
Scary nurse in a creepy voice: âDo you have an appointment to see the doctor?â
Me: âUh. Do you accept walk-ins?â
Scary farmer: âI like to kill people!â
My friend, brightly: âI like to die!â
Zombie : âAARRRGHâ
Me : âDo you get dental insurance?â
Zombie : âTEETH!!â
This happened to me.
Scary prison dude: HELLO
Me: Nice to meet you!
Him: (pause) No itâs noooooot
My worst horror house experience was when I couldnât find the (rather obvious) exit and the guy chasing me with a chainsaw stopped, sighed and pointed me to the exit, saying âplease scream as loud as you can when you run out thereâ and just left. I disappointed the horror house chainsaw dude and I will never get over that
Guy: They are all my friends.. (motioning to hanging corpses; then grabs a noose) Will you be my friend? Me: Sure totally, you made me a friendship necklace? Oh my god your so sweet? Guy: ⊠Yes.. Please, let me.. I cant I cant just go (laughing). â Got to walk a second time throughâ Same guy: My friends -wailing- Me: I came back I just really wanted to be friends so bad Guy: (laughing more) Please, Im not allowed to laugh.Â
I went to a Haunted House and literally befriended every actor there.
Specifically, I remember;
There were zombies walking around in the waiting room. I said âHi!â and he gave me a high five. Every time he passed from then on, I got a high five.
Near the end, there were these twin little girls. âCome play with us.â They said. âOkay!â I said. âForever.â They said. âOh, sorry, canât do that. Iâm busy.â
I could hear them giggling.
Guy playing Freddie Kruger: Remember, you are all my children!
Me: thanks dad
A small chorus of teenagers: thanks dad
This reminds me of the VERY first time and so far only time that I've been to one of those things.
I screamed so loud and hysterical that i actually scared the chainsaw guy. And after i ran past when my friends came to him one of them told me that he was just standing there like '...o.O tf??' And didnt try to scare him
Idea: BTS competing on hellâs kitchen but Namjoon isnt allowed to translate anything so it just ends up being Gordan Ramsay angrily screaming in English and Seokjin yelling back equally angry in Korean
READ!! THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE!!!! (This is all I have!!)
My health is actually failing. Iâm not being dramatic when I say I could die If I donât get the medical help I need.
I suffer from chronic illnesses (a rare version of MTHFR HOMOZYGOUS, HIT, DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS, AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE + more) and I am disabled and trans. I am jobless due to my illnesses and I am currently without any necessary resources to survive, be healthy, stable, or safe..
I have a rare blood clotting disease that causes me to be at the HIGHEST RISK possible to have a heart attack, aneurysm, or stroke. This disease has also resulted in multiple major surgeries, and countless other major procedures that have left me with debilitating chronic pain and other disabilities (limited use of my dominate arm, and even tasks like sweeping leave my arms in immense pain). I have two stints in my chest keeping my main vein open to my right arm so the blood can flow to it. And it still has trouble flowing back which causes swelling and excruciating pain in my arm. The main vein in my chest has been patched and dissected from a vein from my thigh because the veins in my right arm and chest are so damaged they werenât able to save much. I had to get a rib removed because it was pinching my vein and causing clotting during which damaged a lot of muscles in my chest and shoulder causing even more chronic pain. They also wired my chest shut.
So I NEED to have access to good health care. Iâm chronically ill with horrible and scary diseases. Iâve already almost died three times, and have been on my death bed twice.. Iâm in and out of hospitals constantly, they donât have the resources to help. I NEED HELP. I NEED TO LEAVE AND MOVE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE!!! Please fucking help me!! Boost my links, donate whatever! Iâm grateful for anything !!
I DONâT WANT TO DIE Iâve been fighting for my life since I was 16. Iâm taking my health seriously and using the little bit of energy that I have to get shit done.
Iâm honestly only asking for the bare minimum of what I need to move, and for rentâŠ
Iâm trying to move to Colorado to escape (my abuser and stalker that I have a really traumatic history with. Violence and including assaults) Iâm stuck in my hometown right now in northern MN. Where Iâm at right now IS NOT safe for me and I NEED to leave..
My friend in Colorado has a place that I can move into ASAP, I just need first and last months rent. I have to move this month or she has to find a different roommate because of her own financial situation, so this is my ONE and only lucky chance!! I NEED to move to Colorado for access to better health care (to keep me alive), and for my own safety.. This is VITAL for my health (mentally and physically).
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If you donate, message me so I can thank you personally !!! Thank you â„ïž
Please help this person get the safety they deserve.
Please help this human get the help he needs.Â
I STILL NEED HELP!! I only have days left!!!
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Please help Yves! If you canât donate, please reblog. This is literally life or death.
IM RUNNING OUT OF TIME AND IM SO STRESSED! PLEASE, PLEASE, donate ANYTHING, and BOOST!!
This is ALL I HAVE AND IM LITERALLY JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE!!!
Today I found out that yarners think crocheting socks is subversive and controversial and I justâŠon one hand, why the fuck not, I guess yarners are allowed to have their controversies, but on the other, how much time do you have in your FUCKIN DAY??
My main concern is how they would feel but Maggie u know yarn fandom gotta think about something while knitting five miles of stockingnette for a sweater
Look, you canât just leave it at that, why is it subversive and controversial? *gets popcorn*
I mean, Iâm taking this on good faith, and Iâm not saying this is my own personal belief. I believe in all crafts.Â
ButâŠthe structure of the stitches and the resulting fabric is pretty different between crochet and knitting. You get different effects between them, which lends themselves to different crafts. And none of the effects of (most) crochet stitches lend themselves naturally to socks. Youâre (usually) going to end up with something either stiff and bulky, or full of holes that will Not Feel Good to walk on. Whereas knitted socks will justâŠBE elastic and comfortable.
Sure you CAN do it. And there are people and patterns that do it well!!
But MOST crochet socks are a bit like calling this a bicycle
I mean⊠Okay? But people are going to Talk.
But this is BABY controversy, this is nothing. You havenât even touched on the good shit like RHSS or that time the Olympic Committee dissed us.
Iiiinteresting. So one of those âjust because you CAN doesnât mean you SHOULDâ things.
Also I know very little about the yarn fandom except for that bit where a woman had to fake her death and had a nervous breakdown over selling homespun/dyed yarn so like, I already have big expectations.
Was that the one that âdiedâ of leukemia or the one that âdiedâ of lupus, or the one that overdosed?
From what I know of the narrative as it was described to me, I want to say the one that overdosed, but I am intrigued and vaguely concerned that there are multiple distinct individuals the above situation could apply to.
hey umm, what the fuck
the fake deaths thing: indie yarn dyer gets popular, gets overwhelmed by orders, canât refund money because of shitty bookkeeping, decides faking online death is the only way out.
iâm sure some of them are unintentional rather than premeditated scammers but theyâre all still thieving assholes who shouldnât be running businesses and need to give all the money back.
the olympics commitee: ravelry, well-known knitting (fiber arts in general) site, held a contest they called the âravelympicsâ to drum up olympic support then get a cease-and-desist letter for copyright infringement, and the letter said that calling it that âdenigrates the true nature of the Olympic Gamesâ and was âdisrespectful to our countryâs finest athletesâ
except, you know, ravelry had like 2 million users who all, by nature of ravelry being a website, have basic tech literacy. the social media backlash was so bad that the olympics board had to make 2 official apologies because the first wasnât good enough.
RHSS: Red Heart Super Saver is cheap Walmart-level yarn. some people hate it because it used to be just really fucking awful and they havenât bothered updating their opinions. some people hate it because they hate non-natural yarns. some people hate it because theyâre yarn snobs(which, btw, comes in two flavors: the disdainful assholes and the people who just donât see the point if you have the money and donât indulge yourself). a lot of people defend it because itâs cheap and widely locally available and honestly not that bad after a wash and some fabric softener.
crocheted socks: exactly what kaitoukitty said. people who crochet socks tend to either be new crocheters who are not aware crochet is not the best medium for socks or experienced crocheters who are pushing the boundaries of the medium.
babies on fire: i canât believe weâre talking about yarncraft controversies and no one mentioned babies on fire. thatâs my favorite controversy.
so when deciding what material to make baby blankets out of, in addition to considerations like softness, ease of washing, and allergy concerns quite a lot of people like to consider what would happen to the baby if the blanket was set on fire. yes, really.
wool has the problem of hand-wash only blankets for a new mother (superwash wool exists but thatâs a whole ânother paragraph), allergy concerns, and also real fucking expensive if you want quality not-itchy-on-baby-skin wool. but pro-wool-blanket people insist that because wool actually resists being set on fire pretty well and also can self-extinguish, itâs the only sensible choice.
acrylic on the other hand is cheap and you can throw it in the washing machine, and while bad quality acrylics might be stiff and plastic-y theyâre not itchy, but if it gets set on fire it will melt onto the babyâs skin. pro-acrylic people insist that if your blanket is on fire, you probably have bigger problems than what the blanket is made of.
wow I didnât expect such a detailed response. thank you!
Why JK Rowling Is Not The Perfect Goddess Some Of YâAll Seem To Think She Is
In other words: why you should maybe step away from the internet for a hot sec sweetie, because fandom isnât supposed to be a mind control cult where we all have to worship the very ground an author walks on. People are allowed to disagree with the author! Itâs a free world!
@creatorofwords uh oh, thanks for playing but try again next time!! I came with the fucking receipts for this.Â
Racist
1). The Nagini Thing. Making an Asian woman a slit-eyed animal is not at all good, even worse when that animal is a literal object owned by magical Hitler and used as a vessel for his soul. I donât care what you think it is possible to have people of colour represented without racist storylines. Lots of people are talkng about this from all kinds of angles, itâs fucking bad.
2). The representation of Cho Chang. For a start, her name is actually two Korean surnames for a Chinese character so that tells you all you need to know about JKâs respect for other cultures. You should watch this video all about how hurtful the way Cho is written is for Asian girls.Â
3). How many characters are in Harry Potter? About five maybe are people of colour? Thatâs terrible!!
4). âshe literally wrote a book against racismâ have you considered that talking over people of colour who try to have a conversation about your white feminism and deciding you know better than them about their own experiences isnât actually a good thing to do.Â
5). In the lore around how magic works, she shows that wand magic is superior to other forms. She also writes on Pottermore that white people had to show Native Americans how to use wands. This just screams of colonialist bullshit about educating the poor savages for their own good. Fuck that.
6). The treatment of the Patil twins, more side characters who are mostly forgotten except when our white heroes want to take them to the Yule Ball and then ignore them the whole time while they moon over white women. Classy.
Homophobic
1). She straight up didnât write any gay characters then instead of acknowledging that mistake, she retroactively claims Dumbledore is gay like we should all be grateful. But newsflash, that doesnât count as representation!! And she doesnât deserve woke ally points.Â
2). This has then got worse recently because the next Fantastic Beasts film is supposed to build on Dumbledore and Grindelwald when Grindelwald is coming to power. We know that supposedly Dumbledore was in love with Grindelwald as a kid and thatâs why it takes him so long to bring Grindelwald down. So its massively relevant to this filmâs plot then right?? And sheâs already said heâs gay so it will be made canon now right?? Wrong. Sheâs stated sheâs not doing anything to do with it at all. Because she loves getting fake ally points but hates actually doing anything.Â
3). Everytime queer fans tried to bring this up, even very politely, she blocks them and accuses them of bullying. Is that really anyway to treat lifelong fans just because they raise an issue theyâre worried about? Especially when its her books that helped teach a lot of us to speak up when we see something wrong.
4). The queerbaiting in Cursed Child. Now she didnât write this one so sheâs not directly involved I guess. I havenât read Cursed Child so I canât talk on it much but if you just google queerbaiting in Cursed Child you should be able to find out more.
5). She recently stated that the werewolves are a metaphor for the AIDs crisis. Now a). personally, I think there are certain narratives that belong to the people they happened to and the AIDs crisis would be one of them so she needs to get her dirty straight fingers the hell off of that. b). besides Lupin one of the main werewolves is Fenrir, a guy who literally just goes around biting children to turn them. That sounds massively like the stereotype from that era that gay men were just predators and paedophiles and were out to infect your kids.
Transphobic
1). She liked a bunch of tweets where terfs were saying vile things about trans women. She claims this was an accident but you tell me how easy it is to like multiple tweets on the same topic by accident (especially when they shouldnât even come up on your feed unless you followed people with those views or searched for them). So yeah make of that one what you will but Iâm adding transphobia to the list.
Culturally AppropriativeÂ
1). She uses Native American mythology within her works, things that Native American groups have specifically asked her not to use because it is still an active part of their culture and itâs therefore offensive to portray it as âpart of fantasy.â
Abuse Apologism
1). Despite including messages in the HP series about the seriousness of abuse she continues to support having Depp in her films and goes so far as to speak up for him despite the fact he beat his wife. She dares to call herself a feminist despite this.
2). Has the house-elves as stand ins for slaves but itâs okay because they like being slaves! Theyâre happy! Letâs laugh at Hermione for helping them!
JK Rowling is very much the kind of rich white lady who might have been progressive back in the 90s but then got comfortable and never bothered to learn or grow. Now sheâs actively harming minority groups with her constant additions to the story and itâs bullshit.Â
Iâm not saying you canât love Harry Potter (I love Harry Potter!). But stop sending these kind of messages to people who donât love JK, itâs honestly pathetic. You have a brain, think for yourself and stop believing that she can do no wrong. itâs kind of weird⊠no human being is perfect.Â
If you love a series so much that you have to insult people who disagree with the author despite all of the incredibly valid reasons they disagree with the author, then you really need to get a new hobby. itâs not healthy for you, it really isnât. If youâre genuinely bothered or upset by people criticising an author, you need to take a step back.Â
P.S. Google is right there and all of this is a matter of public record so you could yâknow, read about this stuff instead of yelling at me about it.Â
ADS THAT SUDDENLY TAKE UP THE WHOLE PAGE
ADS THAT SUDDENLY TAKE UP THE WHOLE PAGE AND PLAY MUSIC
What about ads that play music, but you canât find them anywhere on the page?
Still hearing the ads music after you close the page
having adblock
Sites that forbid adblock
When ads pop up even when Adblock is enabled
When porn ads pop up unexpectedly
this post gets better everytime i see it
When you try get rid of the add really fast but accidentally click on the link that sends you to seventy different pages before you can go back.
THIS POST KEEPS GETTING BETTER
When the ad shows something youâre actually interested in.
When you have to wait to skip the ad
When the ad is about abused/animals needing homes
I dub this post âThe Legend of Advertisementsâ!Â
when you get rid of the add but it keeps coming back.
It got better.
Making it my goal to reblog this once every day lol
When you get so many ads at once that the site youâre on crashes and you have to reload the page.
When an ad plays awesome music
MY DASH HAS BEEN BLESSED
WHAT ABOUT ADS THAT SUDDENLY APPEAR AND START TALKING WITH NO CONTEXT
Ads that suddenly appear and start talking with no context
i love this post omg
When there is a skip ad button but clicking it doesnât actually skip the ad.
IM GLAD THIS EXISTS
this got 100% better then is was last time
this fucking post is legit one of those tumblr posts thats a legend & a curse
anyways my dad told me to get the hell out of his house if im âgoing to be a fucking transexualâ and told me im mentally fucked. its getting worse every day and he screams at me at lease once a week about it so if anyone wants to donate to my paypal that would be nice because i dont have a car and im currently only working 3 days a week because im in school. if i can get a car i can move out, which is really really important
I am relatively young but in final stage renal failure. I have a higher chance of survival IF I can recieve proper medical care AND LIVING ASSISTANCE in a different state. Get me OUT of Mississippi.
The long post w the good explanation is being shared but not inspiring much help. So, I simplified it.
My illness is straight up fatal. Not gonna beat around thatBush, anymore. I seem desperate for help because I AM desperate for help.
My nephrologist has seen enough improvement in my kidney function, lately, to believe someone my age (early 30s) might have a longer life WITH PROPER AND FREQUENT MEDICAL ATTENTION. Sadly, that just isnât an option where I live.
Please, if you can help me with moving expenses (even just a couple of bucks) I would be grateful. Iâm sinking fast in Mississippi and now my doctors are giving me too much hope to ignore. I wanna get out of this situation and Iâm working my fatigued, brain-foggy ass off to make it out of here.
If I can undo the damage my heart failure caused to the rest of my body, I want to. I donât want to spend another month KNOWING what I should be eating, what medicines I should be taking, what tests and treatments I should be getting⊠and receiving almost none of it because Mississippi lawmakers think people like me have somehow earned slow, painful deaths.
important psa about buns
We raised rabbits when I was a child and my sister gave a rabbit a bath (she was 5) and it died..so heed this instruction.
I wasnât going to reblog this, but then I realized I might save a rabbit.
This is important guys. If your rabbit gets into something gnarly and you HAVE to bathe them: 1. Fill a bowl with warm water. 2. Get a washcloth. Put it in the water. Squeeze it out until it is just damp. 3. Lightly scrub the dirty area on your bun. 4. That is it. DO NOT get your bun wet. Only slightly damp on the part that was dirty. (source)
VERY IMPORTANT! SAVE A BUNS LIFE!
Do not bathe your bun!!!!
IM HAPPY TO SAY IVE NEVER GIVEN MY BUN A BATH SHE DOES A GREAT JOB ALL ON HER OWN LIL HUN BUN
this is what friendship is about :)
[Lyrics] VIXX LR - Beautiful Liar
This is a Beautiful lie My final lie Even if it hurts so much I could die For you, I will Hide myself behind a mask
Again I ask myself reflected In the mirror Will letting you go Make you happy? Free yourself from me You need quiet time to be alone Did you throw out words not even in your heart? I rewind through your expressions As you yelled fuck off I keep trying to tarnish Our beautiful memories I havenât been able to imagine my life Without you yet, but please be happy So that at least my lie can shine
Though I let go of my tightly gripped hands My heart is the same But Iâll let you go
Though I let go of my hands now My heart is the same I think ending it now is the best thing for you
This is a Beautiful lie My final lie Even if it hurts so much I could die Right now, this moment I keep myself hidden in a mask
Itâs okay if you leave me Itâs fine as long as youâre happy Oh Iâm Iâm a beautiful Iâm a beautiful liar
You stand before me And endlessly shed tears After our unexpected conversation The next Chapter unfurls You tell me to pick back up The words I spit out You grab my face and stroke it And gradually sink down This isnât the future I imagined Just looking at at you like a lonely dog tied up on a rope Seems like a crime So I hide my lingering affection And I leave you, Iâm letting you go The moment I said letâs promise that Youâll definitely live better than me You turned away from me
Thereâs no way Iâll cling on, laughably This (yeah this) is me (is me) Donât hesitate anymore, leave
This is a Beautiful lie My final lie Even if it hurts so much I could die Right now, this moment I keep myself hidden in a mask
Itâs okay if you leave me Itâs fine as long as youâre happy Oh Iâm Iâm a beautiful Iâm a beautiful liar
The last moments that Iâll Give my heart to you The fact that we loved at all was beautiful
The last moments that Iâll Give my heart to you The fact that we loved at all was beautiful
A me thatâs more like me Is clinging onto me like shackles
You turn around and run to me Say not to tell stupid lies And smile in front of me
Itâs a beautiful pain Letting you go I kill the me inside And hide my tears By wearing a smiling mask
Right now Iâm carefree Please donât worry about me Oh Iâm Iâm a beautiful No, a cowardly Liar
I owe the Hospital thousands of dollars, my internet has been shut off, and I canât afford to buy any fresh fruits or vegetables which Iâm supposed to be eating a lot of so that I donât go back to the hospital and Iâm so fuckin stressed about money but Iâm not supposed to be stressed out either cuz that also increases my risk of needing to be hospitalized again
Fuckit paypal.me/akashashakur
Send me money to buy fruits and vegetables and brown rice so I donât get hospitalized again pls & thank you
Iâm a black and jewish Nb trans dude whoâs developed a chronic gastrointestinal illness.
Fresh produce and whole grains are pretty expensive but if I donât eat healthy my stomach will basically jus tear itself open.
It has already done this before and I was hospitalized for it, itâs extremely painful.
Iâm looking for a second job but havenât had any luck so far.
Every little bit helps!!! Thank you sooooo much to everyone whoâs been able to chip in so far it straight up means the world to me!!!
A faerie introduces himself. Then, holding out a hand, asks, âAnd your name, please?â
And, like a fool, you give it to him.
I got asked for clarification on this (but canât reblog that particular post cuz on mobile), which Iâm more than happy to provide.
In this post, a faerie is asking for âyourâ name. The way he is wording it, however, and the accompanying beckoning motion, makes it seem as though he is asking for you to physically hand your name over. Which, because of how some faeries operate, he is.
In this instance, saying your name aloud to the fae would be literally giving your name over to him, the exact consequences of which are left up to the imaginationâusually, a fae even knowing your name gives it some measure of power over you, but giving something your name would likely let it completely take over your life.
In this instance, the wording you want to use is something like âI will not give you my name, but I will tell you that itâs [name].â Alternately, you can just lie to him.
Might i suggest the less direct yet still name-preserving âyou may call meâŠâ? It dodges the request while still giving an answer of a name, which does not even have to be yours, but any name you feel like telling the fae they can use to refer to you. I would recommend âAinselâ.
The first time he asks for your name is the first time you meet him. He appears as you walk by the fĂŠrie ring, that you have not entered because your grandmother has repeated so many times not to do so, and, curious of your presence, watches as you jump when you notice him.
You recognize him instantly. It is the FĂŠ whose influence your village is under, the one the elders have told you and your friends to be wary about, for the people who have been seen walking away with him have never come back.
You donât know what he does to them. The villagers have never dared to confront him about it, never dare to address to him at all. He is not evil: he sometimes speaks blessings upon the cattle, talks the horses to calm after a storm, ensures a good harvest for the farmers, makes the flower bloom in spring even when the weather is still too cold. He is, simply, a FĂŠ, whose ways humans cannot understand.
âHello, little one,â he says as you stand very still, back straight, hands fidgeting with the fabric of your skirt.
You do not go away - you cannot. This, your grandmother has taught you, would be considered as an offense, and you could be cursed, or he could take out his wrath onto the village. You do not shy away from his stare, however, even not knowing if this will displease him or not. You are eight, have the courage and the recklessness of your childhood innocence, the boldness of those who have not yet learnt how to fear; but you have been warned against the FĂŠs, who like to toy with humans and play tricks upon them, so you do not defy him either.
He walks up to you. You pray he will stay in the fĂŠrie ring, as it feels like a protection, and fortunately, he does. He isnât too malicious to the youngest ones, you have been told once - just do not know if this is true or not. You knew a girl your age called Nimia, that has been caught a year ago, and she has never come back to the village, and her parents have cried all week cursing the FĂŠ.
You summon to your memory everything your grandmother has taught you to ward off FĂŠs, and protect yourself against their tricks. You do not want to be the next Nimia.
He introduces himself as Ăed, although you suspect it is merely a nickname. Then, holding out a hand, he asks, âAnd your name, please?â
There is your grandmotherâs warning at the back of your head: names give power over people. The FĂŠ is asking you to literally give him your name, and who knows what heâll do with it - he might as well use it to take you away, like he surely did to Nimia. To all the people who have never been seen again. To your own mother, two years after you were born, even though she was too clever to be caught by a FĂŠâs trick.
So you remain quiet, watching him with wide eyes, until his own stare darkens, and he shakes his hand under your nose.
âYour name, little one.â
You pull yourself together. He might curse you if you donât answer. You gather your courage, and, with the spontaneity of children who have freedom in their veins and do not bend to rules, you stretch out your hand back without touching his.
âI am sorry, lord FĂŠ. I havenât heard you very well. Can you give me your name, please?â
He looks at you with surprised amusement. âOh, well played, little one. Youâre clever. Just for this one, I will let you go.â
He retreats his hand, and you scramble back as quickly as you can, bowing to him clumsily before taking your leave.
You had passed by the fĂŠrie ring to go the well to wishes, even though the elders forbid the youth its access, disobedient little child that you are. You just wanted to wish for your father to let you wear your motherâs necklace - ânot yetâ, he always says, âwhen you are thirteenâ. You forget about going there, after this encounter. You go back home, and your grandmother scolds you for having been gone for so long.
You do not tell her about the FĂŠ. She has already lost her daughter to him. If she knew he had tried to lure you, you would not be able to leave the house again - and you value your freedom too much for that.
The second time he asks for your name, you are fifteen, and you have ran to the well to wishes again, forgetting the eldersâ warnings. You have sworn to yourself you would not go back home anyway. You are not sure what you want to wish for, but at least for all this pain within you to fade; just to be more, or maybe less, like your mother, to accept the villageâs rules better, to simply fit in and be happy that way.
Eyes full of tears, breath uneven, barefooted on the grass, your motherâs necklace beating against your chest as run, you have not made a detour to avoid passing by the fĂŠrie ring. You trip and fall in front of it, and Ăed finds you curled there, crying and cursing to the world.
âThose are not pretty words,â he says.
You freeze. You push yourself on your elbows, sees the fĂŠrie ring, feels dread slip into your head. It is only the second time you see him, and you are not a child anymore. You have learnt to fear.
The FĂŠ, who has taken Nimia, then Lettie, on the day of her wedding, and even the old Mack, hovers over you curiously, at the edge of the fĂŠrie ring. You remember to keep still, not to offend him. You feel the fear you should have felt when you were eight; and yet again, as tonight sadness and despair have already filled your heart, you do not manage to remain terrified.
âI donât care,â you answer, sitting on your knees.
He finally sits down, too. He does not talk, so you do not feel compelled to talk either, and silence stretches between you for a while.
âWere you going to the well to wishes?â he asks eventually. You nod. âIt does not work anymore. Whatever you wish for, it will not grant it.â
You feel your chest tightening.
âYou might not say the truth.â
He smiles. âIndeed. I might not. But you can try yourself.â
It might have been his way to allow you to leave - but you do not find it in yourself to do so. You are tired. You have run as fast as you could from your home. Your grandmother must be worried about you, and she will probably never let you stray from the village again. Your fatherâs shouts still resonates in your ears, saying you are not a good daughter, that you will never be, asking why you feel such a need to always run free, just like your mother, then asking why you cannot be her.
You know you should listen to your elders, tame yourself, learn to properly take care of your household, and stop fleeing from your duties and your classes to explore the wild. You just cannot help it. You were already a disobedient child; but the teenager you are now cannot bear authority.
Freedom.
Is it too little to ask?
âAre you going to stay here?â Ăed asks.
You shrug, unable to answer properly. You feel too pitiful to try to talk with a FĂŠ - a tricky exercise, as FĂŠs like to twist words as they like and get human souls from a clumsy sentence.
âYou can,â Ăed then says. âI will watch over you.â
âThis sounds too nice, lord FĂŠ.â You havenât been able to prevent the dryness of your tone. âIt might be another trick.â
And yet, you lay on your back, somewhat desperate, arms crossed behind your head, not knowing where else to go or what else to do. The FĂŠ, after all, is not evil, you remind yourself. He also does good things, occasionally. You might just be lucky.
âArenât you afraid, little one? I know you do not trust me.â
âI am too tired for that.â
He laughs. âWill you not give me your name, then?â
âI cannot give you my name,â you reply. You know what it would lead to. Giving your name to a FĂŠ is giving him the power to take over your life. âBut I will tell you that itâsâŠâ
You hesitate. The FĂŠ knowing your name would also give him some power - that is what has lost Lettie, youâve been told.
âElaine.â
You close your eyes, and Ăed simply laughs. He does not speak afterwards; yet you remain wary, and heavy thoughts are on your mind, so you do not find sleep easily. You end up turning towards him, and opening your eyes again, wondering if he has left, too bored to stay watching over a sleeping human.
But heâs still there.
âLittle liar,â he says, not smiling but not sounding angry either. âThis is your motherâs name.â
You are somehow not surprised he has noticed. Your grandmother said your mother used to go the well to wishes often - she might have met him too, talked with him, before he took her away. Just like you, your mother didnât fear the way to the well to wishes and the fĂŠrie ring. The same recklessness, the same need for freedom runs into your veins. That might be why your family is so afraid to lose you. Â
âYou remember her?â
âI do. I remember Nimia, also. That foolish girl, Lettie. The old Mack, who tried to cut the fĂŠrie ring. And all the others.â
âWhy do you take them away?â
He looks at you. âHumans are fascinating. You poor little things, so weak and powerless, your lives are so short, and you do not know half the wonders that exist. And yet. You manage to find happiness.â
You feel yourself drifting off to sleep, listening to the soothing velvet of his voice. Exhaustion has caught up to you. Your eyes are already closing off.
âIt is no reason to take it away from us,â you murmur, tiredly.
He keeps on staring at you, but does not answer. After a while, you simply close your eyes again, and this time, sleep finds you after a few minutes.
When you wake up, Ăed is gone. You go back home, and your grandmother cries when you arrive. She forbids you to leave ever again. Your father apologizes for his harsh words, and you apologize for your rebellious attitude.
âWhere were you?â your grandmother asks, once the calm has returned to the household.
âI slept by the fĂŠrie ring,â you say. âBut the FĂŠ wasnât there.â
You can hear it in your head, âlittle liarâ said with his voice, and it somehow makes you want to smile.
âYou shouldnât,â your grandmother admonishes. âYour mother used to do that too, and look where that led her. You were lucky.â
âYes,â you reply, and this time you think it, too.
The third time he asks for your name, four years have passed ever since you have slept by the fĂŠrie ring, and your grandmother has still not allowed you out of the village. She does not like the longing looks you throw to the forest and the valleys beyond either, says you are now of age to be married, and should do so before she picks you a husband herself. This annoys you. She has, however, loosened her strict watch, and you can come and go out of the house mostly as you please.
For a few months, now, Kevan has been courting you, and you enjoy having the freedom to spend time with him. He is the blacksmithâs son, has had several lovers before you; but he assures you he can only look at you now, that you are the special one, and he swears if you marry him, he will make you the happiest woman of all Qelt.
You always laugh at that. He is cute and charming, but freedom is still your keyword, and you do not see yourself speaking vows to anyone yet. He shrugs, whenever this is your answer, then takes you in his arms, and makes you laugh some more.
But tonight, he doesnât shrug. He has drunk, you know, maybe too much, and you look at him in slight fear when he grabs your arm too tightly after you have refused him once again.
âWhy?â he groans. âIâm nice to you.â
âI know, Kevan,â you reply, trying to keep your calm. He is simply drunk. You have talked to more drunk boys than one, nothing has ever happened to you. âNow let go of me, please. I told you, I simply do not want to marry yetââ
âYou do more than that. You refuse yourself to me. Iâm courting you, but it never goes further than an embrace.â
âI do not owe you more than an embrace. If this bores you, youâre free to woo another woman.â
He pulls you to him, and his grip hurts, this time. âI do not want another woman!â
âKevan, youâre drunk!â
You put a firm hand on his chest to keep some distance between you, keeps your head away from his. You know what he wants, but you do not want it.
âWhy donât you love me?â he asks, accusatory.
Part of you feels guilty. Part of you feels angry.
âI donât owe you feelings.â
âYouâve seduced me. Youâve let me court you.â
You thought you loved him. You simply wanted to take it slow, to grow a friendship with this charming boy, before doing anything. You enjoyed his attention. You enjoyed playing this little game of cat and mouse with him, thinking it would end well for the both of you once you would have decided your freedom could also be with him.
But not anymore.
Your freedom cannot be with a man who will not wait for you, yet will not move on to someone befitting him better.
âI just wanted time, Kevan,â you try, despite knowing the idea of a future with him is over. âCan you understand that?â
âNo!â he roars. âIâve waited enough. Youâre mine, you hear me?!â
âYouâre drunk, you donât know what youâre saying, you-â
âYOUâRE MINE!â
He pulls you closer, and you break free. He screams your name, but youâre already running out of the inn, under the confused eyes of the other villagers who have always seen you two getting along so well, and do not understand what has happened.
Kevan screams your name again, chasing after you.
Fear takes over.
What is he going to do? He is drunk, simply, he surely himself does not understand his own acts. But what if he catches you? Will he just shout? Will he cry? Will he stop himself, being the charming boy he has always been?
Unless this charm of his was nothing but a way to get into your bed, and this friendship you wanted, he has never had any use of it?
And if he catches you, he will get his way with you, whether you want it or not?
No, he wouldnât do that. He isnât like that. He might not go that far.
But you can feel his need for bruising kisses, for his hands on your skin, at least, and you can see yourself crying as he holds you tight and calls you his, because it is not how it was supposed to be - and this, you do not want at all.
He calls you names. Yells insults. You run, never turning back, never slowing down. You cannot lead him to your home, you think. Your grandmother and your father are sleeping and you should not even be out, and he would get you before the door.
So, you keep on running.
Your legs carry you to the only place where youâve found safety outside the village, and when you hear Kevanâs voice louder, his steps closer, you scream before diving into the fĂŠrie ring.
âĂED!â
He receives you in his arms. You fold against his chest, trembling and still unable to believe the man you thought could become your husband has gone as far as chasing you outside the village, to the fĂŠrie ring all villagers avoid.
You do not even want to know how Kevan has reacted. You breathe in and out, slowly, letting Ăed hold you and stroke your hair.
âEasy, little one,â he whispers to your ear. âEasy.â
âWhat are you doing?!â Kevanâs shout. He sounds afraid. âGet back here! Itâsââ
âHush, human.â You have never heard Ăed speaking so coldly. Kevan falls silent - drunk or not, every villager knows to respect the FĂŠs. âThis one is under my protection.â
There are no words exchanged for what seems to be a long, long time. You can hear Kevanâs ragged respiration behind you, just one meter away. The fĂŠrie ring feels like a protection once again; yet youâre inside, this time, and thatâs where you feel safe.
âLeave.â There is the hint of a threat in Ăedâs voice. âNow.â
Kevanâs steps finally hurry away after a few seconds of hesitation, and you break. You cry. You cling on Ăedâs tunic, and you shed your tears, resting your forehead on the crook of his neck.
âItâs okay, little one. Heâs gone. Youâre safe.â
You somewhat forget he has taken your mother, Nimia, Lettie, the old Mack, and all those other missing villagers from before you were born, during the centuries he has lived. You somehow forget of what you risk, being in a fĂŠrie ring, in a FĂŠâs embrace.
And Ăed does not lie to you. Youâre safe. He lets you cry in his arms, without asking anything of you, without taking you to FĂŠqelt, the holy land where his kind resides, without any tricks or malice.
âI do not want to go home,â you murmur.
âIt is okay, little one. You can stay here. The fĂŠrie ring is safe for you.â
You pull away to look at him. âAre you not going to trick me?â
âI wonât.â He is grinning. You believe him, even though you should not.
âNot even ask me for my name?â you try to joke, pathetically.
He raises a brow. âWould you give me your name?â
âNo,â and this time youâre smiling, even just a little. âBut you may call me Ainsel.â
He laughs and ruffles your hair, and keeps on calling you âlittle oneâ - heâs a FĂŠ too old to be tricked back that way. You end up laying down side by side in the fĂŠrie ring, and he talks with you until you fall asleep.
When morning comes, youâre in your bed. When you finally stop avoiding him, a few days later, Kevan apologizes to you, then never talks to you again.
You prefer it that way.
The fourth time he asks for your name is very soon after. You come to the fĂŠrie ring at night, darkness being the only way to escape your grandmotherâs watch to leave the village, though you do not enter it.
Last time seemed like an emergency situation. You are not sure you can be so lucky not to be tricked by the FĂŠ again.
You are not so sure why you have come here either. Maybe it is the fact that you have started appreciating Ăed, despite all his evil deeds - that he yet does not see as evil, simply as a FĂŠâs doings. Maybe it is because you are starting to understand that your parentsâ wedding and your birth was, for your mother, more of a curse than a blessing; and that the same fate of having to bend yourself to what everyone is expecting you to do might be awaiting you as well.
But maybe, it is just the freedom of being able to run under the moon wherever you want, and feel the wind into your hair, away from a village you love but which has started to grow too small for you.
âLittle one!â he calls when he appears. He seems surprised, but pleased. âI did not expect to see you so soon. Are you going to the well to wishes?â
You shrug. âNo, I wanted to see you. Please do not ask me why.â
âWhy?â he maliciously asks.
You shake your head, raise your eyes to the sky. That makes him laugh. He is infuriating, in a way; yet you cannot help but smile.
âHow are things, with the ruffian?â
âHe has apologized, but has stopped talking to me. He thought me going into the fĂŠrie ring was a dream, though. Iâm glad of it. Had he talked about it, it would have caused me troubles.â You grimace. âMy grandmother would have locked me in the house, and married me off immediately.â
âAnd I could not see you again?â he exclaims. âHorrible. Why would she do such a thing?â
You look at him quietly, and his expression shifts to a less mischievous one.
âShe has already lost her daughter to you,â you say, voice soft. âShe does not want to lose her granddaughter.â
He opens his mouth to talk, closes it. You are convinced that years ago, he would not have reacted the same way. Would not have taken it so seriously.
âDo you miss her?â he asks.
âI was two, when you led her away. I did not know her well. But my grandmother and my father miss her, and I have always been able to feel there was something lacking in our home.â
He nods. You nod back. There is something strange, in the atmosphere, though you cannot say what. You are not sure he regrets what he has done - how could he? He remains a FĂŠ, after all -, but you know he has no intention to talk about it with any kind of pride anymore.
âCome here, little one,â he finally says. âAnd I promise, nothing will happen to you. I will not bring you any more harm.â
You step into the fĂŠrie ring, standing proud in front of him. Your heart is strangely beating hard in your chest, and he smiles at you, eyes gleaming with a light which is not mischief, but something much softer.
âWill you give me your name, little one?â
It is not a bargain. He already knows your answer.
âYou will let me refuse, wonât you?â
He winks. âI will.â
âThen, I canât give you my name,â you decide, amused. âYou are still welcome to call me Ainsel, however.â
âOh, âlittle oneâ suits you better.â
You laugh, and you two sit in the fĂŠrie ring to talk again, and you tell him things you cannot tell anyone else - you tell him about your dreams of freedom, your wish to explore the world, even FĂŠqelt, the fact that the village has started to be a prison for you, instead of a home, that your family is your anchor but not your guide, about your need to leave.
He listens. He gives you some answers. Tells you about FĂŠqelt, about how fĂŠrie rings can be used to travel within all Qelt and beyond, about himself, also.
And you start thinking it wouldnât be so bad, traveling with him.
You start coming back to the fĂŠrie ring more and more often. You are curious about him. A strange bond has started developing between you two, and the more you know about him, the more you notice the constellation of golden freckles on his cheeks, the way his eyes glint with a reflect of starlight, how his laugh sounds when heâs particularly happy, the softness of his smiles which are not tainted with mischief.
Soon, you find yourself craving for those interactions.
There is no one else in the village able to understand you, to support your desire to wander around the world. No one else to talk about travels and adventures with. Even your childhood friends, who have shared all your ups and downs, cannot get why you do not want to become a fine housewife, and live the rest of your life surrounded by what you have always known.
You know, now, why your mother has walked with her hand in Ăedâs, while she was too clever to be taken away.
It was the craving for freedom.
She should have known better than abandoning her family; but you can understand how trapped she must have felt in this little village, especially if a marriage and a baby was not what she had wanted. She must have looked longingly to the forests and valleys beyond the village, as you now do, and must have thought it would be better to be led astray by a FĂŠ than to remain chained down and become a shadow of herself, needing freedom as one needs oxygen.
You understand.
You would have done the same, had you married Kevan as you planned to, all those months ago.
But one night, you stay too late, and your grandmother is waiting for you when you come home at dawn. She notices the grass on your dress, asks for explanations, does not believe any of your lies.
So you tell her the truth, for she has always been one of your pillars, but she screams the moment she hears you have bonded with the FĂŠ - and her screams wake your father who cries and despairs when learning what you have done.
For the first time in years, he says again you will never be a good daughter. He cries that you are too much like your mother, with the same craving for freedom, the same desire to leave the village, that if he does not keep an eye on you, you will run away to FĂŠqelt and never come back. He accuses you not to love him, for your mother surely did not love him and the idea of a family with him - or not enough to stay.
Your grandmother locks you into the house, does not allow you out again except under her watch. She promises to marry you soon, as she did for her daughter when she understood her daughter would one day leave her if she did not. The world is too wild for humans, she tell you. Binding you here is the only way to protect you.
This is for your own good, they say, but it does not do you any good.
The village learns about it. Kevan understands what he had seen that night was not a dream, reveals you have stepped into the fĂŠrie ring, into the FĂŠâs arms. And then the villagers, those people who have raised you, seen you grow, watched you live, whisper that you are lost, and that you are a Witch. They say you will bring bad luck to the village, that you are a channel through which curses and tricks from FĂŠqelt will pass; but they cannot get rid of you and risk the wrath of Ăed.
You are not even sure they know what a Witch is. You do not, not really. Witches are wanderers who have strange powers, people say, obtained through a pact with a FĂŠ. It is like making vows with mischief itself: Witches might be human, but like FĂŠs, they cannot be trusted.
You cannot go anywhere without hearing the whispers, or feeling the heavy stares in your back. One day, at the market, you receive a stone from Lettieâs former husband, who did not know better. Your grandmother, ashamed, as she cannot even marry you off to a villager anymore, does not defend you.
After that, you stop leaving the house at all.
And you understand your motherâs decision even better.
The fifth time he asks for your name, itâs Early Summer Night, the beginning of the warmer days, celebrated by the entire village around a banquet. Your grandmother and your father have left the house. They are convinced you will not. No one would want to see you at the banquet, after all.
But your need for freedom is still there.
You escape your home which has become your prison, and you only feel like living again once the wind is in your hair, the grass under your feet, and you can breathe in fresh oxygen. You run. Your legs welcome the dearly missed sensation blissfully, take you to the fĂŠrie ring.
You do not know where else to go.
âĂed,â you whisper when you step into the fĂŠrie ring, and heâs there, and youâre in his arms, and heâs holding you so tight you realize he must have missed you like you have missed him.
âDo you know how scared I was, little one?â he asks in a strangled voice. âI thoughtâ I thought you would never come again.â
You break in tears. Everything is too much, feels too much, has been too much ever since your grandmother has discovered you had approached the fĂŠrie ring. You feel like shattering - and in a way, you do, pressed against his chest, pouring your heart out and wishing this night would not end.
âI thought they had killed you,â Ăed murmurs, caressing your hair.
âThey wouldnât,â you sob. âThey scorn me, now, but theyâre not murderers. And I have done nothing evil.â
âWhatâs inside you, what you are capable of, it scares them. And scared people lose their minds far too easily.â
You shake your head like a child. âThey would not harm me.â
âNot physically. But they could have harmed you in other ways. Your beautiful mind, for example. They could have killed this spark in you.â He pauses. âForced you to give up on your freedom.â
You think of all those days spent the same way, cleaning, cooking, sewing, all nice tasks as long as theyâre not the only ones in your life, looking by the window and desperately wishing to feel the warmth of the sun on your skin again, to walk around without fearing to be called names or to receive stones.
You think of how, had you not known him so well, you would have already escaped and given him your name, for getting lost forever in FĂŠqelt will always be better than the life you now have.
âThey almost did.â
You realize, belatedly, how terrified you sound. Ăed takes your face between his hands, looking so worried you think he might cry too.
âLittle one, you do not have to remain here. You can leave. That is what you have always wanted.â
âBut,â you weep, âthey are my family.â
âFamily should push you forward, and not hold you back. They might warn you, but they should not bind you. Leave, little one. Take your freedom. They do not own you. Come back to this village a fine traveler and a proper Witch, and show them they were wrong to outcast you.â
You manage to smile weakly. âYou make it sound so easy.â
âBecause it can be. Witches are travelers who venture into FĂŠqelt and explore it, little one. That, you can be easily. You have the wit and the courage for it.â
You take a breathe, in and out, the despair in your stomach slowly turning into a glint of hope.
âArenât humans supposed to lose themselves in FĂŠqelt?â
âNot with the blessing of a FĂŠ,â Ăed replies softly, and your heartbeat fastens.
The future, all of a sudden, seems open with a thousand possibilities. You see the roads, the travels through fĂŠrie rings, the foreign people in the inns, the new towns, the vast, vast world you have always dreamt of seeing, the holy land of the FĂŠ, mysterious and enthralling, only ever told in myths - and Ăed by your side, being his usual self, smiling at you so brightly.
âYes,â you say to this future, to this everything. âI would want that.â
There is relief on Ăedâs face, relief and fondness - as if he had wanted you to say that, for your sake and because that was something he wished for, but was not sure you would bring yourself to do so.
âI will come for you during Midsummer Night, when FĂŠs can leave the fĂŠrie rings, and blend in with humans. Be strong until then, little one. Do not let them bind you.â
âThank you, Ăed. Thank you.â
âJust give me your name in exchange,â he jokes to cheer you up.
It makes your chest so warm the tears pour out again. Ăed smiles, kisses your humid cheeks gently.
âNext timeâ, you promise, crying. âNext time.â
You still want to give your village a chance.
Or at least a goodbye.
The last time he asks for your name, you are ready to leave. You are but the shadow of yourself, now. The days until Midsummer Night have been endless. Your grandmother has suspected you had gone out during Early Summer Night, but has not been able to prove it - she now barely talks to you at all. Your father has managed to marry you to a farmer in the next village, who hasnât heard of you.
You have long wondered why their worry has turned into anger and resentment, why they have caged you, when they simply wanted to protect you. No matter your apologies, your explanations, they wonât listen to you at all.
Now, you suppose it is easier to hate than to forgive, especially when there is finally someone to blame for your motherâs disappearance - for all those disappearances. But they have not realized what they are doing is what drew your mother away from them, what is also drawing you away.
They cannot understand. And what they cannot understand, they fear; and what they fear, they try to keep it locked somewhere until it dies.
âGather your belongings,â your father tells you when the night is falling. âTonight, you will meet your future husband. We will celebrate the wedding when the dances end.â
They are taking you to celebrate Midsummer Night in the next village, and are getting rid of you the same day, so that no villager will have to bear your presence ever again. You tell them all goodbye in your head, sat in your fatherâs cart, the bag containing your few belongings on your lap as you watch the little houses and the streets where you have grown up fade away into the night.
Your future husband is introduced to you as soon as you arrive. He is nice, and his family welcomes you warmly; but you can see they are just like the people of your own village, thinking everyone should be content doing what theyâre expected to do, and they would frighten of your need for freedom. You already suffocate when they say everything is ready for the wedding, insist on celebrating Midsummer Night first - and fortunately, they all agree.
You embrace your father and your grandmother before joining in the dances. They do not quite understand when you already bid them farewell.
You share a few dances with your future husband, a charming man who would never be able to understand you, and would fear you if he really knew you. He feels guilty leaving you to go dance with his sister, but you laugh and encourage him to do so.
You do not tell him you will dance again anyway.
That would be a lie.
You watch as he nods and hurries to his family, then change partners yourself, taking the hand of the first man who approaches youâ
âHello, little one.â
âand you nearly cry when your eyes meet his. He is so beautiful, in the light of the high flames lit in the middle of the village, you almost think he is a dream - but he is not, oh, he is not, and you have never been so happy.
âYou are of exquisite, tonight,â Ăed says.
You are wearing the wedding dress you have sewn yourself, all those days spent in your house, and your motherâs necklace resting on your chest, that necklace you longed for so much when you were just a child, which is the only thing from her your father has allowed you to keep.
âThank you,â you tell Ăed, for calling you exquisite, and for everything else.
He laughs and makes you twirl, and for the first time in what feels like centuries now, you laugh too. He does not let go of you. You do not want him to.
âWill you give me your name, little one?â he asks; but this time, you know what he will do with your name, with your life.
He will set you free.
So you stand on tiptoes, and you give him your name, finally, and he wraps his arms around your waist to whisper his own, real name into your ear - then, when the dance comes to an end, you run hand in hand to your fatherâs cart to pick up your bag, laughing like children, before disappearing into the night.
No one sees you leave.
It means you might come back one day.
Feed a person vampire blood, you get a ghoul. Feed an animal vampire blood, you get a hellhound. Water a plant in vampire blood, you get a mandrake. Fill up your car with vampire blood? Probably good things, letâs try it.
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