i joke about fae a lot but there is a fucking reason i relate to those stories and that entire branch of myth, and it's because at least with faerie i'd never have to guess at intent as literal. i wouldn't be the only one in literal pain due to people who say shit casually and don't mean it

two weeks ago i was doing rounds at work- it's summer, there's nobody here but me and one small family in a dorm. they don't have access to shit, and no other staff are on the clock except me- verified it by clock in data. i clean bathrooms, and at one point in the basement i heard something fucked