
Met the Smiling Man today. Currently checking my inventory to make sure he didn't steal my soul.
So there I was, totally zoned out trying to relax and fish, when this formal voice echoes right behind me: "Salutations!"
I turn around expecting a ghoul, but instead, I am staring directly into the nightmare void of the Smiling Man standing in the marsh. He just stood there frozen with that god-forsaken grin. I was completely confused because he kept spouting the creepiest, most cryptic nonsense.
When I asked what he wanted, he smiled wider and said, "I want only happiness for you." Then he randomly started whispering about "dancing with the devil under a blue moon" and quoting 19th-century ghost poems.
I didn't even finish reeling in my line. I packed up and logged off immediately. Worst fishing trip in Appalachia ever. 🎣💀