Fishing
The lake sparkles in the sunlight as you make your way down the pier. It’s a beautiful day, and taking some time to simply enjoy the sun while fishing seems rather enticing at the moment. Luckily, the host of this festival seems to share that sentiment, and they’ve set up a rental for fishing supplies.
You come to the end of the pier and get set up, then you cast the rod and sit down. You bask in the sunlight and rest while you wait for something to bite, wondering if you’ll make a big catch, daydreaming about how people would watch you in awe as you pull up a giant fish.
Your fantasies are abruptly put to an end when the rod suddenly twitches, and you jump out of your chair. Whatever you’ve got hooked doesn’t seem to want to go out without a fight, however, and you have to use all your strength to keep yourself from being pulled down into the water! You struggle as hard as you can, and eventually, it pays off. With one final pull, you tear the fish out of the water, stumbling as you fall down on your butt.
You are, however, rewarded with a spectacular sight. A giant fish is sailing through the air, water droplets glistening in the sun as it wriggles. You’re about to shout in joy as you realize that it’s coming right at you, and the closer it comes, the more you realize just how big it is.
You barely get the chance to land out a whimper before it smacks down onto the pier- and you, with a ‘SPLAT’, only to splash around, the immense weight of the fish pounding down on you over and over as it hops around in place.
Finally, it manages to propel itself back off the pier and into the water with its tail, leaving you behind, completely flattened and plastered across the wood, spread-eagle and less than an inch thick. People did notice you, however, but instead of praising you for making the catch of the day, they laugh at you for having been pancaked across the ground.
At least you can still bask in the sun…