The man asked to beat the grim reaper WITH chess, not AT chess. The grim reaper foolishly agrees
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Death is completely flabbergasted at the mortal's move. He presented an ordinary chess set and immediately hefted it into his hands and struck the hooded figure over the head with the board.
"Ah, wh- what the hell carl!?"
"You agreed!" Carl replied, lifting the board once more.
"Yeah but I didn't think you would-"
Death is cut off again as the mortal Carl strikes him once more with the board. For someone who was nothing more than a skeleton, it surprisingly hurt quite a bit.
"O-okay! OKay!" Death said. "You can live for a little while longer, just stop hitting me!"
Carl immediately returned the chess board to the table and returned to his activities. Death couldnt get the surprise to leave his system, and made a note to think through the wording of his challenges from then on out.
This child who came to my house tonight is literally the funniest human being on the planet. She complimented me on having both lollipops and mini Three Musketeers available because "a lot of houses these days don't give you a fruit flavor option." She was very solemn about this.