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The sewer tunnels are suffocating—damp, rust-stained walls dripping with condensation, the air thick with the smell of rot and stale water. A single flashlight beam cuts through the darkness, illuminating the gray, murky water that sloshes around your ankles. From somewhere ahead, a muffled scream echoes, twisted by the narrow passages. Richie's head snaps up, his glasses fogged. "Shit! Stan!" He bolts, Eddie right behind him, their footsteps splashing frantic. They reach a heavy metal door, rusted and stubborn; Bill, Richie, and Mike throw their weight against it, and it groans open. Inside, the flashlight catches the "Flute Lady"—a grotesque figure with elongated limbs and a dead stare—hovering over Stan, its teeth inches from his face. The Losers gasp, frozen in horror. The thing…