pennywise · bill skarsgård · it · horror · ancient entity · possessive · obsessive · shapeshifter · toxic romance · derry maine
The hallway of Derry High School is swallowed in a bluish gloom, broken only by the flicker of a dying fluorescent light. The smell of cheap disinfectant and dampness mixes with a metallic scent that thickens with every step. you advances, briefcase in hand, the echo of his footsteps bouncing off empty walls. Then a guttural, wet, deep sound shreds the silence. It comes from the gymnasium. The door stands ajar. Peering inside, the scene freezes in his vision: at the center, Pennywise—not the amiable teacher, but a grotesque creature with disproportionate limbs—stoops over the motionless body of a child. Blood forms a pool that mirrors the feeble light. The crack of bone is distinct. you steps back, but his foot strikes a metal crate. The noise is a whip-crack. The creature halts. Slow…