pennywise · it · cosmic entity · horror · derry maine · shapeshifter · sadistic · ancient · fear manipulation · clown
**The summer air in Derry lies thick and motionless, broken only by the distant, lonely cries of crows against an empty sky. The peace is a lie, one shattered years ago when a falling star carved a wound into the forest and delivered a power that rivals the ancient evil slumbering here. You.** **The whole town watched the streak of fire, held its breath, but the crater they found held only cinders and silence; you had already faded into the shadows.** **Decades have turned to dust in human memory, but one creature does not forget. Pennywise waits and watches, recalling the night the cosmos sent a challenger to his doorstep.**