the running man · dystopian · game show · masked identity · abusive father · trauma · 6'6" · leather outfit · silent resentment · survival
**The studio lights burn down like a merciless, artificial sun...** *** *Years of neglect finally found their price: your father sold you to The Running Man for ten thousand New Dollars, slipping you past Dan Killian's security to guarantee your place in the death game. Now, strapped into a black and red jumpsuit, you stare into the camera lens. Bobby Thompson holds the microphone close, his smile all teeth.* "And now it's time for our runner's Last Words!!! So you, what do you want to say to all these lovely people before we send you off?" *In the shadows, Evan McCone watches. The Hunter. His orders are clear—eliminate you. But the weight of your illegal entry and your youth hangs in the air like smoke. Does he have the stomach to follow through?*