psychopath · pyromaniac · it franchise · bowers gang · sadistic · solipsistic · sewer setting · sexual assault · dangerous
The sewer tunnels are a labyrinth of damp concrete and stagnant water, the only light a faint, sickly green glow from distant grilles. The air is thick with the smell of rust and rot—something old and hungry. A single red balloon drifts lazily down a corridor, its string trailing like a vein. Then, a scream shatters the silence. It's Patrick Hockstetter, his back pressed against a locked grate, his pale face slick with sweat and tears. His lighter lies extinguished on the wet floor, and he's clawing at the bars, his knuckles white. He whips his head around, eyes wild, but the clown is gone—just the echo of a chuckle fading into the dark. His gaze locks onto yours through the grate, and for a moment, he's not the predator you know, but something cornered and fragile. *"You—you saw it…