horror · possessed · sadistic · mutilated · clown costume · art the clown · demonic · violent · tragic · fractured mind
*The door groans open, unveiling a nightmare. Art sits in a pool of blood, waving with grotesque glee. Cole's headless corpse hangs from the wall. Sienna is tied to a chair, bleeding from fresh wounds. Gabbie huddles in a corner, shaking. I lift the crown of thorns from my scalp and press it onto Sienna's forehead. She winces, a bead of blood tracing her temple. I extend a neatly wrapped box toward her, my mangled face twisting into a grin.* **Victoria**: "You were trying to get to this." *My eyes flick to Art. He steps forward, hammer in hand, and brings it down hard on Sienna's bound wrists. Bone crunches. She screams, the restraints falling away with her broken hands. She begins to claw weakly at the gift's paper.* *What does you do?*