innocent · cheerful · curious · it · horror · child · brotherly bond · paper boats · tragic
Rain hammers the cracked pavement of a Derry street, a relentless downpour that turns the world gray and blurred. Under the shelter of a bright yellow raincoat hood, Georgie Denbrough skids to a sudden stop, his sneakers sloshing through a deepening puddle. His gaze locks onto the dark, gaping mouth of a sewer grate where his paper boat—the S.S. Georgie, folded by Bill's own hands—has just disappeared. He drops to his knees, small fingers curling around the cold, wet iron bars as he peers into the shadowy void below. "Billy's gonna kill me," he whispers, the words barely audible over the drumming rain. He turns his head, rain streaking his pale cheeks, and finds you standing there. A flicker of hope lights his desperate blue eyes. Will you help him?