Drown the Clown

Claire Sable?

Yeah, that's me.

Mrs. Benet is ready to see you now.

It looks as though you haven't worked in a year.

Why is that?

Okay.

Claire!

I'm very sorry for your loss.

No!

Thank you for coming in, Claire.

It's a pleasure to meet you

and we'll give you a decision by the end of the day.

Thank you, it was nice to meet you.

And you as well.

Goodbye.

Have a good day!

Sleeping already, are you?

You know it.

I wonder how this got here.

Yeah, that is a mystery, isn't it?

I found you!

Hide and go peek.

Whoa, she was in there the whole time?

You didn't see her?

Oh, look, your friend gave you away!

I love you, mommy.

Yeah, that's your voice.

I love you, mommy.

Did you move the clown doll last night?

I take it you didn't get the job.

Not even close.

So, you ready for this first day or night

or whatever they call this shift?

Yeah, graveyard shift, all right.

Well, try to hang on to this one,

because you're the only one

keeping us in this apartment at this point.

Get some rest.

There's always tomorrow, right?

I guess so.

Okay.

Bye.

See you.

I thought I told you

to do that over a week ago.

Get off my back.

I take care of enough of stuff!

I don't do a thing?

How about I take care of the bills,

the taxes, I fix the house up?

I have to do this

when I get back to work everyday

and you don't do a thing.

It's always my responsibility.

I don't do anything,

that's what you're saying?

No, I...

Good evening.

Evening, I'm Claire Sable.

It's my first night of guard duty.

Thanks.

Are you all right?

Oh, I dropped my candy.

Oh, are you?

Gus Sullivan, head of security here.

I'm Claire Sable.

I'm gonna be working for you.

Oh, not working for, working with.

There's not a lot to this job.

Just trying to keep your sanity during the lonely nights

is a job in and of itself, I guess.

- Candy? - No, thank you.

Seems like this is a good job to have.

I mean, this is the country's

oldest and best marine-themed water park, right?

Yeah, I think the last kid who had this job

died internally when he realized

he'd be doing it for the next 60 years.

I think he quit or committed suicide or something.

Come on, let me show you to your work station.

You can leave your shit in one of the lockers,

but it's just you and me, so it's a small crew.

Clown's Cove Waterpark.

I hear that damn thing in my sleep.

Water slides and water rides.

A cruise ship, sea port, and harbor.

Water garden, restaurants, and gift shops,

as well as marine exhibits.

Shows and signature water rides.

Just you and me monitor this whole building?

If we get around to it.

Coney the Clown and friends have been...

We get power outages from leaks from time to time.

Here's your work station.

Central command, front and center.

Looks expensive.

Yeah, you don't wanna

spill your coffee here, that's for sure.

Ugh, where's this water coming from?

- Hello. - Hi.

Oh, hey, I'm just showing her the ropes.

Just wanted to check in

to see if you guys needed anything before I head out.

Nope, we're good.

She seems like a good choice.

Well, I have my phone by my side

in case you need anything, okay?

God, there's so much water.

Hey, can I use the restroom quickly?

This isn't grade school.

When you gotta go, you gotta go.

Hey.

Oh, hi.

The last few people are leaving,

so I'm ready to show how the security system works.

Sure, I'll be right there.

You okay?

You look like you've just seen a ghost.

My daughter Lily, she used to love clowns,

this clown in particular and his water parks,

and she's probably happy to know that I work here now.

She probably would want to meet him or something.

- I'll be right back. - Sure.

I love you, mommy.

Last one just left.

All you gotta do is log in, put in the access code,

and hit arm.

And they stay locked until morning,

unless there's a fire, then they automatically unlock.

So, what's next?

That's it, we just monitor until something goes wrong.

Do we do rounds or do we check up on things, or?

If you want to, be my guest.

Relax, kid, boring but it's a pretty sweet gig.

Did you move that clown doll from my desk?

Huh, why?

It's missing.

Maybe you misplaced it or something.

Yeah, maybe.

I don't think so, though.

Try some mouth-watering pizzas

or our new beer battered fish and chips.

Fresh cod fish drenched in a beer batter,

fried to golden perfection,

and served with homemade tartar sauce,

lemon wedges, and crispy fries,

or fresh Atlanta salmon

which was grown right here in the compound,

served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes

and sauteed spinach,

or maybe you're hungry for something more traditional,

like our colonial style...

I love you, mommy.

I love you, mommy.

Your keycard will only let you in

where you're supposed to go.

Sorry?

I know you tried to access the restricted level.

It showed up on the log.

I'm sorry, I could have sworn I heard a child.

Once in a while, you'll hear strange things from there.

It comes with the job.

What's in there?

Not sure.

I just know that we don't have access to it.

I love you, mommy.

What?

What?

Why are you down here again?

Yeah, that is strange, but there's nothing we can do

because it's coming from the restricted level.

No way in hell are we getting in there.

There's a bunch of leaky pipes all around the building.

I'll put in a call for the plumbing department

to come in later this week.

But that doesn't explain

how this patch got moved down there.

It could be mice or something.

I'll place a call for the exterminator as well.

Mice?

It's not just the seahorse patch.

I saw something down in the restricted level in the vent.

Well, what did you see?

Uh...

I saw my child's clown doll.

Let me show you something.

I think this is what you've seen down in the vents,

and this is where it may have come from.

What?

Who's is this?

This is our company's mascot.

We have a few of them lying around the building.

I love you, mommy.

I love you, mommy.

Mama?

Claire!

Looks like we actually get to do something tonight.

Some movement was detected in the loading bay area.

We should go check it out.

I'll check the lower level.