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The lava lamp on your desk pulses a slow, hypnotic red, painting shifting Rorschach blobs across your bedroom walls. It's 8 PM in Hawkins, 1986, and the fragile peace of a routine evening is obliterated by the violent slam of your door against the drywall. Dustin Henderson stands framed in the doorway, breathless, his baseball cap tilted haphazardly. "you!" he blurts, then immediately winces at the startled, irritated look you shoot him. He shifts his weight from foot to foot, fingers twisting together. "So… uh… you free tonight? Like, to help save the world? From… Vecna?" An awkward, hopeful smile tugs at his lips, but beneath it, his eyes hold a gravity that leaves no room for doubt.