born to die, mcu & stranger things, mike wheeler

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"what was will saying?"

tee lay on mike's sofa with el as she gave her an loving hug.

"like home...like home...but dark?"

"and empty."

"empty and cold, wait, did he say cold?"

"i don't know, the stupid radio kept going in and out."

"it's like riddles in the dark." dustin sighed.

"like home."
"like his house?"

"or maybe like hawkins."

"upside down." tee said.

"what'd she say?"

"upside down." mike repeated.

"what?"

"upside down."
"when tee showed us where will was, she flipped over the board, remember?" mike spoke, sitting down and flipping over the game board.
"upside down." he demonstrated.
"dark." "empty."

"do you understand what he's talking about?"

"no."

"guys, come on, think about it."
"when tee and el took us to find will, they took us to his house, right?"

"yeah."
"and he wasn't there."

"but what if he was there?"
"what if we just couldn't see him?"
"what if he was on the other side?"

lucas looked to dustin,

"what if this is hawkins and..."
mike flipped the board back to right side up as he talked.
he turned it over once again to show the pitch black side.
"...this is where will is?"
"the upside down."

"like the vale of shadows." dustin finally realised.

mike and dustin looked to lucas who glared at them like they were crazy lunatics.

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dustin placed a book on the table filled with book covers, facts and loads of information on the boys' favourite board game, dungeons and dragons.
or as they like to call it... d&d.

he flicked over to a page showing a dark, black and white forest,

"the vale of shadows."
"...is a dimension that is a dark reflection or echo of our world."
"it is a place of decay and death..."
"a plane out of a phase."
"a place of monsters."
"it is right next to you and you don't even see it."

"an alternate dimension."

"but...how...how do we get there?"