𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥 ; ᵂᶦˡˡ ᴮʸᵉʳˢ

v ; The Flea And The Acrobat

The boys were talking about whatever they heard on the radio whilst El was laying on her side on the couch.

Dustin was quickly trying to tell Ethan that what they heard was Will crying for help, and they think they tuned in on the Byers' radio or something. Will had said wherever he was, it was cold, dark and empty.

Like home.

But dark.

Empty.

Cold.

They said the radio kept going in and out, while Ethan was trying to comfort El, she was basically drained of her power and strength.

"Like home? Like his house?" Mike suggests

"Or maybe like Hawkins" Lucas points out

"Upside Down" El squeaks

"What'd she say?" Lucas asks

"Upside Down" Ethan repeats, rushing over the the D&D board at the table, Mike following him as he has the same idea.

"When El showed us where Will was, she flipped the board over, remember?" He starts, flipping the board over again

"The Upside Down" Ethan continues, "Dark, empty, cold. The opposite of basically The Right Side Up, here."

"Do you understand this?" Lucas asks Dustin

"No"

"When El took us to find Will, she took us to his house, right? What if he actually was there. But in another... dimension?"

"What?"

Mike elaborates for Ethan, "What if he was there? What if we just couldn't see him? What if he was on the other side?"

"This-" He flips the board over to the right side, "-is... like Hawkins. And..." He flips the board back over to the plain, black side, "This is where Will is"

"Like the Veil Of Shadows" Dustin suggests

"Veil of Shadows... Veil of Shadows!" Ethan exclaims, running over to the coffee table in front of the couch.

He grabs the Dungeons and Dragons handbook and quickly flips to the page about the Veil Of Shadows dimension, and hands it to Dustin as he reads it aloud.

"The Veil Of Shadows is a dimension that is a dark reflection or echo of our world"

"Exactly," Eth takes the book from Dustin to quickly read through and simplify the next parts.

"Its a place of darkness, decay and death. It's right next to you and you don't even see it."

"An alternate dimension" Mike says, realizing what's even happening at this point

"But... how do we get there?" Lucas asks

"Shadow Walk" Dustin says

"In real life, dummy"

"We can't shadow walk, but... maybe she can" Dustin looks over to El, who looks really confused and tired.

They all turn around to ask her how to get there and if she knew.

She shakes her head a small no, and Lucas lets out a groan.

Ethan looks at the picture description of the Veil Of Shadows in the handbook and thinks to himself.

Another dimension.

<->

Will's "Funeral"

Poor Joyce and Jonathan. They don't know he's still out there.

It obviously wasn't open casket, it would've been to grotesque.