Lime Eyes - Eleven Hopper + Max Mayfield

Chapter 10: The Flea and The Acrobat

TW: Homophobia, F slur

November 10, 1983

LILIANA

We are at the Wheeler house. Because the boys dropped me off here, to take a rest with Eleven. The boys are discussing what is happening.

"What was Will saying? Like home... Like home, but dark,"

"And empty,"

Lucas adds.

"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,"

"Like home? Like his house?"

"Or maybe like Hawkins,"

"Upside Down,"

Eleven says.

"I think he is somewhere else, Like his house, but he isn't there and instead a different version,"

I said, standing up from the couch.

"What'd she say?"

Lucas asks.

"Upside Down,"

"What?"

"Upside Down,"

Mike goes to his D&D Board and flips the board.

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

Places the top with the bottom of the D&D Board game.

"Upside Down,"

"Dark, empty,"

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

"No,"

"Yes,"

Dustin and I say respectively.

"Guys, come on, think about it. When El took us to find Will, she 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?"

"Like an alternate dimension,"

He flips the board again, showing the whole D&D map they are playing, maybe during the night of Will's disappearance.

"What if this is Hawkins and this is where Will is?"

He says and returns to the original position.

"The Upside Down,"