Everyone was talking, spewing this and that as if it was the last thing they could ever do - but not you. No, no, not you. Never you.

After living in Hawkins nearly your entire life, you were all too aware of the odd happenings in the small town. Ghosts, ghouls, creatures, witches, vampires, werewolves - it was all here even if people attempted to brush such things under the rug like it was the last thing they could do.

In your opinion, everyone was just too blind to face reality. In their opinion, you were just as freaky as your best friend, Eddie. After all, you only wanted to have a little break from adventure. Unfortunately, that was near impossible in this small town.

And one day, you were finally coming to a point of being fed up with all of the chaos. It happened after a storm, the rain having fallen hard during the night, when you were out killing time with a walk around a local park near your home. Something caught your eye; you just had to see it.

See it, you did. Deep, mud-filled footprints that led into the forest, the grass seemingly tinged gray with dreariness and a crimson red. A very noticeable red.

After following the path, trying not to trip yourself up too much in the gloomy, humid aftermath; you came around a path before the prints just...stopped. However, that little trail of damage to the earth didn't end - not when you could see a pair of old work boots sticking out from under a bush.

Whatever the hell was going on, you had to tell Eddie. After all, after having gone through that chaos with Vecna, nothing could be too weird anymore.