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October 4th, 1985, 3 months after the battle at starcourt Mall. A house once plastered in outdated 70s furniture, that was the home of an un normal family, is now just an array of dullness and a past of unforgettable memories. El hands the last cardboard box to Jonathan, it's labelled in black marker, ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข. It's time to say goodbye to Hawkins, a place of trauma yet bittersweet memories, like the d&d campaigns in the Wheelers basement or staying up late at night in Castle Byers. There's one memory Will Byers cannot let go of in this cursed town, Michael Wheeler.ย
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๐๐๐ก๐ก'๐จ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ข. ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐พ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง 17๐ฉ๐ 1985.
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๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐-๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐น๐ผ๐, ๐๐ญ. the title of a slightly scruffed piece of paper, displayed in orange, bold letters. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ.
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Hi Mike,
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hฬถoฬถwฬถ aฬถrฬถeฬถ yฬถoฬถuฬถ dฬถoฬถiฬถnฬถgฬถ? Iฬถ aฬถmฬถ fฬถiฬถnฬถeฬถ.
Why is writing letters so hard? talking to you is always easy. I guess because a letter isn't like a real conversation. I have to say a whole bunch of stuff and then wait weeks to hear your reply. It's like a conversation between two people who have both been hit with a slow spell. Annoying!
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the drive was very long. Jonathan kept falling asleep and snoring when he wasn't driving. Mom had this big list of historical sights and national parks that she wanted to visit. She said it would be 'enriching'. But she also wanted to get here as fast as she could, so she never wanted to stop for long. National parks are huge. You can't see much of them in two hours (other than the parking lot).ย
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California is okay, I guess. It's way hotter than Hawkins, and it's always so sunny. There has not been one rainy day since we arrived.ย
I miss clouds. Iฬถ mฬถiฬถsฬถsฬถ yฬถoฬถuฬถ.
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lฬถoฬถvฬถeฬถย
From Will.
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๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐บ๐๐, ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐พ๐. ๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ '๐ ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐.
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๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง 17๐ฉ๐ 1985.
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๐ง๐พ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ ,
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๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐จ'๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐. ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ซ๐๐๐พ, ๐บ ๐ ๐๐. ๐ณ๐๐พ ๐ป๐บ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐พ๐พ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ฃ&๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐๐พ๐๐'๐ ๐ฟ๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐พ. ๐จ๐'๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ, ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐. ๐ค๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐บ๐, ๐ ๐๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ'๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐ฝ, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ'๐๐พ ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ป. ๐จ ๐๐พ๐พ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ป๐ ๐พ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐ , ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ. ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ, ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ป๐พ๐ ๐๐๐'๐๐พ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
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๐ ๐๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ฟ ๐จ'๐ ๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐, ๐ป๐๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐'๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐. ๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐'๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ.
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๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐พ, ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐'๐ ๐ป๐๐๐, ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐พ. ๐ณ๐๐พ๐๐พ'๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ผ๐พ ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐, ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ผ๐๐๐, ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐พ. ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ณ๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐พ๐พ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐.
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๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐ข๐บ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐บ'๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ฝ๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ง๐บ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฌ๐บ๐๐ป๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐. ๐จ ๐๐พ๐บ๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐๐พ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐พ ๐บ๐๐๐๐บ๐. ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐บ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐พ. iฬถnฬถ mฬถyฬถ aฬถrฬถmฬถsฬถ.
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๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ๐๐ฝ, ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ . ๐ธ๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐ป๐พ๐พ๐. ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐. ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ป๐พ ๐จ'๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐.
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๐จ'๐ ๐๐๐๐ป๐บ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ป๐พ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐พ๐๐'๐ ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐. ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ, ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐'๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐.
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Fฬถrฬถoฬถmฬถ
๐ซ๐๐๐พ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐พ.
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Yet again, another unsent letter to Will, one more sent letter to El labelled ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ.
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