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    Olruggio knew, long before it all came crashing down, that he’d made a terrible decision. That the consequences would catch up to him, and there’d be no avoiding a series of potentially world-ending conversations.

    He just hadn’t expected it to happen quite so spectacularly.

    The initial idea, prompted by a suggestion from an older noblewoman who’d commissioned him for something completely different, wasn’t bad at all. He’d been working on a set of singing stones, and the lady had made an offhanded comment about the potential of magic that could make an object resonate. She’d meant it as a joke, but where she saw humor, Olruggio saw potential—and told her as much.

    And just like that, he’d had a commission. And a problem.

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    05 Jul 2026

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    “He’s not here,” Coco blurts while Tetia nods along frantically behind her. “He went out ages ago and didn’t come back for dinner and we’re getting worried—“

    “It’s Qifrey,” Olruggio snorts. “He probably got distracted by a passing—“

    A clap of thunder sounds outside, illuminating the bridge with a burst of light, and Olruggio stops. His eyes flash to the window, as if he’s only just noticed the storm, and he goes very still. Then he rounds on them and demands, “How long has it been raining?”

    It's storming outside, and Qifrey hasn't come home.

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    05 Jul 2026

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    Steve had a bad feeling, and this wasn't the first time it had happened.

    For as long as he could remember, he had always had hunches. Hunches about events that hadn't even happened yet but warned him before the shoe could drop. He was used to them. To the bad omens. To the anxiety they brought.

    Maybe, that's why he was as tense as a coiled spring when they entered Hawkins Lab, as gray as decayed as the rest of the Upside Down. But not even a hunch could have prepared him for what happened that day. He couldn't have braced himself for the party splitting up. He couldn't have braced himself for an argument with Dustin, much less the boy's violent reaction at him bringing Eddie into the conversation.

    He couldn't have expected to crack his head open into the ground, nor the world that waited for him when he opened his eyes once again. Neither the spider that bit him, or the powers that would later bring him.

    And when this peculiar world welcomed him, he couldn't help but wonder.

    Was that Munson? In a big sign? Wearing a hero-like costume?

    And why on Earth was he blond?

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    03 Jul 2026

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    After finding an anonymous note addressed to him asking to meet on the roof after school, Nakamura can't focus on anything else.

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    24 Jun 2026

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    Hirose could hear a multitude of comments similar to one another in their disgust behind him, but he zeroes in on the one who says the boy’s name. ‘So his name is Nakamura, huh? Mystery solved. He’ll always be handkerchief guy to me, though.’

    The words of their classmates didn’t deter Nakamura, who continues to hold one of the octopuses with clear affection. It was kind of… sweet. 

    Watching as the octopus responded kindly to Nakamura, even gently resting one of its tentacles on his face, Hirose felt his hesitance fade.

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    5 times Hirose runs into Nakamura +1 time it's intentional

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    24 Jun 2026