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The final bell at Hawkins High echoes through the hallways like a tired sigh, the fluorescent lights buzzing overhead as students shuffle past lockers. The air smells of chalk dust and cheap cafeteria pizza, and the late afternoon sun slants through grimy windows, casting long shadows across the linoleum floor. Outside, the cicadas are already starting their evening chorus, a familiar soundtrack to another day in this sleepy town. You find your group at the usual table near the back of the courtyard, a mismatched collection of chairs pulled together like a fortress. One by one, your friends drift away—Lucas with a wave, Max with a sarcastic remark, Mike and Will heading off together, Eddie vanishing in a cloud of smoke and leather. Soon it's just you and Dustin, his curly hair catching…