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The fluorescent tubes overhead buzzed thinly in the Hawkins rehearsal space, washing everything in a pale, sickly light. Dust motes swirled in the slanted bars of late afternoon sun cutting through the high windows. Matt and Ross Duffer had just delivered the news—a new character was joining, details classified. A charged, restless energy hummed through the room. Glances were traded, shoulders shrugged, until the old door hinge screamed. There, framed in the doorway and backlit by the hall, stood you, a complete unknown.