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[heatmetal]

Who: The Stranger Things cast
What: A Housewarming Party hosted by the gang & Settling in to their new haunted home
When: Late October - Early November
Where: Private Housing, Sunset Falls
Content Warnings: probably drugs, drinking

Moving In.

[ It's not quite the joyous occasion they were hoping it would be. The disappearance of one of their own has left a heavy air over the group, but they're determined to try to make something of the situation. And so they proceed with the move, their belongings loaded up in the back of a teleporting truck.

Neighbors are welcome to spy the new arrivals. A perfect collection of unlikely friends that look like they belong in a horror movie cast. You'll get a drink for your trouble - or something a little less legal (or more legal, if you aren't) if you offer to lend a hand. Evidentially, some among their number are not terribly well equipped to do heavy lifting. Damn sticky nerd arms. ]

HOUSEWARMING PARTY is written in slanted block print on a piece of cardboard, staked just outside the newly purchased manor seated near the edge of town. It is a utterly ridiculous piece of architecture, and the gathered teens have more space than they know what to do with.

So how better than to fill it with a house party?
There's a stunning indoor pool just begging to be cannonballed into. A classy lounge for enjoying a little existential angst and ennui. There’s enough guest bedrooms for anyone who wants to crash, though be warned: few are furnished. Some rooms are off limits, for your own sanity rather than theirs.

The music pumping through the place alternates between 80s metal and pop, with some newer tunes sprinkled in there for flavor.

There’s food, a legion of kegs and, well, that less than legal stuff is making the rounds too. ]

Comments

[wordiness]

[ his brows shoot up at the mullet comment. these guys really are from the 80s. ] I guess it's a good thing mullets are sort of back in style. [ in general, 80s aesthetic is really back in style, so these guys could probably do some kind of influencer thing if they really wanted.

his small smile blooms into a delighted grin at the question. poor stephen, he's sure he gets this question a lot. maybe it's a good thing that billy's here to answer it instead. you know, give the good doctor a good opinion of this group starting out. ]

It's both, technically, [ he says with a breath of laughter. ] His name is literally Stephen Strange, he's a doctor, and he also does magic. He doesn't really have a codename, but "Dr. Strange" is unusual enough that people assume that's what it is.

[grivences]

[ Billy and Eddie already have their social media influencer careers taking off... This house was 90% funded by Billy's OnlyStans account. Even Chrissy and Robin are starting to get small Instagram followings, Chrissy with her cute cheerleader poses and Robin with her trumpet covers of various 80's songs.

She furrows her brows and gives a distant sort of nod. ]

Right... I'm not sure what I expected, but that definitely wasn't it. [ Can you tell she has little to no experience with actual superheroes? ] I thought there was some kind of taboo about using your real name as your superhero name?

[wordiness]

Depends on where you're from and who you are and what you do, [ he points out, smile taking on a sympathetic note. ] Most magic people I know don't take the secret identity thing all that seriously. Everyone knows who most of the Avengers are back home, too, even though they all nominally use codenames.

[ but then there are people like spider-man and daredevil and the like. mostly it comes down to personal choice, really, and how vindictive and personal your villains get. ]

Sometimes old codenames stick around, though, [ he adds cheerfully. ] My husband and I have been out of the superhero game for a little while now, and some people still call him Hulkling. [ hearing 'emperor hulkling' is pretty jarring after getting used to 'dorrek'. ] I wouldn't worry about it too much, though. Just go with whatever people introduce themselves as and don't overthink it, that way lies madness.

[grivences]

Wait, you're a superhero too? Jeez, there's so many superheroes running around!

[ Spoilers: the majority of their party guests are actually superheroes. ]

[wordiness]

'Wiccan.' [ the amusement is back in full force. ] I still use it as my username. But I'm definitely an ex-superhero.

[ being an avenger and being prince-consort of the kree/skrull alliance are mutually exclusive. ]

[grivences]

Oh...

[ That makes their online conversation make a little more sense. ]

I just assumed you were pagan or something.

[wordiness]

Jewish, actually. Technically. [ a pained, slightly embarrassed pause. ] It's complicated. [ he's not getting into the reincarnation thing. ]

Let's just say that I did a lot of study of Wiccan beliefs and practices to help me with my magic. [ he is also.. not getting into the 'asgardian' thing. ]

--Do you speak, um.. your username is Russian, isn't it?

[grivences]

Oh, gotcha. [ So instead of the first wiccan/pagan person she's ever met, he's one of the few Jewish people she's ever met. ]

Oh, yeah, it is. I mean, I do. And French, and Italian.

[wordiness]

Really? [ an impressed pause, brows shooting up. ] And it's not a mutation or anything? You didn't telepathically download them..?

[ billy, please. some people do legit just learn languages. ]

[grivences]

[ Robin laughs nervously, a little embarrassed even though she's humble bragging. ]

Ohh, no, it's just a weird hobby. I like to read books in the language they were originally written in. So, like, I read Dante's Inferno once in English and then again in the original Italian.

[ Her reasons for teaching herself Russian were a lot less innocent, but she doesn't need to get into that now. ]