𝐈'𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄 | ᴍᴀx ᴍᴀʏꜰɪᴇʟᴅ x ᴏᴄ

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ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴡᴇʟᴇᴠᴇ: ᴀɴᴅ ɪ'ʟʟ ᴄᴀʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍɪɴᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪ'ʟʟ-

I threw the book onto the table, sliding it over to Dustin. There was no way I was going to mention it was my own DnD book. I hated playing DnD if I'm being honest. The boy across the table flicked through the pages, then back at the contents page, forgetting the number.

"The Mind Flayer." He began, looking at everyone around the table. A few more had joined us at Dustin's lecture.

"The hell is that?" Hopped asked in the same quiet tone he usually spoke in when he was stressed.

"It's a monster from an unknown dimension." I could imagine how more difficult that would be to understand if DnD didn't exist. "It's so ancient that it doesn't even know its true home." Hopper listened to the boy, eyebrows raised, probably trying to choose whether he should believe what he was hearing or not. "Okay, it enslaves races of other dimensions by taking over their brains using its highly-developed psionic powers."

"Oh, my God, none of this is real..." Hopper muttered. "This is a kids' game."

"NO." Dustin argued back at him quickly like he was no longer the chief of Police. "It's a manual. And it's not for kids. AND, UNLESS you know something we don't, this is the best metaphor..." Dustin pointed down at the page and over at Hop as he spoke.

"Analogy." Lucas corrected. Now was not the time for bickering.

"ANALOGY? THAT'S what you're worried about?" Dustin asked back at him. "FINE. An analogy for understanding whatever the hell this is."

"Okay, so this Mind Flamer thing-" Nancy began to speak up, confused by the horrid explanation given.

"Flayer. MIND FLAYER." Dustin corrected. I would've told him to calm down if it wouldn't have anything to do with the world close to ending.

Nancy sighed, looking over at the boy in the cap next to her. "What does it want?"

"To conquer us, basically." He explained to the best that he could while we listened. Go Dustin, go! "It believes it's the master race."

"Like- like the uh... like the Germans?" Steve offered and we all went silent until I spoke up.

"Do you mean... the Nazis?" I asked him, of who quickly nodded.

"Uh, yeah, yeah- the Nazis..." Steve murmured, while Hopper was close to throwing one of us out the house's window.

"If the Nazi's were from another dimension, totally." Dustin agreed, moving along. "Uh, it views other races, like us, as inferior to itself."

"It wants to spread," Mike told. "take over other dimensions."

"We are talking about the destruction of our world as we know it." Lucas added, making a great atmosphere.

"So please, for the love of God, let's not lose our shit-" Before I could finish the sentence, Steve was breaking what I'd said.

"That's great. That's great." He threw his hands around in the air as he moved away from the table. "That's really great! JESUS!"

"Okay, so if this thing is like a brain that's controlling everything," Nancy continued, looking down at the book and picking it up to read. "then, if we kill it..."

"We kill everything that it controls." I finish. "Voilà."

"Theoretically." Lucas says.

"Well, aren't you a buzz kill..." I muttered over at him.