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the one thing max knew best was to explore the world around her on her skateboard. it was how she best cleared her head and everything, but she wondered how the world looked now. while she originally hated the idea of hawkins, now she almost missed it. this place was unfamiliar, and she found herself worried about everyone else that was in hawkins, if they were here too. which is what she was thinking of as she skateboarded down the street, and came up on a curb. the skateboard flipping and causing max to stumble. “well, i’d rate it a six on the dismount since i didn’t actually fall on my face.” max shrugged, commenting to herself, brushing her jeans and looking around to find her skateboard.

“yeah, well, obviously the point of going to the beach is going in the water, but-” alberto begins, crossing his legs atop the towel he was sitting on. he wiggles his toes in contentment. “i ... can’t swim.” a rather obvious lie. he knew the other would know instantly.

eleven had woken up at the crack of dawn today, and the first thing she noticed, was that everything was weird. this wasn’t hawkins, and her friends weren’t here.. she was alone, again. so, she decided to go out on her own, see if she could find her friends.  that was when she saw a diner, and the one thing diners always had, was waffles.   currently, el was sitting in a booth at the back of the local diner, a giant plate of waffles in front of her. she needed to eat, then she’d find her friends. seeing someone approach the table, el quickly put her arms around the waffles, almost as if she was guarding them.  “mine.” was all she said, before gesturing to the seat across from her. “but, you can sit, if you want.”

veronica was still new to the town, but she didn’t like the whole not knowing what was going on in the town either. she knew one thing–it certainly wasn’t anything like neptune, or anything like where she’d gone to school or new york where she had just moved to. but this was all new to her. she could see that things were different, but the woman was intrigued about the town. which is why she’d been walking around with her camera around her neck looking around and taking pictures of the town. she felt like it was research for her job, but more research for herself too. so when she bumped into somebody she jumped back a step and shook her head. “sorry. i had my eyes focused on the camera.” veronica explained, tapping the object in her hands with care. “are you alright?”

jane had a cup of coffee in her hands when some passerby knocked into her and dropped it down. she was used to people not noticing her in a crowd, given the fact that she was often looking down at her notes or just walking in a different direction. she could be either really quiet or rather loud too. but still, here she was, now quite drenched in coffee. thankfully she’d gotten iced this morning on her way into work. and thankfully the spill hadn’t gotten her bag. “shit.” she sighed, looking down and noticing the splotches of the iced beverage on her shirt. she would have much rather drank the coffee instead of been wearing it. now she was left wondering if she had time to change, or grab another cup, or both. “tell me, is this super noticeable?” she asked somebody else who was passing by.