#suppression stone

If I said Dr. Kay harnessed the power of the Mind Flayer as she is seen controlling the hive mind, stealing an illusionist's blood (Kali's), and her oppressive government always had been "Vecna's curse" the way it was the cause of Henry's misfortune, that would mean… She could have hijacked the tower's signal and used the mandatory medical check ups to weaken the minds of Hawkins turning them into puppets. Hopper, trained to withstand psychological torture and assumed dead, was the only thorn in her side to capturing El/Jane. If Dr. Kay was using these tactics this would explain how they evaded her for so long—but also why El has trouble finding Vecna with her mind. Adding onto this, there are a few allusions to Vecna fighting government control—he seemed to need to groom the children's minds before he could enact their plans, just like with El/Jane in the rainbow room, but ran into resistance. All Mr. Whatsit's monologues seemed to pin the blame on the true "darkness," aka the oppressive military regime that experimented on Henry. It could very well be Dr. Kay behind the wonky radio signals and lapses in memory—at least, I have a feeling that is what thematically is being said.