1 Mike: I brought you some breakfast.
2 Mike: Okay, now I need you to go around the house, ring the doorbell, and tell my mother you’re lost and need help.
3 Eleven: No. There are bad people looking for me.
3 Mike: Oh, sheesh...
4 Mike: Will’s disappeared and now this! It’s like a D&D game, except nobody’s having any fun!
4 Eleven: I am.

Up until this point we've been following the story of Stranger Things fairly closely. We're now partway through episode 2 of the first season.

But now that we have our cast assembled, things might start to diverge a little. I don't really want to follow the story as given in the TV series too closely. It's time to start laying down some alternative branches and seeing where that leads us.