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[battysitter]

[ Video starts with a LOT of smoke. The camera moves a bit until there is finally Steve's face looking pretty angry, and finally he lets you see a microwave in flames wrapped around one of Steve's force fields, so the smoke won't escape ]

It looks like we need some help since some dipshit keeps blowing up our microwave every time he uses it. [ and he looks back at Mike, clearly blaming him for everything ] And I mean every time - every day. Again and again and again. [ this timeloop continues to frustrate him ]

Someone teach him how to use a microwave because he won't listen to me.

[ when the camera shifts again, it's to show Mike Wheeler raising a defiant middle finger at Steve ]

It's not my fault! The microwave's shit and you won't go buy a new one!

[ Steve reaches to grab the communicator, which causes the feed to stop, but before it does, you can still hear him going- ] Why do I gotta pay for shit you break, you-

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[beyourzoomer]

[Of course this happens the same week that the TV has shot craps. Of course it does. What next, she wonders.]

Oh my god. If this repeato week doesn't end soon...

[Okay she doesn't have a plan on what she'll do but it'll be bad.]

[izanyagi]

[In a way, the banality of this post considering the utter chaos around them almost feels...nice.]

Were you there when he used it? It might just be his powers reacting.

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[curiosityvoyage]

[Just stomping right into the kitchen with a frustrated look on his face:]

Could you guys just shut the hell up already?!

[Between the TV breaking, the microwave breaking, the time loop they're all caught in, and the part where there's a nuclear missile coming for Florida in less than twenty-four hours, Dustin's on pretty much his last nerve.]

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[lesterzeppelin]

Serious question: [ and for once, he's being totally genuine, ] did you guys not have microwaves in the 80's?

[micycle]

[Oh, it's Max. Maybe Steve will listen to Max, he likes her.]

Tell Steve to buy a new microwave!

[micycle]

Not unless I have actual cool powers they didn't tell me about.

[That's a touchy subject.]

[izanyagi]

You could try with another microwave to see if it does the same thing...that would answer your question. I don't mind if you want to try it on mine...I could bring it outside to test it out...

[The voice seems to be at least encouraging? If they keep repeating this day until they get it right (hopefully) he's gonna at least make the most out of it.]

[micycle]

[Mike freezes, his eyes wide.]

... Sorry?

[Did Dustin just break? He's never yelled like that before.]

[micycle]

[A frustrated groan!]

I know how to use it! It just keeps blowing up!

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[beyourzoomer]

No. No, we totally did.

[SIGH.]

[beyourzoomer]

[He probably doesn't like her that much, Mike.]

I think we need a new TV more than a new microwave.

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[curiosityvoyage]

Yeah, we did, we aren't that behind the times. [There's an uncharacteristic bite to Dustin's tone, the signifier of someone who's on his very last, rapidly-fraying nerve.]

[micycle]

How are we supposed to eat then?!

[beyourzoomer]

Mike?

We have a stove top, an oven, a crockpot and a toaster. We're not gonna starve.

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[lesterzeppelin]

Oh, good. [ his sigh is one of pure relief. ] Your friend here could've fooled me.

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[beyourzoomer]

[She smirks at that sigh.]

It's just one of those weeks, Les. You know. The kind that drags on and on and repeats itself.

[battysitter]

I'm pretty done with it myself.

[battysitter]

It's just him being a dumbass and not knowing how a microwave works.

[battysitter]

[ he looks back at Dustin, then at Mike.

Then at Dustin.

And points at Mike ]

It's his fault.

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[battysitter]

Of course we did, dude.

But Mike's a dumbass.

[curiosityvoyage]

[Dustin looks at the two of them. Lets out a breath.]

You know what I think? [Hoo, boy.] I think you're both assholes.

[He points at Steve.] You're the asshole in charge here, you're supposed to pay for the shit that breaks! How much do you think internships pay, huh?

[He points at Mike.] And stop trying to use the microwave if it keeps breaking! You already know it's broken, you don't have to keep using it every day.

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[deadlight]

[ steve she recognizes, but it's the kid giving the middle finger that has bev on her very first video call, poised way too close to the screen. she knows that face. even if the losers had only spent a summer together, she'd know them anywhere. ]

Richie? Richie.

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[aka_pistachio]

OK but how the fuck do you blow up a microwave once. Let alone more than once? Are you just putting an entire roll of tinfoil in there or some shit?

IT'S THE COOLEST

[micycle]

[Goddammit, not another one.]

Let me guess, you know Eddie.

[micycle]

... You're not supposed to put tinfoil in there?