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Scars And The Story They Tell

TW: Mentions of kidnapping and torture. Fighting rings and hybrid smugglers.

It was a well known fact amongst the smp that Techno was a powerful warrior, and an even more well known fact that Techno bares many scars. Whether they knew the stories or not, everyone assumed they were all from some sort of battle. Dream knew better than to assume.

It started with Techno himself. Dream had asked about four particularly nasty scars that wrapped fully around both of his wrists and ankles. He'd seen them when they were cuddling through a blizzard. But as soon as he asked about them, Techno seemed to stiffen up and only give him a half hearted shrug as an answer. That rose red flags for Dream, there wasn't much Techno would actively try to keep from him, he was a surprisingly honest person if he trusted you.

So Dream went to Techno's adoptive father, Philza. "Oh, hey mate, everything alright?" Philza asked kindly, looking up from whatever he was working on in the crafting bench. Dream shrugged bashfully, he didn't want to seem pushy or overbearing, but he was worried. "I actually have a question about...Techno...'s scars?" he looked at the ground, suddenly ashamed of himself. "That's alright, ask away," bless Phil and his kind heart. "We were just hanging out in bed during that blizzard last week, when I noticed he had these almost identical scars around his wrists and ankles, I asked him about it, but he kinda brushed me off..." Phil let out a sad sigh, a small bob of his head signifying he knew what Dream was talking about. "Yeah, they were from when he was younger, before I found him." Phil lead Dream to the couch, handing Dream a tea that he had on the stove, grabbing one for himself as well. "This'll be... kinda hard to understand at first... since you aren't a hybrid..."

"Techno is from the nether... a piglin hybrid to be more specific, he grew up in a herd until he was around five or six... When a few players looted his herds bastion... One was a... collector of sorts, I guess." Dream already knew he didn't like where this was going. "Techno, being a nether hybrid and all, caught the players attention, they brought him back to the overworld to keep caged up as some sort of..." Dream watched Philza's fists curl up, his face remained neutral, but Dream could see the rage in his eyes. "zoo animal... He was kept in netherite chains, they were too tight on him, and he'd always pull on them. After a few months, the collector wanted to use him for fights..."

Techno's blood red eyes widened, The human pushed him through a thick overworld mineral door, most likely iron, going by colour. His hooved feet hit gravely dirt, it felt weird to stand on and the other humans surrounding the circular arena wasn't helping his anxieties. Techno narrowed his eyes at the door on the opposite side of the arena, a bright purple light shining from inside. Techno flinched back at the sight of the hybrid walking through the door. Tall, like really tall, black skin, pure purple eyes with no pupils. An enderman hybrid. It stared at him through hazy eyes, all Techno's five year old mind could think was run, so when an ear piercing clang signalled the start of whatever freakshow this place was. Techno ran, he could hear the sound of the Enderman teleporting after him. The dust begun to stir, and mixing with the bright white lights illuminating his surroundings didn't help. He could hear the angered hybrid behind him, they were fast, and gaining on him quickly. Jumping to the side, Techno was shoved violently into the cement wall, narrowly missing the clawed hands from the enderman. Wincing Techno scrambled to get back up, His long nails acting as claws as he pounced at the enderman hybrid, fight or flight instincts kicking in as he dug a clawed finger into it's right eye socket, his other nails dragging down the hybrids face, leaving a trail of blood and torn skin in its wake. The enderman wailed in pain, hands going to clutch at its face as it scrambled to get away from Techno. It seemed to remember it could teleport, as it left in a cloud of purple particles. Techno felt dizzy, his vision was blurred as he looked down at the blood on his hands. Everything was a blur as the enderman was contained and dragged back through the door it came from, screeching in pain. Techno watched as a human approached him, a metal stick in hand, pointed at him as a threat. Techno growled, jumping forward, avoiding the spear and grabbing the mans wrist squeezing until he let the spear go. The man yelped in fear, yelling something in their language as more humans surrounded him. They stabbed at him with the spears, electricity jabbing at his skin with each stab. He yelped in pain as wires looped around his wrists and ankles, tightening until it tore his skin. They dragged him back through the door he came from, being shoved back into the cage. He expected them to take the admittedly painful wires off, but they rushed to drop everything and lock him inside. With the wires still on and everything.

Dream let out a breath through grit teeth. "Oh.." he muttered, failing to notice how much pressure he was holding the cup with until it cracked in his hands. He yelped, rushing to apologise and help Philza clean the spilt tea. "No worries mate, it's kinda hard to wrap your head around at first, he probably wants to tell you, but feels as thought you'd look at him differently." Phil explained, wiping the last of the tea from the table. Dream scratched the back of his neck awkwardly, "yeah, thanks for telling me, I promise to take care of him," Philza smiled sadly, "don't treat him any differently, he's still the strong caring boyfriend you've always had, yeah?" Dream nodded, waving goodbye to Philza as he made his way back to Techno. He'd protect Techno for as long as Techno would allow him to.