Insane - DreamSMP AU

Preparing for Court

"Technoblade... What the FUCK HAPPENED?"

Technoblade stopped his conversation with Sam and looked back. "Welcome to the waking world Theseus. You managed to make it 20 minutes without talking, I'm impressed."

"Huh?" Tommy looked around to realize that they were already out of the prison and walking towards the temporary courthouse they had set up, it was much nicer than the first one, and it fully exuded the feeling of order and law.

"Wha- Just tell me what happened." Tommy commanded in his 'big' voice.

"Alright, but let's wait until we get him settled." He wiggles his shoulder that Dream was being carried on. "Wouldn't want a repeat of that fiasco."

"Fine..." Over the past few days he had grown to respect Techno, and his abilities, he had to admit that he hadn't been the best person in the past, but Techno always stayed true to himself, and he could respect that.

Sam had stayed quiet the entire time, not wanting to interrupt too much. He was here only to do his job, even his talk with Techno before had been about the treatment of the prisoner.

When they got to the courthouse they veered off to the side where there was a small prison, not nearly secure enough as Pandora's vault, but enough to hold Dream for a few days, emaciated as he is. When they had gotten him into the temporary cell, Technoblade pulled out a contraption.

"Special bindings." He said, "To keep him alive." After he put them on, Dream had new bracelets, with chains on them connecting to his fingers and a loop through the stone wall.

"What's that gonna do?" Tommy questioned, as the bindings didn't look like something that could keep The Dream in.

"Prevent him from killing himself while we are looking the other way. They are modified Totems of Undying, courtesy of Phil. Speaking of." Technoblade looked to the sky, where Phil was flying down on pitch black wings. "Hey mates!" Phil greeted the entourage, who had just left the inside of Dream's new cell.

"Hey Phil." Technoblade greeted warmly, happy to see his best friend out and about.

"Hey Phil." Tommy greeted with brevity as he quickly turned back to Technoblade. "So I repeat, what the FUCK Happened in there?"

Phil landed. "What happened where?"

"Just a little bit of trouble getting Dream out of prison."

"If an attempted suicide is a little bit!" Tommy interrupted. "Which, by the way, you STILL HAVEN'T EXPLAINED. Since you're the only one who knows what is happening, spill the beans."

"I was gettin' to that part Tommy-"

"Hold on, attempted suicide?" It was Phil who interrupted this time, a concerned look on his face.

"Yeah, apparently the Green Teletubby decided he should die, so that thing you made came in handy." Technoblade responded with a sigh, though it was impossible to tell what emotion made him sigh.

"That's not good." Phil said, "Why would he decide something like that."

"Well that's what I'm trying to get to if you haven't noticed." Technoblade sighed in mock annoyance.

"Sorry mate, please continue." Phil apologized.

"Well, when I first went into the cell, I was aware of two things for certain. One, he had a plan, and two, he has not been in exactly the right state of mind for a while. Don't get me wrong, he's a genius, and I can fully admit that, but his actions don't make any sense when you consider that. So I had a strong feeling that he was planning something important, to him at least."

"Thank you for the consideration, Techno." Dream startled the group. They hadn't known when he woke up or when he got over to the bars of the cell. "The cuffs are a nice touch though, I didn't think you were a spendthrift." Dream's voice shifted into a provocative one as he smirked.

"Can it you idiot. I know you're acting." Technoblade shifted to face towards Dream and smirked back. Dream's smirk fell.

"Well since you wanted to know the rest Tommy, I was mostly trying to avoid this trial at any cost. Can't have you messing up my image. But that plan is shot now. So I will see you in court."

"Don't try Dream, I know your tricks." Technoblade responded. A little irritated that Dream tried to pull this in front of him.

"It wasn't meant for you." Dream responded, seemingly dissatisfied.

"What trick?" Tommy asked, Phil had a questioning look on his face as well.

"He was trying to influence you into thinking that he has given up on defending his 'image' as the villain, now that he has to go to trial. In reality, he will probably try to make it worse." Technoblade explained like a teacher talking to high schoolers.

"You got me." Dream admitted and smiled in a creepy imitation of his mask. "You should probably go and prepare for the trial now, can't have you defending me too terribly."

"Yes, we should go. I have to prepare my monologues." Technoblade was rather serious as he said 'monologues'. 

"Really, monologues?" Tommy asked in a condescending tone of voice.

"Hey, they are the heart of all good dialogue. Sam, keep an eye on Dream, will you?"

"Sure." Sam replied in the same, serious tone of voice he always had as of late.

"See you tomorrow Dream." Tommy said jokingly taunting the man, who simply nodded at his words.

They started walking away to the community house, where they were going to stay until the trial date. Technoblade started walking off to his own room while Tommy started pulling Dream's books out of his inventory.

"Techno, you want tea?" Phil asked. Technoblade shook his head.

"I have to prepare, it's going to be hard to win against Dream in a debate, even if I am on the right side. He's good at people." Technoblade turned around and his demeanor became stony as he regarded Tommy. "Come with me Tommy, you are going up against him too."

"What! Nooooo~ I don't want tooo~." Tommy whined and held the books to his chest. "It will be good experience." Technoblade dragged Tommy upstairs, and it was said that all throughout the time until the trial, you could hear the screaming of a child everywhere in the SMP.