Fly Free - [Technoblade x reader]

Chapter 29 - Safe Space

"Ok, let's try this one more time."

Techno sighed, sitting crossed legged on the floor in front of the Elytrian. Her hand on her chin, and her talons tapping against the pebbly floor as she thought to herself. They had been here for hours already, and while Techno could never tire of her company, he couldn't deny it was becoming frustrating that their mission to try and find a solution to stopping the voices was failing.

Just like the last few days, he had met with her early in the morning, travelling from his house in the empire to meet her in their favourite clearing in the forest. The same one they had met in, of course. They had followed the routine they said they would, sparring a little, talking about some plans for the attack (which was in two days time by now) and then going over strategies to make sure the voices didn't interrupt rebellions plans on Schlatt's empire.

Over the last few days he had dreaded experimenting with the voices, he had thought with [y/n] nearby they would be easy to ignore. Maybe it was his nerves, or the upcoming attack, but they had been much louder than they had been in a long time. They weren't screaming at him, oh no, nothing like that. But they were much chattier, it made it difficult for him to focus on what was in front of him. Instead he had actively tried to tell them to be quiet, of course they didn't listen.

Together they had gone through multiple techniques and methods to try and calm the voices down, or get them to be quiet. They had tried to converse with them, had seen if meditating had any effect, they even went as far as to indulge in their want for a fight. Even with [y/n] near they yelled at him inside his own mind, it was driving him crazy, even more so when he thought [y/n] had been the cure, apparently not.

The book [y/n] had found in the library sat on the floor next to them, a rock keeping it open on the pages about the Piglin Brutes. They swore they had gone through the book word for word, trying to understand what made the hivemind of the brutes calm down, whether the relationship needed was one for platonic love or romance. What acts needed to be done to showcase this bond.

But they had ended up empty handed, Techno couldn't deny the frustration he felt. They were supposed to find answers. How could they be empty handed only two days before the attack, they had resources available to them, yet they still were clueless on calming the voices of the hivemind. He swore if it wasn't for the Elytrian he would've gone insane by now.

"Try what? What is there we haven't tried?" Techno offered back to her, his brows furrowed in worry. "The festival is tomorrow, then the day after that we're attacking Schlatt. If my voices go haywire and I have no way to stop them I could hurt people..."

The Elytrian removed her hand from her face and looked down at the Piglin hybrid who sat in front of her. He could sense the pity she had for him, she knew as much as him that there was likely not going to be a solution to his voices.

"Maybe I could try talking to them again." She suggested, trying to find the positives. "It's worked before, right?"

Perhaps she could, but he doubted it would work. The voices felt so loud in his mind right now it took all his effort to listen to [y/n], they seemed to only be focused on their want for blood at the moment. The second [y/n] would start talking, they shifted their focus on wanting to deliver it for her. They had no care for the specifics of what she was saying, they only cared that she was there.

"No, no. It's not going to work..." The Piglin huffed out, clearly exhausted from the many, many tests they'd done in attempts to calm the voices. He didn't mean for his words to come out as harsh as they did, but he couldn't help it. The numerous voices rang out inside of him so loud, his head was pounding, it was difficult enough keeping his concentration on what the Elytrian was saying.