masks ∥ A Dream SMP Ghost Dream AU

The ghost stared at them. Then at Dream, then at them. "No, nonono," it said, raising its hands. "Wait, no. This is a misunderstanding. I-- he isn't alive-me! I'm dead."

"Well, somehow, you're not," Punz deadpanned. "Which is what we'd like an explanation for."

or

Tommy and Tubbo have been rescued. Dream is about to pay for his crimes. Then a ghost appears and throws everything they thought they knew into question.