a recap of what happened during technoblade’s 11/28/21 “Jailbreak” stream!
The stream starts off with Technoblade outside of the prison, with the blueprints in his inventory. He sees Ranboo being taken into the prison by Sam, but the portal is broken is broken behind them.
1 Day Later:
Techno, Phil and Niki are in the syndicate room. He announces he will be breaking Dream out of prison, since he owes him from saving him at the execution. And since he say Ranboo being thrown in, him and the other syndicates will free him as well.
They ride to the prison and store their horses in a tunnel Phil made. Techno tunnels underneath the prison, explaining the elder guardians travel through a railway system and he won’t be affected by it until he is on the inside.
He gets to Dream and gives him armour and weapons, and they attempt to find Ranboo while the alarms go off. Sam and BBH catch them, but they kill them a few times. Dream tries to convince him to just leave Ranboo, but he is insistent on finding him.
They end up finding Connor, who is in prison apparently, and brings him with them as well as Ranboo. They escape through the tunnel.
Outside of the prison, the *entire* server is waiting for them-- all they want is Dream.
Sam confronts Ranboo, and tells him to stand with him and take off his armour, quietly revealing that he has Michael (his kid) hostage. He obliges. If Techno and Dream don’t stay, he will kill Ranboo. Dream does not care about him, and Sam kills Ranboo. Ranboo loses all of his canon lives.
Niki sets off withers (which Sapnap sees), and Phil, Techno and Dream escape on horses while the others briefly hunt them.
At their base, Techno does not care what Dream does, and even takes his armour back from him. The favour was to break him out, and after that he is on his own. His next plan is to go after Sam for killing Ranboo. Dream leaves, and Techno and Phil consider bringing him back because of his powers to bring people back from the dead.
Connor joins their group in the snow biome, and they will take him under his wing and train him.
Before Ranboo died, he gave Techno a photo of Michael, which he brings to Tubbo. Tubbo brings him to Michael’s room-- but Michael is gone.
[ /dsmp /rp - All of the people mentioned in this post are the characters, not the content creators behind them. TWs for mentions of fictional murder, abuse, torture, self-harm, and other canon-typical themes. ]
Watch the cut-down version of this recap here! The video doesn’t have all the details, but is well-edited and easier to watch.
Starting where we left off, after the Disc War finale, Dream reveals the last trick up his sleeve, the revival book. Seeing him as an active danger to the server, the people need a way to get rid of him in order to keep themselves and each other safe, but instead of killing him, they store him away for later use, also making the prison a Vault in a literal sense.
This is where the story of the prison seemingly begins, but - let’s rewind for a moment, because any and all information here is vital. What do we know about the prison? It was commissioned for 64 diamond blocks by Dream to be built by Awesamdude a day after Tommy was exiled. The prison was supposed to be inescapable, and hold a highly capable individual, yet allow visitors.
Getting back to the lore, a day after Dream arrives in the prison, Tommy goes to visit him. During this visit, Dream states that there is nothing to do in the cell besides watching the clock on the wall, and that he is planning on writing something in the books that were given to him. Tommy shows him how to spin the clock really fast, which Dream calls a new game. He says that he is doing well so far, that he gets fed raw potatoes and can write or “swim”. He goes on to jump into the lava that blocks off his cell, killing himself. Tommy teases him, Dream asking him to visit more as he is alone in the cell with no real interaction. He then argues that if he stays for a long while and gets better, he can be freed, however Tommy doesn’t agree. Dream then apologizes, presumably to convince Tommy he can be let go, and talks about feeling bad about things he lost during the Finale. Tommy gives him five books to write, saying it’s so that he can forgive him. After this exchange, Tommy asks who Dream misses the most, and Dream yells for Sam to make him leave.
Around this time, as he reveals later, Dream starts telling Sam about what he did to Tommy in exile, which leads to the Warden becoming increasingly fearful and especially hateful towards the prisoner.
Nine days later, BadBoyHalo decides to pay Dream a visit as well. Dream is slow to respond at first, commenting that BBH is the first visitor in a while. He says he’s doing good, and spins the clock, because apparently he burnt some of his books, and doesn’t write much anymore. Bad tries to be optimistic about his conditions, and Dream agrees in a very… unconvincing, tone of voice. (29:40 - 29:49)
He says that he gets potatoes, but they’re raw, so they’re not good food. Apparently, Sam has told him he couldn’t have any visitors for a few days, because he would try to get out. He concurs to Bad that he did bad things that got him locked up, and asks how Sapnap and George are doing - noting that they haven’t visited him yet. Bad tells him that Tommy has started a hotel, and about the Egg. Dream seems lethargic and preoccupied the entire time, spinning his clock - he says he’s named it, but doesn’t want to elaborate further. He gives Bad a note that says “thank you for visiting me badboyhalo!” and explains that his sentence is forever, which is later also confirmed by Sam, and goes on to talk more about the clock and how he “likes it halfway” it’s because c!Ranboo metaphorically is the clock-
He once again reiterates that there is not a lot for him to do, and that nearly no one has visited him. He reveals to BadBoyHalo that he sometimes does a “prank” where he’ll burn his clock, so that Sam has to come to replace it and he can see and say hi to him. After being asked whether or not he gets in trouble for it, he replies that Sam will sometimes deprive him of food as punishment, essentially starving him for his attempts at interaction, though Dream diminishes it and laughs about Sam reprimanding him. The Warden is planning to make an automated food dispenser so as to not have to come into the cell himself, which means even less interaction in essence. Despite all of this, he says that Sam is “treating him amazing” and that he’s happy. During the visit, he sniffles and coughs as he talks, voice low and void of energy.
BadBoyHalo wants to become a prison guard so that he can make the cell look nicer, perhaps giving Dream a potted plant and flower or two, as well as promising he’ll talk to George and Sapnap who Dream says he wants to visit him the most. He encourages him to look forward to better things, think positively, and - (42:03 - 42:20) As BBH freaks out, he explains that hurting himself this way is how he keeps himself entertained, setting himself on fire again. He says he wants to summon Bad into the cell by breaking a block when he becomes a guard, but goes back on this as it would potentially make Sam mad. Bad promises to visit with his friends, and leaves the cell.
He tells Sam that he needs to replace the clock, who refuses to, seeming frustrated with Dream’s antics. Bad tries to convince him to give it back, Sam saying it doesn’t matter whether Dream has it or not, although it’s basically one of Dream’s only sources of entertainment, and Bad tells him to give him one more clock as a compromise. Sam asks whether he… said anything, suspiciously enough? And Bad says they only talked a bit and that he jumped in the lava. Sam confirms he does that a lot and he thinks it’s for attention.
BadBoyHalo feels conflicted, to say the very least. (53:34-54:02 54:16-54:33 56:34-56:53 1:02:24-1:03:05)
That very same day, Ranboo has a strange hallucination-like nightmare about visiting Dream. However when he tries to visit again, Sam tells him that he visited not too long after Dream was first locked up, also bringing a memory book with him. Later, during the prison podcast with Techno, Dream himself mentions Ranboo and says that he “used to visit a lot” before stopping completely - this lines up with what Ranboo does afterwards, having Sam promise to never let him in again.
On February 7th, Dream dies in lava repeatedly on someone’s stream. This happens a couple of times throughout people’s time on the server, and seems to line up with Sam’s claim that he swims in lava pretty often.
Twenty-one days into Dream’s stay in the cell, Sapnap finally decides to visit. Dream stands mostly still and silent, holding the clock in his hand, and explains through books that he’s not talking because he’s on strike. He places the clock and spins it - Sam seems to have renamed it to “DO NOT BURN”. He tells Sapnap that he took too long, who responds that it took him a while because he felt hurt, but also says that Dream can talk to him if he wants to. Dream’s cell has had some of the obsidian changed out for crying obsidian as a security measure - Dream could’ve, and tried to, light a nether portal in the cell to escape. Sapnap tells him he needs to stay in the prison, because that is where he deserves to be - Dream burns his clock in response, insisting that he will get better and get out eventually. Sapnap threatens to kill him if he does - Dream simply tells him to deliver a message to Ranboo because he stopped visiting, a smiley face, which seems to trigger his enderwalk when received, and promises to stop throwing his clock away in return. Sapnap says he’ll visit more, and that he’ll tell George to visit him as well.
The next visit is nine days later, and is an attempt at getting closure. Tommy notes there’s a little hole on the prison roof when he goes to check up on it beforehand. (1:39-1:44). When Sam asks, Tommy says he thinks Dream is deserving of being locked up, but he highlights he doesn’t think he deserves death. He implies he could or might deserve torture though. (12:13-12:16). He says he’ll only ever visit Dream if he needs anyone revived from now on, calling it the only reason Dream’s still alive. Upon entering the cell, he notices some of the obsidian is now crying obsidian.
The first thing Dream tells Tommy is that he lost his clock since the last time he visited him. Tommy seems nervous, stumbling over his words. Dream eagerly tells Tommy he’s glad he came to visit him, that it’s been a while, and that he wishes he would visit him more. He says he likes having people visit him, that he likes just talking to them (23:46-23:49).
Tommy tells Dream this is his last visit. Dream argues that forever is a long time, asking why it is the last time. Tommy tells him he’s the pinnacle of villainy and that he wants to move on. He says he’s been suffering from success while Dream wasn’t there. Dream replies that he has been too, except without the success part, just suffering - Tommy says he had it coming. Dream nonchalantly replies with “yeah”. He goes on to say that maybe one day he could leave, saying he’s already been changing since he came. They talk about the crying obsidian, Tommy comparing the situation to exile, which devolves into an argument. He finds out that Dream burnt the books he was supposed to write, and that BadBoyHalo visited at some point. Dream asks him to visit again, but Tommy refuses, saying he’s terrible. Dream says that everyone thinks they’re in the right, and that he did bad things for good reasons (31:51-32:13) - Tommy refuses to listen to said reasons, listing Dream’s crimes again, and says he refuses to stress himself out by going to visit Dream any longer. Dream says he’s trying to change, promising to be better if he comes back, and Tommy says goodbye.
In that moment, explosions are heard going off in the distance. The two talk about it for a moment, before Tommy starts yelling for Sam. His name disappears and the Warden doesn’t answer as more TNT goes off, Tommy freaking out and Dream seeming to find it interesting.
Tommy starts begging Dream for a way out, and Dream tells him calmly that Sam is dealing with the security issue. Tommy doesn’t get it, so Dream explains that it means he could be stuck in there for a little bit, maybe even days. Tommy is getting desperate, Dream tells him he knows he signed a book, because he’s the one who wrote it, that said that if there’s a security issue, he can be in there for up to a week.
Tommy rambles about all the things he has to do that week and calls out for Phil. Dream suggests they break out together, but Tommy refuses this offer.
Dream gives Tommy some potatoes, who hits him and yells at him to explain, to which Dream yells back he has no idea what is going on as he’s locked in a room.
Tommy accuses Dream that he’s lying, saying it’s too perfectly timed to be a coincidence, calling him the monster of the server, saying he hasn’t changed, and Dream trying to convince him he did or he’s trying to. The two argue, Dream bringing up exile in the process, until Dream suggests to just deal with each other’s presence, not hit each other, and explains he’s happy to finally have company, Tommy panicking and saying he wants to hurt Dream. He takes the “thank you” books from the chests, as well as empty books and quills, and burns them despite Dream’s protests, telling him if Sam hears him panicking over the items, he’ll come back - Dream begs Tommy to just wait, panicked, and gives him potatoes.
After quite a bit of arguing and Tommy nearly punching Dream into the lava multiple times, Sam says the prison is on lockdown. Tommy is incredulous. Dream says it’s not that bad, that they have tons of time to bond, and after Tommy repeatedly calls him dumb and evil, Dream loses his cool, yelling that Tommy’s the one that’s being dumb. Tommy calms down as the realization sets in, and the stream ends.
The next time we see Dream and Tommy, the scene opens with Tommy running around the cell, making loud noises, and Dream sitting in the cauldron, writing. He’s frustrated and asks Tommy to be quiet - who looks at the cat that seems to have appeared in the cell, calling it annoying. Dream disagrees, saying it’s the best thing that’s happened to them - Tommy tries to repeatedly lead it away from its place on the chest, however the cat always comes back. He keeps asking Dream questions, punching the cat to which Dream stands in front of it, asking him to stop. Sam appears to give them potatoes. He asks Sam to let him out, who refuses as the security issue hasn’t been fixed yet. Tommy complains about not having enough food, to which Dream gives him some as well as Sam dispensing more into the cell. Tommy punches Dream away from the potatoes, also getting the clock. He tells Sam that this feels like exile, but worse, saying he’s claustrophobic - he refuses once again, and leaves the two alone. Dream says it’s not that bad - that he’s gotten used to the cell, that he’s happy to have company and a cat with him. He burns the clock, and after Tommy asks to be let out again, suggests they escape together - Tommy says no, punching the cat as Dream tries to stand in front of it to take the blow. He asks Dream if he loves it, killing it when he says that he does and wants it to stay after Tommy leaves. In response to this, Dream says that the cat was hope he could stay in the prison and be content, however now he’s even more motivated to escape and get his revenge on everybody who’s wronged him. He says he’s grown tired of Tommy’s whining about being in the same box he’s been locked in for a hundred times longer - Tommy tells him he will never get out, and Dream promises to never use the revive book on him or his friends. He says he’ll be freed someday, because the only way he’ll ever revive anyone, is if he’s let out - Tommy reveals he doesn’t think the revive book, the only reason people are keeping Dream alive, is real. They argue, Dream asking if the fact he can’t be killed because of the leverage he holds makes him some kind of god - Tommy disputes that he has said leverage, Dream killing him as a result to prove the point that his life still holds value because he can bring people back to life.
In the aftermath of this event, Sam reacts by saying he didn’t anticipate Dream actually killing Tommy - hence he never reached the cell in time. When Bad mocks him for this, he replies saying that he thought he had “broken the will out of him” to act up that way. He also reveals that Dream laughed when he started screaming at him - he says he can’t think of worse ways to punish him than he already does, not knowing what time it is, without the clock and with only raw potatoes as food.
After this happens, Sam leaves for an island that we see in Quackity’s lore later on. Quackity comes to visit him, only to rile him up and give him the idea to kill Dream in retaliation - however, when they arrive in the prison, Sam realizes that Tommy trusted him to keep Dream locked up and alive, and decides against it because of his duty and the revive book.
Two days after Tommy died, he was revived once again, with Dream asking him questions about death and the limbo, such as how long he’s been there, who he’s talked to, and what it felt like. He says he was scared it wouldn’t work, because he had never tried it before; Tommy details that being dead felt horrible, he’s talked to Wilbur and Mexican Dream although Schlatt, strangely enough, appeared to be asleep. He expresses signs of trauma when Dream punches him after being asked to do so, and has somewhat of a breakdown in the cell. Dream proclaims he is a god as he can revive people, and Tommy says Wilbur said horrible things to him while he was in limbo with him, and tried to get Dream to promise him that he would never bring him back, declaring Wilbur worse and more dangerous than Dream ever was - Dream refuses, saying he is the only one with the power to decide on that, and he thinks Wilbur hasn’t done anything that bad. He also suggests experimenting on Tommy to find out more about the afterlife, and perhaps even become unkillable. Tommy realizes Dream is the revive book, in essence, and there is no other way to get rid of it than to kill him, to make sure Wilbur stays dead forever. Dream invites him to kill him, however Tommy realizes he can’t, because then he’ll be stuck in the cell alone forever - Dream even walks into lava for him, all the while detailing the possible consequences of such an act.
Dream says that when Tommy gets out, he can tell everyone the revive book is real - that he wasn’t lying. He also says since he can kill everyone and bring them back, they’re his puppets - when Tommy asks him why he killed him, Dream says he wouldn’t listen to him, and hence he had to prove the legitimacy of the revive book to him. He says he’ll let Tommy go, and not kill him again, just so that Sam doesn’t cut off his visitors further or starve him again - but also promises to bring back Wilbur, with whose help he will escape.
After eight more days, Dream and Tommy are still stuck together within the room, Dream remarking that he’s starving, confirming Sam hasn’t come back to give either of them food during the time since Tommy’s revival. He lets Tommy keep his when he says he has only one, and the two bicker after Dream hits him. They’re bored, waiting for the Warden, and have no idea how much time has passed - Tommy burns his food in lava as they argue again, before Sam finally arrives, and Tommy is released. Tommy warns him to not allow Dream any visitors, saying he plans to escape, and that Techno owes him a favor. He also calls Sam inadequate to run the prison.
After this experience, both Ranboo and Tommy start plotting to kill Dream, so that he can’t “bring back the villains” of the past, present, and future, allowing them to rid the world of such dangerous individuals for good.
However, another person also ends up becoming interested in the powers of the revive book - and that person, is none other, than Quackity.
He doesn’t intend to destroy its powers for good, though. He persuades Sam into letting him bring weapons into the cell as a means of getting the revive book, taking away the last bit of power Dream has, and allowing them to take his final life. Sam agrees in the end, giving him better tools before he steps into the cell, including netherite weapons and shears. During the first visit, Dream comments he hasn’t had a clock in a while, Quackity saying the cell doesn’t look very comfortable. He goes on to talk about Dream’s loss of control since he got locked up, to which Dream asks if he came to gloat. Quackity brings up Tommy’s death, and Dream is interested in other people’s reactions. The topic goes back to the revive book, Dream asking again whether people knew it was real now, saying it’s good that they do. Quackity begins to ask that he gives it to him, but Dream refuses, saying he burnt it a long time ago and it is preserved only in the form of knowledge. Quackty takes out the weapons, and after the initial shock, Dream begins to frantically yell for Sam, not knowing the two are working together. Quackity promises to come torture him daily until he gets the revive book from him.
Around this time, the prison’s keycards are stolen by Ponk. Sam builds him a room, planning on killing him and then burning him with lava, beating and poisoning him until he gives them back, even though at this point they aren’t even functional. (4:05 - 4:24) Ponk tries to talk him out of it, saying that the prison is controlling him as much as the Egg would, and that he’s changed. (6:26 - 6:38) Sam ends up cutting off one of Ponk’s arms, successfully getting every last one of the defunct keycards back.
Later on, while BadBoyHalo and Antfrost are handing out invites to the Red Banquet on behalf of the Eggpire, Sam greets them holding a clock and gives them empty books & quills he claims to have confiscated from Dream.
In Quackity’s next lore video, we get confirmation that he has in fact been coming in daily to torture Dream, always escorted by Sam, using different tools and staining his shirt’s sleeves red.
Tommy finally decides to come and kill Dream, sneaking in with an invisibility potion while using Ghostbur as an alibi. The lava starts dropping, and Dream seems to run around the cell once, before coming to a stop at the center. Ghostbur yells excitedly when he finally spots Dream on the other side. He looks at Ghostbur, coming closer to the edge to wave at him, but stops waving when he spots Sam. He backs off slightly, breaking eye contact with Sam. Ghostbur and Tommy cross the lava, and Dream has his back turned on Ghostbur.
As soon as Tommy arrives at the cell, and before the netherite bars drop, he reveals the Axe of Peace. Sam yells at them to stop. Dream takes a step towards the entrance, Tommy immediately turns to him, trying to hit him. Dream backs off until he hits the wall, letting out a small “What?”. Tommy crosses the bridge while Ghostbur stays. Tommy and Sam argue, Dream interrupts, but Sam shuts him down, telling Ghostbur to get further away from him.
Dream pleads for Sam to let him out, who tells everyone to shut up, as Tommy is asking Ghostbur if he can reach Dream to kill him. Dream yells that he has a hostage. Sam answers that he’s just a ghost, while Dream stammers that Sam wouldn’t let another person die.
Tommy starts insulting Sam, calling him a horrible warden and telling him to kill Dream, and they start arguing again. (31:00-31:13, 33:50-33:58) Dream shows that he has the revive book in his hands. Ghostbur starts pleading for Tommy to help him. Tommy and Ghostbur count to ten, Sam telling them to shut up. After he shuts down a last request to set Dream free, he kills Ghostbur as the lava starts covering the entrance.
After well over two months of daily visits, a scene opens with Quackity showing Dream which weapon he will use that day, choosing an axe. Dream tries to take it off the item frame, however fails and only gets himself in trouble, with Quackity yelling at him while he cowers. He says it’s getting tiring, but that he needs to come in to remind him every day about everything he’s done or else he’ll forget, to which Dream promises he won’t. Quackity then proceeds to ask him questions about his involvement and relationship with Technoblade, and tells him to write a note, inviting him to visit. He refuses to say why, but promises to give Dream a week-long break if he obeys. Dream doesn’t trust him, continuing to question his motives. He tries to compromise, offering to write a note to Sapnap instead. Quackity goes on to threaten to kill him, saying he doesn’t care about the revival book, and that he likes hurting Dream, because in his eyes, he can never pay back the amount of evil Dream’s done to everyone on the server. He says not even Sam can help him, swinging his axe around and hitting Dream with a sword while he begs him to stop. In the end, Dream agrees to write the note for him.
Outside of the cell’s confines, Foolish proposes to Sam an idea to reform Dream through community service. This idea is shut down immediately.
MichaelMcChill, a new addition to the server, also tries to break him out a couple of times because - because he. Because he thinks he’s hot???
Interestingly enough, Quackity doesn’t have the note to give techno and just tells him to visit Dream verbally - Techno does, getting trapped in the cell in the process. And, well, in the end: (4:24 - 4:40)
c!Foolish and c!Bad - duo analysis and recap in light of recent lore
[ All is /dsmp /rp in character of course, TW for mentions of death, manipulation, trauma, and drinking ]
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When the two first met, Bad, a demon, was the leader of the Eggpire & Foolish, a pacifist demigod, absolutely despised the Egg. The two were on opposite ends of conflict from the very start and did not get along.
Bad wished to "bury the hatchet" by inviting Foolish to the Red Banquet, where he and the Eggpire would formally apologize for their behavior. Foolish accepted, giving them a chance to redeem themselves.
Of course that didn't happen, the Eggpire locked everyone in a death trap. Every guest was going to be sacrificed to the Egg so it could become stronger. Foolish tried to stop them, but the Egg was able to steal/drain his immortality power. He was executed on the spot. The Eggpire's plan was foiled however, and they disbanded.
Foolish died, Bad lived. But both characters were in emotional anguish afterwards. Bad cried in a boat, all he wanted to do was save his bff Skeppy and set things right. But he couldn't control his actions and did terrible things, everything went wrong.
Foolish cried in his temple, having lost his first canon life. Shook at the realization that his immortality was gone in this world and he actually died, as the Egg's words echoed in his mind.
In the weeks following, both equally repressed their feelings about the situation and would barely bring up what happened to anyone. They maintained hostility towards one another.
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Bad decided to build a tower on Foolish's summer home, naming it L'sandburg. Foolish was upset but kind of went with it at first, accepting it as Bad's unique way of coping with the Egg stuff. It was, Bad wanted to stay there like its a vacation home to lay low for a while and recover.
But because Bad kept doing things without his permission, Foolish got annoyed, and eventually the two just started arguing with each other & it became a petty war. Though Bad was pretty much free to do what he wanted because Foolish, still a pacifist, chose to not challenge him further.
During one of these fights the god XD appeared (he was amused and decided they were pretty good entertainment) making them fight over rare items. XD favored Foolish and helped him win.
Bad and Foolish got tired of the trivial fighting, calling a truce. The two went their separate ways for a little while, both with the goal of bettering themselves individually.
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Bad put more of his time into prison guard duties with at Pandora's Vault, in order to put the past and what happened with the Egg behind him and finally move on to better things.
Foolish joined Las Nevadas with Quackity, deciding to find a balance between pacifism and violence, creation and destruction. He wanted to learn how to stand up for himself more.
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A few months of character development later, Foolish exploded the L'sandburg tower to send a message that he wasn't scared anymore. Bad was mad at the destruction of his tower and the two reignited their rivalry. However, this time it was friendlier, not hostile! The duo would hang out often while Foolish was building, roam around the server and talk together for hours into the night, but maintained their habit of playing pranks on each other. You could say they became friends!
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Some time later, events happened which shook the entire server.
Bad was trying to stop Dream from breaking out of the prison, but he and Sam failed. Then he was blamed for not helping enough. Bad has also been harboring a secret… He leaked the blueprints which aided the escape out of pity. This guilt of betraying his duty, his friends & resulting in the most dangerous prisoner to escape added onto the guilt he still feels about the sins he committed with the Eggpire, which he's been repressing this entire time. Bad, feeling scared and confused, started to drink "applejuice" out of sorrow.
Menwhile, Foolish became the right hand of Las Nevadas, There was a lot of pressure on him, with Dream out of prison and could be coming for them at any time. Foolish's fighting skills are rusty, and he's still powerless from when the Egg killed him before. He is stressed and doesn't know what to do. Foolish started visiting the Las Nevadas bar more often.
One a betrayer, the other having been betrayed. Both reflecting on their painful pasts, regrets, & the danger ahead of them, using drinks to ease their distress.
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XD visited again, beginning Foolish's mission of making the god a statue & creating a fan club in return for his immortality restored.
Of course, Foolish invited his good friend Bad to join said club. They both got a chance to talk about their common worries and emotions together.
The past was brought up. Foolish said even though Bad was controlled by the Egg at the time, his death was still an indirect result of Bad's actions. After all this time, it hurts that Bad hasn't spoken with him more about what happened back then. Bad said he can't bring himself to think about it yet, and Foolish reassured that he'd give him more time. The two continued to hang out regularly, and have drinks.
Then it was made clear in subsequent XD visits that the god really likes Foolish and really hates Bad. Despite finding it funny, Foolish did his best to help out his demon friend who began losing sleep due to nightmares.
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A little while after that, Foolish, now successfully close with XD, received his immortality god power which was his entire goal. He also was given the secret knowledge of a secret book, a counterpart of the Revival Book.
Bad was eavesdropping on him the entire time. The two had a confrontation, Foolish turning on Bad and coldly threatening the demon to not speak of what he heard, or get involved in his business. Bad feigned ignorance.
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Bad then started expressing his dislike of Foolish's attitude by reigniting their conflict once more and messing with the XD statue. A really bold move, might I add— Foolish and Bad began a petty prank war.
Foolish destroyed Bad's entire house and moved it block by block, far away to Ohio.
It was out of both revenge and concern, as he thought Bad living near the prison was dangerous now that the prisoner escaped. This worry proved correct, as Bad was nearly driven out of the area shortly after (he took over the prison as his base and didn’t want people nearby) but Bad insisted on staying.
During that, Bad finally realized the reason why he spends lot of time at Foolish's summer home and keeps building stuff there all the time. It's because the place is so far away from the main area, it's protected, and there is someone that is good company. He said it's the one place on the server he feels safe at. <3
So Bad, in retaliation for the relocation of his house, constructed a jungle and then a gigantic cactus tower in Foolish's lawn & gave some new additions to the statue which the god didn’t like.
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Later, Bad told Foolish how grateful he was for the moving of his home, because it allowed him to rebuild even better & spend quality time that he needed. Then Foolish said he actually really loved Bad's additions to the statue, but that he couldn't outwardly admit it. Bad was delighted.
The prank war raged on. Their arguing is like a cycle that never ends, maybe all they want to do is put this silly fighting behind them for good but keeps going because they're just too freaking petty and love messing with each other. Maybe they are content with that.
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Foolish found a newly grown red vine and the painful memories hit him like a truck. One year later, he's stronger, has his immortality back again and everything, but what happened still hurts him to this day. and if the Egg is back... Has he been lying to himself this whole time? Foolish panicked while burning it, and searched for more around his summer home.
Foolish then became scared for Bad. He was scared this demon who is now his friend and rival would be possessed again, and made sure to check up on him and ask if he was okay.
“Are you yourself?”
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Nothing seemingly happened with the red vines and Foolish moved on.
One day, both of them knew that their time here was nearing its end. Together, they destroyed the cactus tower and shared a moment.
A RECAP OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF KARL’S TFTSMP STREAM TODAY (3/20/21)
TW: DEREALIZATION, GASLIGHTING, & THREATS
After Jackie kills Karl under orders from King Porkeus the Seventh, he “wakes up” in the In Between. It’s welcoming and cheery as usual. However, that’s soon about to change.
Karl finds a book and that’s the start of more books with confusing, malicious messages in them that lead him on a frantic journey through the Between. There seems to be two different people trying to communicate with him.
The first on has sinister energy, attempting to get him to stay In Between. It tells him to “stick to the path” and that it will do whatever it takes to get him away from the portal. It also claims that the In Between is a “safe haven” for people like Karl and it will help his abilities flourish.
The second one is insistent that he leaves quickly. It tells him to follow the torches since they will lead him to the portal and stresses that he MUST protect his stories. We also learn what exactly happened to the other versions of Karl we see wandering around the place.
They’ve been stuck in the In Between for so long, they’ve lost themselves completely. They are doomed to wander the place forever.
He eventually gets to the portal and is transported to a new place simply called The Other Side. It’s a complete change in atmosphere compared to the In Between. While the former is a danger zone hidden beneath a bright, warm, demeanor, the Other Side is filled with duller colors with a much more somber vibe. However, it feels way more safe.
Here is a link to a Google Slides with all the screenshots of the messages since the tumblr image limits is annoying. If you are unable to view the link due to technical difficulties, a little bit below is a transcript of what’s written.
Bringing back the TW here!! There will be moments of derealization, gaslighting, and threats that I’ll put in red so if you’re someone who’s uncomfortable with those things, you can skip them!
The numbers for the Slides with those moments are as follows: 7, 9, 13-15, and 23-26
The sinister voice will be in green and the helpful voice will be in blue. The script for the Other Side will be in pink.
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message one: Go up the ladder, it had a surprise waiting for you. :]
message two: STICK TO THE PATH :]
message three: Noticed you strayed from the path a bit there! Your mind seems to be playing tricks on you :]
Lets not let that happen again!
Go to the room where this all began
message four, page 1/4: This is where you first joined us in the inbetween :]
What a joyous time it has been!
I feel you have learned so much about yourself and the abilities you possess.
message four, page 2/4: There is still so much to discover here in the inbetween, but I can see you are starting to doubt yourself!
How silly! :]
message four, page 3/4: I can tell you aren’t yourself as much lately... Must be having some crazy terrible and skewed imagination! I assure you, this is not a place to provoke harm, but a place to feel at ease.
message four, page 4/4: Don’t trust the illusions, they are only your mind deteriorating.
Don’t trust anything except for the path.
Just stick to the path and read the books :]
message five: PLEASE JUST GET TO THE PORTAL.
THE INBETWEEN ISNT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS.
message six: Stop straying from the path, Karl.
I know you more than you do.
I know what is right for you.
These visions should not dictate your opinion on the inbetween. It is safe here.
message seven, page 1/2: These versions of yourself have lost themselves.
They have stayed in the inbetween for far too long and have lost who they are, doomed to traverse this castle forever.
message seven, page 2/2: These are not just visions, this is reality.
Go to the portal.
message eight, page 1/4: Dont go to the portal.
message eight, page 2/4: I will see to it that you will regret it if you do so.
message eight, page 3/4: This is not even a warning.
message eight, page 4/4: We will come and make sure you don’t stray from the path.
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message nine: Follow the torches
message ten: It cant follow you through the portal
message eleven: You’ll be home soon.
message twelve: Keep going!
message thirteen: Hurry!
message fourteen: For your friends
message fifteen: Protect your stories
message sixteen, page 1/4: You may never remember your friends again if you go into this portal.
message sixteen, page 2/4: Dont be silly. The inbetween is here to keep you warm, comfortable, and most importantly, it is supposed to keep you in tune with the powers you possess.
message sixteen, page 3/4: Do not let these visions get to you.
This will not end well.
You will lose everything.
message sixteen, page 4/4: Dont be silly :]
slide 27 is simply a picture of a new location with the words “The Other Side” written in a cursive font with flowers decorating it
message seventeen, page 1/3: Welcome to The Other Side
message seventeen, page 2/3: You’re home now.
message seventeen, page 3/3: Let’s explore more soon.
and that’s the end of the messages.
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Please remember that you are real, you’re going to be ok, and that this is all fictional at the end of the day. The ending of the stream was very ominous and if you’re upset or scared, you’re completely valid! It’s ok to take a break if you need one. If talking to someone will help, my inbox is always open. I’ll be glad to dm you if you ever need anything. Take care!
what exactly happened on akrls stream??? i joined in the last like 10 mins to wilbur singing and threatening to blow up manburg and was SO confused
SO,, i joined kinda in the middle and im rewatching starting from the beginning rn but they were having a bday party for niki in the haunted house, and lots of ppl were there like awesamdude, skeppy, bbh, wilbur, callahan, punz, fundy for a sec, eventually quackity.
and it was really fun! they had a cake and decided to redecorate the house for Christmas so there were snow golems everywhere and they were having snowball fights and then quackity decided to do his stripper act and wilbur got out his guitar and so did quackity and it was hilarious,
and then nearly everyone left, and wilbur (who’d been doing this like, long ‘im in love w you/no im not’ bit with quackity for a while) makes eye contact with quackity and goes “I want to blow up manberg... and you're gonna watch.”
and he’s like I've been waiting for a stream that lots of ppl were watching, thanks for inviting me this was the perfect opportunity as he runs off to manberg
and then bc it’s karl’s stream and he doesn’t know where the button room is, we kinda lose them a bit (and quackity’s minecraft straight up crashes at the worst possible moment)
but wilbur’s like “well as long as you can hear the explosion” and quackity’s trying to talk him down, and wilbur literally starts singing My L’Manburg and Niki’s freaking out (and so am I bc it’s literally her BIRTHDAY what the heck)
quackity manages to talk him down by promising to set up the meeting with schlatt by Friday and by saying that he’ll fully support the bomb plan if it doesn't work
So since my last post about struggling to keep up with the crazy amount of content for the Dream SMP kinda blew up it seems lot of you guys also have the same problem of keeping up with all the lore and streams, so I here are some really helpful tumblr account that I use to catch up on lore and streams if I miss a day. Because if I don’t know what’s happening at all times it feels like the timer till my death fast forwards... Their really solid and I would highly recommend!!!
-Starwither
-Craftem
-findingjoynweirdstuff
(Also the DSMP wiki is always a go too, although it can be hard to navigate with all the info)
I refuse to watch a stream ever so if you could either make a stream recap or reblog one for me that would be much appreciated
Stream recap!! here we goooooo no math homework for me only stream recaps
First things first, we start out with tubbo, ranboo, ghostbur and tommy [with friend, who is lassoed to a pole] who are grouped together by the unfinished prison outpost that tommy made. They’ve made a plan, not including the tnt canons {sadge} which involves ghostbur going to visit dream, and tommy going invis to walk in behind him.
Tommy has the entire nightmare set from last stream in his inventory, which Tubbo now refuses to wear because he says it’s “cursed.” He also has a few stacks of gapples, multiple invis pots, one fire res, and a totem, all from dream’s attack, and the Axe of Peace.
Tubbo and Ranboo say, quote unquote, “See you later/soon Ghostbur!”
They carry friend, after rehearsing with ghostbur on what he should say to sam, and ghostbur drops just his lead into the prison chest. He jokes about how he can’t die but he’ll let sam kill him anyways when signing the contracts. Tommy makes some sounds like coughing and clicking, and Ghostbur covers for him.
They get to the final room before Dream’s max-security cell. Tommy drank his fire res in the other room, they get through, and they get right up to dream’s barrier. Tommy pulls out his axe too soon. Sam sees.
Tommy frantically left-clicks at dream, desperately trying to hit him, but dream is too far back. Sam yells and threatens for Tommy to get back on the bridge. Tommy does, but Ghostbur doesn’t. Sam yells at him to drink milk to reveal himself. Reluctantly, he drinks it. They fight. Sam threatens to kill him if he comes back. Ghostbur is stuck over with dream.
Dream yells about being a hostage, then threatens to revive Wilbur if he isn’t let out. He logs out, and sam and tommy fight more.
More death threats, Dream logs back on. He has the revive book. Ghostbur has some pretty heartbreaking lines [timestamp, around 0:38:00] and then.
Dream logs out.
so does ghostbur.
Sam pulls Tommy out through the rest of the prison, yells at Tommy for trying to calm Ghostbur down from a panic attack [the bastard], and tries to get Sam to send the bridge back over for Ghostbur. The barrier is still up. It would be an option.
Sam pulls Tommy out. Ghostbur is gone.
Sam blames Tommy for every problem with the prison as they walk out, threatening to kill him in all different ways. He says he’ll kill Tommy if he even touches the Prison grounds again. Tommy is allowed to get Ghostburs lead from the chest, and they walk out, Tubbo and Ranboo waiting at the prison entrance when he grabs Friend. They ask where Ghostbur is, and we see the message “WilburSoot logged on” as Tommy explains that wilbur is back and Dream revived him, all deciding to head to Wilburs grave.
Wilbur is there and he is a BITCH.
Wil blames tommy for his bad mental state in pogtopia, harasses Tubbo about his presidency and how bad he was, laughs about the l’manburgian pit’s rubble and takes delight in the idea that he did that, ignoring Tommy when they mention that it was techno, philza and dream. Wilbur’s been dead for 13 1/2 years in afterlife time, and he is not going back. Dream is his hero. Tommy tried to give him blue explain that friend was his sheep, and wilbur is revolted by both of them. Ranboo stands up for Tubbo when Wilbur’s comments obviously affect him.
Wilbur runs off with a final comment about “not wasting it” and while Tommy is upset as fuck, Ranboo sounds scary. I recommend watching the whole resurrection clip if you can.
