the visitor: prison stream 9/14
once again, no matter how many times i say it, it's never enough: cc!techno's style of RP is wonderful. it takes a situation that would be close to overwhelming with angst and tones it down by injecting his sense of humor into it. there was still tension, there was still fear for c!techno's safety and c!dream's, but it was never too much. it never felt suffocating. when so much of media - and not just the dsmp - is heavy on angst, techno's streams are so welcome.
with that out of the way, i absolutely love how this stream doubled down on how good c!techno's presence is for dream. dream sounded more like himself, even saying he was in high-spirits and he has hope again. this was someone who previously was self-harming because he had nothing and just wanted to feel. it was easy back and forth banter between them. and techno's soft 'i know dream'? you could hear the change in his voice when he realized dream was genuinely upset.
they're friends. techno cares about dream and in return, dream cares about techno. neither of them were willing to give the other up and i absolutely love it. because yes! techno had said before that dream is one of the only people who hasn't betrayed him. now they've spent months in prison bonding to the point techno is willing to call him one of his best friends. dream isn't alone anymore.
then of course c!phil comes in with the clutch, getting techno out of there. (love the bit with him mishearing how long techno wanted him to wait to read it; really explains away the real life issues)
and techno saying that he's going to destroy the prison brick by brick, that it's personal now, the worry he showed for dream's wellbeing. the fact that dream sent techno to the exact spot where they first met, where dream gave him items and techno declared him a pretty good guy.
i absolutely cannot wait for what happens next. it's going to be the prison abolishment arc i've always wanted.
