Dream SMP Recap (August 11/2020) - Maybe this is why you shouldn’t do musicals
Tommy performs a solo of Hamilton while held at gunpoint and wins over Dream with the power of music before war breaks out over a horse corpse after a rendition of “Blitz” by Technoblade leads to murder.
Meanwhile, Fundy hatches an evil plot and steals the throne of the Dream SMP kingdom with Jack Manifold’s help before getting into trouble over a kidnapped bee. Tubbo becomes a lawyer, be careful.
L’Lawyerberg is founded...L’awyerberg?
The server also gained a new member: Quackity!
A large portion of the day’s events take place in Shakespearean English.
Enjoy.
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VOD LINKS:
Ponk
Fundy (August 11 is the correct date)
Tubbo
Tommy
Tommy (Quackity segment)
Skeppy
Thunder1408
Eret
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- Fundy starts off in his underground base.
Fundy: Me is at thyn’t base
Tubbo: L’manburg?
Fundy: Otherly speaking, that which is owned by myself
- Fundy meets Tubbo on the Prime Path. He puts back on his L’manburg outfit, and Tubbo declares him no longer a rebellious teen
- They go over to Tommy’s home, which has been turned into Hell, and Tubbo builds Dream. Fundy shrinks Dream significantly. They then proceed to the L’manburgian docks before heading back.
Tubbo: “Where is Jack Manifold?”
Fundy: “Where isn’t Jack Manifold?”
Tubbo: “That’s the question on everyone’s mind.”
Fundy: “Who is Jack Manifold?”
Tubbo: “No, everyone knows who Jack Manifold is, just where is what we really want to know.”
Fundy: “...Why is Jack Manifold?”
- Fundy carves Herobrine into Skeppy’s leaf roof before making it a creeper
- Fundy tells Tubbo about his evil plan. He’s been researching law, and has come up with a plan to use a law from the Netherlands to gain legal ownership of any property they want. They decide to steal the throne.
Enter Dream.
Fundy: How go’st thy?
- At the castle throne room, Tommy joins the call to briefly shout at Tubbo that Shroud is coming back on Twitch before leaving.
- Fundy turns around and finds himself face to face with Dream, who is standing there menacingly.
- Fundy kills Tubbo and Dream kills Fundy
Enter TommyInnit.
- After returning to the castle, Tubbo and Fundy have the idea to put on a Shakespearean play. Dream is there with his pet dog. Tubbo assigns Dream the role of Macbeth, since he kills a lot of people.
Enter Skeppy.
- Dream kills Charles. He’s getting into character. Fundy congratulates him on his successful audition.
- Tommy joins the call to ask why his base has been turned into the Nether. Fundy and Tubbo tell him that they’re doing a show.They quickly build a theater stage near the Community House.
- Skeppy joins the call and they fill him in on the plan too.
Enter Thunder1408.
- Jack Manifold has transformed into Dream. He turns back into himself and arrives at the Community House.
- They begin the performance of Macbeth. Tommy ends up lip-reading for Tubbo and Fundy by speaking behind them while they nod their heads.
- Dream and Skeppy ride away in a boat together, leaving them with no audience. Tommy frantically performs for Fundy before swapping to his own part, then back to Fundy again.
(The only person in the audience now is Tubbo)
Tommy: (at rapid speed) “As whence the sun 'gins his reflection, shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break, so from that spring whence comfort seem'd to come, discomfort swells. Mark, king of Scotland, mark: No sooner justice had with valour arm'd, compell'd these skipping kerns to trust their heels, But the Norweyan lord surveying vantage, with furbish'd arms and new supplies of men began a fresh assault.”
- Dream, Jack and Skeppy return to watch. Dream pays Tommy a diamond. Tommy continues performing Macbeth solo.
- Dream is enjoying the performance so much he starts having a heart attack
- Tommy points out they would get much more money if they did Hamilton instead.
- Tommy performs a full solo of “Alexander Hamilton” from the hit show Hamilton. Dream shoots Tubbo to death off the stage. Tommy continues the performance, unfazed.
Thunder1408 from up yonder, hath fell to their death.
Skeppy from up yonder, hath fell to their death.
(Tommy keeps rapping)
- Tommy and Tubbo sing while getting attacked by zombies. As they finish the song, Dream throws them several diamonds.
- Tommy tells Tubbo and Fundy that they’ve just started the showbiz business! Skeppy comes over and asks if he can invest. They decide to name it “Pathway.”
Tubbo: “We’re being told to do Heathers. What’s ‘Heathers?’”
- Dream comes over to meet them at Tommy’s Nether house. He offers to fix Tommy’s base for five diamonds. Tommy pays him and he gets to work.
Tommy: “Dream seems to be my friend now. Have I convinced him with the power of song?”
Tubbo: “Well I mean, not until you try to get your discs back.”
- Jack comes over and Tubbo murders him for being against the showbiz business.
- They discuss the future of the showbiz business as an asset to L’manburg. They start thinking of other musicals to do. Tommy only knows Little Shop of Horrors.
- Tommy tells them that they should do a flash mob to promote their new business. He suggests singing “Blitz - Parody of “Blank Space” (has swearing) by Technoblade to appeal to the Technoblade fan club -- namely, Dream and Skeppy.
- They chase after Skeppy and Jack and start a flashmob by aggressively singing Blitz at them. Tubbo then murders Skeppy.
- Fundy leaves. Tommy and Tubbo speak with Skeppy, who is furious.
Skeppy: “I have something you guys can never have.”
Tubbo: “Good spirit?”
- Tommy and Tubbo head to Skeppy’s house.
Skeppy: “Where are you? I’m gonna burn it.”
- They ask what it is that Skeppy has that’s so valuable.
Skeppy: “It’s labelled ‘Spirit...’”
- Skeppy is holding a piece of leather. Tubbo realizes, but Tommy is confused as Dream freaks out in chat.
- Skeppy was going to invest the leather into their business, but not anymore. Skeppy says goodbye. Tommy and Tubbo decide to join Dream’s side to keep him favorable to the showbusiness.
Tommy: “There’s another war, and me and you aren’t...”
Tubbo: “Aren’t what? On the L’manburg side?”
Tommy: “No, we’re on the Showbiz side now, Tubbo. That’s our new side.”
- They meet with Dream, who is still working on Tommy’s base.
Dream: That is the remains of my horse :(
Dream: Its like your disc to me
- An explosion goes off at Tommy’s house as Skeppy sets off a creeper and dies. Tommy tells Skeppy to give them Spirit
Skeppy: “Listen, I’m not looking for another war, okay? I just -- I came after the war, I came when it was all peaceful! I’m not here to start the war!”
Tommy: “Skeppy, okay okay -- here’s a better way of phrasing it: get it out, or we’re going to destroy everything you ever once loved.”
- They threaten to get rid of the number 14, then chase after Skeppy. Tommy shoots and kills him.
Dream: Skeppy.
Skeppy: Yes my lorde
Dream: Can I have my dead horse’s leather please
- Dream is still placing dirt.
- They bicker with Skeppy some more at Skeppy’s house. Tommy and Tubbo decide to hold him hostage. Skeppy asks why they even want the leather. Tommy replies, to gain Dream’s trust.
- Dream tells Skeppy that he would kill both of them for the leather. Tommy and Tubbo start running to L’manburg. Skeppy invites Dream to speak with him and says that he doesn’t like them. Dream asks for the leather.
Skeppy: “You remember everything that we talked about a couple days ago, where I’m like ‘that was uncalled for, why did you go to war with them? Like, that was stupid, they didn’t even do anything wrong?’ I take everything I said back, you were COMPLETELY in the right, they were idiots, you should’ve blown up MORE of their house! I take everything back, they’re fucking-- Come to my house, I’ll give you the leather...can we go to war again? Is that on your mind?”
- They negotiate over the transfer of the leather, suspicious of the other scamming them. Skeppy knows they might just log off, and he wants them dead now.
- Dream tells Skeppy that he does have something important to them:
The discs.
- Skeppy suggests they trade the leather for the two discs.
Dream: “Skeppy, it’s too valuable!”
Skeppy: “More valuable than your horse? Huh, wow, shows how much you care--”
Dream: “Equally valuable! Equally valuable!”
Skeppy: “So if it’s equal, it’s an equal trade then. I’ll trade you right now.”
- Dream says he’ll trade Skeppy one of the discs, but Skeppy insists on two.
Dream: “Well, it only matters really to Tommy, but Tubbo is like Tommy’s...son? So.”
- Skeppy says he’d settle for one with added riches. Dream says they should return to his house, but on the Prime Path Tommy and Tubbo come running to attack. Skeppy dies and respawns at Dream’s house again. Dream kills Tommy and the battle continues just outside Dream’s house between Dream, Tommy, Tubbo and Jack Manifold.
- They join a call together. Dream tells Tommy that he hasn’t given anything away yet, but he’ll trade one of the discs for it.
Tommy: “Why?”
Dream: “Because I NEED my horse’s leather back! It’s from my horse’s dead body!”
- Part of the deal is that the disc can’t be damaged. He’ll give away Cat.
Dream: “Tommy, I HAVE to do it! One disc!"
- He doesn’t care who he gets the leather from. Tommy has one day to get the leather back from Skeppy, but Tommy says that he’ll be visiting Tubbo the next day and can’t spend the day at war.
- Dream leaves and Tommy goes to negotiate with Skeppy. He pulls out the ultimate weapon -- Skeppy’s tweets.
- #skeppyisoverparty and #tommyisoverparty both start trending on Twitter.
- Tommy and Tubbo admire Dream’s handiwork on repairing Tommy’s house, then continue negotiating with Skeppy.
- Tommy and Tubbo realize that it would be a lot easier to take the disc back from Skeppy than Dream and tell Skeppy to give Dream the leather.
- Skeppy tells Dream he’ll give him the leather for two discs. Tommy tells Dream he has his approval. They go back and forth over one vs. two discs.
- Tommy invites Skeppy back to VC.
Tommy: “Skeppy, meet Big Q!”
“Skeppy?! SKEPPY?! Remember when you invited me on a video and I said no?!”
- Quackity tries his best to intimidate Skeppy. It doesn’t work. Skeppy leaves to continue working on his house.
- Skeppy rejoins the call to hear Tommy and Tubbo say that Quackity’s been in juvie for 41 years. They talk about the leather again.
Skeppy: I am here anytime you want to talk, Dream. There is a reason you went to war with these idiots. Remember that. Thank you.
Dream: “Skeppy...I want the leather! Do you have sympathy? It’s my dead horse, okay? My horse died, and then Sapnap took the leather from the ground.”
- Tommy and Tubbo watch through the window to watch Dream and Skeppy negotiate. Dream explains to Skeppy that there have been multiple wars on the server over the discs, and he wants control over them. There’s no point in burning them, because you would lose all trading power.
- Dream would never trade Skeppy both, but he’s willing to give one. Skeppy asks for Netherite, but Dream doesn’t have any to trade. He used up his resources for the war.
- Skeppy agrees to the trade for one disc. Skeppy gives Dream Spirit, and Dream gives Skeppy Cat to put in his Ender Chest. The deal has been done.
- Fundy and Jack Manifold build a little house on the roof of Eret’s castle just above the throne room to claim the throne.
- Tommy asks when Dream will whitelist Quackity. Dream says right now and does so.
Tommy: “Okay so Quackity’s not joining L’manburg, but he can be our dirty little crime boy...Our man on the inside!”
- Quackity joins the call. He’s out of juvie after 43 years. Tommy tells him that Quackity can’t join L’manburg, but they can do the cartel instead. Dream says Quackity could also join his side. Quackity weighs his options.
Enter Quackity.
- They meet Quackity at Spawn. They get to the Community House and Dream throws Quackity several diamonds. Quackity thanks Dream for helping him.
Dream: “You’re very welcome. We try and get everyone to feel welcome and at home here at Dream Team SMP.”
- Tommy tells Quackity not to bond with the green bastard and starts walking down the Prime Path. Ponk comes over as well. Dream takes off all his armor.
- Quackity doesn’t want to take sides right now. Tommy fills him in on the war.
- Tommy shows Quackity his basement and puts Quackity in prison. He tries to put Dream in prison too, but Dream’s too quick and evades.
Enter The_Eret.
- Tommy notices a mark on Quackity’s face. Dream says it’s a battle scar from prison. Quackity is upset that Tommy keeps asking about his conditions.
- They show Quackity through the sewers.
- Ponk murders Jack.
- Fundy meets Eret at the second tower to show him the scuffed redstone doors.
- Then, Fundy shows Eret what they’ve done at the castle, fencing off the throne as Fundy and Jack’s new territory. Fundy explains law in the Netherlands to Eret while they sit at a coffee table
- Eret asks if, were he to build a house above Fundy’s little cottage, he would then own that territory.
Eret: “I think the turns have been tabled, Fundy.”
Fundy: “I think the turns have been coffee...tabled, if you wouldn’t mind.”
- They go back down to the throne and Eret says he doesn’t think this is how it works, as he still has the crown on his head.
- While Fundy struggles with his king skin, Eret builds a platform above the house at build limit, therefore reclaiming it as his territory. While he’s occupied, Fundy takes the entire throne and moves it slightly to the left.
Enter Punz.
- Punz tells Fundy that he’s fucked up. Tubbo joins the call to inform Fundy that there’s a cartel now. Punz tells Fundy that he’s killed Beenis, the original bee.
- Tubbo informs Fundy that Eret is summoning Herobrine while Fundy hides Pog the dog behind a wall. Eret finds him quickly.
- Punz joins the call to tell Fundy that he has evidence of Fundy murdering Beenis. Tubbo says he can be Fundy’s lawyer.
- Fundy puts on his king outfit. Punz and Tubbo come to the castle. Tubbo leads them all to court. He is a lawyer. They argue about who should go in the jail hole and the death hole.
- Punz tells Tubbo that he clipped evidence from his security cameras. He explains that Fundy broke the hive and it must have died.
Tubbo: “Be careful, I’m a lawyer.”
- Punz shows the evidence of Fundy breaking the hive. They debate whether the bee would have died.
Tubbo: “Oh my god, be careful I’m a lawyer.”
- Fundy says that he didn’t kidnap it, he didn’t kill it and he does not have it. Tubbo declares the first strike and asks Punz why the bee was outside. Punz says the bee usually comes back.
Tubbo: “Be careful, I’m a lawyer! Did I mention it?”
- Fundy says the enchants on his pickaxe included silk touch. Tubbo shoots Eret with an arrow.
Tubbo: “I am a lawyer! Be careful!”
...
Tubbo: (shooting Eret again) “Yeah you can. You can rename a corpse. Be careful, I’m a lawyer!”
Tubbo: “Punz, how sad are you that he’s dead on a scale of 1 to 10?”
Punz: “Just typing his name reminds me of all the memories we had.”
Tubbo: “How many memories is that? I need a number, so I can know how many, how many, how many...yeah. I’m a lawyer, be careful.”
- Tubbo makes a rough estimate of 200 and flicks another lever.
Tubbo: “I’m a lawyer, be careful!...be careful, I’m a lawyer!”
- Tubbo asks if Fundy has any valuables on him. Eret offers to hold onto anything, so Tubbo shoots him again.
Tubbo: “Be careful, I’m a lawyer, Eret! Be careful, be careful, I’m a lawyer. Yeah, I know you didn’t, and that’s why you should be careful, ‘cause I’m a lawyer.”
Tubbo: “Be careful! Be careful, I’m a lover! -- I mean lawyer. Wrong one.”
- Fundy asks to make a claim.
Tubbo: “You’ve got one lever left. Be careful, I’m a lawyer.”
- Jack Manifold arrives in a king outfit. Tubbo promptly shoots him.
Tubbo: “Jack Manifold! Be careful, I’m a lawyer!”
...
Tubbo: “Hey, hey, you don’t talk to him! Be careful I’m a lawyer but I’m out of ar -- Punz, do you have any arrows? ...Thank you I’m a lawyer, thank you I’m a lawyer.”
“Guys! Be careful, I’m a lawyer!”
“Hey! Be careful, I’m a lawyer, I’m a lawyer. How much camera in -- the -- is there?...Okay, well you can’t leave that cell, so we’re gonna have to if this doesn’t work -- be careful I’m a lawyer, Jack Manifold. Be careful. Be careful I’m a lawyer! Be careful, Eret, I’m a lawyer. (he shoots Eret again) No no no, that was just a lawyer shot.”
“Everyone be quiet, I’m a lawyer! Okay...so order in the lawyer! Order in the lawyer, everyone.”
- Punz suddenly murders Fundy. Tubbo tells them all to be careful, he’s a lawyer, as Fundy looks into his Ender Chest and sees the beehive there. Tubbo asks if Fundy wants to sue Punz, he’s a lawyer.
Jack: “Tubbo, Tubbo...so what do you do for a living?”
Tubbo: “I’m...I’m...I paint...sofas.”
- Tubbo declares them all L’Lawyerberg. They’re doing independence again. They all head back to the castle, having created Dream SMP’s newest law firm.
The End.
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everybody sing and dance (lose yourself in wild romance)
Jesse Chambers. Grant Emerson.
Karaoke Nights. Dance Circles. Drunk Tom Bronson.
1463 words.
(ao3.)
After a rather vexing mission involving robot pirate ninja zombies and sharks with freakin’ laser beams on their heads, the elders of the Justice Society told the younger members to take a night for themselves and “just have fun.”
Little did they know that the younglings would follow those words in the best way possible.
Suffice to say, the first annual Justice Society Karaoke Night was going well.
The main meeting room had been temporarily converted to suit the occasion — hanging on the wall was a large white screen and projected onto it were the scrolling lyrics of every song to grace the english-speaking world. Positioned nearby was a microphone, which was hooked up to the speakers that Karen and Michael so graciously set up for the younglings.
The room was loud as the speakers pumped music into the atmosphere. Nate Heywood was singing his heart out while trying not to crush the microphone into dust. The world was surprised to find that Citizen Steel was a major Avril Lavigne fan, but it was certainly not the strangest thing to ever be revealed within the walls of the brownstone.
As he sang, a chaotic trinity consisting of Courtney, Jen, and Maxine had instigated a flashmob/dance battle/mosh pit in the midst of the floor to the rambunctious beat of an early-2000s pop punk song.
And it was glorious.
There was a rule stating that no adult beverages were to be placed in the hands of minors, but Courtney, Jen, and Maxine clearly didn’t need it to have a good time. Their collective fervor was so infectious that nearly every other JSA member had gotten out of their seats to move to the beat.
Despite the human urge to dance being pungent in the night’s atmosphere, Grant felt himself getting overwhelmed.
As fun as the circle looked (even Pieter was awkwardly swaying from side to side) he couldn’t find it in himself to join. It wasn’t that he couldn’t dance, but that all of his attempts to ‘feel the groove’ resembled a dolphin flopping on dry land. It was probably for the best that he spared the world the sight of his sick moves.
After maneuvering his way out of the chaos and avoiding spilling his beer, Grant found himself in the farthest corner of the room. While the music could still be heard, it wasn’t as absurdly deafening as it was in the eye of the storm, something his ears would surely thank him for in the morning.
Standing near the window was another fellow Justice Society member who wasn’t fond of crowds and impromptu dance battles.
Like the rest of her teammates, Jesse was clad in casual clothing, apparently seeing an old Mets jersey as a perfect Karaoke Night outfit. She leaned against the wall and sipped white wine from a styrofoam cup like it was a gold chalice. All in all, a fairly average sight for the one Jessica Belle Chambers.
Grant approached her little corner of the room and leaned against the windowsill. “Didn’t expect to see you here,” he said, lifting his mask up just enough to take a sip of his beer.
“I’d say the same to you,” Jesse replied. She gave him a playful smirk, which in Chambers-language meant that she considered him a friend.
“What can I say?” Grant shrugged. “Sonia likes to sing.”
“And dance, apparently.”
The two looked ahead to the first ever JSA-sanctioned rave. Sonia stood near Rick, seemingly having the time of her life as she took the phrase ‘put your hands in the air like you just don’t care’ to heart.
Rick himself was no slouch either. It seemed that the Man of the Hour had endless bouts of energy even without the power of Miraclo. His signature move appeared to be some variation of hip swiveling — if the superhero business didn’t work out for him, then Rick could definitely pursue a prosperous career as a male entertainer.
Before Grant could witness Rick’s moves for too long and forever change the way he saw Hourman, he turned to Jesse and asked: “You talk to any of the Titans lately?”
“Donna and I had coffee last week,” Jesse answered. “We met up in the Village, it was nice.” From the way she smiled and sipped her wine, it was clear that the small meeting had resonated with her even now. “What about you? Still talk to Roy?”
Grant shrugged his shoulders. “Sometimes,” he replied. “League duty keeps his hands pretty full.”
Jesse nodded. “Well, if he ever wants a change of pace he could always join the Society,” she suggested jokingly. “We could use a few more Titans around here.”
Grant rolled his eyes, even though they were mostly hidden by his mask and the dark. For a moment, the pair simply sat back and watched their teammates have the time of their lives. With Nate’s turn having ended, the next singer was just stepping up to the mic in front of the projector screen, that person being Tom.
Tom Bronson was more than a fan of music, as anyone who overheard him shower singing could. Grant knew that his friend had taken it up as half a hobby and half a career. Even though the standard rate for NYC bar gigs was laughably low, he played piano whenever he could and prided himself on introducing his friends to bands they probably never heard of.
Sober Tom loved music that was fast, complicated, required two drummers, and had sections filled with jarring modulations and unusual time signatures.
Drunk Tom, however, had an unexpected fondness for ABBA.
Jesse and Grant remained in their corner of the room while the music revved up and Tom rocked the stage like it was Eurovision 1974. It was beautiful.
Slyly, Grant pulled out his phone and began recording the historical event in front of them. The JSA archives would definitely benefit from the documentation.
When Jesse noticed Grant playing the role of cameraman, she let out a chuckle. “Not singing?” she asked idly.
“I don’t sing,” Grant affirmed in a stern tone. “And you can’t make me.”
“Wasn’t planning to, Grant.”
After getting enough footage of Tom’s incredible audition for Mamma Mia on Broadway, Grant stopped recording and quickly uploaded the clip to the official JSA group chat. Since most of the logs depicted Maxine and Courtney’s very surreal 3AM musings, he was sure that someone would appreciate the change of pace.
After slipping his phone back into his pocket, Grant eyed Jesse. “I take it you don’t either?”
“I’m just here for Rick,” Jesse explained, nodding her head towards the center of the main floor.
The fact that she could stand at ease while her husband danced like an ensemble member of Magic Mike: The Musical meant that the two had a tremendously strong marriage. Grant — on the other hand — wondered if hydrochloric acid was enough to cleanse his eyes from the sight of Rick’s sweet moves.
Was it too late to run to Titans Compound and beg them to take him back?
“I’m not one for singing in public,” Jesse soon spoke, thankfully breaking her colleague out of his train of thought. “Except for like… birthdays and stuff.”
Grant nodded and lightly punched her on the shoulder. “Right there with ya, Jess.”
Then in a flash, the pair of former Titans who definitely didn’t sing were approached by one of the willing participants of the first ever JSA-endorsed rave. Sonia rushed up to Grant with a sudden burst of speed he didn’t know she had in her.
Linking her arm around his, Sonia pulled her beau onto the dance floor with all her might. “Come on!”
Due to being caught off guard (and Sonia being freakishly strong despite her size), Grant stumbled a bit as he followed his significant other, dropping his drink as she guided him to the eye of the storm.
Jesse let out a laugh as Grant awkwardly joined the flow of the floor. It was as clear he had no idea what he was doing, but flailing his arms like a confused octopus seemed to replicate dancing just enough to let him become one with the rhythm. At least Sonia didn’t seem to mind.
Looking down to her cup, Jesse swirled what remained of her wine and drank the rest up. The second she emptied the vessel she felt a hand gently grasping her wrist. Looking up Jesse met the eyes of Rick, who immediately began guiding her to the main space with a grin.
“The night’s young, Hon!” he cheered on.
Like Grant before her, Jesse dropped her cup, yet went with the flow with a smile on her face and joined her significant other onto the dance floor.
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