Recovery, followed by the battle for the future of Faraway. Chapter 18 is out the door!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/89095981/chapters/250295256
All caught up on the fic now!
I'd say that I wish we saw more of what happened with the other Faraway town inhabitants who got Nightmare-d like the Baker twins, but I can imagine it was probably just a montage of unicorn-head either testing the waters for more prospective breeders or just traumatizing people to build up dream energy.
Also, Mari being some kind of dream witch probably makes things easier for the gang's new job as demon hunters
Woohoo, hope you liked it so far!
Yeah, there's a few things I could've delved into more, such as the twins (or Cris and Mincy), but given the limits I put on my own writing in this fic, the vagueness of every encounter probably would've just gotten a bit repetitive. I suppose there's nothing stopping others from writing interpretations of those offscreen H-scenes though.
I loved the comment I just got on Chapter 20. It was a joke, but still, Mari shipping all her friends and being super horny about it wouldn't really be out of place in an Inyouchuu fic if I'd chosen to take it in that direction!
Sunny's mom is in for the shock of her life when she finds out what went down while she was gone that day.
I could see Mari using her horny dream powers to do the good version of that thing from some hentai where the villain/monster/villain monster uses some kind of hypnotic power to make their victim imagine whatever is assaulting them as a fantasy involving their romantic interest, usually to make them surrender to pleasure. Except Mari would be using it to keep youma captives sane and less traumatized.
Considering how she's depicted in the official media, that would actually make a lot of sense!
Chapter 21 is up, and we do a little sunburn here... and maybe discover one of the consequences of everything that just happened.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/89095981/chapters/252890416
I also went back and tweaked the battle scene in Chapter 18, after a reader pointed out that Mari having had dream powers all along, and being the one unconsciously saving everyone, takes away what otherwise should have been a shining moment for Sunny. This was something I agreed with in hindsight.
Trying to decide if the bigger consequence is Sunny maybe beginning to realize they’re trans or Aubrey having another demonic hitchhiker inside her
I can’t tell if Alice Suzuki actually noticed a living Mari was part of the group in her house
Both potentially significant events! The second one definitely would've been a bigger problem if they'd had even the slightest bit less self-control.
Regarding that first point:
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Sunny being a trans egg (no pun intended despite the context) is a major headcanon of a friend of mine, who has talked about it so much that I'm starting to warm up to the idea too. There's actually quite a bit of stuff shown in canon that hints at this possibility at some point post-ending, not the least of which is that the gender-swapping Mystery Potion is actually a real thing in Sunny's Headspace.
Oblivious Alice is oblivious.
I was this bit here:
"You do realize I went through the same thing that she did? I mean, other than my death." She paused. "The big one, anyway. We both had plenty of small ones."
"...Sorry, what?"
"Nothing!"
In hindsight it was just me reaching, if it was on purpose it would have been like this:
"You do realize I went through the same thing she did? Kind of like how the same thing went through us..."
"... What was that last part?"
"Nothing!"
Alice Suzuki's first thought on seeing her dead daughter alive again:
Maybe I can call that guy back and tell him the house is okay to sell again...
Bwahahaha that's epic. Now I almost wish I'd done that! As it is, it's a joke about how "the small death" is French slang for an orgasm.
Edit: Screw it! I'm going back and changing it, because yours is funnier and more fitting for this crossover!
