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So, Sunny battles the demon hands the emerge from the stairs, waving the knife around, fighting for his life

“Get good and breathe air.” Mari’s voice says, although Sunny believes he’s hallucinating . . . Well, hallucinating more than usual

Actually, Sunny realises that his brain is oxygen deficient, and decides to take a deep breath

Apparently that makes the stairs beast(™) disappear. GOOD NEW! However, his knife is gone. SADGE NEWS!

Whatever, Sunny was totally not crying like a little baby man, and took one step down the stairs. He realises that he’s a the bottom, whelp

Anyways, Sunny step into the living room, then kitchen, opening the fridge, not asking a single question why it was glowing since his mother told him that the power was out, and finds the glorious steak

It was such a beautiful sight to behold, one that cannot be replicated, and Sunny was about to touch it

However, he hears sounds coming from the dining room. Not the normal sounds of trauma mocking him, the sound of cutlery clanging against a plates

Curious, Sunny forcefully removes himself from the fridge, and walks into the dining room

Sitting around the table, eating cheesecake was a squid girl, a girl with a wolf mask, a basic blond bitch, and . . . Was that Madotsuki from the hit game Yume Nikki? And no this was not a set up for a joke, even if there was one

“Um . . .” Sunny fucking talks, this isn’t a Selectively Mute Sunny (OMORI) fic after all “What?” That’s all he says though, even when I made a big deal out of it

“Oh hey Sunny!” The squid girl with a question mark on her face greets him “Do you remember me? Your best friend?” Pretty sure that Basil was his best friend “It’s Abbi.”

Well that opens up a lot of flood gates in his mind “Abbi?”

“Inko too!” The girl with the wolf mask chimes up, picking up a piece of cheesecake with a spoon, and eating it “You don’t remember me because I literally don’t exist, but I remember you.”

“Poniko.” Poniko nods at him, resting bitch face forever planted on her

“Name’s Madotsuki.” Sunny already knows

“Can I have your autograph?” Sunny spurts out

“Sure!” Madotsuki replies, and Sunny would smile, however god told him no “There’s probably paper in the closet.”

The closet? What closet?

“The closet where you put your violin in . . .” Abbi replies “You know, the one you threw down the stairs . . . The same stairs that Mari was pushed down . . . The same Mari that was hung . . .”

Sunny passes out from information overload

“I think you went a bit too far.” Well that wasn’t totally obvious, Inko

“Eh, he’ll be fine.” Abbi waves her tentacle and finishes her cheesecake “Anyways, I’m going to tuck him in, and give him a good night kiss.” Platonically like homies would

“When you come back down, can you get more cheesecake?” Poniko requests

“Get some yourself!” Madotsuki elbows Poniko

“Actually, we ran out.” Abbi points out

. . .

Kel was pretty sure that he heard someone screaming “NOOOOOO!” like that one Minecraft guy from Sunny’s house, but he was probably imagining things, and so he falls back asleep

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It was still the middle of the night, and Madotsuki hears a knock at the door

“You know, would it be hypocritical of me to ask who’s up so late?” Poniko speaks up

“Eh, kind of . . .” Madotsuki shrugs, and hears the door knocking again “I’ll go get it.”

Madotsuki walks out the kitchen, and Inko hears the door being knocked again, making Madotsuki angry “Would you be patient?”

There was a knock-

Madotsuki rips the door open “What?!”

Hellmari was surprised, unsure what to say, and soon decided to ask “Is Sunny there?” [How the fuck do you do that glitchy text?!]

“Oh right, you’re trauma.” Madotsuki is nonchalant, then pulls out a knife, and stabs Hellmari

Hellmari screams, then collapse, before disappearing into thin air

“What was that?” Inko shouts from the kitchen, bending over to get a better view, but only getting a shrug from Madotsuki, then hears someone fall down the stairs. Inko leaves the kitchen, and turns to the stairs to see “Abbi?”

Inko runs up to Abbi who had just fallen down the stairs “Are you okay?” Inko is just concerned, last time someone fell down the stairs, well . . .

“Yep, I’m fine.” Abbi responds before getting up on her own, taking Inko’s hand to help her up “Anyways, we should probably go into the closet.”

“But I’m already in the closet.” Inko replies . . . Abbi stares at her “What?”

“I think she meant that closet.” Poniko appears, pointing to the closet, still pissed off from the lack of cheesecake

“Oh right, for the paper.” Inko laughs it off like nothing is wrong “Come on Abbi, let’s go in together.”

“You two have fun!” Madotsuki shouts

And with that, Abbi and Inko go into the closet, not a euphemism or whatever

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Over the night, Omori was planning something, but the bastard won’t tell anyone

Regardless, the next day, Sunny woke up with a headache, staring up at . . . An angel?

“Good morning sleepyhead.” Nope, it’s devilfish Abbi “Sorry for dumping the truth on you yesterday, do you forgive me my best friend?”

. . .

“No.” Sunny says, turning Abbi into an eye, and- Wait, no, that didn’t happen, Abbi is still there

“Oh . . . I see . . .” Abbi sighs “Well whatever, I got Madotsuki to give you an autograph.” Abbi pulls a piece of paper from somewhere

Sunny grabs it, observing the hand writing, the signature . . . He got an autograph from Madotsuki! . . . Yet he’s not happy. . . Why can’t he smile? Whatever, he’ll just put it into his pocket

“Anyways, come on . . .” Abbi reaches her tentacle from under him, and “Alleyoop.” Bridal carries him

“Hey, are you guys . . .” Inko comes in, only to see Abbi holding Sunny in her arms “Um . . .” She doesn’t know what to say to it “Come on you two.”

Sunny gives Abbi a confused look “Um . . . What? What is she talking about? Where are we going?”

Abbi shrugs “Oh, you’ll see.” Which is ironic since she has a question mark for eyes

Regardless, Abbi lifts Sunny out the room, being more careful with the stairs

“Good, you got him down, now we can go outside.” Poniko speaks up, bored

However, a knock on the door makes Madotsuki groans “What now?” She stomps and opens it “Yes?”

“Uh . . . Hi, I’m Kel!” KEL IS HERE, THIS IS CANON! WHOOP WHOOP! “Is Sunny in?”

“He’s here.” Abbi announces, walking out with him

Sunny looks with awe at his giant friend, wondering if Kel was taller than Hero now

“Oh hey Sunny . . .” Kel perks up “Would you mind introducing me to everyone?”

“Abbi.” Sunny points to Abbi “Inko.” Points to Inko “Poniko.” Points to Poniko “And Madotsuki.” Points to Madotsuki

“Huh, I could have sworn that I heard Madotsuki before . . .” Kel uses his two brain cells to think, but comes up with nothing “Uh, whatever, let’s hang out.”

“Just like . . .” Abbi was about to say something, before pausing “Before . . .”

Kel gives her a confused look, brain buffering, before he shrugs

“Anyways, we need to make Sunny touch grass.” Poniko speaks up

“That joke has been done many times before.” Inko points out, looking [At you] somewhere

Madotsuki hums “Maybe Sunny could avoid it like he has an allergy , , ,” She then gets an idea “Oh, I know, it’s called BLADES of grass for a reason, so it will cut up Sunny, right?”

Poniko groans “Ugh, I’m going to strangle you.”

“Kinky.” Madotsuki smirks

Poniko takes a deep breath “Don’t do this to me right now, you know what I’m like without cheesecake. . .”

“Anyways, let’s get this over with.” Inko speaks up “Abbi, would you drop him . . .”

Abbi nods and places Sunny on the ground, Sunny’s legs wobble like a baby deer before he starts to step slowly

Everyone looks with anticipation, the sun hitting Sunny's face, Kel steps to the side, and . . .

Sunny’s foot steps on grass, touching it

He gets then cut up into tofu

Whelp, Oyasumi

;)

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Actually, Sunny wasn’t dead, he was just laying on the floor, creating . . . Grass angels?

“Hey, that looks fun and all, but I want to go to Hobbeez and pick up a present for Hero.” Kel points behind him “So . . .”

“Darn . . .” Sunny puffs before standing up.

“You know, if I’m famous, I wonder how many people will want an autograph . . .” Madotsuki taps her chin

“Honestly, I’m worried about Abbi.” Inko chimes up, looking up and down Abbi “I mean look at her, panties and crop top, Sunny, what sort of things have you been doing for the last four years?”

“Wait, what does that mean?” Kel turns to Sunny

“Look, I’m sure he can explain later, come on.” Poniko saves the day and Sunny internally thanks her

And then they’re off to see the wizard, the wonderful- Nope, not doing that, just going to tell you that they walk down the street, and to Hobbeez, and that’s it

— — — — — —

Meanwhile, Aubrey is fighting a knockoff bird person, while The Hooligans watch on

To explain, it's a girl with small red hair that has small pigtails on the side, she also wears a brown stripe feathery jumper, blue jeans, and brown polished shoes. The bird part? Her mouth is a beak, still pink, but obviously uses like a woodpecker would, if that makes sense

Regardless, the bird person pecks Aubrey as she swings her nail bat at her, first time using it as a weapon, and smashes it against her attacker’s face

However, instead of dying, the bird person screeches, and claws Aubrey, scratching its long nails across her arm

“Ah fuck!” Aubrey hisses, clutching her arm while the bird person smirks with its blood red lips

However, several other people enter the park “Toriningen!” A blond hair girl shouts, making the bird person turn around, stands up straight, and salutes

“Poniko!” Toriningen face contorts to panic

“Why are you attacking this pink girl?” Poniko asks, air of authority surrounding her

“Well, she was on our territory, and-” Toriningen Explains, however, Poniko stops her

“NO!” Poniko shakes her head “Why are you attacking without orders?”

Toriningen deflates, and Poniko points to the ground “Drop and give me 150!” Toriningen nods, flops to the ground, and starts doing push ups “Sorry about that.”

“I . . .” Aubrey stares at Toriningen, then looks up at Poniko, before observing the colourful cast “Who the hell . . .” She notices Sunny “Sunny . . . It’s been what, 3? 4? Years since I last saw you, how’s it like staying in your own bubble?”

“Wow, 4 years? Rookie numbers.” Madotsuki shakes her head

“Hey, don’t say that Aubrey.” Kel shouts, then turns to Madotsuki “Also, what?”

“Don’t ask her Kel, you won’t get an answer . . .” Abbi chimes in “Anyways, Aubrey, nice hair.”

“Um . . . Thanks . . .” Aubrey has never been complemented, meanwhile Inko gets a mental image of Abbi with pink hair, before erasing it

Anyways, Kim grumbles and says “Hey, are you going to beat those nerds?”

“Wait!” Basil stops Aubrey “Aubrey, can you-”

“Shut it, nerd.” Kim kicks Basil in the shin

“Wow, people ship Basil and Kim together . . .” Inko shakes her head at you, well the readers that like Basil/Kim “Is this what you think a relationship is? It’s kind of toxic, and says a lot about you . . .” Inko is concerned “Maybe you should give Basil/Mincy a try, or at least something healthier.”

“Are you okay?” Abbi asks, wondering where Inko is looking, before remembering that no one is okay “Nevermind, let’s get back to the point.”

“Agreed . . .” Madotsuki nods “So, we fighting, or . . .”

“Hell yes!” Aubrey brandishes her bat, before Toriningen stands up, task complete

“Now what, Poniko?” Toriningen asks

“Now you can attack Aubrey . . .” Poniko points “Don’t kill her, though.”

Toriningen then twists her head around, neck snapping, eyes glowing red, and Aubrey is afraid

“Charlene . . .” Aubrey stammers, then Toriningen lunges at her, pinning her to the ground, scratching her arms, and pecking her face “CHARLENE!”

Charlene stomps over, grabs Toriningen by the scruff of her neck, and picks her up

Toriningen in return scratches Charlene’s arm, making Charlene hiss, and drops Toriningen back onto Aubrey. Charlene stumbles away, clutching the wound, while The Hooligans are furious

“No one hurts Charlene!” Kim shouts “DOGPILE!”

“Wait.” Not hearing Aubrey shout, The Hooligan, except Charlene, jump onto Toriningen, and start fighting, cartoon cloud appearing to cover it up not because the author is lazy, but because it’s funny

“Go get the boy . . .” Madotsuki nudges Kel, and he nods, bonding up to Basil like a dog

Poniko steps up to the cartoon cloud, reaches into it, and pulls out Toriningen “You can stop fighting.” Toriningen nods, body going ragdoll as she’s dragged out

“Whelp, this is weird . . .” Inko points out the obvious “Anyways, let’s go.”

They all proceed to leave while Charlene watches

“Um . . . Guys!” Charlene says, and The Hooligans stop, all tangled with each other “They’re gone . . .” Charlene points

The Hooligans quickly realize, turning to Aubrey who stares wide eye, rage plastered on her voice

“Aubrey . . .” Kim’s voice is shaky

“GET. OFF. ME!” Aubrey shoves them, then stands up, huffing like a bull “Oh, it’s on Basil, Kel, and Sunny.”

Sunny doesn’t know why, but he feels death crawling up his spine

“Something wrong?” Abbi asks

“Wouldn’t you like to know, squid girl.” Sunny snaps

Abbi sighs, but decides to continue walking along with the gang to Basil’s house

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Basil wasn’t too sure how his day was going

Aubrey gets pecked by a bird person, Toriningen? Basil didn’t want he friend to get hurt, even if they weren’t friends anymore

That same bird person being commanded by the blond-haired girl, Poniko? Toriningen seemed tough, so he can’t imagine the strength that Poniko has

Poniko’s friend, Madotsuki seems familiar, but Basil can’t quite put his finger on it

Anyways, getting kicked by Kim? Yeah, didn’t feel good, although what did that girl with the wolf mask say about being shipped? Inko also mentioned someone called Mincy, but Basil didn’t know who that was

Speaking of Inko, there was also squid girl, which nearly gave him a heart attack because he thought it was Something, before realising that he’s stupid. Once again, Abbi was familiar to him, but where has he heard her before?

Speaking of stupid, Kel (Sorry Kel) had brought Sunny outside

SUNNY WAS HERE! . . . Though he seemed a bit more aggressive, but Sunny is nice, he can’t be mean, Sunny is going to fix everything and get back his photo album

Oh right, the photo album “WAIT!” Basil shouts out, feeling embarrassed “Um . . . Can you get something for me?”

“Sure!” Kel perks up, ready to fetch

“Um . . . So my photo album . . . Aubrey took it from me . . .” Basil rubs his arm

“How dare she?!” Kel shouts “Don’t worry Basil, we’ll get it for you!”

“Thank you . . .” Basil waves and shuts the door

[Shift POV I guess]

“I’m guessing we’re going to do everything else before getting Basil’s album.” Poniko speaks up

“What? But Basil is our friend!” Kel turns to her

“Yeah, but I think Sunny is interested in everything else.” Abbi somehow points with her tentacle at Sunny, who was currently walking to other houses “I think he wants to help other people in their houses, and stuff like that.”

“Wait, are we going to break into people’s houses?” Madotsuki asks

“Pretty much . . .” Inko shrugs “Also help people along the way.”

Kel is pretty much lost all meaning, but then decides that it might be a good idea, and follows along

— — — — — —

Okay, they don’t break into any houses . . . Yet, but they do meet a girl drawing on a notebook

“Hey, whatcha drawing?” Kel surprises the girl, making her squeak

“Um . . .” The girl stammers “I’m just sketching . . .”

“Oh hey, it’s Mincy.” Inko speaks up

“How do you know my name?” Mincy frowns

Inko just says “Yes.” and Abbi shakes her head and turns to Sunny “Say, didn’t you do a lot of drawing?”

“Wow, you don’t remember?” Sunny crosses his arms “Yes, I DID, ‘best friend’.”

“Moody . . .” Poniko sighs and Toriningen nods her head

“I draw.” Madotsuki speaks up, looking over at Mincy’s drawing “Wow, that’s a good sketch.”

“I know, right?” Kel beams “Sunny, what do you think?”

Sunny looks over, and was about to say no because he’s suddenly an asshole I guess, but he pauses, generally impressed, and puts a thumbs up

“T-Thank you . . .” Mincy smiles

“By the way, if you see Basil, make sure to-” Inko was about to say something, before Abbi covers her mouth, which is confusing since she’s wearing a wolf mask, but regardless

“Okay, you are being very weird.” Abbi frowns “We need to talk about how you’re acting, okay?”

Inko nods, Abbi removes the tentacles, and they continue their adventure, still completely ignoring the main quest

— — — — — —

At Hobbeez, Sunny punches a poster because it looked at him funny

Anyways, the gang leave, however, Inko walks towards a colourful girl

“So, you’re the colourful girl . . .” Inko talks to the colourful girl

“Um . . . my name is Katie.” Katie gives everyone a strange look

“You just play Pet rocks, correct?” Inko asks, and Abbi shakes her head, wondering where Inko is going with this

“Yeah . . .” Katie nods

“Do you take care of someone?” Inko tilts her head, getting everyone to frown “Specifically a caretaker for children, or something like that?

“No, I just hang around, and play Pet rocks . . .” Katie is confused “In fact, I'm so well known for playing Pet rocks that I gain money battling people, and it’s sort of become my only personality trait.” Katie shrugs “And that’s it, although I look unique on the outside, I’m pretty bland overall . . .”

“What do you think about trans people?” Inko questions, and Abbi shouts “What?”

“Uh . . . Trans rights are human right . . .” Katie replies “I’m not trans myself though . . .”

“Okay, one final question!” Inko pulls Sunny who blinks “Would you date this boy?”

“What? No!” Katie is appalled “He looks too young, I would never date anyone below my age!”

“Alright, that’s good.” Inko nods, then looks at you, the reader who thinks Katie is the opposite to her answers “That’s right, Katie is a bland bitch that only likes Pet rocks, grow up, and stop giving her a bad rep.” Inko taps her foot “Also, L + Ratio.”

“Okay, this is stupid, let’s move on.” Poniko says what everyone was thinking

Anyways, moving on-

“Hey wait, Pet rocks.” Kel shouts, not making any sense

“Sorry Kel, but I don’t want to play glorified rock, paper, scissors.” Sunny shrugs, apologetic

“Ah, it’s okay.” Kel isn’t too sure why he made a big deal about it, in fact, now that he thought about it, it sort of was glorified rock, paper, scissors, however, that doesn’t mean he’s going to quit

Anyways, the gang leave the store, moving this side plot along

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“You’re the most forgettable character.” Inko tells ponytail girl, aka Sarah

“Okay.” Sarah stares blankly, replying back like a chalkboard

“You don’t get any fics.” Inko says “Even the failing marriage of your parents isn’t enough to save you.”

“Okay.” Sarah closes one eye after the other

“Let’s just go.” Madotsuki speaks up and drags Inko out the house

Well that was unnecessary

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They decided to do some odd jobs, pizza delivery which was very annoying, fly swatting which was very intense, and while at Othermart, they got cheesecake for later, and got Sunny food because the poor boy was starving. After they put the cheesecake back in Sunny’s house, they headed to Fix-it, and sort out tools which was very boring

While at Fix-it, they were helping a couple chose a colour from a wall with samples on it

“Maroon like my skirt.” Madotsuki suggested

“Pink like the outside of my house.” Poniko suggested, though the couple don’t know that colour

“Blood of your enemies.” Toriningen smiles

“A soft grey like a rain cloud.” Inko suggested

“A light red.” Abbi suggested, referencing the tentacles in Headspace

“Orange like orange.” Kel chimes up, thinking that they we just saying their favourite colour

They turn to Kel, however Sunny closes his eyes, picks a random sample, and takes out a floral wallpaper sample

The couple like it, and agree. Everyone else is surprised that the sample was there, but they move on to . . .

A gruff guy wanting to fix his pipes

He talks about fixing a pipe, you know, the boring stuff, then tells them where he lives, and proceeds to leave

Well that was something, anyways, moving on to . . .

— — — — — —

Around town, Sunny finds multiple cats and feeds them fish, internally happy . . . Or he would be if it weren’t for whatever is stopping him

Regardless, they then go to an artist house, but Angel lives there and he must have told her about them

Why?

Because the door slams in their faces

“Rude.” Madotsuki huffs

“You want me to break it down, ma’am?” Toriningen asks

“Don’t do that.” Poniko denies, and Toriningen sighs

Then they help a lady get back her garden shears, but not before Inko comments “Hey, those look like they can fit in someone’s eye.” She looks directly at Sunny, referencing something

Anyways, Sunny thinking about getting a restraining order on Inko aside, they help a granny get her medicine

Then, they find the gruff guy’s house, and see him fix a pipe . . . For a moment, before it starts to leak, and he grumbles away

“Well that was something . . .” Kel is unimpressed and so is Poniko, but that’s just her personality trait

“I think I can fix it.” Abbi chimes up, however Inko stops her

“No, wait.” Inko grabs Abbi’s tentacle arm “We need that guy to destroy a wall.”

“Um . . . If you want a wall to be destroyed . . .” Poniko points to Toriningen, who’s raring to go

“Fine . . .” Inko huffs

— — — — — —

They got kicked out

But hey, at least they got a seashell, whatever that will be used for

“Anyways, let’s go back to finding Basil’s photo album.” Madotsuki says

“In the next chapter.” Inko replies

“Wait, what-”

And that’s the end of this chapter, next time we’ll see our rag tag team going back to their main quest

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“Here you go, all fixed up.” Angel announces “Do you want cat plaster or bee plaster to finish it up?”

“Bee.” Charlene replies, bandages wrapped around the wound, and Angel puts a bee plaster on it “Thanks . . .” However, Charlene looks up, and points “Angel, they’re back.”

“Huh?” Angel turns around “OH NO- You stop right there!” Angel shouts

“I thought he was supposed to fall out of a tree . . .” Inko mumbles to herself, yet no one heard her

“Angel, do you know where Aubrey is?” Kel asks

“Why would I tell you?” Angel argues, whilst Charlene looks anxiously at Toriningen

“We have methods of making people talk.” Poniko replies, and Toriningen shows off her long nails

“Uh . . .” Angel stutters and looks at Charlene, who is shaking “W-We don’t know where Aubrey is.”

“Oh, really?” Poniko crosses her arms “Cause if not . . .”

“I’ll bite your face off!” Toriningen cackles

“We don’t know, go ask master!” Angel cries out “Now leave us alone.”

“Master?” Abbi tilts her head

“He’s talking about The Maverick.” Kel replies “He’s usually hanging around the water fountain.”

They all nod, Toriningen sighs since she didn’t get to beat up a child . . . Wow, that sounds weird, Toriningen, really?

“Shut up Inko!” Toriningen snaps at Inko who looks confused

Regardless, they find The Maverick talking to two other girls

“Ah, why if it isn’t my rival?” The Maverick notices them, and fingers guns Toriningen “Hello there, did I mention that you remind me of a beautiful bird.”

Toriningen is confused and turns to Poniko “I can’t fight because if I do, he’ll basically say that a woman touched him.”

Madotsuki snickers “God damn.” And she high fives Toriningen in a cool way “Anyways, let me try . . .”

For her neutral special, Madotsuki wield a knife, making the girls beside The Maverick quickly run away

“Is that a knife?!” Kel’s brain processes what’s going on “Give me that.” Kel tries to pry away Madotsuki’s knife, which is illegal since Madotsuki’s knife shant not part with her

“No, my rival is touching a woman!” The Maverick cries out

“This is stupid . . .” Abbi rubs her head

“Oh my, what a fine cosplay for a fine girl.” The Maverick immediately tries to flirt with a different person “I apologise for not noticing you earlier.”

“You know, I was going to suggest that you date someone called Bebe . . .” Inko steps forward “However, no one flirts potentially *someone's* waifu.” Inko coughs “Author’s.” She coughs again

“Cringe.” Sunny says
“What?” Abbi says
“Guys, we need to know where Aubrey is.” Kel says, giving up from taking Madotsuki’s knife away

“I don’t know where Aubrey is.” The Maverick spouts out, before perking up, and waving his hands “I mean, I know where Aubrey is, and I can tell you if one of you girls date me.”

“Nope.” All girls said at the same time, before walking away

“Sorry dude . . .” Sunny shrugs then turns to the girls “Hey, where are we going?”

“Well, the only person left that might know Aubrey’s wareabouts is Kim.” Kel chimes up, gaining +3 brain cells “And Kim is usually at the candy store in Othermart, so . . .”

“Right . . .” Sunny nods

Cut to the candy store, Poniko whistles “Now this is a nice pink.”

“Too pink . . .” Abbi shields her eyes . . . You know, I just realised how weird it is that no one is asking about Abbi “You’re right Inko, it’s weird.”

Inko was about to point out how she didn’t say anything, but just gave up

“Hello, welcome to the candy store, smiley smiley.” A woman with a smile like the devil appears behind the counter “My name is Miss Candice, I hope you have a sweet day, smiley smiley

“Another Toriningen?” Toriningen perks up “Hello sister.”

“Wait, another Toriningen? What does that mean?” Kel question Poniko

“You seriously thought Toriningen was a name?” Poniko raises a brow “Nope, it’s a species, I just call her Toriningen because I have so many, and I usually command an army of them.” Poniko turns to “Also, I think she’s half Toriningen.”

Kel blinks before hearing a crash, making everyone turn and . . .

“Kim, we need to-” Vance runs, holding a bag of candy, then pauses, and Kim bumps into his back

“Vance, what the-” Kim looks over Vance’s side “Oh . . .”

“Give us the directions of Aubrey, and we’ll let you go!” Kel shouts, and both Toriningen and Miss Candice brandish a killer smile

“Actually, I think they should be put on the guillotines, smiley smiley.” Candice speaks up

Toriningen gasps “You have guillotines as well!”

“Kim, I just went to tell you that I love you, and you’re the greatest sister ever.” Vance believes that he’s going to die “If I die, there’s a box of candy under my bed that needs a key, and the key is in the-”

“VANCE, STOP SPEAKING LIKE WE’RE GOING TO DIE!” Kim doesn’t want to die, she refuses, though the candy does sound nice “Aubrey is at church, don’t ask, now get us out of here!”

Abbi and Inko step to the side, and Kim and Vance run

“Darn it, you let them get away! Smiley smiley.” Miss Candice shouts

“Oh I know, they do that all the time.” Toriningen rolls her eyes

“Hey, Toriningen, come on, we’re heading to church.” Kel said, and Poniko gestures to follow

“Right, see you step sister.” Toriningen waves

Miss Candice smiles and waves then realises what Toriningen said “Wait, step sister? Smiley smiley.”

Eh, that’s not important, and they move on . . . To help some kids with their homework. Yeah, I forgot the kids

Won’t someone think of the children! Yada yada

Whatever, the gang now stand in front of the church

“You know, I don’t think I’ve ever been to a church before.” Madotsuki chimes up

“Probably because the author is too lazy to find out if you did.” Inko, I will put you in a blender, then erase you “Uh, ignore me, the author is great, very smart, and handsome.”

Thank you, anyways, Kel peeks through the door

“I think there’s a sermon going on.” Kel whispers

However, Sunny opens the door and steps through, which surprises Kel “Whoa, didn’t expect you to do that.”

“Just keep your voice down, and it will all be good . . .” Sunny pauses, and looks towards Abbi, Inko, and Toriningen “You three stay outside since you’ll be seen as demons.”

“That’s fine, me and Abbi will-” Inko nods up but then remembers that Toriningen will be there too “Right, you’ll be there too . . .”

“Feeling is mutual.” Toriningen replies, more out of annoyance

Anyways, the gang split up, and now it’s time for Madotsuki, Poniko, Kel, and Sunny to confront Aubrey in the church

. . .

In the next chapter

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“Please Jesus Christ, lend me your strength.” Aubrey prays, not caring about anyone staring at her “I need it to fight a demon.”

“Ayo, what are you talking about?” Madotsuki appears, along with Kel, Sunny, and Poniko

“What the . . .” Aubrey turns around, looks for Toriningen, then sighs in relief “What are you guys doing here?” Aubrey whispers

“We’re here to get the photo album back.” Kel replies, not whispering

“That’s none of your business.” Aubrey argues

“Really? We used to be friends Aubrey, how could you say that?” Kel argues “Mari would be sad to hear that . . .”

“Who cares what Mari thinks?” Aubrey sighs “Mari’s dead.”

“You know, you say that you care, but why are you in church?” Sunny points out “You know, the same church that has graves, the same graves that have my sister in them. OH! Did you forget that she’s my sister?!”

“Um . . . Should we stop him?” Madotsuki ask and Poniko shakes her head

“And another thing!” Sunny stands up and shouts “I saw her hanging, at twelve, do you know how messed up that is?! Do you know how messed up that made me?!”

. . .

“Sunny . . .” Aubrey’s breath shakes “I had no idea.”

“Oh course you didn’t, you thought I was happy being locked away for 4 years, totally not thinking about my sister.” Sunny sits down, only realizing how quiet things have become “Oops, sorry.”

“Um . . . Maybe it was a bad idea to come here.” Kel suggests, then Aubrey stands up, and starts to leave “Wait . . .”

The gang stands up, exits the pews, and block Aubrey’s path

“Get out of my way . . .” Aubrey says

“Give us the photo album.” Kel argues

“You don’t know what HE did to them.” Aubrey shouts

“What did he do?” Sunny is confused, also, who’s ‘he’?

“Basil blacked them out.”

. . .

“Aubrey . . .” Sunny sighs, of course Basil would take the fall “I did that, I blacked the photos.”

Aubrey . . . Stares . . . At . . . Sunny . . .

She then falls to the ground, let’s go of the bat that she somehow snuck in, and covers her eyes “FUUUUUUUUUUUCK!”

“Whelp, we’re going to get thrown out.” Poniko chimes up, however Aubrey runs past them “Whoa!”

The doors slam, and a brief moment of silence falls on the church, then the churchgoers start whispering

“Um . . .” Kel looks around “Was what you said true, Sunny?”

“It’s part of the truth . . .” Sunny replies, before walking towards the graveyard “You can come join me at Mari’s grave if you want.”

“I’ll leave, I need to make sure Toriningen isn’t harassing Aubrey.” Poniko points behind her

“Would it be rude of me not to go with you because I don’t know who Mari is?” Madotsuki says

“No, it’s fine.” Sunny reassures “Kel?”

“Yeah, I’ll come.” Kel replies “Haven’t seen her in a while.”

Sunny nods and the gang spit again

[They have that scene with Kel at the grave but Sunny doesn’t talk. While that happens . . .]

“So, about how you’re acting . . .” Abbi speaks up, looking at Inko

“We used to live in a game, however we were put into someone’s story . . .” Inko explains “Also, there’s a website called Archive of Our Own that contains many stories that surround us.”

Toriningen wasn’t listening, probably chasing a squirrel, meanwhile Abbi is confused “Hold on, are you saying that reality is fake?”

“Yep, and we have no control over our actions.” Inko shrugs “The author is making me tell you this without my control.”

“But . . .” Abbi doesn’t know what to say “So what about everything else? Mari’s death?”

“That was part of the game Sunny and you were in.” Inko replies “The author just decided to add us and Yume Nikki into a work based around said game.”

“I see . . .” Abbi nods “So my feelings are fake? I’m being forced to feel confused?”

“Yep, the author will make you feel, but you won’t notice it at all.” Inko answers

“Inko . . .” Abbi says “I don’t know how I feel . . . Or maybe I do . . . But it’s all just so much to me . . .”

“I know . . .” Inko turns away “Well, the author will make you come to a conclusion . . . Probably.”

“What are you two talking about?” Toriningen appears, rat tail in her beak, which is slurped up

“Uh . . . Relationship stuff.” Abbi replies for some reason

Toriningen rolls her eyes “Love is temporary, killing your enemies is eternal.”

“Based.” Inko chimes in

Then, Abbi, Inko, and Toriningen all see Aubrey sprinting out the door

Toriningen takes a step forward, however Abbi puts her tentacle on her, and shakes her head

The church doors open again to reveal Madotsuki and Poniko

“Ma’am, Aubrey went that way.” Toriningen points

Poniko nods and Abbi asks “Where’s Sunny?”

“Graveyard.” Madotsuki replies “Guess we just hang around, and-”

Kel and Sunny exit the church

“Oh hey, you’re here.” Madotsuki perks up “Anyways, ready to go?”

“Yep, ready to go.” There was some sort of sadness, yet relief in Kel’s voice, but they decide to ask later

Anyways, they walk down the block again, sun setting, and . . .

They find Aubrey putting something in the trash and storms back inside a broken house

“Huh, she didn’t notice us.” Poniko chimes up “Kind of hard to miss us, but whatever.”

Kel then goes up to the bin “Aubrey threw something in here.” He jumps up, grabs something, and pulls out “The photo album.”

“You know, for something that she found precious, she kind of threw it away very quickly.” Madotsuki points out

“Eh, that’s not important right now.” Kel shrugs “Anyways, this calls for a high five.”

“Kind of seems like not the appropriate time . . .” Abbi shrugs “Also, tentacle.” She waves her tentacle

“I’ll do it.” Sunny speaks up, holds out his hand, and Kel smacks it

“I think I heard something break.” Toriningen is strangely excited

Sunny internally screams and the gang proceed to . . .

Help someone else before going to Basil’s

Whelp . . .

Chapter Text

“Oh hey Cris.” Kel speaks up

“Hi Kel . . .” Blue-haired girl, aka Cris turns around and notices everyone behind Kel “Um . . . Who are the people behind you?”

The gang say their name one by one “Sunny.” “Abbi.” “Inko.” “Madotsuki,” “Poniko.” “Toriningen.”

“Kel.” Kel smiles, before shaking his head “I mean, this is Cris! Cris, Sunny is moving in a few days, and I know that you can give him advice.”

“Oh yeah, I kind of forgot about that.” Sunny speaks up “Yeah, I’m pretty nervous about moving, so . . .”

Cris hums “You see, it’s not as scary as you think.” Cris reminisces “I remember when I went to boarding school, I was afraid, but then overtime, I began to love it.” Cris sighs longingly “The memories, the friendships, the ocean, the beach, all the swimming, the smell of kelp . . .” She shakes her head “What I’m trying to say is that you won’t know if you like it unless you try.”

“So like Sunny lying on your bed.” Inko replies, nudging Sunny

“What?” Cris frowns

“Bring out the shell.” Inko whispers to Abbi, and Abbi brings the seashell out “Come on, come here.”

“I’m not a dog.” Cris is unimpressed

Inko hums “Say glub glub Abbi.”

“Fucking cursed.” Abbi sighs “Glub glub . . .” She waves the seashell

Immediately, Cris turns into a goldfish, forgetting everything for three seconds, while Inko yeets Sunny onto Cris’s bed

Cris snaps herself out of her thoughts, and turns to Sunny . . . Who’s now sleeping “Wow, my bed must be really comfy . . .” She then shakes her head “Anyways, get out of here.”

“Dang, thought we would get some sort of bed rating . . . Nevermind, that doesn’t make sense.” Inko chimes up, then proceeds to bridal carry Sunny

“I just . . . I don’t have anything meaningful to say.” Poniko is baffled “Let’s just get out of here, wake Sunny up, Toriningen.”

Toriningen slaps him awake “Sleep is for the weak anyways.” She gets a tired look from Poniko

Regardless, let’s move on from this weirdness

— — — — — — —

So, they go to the home of the flower boy, and meet- “‘Ey, Miss Pwalolly.” Madotsuki speaks in a gangster accent?

“What?” Polly is more confused, her initial confusing was because of the group that’s standing at the door

“Don’t mind her, anyways, is Basil in?” Poniko asks

“Oh yeah . . .” Polly turns around and shouts “Basil, a girl is asking for you.”

“Ma’am, with all due respect, if you think it’s like that, I will kill you.” Poniko says

“Just give her cheesecake, and she’ll forgive you.” Abbi chimes in

“Oh, we have cheesecake on the dinner table.” Polly gestures behinds her with Basil walking into the living room

Poniko sees it “CHEESECAKE!” She bolts to it “My beloved, I missed you so much.” That cheesecake was not spared

“Um . . .” Polly frowns, Basil glances over, stepping closer to the door, getting noticed by Kel

“Basil!” Kel shouts out “We got your photo album.”

Basil perks up “O-Oh, thanks Kel.”

“Say, why don’t you invite your friends in for dinner, Basil?” Polly smiles “Well, I mean the rest of them . . .” Polly gives Poniko a look

“S-Sure, come in . . .” Basil doesn’t know what he’s getting into

[Anyway, transition to dinner after they sort out the photos because I’m lazy]

Toriningen is a cannibal that ravages meat, Madotsuki eats eggs, Poniko has devoured all cheesecakes, Kel is stuffing his face, and Sunny and Basil next sit to each other, something menacing hanging in the air

“Nice eggs.” Madotsuki complements

“Thank you, it was Basil’s grandma’s recipe.” Polly replies

Then Kel notices the photo album “Say Basil, did you give Sunny the photo album? That’s nice because he’s moving in a few days.”

“Yeah, I-” Basil realizes what Kel said “Um, he’s moving?” Basil asks and Kel nods “I’m going to the bathroom.” He excuses himself

“I’m joining because why not.” Sunny also follows Basil

“Uh . . .” Polly is baffled

“Don’t worry, Sunny is joking.” Inko lies, but Polly is reassured “So Abbi, how are you enjoying your meal?”

“It’s nice . . .” Abbi was sitting next to Inko “Though how do I know that, my taste buds might be fake after all . . .”

“Um . . . You’ll just have to accept it, sorry.” Inko shrugs

Then they fall to silence . . .

“Okay, I’m going to see what the heck those two are doing.” Poniko stands up along with Toriningen “Toriningen, don’t follow me.” And Toriningen sits back down

Poniko stomps towards the bathroom and throws it open

“What the fuck?” She sees Basil with black surrounding him and Sunny staring into a mirror with Mari hanging around behind him [I’m a terrible person]

Sunny snaps out of his thoughts and waltz out of the bathroom

Poniko sighs “Got to do everything around here I guess . . .” She walks over to Basil and down bends to him “Hey.”

Basil turns to her, eyes red, however, Poniko’s blue eyes pierce his soul

Suddenly, Poniko lifts her hand and flicks Basil’s forehead “It isn’t real dummy, it’s not going to hurt you.”

“Ouch.” Basil closes his eyes, rubs his head, and opens his eye, the black thing now gone “What the . . .”

“It’s a neat little trick that can get you out in a pinch.” Poniko explains “Wouldn’t suggest using it all the time, but it has helped me in the past.”

“Wait, you?” Basil looks up at her

Poniko sighs “You see, I have this thing called Uboa, and even though it was based around Madotsuki, it affects me . . .” Poniko turns away looking guilty “I did something to her a long time ago, and while she forgave me, became my friend again, and we both now have a good future, Uboa is still there.”

“So . . . It never stopped haunting you?” Basil is concerned

“It does, but only because I never got therapy no matter how many times Madotsuki pesters me.” Poniko lifts a finger and pokes Basil’s nose “Look, you might think you don’t deserve it, but you should get some help.”

Basil nods, gazing into Poniko’s eyes

“Good . . .” Poniko leans back and walks to the exit of the bathroom. She pauses and turns back to Basil “Oh, one more thing . . .” Poniko takes a deep breath, then widens her eyes, and smiles widely and creepily “You better get help, or I’ll unleash Uboa.” Poniko shakes her head, going back to her resting bitch face

“Y-Yeah, okay.” Basil stammers, and Poniko nods, fully exiting the bathroom

And now Basil was alone, left to contemplate what Poniko said

And . . .

Those blue eyes, the green shirt, the brown skirt, the red shoes, the cute face- WAIT CUTE?!

Oh no, Basil down bad for Poniko, whelp

Haha, JK, there's no Basil/Poniko, I just wanted to set up that joke LOL . . .

Unless-

NO, NOPE, NOT HAPPENING!

Anyways, back to the main gang

After Poniko leaves, they all step outside and now it's night time

<==== To be continued ===

Chapter Text

The gang exit from the flower boy’s home, and walk home in the middle of the night, crickets chirping

“Birds are singing, flowers are blooming.” Inko waves her hand “Yada yada.”

“But it’s the middle of the night.” Madotsuki points out, confused

“Oh, don’t mind me, I’m just . . . Speaking to myself.” Inko replies “Hey, is that The Maverick?”

There he is, the blond mop that passes for a wig rests upon his head, standing there, menacingly, or whatever he considers menacing

“Hello dears!” The Maverick shouts “I am glad that you came to me, and now I will defeat the men, and get all the women!”

“I’m not going to deal with this.” Poniko pulls some gloves out from . . . Somewhere, and offers them to Toriningen “Toriningen, send him to the backrooms.”

“Give me those gloves first.” Toriningen takes the gloves and puts them on “Well, now I can touch you without you saying that a woman touched you.”

The Maverick gasps “What?” Then Toriningen charges at him “Stay ba-”

Toriningen touches The Maverick with her gloves and he disappear

“Uh, where did he go?” Kel asks

“As I said, the backrooms.” Poniko replies

“But he’s not actually sent to the backrooms, right?” Kel raises an eyebrow . . . “Right?” Kel is concerned

“Don’t worry, he’ll return . . .” Poniko taps her chin “I don’t know, a week? But at least there’s WiFi down there, so there’s that.”

“Um . . .” Kel blinks and turns to Madotsuki

“Hey, don’t look at me.” Madotsuki glances at him “I mean, I know that Toriningen has sent me to the backrooms before, but I promise you that The Maverick will be fine.”

“Right . . .” Kel nods as Toriningen takes off her gloves and give them back to Poniko

“Anyways, let's continue, I’m tired.” Poniko speaks up

Everyone agrees, and they all go to Sunny’s house

“Hey, it was fun hanging out with you, Sunny.” Kel chimes “And everyone else . . . Um, I hope to hang out with you again, see you tomorrow!” Kel left the party

“Darn, no longer canon.” Inko opens Sunny’s door, and “Spiders . . .”

Wow, that’s a lot of spiders, like at least a dozen covering the floor, the boxes, and the walls

“Okay Toriningen, it’s time to get squishing.” Poniko nods, entering with Toriningen, and they start stomping

Sunny gulps before entering as well with Abbi, Inko, and Madotsuki behind him

“We need to split up and cover more ground.” Madotsuki suggests while walking into the dining room “Ah, get off me!”

“I’ll help her.” Inko volunteers, disappearing into the dining room

“Guess, it’s just you and me know, right Sunny?” Abbi speaks up, before turning “Sunny?” She spots him climbing stairs “Oh no . . .” Abbi has a bad feeling about this, so she decides to follow Sunny

Meanwhile, Sunny is climbing up the stairs, facing down the spider beast (™ . . . Again), and swings his imaginary knife at the air, because screw air, am I right?

“Sunny, you’re not doing anything.” Abbi appears beside him

“Abbi, please, can you give me some actual help?” Sunny begs of her, getting stabbed in the leg

“If you wanted my help, you should have accepted it long ago.” Abbi shouts

“Oh, you remember that, huh?” Sunny argues, the spider beast now looking at the conflict awkwardly “If you remember telling me the truth back then and what I did to you, why did you tell me again?”

“That’s because I care about you, Sunny!” Abbi replies “I know it was stupid of me to tell you the truth the moment we met each other, but it was to help you get better, not to hurt you . . . I would never hurt you intentionally, I promise.”

Sunny takes a deep breath “I . . .”

“Look, I get that you’re mad, but please . . .” Abbi pleads “Please don’t ever think that I’m not there to help you, that I was never there to guide you, and that I wanted to see you get hurt . . . I did what I did at the time because I thought it was the wisest choice, and I’m sorry.”

Sunny . . . Stares at Abbi “Abbi . . . I’m sorry for being a jerk to you, and for throwing you away . . . I just . . . I can’t explain my emotions, nor my actions.”

“You were in pain . . . You were lost . . . You were confused . . .” Abbi says “You were afraid . . . I don’t blame you for lashing out, I forgave you for that, just . . . Please, forgive me.”

“I . . . I forgive you . . .” Sunny is honest

“Thank you, you have no idea how much that means to me.” Abbi smiles

“Wow, a really heartwarming moment.” Mari speaks from another realm “Also, get some glasses brother, your eyesight is crap.”

Sunny then remembers about the spider and recalls focus

He then gives the beast spider the biggest stare down of his entire life

And the beast spider is no more, now turning into a dinky little spider

“Whatever you did up there, the spiders are now all gone!” Poniko shouts out

“You’re welcome!” Abbi shouts back and turns to the spider “So, what do you want to do with it?”

Sunny hums and offers a hand to the spider. The spider then crawls up him and up to his shoulder

“Huh, I didn’t expect that.” Abbi is surprised, but maybe she shouldn’t be “What are you going to call it?”

Sunny was about to name it, however, Inko stops him “You better not call it Missile Launcher, I swear there’s so many fics-”

“Nuke code.” Sunny decides that’s the spider’s name

. . .

Inko then proceeds to stomp into the piano room, muttering to herself

. . .

“Hey, who are you?” Inko screams

“Wait, someone in the piano room?” Madotsuki appears along with Poniko and Toriningen “It might be who I think it is.” Madotsuki walks into the piano room and gasps “MASADA!”

“We should check it out.” Abbi suggests, and Sunny nods, the rest of the gang congregates to the piano room

They see a tall thin creature wearing what looks like a black bodysuit, googly eyes on its face with sleek black hair on its head

“I’m guessing that’s Masada.” Sunny chimes up, turning to Madotsuki

“Yep, it is.” Madotsuki nods “He’ll be staying here at the piano, speaking of which, would you mind playing us a song, piano man?” She’s not addressing Omori

There were beeps coming from Masada as he nods, then he positions himself as he starts to press the keys on the keyboard, testing out the piano before going into a song

The gang all sit down and listen in as Masada continues the song throughout the night

And with that, the first day ends peacefully

Chapter Text

At the start of the next day, Sunny, Inko, Abbi, Madotsuki, Poniko, Toriningen, and Masada surround the table. Everyone other than Toriningen and Nuke code eats cheesecake, which is a weird thing to have a breakfast but they don’t care

“Doesn’t Toriningen like cheesecake?” Sunny asks, spotting Nuke code chowing down on flies in the corner

“No, she’s a carnivore, meaning that she will only eat meat.” Poniko replies “Also, your steak was off.”

“Ah, that makes sense.” Abbi chimes him, looking with concern at the groaning Toriningen

“Don’t worry she’s had worse.” Poniko reassure “She’s had Madotsuki before, so-”

“Hey, I don’t taste that bad.” Madotsuki argues “Besides, I heard that I taste good from you in bed~”

“Shut!” Poniko slams her hand against the table, cracking but not breaking it “You know what happened to us.”

“I remember . . .” Madotsuki frowns “You know I’m just joking, right?”

. . .

“Poniko . . .” Madotsuki has the tone of a parent spotting their child with their hand in a cookie jar “We’ve talked about this, I forgive you.”

“I know . . .” Poniko shifts around

“Has therapy not been helping you?” Madotsuki asks

“Um . . .” Poniko gulps “Promise you won’t be mad?”

Madotsuki stares into Poniko’s soul, then stands up “Alright, I think that’s enough cheesecake.” Madotsuki starts picking up plate along with Masada, and then they leave the room

“I know it’s not our business, but what happened?” Sunny asks

Poniko sighs “You really want to know?” They all nod “I hurt her, I really really hurt her, Madotsuki just flipped my light switch subconsciously, and I did something else, something that was extreme . . . I released Uboa on her.”

“Uboa . . .” Toriningen looks upwards “I thought you said you killed it.”

“I thought so too.” Poniko replies “But then . . . I don’t know, I had one bad day, and Madotsuki asked me a simple question, then left, flipping my light switch off without a second thought because she usually does it, and I was angry . . . I burst . . . Uboa hurt her, and I couldn’t stop.”

. . .

The door is knocked, removing all the silence in the air

“I’ll get that.” Toriningen stands up and walks out the kitchen

Poniko sighs “I’m a bad friend . . .”

“No you’re not.” Madotsuki appears, surprising Poniko “You feel guilty for what you did, a bad person wouldn’t do that, you want what hurts other people gone, a bad person would continue to hurt others, and you continue to improve in some way, whilst bad people would not.”

“Madotsuki . . .” Poniko doesn’t know how to respond

“Please Poniko, you’re my friend.” Madotsuki insists “Please, I want to help you . . . Promise me you’ll get better?”

“I . . . Okay, I promise.” Poniko replies

“You cross your heart and hope to die?” Madotsuki puts her hands to her side

“I cross my heart and hope to die.” Poniko responds

“Good!” Madotsuki smiles “Now then, let’s see what Toriningen is doing!”

“Actually, before we go, I need to tell Sunny something.” Inko speaks up “I’m sorry if I’ve been rude or threatening, I can’t explain my actions, I’ll stop being a mean to you.”

“Inko . . .” Sunny puts a hand on her shoulder “It’s okay, I forgive you.” If Sunny was honest, he didn’t find Inko a jerk, and would be hypocrite of him if he didn’t forgive her since he feels like a jerk

Inko is surprised and Abbi chimes in “Actually, about what you said, Inko.” Abbi sighs “How do you live . . . You know, in this world/life?”

“I just go along with it . . .” Inko replies “Sorry if that’s not what you’re looking for, but over time, you’ll get used to it.”

Abbi nods “Right . . . I’ll take that advice to heart . . . Er, hearts since I have three.”

Toriningen shouts “Hey, stop mooching over there and get out here!”

“Whelp, better not keep her waiting.” Poniko stands up along with everyone

And with that, they all go to the door

“Hey guys!” Kel beams “Hey Sunny, ready to hang out again?”

They all nod and step out the door, sun shining brightly, everyone is happy . . . Not Sunny though, he’s still not happy

Meanwhile, Omori is doing something in the Sunny’s head, what it is isn’t important right now, but it has to do with stacking red chairs on top of each other

Then Sunny hears a crash, but decides to ignore it as Omori reprimands the red hands, pointing at the now collapsed throne

Chapter Text

Even with Nuke code on his shoulder, Sunny was surprised that no one mentioned it, although it wasn’t a large spider

Actually, what gender was the spider? How can you tell?

Whatever, Sunny is not about to get into spider biology, and will simply address Nuke Codes as them

Regardless, the gang helps a girl, Joy, with her homework. Joy told them that she wanted to got today since her father was out doing errands, however, Joy’s father must of finished them since he had heard her

And now Joy’s father was staring down at Sunny as he does the girls test, stress rising, four years of being a shut in is starting to really bite him in the ass

“Is he smarter than a fifth grader?” Poniko asks Abbi

“I’m just going to say hopefully.” Abbi replies

“Why do you use Toriningen to . . . You know?” Inko tilts her head

Poniko shakes “Sunny’s reputation is already pretty bad, we don’t want to ruin it.”

“We should probably fix that . . .” Madotsuki chimes up “But afterwards of course.”

The gang nod and Sunny finishes up, handing the paper back to Joy’s father

Joy’s father checks it and gives him a look “How old are you?”

“Sixteen.” Sunny answers

Joy’s father shakes his head “You ought to get back to school . . .”

Sunny deflates and Kel reassures him “Don’t worry, I’ll be able to catch him up!”

“Actually, maybe we should all help him.” Abbi suggests “How does that sound, Sunny?”

Sunny is embarrassed, but he nods nevertheless

However, he didn’t expect everyone to help him right there and then

Not only that, but Joy help him as well . . . Actually, it makes Sunny realise that Joy looks a bit older up close . . . Why does she look 20?

[Source: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/omori/images/0/0d/Faraway_Town_Citizens_Concept.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20210220043556&format=original

At the top, ages 0 - 21, Joy is fifth person from the right

Anyways, weird cursed thought/rant aside}

Regardless, this just made things more awkward for Sunny as he contemplates how stupid he is

At least Kel has been giving him wrong answers, which the gang argue against him

And now Kel was also being taught, so Sunny isn’t so alone anymore

— — — — — —

“I bring you this offering as an apology.” Sunny shows Cris some seashells that he got

Cris gasps “Wow, um . . .” Cris takes them “Thanks, apology accepted, just . . . Don’t lay in my bed again, okay?”

Sunny nods and gives Inko a glare, who looks away with embarrassment

“Hold on.” Kel perks up and points behind her “Is that a remote I see under the couch?”

Cris turns and sighs “Yeah, my father often gets it lost.” She bends down and gets it, giving it back to her father, who gives her Orange Joe. Cris gives the can a disgusted look as she walks back to the gang

“Oh, can I have that?” Kel asks “If you’re not wanting . . .”

“Uh, sure.” Cris gives Kel the Orange Joe, Kel drinks it immediately, and Cris mutters under her breath “How can he like that stuff?”

“Kel is just Kel.” Abbi answers Cris’s rhetorical question

“Anyways, I think we . . . No, you . . .” Madotsuki points to Inko “You need to apologise for being weird to everyone. And you . . .” Madotsuki points to Toriningen, who gives her a menacing smile “Uh . . . Nevermind!”

Inko nods “Okay, I will, let’s just continue the plot, shall we.”

They all agree and walk to the park

— — — — — —

They all meet Basil who stands there

Poniko pokes him, making him jump out of his skin

Of course, he doesn’t do that much to Toriningen’s disappointment

Anyways, they have a chat, then proceed to Faraway’s plaza where Kel mentions their main goal

First, bakery to pick up bread

Yep, same old, same depressing/depressed twins

They also got some yum yum for everyone since yum yums are delicious, fight me

Before going to the next objective, they went to the candy store where Toriningen caught up with her step sibling, much to the confusion of Miss Candice who just accepts it

Oh, and Mincy is here too, drawing the colourful candy chaos in front of her

“Do you just sketch or do you experiment?” Madotsuki asks

“I just sketch.” Mincy answers “Only when I get home do I fill it in with colour, but I never really go out of my comfort zone.”

“Mood.” Sunny says, before shaking his head and putting a thumbs up in Mincy’s face

Mincy blink and Kel chimes up “He’s basically confirming that he likes the drawing.”

“O-Oh . . .” Mincy is bashful “T-Thank you.”

Anyways, many thumbs up -Tentacles for Abbi- in Mincy’s face later, they go to their second quest

Hero sandwich

“Damn, I thought his name came from that Shrek song.” Madotsuki disappointment is immeasurable, and her day is ruined

Regardless, they enter Gino’s . . . And they see The Hooligans surround a table

“Awkward . . .” Thanks Inko

Anyways, they go up to the man behind the slaughter counter, and order a hero sandwich, not before hearing the man complaining about the order

While the man gets the hero sandwich, Charlene looks up at the group, and Toriningen flashes her sharp teeth, making Charlene look away . . . And notice someone is missing

“Where’s Maverick?” Charlene asks

“I KNEW SOMEONE WAS MISSING!” Kim shouts out, getting many looks “SORRY!”

Vance frowns “Yeah, where is he? Angel?”

“Master is in the backrooms!” Angel answers

Aubrey raises an eyebrow “Uh . . . What? This isn’t a joke, right?”

“No, in fact . . .” Angel reaches into his pocket and pulls out his phone “Look, here’s proof.”

Vance whistles “Whoa . . . That’s so realistic . . . I hope he’s okay.”

“How did he get there?” Aubrey asks

“Bird person ordered by green goddess.” Angel replies

Aubrey blinks, then turns to the other gang as they collect their order, making eye contact with Poniko “Right . . . I have no idea what to say.”

“Really, you believe that stuff?” Kim asks, voice lowered “Come on, it’s Anger and Maverick we’re talking about!”

Aubrey shakes her head “Considering that I’ve got pecked by nockoff bird person, we’ve seen someone wearing some sort of squid girl cosplay, and there’s Madotsuki from Yume Nikki, I would believe it.”

Kim has no response, so she just grumbles

Then the other gang leave Gino’s

— — — — — —

After doing some odd jobs, the gang go to Kel’s house, but . . .

“Who’s a good boy?” Sunny is petting Hector

“Don’t you like cats?” Poniko points out “Aren’t you like, betraying them?”

“Cats and dogs can get along.” Sunny argues, Nuke code looking with jealousy, but Sunny doesn’t notice

“Yeah, they made moves about cats and dogs.” Madotsuki replies, getting several looks “Hey, I’m just saying.”

Abbi shakes her head “Regardless, I think Hector will bite me, so . . .”

Sunny nods, understanding, still petting Hector, feeling something crawl down his back . . . His sins maybe?

“You know, there has to be some sort of joke to this.” Inko also pets Hector “Like, I’m wearing a wolf mask, and petting a dog.”

“That reminds me, what’s under your mask?” Poniko asks

“Yes.” Inko answers

Poniko surveys Inko with a baffled expression . . .

“Come on guys!” Kel shouts, snapping Poniko out of her thoughts

Sunny is sad that he can’t pet Hector anymore, but regardless, he has to continue, and besides, he can always give Hector more pats . . . Oh, and Nuke code, don’t forget about Nuke code

And with that, Sunny . . . Doesn’t smile at the prospects

Okay, he will have to deal with that later

But for now . . .

The gang enters Kel’s house

Chapter Text

“Oh. My. God.” Abbi says to the baby “Who is this stack of potatoes?”

“That’s Sally.” Kel replies and Sally coos “Also, don’t call her that.”

“Why not?” Abbi whines, poking Sally’s cheek with the suction cup of her tentacle, making Sally giggle “I mean, look at her, look at her face and tell me she’s not a stack of potatoes.”

Kel shakes his head. Meanwhile Toriningen gags “Ugh, babies.”

“I thought you were a cannibal.” Sunny frowns

“I am . . .” Toriningen replies “I’m just saying ugh because it’s alive!”

Sunny and Kel give her a look “You know what, you can call Sally whatever you want, just put Toriningen away from her, okay?” Kel says

“I will protect her with my life.” Abbi replies, Sally chewing on her tentacle “No . . . No biting.” Sally gives Abbi a look “Aw, how can I say no to that face?”

Poniko rolls her eyes “Can’t believe that we’re going to have to wait for Hero . . . Speaking of, what’s he like?”

“Sparkling water perfectionist anime man.” Inko replies

“Okay, at this point, you’re just saying words.” Poniko huffs

Then, there was a knock on the door

It was “‘Ey, Miss Pwalolly.” Madotsuki finger guns

Not an appropriate time since Basil is missing like Mario

Madotsuki clicks her tongue “Whoopsie daisy.”

And now they were on a collect quest for Basil

— — — — — —

“Basil, leave.” Aubrey tells Basil

“N-No.” Basil shakes his head

“Please Basil, me and The Hooligans are having a meeting.” Aubrey says

“Get away from me.” Basil’s voice shakes

“We’re not even that close to you.” Kim argues

And for no reason, Basil screams

“Oh for fuck-” Aubrey groans “Just get out already. Also, I need to talk to you about something, but that will be later.”

“Something?” Basil’s face pails, surely Aubrey doesn’t know right. No, that’s stupid-

“Hey, stop bullying Basil!” Kel shouts

“Oh great, Nerd brigade.” Kim grumbles

“Surrender Bagel boy now and we won’t bite your face off.” Madotsuki demands

“Aw, really?” Toriningen says “I want to bite someone’s face off!”

“No one is getting their face bit off.” Poniko denies

“Wow, way to ruin the bluff, Poniko.” Madotsuki crosses her arms

“Okay, that’s enough.” Aubrey shouts “You have been causing me nothing but trouble over these past few days, and you!” Aubrey points a bat to Poniko “Also, where the hell is The Maverick? Can you bring him back?”

“He’s in the backrooms.” Poniko responds “Don’t worry, he be back soon.”

Aubrey sighs and points her bat to Toriningen “And you, apologize to Charlene now!”

“Or what?!” Toriningen argues “You’ve slammed that bat into my face, you can’t do anything.”

“Oh, that’s where you’re wrong.” Aubrey smirks “I’ve covered holy water over my bat!”

. . .

“Oh no, the horror . . .” Toriningen is sarcastic, before she starts cackling like a witch “You seriously thought that could kill me?! Only Poniko can do that!”

Aubrey is embarrassed but turns to Poniko “What if I kill Poniko?”

Poniko raises an eyebrow “You’re a clown.”

“W-What?” Aubrey stammers “So what? This fight is unfair?”

“Always has been.” Abbi replies, summoning a giant tentacle from behind her because she can do that apparently, also she's a girlboss (Might be more literal?)

“I’ve seen a lot of anime, but this is not where this is going.” Inko says, getting a strange look from everyone

“Well . . . It was nice knowing you . . .” Vance speaks up

“Not again!” Kim jabs her brother “Stop thinking we’re going to die!”

“Well, what are we supposed to do?” Vance turns to his sister

“RUN!” Angel screams, sprinting away. Kim, Vance, and Charlene follows along with the order

Toriningen smiles, ready for the chase, however Poniko puts a hand on her shoulder “Aw, please?”

“No.” Poniko orders and Toriningen deflates

“Uh, Aubrey?” Sunny speaks up, it seems the only one that stayed

“I . . . I . . .” Aubrey is shaking, she drops her bat and screams “GODDAMMIT!”

“A-Aubrey?” Kel is concerned

“Why? Why are you here now?” Aubrey screams and turns to Basil “And you, why did you not tell me?” Aubrey stomps towards him, Basil steps back onto the dock

“A-Aubrey?” Basil stammers

“Why didn’t you tell me that Sunny blacked out the photos?”

. . .

“Whatever?” Aubrey turns away, and-

“Aubrey?” Basil puts his hand on her shoulder

“STAY AWAY FROM ME!” Aubrey pushes Basil into the water “Oh no.”

“Aubrey, how could you?!” Kel shouts “Sunny, go get Basil!”

“Why me?” Sunny replies before feeling a tentacle wrap around his arm “Abbi?”

“Don’t worry, we can save him together.” Abbi reassures “I’ll be by your side.”

Sunny nods and they both jump in, though Nuke codes jumps off before they hit the water, so don’t worry, they’re safe

Anyways, they enter the water, and. . .

They’re in Sunny’s house?

Weird . . .

Whatever, they start stepping down some stairs and see a figure in the distant

“Is that . . . Mari?” Sunny speaks underwater

“You’re hallucinating.” Abbi tells him “Also, don’t speak.”

Sunny gives Abbi a confused look, if he’s hallucinating, then what about her?

Regardless, they continue their descent, going into darkness, and . . .

Someone turns around

Someone disappears

Something surrounds them underwater

Holy crap, it’s a water beast (Trade Mark . . . Actually, in china, there’s bound to be water beasts, some spider beasts, and maybe even a stair beast)

Regardless, Sunny and Abbi fight the beast

Sunny calms down, which is weird because he’s underwater, whereas Abbi is a squid girl, so she’s fine

Then he focuses, and a voice calls him

“Sunny, gamers don’t die.” Mari speaks to him “Also, you remember me being pushed down the stairs, but what about the hanging?”

“Huh?” Sunny never thought of that as his mouth opens. BAD IDEA

He starts to drown

However, he persists

In the corner of his eye, he sees Abbi grabs Basil, and she swims up with them

Sunny continues to persist

Soon, they reach the surface, Sunny barely holds on, but when they make it, he breathes in the sweet, sweet fresh air . . . While also choking up water of course

Anyways, Abbi drags them both to the mainland, and lays them on the ground

Basil is passed out, but still breathing, meanwhile Sunny is coughing up a storm, but he’s fine

However, he sees him

“Hey Sunny, long time no see.” Hero smiles down on him

“You were right to say that Hero is a sparkling water perfectionist anime man.” Poniko nods

“Yep, I know.” Inko says

“Um . . . You wouldn’t mind introducing me to your friend, would ya?” Hero gestures to Abbi

“Hi, I’m Abbi, I used to be in his mind, but now I’m here.” Abbi introduces

“In . . . Sunny’s mind?” Hero frowns at her “Sunny, what have you been doing for the past four years?”

Uh oh . . .

“Um . . .” Sunny wishes he drowned, looking everywhere except Hero, which is pretty hard considering he’s right there “We need to make sure that Basil is okay first.” Sunny prays to all gods that Hero takes the bait

“Oh . . .” Hero turns “Ah, you’re right!”

Sunny will make sure to sacrifice anything to all gods like that one fic about hunting . . . Something? I forgor

Back to the point, Hero picks Basil up “Whelp, we should go.”

“Wait!” Aubrey shouts

“Aubrey, you’ve done enough damage already.” Kel has an unnatural anger to his voice

Hero decides to question it later as he bridal carries Basil to his house, the strange group following behind him

Nuke code then climbs up Sunny’s shoulder

Chapter Text

After the gang drops Basil off, -Madotsuki refraining from her gangster ways to Polly- Hero decides to ask some questions “So, you’re Madotsuki from Yume Nikki, correct?” Hero asks

“Yep!” Madotsuki replies

“And you’re also from Yume Nikki, is that right?” Hero points to Poniko and Toriningen

“Yeah . . .” Poniko shrugs “But we don’t like the fame.”

“Well, fame means that people will come up to me, and people coming up to me means more meals.” Toriningen smiles

“You’re a cannibal?” Hero has a worrying look, hoping that’s not the case, however Toriningen nods “Right . . . And you two . . .” Hero points to Abbi and Inko

“I used to be . . . In Sunny’s mind, but I was erased.” Inko replies “It’s complicated.”

“I am Sunny’s best friend, also known as The Wisest.” Abbi responds “But, uh . . . We got into an argument, and I was sent to a place called The Abyss. Don’t worry though, all is forgiven.”

“Okay . . .” Hero turns to Sunny “Sunny . . .”

Sunny gulps, knowing that Hero was going to ask about Abbi, however, he notices Hero’s face pales

“Uh, Hero?” Kel waves at his hand in front of his brother’s face “Oh, he saw a spider.”

Wait . . . Sunny turns to his shoulder and sees Nuke code. He would smile, but he can’t so he just pets the spider, internally proud

“Come on Hero, snap out of it.” Kel snaps his fingers

Hero shakes his head and sighs “Is it gone?”

“It was never there in the first place?” Kel says, making Hero panic

“It’s still around!” Hero perks “Oh god, Sunny, look out!”

“Huh?” Kel is baffled as he turns to Sunny, and . . . Kel sees Nuke code “Sunny, don’t move.”

“Um . . . I think we have a misunderstanding.” Sunny replies “This is Nuke code, my pet spider.”

“P-Pet spider . . .” Hero gulps and gives Sunny a look “Why did you bring it out?”

“They kind of just followed me . . .” Sunny shrugs

“Reminds me of someone else.” Inko looks around the group “But I would be hypocritical if I judged. Anyways, let’s have a sleepover.”

“Oh, a sleepover sounds nice!” Kel perks up

“Y-Yeah . . .” Hero turns away “As long as that thing never touches me.”

“Though . . .” Kel frowns “We need to convince our mom. Flowers?”

Hero nods “Flowers.”

And would you look at that, another quest

But they need money, so Sunny delivers pizzas, still baffled at how terrible the writing is [Of the fic], then goes to war against flies, so many people died that day, but they won, then tool sorting . . . Tool sorting . . . Nothing interesting

Sunny then bought flowers, but it turns out, Hero had money on him the whole time

. . .

Whatever, Sunny still have some money left over, so he might as well purchase some fish, and give it to the cats

The cat army grows [But I don’t think it’s going to mean anything]

Next up, Hero gives flowers to his mom, Abbi plays with Sally, and Sunny pets Hector

Afterwards, they help a father reunite with their kid, pay with some money to some hobos, and pay the rest of their money guy with a guitar called Mikal, not to be confused by Mikeal

Speaking of Mikhael, he’s still in the backrooms, and the gang is asked by Bebe where he is, but they provide no comment. Speaking of Bebe, her sister makes some strange advances on Hero, which Sunny clam jams by asking Poniko if Toriningen can rip her face off

One display of Toriningen’s strength later, Bebe’s sister backs off from Hero, all the while Hero tells Sunny that it was fine . . . Then secretly thanks him once out the house

Anyways, it’s time to go to Sunny’s house for a sleepover

They enter the house “Wow . . . It’s so . . . Empty.” Hero reminisces

Kel runs to a stain on the carpet “That’s where I spilled my Orange joe.”

“Oh yeah . . .” Hero laughs and shakes his head “Man, I’m going to miss this place.”

They all go silent, reminiscing the house

“Hey, does anyone hear piano music?” Hero says

“Oh yeah, that’s Masada playing.” Madotsuki replies “Come, let me introduce you to him.”

Hero gives an unsure look, but follows Madotsuki, and the gang go to the piano room

There, Masada is playing a familiar tune, sheet music in front of him

“Ooh, playing something different?” Madotsuki perks up and hears a sniff “Huh?”

Hero and Sunny are crying, and Kel is tearing up

“Um . . .” Poniko is uncomfortable “Why are you crying?”

“That’s the song Mari used to play.” Abbi answers, blue tint replacing her white outlines

“Ah . . .” Poniko nods

Masada stops, beeping apologetically

“Hey, it’s fine.” Madotsuki reassures Masada

Hero wipes his eyes “I haven’t heard that song in a long time . . .”

“Yeah . . .” Kel nods, bittersweet smile

“How did you find the sheet music?” Sunny asks

Masada beeps and Sunny frowns

“He’s saying that he got it from the closet.” Madotsuki translates

. . .

“Oh . . .” Sunny’s heart drops, reminding himself that the violin is there . . . Not only that, but his friend . . . They need to know the truth . . . But Sunny only knows about pushing Mari, and nothing else

“Say Sunny . . .” Hero snaps Sunny out of his thoughts “Didn’t you used to play the violin? Where is i
t?”

Sunny stares at Hero, then turns to Abbi, who is now back to normal with white outlines

“Not yet.” Abbi says

Sunny nods and turns back to Hero, silently watching

“Oh, um, okay . . .” Hero scratches the back of his head “Anyways, we should prepare for the night, huh?”

Kel perks up “Ooh, we should build a blanket fort!”

“W-Would we be able to fit everyone in . . .” Hero glances around with concern

“Masada doesn’t need sleep.” Madotsuki says “Toriningen thinks sleep is for the week. Poniko and I could sleep on the floor. The rest, you can figure it out amongst yourselves.”

Hero blinks “Um . . . Okay . . . If you're sure . . .”

“WOO HOO!” Kel shouts, sprinting out the room

“I better make sure he doesn’t break something.” Hero chuckles and then leaves

Sunny exhales and Abbi puts her tentacle on his shoulder “Are you okay?”

“I’m going to have to tell them the truth.” Sunny replies

“Hey, we know the truth, and we don’t hate you.” Poniko points out

“If you don’t tell the truth, you’ll forever be haunted.” Inko chimes in “Please, trust your friends, they won’t hate you, I promise.”

“Don’t worry, we’ll be there for you.” Madotsuki reassures

Masada beeps, and although Sunny doesn’t understand, he knows that it was words of encouragement and support

“What’s the truth?” Toriningen looks around

“Oh right . . .” Madotsuki scratches the back of her head “Also, Masada, you know the truth?”

Masada beeps

“Oh, you don’t, but your support makes sense.” Madotsuki nods, and Sunny frowns “Anyways, I hope you understand Sunny that everything will be okay.”

Sunny nods “Thank you . . .” Suddenly, he’s wrapped in a hug by everyone, except Toriningen, but he’s fine with that

Sunny exhales, closes his eyes, wraps his arms around everyone

And . . .

Smiles

Chapter Text

Madotsuki and Poniko was laying on the floor, Hero and Kel was laying in a blanket fort with Inko, Toriningen stays awake, and Sunny and Abbi share a bed [iT’s pLaToNiC i SaY]

Anyways, Sunny has a nightmare where he sees the colour red and wakes up

He hears music and decides to go down the stairs to politely ask Masada to stop playing

He then enters the piano room and sees . . .

Mari

“Hello brother.” Mari greets “If you’re wondering where Masada is . . . I don’t know, he’s somewhere.”

Sunny nods, wanting to speak to Mari, yet no words are said

“I apologise for pushing you so hard to be perfect.” Mari pauses to glance at him, then turns back and plays again “You just seemed so excited to play with me, and yet . . .”

Sunny sighs, gazing sadly as his sister starts to fade

“Remember, I’m always here for you . . . In some way.” Mari smiles “But promise me that you’ll forgive yourself and move on . . .”

“I’m sorry.” Sunny tears up “I . . . I love you.” That’s all he can say, even though he wants to say a lot

“I love you too . . .” Mari nods, basically translucent at this point “Oh, and by the way, the person who hung my like a Halloween decoration was-”

And she’s gone “Fuck.” Sunny says

“Language.” Hero appears, surprising Sunny “Oh, um . . . Sorry Sunny, I just thought I heard something.”

So he wasn’t hallucinating

“Uh, anyways . . .” Hero scratches the back of his head and steps towards the piano “You know, when I first saw you, you hadn’t changed that much, and I was grateful for that.”

“That’s not a good thing to be grateful for.” Sunny points out “If I look the same as I was at twelve, well . . .”

“That’s . . . I . . .” Hero sighs, then gives him a look "Wait, if you're malnourished . . . How many times has your mother fed you . . ."

Sunny is a bit unsure why Hero is giving him a look "Two weeks ago she gave me steak and an apple."

Hero has concern plastered on his face "That's . . . That's."

Sunny doesn't see the problem because he's blind

Regardless, and Hero shakes his head, muttering about . . . Something that Sunny doesn't catch. Hero continues from the previous subject “Anyways, It’s just with Aubrey bullying Basil, Sally being born, and this new group, a part of me wants this to just . . . Stop.”

Sunny thinks about that, unsure how to respond as Hero adds on “College has been so stressful on me, but no matter how much I study, I keep thinking about her . . . It feels like I’m stuck in the past, but things are moving too quickly, you know?”

“I mean . . .” Sunny trails off

“Sorry for dumping so much on you Sunny . . .” Hero chuckles sitting down on the bench “I guess I just miss Mari so much . . . Hero’s voice wobbles as he starts to cry “I’m sorry.”

Sunny wants to comfort Hero, however Masada walks in and waves Sunny off, setting down next to Hero

Sunny sighs, knowing full well that he can’t do anything else to help, and so he goes back to bed

— — — — — —

In the morning, Sunny smell bacon, and immediately stands up like that one meme about a girl saying to guy that she’ll sit on his face if they win

Anyways, Sunny goes into the kitchen and find Hero baking bacon, and Madotsuki egging egg- Wait, I mean cooking eggs

Right behind them is Poniko devouring cheesecake, Kel, Abbi, Masada, and Inko eating eggs and bacon, and Toriningen scoffing down bacon

“Ah, morning Sunny.” Hero greets, putting some bacon on a plate “I noticed that your fridge was empty, so I went out and bought some stuff.”

“Say, Sunny?” Madotsuki chines in “You were only left a steak, was your mom expecting you to live off that for three days?”

Sunny blinks “I survived longer with less.”

Everyone looks at him with varying concern, except Toriningen, whose main goal is eat the most delicious bacon ever

Sunny is confused at everyone reactions but shrugs it off, and picks up a plate

Literally as he sat down, there was a knock on the door “I’ll get it!” Kel somehow says through a full mouth, running out

“Kel . . .” Hero tries to stop Kel, but it’s too late as they all hear a scream. Hero sighs “I’ll check it out.”

Sunny starts to consume . . . Before absolute stuffing his face like an animal

The others leave as he does that, but not Abbi because she’s nice “You must be really hungry Dreamer . . . Promise me you’ll eat more.” Also Nuke code was their on Sunny's shoulder, looking at the bacon with their eight eyes . . . Can spiders eat bacon? Probably shouldn't test it, better safe than sorry

Sunny nods, swallowing the last of his breakfast, standing up, and exits the room with Abbi

They see- “Holy crap, Kim got egged.” Madotsuki is the only one laughing

Kim grumbles “Shut up!” Kim huffs “Whatever, I need your help . . . Aubrey has locked herself in her house, and we know you did something to her!”

“Oh sure, we’ll go get Aubrey.” Hero replies

“What? No!” Kel argues “Aubrey has changed, and you know what she did.”

“Kel, look, I understand, but she’s still our friend.” Hero replies “Come on, I’m sure if we show her support, she’ll apologise.”

“Fine . . .” Kel sighs

“Great . . .” Kim pulls eye out of her hair “Anyways, later nerds.” Kim storms away

“Oh my god . . .” Madotsuki wipes her eyes “Funniest shit I’ve seen.”

“Language.” Hero perks up

“English.” Madotsuki replies “Actually, technically Japanese.”

Hero sighs and shakes his head “Look, let’s just go and get Aubrey, okay?”

The gang agree, and they all head out

Chapter Text

“Oh here, you’re all here.” Kim notices them, egg now gone from her

“Actually, that’s a good point.” Vance chimes in “Since we’re known as The Hooligan, what is your guy’s team name?”

“Killers.” Toriningen smiles, making everyone look at her “What?! It’s a great name.”

“We’re not calling ourselves killers.” Poniko denies “How about The Squad?”

“Unoriginal.” Madotsuki chimes in “Needs to be fancy, like Yume Nikki.” Madotsuki smiles, and everyone gives her a look

“Maybe something to do with our names.” Inko suggests “HAMPISK.”

“What?” Abbi shakes her head “No, it would obviously be like . . . MISKPAH? KIMPASH?”

“This is stupid, we’re getting nothing with using our names.” Sunny says

“How about The Dream Team.” Kel chimes up

. . .

“The Dream Team . . .” Madotsuki hums, slowly nodding “Well, Abbi, Toriningen, and Inko come from dreams, Poniko, Sunny, and I mostly dream.”

“Or we could be The Nightmare Team.” Toriningen chines in

“Once again, no.” Poniko shakes her head

“Wait, you’re seriously considering my opinion?” Kel is surprised, he just said it as a joke

“Yeah, we are.” Sunny replies “I think The Dream Team really fits us . . . So, what do you say?”

“The Dream Team!” Abbi lifts a tentacle in the air

“The Dream Team!” Inko shouts

“Ah what the heck, The Dream Team.” Poniko shrugs

“The Dream Team!” Madotsuki waves her hands in the air

“Ugh, The Dream Team.” Toriningen groans

“The Dream Team . . .” Sunny nods, Nuke code hopping on his shoulder

“The Dream Team.” Hero smiles, though he also gives Nuke code a concerned glance

Kel laughs “The Dream Team.”

And with that, the gang is officially called The Dream Team

“That’s great and all, but we still need your help.” Kim replies

“Oh right!” Hero perks up, walks up to the door, and knocks on it “Hello . . . Aubrey . . .”

“Aubrey!” Kel shouts, then sees the door slightly ajar “Uh, I think we can just go in.”

“What?” Hero is baffled, but is unable to stop Kel as he opens the door and walks through “Kel.”

“Let’s follow them.” Abbi says, and the rest of The Dream Team go into the house, and . . .

It’s an absolute mess

The Dream Team stay silent, observing the trash all over the place, the smell making everyone cringe, and a woman sits on the couch, staring at the TV

“Let’s just . . .” Madotsuki points to the hallway and everyone agrees, walking past the woman, ignoring her

They are now in the hallway, a ladder goes up to an antic, and they hear shuffling

“I don’t think we’ll fit up there.” Poniko chimes up “Plus, I don’t want anyone to look up my skirt.”

“How about me, Kel, and Sunny going up.” Hero suggests “Aubrey is our friend, and I think it would be better if we were to go in.”

The rest of The Dream Team agree, splitting off from each other

“While they do that, what should we do in the meantime?” Inko questions

“I don’t think we should touch this stuff.” Madotsuki responds “I mean, this is Aubrey’s house after all, she should have a say in what we do with the place.”

“I just want to clean it all up.” Abbi sighs

“I want Toriningen to eat whoever’s on the couch.” Poniko says, Toriningen looking at her with anticipation

“No one is eating my mom.” Aubrey appears with the rest, surprising everyone “Just . . . We’ll deal with this place later, okay?”

“Right.” Inko nods, and The Dream Team walk through the trash, and out the house

“Glorious sweet fresh air.” Madotsuki takes a deep breath

“Aubrey, you’re out!” Angel shouts out “Why didn’t you respond to our rocks?”

“Sorry, I was just . . . I wanted some alone time, but thanks for your concern.” Aubrey replies “Also, sorry, but I want to hang out with these guys. I’ll see you later, okay?”

“Oh, that’s okay, see ya Aubrey.” Kim replies, The Hooligans getting on there scooters, and rolling out

“Damn, I would like a mode of transportation.” Madotsuki sighs

“Don’t you have a bike?” Poniko frowns

“I didn’t bring it with me.” Madotsuki replies sadly

Poniko shakes her head “Whatever, where are we going?”

“Basil’s.” Hero answers, and Aubrey nods

The Dream Team all head to Basil’s house, knock on the door, and

Polly opens “Hello everyone.”

“‘Ey Mis-” Madotsuki gets a jab from Poniko “Ouch, hey!”

“Sorry Madotsuki, but that isn’t funny anymore.” Inko shrugs “So, where’s Basil?”

“Oh, he’s at the hospital.” Polly replies, and everyone gasps “Huh? Oh sorry, I meant he was at the hospital seeing his grandma.”

“Ah, right.” Hero is relieved

“When will he be back?” Kel asks

“I don’t know, but later.” Polly answers

“I guess we'll hang around until then.” Sunny suggests, and The Dream Team nod

“Right, well I’ll see you later.” Polly closes the door

“How do you suggest we waste our time?” Abbi puts her tentacle arms to her sides

“Like we always do.” Madotsuki replies “Breaking into people’s houses.”

“Wait, what?” Hero frowns, but The Dream Team walks away “Guys?”

The Dream Team ignore him as they stroll across the street

Chapter Text

First thing: The couple that needed a wall sample now need to cook some meth food, which Hero and Madotsuki agree on

“Make sure to get cheesecake.” Poniko suggests

“And lots of meat.” Toriningen smiles

“Uh, we don’t mind anything.” Inko replies

“Nuke code would like flies.” Sunny points to Nuke code on his shoulder, and the couple give him a strange look

“Orange Joe!” Kel chimes up

“NO!” Everyone says

Anyways, once they do that, The Dream Team move on to

The second thing: Complementing Mincy

Mincy is overwhelmed by positivity that she starts to glow and disappear

Whelp, she’s now in heaven. Say hi to Mari for me will ya?

“She’s not dead.” Inko randomly says, getting looks from everyone including Mincy who isn’t dead “Sorry, just speaking to myself.”

“Um . . . Okay?” Mincy frowns and shakes his head “Oh, that reminds me!” Mincy brings something out of her pocket “I wanted to give you this as a thank you for all your support. Sorry it isn’t much, but I hope you like it.”

It’s The Dream Team pre Aubrey, Nuke code, and Hero giving thumbs up, well, holding up a tentacle for Abbi, but the indication of her showing support is still there

Regardless, third thing: Giving Cris the last seashells

“Oh thank you.” Cris smiles, fiddling with something “Here, this is what I’ve been working on.”

It’s a seashell necklace

Sunny tries it on and gains the power of god and anime, glowing like Mincy, and dies- Wait no, he’s still there, this joke is stupid

Regardless, Sunny gives a thumbs up to Cris

“You’re welcome.” Cris smiles

Next, fourth thing: Odd jobs

Pizza delivery was just a nightmare, one that they gave up on halfway

Fly swatter- Oh yeah, Nuke code! “Go Nuke code, use capture!” Sunny shouts

“Nuke code?” Aubrey frowns, seeing a spider jump off Sunny’s shoulder, and fight Barry B Benson

“Don’t ask.” Inko shakes her head

Then tool sorting . . . They ignore that completely

But, while at Fix-it, Sunny picks up some flowers, and . . .

Fifth thing: Give Mari flowers

The Dream Team stand there, silent

Soon, Aubrey starts “Hey Mari, it’s me . . . I’ve brought . . . There’s a lot of people with me.”

“Hey Mari, sorry I haven’t visited you.” Hero sighs “College has been stressful, and . . . I’m sorry . . . I love you Mari.”

“Hey Mari, it’s been a while since my last visit.” Kel says “I miss you Mari, and I’m sure you miss us too.”

“You visit her?” Aubrey asks

“Sometimes.” Kel answers

“Hey Mari, while you don’t know me, I know a lot about you.” Abbi speaks up “Mostly because I was in your brother’s head.”

“Wait what?” Aubrey turns to Abbi “Abbi, you . . . Sunny, have you been thinking of her? What have you been doing?”

Ah, it seems like Sunny has no escape this time

Unless . . .

. . .

Nope, nothing

Sunny sighs “Okay, to clarify, Abbi has been in my mind when I was really young. Don’t ask how she appeared, she just did.”

“But that doesn’t mean she couldn’t have changed from your childhood, right?.” Madotsuki points out

“Actually, I appeared like this.” Abbi replies “No changes to me what-so-ever, except for my size . . . However, he does know the Slime Girls.”

“The Slime Girls?” Everyone is curious

Meanwhile Sunny wonders if he can send Abbi to The Abyss

— — — — — —

After getting a lot of judgement from everyone, The Dream Team decides to head to the secret hangout spot

Suddenly, Sunny lays on the grass and starts doing grass angel, and Nuke code kind of just vibes on Sunny

Before Hero and Aubrey even has a chance to ask, Kel, Madotsuki, and Abbi join in

“What the hell?” Poniko and Aubrey shakes their head

“What? It’s fun!” Kel argues “Right Sunny?”

Sunny doesn’t respond, just continuing to do grass angel

“Ah, just leave him, he’s enjoying himself.” Abbi replies “Inko, you joining?”

“Um . . .” Inko looks with concern at Sunny “I don’t think he’s . . . Well . . .”

Sunny suddenly mutters “Recycling.”

“Recycling?” Madotsuki frowns, stopping, and turning to Sunny “I mean, recycling is good and all, but it’s not something you’d think about often.”

“Do you want me to make him stop?” Toriningen points a thumb at Sunny

“Uh . . .” Poniko considers it, however Sunny opens his eyes and suddenly sits up, gasping “Oh, seems like you don’t have to.”

“Hey Sunny.” Kel greets “Man, who knew making grass angels would be so fun?!”

“Grass angels? No, I was- We were fighting recycultest.” Sunny replies

“Oh, you were daydreaming.” Abbi sits up “I guess I should have noticed.”

“But why were you doing grass angels while thinking about recycling?” That’s what Madotsuki wanted to know “Not only that, but you were laying on BLADES of grass, don’t you know how dangerous that is?”

“What?” Aubrey frowns while Poniko groans “What’s wrong with laying on grass?”

Before Poniko could stop her, Madotsuki replies with a smug smile “Laying on BLADES of grass can get you cut!”

Only Hero chuckled because he’s a boomer that will laugh at any joke while Aubrey suddenly wishes that she had her bat with her

“Whatever, this was dumb.” Inko says what everyone is thinking “Let’s just go to Sunny's house, shall we?”

The Dream Team nod, and with that, they leave the secret hangout spot

Chapter Text

The sun starts to set as The Dream Team enter Sunny’s house

“Wow . . .” Aubrey stands in the middle, looking around “It just hit me . . . It feels so . . . Hollow.” She then frowns “Who’s playing the piano?”

“That would be Madasa.” Madotsuki replies then shouts “MASADA! GET OUT HERE!”

Suddenly the piano stops and Masada comes bumbling out

Aubrey snickers “Oh my god, does he have googly eyes?”

“He’s very insecure about that!” Madotsuki folds her arms while Masada beeps sadly

“Ah, sorry.” Aubrey scratches the back of her head “Anyways, what should we do?”

“We could go to the treehouse.” Kel suggests getting a look from Hero, but he doesn’t notice “Come on, it will be fun.” Kel opens the sliding glass door and runs out

“You can go back, Masada . . .” Madotsuki waves “I want to see what a treehouse is like.” Madotsuki doesn’t know if she has seen a treehouse before

“Once again, the author is lazy.” Inko chimes up, gets thrown into a blender, and gets erased. Then she comes back “O-O-O-O-O-Oh . . . Okay I’m sorry, I’m so so sorry . . . I’ll leave.”

“Let's go, Toriningen.” Poniko speaks up being followed by Toriningen

“Come on Sunny, let’s go to the treehouse.” Abbi smiles reassuringly “Don’t worry I, and everyone else will be there.”

“Actually . . .” Aubrey speaks up “Can I speak to him alone?”

“Ooh~ A confession?~” Abbi smugly smiles “You are very lucky to have your crush confess to you, Dreamer?”

“What?” Aubrey gives Abbi a look as she leaves behind a blushing Sunny that wants to kill Abbi

“I guess I’ll leave as well.” Hero nervously chuckles as he exits, the only people there were Aubrey and Sunny, oh, and also Nuke code because spider rights are human rights, or whatever

Aubrey shakes her head and sighs “Hey Sunny . . .” Aubrey turns and Sunny is back to normal “When you move away, do you think it’d be too much trouble if you could-”

“Hey, you two, are you coming?” Kel shouts

“Ah, never mind.” Aubrey says “Yeah, I’m coming.” Aubrey leaves

Huh . . . Wonder what she was going to say?

Whatever, Sunny doesn’t have time to think about that stuff as he follows Aubrey to the outside

He walks up to The Dream Team as they surround the stump

Silence

. . .

. . .

. . .

“This is where Mari . . .” Kel trails off

“Yeah . . . It is.” Hero has a depressed look on his face “Hey guys . . . Let’s . . . Let’s keep going.”

The Dream Team part, going through a clearing, and finding the treehouse

The Dream Team then climb up the ladder (Ladies last because skirts), and they all enter the treehouse

Sunny sees a polaroid and picks it up, feeling a key behind at

He turns it around, and sees a message: ‘Don’t forge,t it’s in the toy box.’

Sunny quickly puts away the key as The Dream Team explores the treehouse, which is big enough to fit everyone. While they do that, Nuke code says hi to their spider siblings

“Huh, so this is where my cookbooks went.” Hero reminisces, dusting the covers of some books in the corner

“Mr. Plantegg!” Aubrey picks up a dirty eggplant plush with eyes “Man, I missed you.”

“And here’s the TV I lifted.” Kel chimes up

“You lifted a whole TV up here?!” Poniko is surprised, and Kel nods. Poniko then whispers to Toriningen “Potential Toriningen?”

Toriningen shakes her head “Orange Joe.” She does not have to say anything else

“I feel like someone was standing here.” Inko hums, standing in a spot “Uni . . .” She says her breath under breath, but no one hears her

“Oh hey, The Big Yellow Cat.” Abbi points to the calendar “I know there was one at the park, but it’s nice knowing he’s here too.”

“The Big Yellow Cat?” Aubrey raises an eyebrow

“Sunny is very imaginative!” Abbi smiles

“Right , , ,” Aubrey gives her and Sunny a look, then notices the photo in Sunny’s house “Guys, check out what Sunny has . . .”

“Oh hey!” Kel shouts, pointing to Sunny “Is that the last photo? Put it in, put it in!” Kel is excited

Sunny nods as he places the photo album on the ground and The Dream Team gather round

Sunny putts the last photo in and The Dream Team look through it

[Insert polaroid stuff and Aubrey running out with The Dream Team following her]

The Dream Team observe as Aubrey places a pink pinwheel on the stump

“You know, after Mari’s death, everyone went in different directions.” Aubrey reminisces “Kel made new friends, Hero went to college, Basil and Sunny shut themselves away . . .”

“Aubrey . . .” Kel chimes up “I’m sorry for leaving you, you know I wouldn’t have rejected you if you wanted to talk to me, right?”

“I know that now, and I feel stupid.” Aubrey exhales “Not only that, but I bullied Basil over a misunderstanding.” Aubrey turns to Sunny “I thought he blacked out the photos, but you confessed to doing it, Sunny . . .”

“You did that?” Hero turns to Sunny, frowning

“I saw her hanging . . .” Sunny replies “Those photos in the album . . . Her smiling . . . I couldn’t take it.”

Hero gulps and Aubrey starts crying “I’m . . . I’m so sorry! I felt everyone pushed me away, yet I was the one doing the pushing!”

“Hey, it’s okay Aubrey, and I’m sorry too . . .” Kel walks up to her “I promise from now on to be there for you, okay?”

“Yeah, same.” Hero also walks up to Aubrey “Say, you know what this calls for?”

“Oh no . . .” Kel says

“A GROUP HUG!” Hero smiles, dragging everyone, except Toriningen, into a hug

“You guys . . .” Aubrey smiles, tears rolling down her face

“Say, why isn’t Toriningen joining?” Kel asks

“Not even I could tell her to hug.” Poniko responds “Unless it’s a killer hug, but I don’t think anyone would want that.”

“Nope, learned that mistake.” Madotsuki replies, and everyone gives her a look, but shrugs it off

And so, The Dream Team stand there, hugging Aubrey, a bittersweet moment for everyone involved, including Toriningen surprisingly

Eventually, The Dream Team part from Aubrey

“I know what I have to do now.” Aubrey says “I’m going to apologise to Basil.”

The Dream Team all nod and exit the backyard

Before though, Sunny turns and gives it one last look

Sunny stares at the stump . . . Something sways on the stump

He feels a tentacle on his shoulder, the one that doesn’t have Nuke code on it

“Don’t you remember not to look back.” Abbi says

“Abbi . . . Don’t joke about that.” Sunny sighs, turning around to Abbi

“Sorry . . .” Abbi pauses “How are you feeling?”

“I don’t know . . . A lot . . .” Sunny replies “Lets just go see Basil, okay?”

“You know I’m here for you, right?” Abbi asks, and Sunny nods “Good, you better come to me when you have problems, or else . . .”

“I understand.” Sunny replies

Abbi smiles, takes away her tentacle and follows The Dream Team

Sunny sighs before following everyone to Basil’s house

Chapter Text

“Hello Polly.” Madotsuki says normally which surprises everyone, except Hero and Aubrey who are out of the loop

“Ah, hello.” Polly was not expecting this, but whatever “I’m guessing you’re all here for Basil.”

“We are.” Kel replies

“Well you see, that’s the thing . . .” Polly has a concerned look on her face “When I brought Basil back from the hospital, he didn’t say anything to me, and walked into his room, locking himself away.”

“Don’t worry ma’am, we’ll go check on him.” Hero reassures “Come on, let’s go get Basil

“Actually, you go ahead, this seems kind of personal.” Madotsuki chimes in

“Alright, well you guys stay here, me, Aubrey, Kel, and Sunny will go talk to Basil.” And with that, The Dream Team splits, though Nuke code also follows Sunny and the rest

Abbi, Inko, Madotsuki, Poniko, and Toriningen all sit down on the floor

“You know, I always wondered about you . . .” Polly points to Abbi “Where did you get that cosplay?”

“This isn’t cosplay.” Abbi replies

“Ah . . .” Polly blinks, then points to Inko “What about you? What’s under your mask?”

“Yes.” Inko nods

“Okay, that’s it.” Poniko had enough “Toriningen, take off Inko’s mask!”

Toriningen lunges and rips off Inko’s mask and

‘Yes’ was written on Inko’s face

. . .

Madotsuki bursts out laughing

“Oh hey, you’re just like me.” Abbi points to herself “Strange how you have no mouth, but who am I to judge . . .”

“Put . . . Put the mask back on.” Poniko wasn’t too sure what to expect, but it wasn’t that

Toriningen puts Inko’s mask back on her face “I was really hoping for something terrifying.” Toriningen is disappointed

Regardless, Madotsuki calms down as the rest of The Dream Team comes back

“Whelp, we’re going to have a sleepover.” Hero announces

“I’m taking the couch.” Aubrey claims the couch, Nuke code claiming a corner

“Oh man . . .” Kel complains, but receives a glare from Aubrey “Uh . . . Let’s watch a movie.”

“Or . . .” Madotsuki reaching into her pockets

“Wait, your skirt has pockets?!” Aubrey, Inko, and Poniko shouts

“Yep!” Madotsuki then somehow brings a whole ass GameCube from her pockets, along with controllers, and a game “Anyways, how about we play Nasu?!”

“Nasu, what’s that?” Abbi asks, not at all concerned with the concept of having skirt pockets

“It’s a game where you control this guy, and jump to eat eggplants.” Madotsuki explains

“Well, if Aubrey plays it, she would be a cannibal.” Kel chuckles, getting a jab from Aubrey “Ow, hey!”

“Settle down you two . . .” Hero waves his hand “Alright Madotsuki, let’s try this game out.”

After setting it up, The Dream Team start to play

— — — — — —

Night falls, Polly leaves, and Kel, Madotsuki, Poniko, Abbi, Inko, Aubrey, Hero, and Sunny are asleep. The only ones awake are Toriningen, Nuke code, and Basil

However, Sunny has a dream, one which makes him remember the truth

Basil hung Mari

He wakes up heavily panting, Toriningen gives him a look like she was the one who was disturbed, but Sunny doesn’t care right now, he needs to go

So exiting from the blanket, Sunny stands up and walks to the hallway, goes left, and gently opens Basil’s door

In the moonlight, Basil stands in a dark room “Sunny . . .” He turns around as Sunny shuts the door “Sunny, there was Something behind you that night . . .”

Sunny is confused, before feeling Something stare at him from behind

He turns around and sees it . . . Something

He turns back around and-

“Why are you trying to leave me?” Basil is too close to him “Is Something making you do this? Please, I can help you.”

Sunny tries to speak, but his throat closes, restricting his ability to speak

“Sunny, can you see it?” Basil asks “Something, it’s surrounding us . . . There’s no way out, is there?”

The darkness climbs in, and Sunny tries to concentrate on Basil, but is unable to focus

“Let me help you . . . Sunny.” Basil is giving him no choice

Sunny tries to ignore everything, to stand still, but he is unable to stop shaking, to persist

“Come on Sunny, stop resisting.” Basil pulls out . . .

Garden shears

Lifts them up

And

Swings

*Miss*

HOLY CRAP SUNNY DODGED, WHAT A COOL IDEA, I WONDER HOW THIS FIC IS GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE OF-

*Stab*

Oh, Basil swung again . . . At Sunny’s eye . . .

Whelp . . .

. . .

Shit

Sunny screams, then collapses, before disappearing into thin air

;)

Chapter Text

An endless road stretches before him, one that has lamppost line at the sides

He holds a broken violin, walking across as the rain pours down on him

Suddenly, a lamppost flickers its light on, beckoning him

He steps into it, and remembers

A memory of a treehouse, the old gang playing cards, eating delicious and warm cookies

He exits, the violin mending a part of itself

Then another lamppost shines, and he enters

A day at the beach, watermelon, getting buried

He leaves, the violin repairing further, another lamppost turns on, and he walk into it

Waking up from a nap, the whole group had a picnic, Hector poops in the background

He gets out via a gap in the trees, the violin gets fixed some more, another lamppost calls him, and he strolls under its beam

Rain, promise to hair dye, reveal of a crush, one that was brought back to memory from Abbi

He departures, already going to another lamppost

A birthday party for Basil, strawberry cake

This time he’s automatically pulled out, and he strides the illumination of a lamppost

Finally, Christmas, a gift from his friends, the violin

He’s departed after he play the note, the violin fully repairing itself

He takes a moment to appreciate the memories before going through a heavy door

There his dream friends, one that he hasn’t seen in a while show support before shifting to their real world counterparts

He then climbs up the stairs, walking into the auditorium, and he starts to play

He’s alone

The violin echos in the emptiness

No one can see him

And soon, he finishes, before he starts crying

Then . . .

Welcome to Whitespace, I’ve been waiting for you

Sunny opens his eyes, and sit-

Wait, is that Omori sitting on a stack of chairs being held by Red hands?

It’s oddly specific, but it’s what Sunny is seeing

“Hello Dreamer.” Omori greets “You should just die, your friends will hate you if they knew the truth.”

“What? No!” Sunny argues “Abbi-”

“Abbi lives in your mind.” Omori stops him “And so did Inko in some way.”

“Well . . . What about Madotsuki?” Sunny points out

“Madotsuki from Yume Nikki? The one with Uboa and other trauma?” Omori shakes his head “That goes for Poniko and Toriningen as well.”

“I . . .” Sunny has nothing

“Face it, I’m right, your friends will hate you.” Omori finally jumps off and-

*Snap*

“Ah fuck.” Omori holds his legs “Why didn’t you help me?” Omori shouts at the red hand as they squirm

Unfortunately, the red hands hold the chairs also shake, making the red stack of chairs fall

Sunny dives out the way and the chairs crash on Omori

So that’s where the crash came from

Also, that was easy

*Omori did not succumb*

Fuck

Omori burst out from the chairs, angry, holding a knife, and pointing a knife at Sunny

“Ignore what happened, I’m going to kill you now!” Omori shouts, charging towards Sunny

Sunny lifts his violin, swings it, and absolutely slams it into Omori’s head, surprised that it’s not breaking

Omori falls, and . . .

*Omori did not succumb*

“You, this wasn’t supposed to happen!” Omori shouts “You’re selfish for resisting! Everyone loved her, and you killed her!”

The scene changes to red, one that was familiar to Sunny

However, he was snapped out of his thoughts when he was stabbed by Omori

In retaliation, Sunny swings the violin’s bow three times, cutting Omori chest, making him pull out his knife, and stumble backwards

“You’re useless, less than useless, you’re sick!” Omori lunges “If your friends really knew who you are, they’ll leave you.”

Sunny once again swings his violin, this time with less strength, but he manages to make Omori fall back, and . . .

*Omori did not succumb*

Omori stands up, smiling maniacally, eyes hollow

He gestures “So, what do you think?”

“It’s pretty scary.” Sunny says

“What?!” Omori turns around “Where’s Hellmari? The giant red hands?” Omori glares at the smaller red hands which just slither

“Well, Hellmari was stabbed by Madotsuki . . .” Sunny shrugs as Omori turns back to him “I don’t know about the red hand though.”

“They are a representation of your guilt . . .” Omori laughs “If you don’t feel guilty about your sister’s death, then you truly are psychopathic.”

“No, I still care about Mari.” Sunny shouts back

“Tch . . . Sure . . .” Omori shakes his head “You’re just lying to yourself, I know what you truly are! A burden, a murderer, a failure . . . You should just die.”

“N-No.” Sunny replies, however Omori spouts red hands for his back, which fly towards Sunny, damaging him

“You should just die . . .” Omori’s voice echos as he continues to strike mercilessly “You should just die!”

Sunny is in pain

This battle, it’s endless

However

Despite the situation

He remembers his friends

“Don’t give me that ‘With the power of friendship’ bullshit.” Omori shouts

Yet Sunny ignores him

*Sunny does not succumb*

“MOTHERFUCKER!” Omori screams

Sunny stands up, positioning his violin, and

He starts to play using the power of friendship, anime, and god-like powers

— — — — — —

When he ends, Omori drops his knife, and falls forward

This time, Sunny catches him, and hugs him

“I just wanted to protect you.” Omori say, fading away

“I know . . . Thank you, but I’m fine now, I’ve got protection where it matters.” Sunny tells him “Besides, I need to move on.”

“Okay . . .” Omori nods “Good luck.”

Omori gets absorbed by Sunny, and succumbs

Sunny walks to a door, turns around, bows, and then opens it

. . .

He wakes up from his hospital bed, crying

However, he has no time being a baby man, he needs to do something

Ignoring all the lovely flowers he got, Sunny walks towards the door of his room

However, he stopped to check the mirror

Nothing was behind Sunny, it’s just him

With that out of the way, Sunny leaves the room, and goes down the hallway

At the intersection, his dream friends jump, calling silently to join them as they run left, however, Stranger appears, giving him a glance, and walking to the right

Sunny follows Stranger, then sees him enter a room

Sunny also enters a room, and see The Dream Team surrounding Basil, even Nuke code is there, just sitting in the corner

Before anyone could say anything, Sunny speaks up

“I have to tell you something.”

Chapter Text

Sunny did it, he told the entire truth to the gang

He observes everyone’s reactions, however

Hero stands up with an unreadable expression, and walks towards him

Abbi quickly gets up and blocks in front of Sunny

“Get out my way.” Hero says, venom in his voice

“Why? So that you can hurt him?” Abbi replies “Hurting him won’t bring Mari back.”

“YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HER!” Hero swings, however Abbi grabs his arm with her tentacle, and uses the other to grabs his hair

“It’s clear to me that we need to take this outside, and cool off for a bit . . .” Abbi starts pulling him out “Be right back.”

“Wait, I thought it was supposed to end, you didn’t even water the flowers to get the secret end.” Inko has confusion in her voice “Oh wait, I forgot . . . Never mind, I’ll just . . .” Inko points to the door as she walks out of it

“God . . .” Aubrey exhales “Goddammit, why?!” Aubrey shouts, storming out the room

“I . . . I need some time to myself . . .” Kel says, an indiscernible expression on his face “But don’t worry, I still want to be friends with you . . .” Kel points at Sunny and Basil seriously, before leaving the room

“So that’s what happened.” Madotsuki finally says, getting hit on the back of her head by Poniko “Ouch, hey!”

“Kind of not an appropriate time to say that.” Poniko hiss, before sighs “Sunny, we’ll be there for you, okay?”

Sunny nods

Toriningen huffs, folding her arms “I guess I will also be there for you . . . Bleh!” Toriningen fakes disgust, but deep down, she is honest

“Come on, let’s go to the canteen, I’m hungry.” Madotsuki suggest

“There’s no cheesecake at the canteen.” Poniko replies

“No, but Sunny probably needs some time alone with Basil, and that’s the only excuse I can come up with.” Madotsuki replies

Poniko sighs “Fine . . . Come on Toriningen, I’ll get you some meat!”

“Oh boy!” Toriningen perks up, following the girls out the room, leaving Sunny and Basil alone

“Sunny?” Basil wakes up “What happened?”

“I . . . I told them the truth.” Sunny replies

“But . . .” Basil has panic on his face

“Don’t worry, everything is going to be okay.” Sunny smiles, feeling Something disappear

Basil blinks, observing Sunny, before smiling, his own Something . . . Wait, is it absorbing back into Basil?

Whatever, they can deal with that later, as for now . . .

The sun shines brightly

Oh, and Nuke code climbs up to Sunny’s shoulder

— — — — — —

Sunny and Nuke code lays back in bed, The Dream Team (Inko, Poniko, Madotsuki, and Toriningen) all sit in chair

Suddenly, Abbi comes through the door with a terrified and slightly ruffed up Hero

What the heck happened?

“Hello Sunny.” Abbi greets, walking towards the bed with Hero in tow “Hero has something to say . . . Hero?”

“Um, yes.” Hero clears his thrust “I’m sorry for what I said, you don’t deserve to be insulted or assaulted, I just let my emotions get the better of me, and I’m sorry . . .” Hero sighs “I’m not sure if I can forgive you right now, but I still want to be there for you.”

“Thank you Hero, but you don’t need to forgive me.” Sunny replies

“I know . . . You were just giving us closure.” Hero nods “But no matter what happens, I’ll stick by your side, something that I should have done when Mari died, but I hope to remedy that fact.”

“Alright . . .” Sunny nods

“Whelp, I got to go now.” Hero leaves “See you later.” Hero walks out the room

“What did you do to him?” Madotsuki asks the moment the door shut

“Well . . .” Abbi tilts her head from side to side “Let’s just say that I taught him the difference between intentional, and accidental . . .”

Madotsuki frowns at that, but decides to not ask anymore questions

The Dream Team then fall back into si-

Someone opens the door

“Hello sweetie.” Sunny’s mother greets with a strained smile “Oh my poor baby . . . Don’t worry, mommy won’t let anyone hurt you anymore.”

She hugs Sunny a bit to tightly and uncomfortably

Sunny’s mother then parts and addresses Abbi “I don’t think you should be wearing that in front of my son.”

“Actually, Sunny made me like this.” Abbi replies “I used to be in Sunny’s mind, and-”

“What?!” Sunny’s mother perks up, letting go of Sunny “My baby would never think of a creature like you.”

Abbi stews, and Inko chimes up “I’m actually the same, though there are a bit more complications.”

Sunny’s mother hums “That mask looks ridiculous on you, take it off.”

“There’s just ‘Yes’ underneath.” Madotsuki replies “By the way, I’m Madotsuki from-”

“Yes, yes, I know you’re Madotsuki from Yume Nikki.” Sunny’s mother waves her hand “Honestly, I can't see the appeal in that game.”

Madotsuki shifts around uncomfortably while Poniko speaks up “Um, it’s kind of rude to insult Sunny’s friends.”

“If you are complete strangers to me, then you are complete strangers to Sunny.” Sunny’s mother then turns to Toriningen “And what’s with the long chin.”

“It’s a beak.” Toriningen clarifies, rage filling her gaze

“More like a long snot.” Sunny’s mother chuckles at her joke, the only one laughing “Anyways, get out my son’s room, I need to have a chat with him in private.” Sunny’s mother says ‘politely’

Sunny gulps “Actually, can they stay?”

“No.” Sunny’s mother twists her head around, then gasps “Sunny, what’s that on your shoulder?”

Nuke code glares with their eight eyes, and Sunny’s mother continues “Don’t worry baby, I’ll kill it for you.”

“Actually, that’s Nuke code, my pet spider.” Sunny explains

“Nuke code is such a terrible name, which one of you named it?” Sunny’s mother looks around, but gets no answers “Whatever, we can’t have a spider, honey, they’re so expensive to upkeep.”

“Anyways, please leave.” Sunny’s mother ends of with, smiling like she won

Sunny gives a concerned glance at everyone, and they give one back

“Ma’am, if you won’t let us stay, I’ll let Toriningen rip your face off.” Poniko threatens

“If you put a finger on me, I’ll sue you.” Sunny’s mother warns

“Hah, I would be surprised if a corpse could call the police.” Poniko replies “Sunny, you might want to close your eye.” Sunny follows Poniko’s advice

“What? No!” Sunny’s mother shouts “GET OUT OF MY SON’S ROOM, NOW!”

“Toriningen . . .” Poniko pauses for dramatic effect “Rip her face off.”

“With pleasure!” Toriningen replies

[Scene cut]

— — — — — —

After some complications, The Dream Team still sit nearby Sunny’s bed

Apparently, no one got into trouble because Sunny’s mother had done some illegal and shady things under the radar which was revealed after her ‘unfortunate’ death

Anyways, back to Sunny’s room in the hospital

“So apparently, in order to sell the house, the owner needs to sign it off.” Inko says to Sunny “But, you know, since your mother wasn’t there, the house won’t be sold.”

“That’s convenient.” Sunny replies “Also, she’s not my mother.”

“Wow . . .” Abbi was quite surprised, but nodded in support, before asking “Anyways, what should we do now?”

“Well, first we stop the selling process.” Madotsuki responds “Then . . . I don’t know, live as roommates?”

“Roommates . . .” Sunny nods, smiling “That sounds nice.”

“As long as I get my fill of meat, I’ll stay.” Toriningen chimes in

“Of course, just don’t eat any of us!” Abbi confirms

“Oh, hey . . . Um . . . I never really do this, but . . .” Poniko hands Sunny cheesecake “Here, have this once in a lifetime opportunity to share cheesecake.”

“It’s not once in a lifetime.” Madotsuki whispers loudly to Sunny, receiving a glare from Poniko

“Shut up, don’t ruin the moment.” Poniko grumbles, handing Sunny a spoon “Whatever, just don’t take this for granted.”

Sunny nods

He takes the spoon

He scoops up some cheesecake

He brings it up to his mouth

And eats it

Today Sunny found something better than steak

Regardless, the future is strange, unpredictable, however, no matter what, The Dream Team will stick together