A possible continuation...or even a new story. Maybe both?

First, I have to say I'm amazed that The Solemn Visit did as well as it did. Four likes to one dislike with five 'shelvings and two tracks? That is, put simply, amazing to me, as this was essentially a fever dream fic - one that came to me when reading Sideboard of Harmony's "Markov Distinction" by FanOfMostEverything, and then subsequently drawing "Sorin, Solemn Visitor" while testing my Abzan EDH deck, which was then properly ignored for a few weeks until it decided it didn't want to be ignored anymore, and was then precariously pecked out and posted while I partook of some precisely percolated coffee (yes, I do mean "percolated". Better than a drip maker IMHO. Also, fresh ground provides a superior, more adaptable flavor). It is one, however, that is still gnawing at the back of my mind for two reasons.

Of these two, the more...I suppose "important" will work (for certain definitions of the word) is the issue of the sun. Remember how I made it so the Equestrian sun doesn't hurt Sorin? There's this little noodge (probably not the best transliteration of the Yiddish) in the back of my head that's been needling me the last few days about how I really should explain just how the blue heck that works. Why doesn't the sun affect him? Is it only him, or is it other vampires as well? If and when I do a story explaining this, I have two options: either attach it to the original one-shot, or make it it's own story.

This leads into number two: I kinda see a few scenes from a continuation of this playing out: Pinkie and Sorin teaching - actually teaching - Twilight how to planeswalk, and a battle on Innistrad, among others. These scenes are a bit fuzzy, but they pique my interest. If I DO do a continuation, it will be (assuming the posting rules allow this, and I'll have to double-check) a separate story, though in the same universe, most likely starting a few days after the sudden ending. If this is indeed something I do, I will put the aforementioned sun explanation in that story.

But there's the rub. No, not the sun problem; the sentence before that. Yes, I know it's bad paragraph construction, but the flow worked a bit better that way. Yes, it's the "sudden ending" that is the problem. I intentionally left it off there to both give the reader some leeway in interpretation and to drive home that shit was bad. Even in "Party of One", it took most of the day for Pinkie's hair to go flat, and only a few ponies saw it happen. Here, she loses it in the middle of (what I hope I properly illustrated as) Sugarcube Corner's morning rush (and if I didn't properly illustrate that, at least I got a lot of witnesses in there). More important is the "suddenness", though. I wanted the reader to let his mind fill the gaps. Make them wonder just exactly HOW screwed things are, just how - if at all - are our heroes going to confront, let alone solve, the issue, and let their minds fill the gap (granted, this only works if they know about the Eldrazi and why Ugin is so important in the first place). Of course, If I do make the continuation, the answer to the first will of course be "very, but the average pony won't know" and the second "I've already spoiled it bad enough, but I'll tell you that a snarky Jace and pissed-off Chandra (isn't that her default state, though?) will likely be involved, but Nicol Bolas most likely won't be (he's a conqueror, not an omnicidal maniac. IF - and that's a BIG "if" - I do involve him, it'll be VERY minor, probably to give someone Ugin's notes), but that's the problem. The reader would get more concrete information from the story, which is the exact opposite of the intent of the ending.

So really, it boils down to whether the nagging feelings to answer questions - left intentionally or otherwise - gets to be too much to bear. We'll see where it goes from here.