"So... um, where'd our author go?"
"Beats me, Ashitaka. Something about finding a job? Those author people are weird."
"I guess... San, do we just sit here and wait for another chapter to come?"
"That does seem to be the case, Ashitaka."
"Nobody asked you, Eboshi."

...
Part two might be coming! Pakari's voice sounds vaguely in the background

...
"GAHH! Did you hear that?" San exclaims, throwing her hands in the air exasperatedly. "This author's gonna keep hurting us for other people's entertainment! This makes NO sense."
"It will all be resolved in the end, you'll see," states Ashitaka, but his words are laced with uncertainty.
"If you didn't want such things to happen, San, maybe you shouldn't have left the resolution of the movie so open." Eboshi spreads her fingers wide, examining them. "It would have deprived him of the material he needed for a good sequel."
"Wait, you saying I should have married Ashitaka or something?" Ashitaka blushes and San rolls her eyes. "I barely knew him! And then what? I still hated humans!"
"Didn't you try something like that?" Chen queries, pointing at Eboshi. "Ending with a generic 'Oh, it will all be fine now', statement?"
"And look how well it turned out." Saryu/Eboshi huffs. "Now my backstory is wide open for everybody to look at. The nerve of some authors."
"Hey, but at least we get to meet new people!" Hitori exclaimed, wagging her tail once.
Everybody pauses and looks at her. "Like... the villian?" San states dryly, and Hitori looks around in confusion.
"Isn't that a good thing, though? Now we can finally have opposition to our character arcs!"
"Well, I for one, don't want to die," San said.
"The story is named after you, you're not going to die." Chen says matter-of-factly. "OC's tho, our plot armor is generally a little thinner than yours, Princess Mononoke."
"Not to mention side or conflict characters!" Calls Kaya from the back. "I don't see any of you in a dungeon right now, and someone's gonna have to die to make this a good story-"
"-who said villain!? I am a sympathetic antagonist, you wolf child."
*awkward silence*
***more awkward silence***
***and then... somewhere in the distance***
"RELEASE THE SEQUELLLLL!"
*party streamers and cherry blossoms explode out of nowhere, and a skinny kid with glasses appears in the midst dramatically, a wide smile on his face.*
"It has been done!" Pakari exclaims enthusiastically! "Part Two of Queen Mononoke is out, the Reign of Cage and Stone! You can find it through my author page or just plain ol' searching. And yep, I checked, nobody else has a fanfic named that! I hope you enjoy it!"
His smile begins to fade as he notices the glares of most of the characters surrounding him. Chen stifles a laugh with a cough.
"Ummmm... can I help you?"