There are clearly not as many people here as it used to be. But there are usually many more lurkers for every comment, so it's probably more than just a handful of people watching your stuff.

Anyway, it looks like a few images are still missing from Mary's story, she isn't dead yet. I usually prefer longer stories, i think i mentioned more than just a few times how the CDL story is my favorite, but i really liked this short story. I'm mostly into torture, and this story was very satisfying for me. This is what makes you my favorite 3D artist: Most of your stories have lots of torture, often in very creative ways and always looking really good, you don't abandon your stories and always finish them eventually, and the stories always have a satisfying ending with the girls dying, i don't like how in many other stories the victims eventually escape, a good ending is part of a good story.

So i hope you just keep doing that, if you are running out of ideas i'm sure i'm not the only watcher who could help with that. Doing less or no torture, like the Deedee story, might appeal to the masses on pixiv some more, because even if you are just doing what other 3D artists already do, your stuff is really good. But i personally prefer the Mary story over the Deedee story.