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Personally, I hate the Bribery/extortion path=Bullies to me. They can all meet Patricia and her Desert Eagle.That last comment from 'Fan of Milf Comics' Might get Aiden killed by Patricia.
I prefer that over Dylan's suggestion of completely redoing the scene. This is how his mind works making for further delays.
I would seriously hope that if it were up to a vote, a surprise Aiden and Patricia meeting in a dark ally would be the choice.
I understand for the game to be successful it must have some options/paths for all preferences. That is the the hard part. How to create something that can lead down the different paths to tag as many 'preferences' as reasonable. It must also stay close to who the characters are. Radical changes in personalities will fail by alienating the players/patrons. Could you see Bennett dropping his incredible narcissism to suddenly freely fix Dylan's grade, become a champion of doing things right, wooing Sophia the old fashioned way from loser Liam, and riding off into the sunset with her beside him on the buckboard. Not in a million years. The world revolves around him. It is not believable in his character. The same is true of the other bullies. There characters are essentially immutable. They can get different edges but, they have established their cores.
If Sophia wanders down the 'screw everything in sight' path then other players/patrons are alienated and he deviates from the precept of his production 'Games with class' style.
This is not an easy needle to thread. I have no idea how detailed his outline /plan was at the start. If, what some suggest is true, that he made major changes based on criticisms this may be fouling the future plans and we will be chasing the rabbits from here on out. I hope this is not the case. I like Killjoys point there is still lots of room for additions/changes. They just need to keep the established personalities in consideration.