Forgive me. Your version of Aiden's third task seems completely unrealistic to me, as well as all the other assumptions expressed here. I really hope that L&P will offer us something more creative, intriguing and sexy.
Yes, it is difficult to come up with something creative and realistic (in terms of the game philosophy).
Among many others I was leaning towards the photo thing and still I'm not crazy about it, but it seems the most straightforward one given what we know (today a little more).
And like you,
KillJoys and
nexer have pointed out, that would be a foolish choice for Sophia as it would push her more and more in the blackmail spiral and Aiden would have even more leverage.
At the same time we should remember that it's fiction and we can expect the characters to act on non-rational basis not matter how smart they are depending on the context and the situation in which they are. Just think of any horror movie, if all the characters act rationally the movie will last 10 minutes
That is to say that it could very well that Sophia receives this unexpected and unpleasant call while she is with Liam, Cathy etc and to not make it too suspicious to the others, in the rush of the moment and to cut the inconvenience short she agrees.
Or as suggested by
hzjujk she could agree out of spite because she catches Liam peeking at the bride-to-be or Olivia (i'm no expert here but I think that when they start to choose the dress they will ask Liam to leave, I think it's a women only kind of tradition and no male can see the dress before the wedding).
Again, I'm not at all pushing for this scenario, just trying to give more elements to the discussion, for the sake of pure speculation
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The alternative way as suggested by
nexer it could be outside the shop, which means that Sophia will excuse herself from the company or she will do the task after that. This is also interesting and it has a potential, especially the sex shop thing
The question that arises story-wise is why the Cathy event then? Just to give a "filler" for people that are not in the Aiden's route? It would be quite boring for them unless there are stuff going on with Cathy and Olivia (e.g. lesbian points or anything else). It is still possible, after all we had very short filler in the past, like the bank and the dentist, which to this day I still not understand the interest of.
Whichever is the case it's difficult to guess how bolder Aiden can go for this step. We had "braless", "show panties", he cannot jump to something way beyond that, at least not at this time. And probably there should be still some voyeurism involved I think, not just for Aiden & C to enjoy. That's the "game" they are playing after all, and which Sophia seems to not dislike. If I understood correctly it will be the 4th task that will mark a sort of point of no return, in which probably the request will be so bold that if accepted will change completely the relationship.
