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you are not allowed to ask sensible questionsYeah she knew he had a key, the same MC questions how she even thought of sharing a room with Josy if her father could come in at any time as a "surprise".
you are not allowed to ask sensible questionsYeah she knew he had a key, the same MC questions how she even thought of sharing a room with Josy if her father could come in at any time as a "surprise".
Yeah Quinn is the one who brings up the subject of "rumors" when Maya and Mona tell her they heard about free tuition, Quinn doesn't change the subject or anything and offers them directly, there is no room to misinterpret.No ambiguity? Where in that entire conversation did Quinn confirm that there was free tuition? Actually said it? Nowhere.
Not misdirection? Quinn simply mentioned a rumor... it could have been the rumor of the HOT's and Quinn's restaurant, could have been a rumor of free tuition. Maya is the one who immediately assumes Quinn was talking about it. However, further into the conversation what does Quinn say? :
Loose lips, sink ships.
But loose hips, get tips.
Now, if Quinn was talking about free tuition, why would that saying be relevant? It wouldn't at all...but if she was talking about the restaurant...well..
When the goon comes into your place of business, tells that there has been trouble in the neighborhood, and offers to protect you for a price, guess what? That's extortion, even if the goon never mentions any consequences. The reason no consequences are mentioned is so there is plausible deniability in case of a wire.Quinn was saying that if you complete the Scavenger Hunt you can get free tuition. I mean, she was lying, but that's what she wanted them to think.
Lies of omission are still lies. I've never given Maya a pass on failing to mention she was in a relationship once things between her and the MC got serious. I'm not giving Quinn a pass on this either.
She was asked about free tuition, and as Karlimirst pointed out, she implied the rumors were true ("a HOT among us who can't keep her trap shut") and asked if Mona and Maya were interested. That's the lie.
That's the thing though. Quinn didn't say anything about free tuition. It was all based on the assumption that's what the conversation was about. I'm really not trying to say Quinn is a saint and innocent but I'm not going to chock up misinterpretation, that was intentionally done, as a lie. Quinn is not solely to blame for them believing that and she certainly didn't offer them anything remotely close to free tuition.Quinn was saying that if you complete the Scavenger Hunt you can get free tuition. I mean, she was lying, but that's what she wanted them to think.
Lies of omission are still lies. I've never given Maya a pass on failing to mention she was in a relationship once things between her and the MC got serious. I'm not giving Quinn a pass on this either.
She was asked about free tuition, and as Karlimirst pointed out, she implied the rumors were true ("a HOT among us who can't keep her trap shut") and asked if Mona and Maya were interested. That's the lie.
When arguing that someone lied about giving free tuition and proving that the accused never mentioned free tuition isn't a valid point.No, there is no ambiguity at all.
You keep asking for the word free truition in Quinn's lips, but thats not a valid point. I am going to give an example. IF someone say to you: "I love ducks" and you answer "I love them too" then you never mention the word "duck" at any point but you still sayd you love them. There is no way out.
With this example is the same. When Mona asks, Quinns confirmed it.
"offers them directly"...when? when she said "are you interested?" true, it very well could be that she was talking about free tuition but she never confirmed it's existence. For you to say there's no room for misinterpretation isn't true at all. There's literally tons of room for misinterpretation. Like I said, this is a classic case of misdirection... meaning Quinn disguised her true meaning (Restaurant initiation) by allowing them both to believe she was talking about something else (free tuition) while never directly mentioning free tuition.Yeah Quinn is the one who brings up the subject of "rumors" when Maya and Mona tell her they heard about free tuition, Quinn doesn't change the subject or anything and offers them directly, there is no room to misinterpret.
By mentioning that a HOT couldn't keep her mouth shut, Quinn confirmed the rumors: anyone could have made them up if the rumors were false, but only a HOT would know if they were true. That was Quinn's intent, and that's why she lied.That's the thing though. Quinn didn't say anything about free tuition. It was all based on the assumption that's what the conversation was about. I'm really not trying to say Quinn is a saint and innocent but I'm not going to chock up misinterpretation, that was intentionally done, as a lie. Quinn is not solely to blame for them believing that and she certainly didn't offer them anything remotely close to free tuition.
It doesn't matter if the accused mentioned it, the topic had already come up. Suppose Maya had asked "Will you give us free tuition if we join the HOTs?" And Quinn had said "Yes."When arguing that someone lied about giving free tuition and proving that the accused never mentioned free tuition isn't a valid point.
Ok then.
Well Quinn was offering them free tuition while mentioning the restaurant without specifying exactly what she was saying. Just because she was talking about the restaurant and not the free tuition explicitly doesn't change anything, the restaurant and the free tuition are connected. If she offers them the restaurant, she too is offering them free tuition and vice versa because she knows that is what they want."offers them directly"...when? when she said "are you interested?" true, it very well could be that she was talking about free tuition but she never confirmed it's existence. For you to say there's no room for misinterpretation isn't true at all. There's literally tons of room for misinterpretation. Like I said, this is a classic case of misdirection... meaning Quinn disguised her true meaning (Restaurant initiation) by allowing them both to believe she was talking about something else (free tuition) while never directly mentioning free tuition.
I'm going to guess that you're a lawyer? Am I right?That's the thing though. Quinn didn't say anything about free tuition. It was all based on the assumption that's what the conversation was about. I'm really not trying to say Quinn is a saint and innocent but I'm not going to chock up misinterpretation, that was intentionally done, as a lie. Quinn is not solely to blame for them believing that and she certainly didn't offer them anything remotely close to free tuition.
When arguing that someone lied about giving free tuition and proving that the accused never mentioned free tuition isn't a valid point.
Ok then.
"offers them directly"...when? when she said "are you interested?" true, it very well could be that she was talking about free tuition but she never confirmed it's existence. For you to say there's no room for misinterpretation isn't true at all. There's literally tons of room for misinterpretation. Like I said, this is a classic case of misdirection... meaning Quinn disguised her true meaning (Restaurant initiation) by allowing them both to believe she was talking about something else (free tuition) while never directly mentioning free tuition.
That Quinn deliberately acted this way to make Maya think that free tuition existed is beyond any doubt, but I want to break a lance in her favor.By mentioning that a HOT couldn't keep her mouth shut, Quinn confirmed the rumors: anyone could have made them up if the rumors were false, but only a HOT would know if they were true. That was Quinn's intent, and that's why she lied.
It doesn't matter if the accused mentioned it, the topic had already come up. Suppose Maya had asked "Will you give us free tuition if we join the HOTs?" And Quinn had said "Yes."
In that case would Quinn be any more guilty in your eyes? She still would never have said anything about tuition. She only said a single word that could mean practically anything out of context. Yet we all know exactly what it meant, because it was in context.
To me that's no different than what happened. Quinn asked if they had heard rumors. Maya confirmed they had and specified the rumor: free tuition. Quinn made a statement that only makes sense if the rumors were true, then asked if they were interested.
I don't see any room ambiguity here. Quinn lied to them, deliberately. She wanted them to believe that they would get free tution if they joined the HOTs - which she knew to be untrue - and said words that caused them to believe it. The fact that she liked to imagine she was some sort of criminal genius by phrasing her lie artfully says more about her delusions than it does about her technical guilt.
I mean, what's the point of debating this? Would Quinn be even less guilty if she'd also had her fingers crossed?
There are two dialogues that make me think that Quinn wanted Maya in the restaurant, obviously they are not explicit, they are a sort of joining of dots, and obviously I could be wrong. One, first free roam, Quinn and Riona talking coming out of the bathroom, paraphrasing, Riona asks who, Quinn replies that she thinks Mona and Maya.That Quinn deliberately acted this way to make Maya think that free tuition existed is beyond any doubt, but I want to break a lance in her favor.
apart from a generic moral issue, Quinn had no real motivation to warn Maya that the rumor was unfounded. why would she do that? it's not clear to me to what extent she would want Maya on the restaurant menu, it seems like Quinn's classic plan doomed to failure... but even beyond that, why would she warn Maya? between the two there is no friendship, no sympathy. Quinn is the swindler who sells the Trevi fountain and Maya is the American tourist who believes anything she is told...
It's a bad joke played on someone you don't like and have nothing in common with. Morally wrong, but this guilt of Quinn's doesn't even make the top ten.
the dialogues with Riona give that impression, but we don't know how much she knows about Quinn's true intentions in general, not just in relation to Maya.There are two dialogues that make me think that Quinn wanted Maya in the restaurant, obviously they are not explicit, they are a sort of joining of dots, and obviously I could be wrong. One, first free roam, Quinn and Riona talking coming out of the bathroom, paraphrasing, Riona asks who, Quinn replies that she thinks Mona and Maya.
Second dialogue between Riona and Quinn, when they argue after he was robbed, again, paraphrasing, Riona tells him enough with the expansion thing and to stop insisting on Maya.
By this what I mean? that if we take as a fact that in the conversation in the pool Quinn was talking about free tuition, obviously she was not going to deny it in front of her chosen ones as new "staff".
Yes, you're right about all that, I saw it that way the first time I played, the list was a "test" of how far to go, and all the material collected could have been blackmail material if Maya hadn't been convinced once Quinn offered to be part of it. Thank God, all of that can be dismissed as one of the many crazy theories that have been and will be.the dialogues with Riona give that impression, but we don't know how much she knows about Quinn's true intentions in general, not just in relation to Maya.
But how was Quinn planning to convince Maya? By tricking her, abusing her, and then convincing her to do something completely out of her comfort zone? Can Quinn ever expect Maya to accept her proposal after proving herself untrustworthy?
the only "realistic" way would have been blackmail with the video of the threesome in hand, but the disinterest with which Quinn, surely distracted by her own affairs, follows Maya's scavenger hunt and the fact that she assumes Maya didn't complete the "sexual" points of the list leads in another direction.
I've been messing around with this idea of Arieth as the mastermind too. I haven't trawled through this thread yet about what other people have theorized in the past so I'll just spew out a few things and people can correct me on them if I'm off base.Arieth as mastermind??
I can´t shake off the feeling that Arieth is not as dumb as she (likes to) appear(s). Okay she fucks them all, but I think it os both literally and metaphorical - for in the end she will be the one on top (again literally and metaphorical). When the others are undone or destroyed themselves in the process she will survive and in the end be the one pulling the strings.
Yes.Suppose Maya had asked "Will you give us free tuition if we join the HOTs?" And Quinn had said "Yes."
In that case would Quinn be any more guilty in your eyes?
Dunno if someone has already found a solution for the MC being rejected by Bella. Here is how I fixed it. I opened the save at the end of the tennis match with RenPy Save Editor desktop app (not the online save editor). The ep5_cathy_lewd variable is only available after unchecking Hide Ren'Py Dialogues. The editor shows two ep5_cathy_lewd variables. Edit the first one and change it to False and Apply Changes. After I loaded the same bella didn't reject the MC.Thank you. I was trying to do exactly that but DPC has a shitload of variables even for a side character like her.
edit: Not working for me. The value reverts to 1 for whatever reason.