The storyline is Tybalt spun an elaborate lie where MC started a fire, Tybalt valiantly fought it and he graciously stopped all the witnesses from coming forward to punish the evil criminal MC. He’s trying to ingratiate himself with Jill.
And this is probably the biggest problem with this whole thing, which is that it's such a hammy storyline that might have worked a couple of decades ago in a cheesy, outlandish rom-com where the guy who's been friendzoned for years now tries to force his dream girl to love him, but these days it's such a ridiculous concept that it diminishes this game greatly.
Just a thought if this hasn't been mentioned before, but it was Burke that the MC saw in Bella's home the first night he was there and drunk out of his mind. Dude was all dressed up tacticool snooping through her home and tried to hide so he wouldn't be discovered. He was lucky enough that the MC was too drunk to realize he was an intruder and thought of him as an alcohol induced hallucination. I'm laying odds that Burke and his son Tybalt are both psycho stalkers that end up doing nasty shit to people later in the game.
DPC reuses a lot of the same assets, often for no reason, so this could be all that was, or it could be that the MC was just hallucinating Stephen.
HAVE the jocks lost the HOTs? If anything, after Tommy/Quinn's fallout and the DIKs not being able to host parties while they fix the house, I feel like the jocks are actually in a better position with the HOTs now.
The HOTs don't seem to like the Jocks much anymore, so even if they're in a bit of hot water with the DIKs for going to the Prep party and the DIKs can't host parties, I don't see the HOTs going back to partying with the Jocks. They'll want to patch things up with the DIKs and that's what the party will most likely be for.
I built my path the same way. I could imagine that DPC will later include a decision (maybe already in EP7), whether the MC with Sage will be exclusive or build a richitg good friendship. That at least implies the summary of EP5.
"Sage and I talked about our history and her obsession with Chad.
Even though there's nothing sexual between us, she still wants me to stick around and be her friend."
I still see the relationship with Sage remaining as FWB for the foreseeable future if you're on that path. Aside from the break-up with Chad which has affected her deeply, she's also graduating at the end of the year, so logically she may feel it's best not to enter into a relationship with the MC because of these 2 things, but emotionally she may want to, and seeing her struggle between these 2 sides may be the more interesting thing.
Just imagine being on the FWB path and you come to her to confide in her about your other relationship woes and you, the player, can visibly see that she's a bit upset hearing about him being with others, but she sucks it up because she's trying not to let herself feel too deeply. That has the possibility of being a very interesting dynamic going forward.
I have a relatively large decision problem, with Jill and Sage's picnics. In both cases, the MC talks about how he feels about his birthday. He confides in both girls something he has never shared with anyone before. My fear is that he has not yet confided in Josy and Maya and that this could lead to a breach of trust between Josy/Maya/ and the MC.
Is it possible to refuse both picnics with Jill and Sage?
The MC telling Sage or Jill about his Mom is contextual to that moment. It is/was his birthday and he's opening up to them about what it means to them. On the M&J path, they said they would get him a gift and this is is likely when, contextually, he can open to them about his birthday, unless Maya's Dad derails that. However, even if Maya's Dad causes Maya and Josy to go into a bit of a funk, I could see Josy arranging something for his birthday to cheer up Maya so there would still be that opportunity for the MC to open up to them.
The only way to avoid the hangouts with Jill and Sage is to not be on either of their paths.
It might not release next week either so you should prepare for that too
I'm honestly hoping for that a little bit because I'm supposed to be having a BBQ next Saturday (24th) and would honestly rather spend my weekend playing Ep 7, so a release date of the 30th would be more preferable.
