That's an intriguing thought. The problem is that the scene happens whether the MC is on Quinn's path, Maya's path or neither. I could see Quinn wanting to know if the MC was still fooling around with Maya on her path, but on Maya's path Quinn already seems pretty sure he is.
I suppose it could change depending on context; on Quinn's path, she's asking out of a combination of fear and jealousy, on the other paths Quinn is just so bitter she can't let Maya go and needs to keep looking for things to use against her. Possible, though it feels like a bit of a stretch.
It *should* be gone for good. But with the repeated mentions of the deletion, and especially with Quinn snooping around for it, I'm willing to bet SOMETHING is going to come from the video. In that case, the only real options I can see are a) Josy kept a copy herself and that will get out (drama to follow!), b) someone (Quinn?) will bluff that they have a copy to get something out of Maya, c) the video will somehow be recovered by the mystery hacker. None of those feel particularly satisfying, IMHO.
Josy keeping a copy is probably the most logical: she's likely both more turned on by the video and less terrified of it getting out than Maya. But she isn't stupid, so it's hard to see how her copy (if she has one) would get out without some further antics. (It would also speak very poorly of Josy if she did this behind the MC and Maya's backs.)
The bluff seems like a non-starter, since only a handful of people know enough details to make the bluff believable without the actual video.
As for the hackers, well, it would certainly tie in to the hacking subplot tucked away on the back-burner, but it's a real stretch to get there. We know Burke only has the video of Jade if you show it to the DIKs, so the mysterious hacker clearly has limits on their reach. There's no way the video could end up on the DIK computer, and very little reason for it to be stored anywhere other than Josy's phone (or her own computer if she made a backup), so hacking options seem pretty limited.
If we want to put on our conspiracy theorist hats, I suppose we could say the MC's old phone was too primitive to be hacked this way (say, no cloud storage), but Josy's phone is new enough to be vulnerable. That would at least make the new phone a plot point rather than just a strange UI decision, but it feels like an extremely convoluted setup for a questionable payoff.
Anyone have an idea I missed?
I don't see why Quinn should be worried about Maya or Josy at this point. Maya made it clear she isn't coming back, and Josy has shown no interest in Quinn. Digging around for the tape seems as likely to stir up trouble as it is to ward against it. Granted, this is Quinn so doing something despite it being stupid is hardly a barrier, but I don't see what she expects to get out of it (short of the jealousy angle Sorco2003 mentioned.
And congrats on making it through a year with at least some of your sanity intact!
The Bella path is very weird. It *seems* to work on the assumption there's a raw, barely contained sexual magnetism between Bella and the MC that will overwhelm them at the slightest misstep. That's why visiting her in the library in Episode 3 will go from 3 to clothed-humping-make-out in 2.5 seconds, and why merely inviting Bella into you room seals the deal.
Unfortunately, the game can't really deliver on the magnetism part. First, because the MC behaves like the same horny newb around plenty of other women in the game, and we get far more discrete choices with them. It doesn't help that we spend the middle of Bella's "magnetism" arc with the MC wailing over Maya and Josy's relationship like a lost puppy. Compared to Josy in particular, Bella doesn't feel special in this regard, so why are Bella's scenes so railroaded?
Second, Bella herself completely fails to sell her end of the bargain. In a handful of scenes she nails the sultry-yet-restrained look and truly comes across like a woman on the verge of throwing caution to the wind. The rest of the time, however, her deadpan delivery and dry humor are just too close to the way she acted before the arc began to tell the difference. She doesn't come across like someone wracked with forbidden lust, she's more like a woman bemused by an absurdly corny pickup line.
As a result, the sexual tension misfires if you (the player) aren't 100% down with seducing Bella. That's my take on it, anyway.
