In the last chapter in my opinion there is a huge sign in that sense. It's a whole chapter in which Quinn doesn't do any nastiness, and it ends with an alliance with Tommy against Vinnie.
I'm not so sure that this is an alliance. I can well imagine so that Quinn wants to get rid of Tommy and lull him only in deceptive security.
Quinn learns so Tommy has already toyed with thoughts of letting the HOTs back into their old tradition with Alphas. Tommy's mistake puts Vinny back on the field. I figure so Quinn would distrust Tommy more than he did at the beginning of the game.
The MC also gets involved in this manipulation. For him to have told Quinn that of Tommy was intentional and not even an option, but canon. I wouldn't be surprised if the MC later turns out to be the chess grandmaster himself. He can use an old Roman phrase all along about Rooster. Especially with the Alphas it works well.
"Divide et impera" (divide and rule) this idiom recommends splitting a group to be defeated or dominated (brotherhoods and sisterhoods) into subgroups of conflicting interests. This is to make the subgroups turn against each other instead of standing united as a group against an enemy.
The DIKs have enemies, and they are not just the Alphas. The alphas are all about the HOTs. The Nerds probably want their student community building back, which was the DIK Mansion. Tybalt wants to see Rusty, a Burgermeister, fail. Not for nothing does Rusty call the MC the best and his warrior because the MC can hold his own with all the fraternities and the HOTs.
I think that's how Quinn and Tommy started it. But Quinn realizes they can't finish this without the MC and Tommy through his, I'm writing now jealousy, of the MC jeopardizes it all.
In all of this, though, there are two different aspirations. Quinn's is characterized by control. But there is also Sage, who prefers to have a free relationship, as you can read in EP9. But in order to achieve a sociable relationship, certain people must also lose their position.
