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Episode 8 synopsis from Steam: "Midterms loom around the corner and there is a Halloween party to plan. The immediate future stresses out Rusty, Sage feels nervous to ask for help, and you have tough choices to make."
Here are my thoughts. "Crossroads" sugest a key point in the narrative. Key points are thoose where the friends-enemies balance switch (a betray, a new alliance, a new friendship, etc). I also think it means to close paths for some LIs.
"Sage feels nervous to ask for help" This is interesting. Help with what? Could be Maya but Sage seem to have that cover, it is not clear why she is reluctant and how the MC could help.
It could also be Chad, but that seems to be sove by itself, and is not clear how the MC could help.
I think its Quinn. Sage is suspicious but still needs help couse she needs information, the MC can easilyhelp and she is reluctant couse Quinn is her friend her sister and she is friend with the MC. This also connects with the crossroads, as long as you have to choose beetween Quinn and Sage.
As long as i find this is a nice explanation there is still the chance for new subplots or things that are not develop yet. Sage could need help with her family for example. She need them for the Maya plot and the MC could be usefull to change her image, an she could be reluctant for the same. She could need him for the Chad issue, maybe some sort of revenge.
"The future stresses out Rusty". This is completely unexpected. Could be a reference to ep5-6 plot? If not is not clear where did this come from. The whole Cathy thing seems close for him as long as he avoid repercussions. Maybe it is reopened by someone now that Cathy is out?. Maybe the DIKS have new problems. Maybe there is an internal struggle with Tommy. I have been thinking for a while that ep8 will have a DIKS related ending and this could be the argument behind that.
Finally. Althought we all have been hype with the Halloween party, i have my doubts we will see it this episode. Season 1 didnt ended with a huge party, the party was in ep 5, inmediately after the end of season 1. So even if we think that a big party is a good way to end a season, its not the structure we seen so far. Its not a defenitive point as long as DPC can do watever he wants, but still. Also a big climatic party that has been announced in ep 7 becoming a reality in ep 8 for me feels rushed.
On the other hand the rate animations/renders suggest that there is going to be a lot of porn and less story. A big free roam with a lot of sex, (like a Halloween party) seems to me like a probable way to get to that.
We will see.