Oh yeah, forgot about Tyballs

Depending on what was in his letter, he might cause trouble when we run into him again.
I like the idea of an intimate New Years party, and I guess the fighting competition/faculty party are logical choices for the big free roam, but goddamn that's a LOT of branching. The issue I'm having though, is pacing. Right now, we are not even at Christmas yet, and the two events are on December 29th. The big parties/free roams are usually saved for the back half of the episodes, usually towards the end. So keeping that in mind, when would Episode 12 end? New Years? Early January? Or would the free roam be in the front half for once, so we can still play through an entire month normally?
Was this in America? You said pub, so I'm leaning towards no. I mean mayhe if all the teachers were cool, but idk about that.
Anyway, Bella is not willing to openly risk her job for their relationship yet. Now it may come to that, and hopefully then we'll be in a much stronger place, but there's no good reason to take such a chance with so many eyes.