My theory is the same since 0.4 update: Orion is in a loop, and every time he choose face (being face not sacrifice something or someone, maybe the girls), but now is time to choose tail, even if tail means death. The flashes and dreams are memories of old loops, and in every one of them Idriel is who is helping Orion, not because she is a friend, but because she can see or remember every loop, and she just want to rest. Maybe the syndicate (the people who give you a card) is people that remember the loops too, and knew that in every time, in every loop Orion and only Orion changes the game, and they need him, but every attempt to help him directly has turned out to be a failure, that's why they are trying a less direct method.
That's my theory at least.