Sorry if this has been asked before, but is the story nearing the end anytime soon? Seeing as you have almost max relationship points with the girls, and Caribdis did finish Once in a Lifetime at version 1.0. I'm waiting for this game to be completed before jumping into it, so obviously I'm not aware of where the story's at currently.
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Thanks! So realistically.. around 4 more years to go, or so.. damn I wish I stumbled upon this when it's already finished, like I did with OiaL
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I don't see how this is a "side thing" when there's a lot of hints throughout the main story that basically reference some sort of loop or prescience related to it (i.e. the Syndicate member who said "we have seen it, we have tried," Idriel saying "this time, it'll be the right one" as her parting words to Orion before his first entry to Ion, the game's logo being an infinity symbol, the Founder's chest tattoo being an Ouroboros). Whether it's a straight time loop or a reincarnation loop is still up in the air, however.
Also, I disagree with cycles being an Eastern thing. The Greeks (more specifically the Stoics) have a concept of "eternal recurrence," where the universe dies after a certain point but is reborn as the same universe over and over. And in case you haven't noticed, the entire VN has a lot of Greek references to it (i.e. presence of oracle figures like Idriel and Luna, the default name being Orion and his character development referencing a lot from his mythological counterpart, Penelope and Calypso and Ogygia and Ulysses being references to characters and places in "The Odyssey," Thanatos being a reference to the Greek's version of Death, Psyche (and its latin counterpart Anima) who is a reference to the Greek Goddess of the Soul, the Greek rivers of the dead Styx and Acheron being referenced as a server and a temple respectively). So Cari utilizing another Greek concept in the game wouldn't be out of the ordinary.
Also for the record, he's Spanish.
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Current guesstimate is Late October or Early November for Demon Lord tier (which is what gets leaked here) and Late November (if DL is released in October) or Early December (if DL is released in November) for Public release.
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I don´t know if that will be necessary for the scene to happen, I don´t remember if he said it to the other girls right before having sex with them.
I wonder how the Luna scene will be set up. Will it be a date like Annie? Is Orion visiting her and it just happens?
Yes, but all the girls had some action (teasing or oral) before having actual sex. So far Caly has the teasing scene, so I assume this one will be oral. Step by step, you know?
It would be and I would love whoever was chosen for it, but I don´t think it will happen yet. And if it does, I think Alex is the bigger candidate, seeing as Dalia has only just lost her virginity and I don´t think she would go for anal on her second time. But who knows? I would love to see it. We all would, I´m sure.
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I don't understand Alex's character tbh, many millions of people would kill to be the child of a multi-billionaire no matter how much of an abusive psycho he is. Take Tiffany from Superhuman, she understands her privilege and is....or was willing to marry a guy she didn't like at all. If Alex had waited only like 10 years before she started rebelling, she could have used the money and connections to build herself up and then distance herself from the family
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I trust you don't have kids on your own then. Beleave me, they mostly do shit that does not make sense...
...and many others wouldn't, though for almost all of them (on both sides) it's purely hypothetical. But to borrow a line from Mr. Spock, people often find that having is not nearly as enjoyable as wanting. However much money he may have, Alex rightly sees that William is an awful person (to her and everyone else), and wants out. I don't blame her for it--while "stay, enjoy the privilege, wait to rebel until you're a safe distance away" might be a reasonable course of action, it carries with it at least some compromise. And for that matter, so does the course she chose; if less so.
Did she have to do it the way she did? No, but neither was she crazy to do so.
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I mean, being an abusive psycho is not just the only thing Alex knows that her father is guilty of. Or are we forgetting that he condones a lot of shady shit that Ulysses is doing such as excommunications? Stuff that Alex is aware of as she had mentioned back in Ogygia?
Also, you really want Alex to get in bed with the very guys who are currently exploiting Eternum for their own selfish purposes? Coz that's what's likely gonna happen if she just "grins and bears" it. Not to mention that the harem will likely not be welcoming to a woman who is willing to tolerate Ulysses' actions even though she has a plan to distance herself from them later.
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I mean in the context of her character long before meeting the MC, not in the way the plot of this story is destined to play out
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Yep. If Alex went along with her father and acted like a female version of Axel (which is the only way William would probably accept her) I don't see Orion being in any kind of positive relationship with her. Let alone any of the other girls in the harem.
Alex rebelling against William is the only reasonable way making her a love interest in this game works at all.
Even so--yes, she could have handled it differently, and I probably wouldn't blame her for doing so. But the route she chose (which, as you note, was already in place before she met MC)--namely, "I'm getting out as soon as I can afford a place to live, no matter how much of a shithole it may be"--would be easily in the realm of "reasonable" with a far-less-awful father than she had. Particularly when she's made it with her eyes open--she knows what she's giving up, and is willing to pay the price.
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That's what I said tho? You really want her to be deep into Ulysses by the time we meet her in the beginning of the game and thus could lead her to be a lot more resistant to the idea of Orion and co "rocking the boat" because it will make all her sacrifices to her pride and not embracing her need for freedom to be all for naught?