Will have to agree with that. The "incest play" felt strange considering the context of the story. To me them treating each other by their own names would be more organic considering they never met before the funeral in the previous day.
What threw me off was how even after choosing to call Val well Val. She then suddenly refers to herself as "my Val" or rather "your Val"
Lady we just met less than a couple days ago. Yeah the handy and BJ are nice but I intentionally picked the nickname with the least potential to be interpreted as a Dom/Sub thing. Take a hint and slow your roll... You're not my mistress, my mommy, or anything of that sort.
And then yeah when it comes to her picking a nickname for the player, "slave" , "sweetie" , and "boy" is an annoyingly limited set of options.
Isa is almost as weird on the other end of the spectrum with the slave and master option but overall her other options don't seem quite as inherently charged with D/s connotations.
But yeah the presented selection of nicknames just feels awkward giving how these characters are only just recently met strangers...
Some custom text input for the nicknames and pacing things out a bit more / giving genuine options regarding the D/s dynamics would have made that interaction less off putting.
Like I don't mind futa. But I personally hate the idea of being railroaded into subbing to a Futadom so I'll probably drop the game if becoming Val's sub is unavoidable. I'd certainly be down for a more casual dynamic with her though as long as her pitching is optional.