not too sure what happened; essentially im softlocked? at the prison: i was trying to do the astrology girl's side quest and went back to Firende to do it. I did manage to find the master so I was on the way to finishing the quest. Saw there was a heart over the Lisa call girl event (which was an old event i already did), so i did that which led me to redo the whole story up until you get imprisoned. maybe i somehow skipped the quest? but doesn't really make sense imo since its a story quest.
You're suppose to talk to the bottom guard and he gets out of your way so u can progress through the prison, however this guy is stuck sleeping and doesn't have any additional dialogue. The slime is still in the ground, so there's no prompt that mentions the hole in the ground, and I was able to gather the girls' clothes again. at this point i tried going back to a prior save i made to see if i could teleport to the prison city but its no longer an option.
I looked a bit at prior posts, but didn't see if anyone ran into this problem before, so if anyone could help me out or knows a solution to this i would much appreciate it. sorry if this is a confusing post.