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I think their initial night together will always come across as exploitative, no matter which path you choose. She's using the MC to stave off her debt and (in some cases) then using that as an excuse to cheat on her boyfriend, while the MC is obviously exploiting her desperate situation for sex (to a lesser or much greater extent, depending on the path). The way she turns up at his place, dressed up from how he usually sees her, and spends the whole evening letting him ogle her before getting to the point makes her come across (to me anyway) as at least trying to be manipulative.I always suspected that Nicki’s story would be a little challenging for some players (though I’ll admit to being surprised at the intensity of the push-back..) but I’m glad she’s connecting with others.
Salvaging an equal, romantic relationship from that starting point would always be tricky (but to be fair, I'm not even trying).
(On a side note, glancing at the script for 3.2, I thought it interesting that as far as I can tell, the three possible paths for her initial event don't map entirely on to her paths going forward, but the 'humiliation' and 'rape' paths from the first event are largely treated as identical, both possibly leading to either her 'friendship' or 'submission' paths.)