Very much appreciated!Lots of good discussion in the thread, recently!Sorry I can't reply to everything, but I do read it all, and appreciate seeing everyone dissect the story and characters a bit. Didn't expect ol' Carl to get so much attention..
Oh, fun fact: Carl/Risa's last name comes from theYou must be registered to see the linksseries of books, by Lawrence Block. And Owen is my little nod towards one of my favorite cartoons.
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If all goes to plan, we'll finally get some payoff for the Ashe/Nicki photo mystery in Chapter 10. As for the coding error -- ack, good catch! Thanks! The Mason bug will be fixed for the next build. And you're probably right about Risa's points.. I'll make an adjustment. It won't mess anything up for me to retroactively screw with the points, as we won't see her again until after the Chapter 1 remake.
tbh, Sapphire's whole situation is kind of a reflection of my feelings towards the abusive side of sex work, informed by the experiences of some good friends of mine. For that matter, FiN as a whole kind of takes a dim view towards sex work, and the way it tends to prey on desperate people.
That said? I have a lot of fun with Sapphire's webcam sequences, and I don't believe all sex work is exploitative. So, there's a big part of me that'd enjoy exploring it from a different, more positive angle. I have an idea for that, but it's a ways off.
Always good to hear your thoughts, Phil! I'm going to side-step too much of the dark discussion, but I'll touch on a few of your points.
Pepper: The fun thing about this game, is I'm often finding new things I didn't realize I was into. :'D Happy to bring that joy to others! Dry-humping some sexy fishnets was definitely something I didn't expect to make a focus of the scene, but once I saw them, well.. >_> I'm just a sucker for shoes, socks and stockings though, so I'll always do my best to feature them.
Alex: I do just love the visual of Guy shuffle-stepping with his pants around his knees. :'D The whole scene is a little bit silly, I agree. But, sometimes I just want to indulge my fanboy tendencies, and do some old-fashioned AVN hijinks.
Super-Spoiler: Hm, that's a pretty bright idea..
BTW, I just remembered another thing. Noelle's name has a number of tongue-in-cheeks about it. Other than the fact she says "no" a lot, which was a hilarious exchange btw, Asian people would have trouble pronouncing it, which is the 2nd pun "No L". Makes me think the name was given to her (I mean, besides you lol), I don't know if by Carl or whoever. I'm not gonna lie, it gave me a little guilty titter that I can't take back, but also, it's really mean and sad, poor girl.
Someone using her very name to forever mock her + her 'robotic precision' (certainly 'trained' in her..) you mentioned makes me feel really, really bad for her 
