I had hoped that MC saying that Erynn was his girlfriend at the Beach Date volleyball scene would have clearly started that ball rolling. Feels like a missed opportunity where the MC says "She's mine", not "She's my girlfriend" as the option implied with a choice of "Friends" or "Girlfriend". Seemed like a great spot like the Lexi girlfriend dare scene....
At the photoshoot with Erynn, she seemed surprised Zane was supposed to be the male model and sort of shrugged it off. I didn't catch any remorse or interest vibes from Erynn that she might still be into, or confused about, Zane. But that could be at play. It's entirely possible that Ethan blackmail, MC abandoning her, and the Zane "trauma" (for lack of better word) have all piled up to make her gun shy.
I was 100% hoping for something like that on the "girlfriend/friend" choice.
To me it felt like "this is the moment" upon making that choice, but it doesn't do anything.
And looking at the game's internal tracking there's nothing there either, no flag saying you picked the GF option and not even a points gain connected to that choice.
It ended up being a fluff/cosmetic choice which is not how it felt when i saw that option, it definitely undervalues the moment.
Sex with Zane is what marks the beggining of her current situation...
Having sex led to her to losing him and ending up on Ethan's hand...
Maybe Erynn needs some reinforcing that she did nothing wrong and it wasn't her fault, and there's no reason to be afraid of commitment or sex...
It sounds obvious, but maybe on some level Erynn ties these things together, kinda "if i do this... it will happen again" type deal.
She runs into Zane at the beach and seems completely fine(despite the fact she looked shocked upon seeing him) afterwards, if anything she feels even more confident and "forward" when we meet her later
(bathtub scene).
I highly doubt that meeting led to some heart to heart between them, the "you did nothing wrong" i was talking about, it was probably just a "hey how have you been..." type deal.
Erynn doesn't bring up meeting with him in the next scene (in big part because Nyx is still trying to keep him a mistery, despite his identity being obvious), but i hope she does in the future/soon.
Running into/having a small chit-chat with your old BF sounds like something you should mention to your new BF(even if it's not official).
Don't forget Cara is also coming to MS with Nikki. If I recall it's just a trip when Nikki visits MSU. So things could get spicy there too. Issues with either of them could cause both to no longer like the MC. "Cheating on my sister?" type of conversation.
Nate, he probably won't cause any issues other than get some popcorn if things go sideways.
Lakeyn has also moved back to start her own shop. There are some interesting/humerous MC thoughts if you slept with her after being tattooed, and end up dating Alexis or Layla.
Have to see if Mira, I think the only one left, decides to also move. Especially if you said you liked her instead of just friends.
I think next week they are just visiting, not staying for good, they have plans to move into town but we don't know how long that will take.
If Cara ends up enlisting at our school, which i don't see why not once she's moved in, she can play the role of keeping an eye on the MC even if we are on a Nikki route, which would make relationships with Layla, Elena, Valeria "unsafe".
Lakeyin seems supportive of her cousins and won't present problems, it still could lead to a humorous scene with either one.
Maybe a quick fuck for old times sake on a save where you never had anything with either sister...
and there is a Nikki Secret Path on a Cara path too!
This is news to me... but i hope so.
I also hope they come into town even with no relationship, perhaps with an option to "reignite the flame", if we are on good terms that is lol.
There's a variation on the airport meeting, if can be happy and friendly or angry(happens you took the "Julia" option).
