I'm at the same position, though for different reason. I'm unable to start Wither despite having all requirements done. Kaori is never available when I try to call her at night. Only thing that I think which might be blocking my advancement is earlier Happy scene A Time When Things Were Horrible which is red and with strike-through. Or that non-subscribe star version few updates back, from which sex scenes were removed. I think I started it again and played nsfw version, but there's some chance that it fucked my saves.
So, would anyone be kind enough to provide save-file where Wither event has just started? Otherwise I'll have to give up this game. I've surely tried to get event started long enough.
Perhaps Selebus should think again if it really is necessary to have so many requirements for the events. Just let people miss things and not let it wreck the whole game. Or preferably, remove the whole sandbox element.
