VN Ren'Py Love & Jealousy [Act 2] [Professor Amethyst Games]

[NewGuy2022]

Getting pretty nervous for tomorrow btw if I understand correctly we will need to play the Bethany date in Act 2 again? I was one of those users that use URM to play the date because the variable was not working.

I abandoned the punishment route once I learned that Lacey actually enjoyed it and was using it as yet another way to manipulate the oblivious MC; I changed to the "no fun" route because that seems to be the only route where you as the player get to subvert Lacey's manipulation. I don't see her as pushing him to other girls to help him; I see this as another means for her to control him while deluding him into thinking she is helping. So, of course, I try to reject them all when I'm allowed.

Having said all that, I wonder how much any of the interactions with the side girls will play out since I've friendzoned all of them except when the developer forced me to have sex with them. If I were allowed, the MC would refuse sex with anyone in this story, especially Lacey; all of them are bad for him. Since we are forced to watch the MC have sex with her, at least the developer could "give the reader something" like refusing intimacy (kissing), insisting upon condom use, and withdrawal. He could explain this away by saying "I don't want to taste another man's semen", "I'm concerned about what diseases I may contract from you", and "I want to protect myself from being chained to you through a pregnancy."

I still am trying to play this to enable the MC to escape from this deathtrap of a life he has. The kinetic nature of the story isn't making my attempts very easy.

 

[Sayora]

I abandoned the punishment route once I learned that Lacey actually enjoyed it and was using it as yet another way to manipulate the oblivious MC; I changed to the "no fun" route because that seems to be the only route where you as the player get to subvert Lacey's manipulation. I don't see her as pushing him to other girls to help him; I see this as another means for her to control him while deluding him into thinking she is helping. So, of course, I try to reject them all when I'm allowed.

No fun is, in my opinion, the only option that's close to reality.
The others seem like a nod to those who like to spice things up and are completely at odds with the image of MC's recent virginity.
However, if we assume that the options were chosen by a slut, then everything falls into place.

Otherwise, the manner of passing is similar to yours.