Some thoughts on the Abel and Sophie scene:
It is conceivable that Abel does a background check on anyone who gets close-enough to his secrets; but if it was a routine check—which found nothing—I don’t think the MC would ever have heard about it.
That Abel saw fit to visit and reveal the results in person suggests that this was more than a routine check. My guess is that it was a vetting triggered by someone nominating the MC as a potential candidate for recruitment into their cabal. This could have been Kathleen—ignoring Chuck’s warning to leave the MC out of it—or, more likely, Sophia herself.
Abel’s ‘unexceptional’ verdict suggests that his vetting came up with nothing that would either exclude the MC or indicate he was a good match for the program; so he decided to make the final call based on a personal interview.
Let’s posit three outcomes from the interview:
(a) Abel is impressed by the MC, and gives the okay to start easing him in to their circle.
(b) Abel is ambivalent after the interview, and decides to put off a decision for the time being.
(c) Abel decides that the MC is not someone who can be trusted with their secrets, and instructs Kathleen and Sophia to exclude him from anything related.
Although this scene seems like an obvious decision point, it is not one in practice. The MC’s behavior is on autopilot. He is rude, but impresses Able with his spunk, and the story seems to give us outcome (b): the MC is neither invited into, nor explicitly barred from, the conspiracy.
Judging from the comments here, I think most players would appreciate some agency in this scene, which would transform it into a real decision point. One of the following routes would probably make most players happy:
(A) The MC harshly criticizes the Nazis for invading his apartment, digging into his background, and being, well, Nazis. He chases them out, deliberately closing the door on any further involvement in their evil experiments.
(B.) The MC expresses mild displeasure at the B&E job the pair did on his apartment—maybe utilizing a bit of snark—but is nice-enough about it to leave the door open for future involvement.
(C.) The MC enjoys a soothing shoulder massage from Sophie while he politely interacts with Abel, conveying his earnest desire to be of assistance to them in their research program. He doesn’t stoop to sucking Abel’s cock—as has been suggested—but wouldn’t balk at joining the pair in a chorus of the Horst Wessel Lied. Abel is impressed-enough to okay easing the MC into their circle, and reveals a bit of their program before taking his leave. As he departs, Abel suggests that Sophie stay behind to “give the boy a good time.” The MC then has the opportunity to relieve some of his pent-up frustration by visiting a little chaos on her. Maybe he could wash some of the perfume off by dunking her head in the toilet, while he ravishes her ass….
