You can view her as one of the temptresses guiding the protagonist toward a particular kind of behavior. If in the previous update Andrea and her scene served this role, here we see a "double down" with Allisson, she represents the natural next step for the protagonist. From this perspective, choosing Allisson leads down an animalistic path, actively embracing the club's decadence.
In this framework, Sophia offers the viewpoint of an observer and one of the key orchestrators of this "animal world" through her drugs and experiments. However, it’s still unclear how much we can separate Abel from Sophia: does she embody purely the "researcher" aspect, as suggested by her comments about hating all these people, or is she merely opposed to the specific direction of their activities, such as the Viagra-like analogues, rather than something more fundamental.
Kaitlyn would then serve as the complementary half of this guidance: her "games" and "experiments" are driven by her own sensuality and sadism, which she seeks to awaken in Edwin as well.
Hana and her scene with stacks of cash clearly symbolize greed, and I believe she should push Abel back toward vice, not the other way around. After all, gaining a daughter gave him the impetus for reflection and "redemption."
Mina fits perfect into this structure if Edwin follows Kaitlyn’s path, becoming the first recipient of his own experiments.
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I agree with you that Andrea and Allison follow-up are quite much a way towards the club´s decandence, depravity and wider goals. The "dark" path, so to speak.
But I want to inject that Andrea represents more than just the way to accept the club. Andrea is also a showcase for how comparatively good the club could be without the likes of Kath and Chuck.
Andrea never had a chance from the start of her life. Going by what we know from her family, dysfunctional would be a kind label, which is the reason she is uneducated and never had a chance to develop her talents. Now she is a porn actress and parttime prostitute, but she likes it, has a retained a sunny, friendly disposition and going by what is insinuated, she is comparatively well off. She is also the only housegirl so far calling August by his nickname, that is something we should keep in mind for the whole situation our hero is in.
In many ways, Andrea is Mina through a mirror, "foggy". The club´s version of her. Mina had the luck to get a really good education and options how to develop as an adult. She is a model, aspiring actress on the way to her maybe breakthrough and a sunny, friendly person, if sheltered.
As mentioned above, Andrea is her "club alter ego". No education, far too much wrong "life experience" by her surroundings, adult model, popular porn actress, parttime hooker, but also a sunny, friendly person. The club and adult stuff surrounding it was Andrea´s first chance to gain some semblance of life.
It might be far from good and perfect, but the club could be something more than simply depravity, ambition and moral decay. Chosing Andrea means accepting the club, but not as deep as chosing Allison does. Allison embodies the personal decline of most VIP members, the darkness you have to court to thrive in the den Kath and Chuck created.
Sophia, as I wrote in a post to GIL, in my opinion is the embodiment of the "grey" path. Chosing her is de facto denying the depths of corruption and even evil Allison, Kath and Chuck represent, while also accepting that sometimes the goals justify the means. Sophia loaths the VIP members, what they do and represent. What our hero and she do during the orgy is setting a clear counterpoint. And you as the player also accept Sophia and her way as she is. The amoral(!), calculating, eccentric, nerdy genius with black ops training and indoctrination, shaped to be van Doren´s right hand, sword and successor. The woman who wants to improve and enjoy the world. She will never be the "white" path, but she also will never be the "dark" one. And we can see it by just looking at her. Blond hair and always black clothes.
I also agree with you that Kath tries to use Hana as a way to keep August "in line" and pushed back into the club´s darkness. As Kath observed, gaining Hana changed August. He reflects more about his life and is "drifting away" from the darkest aspects of the club. He even seeks some kind of "redemption", which we can see with enough friendship points. The old August would never have said that the way he forced himself back into Hana´s life was wrong. Or that he is a bad person and insinuated that he did far too many wrong things during is life so far.
