No. When you speak to Lucy, the flag is potentially
set. It's
used where i said it's used:
Python:
if helplucy == True:
jump erikhelplucy
#...
label erikhelplucy:
You "Oh and speaking of, you're going to give your secretary a generous raise and pay for all her daughter's medical expenses."
Erik "H-How do you know about-"
You "I know a lot of things Erik. And I'll know if you try to fuck me. So keep that in mind."
Erik "G-Got it!"
This is the only place this flag gets referenced.
On the romance storyline Liz goes to Erik to
quit her sponsorship out of her own volition. She elaborates on it in the epilogue:
Python:
Liz "Oh? That? I quit, or resigned, or whatever you want to call it. It's not worth the hassle."
LAmum "WHAT?! You quit your sponsorship!!!? WHY!? After all the effort I put in to set up that interview, and after you passed it!? Why would you give that up!!?"
Liz "It's boring. I thought I would just be training and racing, but all the sponsor bullshit was taking up my time. So, I cut 'em loose. "
So, you know, it's not like you're doing her any favor having her still interact with the fat fucker she wants nothing to do with, and wasting her time on things she has no interest in. All she wanted was swimming with Amber, and she gets to do that just fine after she quits, without the tiresome sponsorship bullshit.
If you think having her keep the scholarship is a good idea, just consider
her mom thinks it's a good idea. The woman who is wrong about pretty much everything.
As for Lucy, you seem to operate with cartoon presumption Erik is some sort of Load Bearing CEO and when he dies, his company is dissolved, and all employees lose their jobs. When in reality things don't really work like that and Lucy is very likely still a secretary to the next boss. Maybe she even doesn't have to suck his dick for a change.
Also, what makes you think i have any interest in playing some harem master nonsense? Not to mention i fail to see why this should make me feel very guilty about not taking special care of a woman who was ready to throw MC's close friend (and who knows how many girls before her) under the rapist-slash-murderer bus.
Okay okay, calm your tits, the world isn't black and white and nobody's perfect.
I was wrong about the flag reference, the point I was trying to get across though is that it only matters if you spare Erik, and that it doesn't take effect if you kill him, my mistake.
I'm assuming for the Liz quitting dialogue, that only takes place if you kill Erik, which is why I didn't. If you do happen to spare Erik, he does exactly what you tell him to.
You: Dedicate your life to charity and being a good person and I'll spare you.
Erik: I will, I swear!
You: Go back on your word, and I'll flay you alive, heal the skin and do it again until you go insane.
Erik: I-I won't go back on it, I promise.
You: And to prove to me how good you've become. You're going to sponsor both Liz and her sister, for their swimming careers, everything.
You: But you are under no circumstances to contact them directly. Do everything through that secretary of yours.
Erik: Y-Yes, of course!!
Should you decide to say to the secretary you'll be taken care of, the following lines are added on;
You: Oh and speaking of, you're going to give your secretary a generous raise and pay for all her daughter's medical expenses.
The epilogue with Liz's Mother clarifies this point;
LAMom: *sigh* Anyway, Liz how is college life going? How's your sponsorship? Mr Long is a very reputable man.
Liz: Good, I guess. Amber will be getting the same sponsorship I have pretty soon. The fatso is planning to recruit her before the end of the new term.
This is a better outcome for the twins no matter what you want to tell yourself, while LAMom IS a fucking cunt, Liz isn't doing it for her, in fact she even says that later on she will not pursue the career. But in the mean time, it means at the very least Amber is in the same sponsor with her sister (like she wanted) and Liz, while she is lazy, will still follow her sister to do anything she wants to do. If they get a free ride together, how is that worse off? In fact, if you do kill Erik, Liz'll quit, and any natural talent Amber has will be thrown away because she never joined up in the first place. You're kind of destroying any potential future that could have been for them. They can quit whenever they want, but the fact that Liz stays in to be with her sister for something they can fall back on for a while is good, regardless if the lobotomized zombie that is Liz says she'd rather do otherwise.
As for Lucy, YOU seem to be operating in the delusional fantasy land of privilege. Cancer treatment is not cheap, I know that from personal experience, and Lucy herself quite literally states that she needs this job;
You: Think carefully Lucy, do you really want to die for scum like him?
Lucy: Please, I...
Lucy: I need that job, I-I can't afford to lose it.
You: You'll find another job I'm sure. You seem quite capable.
Lucy: No! You don't understand. A job that pays as well as that, it doesn't exist. Not for a secretary. I need that job, I can't lose it.
And she's right, it's not cheap. Given what she's earning as a secretary, and other dialogue I'm not going to meticulously bible quote; I think it's safe to say Erik is giving his last name to her (pun intended) in exchange for her daughter's treatment. While I am well aware Erik is not the ONLY "load boss" running the company, the next boss isn't just going to willy nilly pay for cancer treatment for secretary work, the world doesn't "work that way."
To your last point I'll be honest I don't remember or seem to give a flying fuck why I mentioned my harem master route. But while Lucy is certainly not doing a good thing leading girls to a rapist; she certainly isn't doing the wrong thing. It's her daughter's life on the line, I'm going to assume you're not a poverty parent, because if you were, you'd probably do the same thing in her shoes. Or you can save your moral compass at the exchange for your daughter's life. But I guess it's subjective.
The way I see it, no option in this game is the "right" one, that's the fucking point. To kill or not to kill Bailey, to kill or not to kill Danica, Jake, hell even Oscar. Just depends, not so black and white, but there are blatantly better options, and blatantly dumber ones.
Edit: I think I know the reason I responded about the Harem stick, you talked to me, so I was just giving you more of an insight as to how I roll so you could help me not insult me. I hope I wasn't too harsh in this.
