Are you running any mods? Nothing in the code stops you from any choice if you have not spoken to any of them. The block happens when you talk to Hope and Fate first, then they block Cassandra and Mindy. Choosing any other party will reset it back to speak to Mindy and Cass.I'm having this same issue. Current path status is Svarin, Lin, Cassandra and Hailie. It doesn't matter which option I start with. I always get stuck in this loop.