I'm not sure why some people are experiencing this tbh??? You're not the only person still having trouble with it but I can't recreate it anymore and other people have played through til the end at this point so it's not affecting everyone. The only advice I have is clear cache clear cookies (which will delete Twine saves), close tab close browser reopen and try again? Which is a lot and a huge pain I understand but it seems like it's just cached weird for some people. All else fails maybe try again later and it'll end up having been a slow server roll out on itch's end or something?