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Maybe it's just me, and based on the other content I don't think it's intended, but the Alice relationship comes across to me as sort of  Groomy/Peer Pressurey/Coerced, and sorta just a bit, well, rapey.  IIRC the game flatout says she is leaving because she's out of money and doesn't know what she is going to do next, so she's highly dependant on the family... one in which everybody else (probably) is in a relationship with the MC.  It's likely that, despite statements to the contrary, somebody in such a situation would feel that's a requirement for them as well.

However, I think there are several ways in which this could be alleviated, any of which would probably make it no longer a big issue

1.  Her Mom wasn't just an employee at the bar, but owned it.  So while she was raised in an orphanage (or maybe nanny who saw her as nothing more than a job), she gained control of the bar and a good chunk of money when she turned 18.  She isn't leaving because she's broke, she's leaving because she has to get back to running the bar.  She stays because she wants to, not because she has to. (takes out the whole financial dependancy aspect)

2.  Becca gets the paperwork done before there is any suggestion of a romantic relationship between MC/Alice. (Also takes out the financial dependancy/expectation element)  Currently, it almost feels like a reward for trying to start the relationship.

3.  Switch the timeline a bit so Lucy is still very much on the fence as to whether she wants a romantic relationship with MC when Alice jumps into it  Alice's happiness is what tips her over.  (Largely eliminates the peer pressure/expectation elements)

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I can guarantee you that nothing was forced with Alice, everything was in line with what she wanted, she only needed Sandra's and Lucy's help to get it done. Nothing there was because she doesn't know where to go or anything else since that would not matter, Becca already said that she will stay forever. The relationship she has to MC wouldn't matter there.

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I actually get the opposit. She wants the relationship so bad she is constantly asking sandra and lucy for help. Thats the fibe i got.

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I did not get that feeling at all from her actions. I have to agree with Naj7000, I got that she wants to be aprt of the family and is for the first time i nher life happy, no rapey vibe at all.

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Didn’t get that feeling. Her character lines up with what she desires. And she gets what she wants. Changes and rewards. Starting afresh. A whole new family that loves her for her. But we are also talking about a specific fictional setting here. So, you gotta keep that in mind as well. There have been games I have just stopped playing cause it didn’t even line up with the character or the even the way the political ideology, albeit a fictional one, were put in that were in opposition to the world that the dev had created. ie. independence and individuality= bad (USA flag over a shanty town). Community and slavery= good. But, thats another story.

Okay, so……

I am gonna humbly go back on my above comment about the the comment on how it felt that Alice was ‘not’ being groomed. However after continuing play through it did leave a distaste in me, and tho I like the rest of the game and how its been written so far, I have to say I would rather Alice being left out of the circle of s**.

It does feel like she needs to do it to be part of the family and her only being just become of one after such a hard life now sees no other choice but to fall in line to stay loved by them, despite they all continue to say the opposite.

Yes, I understand its fantasy & fiction, I write it all the time etc. But, since its not my story, and I have the option to stop playing.

Though, I was hoping for the great landlady option to come into play where Alice did.

I won’t edit my above comment, so that both comments are here. I only just got the chance played through Alice’s part.

If anything, she's the rapey one for some of the ways she tested the MC (not that I'm complaining)