OK, well this time I was able to get around it by giving the lotion to Lisa and hitting Judie with The Good Stuff. Still. Unsatisfying.
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And I didn't get the True Ending, and there have been absolutely no clues. I suspect I'd to do some sort of arbitrary, specific sequence with no guidance.
It's pretty common practice for the Normal Ending to have at least a hint toward the True Ending instead of just being like "Hey, you uh... didn't do it. Go try again!"
Never did figure out what to do with the bitter herb and the sweet rolls, but, again, no clues. Tried eating them all, tried not eating them all, tried eating one per day, etc. Nothing changes.
Overall neat game, wish there were some full-body CGs though.