Talk:Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 1 Choices/@comment-38873815-20200502205741/@comment-37915141-20200502220304

Hmm, I was gonna test what determines that good night message but it seems I don't have to.

I'm not sure how it is but there are platonic Score Ups, and romantic ones for flirting and kissing. But just taking the Chapter 7 social quests, visiting the LIs in their rooms and keeping it platonic will still make the game believe you've "romanced" the LI. Maybe the dances too, I haven't checked yet.

And it seems if it's dependent on the kisses or these "romanced" stuff (whatever that means) it doesn't matter how many times you've flirted, kissed or took their scenes or IDK. If more LI can have a reaction there's a random order:


 * drakna attacking MC: Nia > Mal > Tyril > Imtura (Aerin if none)
 * embracing Aerin: Mal > Tyril > Nia > Imtura (none if none)
 * ghoul trapping LI: Imtura > Nia > Mal > Tyril (Tyril smiles if romanced, Tyril bows if not romanced, or if you haven't romanced anyone I assume)
 * good night message: Tyril > Mal > Nia > Imtura

So far, it kinda checks out for my main playthrough where I took all seems I possibly could, missed a bunch of Mal flirts but still got him for Aerin. And I got Nia, Imtura, and Tyril in the other cases as well when there's no way Imtura is the most romanced as she has about 4-5 less Score Ups in the game than Mal or Tyril (and I took like all but 2 with Tyril).

Also, I didn't get a notification for your comment daaaaaaays ago but I was browsing the section.

It's interesting that you didn't get the line where MC's is squeezing Tyril's hand. There are boolean variables (meaning the value is either true or false and nothing else) since the Chapter 7 kisses and they're supposed to be switching to "true" every time you kiss the LI but won't count it. That variable being true is what triggers that one line. Are you sure you've chosen the same option both times? That line only appears if you say 'At least you've been here before.'

"But if you just kiss him once, you will just squeeze his hand yourself." I think the line you're referring to is "You take his hand, squeezing gently." which only happens if you chose the 'You have nothing to be ashamed of.' option (and, I assume, kissed him before).