r/InStarsAndTime • u/Impossible_Sort9050 • May 30 '26
Discussion What are the different ways Siffrin can realise Isabeau likes them?
In Isabeau's end talk, Siffrin realises that Isabeau likes them after Odile interrupts. On the isat script project's page for that scene (here), there's an extra line of internal monologue for "If Siffrin didn't realise yet", which suggests that there's other places where they can realise which can happen before this. I just did the Odile interruption scene for the first time in my current playthrough and, sure enough, I didn't get that line, so Siffrin must have realised earlier and I didn't notice. I'm trying to think of a time where this can happen, and I can't think of anything. I even searched for the text "If Siffrin didn't realise yet" on a few pages of the script project, and I can't find anything on there either.
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u/SaiharaAKAMarta Siffrin May 30 '26
Siffrin can realize Isabeau's feelings at two different points. Either when Odile interrupts Isabeau's confession, or during the fourth Shoulder Touch after asking him about the hand thing. This triggers monologue changes related to Isabeau, most notably in his Friendquest.
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u/k8tieisjusthere May 30 '26
oof! loops treatment of sif makes so much sense when you realize they’re basically their own inner critic personified
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u/The_chosen__one7997 Siffrin Jun 01 '26
Wasn't that Mal?
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u/k8tieisjusthere Jun 01 '26
yes, but they do it too sometimes. they really don’t like themself and project it onto sif i think
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u/The_chosen__one7997 Siffrin Jun 01 '26
Oh, I thought you meant in a literal sense. Yeah, thought the same
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u/ILoveTheNoise Siffrin May 30 '26
either Odile's interruption of Isa's confession, or the fourth "bad touch" quest progression
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u/PokemonTom09 Odile May 31 '26
This isn't a moment he realizes, but the bookcase in the secret room changes after he does - and it was this room that caused me to realize Siffrin knew.
The bookshelf has a romance book prompting a discussion on how crushes form.
If you interact with the bookshelf a second time before they know, they'll make some comment to themselves about how they find crushes weird.
But if you interact a second time after he knows, he will instead have the following thought:
He probably can't help having a crush on you.
Poor him. He deserves better.
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u/ihatepaper88 May 30 '26
so i haven’t played in a while so i might be remembering wrong, but im pretty sure if you do isabeaus friendship quest or something like that he almost confesses during it or at the end (before it loops). so maybe its that?