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Cressida
Cressida
Cressida — Complete Character Guide

Overview

Cressida Vale is the Director of Civic Continuity at the Future Era Bureaucracy Automation Center in the Fringe Zone. Her current personal route contains ten automatic scenes, three five-round H2Hs, two dates, two skill lessons and a one-time Intelligence reward. The walkthrough below gives the progression requirements without retelling her later discoveries or ending.

Quick Stats and Schedule

Attribute Value
Age / era / alignment 39 / Future / Neutral
Initial location Bureaucracy Automation Center, every day, 8 AM–10 PM
After Authority to Refuse Bureaucracy Center on odd days; TD Operations Center on even days; 8 AM–10 PM at both
Favorite stats Intelligence 80, Communication 80, Perception 75
Special relationship skill Negotiation
Profile favorite gift Wine; no Wine-gift action is implemented in her current menus
Talk From Stranger, 15 minutes, 1 base affection, four per day
The day number determines odd/even days, rather than the weekday. Her two locations share the same Talk allowance. After Authority to Refuse, her dates, H2Hs and Read the Fine Print remain Bureaucracy Center actions, so start them on an odd day. Her even-day Operations Center menu offers Talk, Information Brokering and Economic Warfare.

Step-by-Step Route

  1. Visit the Bureaucracy Automation Center, 8 AM–10 PM, for Form 47-B. No personal relationship or story-beat prerequisite is needed to begin.
  2. Talk to Cressida up to four times per day. At Acknowledged, return for The Human Signature; at Known, for Proof of Residence; at Acquaintance, for Reason for Existing.
  3. At Friend, complete The Courtesy Denial, then visit 6–10 PM for Signed in Advance. After the Last Applicant also unlocks at Friend after Proof of Residence; its start window is 7–10 PM.
  4. Take Skygarden Date at Friend after Reason for Existing, starting 8 AM–4 PM. Read the Fine Print and Information Brokering are optional additional ways to gain affection and skills.
  5. At Close Friend, finish Unsigned, which requires Signed in Advance and After the Last Applicant. It has no extra hour restriction beyond her Center schedule.
  6. Complete Story Beat 34 in the main story. At Close Friend, visit the Center 6–10 PM for The Accountability Layer, after Signed in Advance.
  7. Return 8 AM–10 PM for The Appeal Window, then 6–10 PM for Authority to Refuse. Both require Close Friend and the preceding automatic scene. Authority to Refuse also checks Story Beat 34.
  8. Her schedule now alternates: Center on odd days, Operations Center on even days. Start Neon Bazaar Date at the Center 4–10 PM on an odd day, after The Appeal Window.
  9. At Crush, complete No Approval Required at the Center on an odd day, after Authority to Refuse and Unsigned. Its menu is available throughout her 8 AM–10 PM Center schedule, despite its after-hours story setting.
  10. Visit the TD Operations Center on an even day, 8 AM–10 PM, for The Exception Becomes Policy, after Authority to Refuse, Story Beat 34 and No Approval Required, at Crush.
The automatic scene chain and H2H chain have separate completion requirements. Dates are additional activities; neither date is required by the finale. All ten automatic scenes, both dates and all three H2Hs complete once.

Conversation, Rewards and Lessons

Action Requirement / location Cost Reward Availability
Talk to Cressida Stranger; her current scheduled location 15 minutes 1 base affection Four per day, shared across locations
Information Brokering Known; Intelligence 18; paid version; skill not learned; either scheduled location 150 minutes, $250, 30 energy, 20 calm Learns Information Brokering; 10 base affection Once
Read the Fine Print Friend; Perception 35; Bureaucracy Center 60 minutes, 15 energy, 5 calm +1 Intelligence; 8 direct affection Once
Economic Warfare Close Friend; Commerce 22; paid version; skill not learned; Operations Center after the schedule change 240 minutes, $600, 50 energy, 60 calm Learns Economic Warfare; 15 base affection Once
The ordinary Talk menu begins at Stranger, so you can build her route without a gift button. Her profile's Wine preference does not create a Wine action. Negotiation is her relationship-bonus skill; it is distinct from the two skills she teaches.
Listed relationship rewards are base values. Favorite stats add bonuses when their thresholds are met, and the special relationship skill doubles the adjusted base before the shared random roll. Equipment, buffs and alignment can further change the final reward. Raising affection does not replace quest flags or earlier heart-to-hearts.

Automatic Scene Requirements and Choices

Scene Start location / window Requirements Base affection Best choice bonus
Form 47-B Bureaucracy Center, 8 AM–10 PM No additional progress requirement Cressida 3 Caring or Flirty +3
The Human Signature Center, 8 AM–10 PM Acknowledged; Form 47-B Cressida 5 Caring or Flirty +3
Proof of Residence Center, 8 AM–10 PM Known; The Human Signature Cressida 6 Caring or Flirty +3
Reason for Existing Center, 8 AM–10 PM Acquaintance; Proof of Residence Cressida 7 Funny or Flirty +3
The Courtesy Denial Center, 8 AM–10 PM Friend; Reason for Existing Cressida 8 Caring or Flirty +3
Signed in Advance Center, 6–10 PM Friend; The Courtesy Denial Cressida 9 Caring or Flirty +3
The Accountability Layer Center, 6–10 PM Close Friend; Signed in Advance; Story Beat 34 Cressida 10; Ghost 2 Caring or Flirty +3 Cressida
The Appeal Window Center, 8 AM–10 PM Close Friend; The Accountability Layer Cressida 11 Caring or Flirty +3
Authority to Refuse Center, 6–10 PM Close Friend; The Appeal Window; Story Beat 34 Cressida 12; Ghost 2 Flirty +4 Cressida
The Exception Becomes Policy Operations Center, even days, 8 AM–10 PM Crush; Authority to Refuse; Story Beat 34; No Approval Required H2H Cressida 15; Ghost 2 Flirty +5 Cressida
Each row's previous-scene requirement means that scene must be completed. The first nine scenes trigger automatically at the Center. After the schedule change, ordinary Center menu actions need an odd day; the final automatic scene explicitly checks an even day at the Operations Center.

Personal H2Hs

Conversation Requirements Start location / hours Cost and restoration
After the Last Applicant Friend; Proof of Residence completed Bureaucracy Center, 7–10 PM 75 minutes, 15 energy; restores 5 calm
Unsigned Close Friend; Signed in Advance and After the Last Applicant completed Bureaucracy Center, 8 AM–10 PM 90 minutes, 15 energy, 10 calm
No Approval Required Crush; Authority to Refuse and Unsigned completed Bureaucracy Center, odd days, 8 AM–10 PM 90 minutes, 15 energy; restores 10 calm
All three contain five rounds, complete once, and have no money cost. The first two also need an odd day if you leave them until after Authority to Refuse. Her current H2H definitions do not configure an additional NPC intimacy-experience award.

H2H Best Answers

After the Last Applicant

Round Best ordinary choice Base points
1 Then tell me the complete version. 12
2 You still remember him because he was a person, not a failed case. 14
3 Thank you for trusting me with his name. 16
4 You can be necessary without having to be alone. 18
5 Then I will stay without trying to manage you. 19


Unsigned

Round Best ordinary choice Base points
1 Because someone used your name without earning it. 15
2 You do not have to decide your entire life tonight. 16
3 I trust the woman willing to face both facts. 19
4 Your decision remains yours, including the decision to accept me. 20
5 I will stay, and the final confirmation remains yours. 21


No Approval Required

Round Best ordinary choice Base points
1 I hoped there was something here that belonged to us. 18
2 I want you when there is nothing to earn too. 20
3 Yes. I want you closer. 23
4 Yes. Kiss me. 25
5 Kiss her again and accept the ruling. 27


Heart-to-heart choice points accumulate and use the shared relationship calculation at completion. The listed points are base values, not guaranteed final affection gains.
The equally scoring, spoiler-light Round 2 answer shown for Unsigned gives 16 base points. Best ordinary totals are 79 for After the Last Applicant, 91 for Unsigned and 113 for No Approval Required.
Conversation Special answer Requirement Points / improved total
After the Last Applicant Round 2, Empathy response Empathy skill 16 instead of 14; best total 81
Unsigned Round 2, Intelligence response Intelligence 40 18 instead of 16; best total 93
No Approval Required Round 2, Empathy response Empathy skill 22 instead of 20; best total 115
Each special answer opens its following-round dialogue variant. You can finish each H2H without the special skill or stat. The Romantic skill adds 25 affection points after the shared completion calculation, independently of the Romantic relationship stage.

Two Dates

Date Requirements Start location / hours Cost and restoration Base affection Best choices
Skygarden Date — One Unscheduled Hour Friend; Reason for Existing completed Bureaucracy Center, 8 AM–4 PM 120 minutes, $100, 25 energy; restores 15 calm 8 Caring or Flirty +4 → Caring +5 → Flirty +5
Neon Bazaar Date — No Fixed Price Close Friend; The Appeal Window completed Bureaucracy Center, 4–10 PM 120 minutes, $120, 30 energy; restores 5 calm 10 Funny +5 → Caring or Flirty +5 → Flirty +6
Each date completes once, using its own flag. Start from her Center portrait, even though the outing takes you elsewhere. After Authority to Refuse, choose an odd day for both dates. Skygarden's best choices total 14 base choice points; Neon Bazaar's total 16, in addition to their fixed completion awards.

If Progress Stalls

  • If she is missing after Authority to Refuse, check the day number: odd means Bureaucracy Center, even means Operations Center, 8 AM–10 PM.
  • After the Last Applicant starts only 7–10 PM, at Friend, after Proof of Residence. Its dialogue cannot substitute for Signed in Advance's automatic completion.
  • Unsigned needs both Signed in Advance and the first H2H. Its menu has no evening-only gate.
  • The later automatic route needs Story Beat 34. More affection alone cannot unlock The Accountability Layer or Authority to Refuse before that story milestone.
  • No Approval Required stays at the Bureaucracy Center, requiring an odd day after the schedule change, Crush, Authority to Refuse and Unsigned.
  • For the final scene, move to the Operations Center on an even day, after all its listed requirements. Neither date is a mandatory finale prerequisite.
  • Economic Warfare is an Operations Center lesson. Read the Fine Print and the dates remain Center actions.
  • Her present route has no apartment encounter, brothel recruitment or implemented gift menu. The three H2Hs and two dates are the authored personal activities to complete.

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