Ok, I got back into gaming pretty hard and can't get myself to sit and think/draw for 3 to 8 hours to make one of these.  But I like these characters and still enjoy drawing them.  So here's a link where you can read where the rest of the story was going.  Tweaks definitely would've happened but there's a good chance I won't finish this so I want to at least give people the option of closure. Someone once did the same for me so I wish to return the favor.  Thanks for reading. Here is what I had planned below the break.
Bullet points for the rest of the story:
Openheim and Sylvia bond with time spent together, teaching each other things, and eating together. Â Openheim sucks at cooking so she can teach him that.
Sylvia continues lying about where she's from and her past to get sympathy points from Openheim. (Note: avoid romantic.)
Openheim and Sylvia's bonding involves a timeskip (like some months).
In that time Nikki manages to pay back Openheim. (how is skippable, not important to the story besides that she does)
With the payment and trusting Sylvia Openheim takes a vacation to visit a distant museum (unicorns aren't tolerated in many spots so he's gotta travel to get to where he can).
Openheim, cautious, puts Scintilla in charge of the shop instead of Sylvia b/c family, trust, and business schooling background.
Use that to drive up animosity between Scintilla and Sylvia.
Scintilla is in favor of slavery (use ancient Greek arguments) and Sylvia is not. Â They argue about nature of agency and objectivity until to prove a point Sylvia in anger beats the living hell out of Scintilla.
Sylvia panics and ties up Scintilla b/c she doesn't want to get arrested and needs to get Scintilla to keep quiet about what just happened.
Openheim enjoys a museum.
(workshopping) Scintilla and Sylvia come to an agreement.
Scintilla hates everything.
At some point reveal why she hates herself, maybe here, maybe at end.
Time passes, Openheim returns, and the university expansion is built. Â
Openheim and Sylvia install the locks.
Sylvia sneaks back breaking in cause she has all the locks. (this is why she's here. Â To steal a bunch of information... and cause Marie Mord was curious. Â She's part of that witch group in the forest. Sylvia means "from the forest".)
Sylvia is caught and taken into slavery.
(undecided hereafter)
Sylvia nearly worked to death in mines.
Scintilla buys her.
Scintilla set Sylvia up.
Scintilla talk therapies to Sylvia how her life started to suck when she started using her motivational skills to help others instead of herself. (She got Open to hire someone, she got Open to rent to Sylvia, stand in rain, money problems, etc.)
But that stopped when Sylvia beat the shit out of her.
Needed Sylvia so weaken b/c Sylvia could've easily overpowered her otherwise. Â Scintilla has Nikki for protection but this is kinda evil so Nikki isn't here.
Scintilla decides what to do with Sylvia. (put it to a reader vote)
(if want to complicate things)
Sylvia says she fucked Scintilla's brother.
Scintilla says like bad or good fuck?
Sylvia says good. (she hasn't but knows Scintilla cares about her brother and will use that as a bargaining chip.)
[The thing Scintilla hates herself for.] I hoped I'd come up with something better than this. 1) She was jealous and got two of her friends to romeo and juliet. 2) Her other friend found out and disapproved/broke off their friendship.
Scintilla ruined her friend's reputation so she'd only have Scintilla for a friend.  Friend kills herself instead.  This puts her in the viewpoint of she killed for her own benefit.  Her current state only works if she gained empathy from this experience.  But empathy is usually a role reversal, not a denial of desire.  And that's why I still haven't figured out what got her to change.  Cause she was definitely responsible for a lot of physical and psychological harm on her peers.  But I haven’t thought up a fitting event yet.
