Official Guide to the Love Interests by the Impious Monk. This walkthrough will help guide any player who has his or her heart set on a particular love interest (“LI”). It covers only the four main LI’s. It does not spoil the larger plot of Leaving DNA.
Introduction
If you don’t see a choice under an LI’s section, or if I haven’t highlighted an option, you can make whatever choice you want without any consequences as to your path with that woman.
Choices to come inside a woman are not included in this guide.
The Stats
There are three types of stats you can build with the women:
Interest – Interest points are available for all four LI’s. Interest points are gained by doing things that make the LI’s more interested in you. Frequently, you can do this just by doing something that shows your interest in them, because you showing your interest in them reaffirms their being interested in you.
Assertive – Assertive points are available for Aghavni and Malena. Both of these women respect and are attracted to assertive men. If you make choices that make you look like a doormat, you won’t have a chance with either of them.
Trust – Trust points are presently available for Jamie, Aghavni, and Emmeline. MC has a long history of being difficult to get close to. At least for these three women, you will need to show some growth here. The women want to trust you and they want you to trust them. So make choices that show them they are important to you.
Respect – As of Episode Three, Respect points exist only for the very limited purpose of counterbalancing you looking like an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ if you insisted on driving. While Aghavni likes the assertiveness, she also wants to know that you respect her.
Your Trust points are important for another reason. MC’s growth (or lack thereof) in both his romantic relationships and his relationships with his friends is one of the central themes of Leaving DNA. You can help MC overcome his aloofness or you can choose to have him embrace it. Your Trust points will accumulate whether or not you are on any given LI’s romance path and will impact the endings available to you.
Aghavni
Choice 1:
- You’re driving, she’ll respect the assertiveness (+2 Assertive)
- Let her drive, you need to keep things professional
Choice 2: (only if she’s driving)
- Tell her she’s a good cop (+1 Respect)
- Don’t say anything
Choice 3:
- Encourage him to give his side of the story (+1 Assertive)
- Let Aghavni handle it
Choice 4: (only if you’re driving)
- Tell her you respect her (+1 Respect)
- Don’t say anything
Choice 5:
- Ask if Amy was seeing anyone (+1 Assertive)
- Let Aghavni handle it
Choice 6:*
- Suggest lunch with Aghavni (+1 Assertive)
- Wait to see if Aghavni suggests lunch
- Just go back to your office
Choice 7: (only if you went to lunch)
- Discuss your breakup (+1 Trust)
- Stay silent
Episode Two
Choice 1:
- We’ve always been a great team (+2 Interest)
- Agreed
Choice 2:
- Confident response
- Honest response (+1 Trust)
Choice 3: (only if you gave the honest response)
- Tell her you’re glad she’s with you (+1 Trust)
- Don’t say anything
Choice 4:
- Bring up the parole board (+1 Assertive)
- Let Aghavni handle it
Choice 5:
- Suggest Andras set him up (+1 Assertive)
- Let Aghavni handle it
Choice 6:
- Magnificent (+1 Interest)
- Eh, she doesn’t do it for me anymore
Choice 7:
- Press her for more information (+1 Assertive)
- Leave her be
Choice 8: (only if you drove) **
- Pull over
- Laugh it off
Episode Three
Choice 1:
- Read
- Invite Aghavni over (+1 Interest)
Choice 2:
- Yes
- Maybe not (+1 Interest)
Choice 3:
- Go to your sister
- It will only end in heartache
* If you don’t choose “magnificent” then her paths will close
** In order to get this option, you need to have at least 5 Assertive and you need to have told Aghavni you respected her. If you “laugh it off,” you can’t get Aghavni’s friends with benefits content. This decision may also shut off her romance path, but I haven’t decided that yet.
*** If you choose “yes” then Aghavni’s path will close
Jamie
Episode One
Choice 1: (with the bartender)*
- Drunk, don’t flirt
- Cute, flirt
Choice 2:**
- Not interested in Jamie
- Interested in Jamie (but won’t admit)
Choice 3: (With Donna Lee) [pick any]
- Agree for Jamie
- Agree for brownies
- Agree for Donna Lee
Episode Two
Choice 1: (courtroom scene)
- Try to stop him
- This ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ deserves a beating (-2 Interest)
Choice 2:
- Tell her she looks nice
- Tell her she’s beautiful (+1 Interest)
Choice 3:
- Tell her about Max (+1 Trust)
- Keep this memory for myself
Choice 4:
- Take her out to dinner (+1 Interest)
- Just take her home
Choice 5:
- Tell her what you learned about your dad and sister (+1 Trust)
- You just had a fun day, don’t kill the vibe (-2 Interest)
Choice 6: (only if you didn’t already tell her about your dad’s case)
- Tell her what you learned about your dad and sister
- You don’t feel like talking about it
Episode Three
Choice 1:
- Tell Jamie about meeting your sister (+1 Trust)
- I don’t feel like talking about it
Choice 2:
- Jamie, wait! (+1 Trust)
- Let her go
Choice 3:
- Go to your sister
- It will only end in heartache
* If you choose to flirt with the bartender, Jamie will aggressively defend her territory (you) and that makes her horny so later she masturbates while thinking about you. This choice doesn’t actually affect Jamie’s path, but you can’t get Jamie’s masturbation scene unless you flirt with the bartender!
**If you say you are not interested in Jamie, her path will close.
Emmeline
Episode One
Choice 1:*
- Say hello (+1 Interest)
- Ignore her
Episode Two
Choice 1:
- Share something personal with her (+1 Trust)
- Keep her at arm’s length
Choice 2: (whether you like kids)**
- Yes (+1 Interest)
- No
Choice 3:
- Flirt (+1 Interest)
- Don’t Flirt
Choice 4:
- Hug her (+1 Trust)
- Skip the hug
Choice 5:
- Time to go home (walk Emmeline out)
- Stay with Anna and Malena
Choice 6:
- Flirt (+1 Interest)
- Don’t flirt
Episode Three
Choice 1:
- Politely tell her she looks nice
- Really let her know she looks great (+1 Interest)
Choice 2:
- Tell her about your sister (+1 Trust)
- Nah
Choice 3:
- Pay her a compliment (+1 Interest)
- Pass
Choice 4:
- Go to your sister
- It will only end in heartache
* Ignoring Emmeline here will end her path right from the start.
** If you tell Emmeline you don’t like kids she will lose interest in you and her path will close.
Malena
If you are on Emmeline’s path, then you can still be on Malena’s romance path, but you cannot access Malena’s early lewd scenes.
Episode One
Choice 1: (with Emmeline)*
- Say Hello
- Ignore her
Episode Two
Choice 1: (with Emmeline, whether you like kids)**
- Yes
- No
Choice 2:
- Watch her pull up (+1 Interest)
- Just head inside
Choice 3: [pick any]
- The girl
- The bike
- Both
Choice 3:
- Offer your hand (+1 Assertive)
- Don’t risk it
Choice 4:
- White Russian
- French 75
- Vodka Martini
- Beer (+1 Assertive)
Choice 4:
- Time to go home (walk Emmeline out)
- Stay with Anna and Malena
Choice 5:
- Flirt (+1 Interest)
- Don’t flirt
Choice 6:
- Acknowledge being a punk-assed ♥♥♥♥♥ (-2 Assertive)
- I’m nobody’s ♥♥♥♥♥ (serious) (+1 Assertive)
- Just smile confidently (+1 Assertive, +1 Interest)
Choice 6: (if you stayed at the bar)
- Shots!
- Better not
Choice 7: (only if Emmeline’s path is closed)[pick any]
- Drunk
- No, it’s drank
- No no, it’s drenk
- What?
Choice 8: (only if Emmeline’s path is open) [pick any]
- Make a move on Malena
- Just go home
Choice 9:
- Look at her boobs as a consolation prize (-2 Interest)
- Respectfully say good night
Episode Three
Choice 1:
- Express some interest in Malena (+1 Interest)
- This is just about the training
Choice 2:
- Offer to set up Armin with Anna
- Honest response
Choice 3:
- Flirt (+1 Interest)
- Nah
Choice 4:
- Suggest a double date with Anna and Armin (+1 Interest)
- Just set them up without you and Malena
- Say goodbye
Choice 5:
- So did mine (+1 Interest)(+1 Trust)
- …
Choice 6:
- All good
- Be honest (+1 Trust)
Choice 7:
- Even a murderer deserves a chance at redemption
- There’s no redemption for a murderer
Choice 8:
- Go to your sister
- It will only end in heartache
*If you ignore Emmeline, you clearly signal to her you are not interested, which will open you up to early sex with Malena. However, there’s a more polite way to do this later so I can’t recommend this.
**Telling Emmeline you don’t like kids will allow you to have early sex scenes with Malena. If you tell Emmeline you do like kids, you won’t get the early sex scenes, but you can still keep open both a romance or a friends with benefits path with Malena and get sex scenes with her later on.
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