Oh I forgot the important point
If you "shortcut the death" or some other criterium that the game probably thinks you're trying to do a thing, you get permanently softlocked on a screen with Erie looking at you in disdain
bru click "sorry" button dafuq you mean softlocked?
THAT'S A BUTTON??????
unintuitive game design 101
I might be in a state of learnt helplessness but still, yeah