ok so honestly that was my bad, i never had hit the cat while also having the door closed. I would have at least tried clicking the banner in different spots
after reading these i've decided i need to finally look at the walkthrough for the flower petal banner bc im clearly missing something not made obvious to me
I was about to type something about this game being so close to great but with glaring issues, but then I joined the discord and I understand some things now. Definitely need an in-game "help" option that describes each task in detail but now that I'm looking at the discord guide that suffices
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