Aphelli

Small Odd One Out update: the hiatus is definitely going to be a long one. I don’t expect to update anything before a month at least, perhaps even two. There’s work I have to go on procrastinating actually do, that sort of thing.
 

Also, I’m kind of stuck figuring out character motivations because at least a few points make very little sense. I’m not going to go into detail because spoilers. 
 

Here I just want to share my frustration with a certain underground event which I can’t imagine consistently.

The first point is that there’s a big plot hole I don’t know how to avoid.
 

The second point is that if I ignore it (after all, there are plenty of characters who do weird stuff for unfathomable motives, right?), I only managed to make up a few scenarios, none of them satisfactory. 
 

Scenario 1 is boring and also undoubtedly artificial.
Scenario 2 is... rather gross and doesn’t really solve the conflict. 
Scenario 3 is clever but somewhat naive, compared to what the parties involved are.
Scenario 4 is more realistic than scenario 3 but much edgier, quite disturbing, and I’m not sure how the good guys get out.
Scenario 5 is my only idea of resolution but feels completely like a deus ex machina and nullifies the conflict. 
 

I’m trying to find scenario 6 which will solve this little riddle, because 6 is a perfect number, right?