How do you get Stella to call you?

[Matticus The Great]

So far I've been able to locate Stella by every available method: with Tabitha, Gretchen has found me, and the dog militia. Are there particular things or dialog options required for this outcome? If so what are they?

[NightingaleMuse]

For my Mystical/Talk to Animals type: Gretchen died in Ep 1, she never spoke with the dog militia and the mayor in the library, she didn't call Tabitha at Reese's, and she had a really high relationship score with Stella evident by receiving a text from her at the end of Ep 3 prior. In previous episodes she spent the night with Stella in Ep 1 and hung out with Stella in Ep 3. I was lowkey planning on making this my girl on girl romance for her.

For context, this was intended to be a character who hated both of these traits and desperately desired to be normal, hence why not instinctively saving Gretchen and ignoring the dogs in the library. Needless to say, getting Stella's call at the end was actually kinda funny since she had been fretting over her all day, only to receive this call right at the end.

[Matticus The Great]

The only variable I can think of that you did differently was not saving Gretchen. Everything else I did was very similar. Spent the night with Stella, hung out with her in the morning, and I received the text at the end of episode 3. Perhaps if you have high relationship with Stella and Gretchen isn't around to find you, she calls you at the end. Thanks for your response!

[phimseto]

The dev team actually goes into it in some detail here.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1609230/discussions/0/3719440592185856766/