Scout's affinity no longer progresses from chatting. You increase her affinity in events - this will be the norm going forward for all NPC companions. The system before was a placeholder while I was working on the new system. Right now it's just a little barebones, but more will come and it'll get easier.
Good catch on the kegs, I'll get that fixed asap.
There is some sequence breaking stuff with Lucy right now if you don't take the standard route for romance - this will absolutely be fixed soon. I got a lot of feedback asking to expand on the building relationship, so I've been reworking that stretch - but I'm doing it in stages so a few things are a bit broken right now. Fixes soon!
Thank you very much for the feedback! I'll see if I can get those kegs fixed and uploaded tonight.
Edit: should be fixed.