i think i've been softlocked by orchid. very infrequent chance to struggle and when i do get to it seems to be a very low chance to succeed despite having 100 willpower and free soul activated
edit: okay i managed to break free, but really only because i found out that you don't get to struggle if you click through the scenes, and have to wait for the struggle button to light up. still took 5+ attempts to actually break free