Okay! So, the amount of "empty" days has been gutted down, and the result I've got going now is that the game lasts 28 days, rather than 58. There were definitely points in the dialogs I had to correct because of this, and there might still be a few lingering errors/fixes to make. I hope to have those issues fixed by the end of today.
If I want to be honest, I am somewhat worried this game no longer does what it set out to do. However, if everything does check out after another bout of playtesting, I can finally put this game to rest, rainbow-text and all!