People are forgetting the plot or what?

What do you mean Penelope was leading Eclis on? That was the point. She isn't Penelope. She's an unfortunate woman who was thrown into a game that leads to her death. She wasn't trying to make friends, she was trying to meet the conditions given by the game so she can live. Shes was clearly doing everything she could to survive and no you wouldn't have made better choices.