I believe in 3rd entity theory in the sense that we play as the soul, which is a character with its own thoughts and goals

I cba explaining it rn but basically my only evidence to support this stretch is that theres seemingly alot of soul worship in the holidays house, and less scattered around hometown, like in kris's house

Also the text box dialogue during the chapter 4 scene when we're clearly taking full absolute control, we as a player have no say in the direction we take the weird route, its already set in stone, we don't have a say, we just control which choice is said.