Ikume Iribiko Isachi no Mikoto (伊久米伊理毘古伊佐知命), also known as Ikime Tenno (生目天皇) or Ikume no Mikoto (活目尊),[1] and more commonly referred to as simply the Ikume Shrine (伊久米神社, Ikume Jinja), is a location featured in AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES, AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative and the Lemniscate YouTube series. It is the real world counterpart to the Somnium world PSYNCIN' IN THE MaiN: 2.
It is a shrine known for housing a legendary fruit known as The Fruit of Immortality, which allegedly grants immortality to those who eat it. It also features a stone monument and Guardian Dog statues within the shrine.
History[]
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Design[]
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Monument[]
The stone monument to the side contains a ring of winter iris flowers, enshrining the monument during the winter season. The monument itself contains a Chinese poem written in cursive handwriting, which many of the characters struggle to read for themselves. The poem is titled "Seeing Meng Haoran Off from Yellow Crane Tower" by Li Bai, a widely-known poet living in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), which translates as follows:
My old friend bade farewell to the Tower of Yellow Cranes in the west,
And headed downstream to Yangzhou amid March's blooming scenes.
My eyes followed his lone sail into the distance to the verge of the blue sky,
Till the Yangtze gushing towards the horizon was all that could be seen.[2]
Item Dialogue (AITSF)[]
Sacred Straw Rope[]
Bell[]
Offering Box[]
- Default dialogue:
- The offering box.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the flashback investigation segment:
- Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Day 6: sanpAI, during the epilogue investigation segment:
- Three Months Later: kassAI, during the visit to Ikume Shrine:
- The offering box.
Iris: You know, if we had some fishing line and gum...
Date: I never thought you'd be an offering box thief.
Iris: No, no, you've got it all wrong!
Iris: I swallowed a goldfish, I'm trying to get it out by swallowing some fishing line!
Date: Are you sure your brain has fully recovered?
- The offering box.
Guardian Dog Statue[]
Lantern[]
Monument[]
- Default dialogue:
- A stone monument.
There's something engraved here, but I can't read it.
- A stone monument.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the flashback investigation segment:
- Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Day 6: sanpAI, during the epilogue investigation segment:
- Three Months Later: kassAI, during the visit to Ikume Shrine:
- A stone monument.
There's something engraved here. but I can't read it.
Date: Do you know what it says?
Iris: When listening to music on your smartphone with wireless earphones...
Iris: "You must be sure it is properly synced with your device."
Iris: That's what it says.
Date: That is absolutely not what it says.
- A stone monument.
Flower[]
- Default dialogue:
- Pretty flowers are blooming.
- Day 4: syuurAI, during the second free time investigation segment:
- Day 4: syuurAI, during the second free time investigation segment (with NightVision):
- Three Months Later: kassAI, during the visit to Ikume Shrine:
- The winter irises are blooming.
It's been three months, and they still have not withered...
- The winter irises are blooming.
Chozuya[]
- Default dialogue:
- A chozuya.
You wash your hands and face here.
- A chozuya.
- Day 4: youdAI, during the flashback investigation segment:
- Mizuki: Hey, Date. What's that?
Date: It's a "chozuya."
Date: This is where you wash your belly button in the sacred water before you visit the shrine.
Mizuki: Belly...button...?
Date: Yes, absolutely.
Date: In Shinto, the belly button is said to be the dirtiest place.
Date: That is why, before praying, you have to cleanse yourself.
Mizuki: I see... My belly is holy...
Date: ...
Mizuki: I didn't mean for that to rhyme. - Aiba: (Date, I wish you wouldn't lie to her while she's impressionable.)
Date: (Hm?)
Aiba: (Your story about the belly button.)
Aiba: (She trusts you, you know.)
Date: (Heh, she'll catch on eventually.) - A chozuya.
You wash your hands and face here, definitely not your belly button.
- Mizuki: Hey, Date. What's that?
- Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- I remember telling Mizuki that a chozuya was for washing your belly button.
Does she still believe that...?
- I remember telling Mizuki that a chozuya was for washing your belly button.
- Day 6: sanpAI, during the epilogue investigation segment:
- A chozuya.
Mizuki: Hey, this reminds me!
Mizuki: You made me look like an idiot, Date!
Mizuki: I visited the shrine with my friends, and I started washing my belly button...
Mizuki: They all laughed at me!
Mizuki: I wanted to push you off a bridge! - You wash your hands and face here, definitely not your belly button.
A chozuya.
- A chozuya.
- Three Months Later: kassAI, during the visit to Ikume Shrine:
Arch[]
- Default dialogue:
- The arch.
- Day 6: sanpAI, during the epilogue investigation segment:
- The arch.
Mizuki: Why do these arches always have birds on them?
Date: Good question.
Date: Once upon a time, when Amaterasu the Great looked down from heaven, he wanted to give chickens a place to roost...
Mizuki: Zzz...
Date: Hey! You're the one who asked! - The arch over the entrance of the shrine.
- The arch.
Item Dialogue (AINI)[]
Sacred Straw Rope[]
- Default dialogue:
- It's the shimenawa, the sacred rope.
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- Mizuki: Hey Date, what do you call that rope?
Date: Haven't I told you this before? It's the "shimenawa rope."
Date: Written in kanji like "Pour, Linked Rope."
Date: It's said that in ancient China, a linked rope that had water poured on it was used as a ward...
Mizuki: Zzz...
Ryuki: Zzz...
If the Guardian Dog and Torii have not yet been examined:
Date: Hey, don't fall asleep!
If one of the Guardian Dog and Torii has previously been examined:
Date: I said, wake up!
If both the Guardian Dog and Torii have previously been examined:
Date: Ugh, you...
- Mizuki: Hey Date, what do you call that rope?
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
Bell Rope[]
- Default dialogue:
- There's a rope hanging from the bell.
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
- It looks like a balloon...but it isn't.
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
Offering Box[]
- Default dialogue:
- It's an offering box.
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
- No balloons inside the offering box.
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
Guardian Dog[]
- Default dialogue:
- It's a guardian lion-dog statue.
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- Ryuki: Mr. Date, why do some of the statues have open mouths and some have closed mouths?
Date: That's a good question.
Date: The open-mouthed ones say "Ah," and the closed-mouthed ones say "Um"...
Mizuki: Zzz...
Ryuki: Zzz...
If the Sacred Straw Rope and Torii have not yet been examined:
Date: Hey, don't fall asleep!
If one of the Sacred Straw Rope and Torii has previously been examined:
Date: I said, wake up!
If both the Sacred Straw Rope and Torii have previously been examined:
Date: Ugh, you...
- Ryuki: Mr. Date, why do some of the statues have open mouths and some have closed mouths?
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
- The guardian lion-dog...isn't holding a balloon.
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
Lantern[]
- Default dialogue:
- There's a lantern here.
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
- There is no balloon tied to the lantern.
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
Stone Monument[]
- Default dialogue:
- There's a stone monument here. I can't read what it says.
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
- That's not it...
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
Flower[]
- Default dialogue:
- Winter irises in bloom.
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
- Where is the balloon...?
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (after finding the balloon):
- Flowers are in bloom.
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
Chozuya[]
- Default dialogue:
- It's a chozuya. You use it to cleanse your hands before worshipping at the shrine.
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- Mizuki: It's tough visiting this time of year.
Ryuki: Why...?
Mizuki: Because you need to clean your belly button with the holy water, right?
Ryuki: Belly button...?
Mizuki: Wait, you don't know?!
Mizuki: The belly button is said to be one of the most sacred areas in Shintoism.
Mizuki: So before you pray to the gods, you need to clean your belly button.
Date: Hehehe...
Mizuki: Why are you laughing?
Date: No reason. - It's a chozuya. You use it to wash out your belly button... Nah, just kidding. You use it to cleanse your hands before worshipping at the shrine.
- Mizuki: It's tough visiting this time of year.
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
- No balloons in this area.
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
Torii[]
- Default dialogue:
- It's a torii, a gateway.
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- Ryuki: Mr. Date, I've always wondered about the torii. Why is the kanji "A bird is there"...?
Date: Well, that's because..
Date: Back in ancient times, when Amaterasu hid in the Ame no Iwayato cave, in order to get her out, they used birds perched in a tree...
Mizuki: Zzz...
Ryuki: Zzz...
If the Sacred Straw Rope and Guardian Dog have not yet been examined:
Date: Hey, don't fall asleep!
If one of the Sacred Straw Rope and Guardian Dog has previously been examined:
Date: I said, wake up!
If both the Sacred Straw Rope and Guardian Dog have previously been examined:
Date: Ugh, you...
- Ryuki: Mr. Date, I've always wondered about the torii. Why is the kanji "A bird is there"...?
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
- It's a torii... There is no balloon on it.
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
Tree[]
- Default dialogue:
- There's a tree here.
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
- No balloons on the tree.
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
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References[]
- ↑ Day 4: Monday "syuurAI"
- ↑ Translation: https://28utscprojects.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/268/ (Additional translation here)