Marble (スナック マーブル, Sunakku Māburu, Lit. Snack Marble), also known as Marble Bar and Fortune-Telling in nirvanA Initiative, is an establishment featured in AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES, AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative, the Lemniscate YouTube series, and in the Spike Chunsoft Shorts.
It is a local "Snack Bar (スナックバー)" owned and run by Mama, located in Golden Yokocho within Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
Design[]
Posters[]
- "The Talented Mr. Dickly"[1]
- "One Flew Over the Cock's Nest"[1]
- "Twelve Angry Bullets"[2]
- "Ben and Clyde Do Right By Me"[3]
- "Tax He Drives Her"[4]
- "How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bum"[5]
- "When You're in Love With A Married Man"[6]
Management[]
Menu Specials[]
- Slippers in tomato soup[1]
- Friend slipper with herbs[1]
- Caprese salad[2]
- Duck Woman's Upper Lip[3]
- Pizza Fish n' Chips[4]
- Beignet custard[5]
- Salsiccia[6]
History[]
Marble is frequented by Kaname Date, Renju Okiura, and Shoko Nadami during 2010s.
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Staff[]
- Mama (the bar's owner and mama, A.K.A hostess)
Item Dialogue (AITSF)[]
TV[]
- Default dialogue:
- There's a TV on the wall.
- Day 3: syokubAI, during the investigation segment before Mama arrives:
- Day 3: syokubAI, during the investigation segment after Mama arrives:
- There's a TV installed on the wall.
Nothing's on it.
- There's a TV installed on the wall.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Day 4: syuurAI, during the first free move investigation segment:
- Day 5: dakkAI, during the 5:36 PM investigation segment:
- Three Months Later: kassAI, while visiting Marble:
Shelves[]
Counter[]
Beer Tap[]
- Default dialogue:
- A beer tap.
- Day 3: syokubAI, during the investigation segment before Mama arrives:
- Day 3: syokubAI, during the investigation segment after Mama arrives:
- Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Day 4: syuurAI, during the first free move investigation segment:
- Day 5: dakkAI, during the 5:36 PM investigation segment:
- Three Months Later: kassAI, while visiting Marble:
Bottles on Counter[]
- Default dialogue:
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
- Day 3: syokubAI, during the investigation segment before Mama arrives:
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
Let's count them! - 9! 9 bottles! There are 9 bottles on the counter!
- Just kidding, there're 18.
That's how many there are.
Let's count carefully. - There are 18 bottles lined up on the counter.
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
Refrigerator[]
- Default dialogue:
- A refrigerator.
- Day 3: syokubAI, during the investigation segment before Mama arrives:
- Day 3: syokubAI, during the investigation segment after Mama arrives:
- Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Day 4: syuurAI, during the first free move investigation segment:
- Day 5: dakkAI, during the 5:36 PM investigation segment:
- Three Months Later: kassAI, while visiting Marble:
Picture[]
- Default dialogue:
- A picture on the wall.
- Day 3: syokubAI, during the investigation segment before Mama arrives:
- A picture on the wall.
It's a little... odd.
- A picture on the wall.
- In both Day 3: syokubAI and Day 3: gyoukAI, during the investigation segments of both chapters Mama is present:
- Aiba: (This is a painting of Saint Sebastian.)
Aiba: (Saint Sebastian was a faithful Christian who lived under Roman emperor Diocletian.)
Aiba: (On January 20th, 288 A.D., he was martyred.)
Aiba: (This painting depicts his execution.) - Mama: Something wrong, Date?
Mama: You're staring awful hard.
Date: Nothing, just caught my eye.
Mama: Why now, of all times?
Mama: That's been hanging there for a while.
Date: Really?
Mama: Yeah, it was a gift from Ren a while back.
Mama: I've always had it there. - A painting of Saint Sebastian.
Apparently, it was a gift from Renju.
- Aiba: (This is a painting of Saint Sebastian.)
- Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- A painting of St. Sebastian.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the Flashback investigation segment with Shoko/Renju:
- The walls are decorated with pictures.
Blackboard[]
- Default dialogue:
- The specials are written on the chalkboard.
- Day 3: syokubAI, during the investigation segment before Mama arrives:
- The specials are written on the chalkboard.
"Slippers in tomato soup"...
- The specials are written on the chalkboard.
- Day 3: syokubAI, during the investigation segment after Mama arrives:
- There's a menu on the chalkboard.
"Fried slipper with herbs"...
- There's a menu on the chalkboard.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- The specials are written on the chalkboard.
"Duck Woman's Upper Lip"...
- The specials are written on the chalkboard.
- Day 4: syuurAI, during the first free move investigation segment:
- The specials are written on the chalkboard.
Date: Hey, Mama. What's with the "Pizza Fish n' Chips"?
Mama: People used to call me that on the internet all the time. Guess it stuck.
Aiba: (Pizza, fish, and chips... Ah, I see. "Piece of fucking shit.") - Aiba: (This, however, appears to be a simple Italian pizza with fish and French fries.)
- The specials are written on the chalkboard.
- Day 5: dakkAI, during the 5:36 PM investigation segment:
- The specials are written on the chalkboard.
Iris: Hey, Date. It says "beignet custard" on the board.
Iris: What is that?
Date: I think it's written wrong. It's supposed to be "Vernier thrusters."
Date: Mama, you better order them quick or we won't be able to control the rocket.
Mama: I know, I know!
Mama: I'll have the Vernier thrusters ready tomorrow.
Aiba: (...)
- The specials are written on the chalkboard.
- Three Months Later: kassAI, while visiting Marble:
Poster[]
- Default dialogue:
- There's a poster on the wall.
- Day 3: syokubAI, during the investigation segment before Mama arrives:
- There's a poster on the wall.
"The Talented Mr. Dickly."
I wonder what that is.
- There's a poster on the wall.
- Day 3: syokubAI, during the investigation segment after Mama arrives:
- A poster.
"One Flew Over the Cock's Nest"...
It sounds familiar, but I don't know what it is.
- A poster.
- Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- There's a poster on the wall.
"Twelve Angry Bullets."
I wonder what that is.
- There's a poster on the wall.
- Day 3: gyoukAI, during the free move investigation segment:
- There's a poster on the wall.
"Ben and Clyde Do Right By Me."
I wonder what that is.
- There's a poster on the wall.
- Day 4: syuurAI, during the first free move investigation segment:
- There's a poster on the wall.
"Tax He Drives Her"...
What is this? It looks like a poster for something...
- There's a poster on the wall.
- Day 5: dakkAI, during the 5:36 PM investigation segment:
- There's a poster on the wall.
"How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bum"...
I wonder what that is.
- There's a poster on the wall.
- Three Months Later: kassAI, while visiting Marble:
- There's a poster on the wall.
"When You're In Love With A Married Man"...
I wonder what that is.
- There's a poster on the wall.
Hanger[]
Glass[]
- Day 5: seisAI, during the Flashback investigation segment with Shoko/Renju:
- Whiskey in a glass.
Item Dialogue (AINI)[]
TV[]
- Default dialogue:
- There's a TV set on the wall.
- 2/13: Farewell, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/14: Well-Known, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/22: Braver Than All Flowers, during the free move investigation segment:
Bar Counter[]
- Default dialogue:
- It's the bar counter.
- 2/13: Farewell, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/14: Well-Known, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/22: Braver Than All Flowers, during the free move investigation segment:
Picture[]
- Default dialogue:
- There's a painting on the wall.
- 2/13: Farewell, during the free move investigation segment:
- It's a painting that's been up since the bar opened. It was supposedly a gift from a regular here.
Blackboard[]
- Default dialogue:
- There's a menu of recommended dishes on the blackboard...
- 2/13: Farewell, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/14: Well-Known, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/22: Braver Than All Flowers, during the free move investigation segment:
Movie Poster[]
- Default dialogue:
- There's a movie poster on the wall.
- 2/13: Farewell, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/14: Well-Known, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment:
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the free move investigation segment:
- There's a movie poster on the wall.
"The Silence of the Wangs."
- There's a movie poster on the wall.
- 2/22: Braver Than All Flowers, during the free move investigation segment:
Alcohol[]
- Default dialogue:
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
- 2/13: Farewell, during the free move investigation segment:
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
Let's count how many there are! - Did you count the number of bottles?
But nothing happens.
What a waste of time!
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
- 2/14: Well-Known, during the free move investigation segment:
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
Let's count how many there are! - Did you count the number of bottles?
Good math practice! Good job!
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
Let's count how many there are! - Did you count the number of bottles?
I will announce the answer.
We will announce the answer...
...
After this commercial break!
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment:
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
Let's count how many there are! - Did you count the number of bottles?
I will announce the answer.
We will announce the answer...
...
On the internet!
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the free move investigation segment:
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
Let's count how many there are! - Did you count the number of bottles?
You must be really bored!
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
- 2/22: Braver Than All Flowers, during the free move investigation segment:
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
Let's count how many there are! - Did you count the number of bottles?
Did you get the rye-t answer? There's also gin...
- There are bottles lined up on the counter.
Crystal Ball[]
- 2/13: Farewell, during the free move investigation segment:
- There are two crystal balls on top of the counter.
- 2/14: Well-Known, during the free move investigation segment:
- The balls.
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- The balls...
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment:
- There are two balls on the counter.
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the free move investigation segment:
- Magical balls, I guess.
- 2/22: Braver Than All Flowers, during the free move investigation segment:
- Two of them... Just like how there's two of us...
Book[]
- Default dialogue:
- Suspicious books...
- 2/13: Farewell, during the free move investigation segment:
- That's a suspicious book...
The spine says, "Anyone Can Become A Necromancer!"
- That's a suspicious book...
- 2/14: Well-Known, during the free move investigation segment:
- That's a suspicious book...
The spine says, "Best Eats in the Spirit World."
- That's a suspicious book...
- 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
- That's a suspicious book...
The spine says, "Curing Erectile Dysfunction With Black Magic."
- That's a suspicious book...
- 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment:
- That's a suspicious book...
The spine says, "The Pincher in the Rye."
- That's a suspicious book...
- 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the free move investigation segment:
- That's a suspicious book...
The spine says, "In Search of Lost Tire Irons."
- That's a suspicious book...
- 2/22: Braver Than All Flowers, during the free move investigation segment:
- That's a suspicious book...
The spine says, "A Solumn Silence & Beauty Undone To Time's Seance."
- That's a suspicious book...
Box[]
- 2/14: Well-Known, during the free move investigation segment:
- Inside the box is something hard. Play with it too much and you'll be left with a mess on your hands...
ALFREE Can[]
- 2/22: Braver Than All Flowers, during the free move investigation segment:
- A can of ALFREE. Not even poured into a glass...
Just the can with no glass, Mama? A bit lazy... - An ALFREE can.
- A can of ALFREE. Not even poured into a glass...
Cream Soda[]
- 2/22: Braver Than All Flowers, during the free move investigation segment:
- Cream soda.
I didn't even order this! Mama just gave it to me! - Cream soda, huh...
- Cream soda.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Some of the examinable items placed on the walls have the item names "Fliers". However, when you examine them, the narration text spells them as "Flyer" instead.
- The Menu, the Radio, the Flier, the Stool, the Sofa, and the Table never yield any different lines of dialogue in any investigation segment.
- On Day 5: Tuesday –seisAI–, when inspecting the "Hanger" on the wall, Date will mentioned how there used to be a detective who fought crime with hangers, while Aiba will retort that no one would get that reference. This reference is for the Japanese 80's movie franchise Keiji Monogatari (刑事物語, TL: Detective Story), in which the protagonist wields clothe hangers as weapons.[7] Clearly seems like Aiba was very incorrect.
- During the development of nirvanA Initiative, the player was intended to interact with the refrigerator behind Mama, just like in the first game, and the protagonist exclaimed at the refrigerator that it was Mama or someone related to her, and then Mama yelled something like "That's just refrigerator". For unknown reasons, the player can't actually select the fridge in the scene, probably because it's blocked behind Mama. Related voices that were not used also exist in the game's internal files.[8]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Day 3: Sunday –syokubAI–
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Day 5: Tuesday –seisAI–
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Day 3: Sunday –gyoukAI–
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Day 4: Monday –syuurAI–
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Day 5: Tuesday –dakkAI–
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Three Months Later –kassAI–
- ↑ Keiji Monogatari movies on Amazon and on Wikipedia
- ↑ Unused Dialogue in AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative page in The Cutting Room Floor