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PSYNCIN' IN THE CURTaiN is a dreamworld featured in AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES, based on the Sagan Residence.
It is the tenth chapter and the fourth Somnium of the Annihilation Route. It is a Somnium world created from Rohan Kumakura's dream by the Psync System, while in the body of Kaname Date. Date and Pewter investigated his Somnium in order to learn the truth of the original Cyclops Serial Killer, as well as the identity of the New Cyclops Killer.
History[]
Aiba entered the Somnium and lay down on a blanket in the Sagan Residence and greeted Date saying "Sup!" and then pretended to be the stretching cat after Date replied why she said that. After the opening entertainment time ended, Aiba stood up and looked around, and found a green barrier appeared between #89 and Hitomi. Afterwards, Aiba unconsciously closed a green door behind her, shrinking the green barrier. She analyzed that making as many green things as possible disappear would make the barrier smaller and smaller.
Ignored the phone.[]
Aiba randomly found a green object on the left hand side and performed an action that made the green part on it disappear. Then, the phone in the room rang instantly. In order to "prevent the interference from ???" Aiba ignored it, pretended that no one answered the phone at home and it hung up after a while, and the green barrier shrank again.
Ignored the phone again.[]
The shrinking of the green barrier allowed Aiba to investigate more objects, she inspected two green objects and made some moves, then the phone rang again. Aiba did what she did just now, ignoring it. The phone rang for a long time before hanging up, and then the green barrier shrank again.
Closed the curtain.[]
Aiba then found and removed three more green objects, such as tearing out some books. After completing these actions, there were loud footsteps outside the house and the whole house shook accordingly. A few seconds later, a huge red eye appeared outside the window, which looked like there was a huge Rohan Kumakura watching everything outside. To block his view, Aiba immediately drew the curtains, causing the green screen to shrink to the size of only #89 being enclosed within.
Locked the door.[]
Aiba managed to investigate and remove four more green objects before the green barrier disappeared completely, and then she and Date heard a loud knocking sound coming from the main entrance. To prevent the knocker from breaking in, Aiba locked the door.
The complete disappearance of the green barrier made #89 appear in Aiba's field of vision. However, the locked door just now had no effect. Rohan rushed in with a pistol in hand. Seeing this, Hitomi desperately rushed to #89 and shouted to stop, but she was shot in the right shoulder and fell to the ground. It looks like this was a repeat of the whole event of Breaking Into the Sagan Residence six years ago. After the sights of Rohan and #89 met, an incredible scene appeared: Boss appeared at the door, shouted "stop right there!" and rushed in, with Rohan accompanied aside.
Name[]
- The name "PSYNCIN' IN THE CURTaiN" refers to the curtain that covers the sliding doors by the living area. To clear the Somnium, Rohan's desires to keep Hayato Yagyu away creates the curtain as an object to manipulate and cover the sliding door, so that Hayato (in Rohan's body) cannot see inside.
- The name of the Somnium's achievement, "CURTaiN: The Other Side of the Black Curtain", indicated that Date and Aiba revealed #89's hiding secrets, the ins and outs of the Breaking Into the Sagan Residence event, and Boss appeared as a traitor.
- This can be further comprehended like this: this Somnium has not revealed the whole truth of the incident. In fact, the "#89 aka. Falco" in this incident was Rohan six years ago, and the Rohan who broke into the household was Falco - the personality of Date six years ago. Boss was just Falco's reinforcement for arresting Rohan.