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- -Wake Date Up-
- "Date's dreamworld... In this strange and surreal dream, trust the light to wake up Date."
- —Somnium description
SINKIN' IN THE BRaiN is a dreamworld featured in AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES based on the Sagan Residence.
It is a Somnium world created from Kaname Date's dream while napping at the Central Hospital. It acts as a tutorial for Somnium puzzles.
Mental Locks[]
Mental Lock #1 - Turn on the light.[]
The Somnium begins with a guided tutorial within the room. With the lack of any timer found within the Somnium, there is no penalty to interacting with all optional choices within the Somnium, giving anyone free roaming across the room as long as they don't progress too far.
The only object that can be interacted with at the beginning is the Door, and the only option available is Investigate. In doing so, the tutorial progresses, as the Door becomes inaccessible and the Light Switch and the Winter Iris become available with the small sliver of light.
Both the Light Switch and Winter Iris have two possible interactions, but Aiba must interact with the Winter Iris first before the Light Switch is capable of doing any action. By selecting Smell, the Winter Iris is removed in favor of allowing access to the Light Switch. Select Turn On Switch and light flows into the room, removing Mental Lock #1.
In summary, to unlock Mental Lock #1:
- Investigate on Door -> Smell on Winter Iris -> Turn On Switch on Light Switch
Mental Lock #2 - Open the door.[]
In the second Mental Lock, three objects are available to interact with: Standing Lamp, Basket, and Wine. Each object has 3 actions featuring optional dialogue, but 1 in each blocks access to that object for the rest of the Somnium. With the Standing Lamp, the choices Lift Up and Turn Off Light are optional, while the choice Kick prevents further interaction. With the Basket, Wear Basket and Tackle are optional, but Search progresses. And with the Wine, Investigate and Smell are optional while Take a Sip progresses.
Progressing with all the objects listed above opens up interactions with the Skeleton. Selecting Kick on the Standing Lamp unlocks the choice Hit on the Skeleton. Selecting Search on the Basket unlocks the choice Investigate on the Skeleton. And selecting Take a Sip on the Wine unlocks the choice Talk on the Skeleton. Within this choice chart, most of the actions are optional, but selecting the action Hit on the Skeleton progresses the Somnium itself and changes the layout, removing access to the other objects and choices around.
At this point in the stage, the Hidden Item is available to be located. The game gives a hint of its newfound presence during its tutorial, and the object can be found on the kitchen sink nearby.
After hitting the Skeleton, only two objects become available: the Door once again and the Gun. The Door holds new interactions, but none of them progress further. The Gun, on the other hand, has the option to Pick Up or Investigate. By picking it up, the Door can be unlocked. The choice Put Gun in Keyhole on the Door is the final choice in the Somnium, and selecting it will end the level.
In summary, to unlock Mental Lock #2:
- Kick on Standing Lamp -> Hit on Skeleton -> Pick Up on Gun -> Put Gun in Keyhole on Door.
If the player is also aiming for the "Protect Your Head" achievement:
- Wear Basket on Basket -> Kick on Standing Lamp -> Hit on Skeleton -> Pick Up on Gun -> Put Gun in Keyhole on Door.
Objects of Interest[]
Object | Description | |||||
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Availability | Action | Coss | TIMIE | Effect | ||
Door | A door that leads outside the apartment. It has a series of chains and a padlock blocking access outside. | |||||
Lock #1 Only | Investigate | N/A | N/A |
This action leads further into unlocking Mental Lock #1. | ||
Lock #2
(Select Hit on Skeleton) |
Open |
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Knock |
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Tackle |
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Lock #2
(With Gun) |
Put Gun in Keyhole |
This action unlocks Mental Lock #2, awakening Date from his dream! | ||||
Shoot |
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Winter Iris | An iris flower on a pot, specifically named a winter iris for blooming in winter. Date seems rather curious at seeing a flower named after a woman's name. | |||||
Lock #1
(Select Investigate on Door) |
Grab | N/A | N/A |
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Smell |
This action removes the Thorns on the Switch. | |||||
Switch | A switch on the wall by the photograph. When first investigated, it is covered in thorns. After the Winter Iris has been removed from its stool, the thorns vanish as well. | |||||
Lock #1
(Select Investigate on Door) |
Pull Thorns | N/A | N/A |
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Turn On Switch | With Thorns:
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Without Thorns:
This action unlocks Mental Lock #1! | ||||||
Standing Lamp | A pink floral lamp shaped like a rose, about the size of Aiba herself. | |||||
Lock #2 Only | Kick | N/A | N/A |
This action leads further into unlocking Mental Lock #2. | ||
Lift Up |
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Turn Off Light |
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Basket | A basket within the bookcase. Aiba can't see inside the basket while it remains inside. | |||||
Lock #2 Only | Wear Basket | N/A | N/A |
This action is required for the "Protect Your Head" achievement. This also prevents further interaction with the Basket. | ||
Tackle |
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Search |
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Wine | A glass of red wine, named a Bansai-Wine -Spike Chunsoft Original Wine- from 1972. It lies on the table in front of the skeleton. | |||||
Lock #2 Only | Investigate | N/A | N/A |
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Have a Sip |
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Smell |
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Skeleton | A full-body skeleton sitting on the sofa of the room, facing the table. Its left eye socket has blood dripping out of it. | |||||
Lock #2
(Select Search on Basket) |
Investigate | N/A | N/A |
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Lock #2
(Select Have a Sip on Wine) |
Talk |
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Lock #2
(Select Kick on Standing Lamp) |
Hit |
This action leads further into unlocking Mental Lock #2, and disables the ability to interact with the previous Mental Lock #2 objects still available. | ||||
Gun | A gun that came out of the skeleton's skull after it broke to pieces in the fall down. The barrel of the gun is shaped like a key. | |||||
Lock #2
(Select Hit on Skeleton) |
Pick Up | N/A | N/A |
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Investigate |
This actions allows you to obtain the Gun. |
Hidden Item[]
- The hidden item is located on the kitchen sink, available after the room is deconstructed near the end of the Somnium.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The different occult objects in the basket include a UFO, a Chupacabra, and an American one-dollar bill.
- UFO is an acronym for an Unidentified Flying Object, usually associated with alien spacecraft.
- A chupacabra is a Latin-American creature of folklore, directly translating to "goat-sucker", which, as the name suggests, is reported to have drank the blood from rural livestock.
- The American one-dollar bill has the image of an Egyptian pyramid, with the Eye of Providence situated on the top. The Eye of Providence is usually associated to the urban legend of the Illuminati, the religious organization that oversees governmental faculties around the world.
- When investigating these objects, Date states "the truth is out there", which is a quote from the American show The X-Files.
- The Bansai-Wine bottle has the label "Spike Chunsoft Original Wine", in reference to Spike Chunsoft, the company who made AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES. It is currently unknown what the year 1972 refers to, however.
- When smelling the Wine, Date notes that he likes "good drinks and better company." This could be a reference to his hobby of visiting the bar Marble or the cabaret club Tiefblau.
- During Mental Lock #2, executing Wear Basket on Basket is one of the requirements to obtain the achievement "Protect Your Head." Other requirements are in PSYNCIN' IN THE SUSTaiN and PSYNCIN' IN THE CURTaiN, respectively.