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SINKIN' IN THE BRaiN is a dreamworld featured in AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES based on the Sagan Residence.
It is the second chapter of the game and the first Somnium in the game's storyline. 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.
History[]
Turned on the light.[]
Date began his dream in an unfamiliar room, his memories clouded, and is greeted by an unfamiliar transparent woman dancing behind a skeleton sitting on the couch. The woman was Aiba, appearing in her brand new human form, which Date hasn't seen before. She told Date who she was, and explained Somnia and Mental Locks to him, after which Date began directing her through his dream. During her explanation, the figure of a man appeared briefly. Date told Aiba he did not recognize him, but she said he must know, since dreams are created from memories.
Aiba determined that she was only able to interact with the Somnium is through the colored objects in the room, shining on various light sources, so they needed to light up more of the room to progress. After she turned on the lights in the room to break the first Mental Lock, a woman briefly appeared on the couch.
Opened the door.[]
Punching the head off the skeleton on the couch caused the room to crumble. Aiba fell through the floor and landed once more in the same room. There, she watched the figure of the same man from before walk through the front door. Once more, Date insisted he did not know who he was.
Aiba used the gun-shaped key to unlock the door. She opened it to reveal the woman from before, motionless and bleeding on the floor, and the same man, a gun in his hand. As he began to turn around, Date woke up.
Name[]
- The name "SINKIN' IN THE BRaiN" refers to this Somnium taking place within Date's brain, acting as the first Somnium in the game.
- This Somnium is named differently from other Somnium, sporting the word "SINKIN'" instead of "PSYNCIN'." This is due to the fact that this Somnium is a naturally created dreamworld that Aiba sinks into, without the need of a Psync Machine to enter.
- The name of the Somnium's achievement, "BRaiN: Memories Hidden in Dreams", means the memories in this dream that Date lost six years ago: Rohan Kumakura broke into the Sagan Residence with Falco's body and tried to kill Hitomi Sagan, but Falco rushed home with Rohan's body and accidentally injured Hitomi.