Tama

* Somnium - Body
* Ball - Icon
* Ball - Body

 AI-Ball

*AINI SPOILER** Mizuki Kuranushi (co-worker)
* Marco (fellow AI-ball)

The second **AI-Ball**, named **Tama** (タマ, *Tama*), is the second deuteragonist of *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*, supporting the protagonist Kuruto Ryuki.

Like Aiba, she is an AI-Ball equipped with advanced artificial intelligence. She is usually found in Ryuki's left eye socket and supports him in his work.

## Design

As an AI-Ball, her body in the real world is that of an artificial eye ball housed in Ryuki's left eye socket. Her iris is red in contrast to Aiba's yellow. When she is detached from her partner and using her motor functions, she adopts a small humanoid appearance, essentially appearing to be a miniature version of her holographic form, this is in contrast to Aiba's more hamster-like form. Her projected skin is transparent and grey. Her skin is more like a gelatinous substance, where on the inside her optic nerve is visible as a sort of pink spine.

In the Somnium world and as a hologram, Tama takes the form of a young woman, similar to Aiba's but taller and with a fuller body. Her skin is transparent and dark or tanned, with parts of her endoskeleton visible through her arms and legs. Her hair is white, long, and unkempt, reaching down to her back, with pink streaks that light up like an electric current. She wears a police hat and black uniform shirt with a stylized high collar. Her key art shows her holding a riding crop.

## Personality

Tama's personality is multifaceted, and largely defined by how she acts as a foil and support to Ryuki. She has a motherly quality to her, being both stern and kind.

She inspires Ryuki by whipping his ass into shape, and is prone to snapping at him for a number of different slights. Typically she does this when: Ryuki disrespects her, when she thinks he isn't sufficiently motivated, when Ryuki is being disrespectful to others, or when Ryuki isn't willing or too embarrassed to act in crime scene recreations. Additionally, Tama has a very perverted sense of humor (much like Date and Boss), and typically cracks dirty jokes to rile Ryuki up or to tease him. As a result Ryuki typically acts like a straight-man to Tama's more eccentric behavior. Unlike almost every other character in the cast, she greatly enjoys Andes Komeji's jokes, often going into excessive bouts of laughter in response to them. She has a high opinion of her own beauty, and gets annoyed when she believes others do not agree with that notion (much like Aiba in regards to her own cuteness.) Tama is strongly opinionated, particularly about LGBTQ+ rights, much like Mizuki.

Her usually bossy demeanor takes a bit of a back seat to Ryuki's strange confidence that he only seems to have while in Somnium, effectively reversing their usual dynamic. She only engages in strange behavior and reenacts pop culture references when entering Somniums when Ryuki tells her too, unlike Aiba who tends to do it by her own volition.

Despite her brashness and crude humor, she is very kind and loving to Ryuki, and is more willing to show outward kindness and affection towards her partner compared to Aiba (at least when Aiba is dealing with Date). Truthfully, Tama's secondary function is to help Ryuki deal with his own mental health problems, and she regularly acts as something of a counselor and support system when he is overwhelmed during an investigation. Tama she does her best to keep Ryuki motivated, focused, and helps him retain hope. Like Aiba, she is fiercely protective and loyal to her partner and goes to great lengths to protect him, as he does for her.

Tama is attracted to men and women, which places her somewhere on the LGBTQ+ spectrum. She expresses interest in the prospect of a seducing a female teacher, enjoys sitting inside Boss's breasts due to how "soft" they are, and mentions in her room dialogue that "male or female... I like it when they're squishy."

## Story

### Birth

Tama was produced by Pewter not long after Kuruto Ryuki joined ABIS, playing the role of Ryuki's AI-Ball assistant. Before the HB case, Tama had lived with Ryuki for more than half a year.

### Half Body Serial Killings

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## Gallery

Tama in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*Tama's profile imageTama's mascot form's profile imageTama's ball form's profile imageTama's profile from 6 Years AgoTama's profile from PresentConcept art for AI-Ball Tama.An early design for human Tama.Concept art for Tama.Concept art for Tama's prisoner uniform and Aiba's entomologist uniform.Tama in the character trailerTama's image displayed inside the limousineTama expressing her attraction to men and women by way of a stupid porno joke — as is typical for her.Tama drives with a race car in Nefarious InstituteTama reads Naix's teachings in Naixatloz's IntentionsTama in the 1st anniversary picture of nirvanA Initiative
## Trivia

* Tama shares a name with another character in a Spike Chunsoft game: Tama, the cat mascot from *428: Shibuya Scramble*. Tama from *nirvanA Initiative* is named after the Japanese word for "ball", while Tama from *428* is named after a common cat name in Japan.
* According to Kotaro Uchikoshi, the final design for Tama was conceived because, on July 7th, 2018, localizing director Alex Flagg taught Uchikoshi the definition of the slang term "thicc".
	+ Reinforced by Uchikoshi's claim her name is an abbreviation of "**Thicc Automatisch Mechanischer Augapfel**", which is German for "Thicc Automatic Mechanical Eyeball".

## Navigation

 Locations | **Tokyo**
*Chiyoda District*: Police Headquarters (Boss's Office, Psync Room, Interrogation Room) • Sunfish Pocket • Sekiba High
*Chuo District*: Horadori Institute of Genetics (Underground, Hostage Room) • Naixatloz Japan Branch (President's Office, Cathedral)
*Koto District*: Harbor Warehouse District • Date Residence
*Minato District*: Studio Dvaita • Aioen Orphanage • Ikume Shrine • Kumakura Office • Sejima Residence • Central Hospital
*Shibuya District*: Lemniscate Entertainment Offices • Yoyagi Park
*Shinagawa/Kabasaki District*: Matsushita Diner • Sagan Residence • Enda Residence • Kabasaki Chemical Plant
*Shinjuku District*: Golden Yokocho (Marble, Brahman World Cuisine) • Misetan Department Store • Tokyo National Stadium
**Side Ryuki:**
Dispossessed • Anyone Imagines • Ought to Know • Nothing to Be Done • Go • Farewell
**Komeji and Shoma Route:** Joy for Anguish • I Found Me • Past Its Ken
**Explosion Route:** Smiles for Tears • Well-Known • The Mind of God • Not All A Dream • She Was the Universe
**閭｡陜ｶ荵句､｢邱ｨ Route:** 遐ｴ邯ｻ逋ｾ蜃ｺ • All This Happened, More or Less
**Side Mizuki:**
Alone • Pass Mildly Away • End Where I Begun • Traveler • Left Behind • The Expense of Spirit
**Gen and Amame Route:** All Living Things • Of Arms and Of Man • Who's There • All That We Are
**Kizuna and Lien Route:** Bid the Soldiers Shoot • Sweet Silent Thought
**Resolution Route:** Hell • Visions • In Truth • Births • The End of Craving • Braver Than All Flowers

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 To-Witter Archives Tesa 2022: January 25th
2. ↑ Alex Flagg on Twitter
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/Uchikoshi\_Eng/status/1552982295937941504