Ikume Shrine

## Ikume Iribiko Isachi no Mikoto

**Ikume Iribiko Isachi no Mikoto** (伊久米伊理毘古伊佐知命), also known as **Ikime Tenno** (生目天皇) or **Ikume no Mikoto** (活目尊), and more commonly referred to as simply the **Ikume Shrine** (伊久米神社, *Ikume Jinja*), is a location featured in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES*, *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative* and the Lemniscate YouTube series. It is the real world counterpart to the Somnium world PSYNCIN' IN THE MaiN: 2.

It is a shrine known for housing a legendary fruit known as The Fruit of Immortality, which allegedly grants immortality to those who eat it. It also features a stone monument and Guardian Dog statues within the shrine.

## History

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### Monument

The stone monument to the side contains a ring of winter iris flowers, enshrining the monument during the winter season. The monument itself contains a Chinese poem written in cursive handwriting, which many of the characters struggle to read for themselves. The poem is titled "Seeing Meng Haoran Off from Yellow Crane Tower" by Li Bai, a widely-known poet living in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), which translates as follows:

> *My old friend bade farewell to the Tower of Yellow Cranes in the west,
> And headed downstream to Yangzhou amid March's blooming scenes.
> My eyes followed his lone sail into the distance to the verge of the blue sky,
> Till the Yangtze gushing towards the horizon was all that could be seen.*
>
>

## Item Dialogue (AITSF)

* Shrine
* Sacred Straw Rope
* Bell
* Offering Box
* Guardian Dog Statue
* Lantern
* Monument
* Flower
* Chozuya
* Arch
* Tree
* Mokujin

### Shrine

* Default dialogue:
	1. *A Shinto shrine.*
	*It looks rather solemn.*

### Sacred Straw Rope

* Default dialogue:
	1. *A sacred straw rope.*
* Day 4: youdAI, during the flashback investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** Hey, Date. What's this?
	 **Date:** It's called a "sacred straw rope."
	 **Date:** In kanji, it's written as "pour and linking rope."
	 **Date:** That's because in ancient China, rope that had water poured on it was used as an amulet to protect from evil.
	 **Mizuki:** Zzz... Zzz...
	 **Date:** Hey! You asked!
* Three Months Later: kassAI, during the visit to Ikume Shrine:
	1. *A sacred straw rope.*
	 **Iris:** You've been looking at that rope for a while. Why is that?
	 **Date:**  Hm? No reason.
	*I don't particularly like ropes or anything.*
	*Being tied up in ropes though...*

### Bell

* Default dialogue:
	1. *A rope hanging from the bell.*
* Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. *A rope hanging from the bell.*
	 **Date:** Mr. Bell!
	 **Mizuki:** Mrs. Bell!
	 **Aiba:** (I see you two are getting along well.)
* Day 6: sanpAI, during the epilogue investigation segment:
	1. *A rope hanging from the bell.*
	 **Mizuki:** Mr. Bell!
	 **Date:** Mrs. Bell!
	 **Aiba:** You two really do get along.

### Offering Box

* Default dialogue:
	1. *The offering box.*
* Day 4: youdAI, during the flashback investigation segment:
	1. *The offering box.*
	 **Date:** Hey, Mizuki. Do you have any fishing line and gum?
	 **Mizuki:** Hey, everybody! There's a thief over here!
	2. *No stealing allowed!*
* Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. *The offering box.*
	 **Date:** Hey, Mizuki. Do you think you could fit your hand into the box there?
	 **Mizuki:** Hey, Date. Are you really a cop?
* Day 6: sanpAI, during the epilogue investigation segment:
	1. *The offering box.*
	 **Date:** Hey, Aiba. Now that you're in that form...
	 **Date:** You think you can wiggle your way into that offering box?
	 **Aiba:** Certainly. I go to the money box, you go to jail. Is that acceptable?
	 **Date:** \*sigh\* I guess not...
* Three Months Later: kassAI, during the visit to Ikume Shrine:
	1. *The offering box.*
	 **Iris:** You know, if we had some fishing line and gum...
	 **Date:**  I never thought you'd be an offering box thief.
	 **Iris:** No, no, you've got it all wrong!
	 **Iris:** I swallowed a goldfish, I'm trying to get it out by swallowing some fishing line!
	 **Date:**  Are you sure your brain has fully recovered?

### Guardian Dog Statue

* Default dialogue:
	1. *A guardian dog.*
* Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** Why do these dogs statues always have one with its mouth open and one with its mouth closed?
	 **Date:** Good question.
	 **Date:** Maybe the one with his mouth open is going "ah" and the one with his mouth closed is going "um."
	 **Mizuki:** Zzz...
	 **Date:** Are you fake sleeping?!
	2. *The Ah and Um guardian dogs.*
* Three Months Later: kassAI, during the visit to Ikume Shrine:
	1. **Iris:** These statues are supposed to be inspired by Sphinxes from Egypt.
	 **Iris:** That went to India, then China, then all the way to Japan.
	 **Date:**  Really? I didn't know that.
	2. *A guardian dog.*
	*Apparently they come from Egypt...*

### Lantern

* Default dialogue:
	1. *A lantern.*
* Day 4: youdAI, during the flashback investigation segment:
	1. *A lantern.*
	2. *I think I prefer "interns."*
* Day 6: sanpAI, during the epilogue investigation segment:
	1. *A lantern.*
	 **Mizuki:** I hate lampreys.
	 **Date:** You aren't good with seafood, are you?
* Three Months Later: kassAI, during the visit to Ikume Shrine:
	1. *A lantern.*
	 **Iris:** Praying...mantis!
	 **Date:**  What are you doing...?
	 **Iris:** Praying Mantis Fist! Mizuki taught me.
	*Not sure what that has to do with anything...*
	*Should she really be doing that?*

### Monument

* Default dialogue:
	1. *A stone monument.*
	*There's something engraved here, but I can't read it.*
* Day 4: youdAI, during the flashback investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** What does it say?
	 **Date:** "When riding an elevator..."
	 **Date:** "Mashing the 'door close' button doesn't actually do anything."
	 **Date:** That's what it says.
	 **Mizuki:** You're lying, aren't you?
* Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. *A stone monument.*
	*There's something engraved here, but I can't read it.*
	 **Mizuki:** What does it say?
	 **Date:** "When riding on a train, people on opposite sides of the car doors shouldn't stare at each other."
	 **Date:** That's what it says.
	 **Mizuki:** That is definitely a lie.
* Day 6: sanpAI, during the epilogue investigation segment:
	1. *A stone monument.*
	*There's something engraved here, but I can't read it.*
	 **Mizuki:** What's it say?
	 **Date:** "What is most precious to you is not in the distance. It is right beside you."
	 **Date:** That's what it says.
	 **Mizuki:** ...
	 **Aiba:** ...
	 **Mizuki:** Huh.
	 **Mizuki:** That's actually really nice.
* Three Months Later: kassAI, during the visit to Ikume Shrine:
	1. *A stone monument.*
	*There's something engraved here. but I can't read it.*
	 **Date:** Do you know what it says?
	 **Iris:** When listening to music on your smartphone with wireless earphones...
	 **Iris:** "You must be sure it is properly synced with your device."
	 **Iris:** That's what it says.
	 **Date:**  That is absolutely not what it says.

### Flower

* Default dialogue:
	1. *Pretty flowers are blooming.*
* Day 4: syuurAI, during the second free time investigation segment:
	1. **Aiba:** (It's too far to see.)
	 **Date:** Too dark, too.
	2. *I'll need to enlarge the image...*
* Day 4: syuurAI, during the second free time investigation segment (with NightVision):
	1. **Aiba:** (And iris.)
	 **Aiba:** (More specifically, a winter iris.)
	 **Aiba:** (This is the same flower that was on display at Iris's house.)
	2. *A winter iris.*
* Three Months Later: kassAI, during the visit to Ikume Shrine:
	1. *The winter irises are blooming.*
	*It's been three months, and they still have not withered...*

### Chozuya

* Default dialogue:
	1. *A chozuya.*
	*You wash your hands and face here.*
* Day 4: youdAI, during the flashback investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** Hey, Date. What's that?
	 **Date:** It's a "chozuya."
	 **Date:** This is where you wash your belly button in the sacred water before you visit the shrine.
	 **Mizuki:** Belly...button...?
	 **Date:** Yes, absolutely.
	 **Date:** In Shinto, the belly button is said to be the dirtiest place.
	 **Date:** That is why, before praying, you have to cleanse yourself.
	 **Mizuki:** I see... My belly is holy...
	 **Date:** ...
	 **Mizuki:** I didn't mean for that to rhyme.
	2. **Aiba:** (Date, I wish you wouldn't lie to her while she's impressionable.)
	 **Date:** (Hm?)
	 **Aiba:** (Your story about the belly button.)
	 **Aiba:** (She trusts you, you know.)
	 **Date:** (Heh, she'll catch on eventually.)
	3. *A chozuya.*
	*You wash your hands and face here, definitely not your belly button.*
* Day 5: seisAI, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. *I remember telling Mizuki that a chozuya was for washing your belly button.*
	*Does she still believe that...?*
* Day 6: sanpAI, during the epilogue investigation segment:
	1. *A chozuya.*
	 **Mizuki:** Hey, this reminds me!
	 **Mizuki:** You made me look like an idiot, Date!
	 **Mizuki:** I visited the shrine with my friends, and I started washing my belly button...
	 **Mizuki:** They all laughed at me!
	 **Mizuki:** I wanted to push you off a bridge!
	2. *You wash your hands and face here, definitely not your belly button.*
	*A chozuya.*
* Three Months Later: kassAI, during the visit to Ikume Shrine:
	1. *A chozuya.*
	 **Iris:** Oh man, Uncle, have you heard this story?
	 **Iris:** A long time ago, when I came to his shrine with Mizuki...
	 **Iris:** She started washing out her belly button in the chozuya!
	 **Iris:** Someone told her that's what you do...
	 **Date:**  Heh, is that right...?

### Arch

* Default dialogue:
	1. *The arch.*
* Day 6: sanpAI, during the epilogue investigation segment:
	1. *The arch.*
	 **Mizuki:** Why do these arches always have birds on them?
	 **Date:** Good question.
	 **Date:** Once upon a time, when Amaterasu the Great looked down from heaven, he wanted to give chickens a place to roost...
	 **Mizuki:** Zzz...
	 **Date:** Hey! You're the one who asked!
	2. *The arch over the entrance of the shrine.*

### Tree

* Default dialogue:
	1. *A tree.*
* Three Months Later: kassAI, during the visit to Ikume Shrine:
	1. *A tree.*
	*Mizuki knocked one of these down.*
	**Priest:** I replanted it.
	 **Date:**  What?! Huh?
	*I looked around, but no one was there.*
	 **Iris:** Is something wrong?
	 **Date:**  No, I just felt like I heard someone talking...
	 **Iris:** What...?
	2. *A tree.*
	*There's no one around.*

### Mokujin

* Day 4: youdAI, during the flashback investigation segment:
	1. *A training dummy.*

## Item Dialogue (AINI)

* Shrine
* Sacred Straw Rope
* Bell Rope
* Offering Box
* Guardian Dog
* Lantern
* Stone Monument
* Flower
* Chozuya
* Torii
* Tree

### Shrine

* Default dialogue:
	1. *It's the main building of the shrine.*

### Sacred Straw Rope

* Default dialogue:
	1. *It's the shimenawa, the sacred rope.*
* 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** Hey Date, what do you call that rope?
	 **Date:** Haven't I told you this before? It's the "shimenawa rope."
	 **Date:** Written in kanji like "Pour, Linked Rope."
	 **Date:** It's said that in ancient China, a linked rope that had water poured on it was used as a ward...
	 **Mizuki:** Zzz...
	 **Ryuki:** Zzz...
	**If the Guardian Dog and Torii have not yet been examined:**
	 **Date:** Hey, don't fall asleep!
	**If one of the Guardian Dog and Torii has previously been examined:**
	 **Date:** I said, wake up!
	**If both the Guardian Dog and Torii have previously been examined:**
	 **Date:** Ugh, you...
* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** Let's tie them up with the rope!
	 **Aiba:** (That's sacrilegious!)

### Bell Rope

* Default dialogue:
	1. *There's a rope hanging from the bell.*
* 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. **Date:** Mr. Rope!
	 **Mizuki:** Mrs. Rope!
	 **Ryuki:** Sometimes you two argue about the weirdest things...
* 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
	1. *It looks like a balloon...but it isn't.*
* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** We'll distract them with the bell! And then...
	 **Aiba:** (Why the subterfuge...?)

### Offering Box

* Default dialogue:
	1. *It's an offering box.*
* 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. **Date:** Hey Aiba, sneak into the offering box, and...
	 **Date:** Stop it! That hurts!
* 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
	1. *No balloons inside the offering box.*
* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** Let's hit them with the offering box!
	 **Aiba:** (If you want to get cursed, be my guest...)

### Guardian Dog

* Default dialogue:
	1. *It's a guardian lion-dog statue.*
* 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. **Ryuki:** Mr. Date, why do some of the statues have open mouths and some have closed mouths?
	 **Date:** That's a good question.
	 **Date:** The open-mouthed ones say "Ah," and the closed-mouthed ones say "Um"...
	 **Mizuki:** Zzz...
	 **Ryuki:** Zzz...
	**If the Sacred Straw Rope and Torii have not yet been examined:**
	 **Date:** Hey, don't fall asleep!
	**If one of the Sacred Straw Rope and Torii has previously been examined:**
	 **Date:** I said, wake up!
	**If both the Sacred Straw Rope and Torii have previously been examined:**
	 **Date:** Ugh, you...
* 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
	1. *The guardian lion-dog...isn't holding a balloon.*
* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** I know! We should have the guardian lion-dog protect us!
	 **Aiba:** (How do you suggest we do that?!)

### Lantern

* Default dialogue:
	1. *There's a lantern here.*
* 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** Praying! Mantis!
	 **Ryuki:** What is that...?
	 **Mizuki:** It's the martial arts form: Mantis!
	 **Ryuki:** Mizuki, you're very energetic today...
	 **Mizuki:** O-Oh, sorry.
	 **Mizuki:** Now's not the time to play around.
* 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
	1. *There is no balloon tied to the lantern.*
* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** Praying! Mantis!
	 **Aiba:** (Mizuki! This is no time to mess around!)

### Stone Monument

* Default dialogue:
	1. *There's a stone monument here. I can't read what it says.*
* 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
	1. *That's not it...*
* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** We can throw the stone monument at them!
	 **Aiba:** (Sure, good luck with that!)
	2. *It's a stone monument!*

### Flower

* Default dialogue:
	1. *Winter irises in bloom.*
* 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. **Date:** It's a winter iris.
	 **Date:** In the language of flowers, it means "good news" and "hope."
	 **Ryuki:** How do you know that...?
	 **Date:** Long story...
* 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
	1. *Where is the balloon...?*
* 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (after finding the balloon):
	1. *Flowers are in bloom.*
* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** Wow, pretty flowers...
	 **Aiba:** (Stop distracting yourself!)

### Chozuya

* Default dialogue:
	1. *It's a chozuya. You use it to cleanse your hands before worshipping at the shrine.*
* 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** It's tough visiting this time of year.
	 **Ryuki:** Why...?
	 **Mizuki:** Because you need to clean your belly button with the holy water, right?
	 **Ryuki:** Belly button...?
	 **Mizuki:** Wait, you don't know?!
	 **Mizuki:** The belly button is said to be one of the most sacred areas in Shintoism.
	 **Mizuki:** So before you pray to the gods, you need to clean your belly button.
	 **Date:** Hehehe...
	 **Mizuki:** Why are you laughing?
	 **Date:** No reason.
	2. *It's a chozuya. You use it to wash out your belly button... Nah, just kidding. You use it to cleanse your hands before worshipping at the shrine.*
* 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
	1. *No balloons in this area.*
* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** I forgot to clean my belly button...
	 **Aiba:** (Who cares about your belly button?!)
	2. *It's a chozuya. You use it to wash out your belly button before worshipping at the shrine.*

### Torii

* Default dialogue:
	1. *It's a torii, a gateway.*
* 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. **Ryuki:** Mr. Date, I've always wondered about the torii. Why is the kanji "A bird is there"...?
	 **Date:** Well, that's because..
	 **Date:** Back in ancient times, when Amaterasu hid in the Ame no Iwayato cave, in order to get her out, they used birds perched in a tree...
	 **Mizuki:** Zzz...
	 **Ryuki:** Zzz...
	**If the Sacred Straw Rope and Guardian Dog have not yet been examined:**
	 **Date:** Hey, don't fall asleep!
	**If one of the Sacred Straw Rope and Guardian Dog has previously been examined:**
	 **Date:** I said, wake up!
	**If both the Sacred Straw Rope and Guardian Dog have previously been examined:**
	 **Date:** Ugh, you...
* 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
	1. *It's a torii... There is no balloon on it.*
* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
	1. **Aiba:** (The torii is totally unrelated to this predicament!)
	 **Mizuki:** You stole my line!

### Tree

* Default dialogue:
	1. *There's a tree here.*
* 2/15: Not All A Dream, during the free move investigation segment:
	1. **Date:** Mizuki, which one of these trees did you knock over when you were training?
	 **Mizuki:** I don't remember.
	 **Ryuki:** ...
* 2/12: Traveler, during the free move investigation segment (while searching for the balloon):
	1. *No balloons on the tree.*
* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 5:50 PM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** We can use that tree to...
	 **Mizuki:** ...Sorry, can't think of anything!
	 **Aiba:** (What is your plan...?)

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## References

1. ↑ Day 4: Monday "syuurAI"
2. ↑ Translation: https://28utscprojects.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/268/ (Additional translation here)