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I finished AI: The Somnium Files and I really enjoyed the game!
A really enjoyable mystery game that I recommend to anyone interesting in it! So I drew Date and Aiba!
A family can be a dilf, a girlboss, their 2 adopted daughters and a sentient prosthetic eyeball
Happy Birthday Hitomi!!!
Fucking around with post-resolution Dates
Hands you this and runs
OUGH.. my beloveds.. I’ve missed them so bad.
I miss my strange little cat man so bad it’s insane
uh!! if u dont mind for the pride requests.. bisexual Date or Hitomi? whichever one you would rather do!!
OH MY GOD IM SO SORRY I HAD THIS SITTING IN MY INBOX FOR LIKE A MONTH AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT <333
there's 2 fun facts you can infer about AITSF and AINI that isn't spoken about in game if you know enough about japan (MAJOR SPOILERS FOR AITSF)
1. mayumi started her diner likely in the 1980's, before an economic crash happened
when you first meet her (iirc), one of the things she says about her diner is that it was opened 30 years ago, and quote,
this line seems weird if you know nothing about it, but there was a major economic crash in the 1990s that still has lingering effects to this day.
in short, the banks were so over leveraged into the stratosphere that loan interests were crazy low, and everyone was wealthy and partying until the bubble popped. when it did, it was catastrophic, resulting in the 1990s being known as 'the lost decade'. new graduates couldnt find jobs and people struggled a lot. corporations suddenly stopped hiring fresh graduates. the perception of the 'safe salaryman life' began to see its death in this decade, it was painful.
anyway, mayumi pulling through this era really does mean the diner was doing GOOD. like, CRAZY GOOD.
spoilers: and this also means date was likely part of the lost decade. born 1977, it would've been 1995 when he reached 18. he would've graduated into a landscape of poor job opportunities, so being a civil servant (a cop) would've been a safe choice aside from his own possible motivations at the time.
speaking of.
2. date's car is stupid expensive. like, stupid, fucking, shouldn't-even-be-driven expensive. (potentially over 3k usd every 2 years minimum*)
so. in japan, cars are allowed to be on the road after passing an inspection. 車検 shaken, as it is commonly called, occurs every 2 to 3 years depending on the type of car it is. since the Ford Falcon is a common car, it would have to be inspected every 2 years.
all this system is in place to ensure the integrity of the car. in another way, shaken incentivizes people to renew their old cars for newer, more efficient models. the avg lifespan of a car in japan seems to be 12 years, and also, most people living in tokyo actually don't own a personal vehicle.
now, due to how shaken works, it would cost between ¥100,000 (US$747 rn) and ¥200,000 (US$1495) to renew... for newer cars. for older cars, it's more. plus, each time a car inspection fails, it'll cost even more time and money to get that shaken approved.
i've found someone claiming that driving a 1992 Porsche 911 964 RS meant paying ¥400,000 (US$2990 rn). (link) (EDIT: this was written in 2014)
now, best case scenario for Date's car being a '89, his shaken would cost maybe slightly more than ¥400,000 (US$ 2990 at time of writing) every 2 years. also again, this does not take into effect whether his car would actually fail inspection and require a fix or replacement to its parts, leading to even more costs. so yeah, potentially far more than ¥400,000.
but! one thing about his car is that it seems to be modified, seeing as how a certain someone's (plural) vehicle in AINI is also modified. it's probably safe to assume that there's some degree of tinkering going on under ABIS'/MPD rules bending.
so, this means date's vehicle is either bleeding him dry, or is being paid with taxpayer's money, or shaken isn't a thing in uchikoshi's mind. i'd like to believe in the former, because this means date has
been blowing ¥400,000 every 2 years on his stupid fucking car
been blowing ¥¥¥ on cabaret club
blew ¥1,000,000 (US$7,473 rn) on his stupid fucking audio system
his mountain of porno mags???
feel free to draw your own conclusions about the economy of AITSF, the pay of ABIS agents, and his residence:
hitomi should leave that beast and get with a real man like me
i just think it would be fun if Boss took them clubbing with her. team bonding or something
"Okiura" (沖浦)
沖 - The open sea. 浦 - The seashore.
Do you think Pewter, freed from jail, would go to the beachside and talk to the waves?
Would he count their breakings as Renju's answers to his questions? Would he see the calm sea as his steadiness, the nerve it takes to remain alive and prosper while witness to the horrors of the world? Would he see the raging sea as his unwavering motivation to protect the lives and legacies of those he was loyal to?
Would Pewter step into the water, covering only the feet, and feel the temperature of a summer's whole day of sun as Renju's warmth when he would feel his touch? Would he wish to step in just a little deeper, to try and recover the feeling of the embrace he fears to forget?
Would he, little by little, get more of his clothes wet each visit? Sink too far into his own mind, using every other sense to invoke Renju's presence as his vision refuses to let him catch another glimpse of his beloved?
Would he get scared? Fear the prison of his brain, feel the handcuffs around his wrists once more as he is chained to a past he cannot forget?
Would he try to escape?
Would Pewter once more indulge himself in the nightlife of the bars, buying drinks and hopping tables, looking for a man who could caress him? Would he judge his suitors too harshly, feel unable to find anyone qualified to spend even a mere single night by his side?
Would he eventually give up on standards and choose anyone who was somewhat acceptable?
Would he take them to a bedroom and lock lips, exchage words of teasing, and start the process of undressing? Would he think this is the step he needs to move on? Would he be afraid of it? Would Pewter, in the very moment their hand touches his bare skin, feel the greatest discomfort he has ever sensed?
Would he run away?
Would he find himself returning to the beach, not knowing how he got there or how long of a drive it was? Would he run towards the sea, not caring about temperature, sand nor clothing, and try to wash off the feeling of this stranger's fingers from him? Would he be begging Renju to take it away, to make him his again?
Would the sea maybe be violent that night?
Would Pewter, in his desperation, not notice how deep he treaded?
Would a wave, high and mighty, engulf him entirely before he could even notice its approach?
Would it be so sudden he wouldn't know how to swim back up? Would he swallow water, have it invade his nose, have his eyes burn from the salt? Would he fight it, try to writhe against the waves and cling to the small part of him that has always wanted to live?
… Would he, at some point, give up?
"Amanoma" (天乃間)
天 - The heavens. 乃 - Belonging. 間 - An interval.
Would he count their breakings as Renju's answers to his questions? And so, would he take this as Renju trying to get him back to his side?
Would Pewter take it, and accept that he belongs not on earth, but the heavens if that is Renju's will? Would he gladly drown in Renju, smile at this moment in which he finally got embraced like he craved for ages?
Would he think it took too goddamn long for this to happen? Would he think this gap in time was useless, just wasted time trying to keep living a life that was not worth it? Would he thank the seas as his consciousness fades?
… And when he wakes up, coughing water from his lungs and lying down on the sand, safe and alive,
Would he thank whoever saved him, or would he think it was damnation?
i know i drew her already but the Tsundere Fam stops for no one
