Aitee

Aitee is an NPC on Amphoreus, located in "Eternal Holy City" Okhema and Beyond Time: An Eternal Page.

Profile[]

Aitee is an idler, passing her days on top of a rooftop and looking at people from afar due to thinking that life is just a cycle.

Location[]

Character Mentions[]

Readables

Temple Records: Maze Extrapolation

Voice Lines[]

(Version 1)

▶ "Tomorrow will be better? Hmph, do you really believe that?"

(Version 2)

▶ "*sigh* The world is just a grand makeshift theater."

Dialogue[]

(First interaction)

Aitee: ...Hmm? I think I saw you back during the street riots. That was a pretty insane fight.

Aitee: So, the peerless adventurer would like to chat with the strange girl sitting out on the rooftop for some reason?

Aitee: This may sound a little offensive, but... why do you think a person might come out to a place rarely visited by others, like a rooftop?

Do you like the feeling of looking down on the world?

Aitee: Do I like it? I suppose so. But a city this bustling only looks good from a distance. Once you draw closer, you'll realize that everything there is to life is actually insipidly boring.

Do artists watch the world turn from a distance?

Aitee: I can't take on such a responsibility. I'm just a refugee from afar with no particular skills, completely relying on welfare to get by, you know?

Don't you want to join in the bustling crowd?

Aitee: Course I do. The thronging crowds are fantastic to watch from a distance like this... But once you draw closer or even join in, everything becomes utterly boring in an instant.

If you don't want to be disturbed... then so long.

Aitee: Mmm, I quite like people like you who are straight up with me. Bye.

Aitee: Everyone's life is the same: Wake up, open your eyes, think about what to have for breakfast, eat that, catch up on personal affairs, then start worrying about what to have for your second meal... All the way up until bedtime, when the cycle starts again.

Aitee: And if for whatever reason you can't even get those personal affairs done... the only way to confirm that you're still alive is to stand at a distance like this, watching others.

Aitee: Distance is what creates beauty... Not just in nature, but also in people.

Aitee: They say when JanusPassage Titan closes one door, they always open a window...

Aitee: ...That's true in and of itself, but windows are only for appreciating the view. The ruthless few who can climb out that window are a minority indeed.

Aitee: Life may really all be one big story, but most people aren't the protagonists of their own story.

(Subsequent interactions)

Aitee: Busy humans are just as meaningless as busy ants. And yet...

Aitee: Just when you think the world can't get any worse, it's not that bad. At least from a distance like this, the warmth of everyday life can still make up a beautiful picture just like this painting.

Let's talk about that warmth then.

Aitee: Mmm. There's a variety of warmth to life, and Okhema's is particularly unique.

Aitee: What do you want to talk about?

A family's warmth.

Aitee: Oh. That's easy.

Aitee: Imagine a fireplace... next to it is a dining table. Snowdrifts are piled up outside, and it's a little cold... A family is gathered around the table eating a piping hot evening meal. The aroma of fresh fennel lingers in the steam.

Aitee: ...Aren't you starting to feel a little hungry? Unfortunately, when we get back to our homes, someone is unhappy about somethin or other, or everyone's off out of the house doing something else, leaving it empty.

Aitee: That's what I meant — the distance between watching at a distance and joining in. But there's no other way... Even if JanusPassage Titan really can pick the perfect future out for everyone as they say, there will be times when the person themselves cannot manage to reach it.

The warmth between neighbors.

Aitee: Ah, about that.

Aitee: Hmm... You know that tailor down the street, yes? The manager remembers every regular's measurements and makes pertinent suggestions for their order based on their life situation.

Aitee: ...Once, back in the city where I once lived, there was also a shopkeeper just like this. I used to always urge him that he may as well retire, because there were too few orders in our remote little town, and running a tailoring business is hard work.

Aitee: Like many others, he was very stubborn to begin with — thinking that his craft was part of his life, his handiwork, of which he could never let go. There was no talking him around.

Aitee: It was the year before last, he was careless and took a fall which put him in bed for half a year... Only then did he realize that closing up his shop didn't really create much impact on his neighbors.

Aitee: And so once he got better, I convinced him and all the other neighbors to all pick up sticks and move with us to Okhema... After all, this is the safest city in the world, with almost no threat from the black tide. But it's just...

Aitee: ...

Aitee: It's nothing. When the black tide really comes... it'll all happen very quickly. Maybe nothing we could do would be of any use. Out of an entire caravan of migrants, only a few small families reached Okhema and obtained refugee status due to running into attacks along the way.

Aitee: ...Unfortunately, that old timer was not one of the lucky ones.

Warmth of citizens who pay tribute to the Titans.

Aitee: Oh, this is another unique worldview native to Okhema.

Aitee: Kephale'sWorlbearing Titan cloudtop city — that god's chosen people are always filled with religious fervor. Most of them.

Aitee: Sometimes I really envy how they can throw themselves into their faith like that... At least, it must take life feel a little bit less empty, right?

Aitee: It's just a shame that faith is like a jigsaw puzzle — once it's disturbed or smashed, it's very difficult for people to piece it all back together.

Aitee: ...That's the essence of devout warmth and its unique charm. Some sages of old would say "Ignorance is bliss"... is that what they meant?

I don't have any more questions.

I won't disturb you from enjoying the view.

Aitee: ...People sitting on the rooftop look at the view, while people looking at the view see you in the streets.

Aitee: It's nothing, I won't bother you. Bye-bye.

Other Languages[]

Language	Official Name
English	Aitee
Chinese (Simplified)	阿忒
Chinese (Traditional)	阿忒
Japanese	アーテー
Korean	아이테
Spanish	Aité
French	Até
Russian	Аити
Thai	Aitee
Vietnamese	Aitee
German	Aitee
Indonesian	Aitee / Ate
Portuguese	Aitee

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