#identity v explorer

[barcohot]

Identity V men, my religion (and Edgar? I guess?)

[dotedlover]

Can you imagine little kurt hangin on william’s lifted biceps like a lil monkey…….

oh yeah monkey kurt

[acoldghostlypresence]

[naturallyflavoredspringwater]

explorer diary, huh?

[ask-l4wyers]

I want to see a wonderland court case. I can only imagine what passing the bunny bar exam is like

He got his bachelors for this

[sirenjose]

Kurt's Diary - Thoughts and Theories

(Including crack theory Naib didn't kill Murro)

1) Emily's (first aid kit?)

2) Wu Chang's umbrella is still here, and NE is making sure we know this. That means either Jose did leave but didn't bring the umbrella with him, or he didn't leave

If he did win, was he put into another game like Emma and Murro (Emma's letter did mention her being with others her 2nd time around)?

Orpheus did say he "treasured" the opportunity to include Jose in his experiments, which could mean he'd want to use him as long as he could?

* Michiko's mask is still here too.

3) The "guy" Murro would rather "freeze to death" than encounter can't be the Hullabaloo group (Murro the only survivor). Likely Naib, who's chasing Murro based on Naib's 1st letter (only other possible option is the manor owner)

4) HA! I WAS RIGHT! THERE WAS SOMETHING SECRET ABOUT THE FROG AND ITS GOLD BALL! (I'm sorry, I've been focused on that stupid thing since I first joined IDV and saw the diaries.) Question now is what it does... (secret exit?)

We know the gold ball was in Murro's room based on William's diary before he returned it to the statue. Maybe Murro knew its secret. But for what purpose? Did Murro hide something there, like how he used apple juice to write secret pages in his diary? Or something else?

5) Pretty sure the "explorer" isn't literally Kurt here. The one who "refused to trust his allies" and was "brutally slain by a wild beast" should be Murro, based on Murro's diary page Kurt finds, and Kurt may assume Bane killed Murro for now and thus Bane is the "beast"

Though considering the other letters, Naib is another option, but Kurt should have no reason to know that (if Naib did indeed kill Murro), so at least in this context Kurt says "wild best" to refer to Bane.

I've always had 2nd thoughts/doubts about the idea Naib wants to kill Murro. We know Naib works for Arthur Russel, who we know is a detective. Arthur is currently the one investigating both the Hullabaloo tragedy and Lakeside Village.

We know Arthur cares about his investigators as he pulls them out of the investigation when he believes a "crime syndicate" is involved with Lakeside. We haven't seen anything yet that implies Arthur also has his men do assassinations though...

Not saying that can't be the truth but I want more info before jumping to any conclusions, despite whatever the manor owner says, especially as we know even the manor owner isn't all-knowing (like with the people who only leave puddles behind, or Naib managing to disappear).

It's hard for me to say, but it is possible there were multiple sets of footprints belonging to more than 1 person, aka maybe Naib's was 1 of them (if not Bane's, if Bane only stays in his cabin in the forest).

Seem to be maybe 4 sets of footprints

1 set

2nd set

3rd set

4th set

But if Naib can disappear from the manor owner's sight, maybe he can also help other people to disappear too? If Arthur wanted to find the culprit of the Hullabaloo deaths and they discovered someone else from the circus had survived, they may have wanted to find him to help solve the mystery of the circus murders, which could be why Naib went after Murro as we saw in his 1st letter.

As an investigator, a new witness could be the key to solving the whole mystery (maybe that's just me as someone who reads/watches/plays too much detective stuff)

Naib obviously knows how to be stealthy/sneaky considering he has to do the same for himself to hide from the authorities, since Naib is a deserter, and desertion is a serious offense.

Murro's smart too considering the sort of invisible ink he uses.

So I think it's possible...

Maybe a good question to ask is “Why”? Why would Naib want to kill Murro? Mike is friendly with Murro, who Mike helped fake his death for, so he’s not the reason. And Naib isn’t just a brainless killer, since he deserted after refusing to kill his comrades, so he’d need a reason.

I guess you could say he might if he was paid to do so, but who’d ask to kill Murro? I doubt there are too many people that know too much about him enough to either hate him or have a reason to kill the person Bernard labeled as a “wild child” for his circus.

Different note, but the hole is gone in Servais' diary, but the boars are now in that same area that 1 set of footprints led to. It's also where Naib leaves the dead boar, which has a section of it torn open.

Still no idea what might've been inside.

Too many questions...

6) Info about Kurt's 2nd letter

"tree cave" = Murro's room

William and Kurt were awake in the evening due to the "awful weather". Nothing about sounds of "wild beasts"

Kurt thought they should do more than sit in their rooms, which is why he had Will help gather Naib and Murro. This was when Kurt went to look for Murro, found Murro not in his room + door locked, then went outside, where he saw footsteps, a (freshly dug?) hole, and Bane. He didn't see a "corpse", any heads being "bit off", or it being dragged off

Last thing Kurt says is to ask Naib to look at his new "work" based on his "experiences". This may be, at least in part, related to the work "Kurt Frank's Travels" from Kurt's 4th letter that he writes to Blackett Publications to get published. But nothing, at least from this yet, about telling Naib about seeing "a wild beast dragging his corpse into the shrubs. It bit off his head". Doesn't mean he didn't tell Naib this, but based on how much of the previous stuff was true, it's at least doubtful this is the full truth

[insaincat]

There once was a boy who wanted to be a Hero, just like the Hero in his book.

[plantstaralexsam]

Pre-op kurt hc! Hes my fav idv character

[oblako-san]

Cute... CUTE BOY

[graveyardgreengarden]

So, you survived the First World War, flew over forests in a hot air balloon, swam across the English Channel, and this is not the whole list of your achievements? Commendable, Mr. Frank. But we have one question.

Are you really sure that all of the above is not a figment of your mind?

[barcohot]

Take some of your favorite characters together and make them interact, what could go wrong ?

Okay sure why not, sounds fun

They're from four of my favorite series of all time— Splatoon, Pac-Man (here it's the Hanna-Barbera series specifically), Brawl Stars and Identity V

I think it's a funny mix of genres and again they're all series that I deeply care about (even tho I might not talk about Identity V as much cuz I just stopped playing it but I'm still interested in it and the characters, just please update the lore lmao there I might consider playing it again, I'm already considering it, but it's just— unlikely to happen, right?)

[winterfeeling1]

[quoththeowl31]

Kurt putting on his Archeological Professor skin and talking about so many amazing adventures and Johnny just sitting there not having the heart to tell him Archeology is actually a lot more boring in real life life.

[the-redacted-of-all-time]

hoky shit!! the fabled grp 9 kittyes!!!

[mullberrylemonade]

Orphkurt/Kurtpheus stuff before i post my ao3 fanfic #3

Kurt: Please Orpheus, be honest with me. How many hours of sleep did you have while I was away? Orpheus: ...8 Kurt: Orpheus... Orpheus: 7.. Kurt: We both know that isn't the case- Orpheus: ...30 Kurt: ...30 hours? Orpheus: Thirty Minutes.

[detective-swamp]

My posters! Feat @8bit-sadman