#idv nightingale

[kriswalker]

I what to believe in theory that Nightingale is hunt Alice pls pls

Pretty plssss

I need draw more Nortalice but with this idea idk

[mintytealfox]

The small bittersweet moments ;;

BASED FROM THIS POST FROM @quoththeowl31 : X

[quoththeowl31]

"Uncaged" I wanted to try designing a Miss Nightingale costume for Alice. Honestly Emma's "Monstrous Bird" was the main inspiration because I love that costume. (One day I hope I can get it)

[superaurora16]

My Deer Lawyer

was practicing deer anatomy and they turned into Freddy cervitaurs halfway through. oops

transparent under the cut

[spector134340]

I love lucky sm you guys dont understand HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SON (╯°□°)╯(╯°□°)╯(╯°□°)╯

[janitorbot]

Detective’s Digest Zine cover without the text

[deduction-substitute]

Lucky Guy au where he's not a survivor but instead kind of like Miss Nightingale's assistant in the shop

The first time anyone's interacted with him was the time where the veterans were the only ones in the manor. When new survivors arrived he suddenly disappeared, Miss Nightingale's only excuse being that he was on his "lunch break" (that lasted for a year but okay 😐)

At this point, the other survivors believe that the veterans are either lying to them or got their minds fucked over because of how long theyve been in the manor

One day, Naib goes to her shop. A rare occurrence. Instead of Miss Nightingale, he sees Lucky Guy.

Then almost attacks him/lh

Whenever Lucky's shift is on, rest assured that even though you cant see Miss Nightingale, she's THERE. She doesnt take too kindly to anyone distracting her assistant, so if youre there to chit chat then youre better off getting stuff somewhere else, now OUT (No one listens to her) (Lucky Guy still ends up talking to the survivors/hunters)

[mail-posting]

Ok remember that music glitch? I think I've realised the problem! It's tied to the puppets manor event because the webpage it takes you to has that music and I think the game gets confused sometimes and thinks you're. On that page? Or something?

[idv-ask-the-unknown]

(To Miss Nightingale)

“Now~ now~ don’t start barking like a wild dog!!…” Heifu said with a playful tone while having his Scythe between the bars of the cell, so close to the face of the women on the other side.

“Don’t you see that mama is busy thinking of a fitting punishment for you?! If you don’t want it to get worst I would advice you to stay quiet… fufufu~”

Miss Nightingale was silent the whole time, deep in her thoughts with a calm expression on her face… that quickly change to a scary one the second she open her eyes, showing her Golding bright yellow eyes looking directly at the old women with unreadable emotions.

She the. approached the cell right next to her son and looked down at the women and finally started to talk and her voice alone was enough to plant chills and fear within anyone bones.

"𝓨𝓸𝓾... 𝓓𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓪 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝔀𝓸 𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓮𝔀 𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓴𝓼?!... 𝓘 𝓪𝓵𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝓵𝓸𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴 𝓸𝓷 𝓶𝔂 𝓹𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓷𝓮𝓮𝓭 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓮. 𝓝𝓸𝔀 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓮𝓪�� 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾"

She then lean down a bit and used her finger to lift up the chin of the women, letting her look directly at her glowing eyes.

"𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓮 𝓹𝓾𝓷𝓲𝓼𝓱𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀. 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓻𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓵𝓲𝓮... 𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓶𝔂 𝓮𝔂𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓼𝓹𝓸𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓢𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓲𝓭𝓮."

[ @askthemanorresidents ]

[eclairris]

I know this is supposed to reference how miners used to use canaries to find their way back through shafts, but the wording itself is fueling my delusions and I thought I’d share. Free is in quotations, as if to mimic sarcasm. Obviously, I took this with more effort than it’s worth, but it’s honestly such a good metaphor for da capo’s little hunting game with a specific lamb in question. Not only have we seen Alice having huge ties to birds (nightingales, etc.), but it’s a fun little gimmick to think about since for some oddball reason I find it as an allegory.

‘She literally thinks she’s free, but who’s stopping it? Ding ding ding, everyone’s favorite guy, Norton Campbell idv.

Idk, I’m just delusional as ever today and find it really good source material for allegories and absolute nonsense.

[mintytealfox]

"What have you done to me?"

"Eurydice.....put the mask back on... .... and go back to sleep"

[quoththeowl31]

*Norton taking really good care of the Miss Nightingale pet bird.*

Melly: You take such good care of her, I'm really rather impressed. Norton:..We took canaries down into the mines to detect if it was dangerous down there or not...I think that was one of the things I hated about mining...They'd get sick down there; it worked in our favor because it was a warning for us as Miners but it would be too late for the canary more often than not. It sounds strange but I don't think I can really bring myself to harm small critters anymore. They're trying to survive against a world filled with hungry predators.

[magknightidv]

Richard sterling x prince (hunter) reader. I really like the classics 😒. I also think it would be a cute dynamic

Uh, one second while I just- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH.

Alr thank you for your time I'll get to writing now :3 I'm going out on a limb and guessing you want a male reader and not a gender neutral reader, but lmk if you want me to rewrite it for that.

Disobedience.

(Was written before I gained better understanding of his character so he may be ooc)

Masterlist

Warnings: Nothing you wouldn't expect of an Idv fanfic ig. Swearing, Mentions of aggression. (They kinda hate eachother through the first bit but trust the process), Fluff :3

Info: I originally intended to go for headcanons and then short little drabbles.. but ig this is what you get when you're hit with horrific brainrot for one character. [WRITTEN BEFORE HIS OFFICIAL RELEASE, I DONT REMEMBER IF PEOPLE LEAKED HIS ABILITIES SO IM KEEPING THAT DESCRIPTION MINIMAL]

Richard Sterling x Male! Hunter! Prince! Reader

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This Manor isn't to my liking. Too small. Compact. Nobody listens to me either. Disrespectful little rats. Have they no idea who I am?

Have I really been forgotten by the world that quickly? Surely not. Sister would not have let that happen, I'm sure. Of the entire family, she loved me. She saw me. She saw me as I am, not as the misconceptions they've had of me since the day I was born.

My eyelids finally force themselves open as the curtains of the room I've been placed in are pushed open by an unremarkable face I will likely never remember. Nobody of importance, however, the woman bows and makes a swift exit as she meets my eyes. She had quickly muttered something along the lines of "Breakfast is ready to be served."

Hm. Food didn't seem to even get a rise out of me anymore. The thought having lost its appeal after my incident. Court of fools. Court of shrivelled cocks and frog faced women. Neither appealing yet praised as though they are Gods greatest gifts. Can't even protect their prince from something as simple-minded as poisons in his meals. I suppose I should make an appearance before my "games" today, see who I am to be matched against to begin with.

The newest survivors are often who I am matched with as I am a new hunter. The Lady Nightingale, as I have learned to refer to her as, has insisted that it is the best way for us to adapt to our situation. The Fire Investigator seems particularly taken by the poor burnt Puppet man. Ms Mora, although sometimes able to fool me, often lacks the correct facilities to correctly defend herself against me. However, the role that catches my eye upon the list of survivors I am to play against is The "Knight". A name not seen by the other hunters, according to Mr Desaulnier. He claims to have heard whispers amongst the staff attending to us all but he merely thought it to be just rumours and gossip. Of all the Hunters, Joseph Desaulnier has been the best example of what a friend is in this sort of situation. He has been respectful and taught me the ropes all he asks in return is my reciprocated respect.

My eyes scan over the heads of the survivors currently nearby, all familiar faces in a sense. Although I have not been here long, I am aware of the majority of the survivors present in the manor and their general styles. Nothing out of the ordinary, I suppose.

♡♡♡

I have vague memories of a handful of matches I've played in this place. The Red Church. Lots of walls and the main church building is rather open, often a cipher placed on there making the chase for the survivors slightly harder if they do not get enough distance in time. My goal for this match, however, is not to find my usual survivors. I understand them, I wish to study the new puzzling enigma that is the "Knight".

An odd sort of sight is given to us hunters that allows us to see the machines being worked on. Slight shakes on multiple at once, its only a matter of figuring out which would be best to go to. Church it is. Whoever is there, regardless of it being the one I want or not will likely try to pass off the kite to another as there was a sudden switch of the journalist to the composer. I am more likely to find one of their decoders but one can only hope to be so lucky.

As I make my way to the church an odd figure is there to greet me. He looks up from the machine in shock and takes a defensive stance, this allows me to get a better view of the man. His hair is long and perhaps considered unneat but in a charming sort of way. He wears an outfit that exudes the very concept of nobility to a high level most of my fathers court could not even pull off. His face is angular and a beauty mark sits below his lips to his right side. He regains his composure as he realises I am not here to attack him. The church is quiet as a cipher is finished most likely by the composer in the far corner. Aside from the large popping noise it makes nothing is said between us, not until he decides to open his lips.

"Are you not the one sent to hunt us all? I am I truly so intimidating that you have become incomplete." Stern words, harsh even but it does not bother me as it is the sort of taunting I have received many times through my time. His eyes narrow viciously. Two colours? I would not have noticed had I not taken this time to study him, his left eye a stony blue colour and his right, a deep brown with green tints in both. At this point to have been able to see this I have since gotten closer subconsciously. As though drawn to his prescense. I catch myself before i get too caught up in it all however.

"I am the Prince. Your Prince. Show more respect, if you truly deem yourself to be an honourable knight." He seems to smirk at my title and his confidence only appears to double.

"So a spoiled brat, demanding obedience as though all around are his new pet puppy dogs?" He's trying to get a reaction. His arrogance is almost reflective of my own however he must have a means to be doing this or is it simply for his own pleasure, as my reason had been to observe. "How rude. You are no Prince of mine, not until you prove it. So, shall we dance, Your Grace?"

My composure slips at the words and I feel the angered snear take over my features, my stance becomes more offensive and I begin to hastily move towards the cocky man. "Speak not of being a brat. You're disobedience will get you nowhere but a chair back to the manor."

The chase was not as long as I was expecting, I suppose he truly was arrogant in his abilities today. Time will tell if he masters his skills. A tie was all I could manage with the hinderance the Knights and my initial meeting gave me. I am forever grateful that the Faro Lady believes she can be a rescuer with her ability, a terrorshock is all it takes.

The Knight appears to want to become my antithesis. So that is all he shall be. An idea abstracted from my own and strange.

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- After the first meeting they appear to be forced together through consistent matches against one another or rumors spreading that the two knew eachother prior to the manor.

- False rumors but you suppose it is not completely unreasonable that a prince and a knight, or so his name claims him to be, to be closer than other roles within the manor.

- He says little to others, and when he does it is often sickeningly sweet words. Sugarcoated truths made to seem like the words are kinder than they are just to draw others in.

- few had fallen for it so he had abandoned such a tactic in favour of bothering you in some form.

- be it in matches, his improvement in the way he moves through each map having improved significantly. Easily gliding past obstacles and dodging your skills. A real pest.

- Tension seems to continuously rise with no seeming resolve in sight. That is until one day you walk past the music room.

- Expecting the violinist on the other side of the door as the melody continues on, only to be met with the closed eyes of the Knight as he plays a somber tune.

- You go unnoticed until the end of the song, a smile forming on your face. His eyes flash open as though some otherworldly being made him aware of your presence.

- A silent understanding forms between the two of you. As though no words were ever needed between the two of you, simply because you both understood.

- The tension dissipates within seconds.

- You and the "Knight" seem to find a deeper understanding of eachother over time. He learns of your past and attempts to sympathise with your unjust demise, while he shares stories of his past before the loss of his family.

- He wishes to find his 'sister' but as time passes he finds himself drawn to you, wishing never to leave your side.

- That is exactly what he does. He takes the role of a true Knight that protects his master, although he still has a tongue as sharp as a blade and swift wit that goes completely unmatched by most others in the manor.

- He cannot seem to ever truly listen to your commands, but suppose it is the thought that counts.

---- fin.

OKAY I LOWKEY FELT I WAS WAFFLING ON AND FORGOT WHAT I WAS WRITING, I DIDNT EVEN ADD SOME OF THE STUFF I WANTED TO CAUSE MY TIMES FOR WRITING WERE SO CLUNKY BUT HEY I GOT IT DONE EVENTUALLY!!

(Not proof read, I'll go back and get that done lol)

[idv-ask-the-unknown]

“Nyato?!” Heifu title his head while saying that, wounded what Tue mean before a hand had red on top of his head suddenly making him look behind him to see who just Pat him.

To only see Miss Nightingale, his mother!!

“MAMA :D!!”

"𝓗𝓮𝓲𝓯𝓾, 𝓶𝔂 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓻... 𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓲𝓭 𝓘 𝓼𝓪𝔂 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓪𝓼𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓹𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓶𝓮𝓽?!"

“Not do… but I really am curious about her >3<!!”

"𝓢𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪 𝓻𝓾𝓭𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓸..." Nightingale then turn to look at Rue and started to talk to her "𝓙 𝓪𝓶 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓶𝔂 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓭'𝓼 𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼. 𝓘 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓲𝓭𝓷'𝓽 𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓫𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓱𝓲𝓶, 𝓡𝓾𝓮"

“Rue~ I Finally found you!!”

A young looking man with dark outfits and white hair with gray highlights was approaching Rue happily and almost hopping with each step he takes when walking towards her before he stop with the butterflies that follows him. The butterflies were making a sound that sound like a soft a gentle glass/crystal clinking together as if they were talking ti each other while some float around Rue in wonder yet excitement.

“I finally get the chance to meet you in person for real this time!! Fufufu~ I am Heifu, it’s a pleasure to meet you at last!”

Rue: ?

[theprinceandthewitch]

Me complaining abt IDV fans lack of media literacy for the 9450th time this week lmao:

What I find most annoying about people's interpretation about Alice's and Orpheus' relationship [other than the siblings interpretation to not be true. Like at all. Seriously it's not backed up by any canonical evidence] is that people are ignoring the blatant romantic undertones.

Most IDV fans tend to be anime fans, because the game will sometimes collab with different anime franchises to make new character cosmetics. This is how IDV gets it's new players. So, people are used to that cringey ahh blushing and stuttering shit you see in anime - they're used to seeing overt displays of romantic interest.

Since Orpheus and Alice do not display obvious interest when they're in each others presence people have a hard time seeing their relationship as romantic. Picking up of subtly is not not their strong suit.

To put it simply: This is a slowburn kind of romance. Alice's feelings for Orpheus have yet to develop into full blown romantic interest [IF they ever will]. While Orpheus is interested in Alice romantically - and I do think he has loved her since they were kids. So far, the writing is pretty blatant when it comes to Orpheus' feelings for Alice.

This is why I don't like people using that one letter as proof he sees her as a sibling. Identity V's story is structured with a slowburn romance in mind... the Orpheus and Eurydice parallels aren't here just for decoration. Their story is most likely going to end in tragedy because of the genre they happen to occupy. But the thing is: Orpheus and Alice getting a happy ending isn't really relevant. What is relevant is that their relationship is clearly being written with romance in mind. This letter is just another point of development in their romance, which is laced with tragedy.

That's why I'm not going to take anyone seriously when they use this as proof they're supposed to be siblings.

Even with that letter, the narrative still DOESN'T want you to see them as siblings.

I rlly don't see how we are supposed to interpret his feelings for Alice as strictly platonic when they have the Orpheus and Eurydice parallels...

Even though this was ambiguous in AoM: My personal interpretation of that scene where Orpheus calls Alice "Eurydice" is actually Orpheus calling her back to consciousness. It's not a memory of him - it's Orpheus from AoM calling out to her. I'll go even further to say that that's what they were going for, since Orpheus has always been the thing preventing her from completely falling into the "underworld."

Oh right, he also sees her as his nightingale... and his WIFE...

It's like... at this point the sibling interpretation is just copium.