"Little Girl"/Lore

—Anniversary Tales Collection Booklet

**"Memory"** or **Alice DeRoss**, also known as the **"Little Girl"**, is one of the **43** playable Survivors added to Identity V.

This page is a compilation of lore and story content for this character.

## Backstory

### Character Introduction

In Orpheus's memory, she is his daughter—his little, cheerful, warm ray of sunshine with her own strange eccentricities. He regarded her as a treasure and hoped that she would have a happy and beautiful future.

However, when the "nightmare" struck again, the "Orpheus" confined to the past led his most cherished love into the abyss.

### Chinese Character Introduction

The place where everything originated is an isolated island like the Garden of Eden.

She remembered that her family on the island had believed in the Muse for generations, and that there was a unique type of black fern on the island that had special effects. She remembered that everyone called it the "gift of the goddess."

Until the red nightmare began to burn from the junction of sea and sky, swallowing up the vision and promise of her and the person in her memory. When she woke up again, she only saw the shell of the Garden of Eden shattered and collapsed, and all the good things were gone. The rags and broken walls flying in the flames seemed like tombstones that were born one after another with the wailing of the island.

Now that so many years have passed, she once again sets foot on the passage in her memory, just because the origin of countless terrifying rumors points to that home that has obviously been destroyed and has long been deserted. But she still had a glimmer of hope: maybe there was another survivor beneath that nightmare. However, after landing on the island, she only saw the endless night, the chaotic and absurd dinner party, and the crazy monsters that could be called "humans" for the time being... Why did they appear here? What was the truth back then? Who is behind the banquet of illusions and controlling all of this?

The shadow at the end of the flame is so familiar...is it him? No, the person in her memory was obviously not so crazy, and it was obvious that he would not hurt herself.

### Original Chinese Character Introduction

Perhaps, even "Orpheus" never understood her memories trapped in nightmares.

### Character Trailer

IdentityV - "little girl" Background story full version
#### Trailer Transcript

*The arrival of the first letter*

*was the prelude to a change in tone.*

*An accentuated sign of fate's shifting course*

*appeared on the night the second letter arrived.*

*Those fragile wings flew in with the dying light*

*who forgot one simple truth:*

*the purer the light,*

*the deeper its shadow.*

*Wait, Wait!*

*My nightingale,*

*Never chase after illusions of hope*

*Looking back with longing eyes*

*This is just "his"*

*unfailing bait.*

## Self-Analysis Quests

*All completed Objectives reward the player with +335Logic points for the Logic Path. After the character's quests are completed, their Worn Clothes will be available.*

## Character Resources

The additional in-game and external documents for this character include:

* Character Relations
* Quotes & Media
* Event Appearances

The Character Relations menu shows how certain characters are connected and how they feel about each other. It also contains other personal information on characters that cannot be found anywhere else. It can be found in the Notebook, under the "Clues" tab. The "Little Girl"'s connections to other characters are as follows:

* As "Fool's Gold"
*The Novelist wants to protect the "Little Girl" from danger. He believes that this is the obligation that the "father" identity bestowed upon him.*
*The Novelist found clues related to the "Little Girl," but his investigation always came to a screeching stop because of a splitting headache.*

### Quotations

* 2021 Time of Reunion Act 2: About "Her" ["Her" Game gamemode] (Press "Expand" to view)

	+ *"Did you hear the nightingale's song? Yet I know that didn't come from a bird."*
	+ *"Are you scared of that forest?"*
	+ *"I know this place well, at least I used to."*
	+ *"Go through this forest and you can get out of the manor. However, only those who live in the manor know the route - outsiders often get lost in it."*
* **Responses**
	+ **If players say the word: Orpheus, the "Little Girl" would reply:***"Is the name originated from Orpheus? In the past, my father was really, really into mythology. We had a lot of oil paintings narrating Orpheus back home. We even rehearsed a play about him, with my best friend playing Orpheus."*
	+ **If players say the word: White Sand Street Asylum, the "Little Girl" would reply:***"I don't want to mention that place. It holds nothing but bad memories."*
	+ **If players say the word: Oletus Manor, the "Little Girl" would reply:***"People always try to avoid the infamous manor, yet for some, this place is still filled with wonderful yet unattainable memories."*
	+ **If players say the word: Lakeside Village, the "Little Girl" would reply:***"The child who survived became famous for selling his story. However, are those stories really the experiences of one child?"*
	+ **If players say the word: Sacred Heart Hospital, the "Little Girl" would reply:***"It was created in kindness before it crumbled in hostility."*
	+ **If players say the word: The Red Church, the "Little Girl" would reply:***"Before it was ruined, that pointed church was an elegant and sophisticated Gothic architecture. However, the owner thought it wasn't lively enough and hired people to renovate the flower garden. Yet, for some reason, no matter how much work they put into it, none of the flowers planted survived the second year."*
	+ **If players say the word: Forest of No Return, the "Little Girl" would reply:***"That's... the origin of all nightmares."*
	+ **If players say the word: Golden Cave, the "Little Girl" would reply:***"It used to be an ordinary mine before strangers started coming. They seemed to be looking for something other than ore. Later on, the incident happened and it was abandoned."*
	+ **If players say the word: Arms Factory, the "Little Girl" would reply:***"It was rumored that the tragedy originated from a failed investment, while others said it was insurance fraud. Perhaps the mastermind behind all these didn't expect that even death failed to put an end to everything. Or perhaps that person didn't want it all to end."*
	+ **If players say the word: Moon River Park, the "Little Girl" would reply:***"I saw a crinkled theme park ticket in the study as if it was soaked in water. The words on it had mostly faded."*

* Deduction Star 2022 quotes:
	+ *"Thank you. In this age, it isn't the letter but the writer that is the most romantic."*
* 5th Anniversary Congratulatory Video quote:
	+ *"Hi, are you having fun? Just relax bit more. What a happy day the birthday is!"*
* Valentine's Day 2023 Cards:
	+ *"Thank you for the beautiful card! Here's a card I made myself!"*
	+ *"Thank you for the teddy bear card, I really love them. I have many other doll friends that I can introduce you to. Welcome to my paradise!"*
* Deduction Star 2023 quotes:
	+ *"That's where I grew up. It's not as grand as this place."*
	+ *"I may have thought too wonderfully of that place..."*
	+ *"Thank you for your letter. I'm so glad to have received it."*
* Deduction Star 2023 Best Performance quotes:
	+ *"I'm really glad to be standing here. As the warm light shines on me, I suppose it's the most romantic moment of my life."*
	+ *"I like my doll, and I like my dress. I'll share the best with you. I hope you'll like them too."*

### Japanese Twitter Replies

Please press "Expand" to see in-character replies from the official Japanese Twitter.

## Canon Manor Game

We can gather who was in a canon Manor Game together by information in Letters and Diaries, and very occasionally from character quotes during events. As for "Little Girl", she shows up in the Manor Game that occurs during the Time of Reunion event.

**Game Location: Darkwoods**

**Date: July 15th**
 "Fool's Gold" | Norton Campbell (Prospector)
 Unknown | Melly Pliny (Entomologist)

Edits to this table can be made here.

## Compiled Overview

The following section contains an overview based on canon information.Please note that some information may be missing as it may not have been provided from official sources. See the given references for further information.
### Backstory

Alice DeRoss, the Journalist, is the daughter of Dennis DeRoss and grew up with Orpheus. The "Little Girl" is his memory of her when they were childhood friends.

The "Little Girl" has a very close connection to Orpheus and she frequently shows up in both his memories and his hallucinations. Every time she appears, she seems ghostly, doesn't seem to respond or interact with the world or people around her very much, and disappears as mysteriously as she came. She does not actually exist, and is merely a "memory" that only Orpheus can see.

She affectionately calls him "Orphy," as this was the nickname Alice DeRoss called him when they were children. Though Orpheus seems to think she is his daughter, and would do anything to protect her, she is just a figment of his imagination.

## Gallery

"The drawings, the white dress and those stuffed dolls… his mind is a blur. Trapped in the nightmare of his memory, perhaps even "Orpheus" doesn't know her. Who is exactly is this“Little Girl”?" - Time of Reunion Act 2 - About Her Artwork (Twitter)
## References

1. ↑ In Orfeo's Game Chapter 3, Orpheus describes her as "A young girl around the age of 6 or 7." Other character ages mentioned in this event were accurate to their canonical ages.
2. ↑ Journalist's Background story mentions that the fire at Oletus Manor happened when she was 6, which is the same age that she knew Orpheus and thus the age he hallucinates her as.
3. ↑ Time of Reunion
4. ↑ Backstory from the official website - https://idv.163.com/character/index.html
5. ↑ Backstory from the official Chinese website - https://id5.163.com/nrzx/role.html
6. ↑ Her Character Introduction is the same to Season 18 Essence 3 Backstory
7. ↑ At some point, her Character Introduction on the Identity V Official Chinese Website was reworded.
8. ↑ Note that both alternate options for each character relation are offered in the table, as the game has not clarified which option is "correct."
9. ↑ Translation by @IdentityV\_\_Sub.
10. ↑ During Time of Reunion after the Detective takes the "Rebuild memory" drug, he sees a memory of a blonde girl and woman who looks like the "Little Girl".
11. ↑ In Time of Reunion, he dreams of a ghostly "Little Girl" running through an unending hallway, before she is consumed by a dark fog. This seems symbolic, but not realistic.
12. ↑ The Detective frequently chases after her, but she always disappears before he catches her or is always out of reach.
13. ↑ Her in-game ability to teleport also seems to support this strange behavior of appearing and disappearing
14. ↑ In the "Go Hunting" animation, Orpheus can be seen keeping the "Little Girl" close, and doing his best to protect her from the "hunters."
15. ↑ There is a cutscene of Alice as a child calling him Orphy, but also of Alice as an adult calling him Orphy as well during Act 2 of Time of Reunion, which shows that the "Little Girl" had long ago grown up, but due to the influence of the drugs Orpheus was given he is thinking of her in the past.

### Manor Game Table References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Both Melly and Norton are seen as "monstrous" beings on Orpheus's point of view from the Go Hunting Promotional Video