puzzling: (Would you like some help ma'am?)
Hershel Layton ([personal profile] puzzling) wrote2010-10-08 03:45 pm

Picarats 006 [VIDEO/ ACTION IN ROUTE 30]- fastfoward to night

[So, it's finally night time all around Johto. The Hoothoots are now awake and flying around, and the Sentrets were starting to tuck themselves in. However, it wasn't that late out though, so it was not unusual that a new video entry appeared over the network.

The feed started up and it shook around for a minute, just before it focused on a man sitting on top of some tarp. Above him was another large tarp that was attached to a few trees around the area. The rain pittered and pattered onto the plastic wrap, almost creating some kind of rhythm. It was actually a bit smoothing, to be honest. But seriously, jut who on Earth is this man with the towel over his head? It doesn't seem like anyone that appeared over the network, but the area around him didn't seem like Route 29 or anywhere that a newcomer would stay, neither did the equipment he had seemed fitted for a newcomer. So, just who was this person? But hey...doesn't those dot eyes seem really familiar? 

If you happened to look pretty closely and maybe even squint your eyes, you could actually tell that this man is...the Professor?

Yes, it is! It is actually Professor Layton, and for once, it seems like he isn't wearing his top hat. In its place, a medium-sized white towel laid on his head, covering most of his hair, so those curious as to what his hair may look like, ahhh, too bad. All you can get is that his hair colour is brown and that he has some bangs. Other than that, it's hard to tell anything else like the style.

Well, either way, it didn't change the fact that his hair was just completely soaked. He couldn't wear his top hat like this, hence the towel. Actually, he couldn't wear his hat all day today. Ponchos were not kind to top hat wearing gentlemen, so he had to carry his hat around, wrapped in an extra poncho. If that didn't make it worse, while he was trying to set up this camp with the others in his traveling group, his hood kept flying back from the winds, and the leaves and branches had some kind of grudge on him since they kept whipping him in the face....His face does seem a bit red, now that we mention it...Well, if Remi wasn't going to be the end of him by making him climb ledges, then all this camping will.

Smiling a bit, the Professor waved a gloved hand towards the camera.]


I hope that everyone is taking shelter from this rain. It seems like the weather today is rather quite bad--
!! CRASH !!


...Actually, "terrible" would be a better way to describe this. It is rather chilly as well.

[He pulled his beige scarf closer around his neck and rubbed his gloved hands together. With the temperature ranging from 43ºF/6ºC to 41ºF/4ºC, it was pretty cold out. Not to mention that the Professor's hair was still wet, so it just made things worse for him. He'll just have to wait until it dried out, hence why he was up and recording.]


I can't sleep just yet until my hair dries, so perhaps someone can help pass the time. I do have a few puzzles with me for those who want to solve them, but perhaps maybe we can have a new discussion just for a change:

If you were given the chance to return back to your home-- and I am positive we will find a way to do so --will you return? You do not have to answer the question. I have no right to pry into this. I am merely curious. We may go back to the puzzles, if you wish.

[As for the Professor himself...well, you'll just have to ask yourself. He has mixed feelings, and all for different reasons...So much for a happy topic, huh?]


(( OOC: ffffff Sorry to Layton cast if this isn't okay! Give me a holler then! Slowitaus sucks major balls. ;A; ))

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[identity profile] fortunatewings.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Naoto's smile is quite bright and excited.]

What a difference a word can make. These types of puzzles are always delightful.

Of course, in addition to the back, one could argue that the bottom edge is also impossible to hit when one obeys the usual rules of darts--which I would guess the man and the villagers assumed.

[Naoto...don't complicate the puzzle. It's solved!]

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[identity profile] fortunatewings.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Of course! I'm having a wonderful time. I admit, I haven't had much chance to solve puzzles lately.

The only case is that of our arrival and I fear I'm making little progress.

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[identity profile] fortunatewings.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Simple! Though I cannot condone escaping from prison, an hour of studious digging should have produced enough dirt to provide the extra height they needed.

[Naoto is very good at puzzles and grinning like a kid in a candy shop. She's sure she has this one right]

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[identity profile] fortunatewings.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
I have solved many cases, both as an assistant and on my own but I admit, there is still much for me to learn.

I have, as of yet, an incomplete grasp of the intricacies of forensic science, advanced mathematics, and several other necessary sciences.

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[identity profile] fortunatewings.livejournal.com 2010-10-10 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hmmm.]

Well, you must forgive me if I leave out some of the details. Confidentiality, you understand.

My most recent case was a serial murder. It was most complicated; there was unfortunately even a copycat killer. We did eventually sort through the evidence and were able to pinpoint the true culprit behind it all.

Unfortunately the killer was a member of the police force, and in the ideal position to hide and tamper with evidence, but his own arrogance caught him in the end. Through several events, including the leaving of threatening letters, he slipped up enough to be caught.

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[identity profile] fortunatewings.livejournal.com 2010-10-10 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, he is securely imprisoned now and there is no chance of further crimes. It's a relief after all of those months of uncertainty.