[ Ah, another beautiful day in Goldenrod City; the sun is shining, there's a slight breeze, kids are running around to avoid being stomped by robot unicorns, ufos are in the air-- wait a minute... ]

Oh dear, this again...

[ Yup, that time again, where new people appear out of nowhere and everything defies all logic. Honestly, even after this has happened three things, it still never fails to completely blow his mind. Well, most of the time, nothing really happens to Layton on these days, so he's at least safe. So, he's just going to go out and enjoy this nice day of dinosaurs with his Pokemon-- ]

[ --except when he tosses his Pokeballs, it doesn't release his actual Pokemon, it actually releases these things; ]



[ ...what... ]

[ And if that wasn't confusing enough, all six Dittos decide to transform into Layton... Know how no matter what Dittos transform into, they always have dot eyes so you can easily identify them apart from the real one? Well, Layton has dot eyes... ]

Well...

[ Have fun trying to figure out the real Layton out of these seven!! ]

[Good afternoon, Johto!

Thank you for tuning into this Pokegear post. How is your day? Oh dear, rainy? That's not good, but don't be down! This entry to the network will hopefully cheer you up with a smile upon your face. Why is that? Well, just keep watching and you might know why.

The camera starts off with your friendly neighbourhood gentleman, Professor Hershel Layton! The setting seems to be taking place inside his room at the Goldenrod Hotel. He doesn't seem to be holding the Pokegear but rather positioning it on his table to record, something that the Professor does often. He doesn't want to be holding it since he is sure that people do not want an extreme close up look upon his face nor does he want to hold it long enough for his arms to hurt. Besides, he is having a nice cup of tea right now! It will be rather hard to drink his tea while also holding the Pokegear.

He takes a single sip from his cup before placing it down on his saucer on the table. He adjusts his hat once and clears his throat.]

Good afternoon, everyone. I do hope that everyone is taking shelter from this rain whenever it will be in a building or under a tree. Hopefully this rain will let up soon as well.

[Because the last time the Professor has been out in the rain like this in the wild, it has been a huge thunderstorm. Not that great.]

I suppose I should now explain why I have made this video feed to the network, but perhaps this will tell the story much better than speaking about it myself.

[He reaches over to pick up the Pokegear and he turns the camera around to show the bed where something is sitting on top of it. More like something like these:



Hey, don't those look familiar! They're Pokemon eggs! You have probably seen them from other trainers or even have had your very own. Even if you have never seen them before, you can tell that they are indeed eggs.

Around the bed of Pokemon eggs is the Professor's team of Pokemon aka the parents of that pile; Claire the Ninetales, Walter the Noctowl, Klaus the Arcanine, Alden the Alakazam, Theodore the Empoleon, and Duifje the Pidgeot. Unfortunately, the other two parents, Grim the Dusknoir and Matthew the Ditto are in the box at the moment. Some of you might notice that Pidgeot is a new addition to the Professor's team! In fact, that Pidgeot belongs to Mr. Netherlands that have gone home recently, so maybe you will even know whose Pidgeot that has used to belong to!

After a few seconds of this scene, the Professor records places the gear back on his table, facing towards his seat. He sits back in his chair after.]

Some of you might know what those are, but for those who do not, they are Pokemon eggs. As you can see, I have the lot of them. I have only intended for a few, but it seems as if I have gotten much more than that.

[To be quite honest, he has thought he will only get one egg of each of his Pokemon, not a bunch. Oops.]

This is where I will ask for some assistance in this.

I am willing to part with some of these eggs and for no charge if you are able to provide them a good home and care. As much as I wish to keep them all, even I cannot handle a number as large as this.

[He will be keeping one of each egg though so his Pokemon don't have to lose all of their new children! That will be just plain cruel.]

The kind of Pokemon eggs I have here with me are of Vulpixes, Hoothoots, Duskulls, Growlithes, Abras, Piplups, and Pidgeys. I do only have a limited amount of them, so I am afraid this will be a first-come-first-serve basis. I apologize for this in advance.

If you are interested in taking them off my hands, please do not hesitate to ask. I will greatly appreciate it.

Thank you.

[And then the feed ends! COME AND GET YO EGGS BROS]


(( OOC: The egg post for Layton is up! Sorry for the lateness for the people who have been waiting since the last ooc post about this

The recent ooc post where people have reserved eggs are right over here! If you have not put a reserve on an egg, there are still some slots open up for certain Pokemon. Check out the list to see how many are open and you can nab them! If you come too late to grab an egg, your character can still express interest and Layton will take their name for the next egg batch whenever that may be!

Tags will be slow so I hope none of you mind backtagging. I will also still be tagging back everyone in Layton's last post, so please bare with me. Thank you! ♥ ))

[Hello, good people of Johto! It's been a quite a while to get an entry from this Pokegear! Man, can you even remember who it is? Here's a hint: it's from a man with a top hat! Picarats are 30!

If you guessed Hershel Layton, then you are correct! Add some picarats to your names! The Professor would love to do that himself, but he's a bit busy right now. Why? Well....

Professor Layton is stuck in an elevator...

...Oops...

Well, what has happened is that Layton has gone to the Goldenrod Department Store to buy a birthday gift for young Miles Edgeworth because it is just coming up this Sunday. It's always good to get an early start and buy it ahead of time so he can always package it neatly in a box, write a heartwarming card, prepare the party, and all that. So, there he is, trying to pick out gifts and he decides he should probably check what's on the fifth floor because maybe he can get Miles a TM with the large gift he has already gotten.

Thus, he decides to take the elevator because at that moment, he has been on the second floor. As much as exercise is nice, he's almost forty now and he's carrying quite a lot of bags. His thighs will probably burn from all those steps. So, he takes the elevator, presses the fifth floor's button and off he goes!

But then the elevator shakes and suddenly stops.

He nearly tumbles over and falls, but he manages to grab onto the wall to stop himself. He looks up to the elevator's indicator of floors and finds that both the third and fourth floors' lights are on...Does this mean he's stuck in between the floors?

...Oh dear...

And that's what leads him to here, sitting on the floor of the elevator with bags around him from recently bought items. He has stalked some books he has bought to position his Pokegear to point towards him without actually holding it himself.

He clears his throat and straightens his hat before speaking.]

Hello, everyone.

It's been quite some time, has it not? I do apologize for that. I'm afraid that I have been quite busy these past few months since I have woken up, so I do hope that everyone is doing fine.

As for myself, it seems like I am in quite the predicament...As you can see-- [He picks up the gear and points it towards the elevator's floor indicator where it the light is on for three and four] --it seems as if I'm stuck in this elevator.

[He puts the Pokegear back on the stack of books and points at himself as he leans back against the wall]

I have called by using the telephone in this elevator but they say it might take a few hours before they can completely fix the problem. So, I hope I can pass the time by making this entry to the network.

It has been quite a while since I have also given out puzzles, so I hope that someone might be able to solve these to cease this boredom. For those who have already solved puzzles of mine in the past, you are free to exchange your picarats for prizes if you wish.

Being stuck in an elevator has reminded me of a wonderful puzzle, so here it is. This one is worth 30 picarats.

"A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every morning, he takes the elevator all the way down to work. When he arrives back, if there are other people or if it has been raining, he takes the elevator all the way back up to the tenth floor. However, if he is alone or it hasn't been raining, he takes the elevator up to the fifth floor then takes the stairs.

What is the reason for this??"


(( OOC: TL;DR LAYTON GOT STUCK IN GOLDENROD DEPARTMENT STORE'S ELEVATOR WHICH IS A HUGE NO TO AA PEOPLE BECAUSE THE HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT KILLED IN ELEVATORS. NOW LAYTON IS GIVING PUZZLES SO GO ))

[Y'know, a lot of video feeds starts out quite normal, don't they? They just begin for a few seconds on the person starting it or perhaps the floor then towards the owner of the gear. It doesn't really matter. They all manages to have a very calm start and Professor Layton is one of those kinds of people that has all of his feeds opening like that. So, when a new entry appears in the network with his name attached to it, one can expect the same thing, but this time-- HELLO WALL. FANCY SEEING YOU HERE. MY, YOU'RE LOOKING RATHER WHITE AND PLAIN AND BORING TODAY. OH, WHAT'S THAT? YOU WERE JUST RECENTLY DESTROYED BY A WALKING FRUIT PUNCH? NAAAAAAAAAH. STOP TALKING NONSENSE.

Yes, isn't this a strange sight to see? The Professor never has had any video feeds that starts off with the wall or anywhere else, much less for longer than a minute. He normally has the camera upon himself. That or all over the place when his Noctowl is holding it, but at least it has attempted to stay on him. Even if he does have it pointing at sometime else, it is normally only for a few seconds. What is the problem?

But other than that, where on Earth is the Professor? He will normally appear on screen by now. Well, he can't be holding this Pokegear. It's pointing straight at the wall, but at a very elevated height. He isn't that tall, so who is holding it now? 

The camera turns around and-- NOW HELLO GRIM THE DUSKULL. HOW COME WE'RE NOT SURPRISED?

Grim has became the unoffical cameraman-- er, camerapokemon --since that Violet City gym badge win and it has been recording this whole feed from the beginning, finding nothing better to do outside its Pokeball. These past few days have been rather strange with all the new arrivals. Also, all of his companions has disappeared too during it. The Vulpix and Noctowl have not been seen at all and in their places have been these other weird Pokemon. Something like an "Alakazam" or whatever it has called itself. Well, whatever has happened, the Alaka-whatever has disappeared as well, but Claire and Walter still isn't back. So, being alone, it might as well fiddle around with the Pokegear.

The camera pans towards the wall again before it falls upon the chairs and sofas of the Pokemon Center, and will you guess it? That's where the good Professor is, sleeping on one of the sofas! Well, anyone will be exhausted from that weekend. Even he needs to lay back now and then.

The focus stays on him just sleeping comfortably for a little while longer. It isn't until about a good five minutes when he does manage to wake up.

With a small quiet groan, he pushes himself up in a sitting position on the Pokemon Center's couch, placing a hand on his forehead. Oh dear, what a headache. It feels almost as if someone is pounding on the side of his head with a hammer. His knee feels strangely aching as well. Man, this will be the last time he will ever try to mark two whole classes' papers in one night if he wakes up like this now.

Using the other hand, he straightens his top hat back on, crooked from lying down. How is it still even on? Well, years of practicing how to do so, even while lying down. After all, a true gentleman never takes his hat off! Or that's just gentleman talk for "the hat is just titled at a certain angle while he has been lying down but still covering his head. You will never get to see what his hair looks like"... Well, the way Layton describes it sounds a lot more better, doesn't it? Take your pick or whatever tickles your fancy.

The Professor blinks a few times and looks around. Confusion spreads across his face. The Pokemon Center? He doesn't recall sleeping in here, or ever. He always slept in the comfort of the inn when he is in a city and just like every other time, he has done so last night. How on Earth did he get out here? Hm. His memory is a bit blurry at the moment and he can't think of anything. He must have been just extremely tired and just fallen asleep here. Well, that has happened before but in his office. Not too surprising if it has happened out here too, just in a Pokemon Center and from marking a bunch of papers. Still, it is curious.

Without quite noticing the Duskull carrying on with its usual tomfoolery and that his Pokegear was in the hands of it, the Professor stands up from the coach. He stretches his arms a few times, feeling the blood rush back into them. He can't stay here for long. He has to get back to the school to get ready for tomorrow's lesson.

Grabbing his sling bag nearby, he begins to make his way outside and Grim follows silently. He tips his hat towards Nurse Joy on the way out and pushes the doors into what he believes is Violet City, but--]

My word...

[Oops...Guess who has been transported all the way to Goldenrod City and seeing for the big industrialized area for once? Another ten picarats for this puzzle. Hint: he begins with "P" and ends with "rofessor 'oh my good tea and buscuits what on Earth has happened now I better get an explanation for this' Layton. Answer: Professor Layton and he is looking even more confused than ever.] 

Where in Heavens am I? I do not recall Violet  City ever looking like this.

[He stares in shock at all the new sights around him. He has heard many things about Goldenrod City and how grand it is but he has never actually seen any parts of it. Everything here is much different from how London is with all the tall buildings, tellies on top of said buildings, billboards everywhere, all of them are new sights.

Standing still and taking in all the things around him, his Duskull finally lets out a small low cry and floats down right beside him. He turns towards the Pokemon and even more surprise is added to the mix to see that it has been recording all this time. Well, that might explain why his coat's pockets have been feeling a little light. But, gosh. This morning is just one surprise after another.

He looks into the camera and clears his voice once.]

Will any kind sir or ma'am out there please explain as to where I am located in? I suspect this may be Goldenrod City from what little I have heard, but some confirmation is best.

[He places one hand up to his chin and thinks for a few seconds.]

As for waking up in a completely different location, I have the sneaking suspension that it might be as how I have first arrived here, though over a smaller distance? Hm...

Well, if anyone can provide me with any information, I will greatly appreciate it.

Thank you in advance--

[But before he can finish his sentence, something tackles him from behind. Well, something as in a distressed Noctowl and Vulpix that has missed their trainer since they disappeared to far away lands of talking creatures that called themselves Digimons.

The Professor lets out a sudden yelp of surprise before he falls flat straight onto a panicking Duskull with a Pokegear in its hands. Oh boy, Domino effect and-- oh good! A second part to this? --the feed forcefully shuts down but not long after for everyone to hear this team crying:]

HOOOPIXHOOSKULLCLAIREWHENDIDYOUVULPIXDUSSHOOHOOPIXPIXWALTERMYNECKHOOVULLL


((OOC: It is five in the morning, why am I still awake-- I will reply to tags later in the day after I get some sleep, go to classes, and sleep in said classes. \o\ ))

[So, guys. Guess what the Professor is doing right now? Well, he's in the Pokemon Center, chilling out. His Pokegear is recording him by his faithful Duskull. It's all good. Just making sure that he picks up his Noctowl from treatment after a long day of training. Pretty normal, huh? Man, what a boring feed.

Oh wait, he's heading towards the door and--

How on Earth is he in Goldenrod City?]

... I suspect that this is another Pokemon's doing? Oh dear...