Professor Layton Hit the Road
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Charmander17: The can of nuts can appear, but I was thinking of introducing Superball in the events of Miracle Mask
The five (six, if you include Charlie) stood there, surprised by how creepy the little girl, Arianna, was. « Well? Come on! Spit it out! » the girl said greatly irritated. « No need to worry, little girl! We're Sam and Max! Freelance police! And we're here to free you from the cold and possibly old hands of that fiend that trapped you here! » Sam exclaimed.
The girl simply let out a deranged laugh. « Why, Seamus? He works here, you dummies! » she exclaimed. A short silence followed. « Well…. » Sam was the first to speak. « We just broke into the house of a little girl for no reason. Can't say this is the second time it happened to me. » Max commented.
« Our most sincere apologies. We made a hasty assumption. » Layton then said. « Fine. Just leave now. » Arianna turned serious. « We'll seek the spectre's flue elsewhere. Thank you. » Layton intentionally said.
Arianna suddenly widened her eyes in shock. « Wait, what!? The spectre's flute!? » she said shocked. « Also known as the Flute of Summit. One of the Toys of Power of Junior that can control the beasts. And that your father bought last year at the Black Market. » Charlie explained, with a slightly threatening tone.
Her eyes widened even more. « Well little girl, it looks like your criminal actions have been discovered. Put your hands in the air and you'll be only moderately stabbed with a pipe! » Max exclaimed.
« But Max, you don't even have a pipe! » Sam noted. Max simply grinned. « Not now at least. » he then said. Arianna grinned as well, but there was fear in her eyes. « Ha! You have no proof that the spectre was summoned by a flute NOR that I have such instrument! » she said, trying to defend herself.
« Don't play games with us, ankle biter! We heard you playing your bloody flute while chasing the Spectre last night! » Sniper slammed both his fists near a table, startling the little girl. « I know nothing of what you're talking about. Leave. » she composed herself.
« Arianna. People are in danger! » Emmy pleaded the girl. « And you are on the list as well if you don't spill your beans! I have an entire army of Claptrap partisans that will no doubly blow this architecture abomination to the ground unless you stand down! » Claptrap threatened the girl.
Arianna simply grinned sadly. « Oh you would just do a service to this town. I'm a witch…. I bring disaster to those around me. » she said with a sad tone. « What are you talking about? » the worried voice of Luke was heard.
« GO! » the girl shouted at the group. « Why are you doing this? Arianna, we both know you're not a witch! » Luke protested. « So she IS your ex, kiddo! » Max joked. « Luke and I were friends…before all of this. » Arianna explained.
« Arianna, we're still friends! I don't think you're a witch! » Luke exclaimed. The girl simply giggled. « Well in that case you're rather in denial, Luke. » she said in a sing-a-like tone. « Arianna! You're not a witch! Stop saying that! » Luke exclaimed somewhat angrily.
« You're merely blessed by the Gift! You should use your power for good- » Charlie begun, before Arianna let out an insane laugh. « GIFT!? MINE!? A BLOODY GIFT!? This is a curse! I bring nothing but destruction, and you call this a gift!? » she shouted.
« Well if you look it in certain ways…. » Max grinned. « HOW'S BRINGING DESTRUCTION BY THE HANDS OF THE SPECTRE GOING TO HELP ANYONE!? » Arianna shouted on top of her lung. A short silence followed. « Housing renovation? » Sam proposed.
Suddenly, the door behind the group opened. « What is all of this!? How did you whippersnippers get in here!? » it was Seamus, entering in a hurry. He then turned to Arianna. « Miss Arianna, are you all right!? » he said worried.
He then turned to the group. « Out! All of you! Before I call yer mommies and daddies!» Seamus protested. « Oh, I don't think this is happening, old fart. » Max threatened the old man, before pointing his Luger.
Layton, Emmy and Luke widened their eyes. « Max! What are you- » Layton exclaimed, before he noticed the rest of the group also pointed their weapons at Seamus. « Sorry Professor. But playing good cop is getting pretty annoying. » Sam interrupted him.
« Tell us where the bloody flute is, so we can burn it alongside the bloody wanker that you call Miss Arianna! » Sniper threatened the elderly man. « Didn't you hear what Seamus say? » a feminine voice came from behind them.
It was Arianna, holding an ancient-looking trumpet and grinning insanely. « When the grown ups tell you out… » she begun in a sing-a-like tone, before her face turning stern. « You. » she glared at the group. In the meantime, Seamus had took cover. « Get. » her face was getting angry. « The heck. » there was venom in her voice.
« Oh, piss. » Sniper said as he realized what was going to happen. « OUT! » she essentially roared at the group, before blowing the trumpet, a huge gash of wind hitting our protagonists, pushing them against the wall, making them break the wall, and finally blowing them out of the house.
The screaming group was lucky that they felt on the nearby pond. « Holy Smokey bear beating a human sized dog in a Sunday morning cartoon! She DOES have the gift! » Sam exclaimed. As the group got up from the water, Luke splashed Sniper.
« Oi! What was that for, brat!? » Sniper protested. « How could you!? How could you threaten her like that!? » Luke shouted angrily. « Doing your bloody cesspit of a town a solid there. » Sniper shot back.
« By threatening to kill a little girl!? Why didn't you…oh I dunno…TALK SOME SENSE IN HER!? » Emmy ranted as well. « Thought you were a smart lass. She's the one behind all this! » Sniper shot back.
« Is that supposed to be a justification to try to kill her!? She's just, what, 10 years old!? » Emmy protested. « And she's already nuttier than I am! » Max exclaimed. « That might be a side effect of the Toys of Power. Using them does have a toll on the user sanity. » Charlie explained.
« I dunno. Max was fine when he first used them. » Sam said. « You have to be sane for the changes in personality to occur. » Charlie explained. « Well that explains a lot of things. » Sam commented.
« She has enough as it is without you jerks threatening her! Cursed by those stupid toys AND very sick! » Luke angrily ranted while tears formed in his eyes. « Sick? » Emmy asked. « She got the melon sized tumour as a side effect of the toys, huh? » Sam asked.
« Nah. Her head seemed fine. » Charlie commented. « I've learned it when I saw her at a party. I heard she didn't have long to live. » Luke explained, having calmed down. « That's terrible! She's so young! » Emmy exclaimed.
« Her dad told me. He said not even the best doctors couldn't do anything. » Luke continued. « Strange. Other than mental illnesses, the Toys of Power shouldn't cause incurable illnesses. » Charlie noted.
« I think that's the reason why she has shut herself inside the house. » Luke then said sad. « That and her madness is making her plot against this fog generator! » Max exclaimed. « She's not a witch! » Luke protested.
« Nope. Just a girl which has been granted the ability to use otherwise harmless toys into weapons of mass destruction. » Sam then said. However, as the group was discussing, they noticed none other than Seamus exiting the house with a shopping bag.
« Oh hey! It's the old fart! Wonder what he's up to… » Claptrap noted. « I do believe he's headed to the market. » Layton deduced. « So what do we do with this piece of information? » Sam asked.
« I believe the best course of action would be to follow him. I still do have suspicions about him. » Layton responded. « Now that you mention, you have a point. But I won't say it out loud before sounding like an idiot. » Sam replied.
The group begun following the old man, seeing him getting on one of Bucky's boats. But as Seamus turned around a corner, the gang lost him from sight. « Holy sausages stuck in a river in the Amazons! We lost the old man! » Sam exclaimed.
« Damn it! What's with everything in this town disappearing » Claptrap complained. « Well this town, although small, does have several hiding spots. I mean, it could even hide a Black Marke- » Luke explained before being interrupted.
« OI! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY BLOODY VAN!? » Sniper shouted, as he pulled out his rifle and fired neat a camp van, apparently his. A small figure scrambled off from the scene terrified, before anyone had a good look at the scene.
« Bugger! The bastard got away! » Sniper complained. « Wait, what's this? » Emmy commented, as she looked at the van. « What's wha- HOLY DOOLEY! » Sniper exclaimed at the sight. A red X with some dots and some scribbling was on the side of the van.
« That bloody vandal! I'm gonna mount his head on a wall alongside his family when I find him! » Sniper exclaimed. « That's no mere act of vandalism, Sniper! That's the witch's mark! Those appears if the residents speak ill of Arianna! » Luke explained.
« Does that mean I've been targeted by the brat!? » Sniper exclaimed. « Yes. And honestly, you deserve it. » Luke responded angrily. « Wait! Look at the ground! » Layton exclaimed, as he pointed at what was beneath the mark.
Indeed, scattered above the ground were candy wrappers of fine making. « Candy wrappers. » Layton said. « The very same used by Aunt Taffy in her illegally claimed market. » Sam commented. « Which means a kid seems to be the one responsible. » Claptrap finished.
As they were inspecting the scene of the crime, Crow came out of one of the many streets whistling happily while tossing some coins in the air before catching them. But as he noticed the glares of Sam, Max and Sniper, he felt a cold shiver down his spine, and his whistles were far less happy.
Before he could walk back from where he came from, Max used his Train toy to charge at him at max speed, tackling him to the ground. « All right, you illegal organ harvester from Britain! You have five seconds to spill the beans before I turn your intestines into a noose and hang you from London Bridge! » Max threatened the boy.
« What the-what are you talking about!? What do you want!? » Crow asked confused and terrified. « Why did you send one of your boys to mark Sniper's van with the Witch Mark!? » Sam asked with a frow and intimidating tone.
« I send no one to mark no thing! I want nothing to do with the witch! » Crow shot back. « Then why is my bloody van marked alongside bloody Aunt Taffy candy wrappers!? » Sniper exclaimed.
« You think we're the only kids in this town!? » Crow responded angrily. Suddenly, the glares from Sniper, Sam and Max softened and turned in a sight of slight embarrassment. « You do have a point. » Max commented as he let the boy go.
« I saw one of the Highyard hill kids on a shopping spree on the market. Maybe you could suspect him or something. » Crow then said. « Have you by any chance saw an old man with a large beard? » Layton asked.
« Nope. Only the kid. Isn't that…suspicious? » Crow smirked. « Just as I suspected. » Layton responded. « Well for once it seems like I also know just what the hell is going on. To Barde's manor! » Sam exclaimed.
After some running towards the manor, with a major complaint from Sam, the group was finally in the garden. « Over there! There's someone near the lake! » Sniper exclaimed. It was none other than Arianna, standing near the docks, and Seamus, sitting down near her.
The little girl was also holding something in her hand: a small ocarina looking object. « By the Elder Gods! It's the flute of Summit! » Charlie exclaimed in a low tone. « Which means that that fiend of Arianna is going to use it to summon the Spectre! » Sam exclaimed.
« Not if something to say, I HAVE! » Max exclaimed, as he grabbed the toy train and charged at the girl. He yanked the flute right out of her hand and jumped on top of a rock. « What the-!? » was all Arianna could say, before she heard the clicking of guns being pointed at her and Seamus.
« Freeze, dirtbag! Your days of terror have ended! » Sam threatened the girl. « What are you doing!? » Luke exclaimed. « Not to worry. I mean her no harm, but I simply intend to make sure that she doesn't have any other dirty tricks on her sleeve! » Sam explained.
« But we'll kill her if she tries anything funny. » Sniper chuckled. « Well that goes without saying. » Sam responded. « Not so thought without your flute, aren't ya? » Max mocked the girl. « G-give it back! » Arianna protested.
« Not before I give it a test! » Max responded. « That's right! Summon the spectre so we can blow it up in good old Hollywood fashion! » Sam exclaimed. « No! » Arianna protested. « Here it goes! » Max exclaimed, as he begun playing the instrument.
But instead of the Spectre appearing, the waters in the lake begun moving, until a large head emerged from the water, belonging to a strange creature. It resembled a large Manatee mixed with a plesiosaur. It was a minty blue colour, and it had blue spots on its belly.
The whole group, with the exception of Seamus and Arianna, looked at the beast confused. The beast reached the shore, and looked at Sniper and Sam pointing their guns at Arianna and Seamus.
Realizing what was going on, the creature growled at the two. « Well this is the second awkward moment of the day. » Sam commented. « That's not the spectre! » Emmy exclaimed. « This is Loosha, she's- » Arianna tried to explain, before being interrupted.
« She's the bloody seal! » Sniper exclaimed, as he pointed his rifle at the creature. But before he could shoot, Emmy grabbed it and punched the Australian in the face. The baboon uterus implanted in his body allowed him to take the hit, but Emmy was essentially threatening the man with the rifle.
« No more gun pointing. Understood!? » she exclaimed clearly pissed. « But it was just getting fun! » Sam complained, before holstering his gun. « So it's pretty obvious this large blubber of fat isn't the one destroying the town. So…back to square one? » Claptrap asked.
« Not exactly. I do have some suspicions that the Spectre might not be 100% real after all. » Layton said. « What do you mean? » Sam asked. Layton turned to Charlie. « Say Charlie, what kind of creature would the Spectre have to be to avoid being controlled by the flute? » he then asked.
« Not an organic being for sure. Even ghosts, and as such spectres, are drawn to its melodies. » Charlie explained. « Wait. I figure it out. » Claptrap then said. « Glad that you did. So, what might the spectre be, Claptrap? » Layton asked the robot, even though he already knew the answer.
« The spectre that is damaging this town is actually a robot like me! That or a machine controlled by some douchebag with nothing better to do than tormenting this city. » Claptrap answered.
« That is correct. If what Charlie says is correct, only a machine could resist the flute influence. » Layton responded. « Honestly this is making a lot of assumptions if I have to be honest. How can we certain? » Sam asked.
« The Spectre and Loosha have been fighting since the former has cursed this town. I've been trying to stop the two from fighting, but only Loosha responds to the flute! » Arianna explained. « Which means that the Spectre is of mechanical origins. » Charlie deduced.
« Well it still doesn't change the fact we have no bloody clue to who is behind the Spectre! » Sniper complained. « Weeellll…. I DO believe I know something that might help our investigation. » Claptrap said.
« By any means, go on. » Layton encouraged the robot. « But first, I think we have to unmask some young fiend in this location. » Sam said with a frown, as he walked towards Seamus. He then grabbed his hat and beard, and violently ripped it off his face.
It was surprisingly easy: the beard and face were not real. Behind the mask was a young boy, with auburn hair and black eyes. Arianna looked in shock at the scene. « T-Tony!? » she exclaimed shocked at the reveal.
« I just wanted to protect you….so I took the Seamus persona to scare off anyone who wanted to hurt you. » Tony tried to justify his actions. « By making anyone think your sister was a witch, therefore possibly igniting a future witch hunt which would result in her being burned at a stake? » Sam asked doubtful.
Tony widened his eyes as he heard the canine. « W-what!? NO! That would make things even worse! » he exclaimed. « Yet you're the brat who marked my bloody van with the witch mark! » Sniper accused the kid.
« I marked no van! How would make people believe my sister is a witch protect her!? I….I…. » he protested, his voice by the second becoming more and more emotionless.
He then widened his eyes, which had become green and with a hypnotic white spiral in the middle, and pulled out a small knife. « I. Must. Stop. Hatted Gentleman. » he said with a robotic tone. « Tony? » Emmy asked confused. Tony stepped forward with the knife, walking slowly.
« I. Must. Stop. Hatted Gentleman. » he continued. « Holy mother of Joseph with a weenie sized tumour! He has been hypnotized! » Sam exclaimed. « H-hypnotized!? » Arianna exclaimed worried.
« It seems some fiend has used Brady Culture googles to force the kid to do their unspeakable bidding. » Sam deduced. « Or maybe this Brady Culture is the one behind the Spectre! » Emmy exclaimed.
« Nah. He was more about gaining popularity through television shows. Beside, he's in hell and has no intention to leave any time soon. » Max explained. « I. Must. Stop. Hatted Gentleman. » Tony walked like a zombie and continued to chant.
« Tony…please! Snap out of it little brother! » Arianna pleaded, with huge chunk of tears coming out of her eyes. « Yeah! Just like Mikey Rooney! » Sam exclaimed. « I. Must. Stop. Mikey Rooney?. Hatted Gentleman. » Tony continued to say, slightly confused this time.
« It is pointless, my child. There is only a singular way to free this brat from hypnosis. » Max said solemn. « Please! Anything! I beg you, free my Tony! » Arianna begged. « I must warn you, that it will hurt us quite equally. » Max continued, before walking toward Tony.
« Oh, who am I kidding, it's going to hurt you a LOT more, kid. » Max grinned, as he pulled out a boxing glove and punched the kid right in the face, throwing him down the lake. Thankfully, the water was too shallow for him to drown, but he did lose consciousness.
Emmy, Luke and Layton had their eyes wide from the scene. Sniper chuckled a bit alongside Claptrap. Arianna pupils shrunk and maddening fury was visible in her face. « Who knew I could have so much fun and save innocent children from impending doom. » Max said in glee.
« You carrot eating DEAD RODENT YOU'RE DEAD! I'LL CUT YOU INTO LITTLE PIECES AND FEED YOU TO LOOSHA! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU- » Arianna shouted in madness, as she went to strangle the rabbit, only to be stopped by a well-prepared Emmy, who grabbed her and held her still as she went on her rant.
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