#Professor Layton and the Inky Mystery

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hear me out… PL Bendy and the ink machine Fan-game AU thing, it takes place between diabolical box and unwound future ( • ʖ • ). I give you

Professor Layton and the Inky Mystery!

(I heard an audio on tiktok with “The Devil Swing” and all my memories of the game just came back hjshsh) oc by @fatfart200 :3

General Summary;

Hershel receives a letter of distress by one of the journalists researching the animation studio of Luke and Flora’s favorite discontinued cartoon show saying that her friend that worked in the studio has been missing for months and fears that things have gone south in the mysterious building.

Layton,Luke, and flora would go to investigate but instead of Flora being a damsel in distress Layton gets kidnapped by the ink demon while Luke and Flora are distracted leaving the two of them to figure out the mystery and find Layton!

Layton standee in the bendy style would be pretty funny for Luke and Flora to see thinking it’s the professor that just mysteriously disappeared

Prologue; Layton is looking through his morning mail and finds a letter with a black and gold seal on it, he rings up clark and asks if luke can come over for a minute to discuss what he’s found, (mini timeskip) Layton, Luke, and Flora are sitting down together in Layton’s office at gressenheller reading the letter on his couch

“Dear Hershel Layton,

My name is Jolyene Simmons (fatfart200’s oc :3) , I am a journalist in the world times researching something a friend wrote to me a while ago that I think you’d like to look into. An urgent matter at the animation studio she works for, Joey Drew Studios-“ Layton gets cut off (I like to think Layton is the one reading the letters and doing made up voices for Luke and Flora)

Luke and Flora’s faces light up from the name of the studio, it was the same studio who made their favorite cartoon shows! Layton with a surprised look on his face, wondering how they know of something so old (since the cartoons started in 1929 )

Layton: “ Well since you two are so eager about this, how about we watch one of the cartoons? Though i’ve seen to forgotten where i’ve put them…” queue puzzle 1 (I like to think that hershel had a collection of shows he liked to watch in a busted up cardboard box)

after that, Layton puts in the tape for Luke and Flora to watch while he reads the rest of the letter, occasionally looking at Luke and Flora wondering how they could enjoy watching such violent cartoons.

“. I am not currently at the studio myself, however my dear friend still resides inside and hasn’t contacted me in over 3 months. Can you please help me find her? The location of the studio is in Broadway Brooklyn, New York city. I fear that things have turned for the worst in there. -Regards Jolyene Simmons”

Layton; “Oh my, this sounds quite urgent. We must get going! Flora would you like to come with us?”

Flora looking up at Layton with childlike wonder in her eyes and a huge smile on her face ; “Yes! Yes I would love to be on one of your adventures!”

Layton smiles at her reaction

Layton; “We will need to travel by ship, the location is quite far. We will get going tomorrow, 7am sharp! I’ll have to inform Dea-“ Layton’s voice gets tuned out as he starts rambling

Luke helps Flora pack her bag for the long trip ahead of them (end of prologue)

i’ll write the rest laterrr, have a concept art poster