#descole shadow

[mcfaucet]

love as long as you can

[plposting]

Haunting Yourself

[tragicsibsshowdown]

[samthecookielord]

Oh yeah i kinda just put this on my art summary and didn't elaborate

Phone background i drew as a holiday gift for @snekatiemainy !

[herasoufleeart]

I had a dream about Hershel and Shadow chilling together and I couldn't get it out of my mind. So here's an odd crossover, haha! 🦔🎩

[descalled]

descole puzzle

if you even care

[lyricthecat-12]

😉

Bonus:

[sadboytournament]

THE SADBOY TOURNEY ROUND TWO IS LIVE

We've already had some interesting close calls! And have some interesting match ups! It's anyone's tournament! Now go, FIGHT! Also names have been corrected. I am very sorry for that and it will not happen again

Astarion Ancunin vs. Marius Pontmercy

Hunter vs. Paul

Martin Blackwood vs. Jean Descole

Shadow The Hedgehog vs. Loki

Orpheus vs. Kit The Fennec

Anthony Lockwood vs. Simon Petrikov

Klaus Hargreeves. vs Alucard

John Gaius vs. Nam Seon-Ho

[starrydevotion]

my descole ai voice :333333 free to use w no credit but tag me if u can i wanna see what u do with it rahhhhhh

[quibbs126]

Today I’ve been listening to Surely Someday from Azran Legacy, and I saw someone interpret it as Layton talking about his brother, and it’s just…emotional damage

[the-babygirl-polls]

Babygirl Polls Lineup: Week One

Hello everyone! Here we have the lineup for the first week of the Babygirl Polls! Thank you so much for all your submissions!

Klarion Bleak (Young Justice)

Dante Sparda (Devil May Cry)

Ace Ukiyo (Kamen Rider: Geats)

Bro Strider (Homestuck)

Michael Schmidt (Five Nights at Freddy's)

Cole Brew (Rhythm Doctor)

Peppino Spaghetti (Pizza Tower)

Negan (The Walking Dead)

Todd (Not Me: The Series)

Dan (Not Me: The Series)

Sound (My School President)

Nuengdiao (Never Let Me Go)

Adolin Kholin (The Stormlight Archive)

Xue Yang (The Untamed)

Aaron Warner (Shatter Me)

Jean Descole (Professor Layton)

Curt Mega (Spies are Forever)

Klavier Gavin (Ace Attorney)

Ghost (Call of Duty)

Emperor Belos/Phillip Wittebane (The Owl House)

Wen Kexing (Word of Honor)

Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney)

Taichi Hiraga-Keaton (Master Keaton)

Akk Pipitphattana (The Eclipse)

Dean Winchester (Supernatural)

Bruce Wayne/Batman (The Batman (2022))

Kenzo Tenma (Naoki Urasawa's Monster)

Jason Todd/Red Hood (DC)

Usami Tokishige (Golden Kamuy)

Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam)

Harry Du Bois (Disco Elysium)

Vegas (Kinnporsche: The Series)

Barry the Chopper (Full Metal Alchemist)

Khatha (Midnight Museum)

Ronald Lynch (Home Movies)

Ballister Boldheart (Nimona)

Rex Dangervest (The Lego Movies)

Emmett Brickowski (The Lego Movies)

Knife (Inanimate Insanity)

Nickel (Inanimate Insanity)

Balloon (Inanimate Insanity)

Nona (Locked Tomb Series)

Laudna (Critical Role)

Ryu Suyeol (Bad and Crazy)

Paul Matthews (Hatchetfield)

Gregory House (House MD)

Ingo (Pokemon)

L (Death Note)

Elijah Volkov (Camp Here and There)

Kevin (Welcome to Night Vale)

Yuma Kokohead (Master Detective Archive: Raincode)

Alex Horne (Taskmaster)

Vash the Stampede (Trigun, Trigun Maximum, and Trigun Stampede)

Greg Davies (Taskmaster)

Byron (Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum)

Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat 1)

Garry (IB)

Homelander (The Boys)

Cardan Greenbriar (The Folk of The Air Trilogy)

Omega (Mega Man Zero)

Clive Rosfield (Final Fantasy 16)

Cassian Andor (Star Wars)

Ted Spankoffski (Hatchetfield)

Tang (Lego Monkey Kid)

Tomura Sigaraki (My Hero Academia)

Liam de Lioncourt (Monster Prom)

Matthew Patel (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off)

Ethan Winters (Resident Evil)

Kim Dokja (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint)

Waver Velvet/Lord El Melloi II (Fate Series)

Dave (Dave and Bambi)

Yoo Joonghyuk (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint)

Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

Akira Nishikiyama (Yakuza/Like A Dragon)

Eddie Diaz (9-1-1)

Simon Petrikov (Adventure Time and Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake)

Sanji (One Piece)

Adrien Agreste (Miraculous Ladybug

Romeo Montague (& Juliet)

Luz Noceda (The Owl House)

Lance Dubois (& Juliet)

Francois Dubois (& Juliet)

William Shakespeare (& Juliet)

Chesed (Lobotomy Corporation)

Cesare (Bigtop Burger)

Morris (Stardew Valley)

Kinger (The Amazing Digital Circus)

Estinien Varlineau (Final Fantasy XIV)

Frederick Chilton (Hannibal)

Leon S. Kennedy (Resident Evil)

Jaskier (The Witcher)

Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)

Radovid (The Witcher)

Trafalgar Law (One Piece)

Zagreus (Hades)

Shadow The Hedgehog (Sonic)

Sepiroth (Final Fantasy)

Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z)

Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

Reverend Rod Putty (Moral Orel)

[layton-love]

cape

desmond sycamore/jean descole x reader oneshot. gen neutral reader. sfw. tons of fluff. established relationship.

     You miss him terribly when he's gone.

     The hours feel like an eternity when you're waiting for your love to return. Whether he's giving a seminar to the esteemed individuals in the archaeology community under his professor persona or working in the shadows as Jean Descole, you miss your brilliant and artful lover. Today, however, is the former of those two scenarios: Professor Desmond Sycamore is holding a meeting in London to discuss some business with his peers in the field. You knew before you'd even started a relationship with him that he is a busy man and of course you understood; you'd never held it against him. However, it didn't change the loneliness that gnawed at your heart in his absence.

      Thus, you found an alternative means of providing yourself some comfort...

     It was late in the evening when Professor Sycamore began climbing up the stairs of the airship. He was heavy laden with books, paperwork, and exhaustion. The meeting had taken far longer than he'd intended, and then of course those imbeciles simply insisted on dragging him out to some miserable luncheon. The food was sub-par, the company was insufferable, and the weather was grim. Naïvely, he'd thought to escape once he'd partaken in the wretchedly mediocre meal, but then they'd wanted his expert opinion (of course he's an expert, which meant that it should be obvious that he was far too busy for their foolish nonsense!) on some “revolutionary” (“Hardly!” he scoffed inwardly) “new” (he'd heard of it weeks ago) unearthing of an ancient art piece that had recently been transferred to the London Museum of Historical Peoples.“

      Ah, master! I was wondering when you'd return. I fear your midday, afternoon, and evening tea has long since gone cold. I will put a fresh pot on at once.” Raymond greeted him as soon as he'd entered the Bostonius. Heaving a long-suffering sigh of exhaustion, Sycamore shook his head.

     “No need, Raymond. This day has been a near-complete and tremendously fiendish waste of my time. I have had a long and wretched experience with those bougie nitwits, though I was at the very least able to convince them to invest in my work. Unfortunately it gave them the impression that I would be interested in mingling; their hunger for gossip is almost as severe as their appetite for below-average fast food. There are only so many rounds of soggy chips and half-frozen fish fingers I can take,” He growled out with pain, “In any case, I am most certainly not about to allow them any room for shoving their big buffoon noses into my personal business! No matter, though... The day is done, and soon we'll be off elsewhere, far far away from these imbeciles. I have much more important business to attend to than entertaining their small minds. For the moment, however, I only wish to lie down for at least an ounce of peace. I'm utterly spent,” The archaeologist haphazardly abandoned his burdens onto a nearby table, too tired for further ranting, “If you would sort these for me, it would be much appreciated.”

     Raymond nodded, uttering a quick, “Right away master,” as he immediately moved to engage the task.

     Desmond massaged his face, exasperatedly looking around the room. His expression was strained, his gaze searching. Something very important was missing from this scene. Something he'd been looking forward to seeing all day.

     “Where has my dearest gone off to then?”

     “They retired to your room several hours ago, master. They've been rather mournful for your company all day.” Answered the butler honestly.

     Desmond clicked his tongue, “This won't do at all. I shan't keep them waiting any longer. Thank you, Raymond. Goodnight.”

     “Peaceful rest to you, master.” The older gentleman turned to him and bowed respectfully, bidding the professor adieu as he scurried off to your shared bedroom.

     Quietly, Desmond pushed the door open, peering into the darkened room. Opening the door further, the light from the hallway spilled in, bathing your sleeping form in a warm glow. The man in the doorway stared for a moment. He could feel his irritated expression melting almost immediately as a long, slow exhale left him. The tension also began slipping away from his chest and muscles as he took in the sight of you, gaze softening with love. You were curled up on the bed, hair all a mess, your face buried in the blanket-

     Wait...

     Desmond squinted, eyes narrowed in suspicion. That... wasn't a blanket...

     You were wrapped in his cape.

     How had you found that??

     Not only that, but the fur scarf too, now that he looked harder. You were using it as a pillow, a small smile on your face as you nuzzled into the fluff of it. Leaving the door open for the light to see by, he approached your side of the bed, looking you over with his hands on his hips. You'd abandoned the Jean Descole persona's hat and mask on the nearby dresser, evidently pilfering only what you could comfortably sleep with. Desmond couldn't find it in himself to be cross with you. After all, Raymond had mentioned that you'd been missing him particularly badly... The longer he looked you over, the more his heart melted. He felt almost sick with adoration for you, like butterflies in his stomach. Ever so gently, he leaned down, reaching his fingers toward your face. With a featherlight touch, he lovingly brushed aside the strands of hair from your features, tucking them tenderly behind your ear. You let out a breathy hum at his touch, the sweet lilt of your sleeping voice buzzing in his brain.

     “Oh, my dear, my love...” He whispered, devotion seeping from his words like a lovestruck poet. He could feel his face heating up from his neck as he looked upon you. From now on, he'd be certain to terminate any future attempts at waylaying him from returning home to you in a timely manner. Nothing was going to get between him and moments like these... certainly not wastes of space like his coworkers.

     Desmond shook his head. No need for such things to consume his thoughts any longer. Not when he had you right there in front of him. A dreamy sigh escaped him as his lips curled up in a warm smile, unable to pry his gaze from you. His sweetest delight, his perfect partner. Oh, how he loved you. He looked you over, his gaze trailing across the cape that was wrapped so snuggly around you, gracefully outlining the form of your body. Even the darkest parts of him weren't able to resist your enchanting light, he let out a small huff of a laugh as his fingers traced the article where it met your form. You'd foregone the warmth of the bedclothes, the sheets and blankets still made up neatly beneath you. The only thing keeping you warm was that blasted cape.

     What that cape stood for never seemed to bother you. You accepted both sides of him equally, happy to love every square inch of his being, his identity. At first he'd wondered if it was naïvety, sheer innocence, or perhaps even ignorance, but no. As time went on, he slowly began to realise that it was nothing of the sort.

     You understood him.

     Understood the depths, the pain, the darkness that swirled and crashed and raged within him. You listened, you observed, you thought. You cared. The two of you were different kinds of people, there was no denying this, this much was a mutual understanding. Even so, you found it within yourself to trace every jagged edge of his being and memorise it, understand it, figure out what it was and why it was there. Despite the monumental amount of hideous history behind him, you stood before it with an unabashed determination, even when he kicked against your efforts.

     Desmond couldn't even begin to grasp why you stayed, why you persisted in your endeavour. He felt that you were wasting your time. He fought, wrestled, warred against himself in regards to your affections. He wanted it so badly, wanted your love, wanted to feel your arms around him – but it was a blow in the face to everything he'd worked for, wasn't it? A distraction. An obstacle between him and his goals. He'd resigned himself to living for one purpose for so long. Ultimately, it was Raymond who'd actually convinced him, evidently sick of watching him tear himself in half over his - at that point utterly undeniable - affections for you.

     “It's like I can't breathe. I feel as though I'm drowning,”

     “It's called falling in love, master. I'm afraid there's no cure, but it will get better with time, I assure you. You need only to let it in and stop trying to kill it. The more you try, the harder it fights back.”

     He felt he'd never be able to thank him enough. How close he'd come to losing you. To losing this.

     His hand curved around your cheek, hovering there as he sat next to you on the edge of the bed. You looked so peaceful... He didn't want to wake you up, but alas, his selfish side won out on this decision; surely you could spare just a few minutes of sleep in order to direct that breathtaking expression at him? To just let him hold you in his arms...

     “My love...” He whispered, stroking your cheek, “I'm home now.” Leaning all the way down, he placed a kiss on your forehead. As he pulled back, he hovered just a few inches from your face, whispering your name as he rubbed his thumb across your cheekbone. With a small hum, your eyes fluttered open, blinking sleepily.

     “Mmm... Hmm... Desmond...?” You muttered, half-awake.

     “It's me, my darling. I'm here. I see you've made yourself rather comfortable with my cape while I was away, hmm?" He purred. He couldn't help himself but to lightly tease you. It must be a testament to his villainous nature, he figured, to be able to do that to a sweet thing like you. Was he Desmond or was he Descole right now? He truly couldn't tell anymore. You blurred the lines for him, but it was in such an intoxicating way, he found that he no longer minded.

     “Desmond,” You repeated his name, relief heavy in the sound of it, sending shivers up and down his spine and a new wave of butterflies into his gut. You moved to sit up, and he leaned back to give you room. “I'm so happy you're home, I've missed you so much,” With that, you peeled the cape off of your upper half, freeing your arms in order to throw them around him. He welcomed your tight embrace, your face buried in the curve of his neck as he engulfed your form into his own arms. He couldn't restrain the happy, breathy laugh that left him as he caught you into his hold, pulling you up into his lap, as close to him as possible. He removed his glasses, tossing them onto the nightstand before his hand quickly found its place on the back of your head, fingers entwining with your hair as he gently moved you to look at him. Pressing his forehead against your own, he looked into your eyes - into your beautiful, gorgeous, hypnotic eyes - before pressing a desperate, needy kiss to your lips. You felt him kick out, hearing both of his shoes hit the ground and roll across it haphazardly, as he drew his legs up onto the bed.

     He pressed forward, deepening the kiss, his hands roaming and up down your back, in your hair, seemingly everywhere at once. He finally simply grabbed onto you, pulling you with him in his surprisingly strong arms as he changed positions, his back against the pillows and the headrest of the bed, legs stretched out. Desmond broke the kiss for a moment, taking a breath. Looking at you, his eyes were glossy, hazy with the heat of the moment, an adorably wobbly smile on his face. His hand came up to cup your cheek as he pressed another kiss to your lips, this time much slower, sweeter, more methodical. A perfect fit, a perfect feeling. His lips were soft like the touch of his hands, though strong and loving. Full of want that he wouldn't usually let himself verbalise. Chest-to-chest, face-to-face, one of your legs wrapped around his, you could live in this moment forever. How lucky you felt, how on top of the world. He finally pulled away, needing air again.

     He watched you for a moment more before whispering back a belated but wholly honest reply, “I missed you too.”

[tragicsibsshowdown]

The Siblings have been Selected!

are you ready to see your favorite sets of tragic siblings go head to head? Well here are you contestants entering!

Polls will be random for the first round and continue on from there bracket style!

And if you would like to make some propaganda… well just make sure to use the tag #tragicsiblingshowdown2023 bc I do wanna see it!

Azula and Zuko from Avatar The Last Airbender

Diluc and Kaeya from Genshin Impact

Donald and Della from Ducktales 2017

Nahyuta and Apollo from Ace Attorney

Vi and Jinx from Arcane

Caleb and Phillip Wittebane from The Owl House

Mari and Sunny from OMORI

Chara and Asriel from Undertale

Luffy and Ace and Sabo from One Piece

Lucas and Claus from Mother 3

Ingo and Emmet from Pokemon

Sam & Dean Winchester from Supernatural

Ed and Al Elric from FullMetal Alchemist

Eda & Lilith Clawthorne from The Owl House

Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Yanli from Mo Dao Zu Shi

Miles Edgeworth and Franziska Von Karma from Ace Attorney

Dick Grayson and Jason Todd from DC

Dess and Noelle from Deltarune

Rillaine and Allen from Evilious Chronicles

Elsa and Anna from Frozen

Thor and Loki from Marvel

Garmadon and Wu from Ninjago

Klavier Gavin and Kristoph Gavin from Ace Attorney

Andrés, Guillermo, Kara and Tamara from Enderbomb

Natsu & Zeref Dragneel from Fairy Tail

Floofty And Snorpy Fizzlebean from Bugsnax

Adaine and Aelwyn Abernant from Fantasy High

Maki and Mai from Jujustu Kaisen

Strelitzia and Lauriam/Marluxia from Kingdom Hearts 

Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha from Naruto

NiGHTS and Reala from NiGHTS into Dreams

Thalia and Jason Grace from Percy Jackson

Bianca  and Nico Di Angelo  from Percy Jackson

Rameses and Moses from The Prince of Egypt

Mephone 4 and 4s from Inanimate Insanity

Taako and Lup from The Adventure Zone

Ianthe and Coronabeth Tridentarius from The Locked Tomb 

Dante and Gene from Minecraft Diaries

Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire from A Series of Unfortunate Events

Kamado Tanjirou and Kamado Nezuko from Demon Slayer

Hornet and The Hollow Knight from Hollow Knight

Killua and Alluka Zoldyck from Hunter x Hunter

Celestia and Luna from My Little Pony

Vash and Knives from Trigun

Mipha and Sidon from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Lumine and Aether from Genshin Impact

Alice and Reko Yabusame from Your Turn to Die

Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost from Warrior Cats

Ponyboy and Darry from The Outsiders

Aaron and Alex Stowe from The Unwanteds

Shigeo Kageyama (Mob) and Ritsu Kageyama from Mob Psycho 100

Hiro and Tadashi Hamada from Big Hero 6

Shadow and Maria from Sonic 

Annie and Hallie from The Parent Trap

Ophelia and Laertes from Hamlet

Ajax and Teucer from The Odyssey

Yin and Jin (The Gold and Silver Demons) from Lego Monkey Kid

Starfire and Blackfire from Teen Titans

The Afton Siblings from Five Nights at Freddys

Kanna Kizuchi and Shin Tsukimi from Your Turn To Die

Hershel Layton and Jean Descole from Professor Layton

Stan and Ford Pines from Gravity Falls

Saeran and Saeyoung from Mystic Messenger

Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa from Star Wars

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[sundial-junk]

NEW LAYTON AU THAT JUST SPAWNED IN MY HEAD AND I AM NOT NORMAL ABOUT NOW

OKAY SO I HAVE THE EVIL SILLIES AU RIGHT RIGHT WHERE IT'S LAYTON, LUKE AND EMMY/FLORA BEING VILLAINS AND CHARACTERS HAVE DIFFERENT ROLES OR JUST DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES RIGHT [LIKE DESCOLE AS A HERO BUT HE SUCKS AT IT]

WELL I FOUND AN OLD DRAWING OF EVIL SILLIES BUT THEYRE EVIL SHADOWS [like that one lemon demon song]

ew crusty old art but i went w the idea and NOW IT'S JUST THE SERIES THE SAME BUT THEY HAVE EVIL SHADOWS THAT FOLLOW THEM EVERYWHERE AND INCONVENIENCES THEM WHENEVER THEY CAN

HERE'S A REDRAW OF THAT OLD DRAWING I SHOWED

I AM EXPLODING INTO A MILLION PIECES RN

[elie-draloup]

Professor Layton and the Miracle's Mask thoughts and theories leeeeeet's go : (spoilers for this game and everything happening prior, so original trilogy, Specter's Call, and I don't know if I mention anything from the movie but just in case spoilers for that too.)

-....Everything is different now what happened. I can't blindly tap my screen like a madlad anymore. There's a wen now.

-I don't believe that those statues were actually people, I think whoever did that is a good sculpter.

-Since I still need answers about him and since he wasn't arrested in the movie, I guess Descole is somewhere close. He doesn't look like the mask guy (slightly different energy), but he did make everyone believe he was Dolland, so... It could still be him.

-Whatever this is, I think it's either an organisation, or a mastermind either paying/menacing/manipulating people into doing all this. It seems too elaborate to be done by only one person (especially since I guess the flying guy needs wires or something, and he would need several sculptors for all these statues.)

-Oh... So Layton lost his best friend, Randall, 18 years ago... In an accident where he seems to blame himself. So new theory ! Maybe Descole do have a thing against Layton because of this : Maybe Randall was his brother or cousin or something, and he blames Layton for it. And maybe that's why he wants to make a huge discovery that much: Perhaps it was Randall's dream, and so he decided to do it for him.

Or maybe Randall isn't dead, and is Descole ! Hmm... I dunno, Layton would have remembered him better, especially if he was his best friend. Though he haven't seen his face yet and I guess your voice change from 17 to 35.

Or Randall has nothing to do with Descoll and we'll have to wait the next game for this guy's backstory. Still, Randall's body hasn't been found, so it's possible that he is still alive. But why would he pretend to be dead for 18 years ? Maybe he is the Masked man, and Descoll is waiting in the shadow for whatever his plan is this time. Or maybe Descoll isn't in this game and we'll see him in the third one.

-How many people did Layton lost throughout his life ? He lost his best friend at 17, his girlfriend/fiancee at 27 (and lost her again at 37) and thought for at least a few days that he had lost his mentor in Pandora's Box. Right now he's 35 and I still don't know what will happen to Emmy at the end of those games. Give this gentleman a break please.

-Wait he lost loved ones when he was 17, 27, 37... Ahah, Emmy is saved and only found another job ! But there's a chance Hershel lost someone at age 7. And who knows what will happen when he'll be 47.If I follow this logic (which doesn't makes sense but that's not important), then nobody will die in this trilogy.

-I GOT TO PLAY YOUNG HERSHEL THAT'S SO COOL

-It's so funny to see young Hershel acting like an actual teenager, Luke acts more like a gentleman at age 13 than Hershel at 17. And he doesn't even like archeology yet ! And his room is CLEAN. I'm not saying his office isn't clean, but it's a mess. Here ? There's not even a single book on the ground, not even on his desk, everything is in order on the shelves and that's.. so not him ? It's mentioned that his mother actually cleaned up his room, but still. Can't wait to see more about everything that happened, and how Randall will die exactly. I still wonder if he is really dead, and if he's not, what happened to him then ? But maybe he's really just dead.

-Henry is suspicious. He is waaaay too suspicious. And I'm sure his present self has at least something to do with our case.

-Back to present, I haven't considered Marissa as a possible suspect yet, but now that this Alhponse guy told me about it... Will consider the possibility. But I feel like there's actually many people involved in this... But who ? Do they all know each other identity? Are they all implied at the same level ? Who's the headmaster behind all this ? Who is manipulating who?

-Seemed obvious that all those miracles were actually elaborates magic tricks, but I didn't think we would actually prove it this early in the game. I wonder how they did the statues thing though, because thoses were probably difficult to transport. So they needed a place to hide them, and a way to quickly get them in place despite their weight.

-Grosky's fan told us that there was traces of wheels near the statues incident. So they used a carriage to hide the statues and transport them. You'd still need people with rather strong arms to put these on the grounds this quick without breaking anything.

-The fact that we know it is a rather large group of people taking part on those "miracles "... Are they all under pressure ? Are they all willingly doing this ? For money ? For their own interests? For a common goal ? I bet we already met at least some people who are actively part of it. Seems like I should be careful in whom I trust...

-The circus seems almost too obvious. They're expert at magic tricks, they're a large group of organised people, they happned to have bought lot of costumes lately, but what would be their motives? Would be too early, it's not them.

-List of people I trust : Obviously Layton, Luke and Emmy, Grosky (not in a "I can count on him way" but in a more "He won't stab me in the back" way), and that's it. Between Angela, Henry and Alphonse, the later seems the less suspicious, but i still don't trust him. I hope I can trust Ludmilla, because she's been helping me out a lot lately, but I hope it's not a trick. Counting her as an ally for now. Also, the mayor seems unaware. If only I had the Black Raven gang to help me out, at least I wouldn't have that much trust issues.

-Yep, I was right, not the circus. Alphonse definitely looks like the less suspicious between him, Henry and Angela.

-Layton is so genuinely polite and still manage to radiate so much chaotic and sassy energy, it's astounding.

-It feels like someone's trying to distract me from my investigations...First "Ho yeah my colleague want to show you something", then "Oh no something's happening at the casino". This entire town is tricking on me.

-How many people are actually part of this masquerade? What if they all know and only tourists don't ? What's even the goal behind all this? I'm so confused. I don't know who I can trust, I don't know who the mastermind is, and maybe there's not even one. Or maybe Randall's death is truly the reason behind all this: If Henry really is part of the Miracle's mask group, then why ? Is it really just to grab tourists , and throw Alphonse in prison ? It can't be just that. I wonder what exactly happened after Randall's accident. Henry said he looked out for him, and he accused Layton of abandoning Randall because he went to London (probably when he decided that spending his entire life at his job doing just that would be a good coping mechanism. Until he met Claire until she died.)

-Oh so the mask guy is Randall. I mean common. He told Henry "you stole everything from me". And like... His researches, his girlfriend, his life... Yep. That's Randall. So he's not dead. But how. And why hasn't he returned until now.

.... Yeah, I'm not certain it's Randall, because I don't know how to explain that he has disappeared for so long.

But story wise, he's the only character we know who could accuse Henry of stealing his life. But if he's not dead... Why didn't he got back sooner ? Did he survive 18 years in the ruins somehow and found a way back just now ?

-Oh wait.... If Randall is alive.... And if Randall is also Descole... Then... Descole's goal to make a great discovery would make so much sense ! However... He did tried to kill Hershel in the movie, right ? Is he.. Actuallly angry at him ?

-oh. Oh okay. I guess I get why Hershel felt guilty for Randall's death. Poor kid saw his friend falling into a seemingly bottomless pit after he desperately tried to hold him and rescue him, and then he found himself alone in some old ruins, had to finish the expedition as it was Randall's last wish, and then spent hours walking alone on the way home. How much did he actually cried during that walk. Someone please give Hershel a break. The fact that he decided to study archeology in memory of his friend is both really sweet and really sad. Kinda like he sticked to a strict gentleman behaviour and sleep with his hat on because it was the last thing Claire told him before her death. Poor dude has been imprinting on the morale and dreams of his lost ones for years as a coping mechanism.

-....... Wait. Randall fell with the mask of chaos. Henry found the mask of chaos. And if I remember well, they never found Randall's body, right ? ... Shouldn't Henry have found Randall's corpse somewhere near the mask ? So option one : I misunderstood something and Randall was indeed found and buried, so he's definitely dead end of story.

Option 2 : Henry found Randall still barely alive, took the mask and the treasure and left him to die there. Would explain a lot if Randall is the Mask guy (and possibly Descole)

Option 3 :Randall was unconscious, got rescued by Aslantes survivors (would explain where the actors come from), and the mask was left behind because it fell behind a rock or something. Then Henry finds the mask, and this idiot doesn't think it's strange that Randall's body is nowhere to be found and just thinks "yay money".

-It looks like Henry is honest about missing and looking out for Randall. But if my theory is correct and Randall is the Mask guy, then Randall absolutely hates his guts. Is... Is all this mess just a huge misunderstanding ?!

-Angela seems kinda... off. She doesn't seem bothered losing the pendant Randall gifted her before his disparition. Shouldn't it be something heavily important for her ?

-I don't trust the hotel guy. He's part of the accomplices.

- I'm lost... Is Randall really dead after all ? Is Randall both Mask guy and Descole ? Or just mask guy ? Or none ? Alive ? Dead ? Honestly the books are just describing Randall life story (or rather death story), and all he's saying is "Henry stole my life and my future wife I fuckin hate him". So yeah... To me he has to be both. Or at least the mask guy.

-YOU FUCKIN BASTARD LITTLE SHIT I DIDN'T EVEN THOUGHT Oh my gosh I want to punch this stupid guy with his stupid hairs. "Hey professor, let's talk archeology later professor, because you're so sympathic to me professor" MY ASS you traitor. Also who the heck is the hairy shadowy guy and why is he talking about what happened in last game and the movie ? And why is he talking about Descole while we haven't seen him the whole game ? (Unless he's indeed either Randall or Mask Guy). Who are they ? What have they done in this entire story ? What do they want ? Are they also looking for the Aslante civilisation ? (Problem is I know the name of the next game, so I guess the endgame will have something to do with the Aslantes anyway so... So like are we gonna bring reason to Randall, team up with him, and stop those new bad guys in the last game ? Is it what's happening here ?

- We're so close to the end and yet I still feel so confuse meanwhile Hershel is like "Hm, yeah, I think I got it". Does he know that his best friend might actually be not dead ?

-I was wrong about everything.

-Well, not everything, Randall is indeed not dead and is behind all this, though he has been manipulated by Descole who is not him after all. So I reiterate my question... Who. Is. Descole.

-Also... Seems like we have unethical archaeological multinational group as new villains! Comfort me in the idea that we're going to have some depths and redeemable qualities to Descole in the end, since we have new big bads badder than the bad guy.

-So the three places we've been to in this prelogy (including movie) are related to the Aslatnte... What is the real goal behind all this ? (Descole goal, and the mafia guys goal ?)

- I was so confused the whole game when the explanation was as simple as "Supposed dead guy is actually amnesic and got manipulated into hating two of his best friends who are both in love with him and fake-dated for 18 years and built an entire town just to wait for him to come home while the professor was drowning his grief with work." which is actually not simple at all.

[villain-championship]

Round 2 matchups

A.

The Collector (The Owl House / toh) Vs. Catra (She ra)

Jean Descole (Professor Layton Franchise) Vs. Gideon Gleeful (Gravity Falls)

Team Rocket and Megamind (Pokémon and Megamind) Vs. Libby Chlesser (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

Millions Knives (Trigun Stampede) Vs. Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu (The World Ends With You)

Charlie and DJ Octavio (Don’t Starve Together, Don't Starve / dst, ds and Splatoon) Vs. Jasper (Steven Universe)

Queen (Deltarune) Vs. Professor Venomous (OK, KO Lets be Heroes)

Zuko (Avatar the Last Airbender / atla) Vs. The Beast (Over the Garden Wall) Vs. Michael Langdon (American Horror Story Apocalypse)

Death (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish) Vs. The Cat Army (Battle Cats)

Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) Vs. Zim (Invader Zim)

Bowser (Mario) Vs. Po3 (Incryption) Vs. Goro Akechi (Persona 5/P5)

Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls) Vs. Lady Eboshi (Princess Mononoke)

Heather (Total Drama Island) Vs. Spinel (Steven Universe)

Scar (The Lion King) Vs. GLaD0S (POrtal 1 and 2)

The Shredder (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / rottmnt) Vs. Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

The Lich (Adventure Time) Vs. Debbie Jellinsky and Yubaba (The Addams Family Values and Spirited away)

Shadow Weaver (She ra) Vs. Peridot and Emperor Belos (Steven Universe and The Owl House / toh)

B.

Sevika (Arcane) Vs. Doc Scratch (Homestuck)

Jerry (Tom and Jerry) Vs. Dahlia Hawthorne (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)

Hordak (Shera) Vs. Lady Demitrescu (Resident Evil 8 / re8)

Shego (Shego) Vs. Luke Castellen (Percy Jackson)

Shiromori (Mystery Skulls) Vs. Faith (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Silco (Arcane) Vs. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Big Mama (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / rottmnt) Vs. Dr. Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog) Vs. Yzma (The EMperors New Groove)

Theala (Not Another Dnd Podcast) Vs. Donquixote Doflamingo (One piece /OP)

Dr. Starline (Sonic the Hedgehog) Vs. Kyubey (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Ainosuke (Adam) Shindo and Willy sampler (Sk8 The Infinity and Dungons and Daddies / dnddads) Vs. Negaduck (Darkwing Duck) Vs. Damon

Samuel T Owen (Ajin: Demi-Human) Vs. The Master (Doctor Who)

Matt Engarde (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) Vs. Skitter (Parahumans)

Goldenhoard (Dimension 20 Fantasy High) Vs. Morgan Fey and The White Death (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and Bullet train)

Magic De Spell (Ducktales 2017) Vs. Jevil and Zenos yae Galvus (Deltarune and Final Fantasy 14/FFXIV)

Manfred von Karma (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) Vs. Elphaba (Wicked) Vs. Medeusa Gorgon and Queen of Hearts (Soul Eater and Alice in Wonderland)

Katherine Pierce (The Vampire Diaries) Vs. Khan (Star Trek Wrath of Khan)