#LB!Hershel would take an extended leave of absence from his job prior to Azran Legacy

[jesterday00]

Finally figured out why Descole’s mask always looks wrong when I draw it lol anyway there’s a bit of writing under the cut for Layton Brothers stuff :3

Edit: Pose by _doodles_i_guess_ on TikTok! I keep forgetting the pose credit :(

It had been quite an eventful time recently. First the return of Dimitri Allen, then the kidnapping, then the destruction of a large portion of London. All over some silly experiment gone awry a decade ago.

Now, to cap everything off, there was someone knocking at the office door. “Eliza, I told you no visitors!” They knocked again, louder, as the man stood. “I’m a very busy man, so this had better be important.”

As he yanked open the door, Hawks noticed that not only was there no one knocking, but his secretary was nowhere to be found. “Eliza,” he called out down the hall, “no slacking!” He then shut the door as hard as he dared without sounding like a petulant child.

“My, my,” came a dangerous voice, accompanied by the creak of a leather chair, “I wonder who that could’ve been?” As Hawks whipped around to his desk, the hard surface was knocked into by a wooden boot heel.

“You?! Now?!”

“Yes, quite a shock, I’m sure. Devilish fiend [Descole] vanishes from the public eye, only to return right after London faces its largest scale tragedy in years.” He waved grand gestures around as he spoke, emphasizing the moment. “I’m sure at least once you considered I had been behind everything. But no.”

[Descole] swung his legs down and stood abruptly.

“Lock the door, Hawks. I would like this discussion to be private.”

A chill ran up the Prime Minister’s spine then. “What on earth could we have to discuss?”

“Oh, I’d merely love to confirm some… suspicions of mine… that seem to have been nearly confirmed with recent information coming to light.” [Descole] splayed his gloved hands on the desk. “Some… unsavory incidents of your past… and some unfortunate connections you carry with those who assaulted an innocent man nearly a decade ago.

I won’t repeat myself again, Bill. Lock. The. Door.”

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A note, in case anyone’s curious: I put Descole in brackets in case I change his name in the future ,’P