#this will Not happen again .bye

[justewil]

well, i never thought that young lady would betray you like this. your assistant, a targent mole!

ngh.

i can see by your face that you had no idea... but we can't stand here moping while bronev seizes the azran's power. i don't care what happens to the boy, but i know you feel differently. we both want to stop bronev. why not work together? i won't let you go alone, so you may as well accept.

very well. i see i have little choice. onwards it is. there! that's luke!

professoooor!

i don't see bronev or the others. they must have left him and gone on ahead. i suppose you'll want to rescue the boy. well, whatever we do, we'll need to cross this gap.

that is true...

now then, layton. how do you propose we get across?

hmm, i believe it is a test.

those who cannot find the way are deemed unworthy and may not enter the sanctuary. that is all there is to it.

aha! i believe this device is the key!

professor!

luke! i'm glad to see you safe.

i could say the same, professor...

how did you end up here all alone, boy? did they leave you behind?

descole! professor, why is descole with you?

so much resentment! you'll be glad to know that we have forged a temporary alliance, a truce while we fight a common enemy.

i wasn't talking to you!

luke, calm down, please. i don't like it either, but descole is right. if bronev unleashes the power of the azran, the consequences may be disastrous. we must work together to stop him. now, why did bronev and emmy leave you behind?

oh yes! i meant to tell you, professor! emmy is still on our side!

hm? what do you mean?

well, she let me go, for a start...

emmy, how could you do this to us? you were the professor's assistant! you were our friend!

you wouldn't understand, luke.

sniff... sniff...

ahh...

why won't you tell me?

look... uncle leon - bronev - is like a father to me, and he's a good person, really. he just has to finish this. you'll see.

bronev's your uncle?!

he may as well be. he's always looked after me, ever since i was little. he was so kind... now, though... it's as if the azran have consumed him. but with the professor here... well, maybe the professor can finally bring him to his senses.

what do you mean, emmy?

i-

emmeline! what's going on over there?

sorry! er... the boy tripped over a rock! i think he's hurt his knee. we should leave him behind. he's only going to slow us down.

indeed. we only need the girl for our purposes.

we should hurry before descole or the professor catch up with us.

very true. and as you say, the child would only be a hindrance. leave him. now, let's go!

... luke, the professor is sure to be here soon. you just stay here and wait for him, okay?

emmy...

i see.

so the young lady has a personal stake in all this...

we can ponder emmy's intentions later. for now, we must press on after bronev.

another door! the sanctuary could be just on the other side.

it looks as though this whole passage was blocked by ice until just recently.

it does. all this time, the sanctuary has been encased in protective ice, hidden from the world...

the others must have cleared the way. they're already inside!

then this is no time to hesitate. let us press on. the doors appear to be firmly shut, and i can't see any obvious way of opening them...

how did bronev get inside, then?

he had the key, didn't he? besides, he had aurora with him. it would have been child's play.

but... we don't have either. and it's all your fault! if you hadn't stolen the key stone in the first place-

yes, yes, how truly dreadful of me. now, shall we focus on how to open the door?

"when the need is great, there is always a way. now, prove your worth."

what?! er... yes, our need is very great. let us prove ourselves! that was... odd. but the way is open. we can continue. we're coming, bronev! just you wait!

hmph! whoa!

through every age of man it has been here, and here it is still, almost intact. the azran were capable of great things.

i suppose the ice seal would have provided some protection from the elements, but even so...

layton! they kept a girl alive for a million years! keeping this place standing would be a cinch in comparison! ha! with their power, one could dominate the whole world if one wanted to. imagine it in bronev's hands...

or in yours! you're just as bad as he is!

is that what you think?

if you hadn't stolen the key from us, none of this would have happened!

allow me to clarify something for you. the only reason i invited you to travel with me at all was so that i could take my revenge on bronev. not everything is about the azran. in fact, they are a great annoyance to me. but you never considered this, did you?

shut up! i'll never believe you again! all those kind things you said to aurora, and it was j- just an act...

hmph.

luke, please-

enough! stop your snivelling, boy. we haven't the time. while we stand here chatting, bronev is making his way to the heart of the sanctuary!

i know. we cannot let bronev unleash the power of the azran.

perhaps... we have all been deceived. you and i, even bronev... perhaps we are all puppets dancing to the azran's tune. but we can worry about that later. it's time to move on.

very well. there now, luke. come along. aurora needs our help.

there's no path. how are we meant to get across?

hmm... it appears to be a canal, but the water level is very low... ah! do you see those bridges overhead? it looks as though the control mechanisms are up there.

okay, so we use them to raise the water level, and then what? we swim?

ha, you can, if you wish. now, allow me.

no! you'll just stab us in the back! i'll go! p- professor! look!

yes, you won't have to swim, after all. that boat looks to be made of wood, though. it should have rotted away aeons ago. hmm. in any case, well done, luke. thanks to you, we can move on.

a relatively simple puzzle, i'm sure, but still... you did well.

i don't need your praise!

now, now, luke, there's no need to be like that. let's carry on.

the air feels different here. it's really hot!

those statues... look at their eyes! i have a horrible feeling these fellows have been designed to shoot fire at intruders.

a rather nasty kind of azran guardian, i see. anyone without the key will get burnt to ashes... whoever built this sanctuary really didn't want any intruders to wander in!

they do seem to have gone to an astounding effort to protect this place.

ha! these pitiful defences are not going to stop me! stand back!

those statues won't be causing us any more trouble!

what? no!

aaaaaaargh!

descole!

descole, are you- ?

agh, save your concern, layton. there's something i have to tell you.

what is it?

you were too young. you probably don't remember.

remember what?

that day... after our parents were abducted.

i don't understand.

i am Not typing out the cutscene ... hi this was just to keep me awake in the car >_<

[kitamars]

doodles as i relive my spideyman phase from eighth grade

[lilybug-02]

An alarm clock sounds the end!

Bug Fact: Several insects can hear ultrasonic sound waves, including cockroaches, spiders, wasps, beetles, and flies.

First || Prev // Next

Masterpost

[inklore]

i feel like some people forget pen has been pining after colin for three seasons. twenty episodes of home girl being love sick over this man, colin just needed to catch up. to realize him looking for pen in every ballroom, only feeling comfortably seen by his best friend, is something more. that’s why there is no slow burn. those twenty episodes have been the slow burn!

[quackle]

emu had a lot of fun with her grandpa in her fragment sekai. but then she processed that it wasn't actually real and then she cried......... :(

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

Spring is here , the true beginning of the year , the season where my soul reborns and blooms .

I have made some progress in terms of the person I am becoming, truly in all my honesty all that i have done is to stop caring for everything that once used to matter , the less I care about anything in particular the less I am bothered and the happier i stay. And i really hope everyone here is doing well and I appreciate all the love that was sent.

The problem is I care a lot about everything and i don't even get the bare minimum in return and when i do get it it's too late, so much time has passed by then ,when it comes by then i do not want or need it because it's the not care that came out of love it came out of their guilts. And the longer i wait for it to come by -the more I learn why I don't need it anymore .

I am slowly learning to value myself ,trying to put myself in a position where I can agree that i too deserve all the good things and love even on the days when i have nothing to offer .

Idk guys I am just here to rant and to be stupid

Better late than never they say , I guess it's not too late for me either, I will start my life and live up to what I want & how I feel ,i don't have to care about anything else as long as I feel alive in my bones things will eventually flow, I will fall in love with myself little by little day after day.

I will choose myself instead of choosing others and I will fall in love with my solitude instead of bearing it with me , i don't care if I end up alone if I do end up all by myself I will be with someone who i know has a tendency not to give up .

Life is really short i just don't want to sit and watch it pass by , if I am lucky enough I will have 40 more springs to experience , I have clear boundaries and thoughts in my head now, eventually i will find peace through it I hope so.

Ramdan kareem to people who celebrate it here please remember gaza in your prayers and fastings

[teastarfall]

strange little guys… mayhaps a gang of little nightmares… perchance…

[thekittyokat]

you ever just have a lot, a LOT of feelings all at once about a character and not even remotely enough words or brainpower to FORM the words to describe everything you're feeling. so it feels like you may explode. yeah

[artsy-1diot]

i feel like its been too long since I've drawn firesetter art especially for my main,,,, more gay people art for thee,,,,,,,,,,

[babsaros]

hey. when cis society is oppressing a trans man, what he is experiencing is. In Fact. misogyny. i'm sorry i know none of us like to be reminded of our agab, and it hurts whenever people perceive you as the wrong gender. but a cis person hate-criming, assaulting, verbally abusing, etc, a trans man is not doing "transandrophobia" because they do not perceive him as a man.

they perceive him as a woman failing at her gender, as a woman who has been seduced and lied to and manipulated because women are so easily led astray, just like it says in the bible. they perceive him as a woman who has been mutilated. they perceive him as a dyke that needs to be fixed. if they are hate-criming him because they *do* perceive him as a man, because he passes well enough they aren't thinking he could be trans, then they're doing so out of homophobia, perceiving him as a gay man, a pervert, a sissy, a danger to children. OR, they are being transphobic but specifically because they think he might be transfeminine instead. when cis society oppresses a trans woman, they are able to do it on multiple levels at once. She's a woman failing at her gender, a dyke that needs to be fixed. Or she's an evil and grotesque crossdressing pervert, a rude caricature, a danger to polite society. she will never be doing enough to escape oppression entirely, no matter if she gets every surgery she can and wears makeup every day and passes perfectly, because she lives under a patriarchy, and she's a woman, so she lives in a panopticon, and HAVING to get surgery and wear make-up to be respected IS oppression, especially if the alternative is being hate-crimed.

trans women (and trans men who pass) are not experiencing "transandrophobia" when a 'queer women and nbs" event turns them away at the door for being too masculine. they are. IN FACT!! experiencing the byproducts of misogyny in a patriarchy!!! where the terfs and coward cis women running those events and occupying those spaces have been taught (sometimes through experience, sometimes by men, sometimes by women) throughout life that men = stronger and more dangerous than women ALWAYS. That they need to protect themselves at all times and always be vigilant. That men and women can't be friends without sexual tension (and so as queer women the mere existence of what they perceive as a "man" is a threat). That women need a separate sports league because they can't possibly compete with someone who has even a little bit "extra" (an unquantifiable amount actually because there isn't a standard range) testosterone. That women should cook and men should fix cars. i promise you, i promise i promise i promise. it's misogyny. like!!! you don't say cis gay men experiences "androphobia", bc that's not a thing!! you sound like fucking mens rights activists guys please! you don't say a black man experiences "misandrynoir"!! because living in a patriarchy fundamentally means men do not experience oppression based on their gender. its not happening. shut the fuck up. stop walking us back to 2014 can we please take a step forward and stop bitching about this. there are genuine issues in the world and i'm frankly sick of people who should be smarter than that needing to be gently hand-held through this fucking explanation for the millionth time and still stomping their feet.

[buffygirlfail]

one thing about me is i will always adore the antagonist introduced in s2 who wears all black and leather and falls in love with the chosen one despite all odds and changes to be a better man for her !!

[kitamars]

hi ive been going through it a little bit

[krysmcscience]

Hi, I woke up to this yesterday, and my brain is still exploding.

I don't even know how they came across my Ko-fi with how little traffic I got, but they did and were wonderful and I am so unbelievably grateful???

I can't even remember the last time I felt truly hopeful, but here I am. Feeling hopeful.

Wow.

What a world.

[todayisafridaynight]

[sixxxer]

Claudia protecting Madeleine in the show as opposed to the other way around in the movie and book where Claudia clings to Madeleine 😭

[ghostradiodylan]

I really love that I've now been called misogynist AND racist for shipping Rylan, in subtweets (subtumbls?) from people I've never even interacted with. I genuinely do find it hilarious because, to paraphrase the immortal words of Fall Out Boy, I typically don't care what you think as long as it's about me. :3

But this is getting kinda weird and personal and if you think I won't hear what you say about me just because you've blocked me specifically then you must be new.

I'm sorry, who was unnecessarily nasty? Because I haven't seen anyone be nasty in this very oblique conversation until now.

For what it's worth, in case anyone with two braincells to rub together was confused (not that they would be), I don't 'have a fetish for gay men' (which is something I feel like only a homophobe would say, but I tend to try not to call names until someone does it to me). I just feel the chemistry between those two characters that's very clearly intended in the script and performances. The arc of their relationship is deeply wholesome and sweet, and that kiss at the campfire is one of the cutest things I've ever seen in a video game. Also Dylan and Ryan sparked something in me that I honestly thought was dead, reminded me that I was full of stories when I was in a very, very dark place in my life and I will love them for that forever. And I've already promised another 100k of fic about them so anyone who has a problem with that can die mad I guess stay tuned for that.

This is a silly thing to fight about and I should be above getting heated over internet shipping wars and responding to insults from unserious people. But when they turn into personal attacks for no good reason? I guess I'm not. I don't want anyone to change what they ship or what they write, I only want them to stop being so smug and superior while willfully misinterpreting the canon and accusing others of the same and so much worse.