Prologue: A Puzzling London Trip
There was a flash of confidence from Professor Hershel Layton’s face then the typical Puzzle Correct screen popped up, which made me happy because the puzzle I had been dealt was a real bastard move. The puzzle looked easy, I assumed, a simple math puzzle, but in the end there was no actual math involved.
Looking from my messed up bed, through all the tangled sheets which I had never made up from the last night of sleep, the clock in the next room revealed me the time, which was 3:05 A.M “Holy shit, it's already that late?! I jump up and quickly close my DS and sit it down on the stand that laid right next to my bed. I hurriedly started making my bed to prepare for another night's sleep, and maybe dream again of Professor Layton, not in the gay way of course.
After finishing the task at hand, I layed back down on my bed and grabbed my DS again. “Hmm....maybe one more puzzle before bed...” I said to myself as I opened the DS to see the solution to the puzzle on screen. It was a challenge puzzle, and I was surprised to see such an easy puzzle be a “challenge” puzzle. But I just told myself that I was so used to doing these puzzles that they just became clockwork for me. Before I got around to another puzzle, something caught my eye. I looked around assessing the situation. On my right there was a dresser and a light stand with one light on for whatever reason, the reason I could not remember at the time. Looking away from it, I saw my computer, since I had no use for it at the time, had been turned off for the night. On my left I saw another dresser which I had no use for, but I kept anyways for the sake of putting my junk in. I surveyed my whole room, but could not find the source of the thing that had caught my attention.
Figuring it was nothing, and that I was tired and seeing things, I look down at my DS to solve another puzzle, only to discover that both screens were suddenly blue, like what would happen if a computer crashed. “Wow...did my puzzle solving skills really cause my DS to blue screen?” I laughed at the possibility of that, after all, it would be merely coincidence that my DS somehow crashed just because I was too good at a game.
Just then, I heard a voice emanating seemingly from my DS which freaked me out, as such things were not possible.
“You...are the one...”
“Just what in blue blazes is this thing talking about!?...this is what I get for staying up all night trying to 100% Professor Layton and the Unwound Future I suppose...I'm hallucinating…” I sighed heavily and proceeded to turn off my DS then I heard the voice again.
“Do not turn off the DS...we need you...” Again, I was confused as whatever this voice was seemingly knew what I was doing, but it kind of confirmed the suspicion I was having, which was that I was indeed hallucinating and I should turn off my DS anyways, and pretend nothing ever happened, but I was also kinda fascinated by this, after all, it's not everyday that you hear voices coming from an impossible source...well, not impossible but that's not the point.
“Your puzzle solving skills are amazing...something that would be good if say...you ended up in Professor Layton's world...”
“I...I suppose so...uh, what's your point?” I asked tiredly just really wanting to go to sleep, but it seemed that sleep would be an impossibility at this point.
“You like Professor Layton...your seemingly obsessed with everything about him and what he does...wouldn't it be nice if you got to see him up close and personal...for real?” I pondered the possibility of seeing the actual Professor Layton in the flesh, and it indeed would be fascinating to see him and his puzzle solving skills for real, besides in a video game, but that was surely impossible, as there was obviously no possible way to see him, because as we all know, he is a video game character, not a real life person.
“Well yeah, that would be nice and all, but considering that he is just a video game character, it would be impossible to see him!” I pointed my finger at the DS screen triumphantly, showing that voice who's boss.
“Really now?...What makes you think that is an impossibility? Nothing is impossible if you try after all...”
“Well there is the consideration that jumping between dimensions is theoretically impossible at this point in time, and the fact that that we don't even know if multiple dimensions even exist anyways makes it even more of an impossibility, and another thing is the fact that well, how can I even know that your not just a figment of my imagination? I could be hallucinating for all you and I know, and this is really all a dream that would make more sense at this current time.”
“You...are really naïve...despite your puzzle solving skills...”
“I am not naïve...I'm just using logic to prove why such at thing is impossible...” I was getting ticked off at this point, it seemed like my long-winded explanation went unheard.
“I will show to you how naive you truly are...by sending you to the world of Professor Layton...”
“Ok, this is just getting ridiculous, how about you shut up and...” I was interrupted by my DS suddenly displaying what appeared to be some gaping hole, which looked like some worm hole from a science fiction movie. “Um...this is just getting even more freaky now...” I slowly sat my DS down on my bed and started to get away from it, but the vortex grew bigger and started somehow sucking me into my DS. Despite it being a really freaky moment, I wasn't screaming or anything, instead, I was just fighting my way away from it in a very Ungentlemanly way, pillows went flying, one nearly hitting my DS but missing by mere inches. Suddenly the pull on my body got even stronger, which was making my already worn out body have to struggle even more, which was proving to be fruitless at that point. “This...is preposterous! A DS shouldn't be able to suck someone in like a whirlpool...gah!” I felt my body go into the DS, and suddenly couldn't feel the part of my body that went through the vortex. After a minute of struggling I was up to my chest in the vortex, the only thing stopping it from fully engulfing me was the fact that I had my arms grasped on the DS itself and was refusing to let go. “I wonder what anyone would say if they saw this happening...probably scream and...run in terror or something...” I was even struggling to say that as I was really using the last of my strength to avoid being sucked in. Then, my hands slipped off, like I was trying to hold on to butter or something slippery, and I was fully sucked into the DS.
All I remember from there was plummeting through complete darkness, my eyes trying their hardest to adjust to the changing scenery, but it was proving to be frivolous effort as the scenery changed yet again, it was clear and sunny. It was obvious I was not in my house anymore. And then I landed on the ground, instantly blacking out. All I knew...was about to change...
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