Mystery Room

"Ee, who are you then? Well, no matter! Welcome to the Mystery Room! Constable Lucy Baker at your crime-solving service!" "... Well, I would be, except the Prof's out right now. Can't do nowt til he's back. Still, 'm willing to hear what this's all 'bout!" ((Independent Ask/RP blog for Lucy Baker of Layton Brothers: Mystery Room for Smartphone devices. Please read the rules before sending in any asks and roleplay requests. Otherwise, drop in, and let's solve a mystery or two!))

[oftophats]

"Yes, he was that way."

"He never was the happiest child…"

"But it’s good to see you and Alfendi making some good progress."

[cxnstablebaker]

"Ee, makes sense."

"No' t' sound rude or nothin', but you 'n 'im are jus' so diff'rent."

"... Not like Prof's not a good person, or anythin'! Even when he's bein' Potty Prof, he's still got a good heart! Honestly, 'm lookin' forward t' seein' 'im back t' normal."

*Whistling*

"Ah, tea's ready!"

"Here y' go, Professor! 'njoy!"

[oftophats]

"That would be most appreciated, thank you, Miss Baker."

"I take it you’ve been well?"

[cxnstablebaker]

"'S not a probl'm at all, Professa'!"

With that, she began preparing a nearby tea kettle.

"Ee, 've been just fine! Me and Prof've gotten a lot o' good cases lately, and o' course, we solved 'em easily!"

"Plus, 's lookin' like Prof's gettin' his ol' self back!"

"... Still c'n hardly b'lieve Potty Prof were the real Prof... 'as he always so... a'noyed...?"

[cxnstablebaker]

teaandlogic liked your post for a starter.

"Oi! Welcome back, Mr. Layton!"

"Prof's gettin' details int' a case right now, but y' always welcome to wait! C'n I make y' some tea?"

[cxnstablebaker]

"... Ee, I've been really fallin' behind in work recently."

"Like this pos' f' a quick starte'? Can't have Potty Prof start scoldin' me for doin' nothin' for the people followin' me..."

[near20916]

I am not sure what to think of this

[cxnstablebaker]

((... You know what I just realized?))

((Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney pretty much confirmed that the Layton and Ace Attorney games pretty much take place in the same universe.))

((So that makes AA-related interactions with Lucy so much easier.))

((... I know, I know, I have to be active to say things like that.))

[plebeiantologist]

i’ll bash ur fookin ‘ead in i sware on me mum

lucy baker probably (via roscoestrapping)

[cxnstablebaker]

xbluecap

"Ee, what's a kid like you doin' 'round the Myst'ry Room?"

"A' you lost?"

[cxnstablebaker]

+3

[everybodycheaters]

   Shoot, that’s right, there’s a reason he decided to come check this place out. As he stood trying to put a few of the papers back to where he though they belonged, he struggled to find the right words to say,

   It was kind of embarassing to him. Having to come to some sketchy room of mystery or whatever the it was called. But if it’ll help him out…

   ”What do ya think I’m doing!” He quickly snipped at her before he coughed back to his normal tone. “Waluigi think he got robbed, and I heard you’re pretty good at finding things so find it for me will ya!”

[cxnstablebaker]

Lucy was fairly surprised at the purple-hatted... guy's outburst, which carried over to a different surprise upon hearing of his predicament.

"Ee, a robb'ry, eh?"

"... One hand, the Prof aren't here now. Other, hee's a crime bein' reported 'nd I can't just do nowt 'bout it..."

... Well, it's not murder...

"... Ee, y've come t' the right place! Welcome to th' Mystery Room!"

"... Keep y' hands off any pape's and don't touch th' office's prope'ty, 'n tell me 'bout y' case!"

... Seriously, she was gonna have to re-organize that! ... Not that the Prof wouldn't do it himself, but she'd feel bad for leaving him to it!

[inspextorlayton]

+1

[inspextorlayton]

"That’s the spirit. I’ll let you get right to it."

Entered into Evidence:

Chest Wound: A severe gash in the victim’s chest. Though it initially appears to be a single slash wound, closer inspection reveals it to be a series of connected punctures.

Head Wound: The fatal blow. It looks to have been a strike from something blunt, but long and narrow.

Notes: Notes for an upcoming test found in the victim’s pocket. They don’t appear to belong to him.

Pen: Found at the crime scene. It has the victim’s fingerprints on it.

Candy Bar Wrapper: A wrapper from a popular brand of chocolate. It has writing on the back, but much of it is smudged.

Hole: A deep gouge in the sandstone that appears to have been made recently. There used to be a fossil there, but it’s nowhere to be found.

Bones: Dinosaur bones. These were too large, stuck too firmly in the ground and not valuable enough to be carried off by a single person.

Tarp: A tarp for covering the site in case of rain. It’s been pushed off to the side for the time being.

[cxnstablebaker]

And of course, Lucy ran through the whole crime scene, combing out all significant evidence and clearing out everything that seemed like it was important.

"... An' there we go! S'pose tha's everythin', Prof!"

"... But oof... this crime scene goes all over th' place. Ee, now I REALLY wanna get to questionin' Enestra..."

[cxnstablebaker]

+1... clone?

[bakerofmysteryroom]

"I weren’t! An; don’t worry y’do get used t’it! I promise!"

"Alright, so! ‘Ave ya solved that case yet? Or better yet., ‘ust wot were the last case y’solved?”

[cxnstablebaker]

"... I s'pose for now, I'll take y' word for it."

She sighed, at this point kind of just... accepting this was completely real now.

"That case...?"

"Oh! Y'mean where I proved the Prof innocent o' murder and figured it were Lawson who done it? Eh-up, that's been done, it has!"

"... Say, in your 'verse, did Lawson eve' come clean 'bout 'is motives? Or his 'e still clamped like a clam?"

[cxnstablebaker]

"Hello Lucy, I'm back from my break. Still can't believe the commissioner made me take a break... Ah well. How have things been here?"

"Ee, Prof, I think y' needed it an' all, but..."

"... It's... right been somethin', I s'pose."

[cxnstablebaker]

+1... clone?

[bakerofmysteryroom]

“‘M guessin’ ya new, then?”

"I can assure y’ as weird as it seems now, y’ll get used to it! In fact I bet we’re a bit different, maybe a lot! Take our ‘ats for example!"

"I got mine from my brother Terrance, wot ‘bout yours?"

[cxnstablebaker]

"So... havin' another Lucy Baker around is just somethin' I should get used t'? Pardon if that sounds a tad farfetched..."

"... A Brother named Terrance? 'Far as I know, I'm 'n only child. No broth's or sist's...

"I jus' like this hat quite a bit! 've Worn it a bunch, saw it as 'part 'o me, and I jus' wear it now."

"....... S'pose you wasn't kiddin' about differences..."

[dubixusness-blog]

"Heh, you expected me to put myself in danger? I bet she died gladly, serving me.” A little too heavy on the egoism Diane.

"I’m glad you have some sense, Ms Baker.

But hat man isn’t to be trusted! 

You don’t know the real Alfendi.”

She brought a hand up to her lip, "The crazy, murderous, criminal who killed my father most unjustly." 

[cxnstablebaker]

"B-But that weren't the Prof! I proved it m'self! It were Lawson! He shot the man, and your fake, 'e did!"

"N-No matter how bad Potty- er, how bad the REAL Prof seems, he aren't a murderer, and ain't killed no one!"

"And besides, he're more trustworthy and good than the likes o' you!"

[dubixusness-blog]

"Yes, the girls’s death would have been near instantaneous with a shot piercing the temple. "

"But that girl wasn’t me."

"Oh, well that maybe at the end of your sentence makes you sound so very sure of yourself but sadly, “ 

"Your wrong.

I’m Makepeace in the flesh.” 

[cxnstablebaker]

"... Eh?"

"... That wad'nt it? You're the real Diane Makepeace?"

"Are you tellin' me you set up a fake?!"

"B-But why would you- That's terrible! That took someone's life!"

... Suddenly, a bit more past the moral dilemma of the issue hit her, making her grow very uneasy.

"Y-You know the Prof's not the one who killed your Dad now, right? Or your fake? You aren't going to try hurting him again, is you? What are you even doing here?"

[dubixusness-blog]

"I have my ways, my dear Dectective Constable."

[cxnstablebaker]

"Ways or not, you was shot right through the head! You din't have a pulse! Dead!"

"... Oh wait, I think I gots it!"

"You aren't really Makepeace, are you? You're someone who looks like he'! Someone tryin' to prank me, maybe?!"

... Well, at least she's confidently wrong.

[cxnstablebaker]

dubixusness

"Oh, 'ello there!"

"Welcome to the Mystery Roo-"

"..."

"... And just how are YOU here?!"