The Road Not Taken

One wrong choice can make all the difference ................................................ ((Indie Targent!Layton RP blog. May contain gun usage and references. Character from Professor Layton.)) Current M!A;None

[theodorereinel]

((finally! Password remembered! This is what I get for not writing any of these damn things down.

Maybe now I can start writing Lil theo again :D ))

[theodorereinel]

megxlo‌:

He’s already done it to one of his “sons”.

Why are you any different?      Keep feeding him, Theo - we’ll see if he bites, won’t we.

“...If he’s scared when I leave, then he won’t do anything himself that’ll make me leave.” He repeats. The young man seems very insistent on his beliefs.

“I’m different because I’m not you.” Ouch, Theo. “I trust my dad. I always have, and I always will. Doubt will only make things worse.”

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megxlo‌:

theodorereinel‌:

“My father is a good man and you’re just jealous.”

You’re gonna change your tune when he shoots your leg off.

“Wh - he’d never do that! I’ve been nothing but loyal and cooperative. Besides, he nearly lost him mind when he thought I was kidnapped, so I doubt he’d injure me himself.”

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thegreatestfather replied to your post: “You people are far too mean to him. I’ll make...

   Thank you, Theodore. You’re my one good child.

“I don’t care what anyone says - I’m not going to abandon you like they did. Apparently.”

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megxlo replied to your post: “You people are far too mean to him. I’ll make...

Suck up.

“My father is a good man and you’re just jealous.”

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“You people are far too mean to him. I’ll make sure to love him for you, then. Hmph.”

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Like what?

“I’m not sure... Ideally something important - my first instinct is to get him something of worth. I can’t just toss a piece of...nothing, at him, and expect him to really be happy with it, after all. A normal present is all well and good, but I.... I can’t just get him what amounts to a paperweight, now I can I?”

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“...Fathers day. I need to get him something-!”

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“There’s an awful lot going on tonight. I’d be worried, if I had any intention of going anywhere near any of it.”

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thegreatestfather‌:

“Kindly inform me which agents they are and I’ll set them straight,” If anything, he was probably more harsh with his son since Theodore knew better. Theodore had a reputation to maintain. Theodore knew better than to step out of line. “You did well in avoiding them and coming to me. Nice work.”

“Of course, sir.” Theodore responded instinctively. “I always do. They don’t usually do much anyway. too scared, I think. They can’t touch me, and it makes them angry. But like I said, it’s fine. They’re always like that anyway.” And they always had been, as far as he remembered. But they never touched him, so it was fine! Right? “Plus, it’s not like I can overpower them.” He added softly. “I’m half the size of most of them. And it’d make Targent look bad if I stooped to their level, even if only from inside. I’m your son and I’m going to act the part.”

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thegreatestfather‌:

“Ah, Theodore,” the one son that wasn’t immediately threatening to kill him. The good son. He was glad to see him, “I take it you’re well?”

“Mhm!” He couldn’t help but be happy. He rarely saw his dad outside of work! “About as well as I can be when half the agents think you let me get away with more, on account of... well, being the son of the boss. B-but that’s alright. I’ve been fine! I mostly just avoid them, honestly. Reading, or practicing my aim~”

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“Is that... dad? I could swear he was back at the base. Doing his usual thing of barking at agents over little things. Huh.”

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megxlo‌:

You’d be marginally more welcome if you had some different clothes, Theo.

There are so many things that I wish I could tell you without fear of making your brain implode. Alas, I am far too committed to the noble cause of keeping the timelines intact.

“I’m sheltered, not stupid. Unlike you.” He says - although in a language that is most definitely not english. Then, he continues, though not in the mystery language he’d just used.

“I know enough to know I’m the only Theodore I’ve met that stayed with dad. But he’s nice and he cares about me. I don’t need to know how other timelines went because they aren’t mine. Just because your dad was mean doesn’t mean mine is too. I’m not going to abandon him just because some stranger told me he had a bad childhood.”

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megxlo‌:

At least, you don’t look like my brother. Felix would never be caught dead in Targent uniform. And then there’s the fact that you’re alive.

Do you wish we were brothers, Theo?

“That attitude makes me glad we’re not related, if anything. Between you and the agents back home, at least they treat me nicely.” He responds, tense, but glowering at the other. “If this is the way you’re going to act when all I say is that I don’t feel welcome, then no, not even a little.”

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“Clearly tonight was a perfect time to choose to sneak out. I should just go back home, from the looks of things. Avoid all the trouble beforehand.”

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megxlo replied to your post: “…Suddenly I feel very unwelcome…”

I don’t know who you are. You’re not my brother.

“I mean, that’s... that’s fine. We aren’t related, after all.” He sounds a bit hurt though.

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“...Suddenly I feel very unwelcome...”