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Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
ＰＡＲＴ ０８
〚ＦＩＲＳＴ〛〚ＰＲＥＶ〛〚ＮＥＸＴ〛
Disclaimer: This is a fan-translation for the Japan-exclusive novellisation of the movie Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva. The original novel was written by Aya Matsui under the supervision of Akihiro Hino, and belongs to Level-5.
This translation only aims to be a pleasant read for non-Japanese fans, nothing more: I made a few deliberate changes while translating in order to get the writing style closer to what is usually found in English fanfictions, as the Japanese storytelling can sometimes be different than what we are used to.
＊ Puzzle n°001
“Let’s get going. Puzzle n°001: ladies and gentlemen, please take a good look around you, and assemble under the oldest thing you can find.”
The man’s voice had just told us the first puzzle.
“Now, do note that there is a time limit.”
Spotlights were switched on and a long, narrow box-like object was raised up. A music box.
The paper containing the score, rolled around a cylinder, slowly unwrapped and ended up swallowed into a slit. Soon, the machine began to play a tune.
“You have until the music ends… so there is no time to lose.”
The audience had been stunned by the unexpected turn of events; but everyone soon rushed out of the hall. Their one and only goal was simple: to find this ‘oldest thing.’
We could not afford to stay idle. I stood up in a hurry.
“Professor, let’s go find it!”
The professor replied with a calm nod, and slowly walked towards the door.
“I’m coming too,” Janice said as she rushed to catch up with us.
I glanced… sideways at her. Even in normal clothes, without her costume as the Queen of Ambrosia, she was still a very beautiful person. And even though she was now back to being Janice Quatlane… Her lively sparkling eyes and the impression of dignified strength that she radiated had remained exactly the same.
I wanted to protect her. But I was a child, wanting to protect a famous adult opera singer… if anyone could hear this, they would surely laugh at me.
Still, I was very serious. I couldn’t let Janice suffer the same fate as those who had disappeared under the floor earlier. And the only way to do that was to keep winning this game.
I was going to become a gentleman too. It was only natural to help a lady in need.
I decided to focus my thoughts on the puzzle. The Crown Petone was decorated here and there with fossils, rough crystals, and antiques, all looking very old. We had to find the oldest item out of all of these… My eyes would scurry here and there, all around, but I only felt like our limited time was being wasted.
Janice looked very worried. I had to do something… The sound of the music box playing made me feel even more impatient.
“Professor, there are way too many things on board that could be the right answer! Which one could be the oldest?”
The professor did not respond. I stopped asking.
I had soon learned that when he was silent and had this kind of expression on his face, it meant that his mind was moving at full speed. I did not want to disturb his thoughts by talking about unnecessary things.
Suddenly, he looked up with a start. He must have solved it!
“It’s alright, Luke. Now, let’s hurry back to the theatre.”
And there it was. I was glad I hadn’t bothered him.
When we returned back to our starting point, I noticed that quite a few other people were already here.
Suddenly, the professor said:
“The clue was in the puzzle itself.”
“Huh?”
I quickly pulled out my notebook, reading again the mysterious man’s exact words. I had written them down as soon as he had announced the puzzle.
“Try to remember,” the professor continued. “The host said ‘take a look around,’ but at no point did he say ‘look on this ship’…”
I ran my eyes hastily over my notes.
“He certainly didn’t use the words ‘on board.’”
“This is because the ‘oldest thing’ we are supposed to find is not on this ship.”
Janice asked with a surprised look on her face:
“But if it’s not on the ship, then where is it?”
“The oldest thing we are supposed to look for…”
The professor suddenly looked up. Janice and I did the same. Above us was a clear, starry sky.
“…are the stars that have existed for tens of thousands of years,” he soon concluded.
The oldest things were the stars! This was not an answer I had considered. But now that I had heard it, it sounded obvious. All the fossils and other objects that had been placed all over the Crown Petone were simply decoys meant to mislead us.
“You did it again, Professor!”
As I just finished saying this, the music box fell into silence.
“Your time is up. The oldest things were the stars in the sky that still shine in the night to this day… Congratulations to all that stand in this hall. You have earned the right to try your hand at the next puzzle.”
Many contestants around us breathed a sigh of relief. But at that moment, dozens of screams reached my ears from outside.
I was reminded of all the people who had disappeared when the floor collapsed earlier.
If we could not solve the puzzle, then we had to offer our life… This was a terrifying game of life and death. Once again, fear was palpable.
“Let us now move on to Puzzle n°002. Ladies and gentlemen, please gather this time around the place ‘from which you can see the largest crown.’”
The man’s voice sounded to me like a death sentence…
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#professor layton#layton's book club#luke triton#hershel layton#janice quatlane#eternal diva#eternal diva novel#translation#professor layton and the eternal diva#funny question by the way#did all the people who went on the deck and also had a clear view over the night sky lose?#that would suck if they were still admiring the right answer but from the wrong location#also would have been a sorta neat place to stand on since that's also supposed to be the place to go for puzzle 002#but I guess Des might have planned it and done something like locking up the door leading outside after everyone had gathered in the theatr#and only unlocked it again for puzzle 002 when it became relevant#that'd be even sneakier for the contestants who would have tried to get outside for puzzle 001#and it might be a way to make sure that nobody takes the lifeboats early too#making it so that when the lifeboats become the answer... the people taking them are also more likely to be more interested in#winning the game than in using the boats to escape
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i was rewatching enies lobby, and theres a scene where luffy asks zoro a math question, and granted, it’s an easy multiplication, but i had a thought. what if...what if zoro is just really good at math for no reason?
#luffy#zoro#one piece#enies lobby#comic#zoro is really good at math#of course luffy has no way to know zoros answers are right#but i think its funny anyways#the real question is#why did luffy ask if he didnt think zoro knew
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this is a for real question. is your art traditional or digital i think it's traditional based on the black and white but i just realized i can't really distinguish it when i look closer. also your art is sooo good btw i lav it
it is traditional! and thank youuu
#idk why this pic looks funny it looks like i took a hostage photograph#i have received this question a lot recently i wonder why#i guess the switch to ink and the way i take pictures may make it look digital
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i always feel bad when i see how the point of a lot of saiki's personality traits flew right over the heads of a lot of fans due to him being an unreliable narrator and a tsundere lol.. so a lot of things he says are immediately proved to be untrue and often just him putting up a front, but some people dont pick up on it..
like i see a lot of "haha saiki would never want to watch a romance movie" guys there is an entire chapter (170) dedicated to him being like "i much prefer mysteries to romance stories.." and then immediately becoming absolutely enamored with a romance story.. he was lying, guys, LMAO
less specific ones include:
"i hate children, they annoy me" *goes out of his way to help kids, comfort them, be kind to them, etc.*
"i only use my powers for self gain/my own convenience." "anyway my mama told me to never use my powers selfishly so i always use them to help people and i try my best not to use them for personal gain<3"
"those guys are so annoying, i would never hang out with them willingly." "yeah it took them about two sentences to convince me to go with them. their thoughts seemed like they really wanted me to go, so i did. i didnt want them to be upset. not that i care about them or anything."
(sorry i post about this kind of thing a lot, i just giggle a lot at how the entire manga is so easily misinterpreted and thousands of people have watched the show but didnt pick up on the main characters most defining character traits and frequent bits.. i think there needs to be a masterlist or something disproving all the extremely common misconceptions about saiki k lol)
#not hating lmao its just silly#i once saw one of those 'how saiki k characters would drink their coffee' posts and for saiki it said 'black coffee'#and i giggled#what do you mean you think the guy who only smiles during really sweet moments or when hes eating sweets would drink black coffee#thats so out of character but they obvi were just going by personality which u guess is funny#that mf prob would make homemade pumpkin spice lattes drowned in sugar and creamer and whipped cream and sprinkles#hey genuine question to people who watched the anime this way: how was it still funny ?#him being a liar tsundere unreliable narrator is often the MAIN bit.. like in EVERY chapter..#did u only pay attention to the silly mini jokes within the episodes and those were somehow still enough to make you love the show ?#or like.. what was it ??? IDK I GENUINELY DONT GET IT#saiki k#tdlosk#the disastrous life of saiki k.#saiki kusuo#meows post#meownalysis
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I've decided a funny interaction would be Vox seeing Alastor and Lucifer on his spy cameras together (they're literally not even doing anything they're just in the general vicinity) and doing the exact thing he told Valentino not to do by rushing over to confront them.
Vox, bursting in the doors: "YOU'RE WITH LUCIFER?!?!"
Alastor, not dealing with this: *disappears into his shadows*
Lucifer, confused: "Uhhhh....who are you?"
Vox, infuriated: "DOES HE LET YOU SEE HIS TAIL?!?"
Lucifer, even more confused. Lives with Alastor, does NOT realize that "Does the Radio Demon have a tail?" is of furious debate amongst much of the public (nor that Vox runs a reward service for anyone who can get proof of said tail). Has seen Alastor half-asleep on the couch during forced movie night without his jacket, has seen him drunk, has seen him chase Angel out of his room half-dressed, amongst other things: "Yes?"
Vox becomes so overheated that he shuts down. Charlie comes home to see Vox, passed out on the couch, with her dad anxiously standing nearby like, "Okay, I KNOW this looks bad, but this was NOT me!"
#hazbin hotel#alastor#lucifer morningstar#vox#one way broadcast#one sided radiostatic#radiostatic#radioapple#(at least in vox's mind)#hazbin alastor#hazbin lucifer#hazbin vox#fic#mine#the idea is so funny just imagine lucifer accidentally implying him and Alastor are together because he doesnt know anything#like yes ive seen his tail??? who hasnt??? well yeah he's made me dinner??? what kind of question is that??#Lucifer responding like idk man we live together idk what to tell you and Vox taking that as them LITERALLY living in the same room together
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#wind waker#loz#zelda#beedle#linktober#link#aquanutart#day 1: merchant#i really liked beedle in the wind waker he just always seemed so genuinely enthusiastic and happy to see you#i thought his compliment card was hilarious. i always bought a lot of bait anyway to complete my sea chart#and because i liked messing around as a bird i guess i'd buy hyoi pears; so i always racked up enough points without really trying#however i wasn't a fan of what they did with his character in games after that. he became pressuring and insincere#i understand why people would find a two-faced salesman character funny or interesting in his own right#but it's the opposite of what i originally liked about him#unfortunately this makes me question whether it was meant that way to begin with?#i don't know but i like to believe wind waker beedle actually meant his enthusiasm#back when ww beedle was the only beedle i always meant to show appreciation for him so i'm doing that now
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happy mother's day lmfao
bonus (the girls are fightiiing):
#and thus eddie caused a category 5 neighborhood disaster bc he tried to flirt via sandwich questions#which is a totally valid way to flirt. Totally.#what's more romantic than being able to bring people their favorite sandwiches without having to ask#idk im not a romantic. almost wrote tomantic. i dont like tomatoes either#welcome home#scribble salad#welcome home fanart#welcome home puppet show#in all honesty during last night's festive breakdown i had the doodled Thought above#and scribbled it in my phone notes#it feels good to not only have an Idea but to also Get It Out#yaknow? i dont get that often#brain usually has half a thought then fizzles out and decides to go lay down for a full week#also here's a niche concept that is incredibly funny to me:#a neighbor swearing and wally immediately being like NO!!! THE RATINGS!!!!#he has to snipe them before they can get the full word out. how sad :'{#alsoX2 special thanks to these doodles for keeping me awake#i had decided not to sleep when i drew this and i can't fall asleep before ten otherwise ill wake up 4 hours later wide awake#with no hope of getting back to sleep#and another s/o to barnaby for being incredibly pleasant to draw. he does not fight me like the others do
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I'm filipino and I've been following your art on insta for a long time but didnt know much about ties that bind, so when I found out that raegan was filipino and you were also an SEA artist it was super cool bwehbdhe
Happy to hear anon!
#asks#this resposje to my ig story question was so funny I had to attach#I love this Filipino beam pic I need to know who made it#Also sorry I keep doing that thing where I reply way too late#People who send asks in good faith know you live in my heart 24/7#Even that one anon who keeps roleplaying putting sand in my enclosure#Have a good day sandman anon
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aitana said everything she needed to say in catalan already.
you understand or not understand?
(source: barça one)
#jona and aitana are way too happy about no questions in english#i love her she's so unintentionally funny#aitana bonmati#jonatan giraldez#fcb femení#woso#futfem
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Lucifer telling the others about Lilith for the first time!
[ Spoilers for Belphie's UR card: Avatar of Sloth ]
#I'm sorry but the idea that Lucifer was just adopting ppl left and right during his celestial realm days is so funny to me#and this instance in specific was so jsjwjqks#man really just came home to his kids one day and went: “We have another one on the way😊”#and the fact that everyone immediately accepted and didn't even question it like it's a normal tuesday djsjsjsjs#he just can't beat the single dad allegations and I love him for that#absolutely adorable I loved getting through this card#this was a second part to my last post?#omnb card: “the avatar of sloth” ( belphegor )#obey me#obey me nightbringer#omnb#obey me shall we date#omswd#obey me devilgram#obey me lucifer#obey me belphegor#obey me beelzebub#obey me lilith#obey me asmodeus#obey me screenshots#☙ no creativity for names ✾
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more parallels with these two: saving someone (something like an enemy; zoro with smoker in alabasta, law with bellamy in dressrosa) because luffy asked them to, then casually mentioning they couldn't care less if the other person lives or dies (but they do care, because luffy cares)
#roronoa zoro#trafalgar law#monkey d. luffy#zolu#lawlu#zolawlu#one piece#mine#gif:op manga#i just love these moments! the devotion for luffy... changing them as a person and bringing out their good sides even more over time.#sharing the care fo the world that luffy has and slowly seeing things his way (especially with zoro since ch1 its more visible how-#he understands how luffy thinks and does things.#and its funny to see in these chapters how law does something and then questions why he did that bc he slowly starts to understand luffy)#alabasta ch 176#dressrosa ch 796
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"I think this is the most inhuman; and human, that I've ever felt.."
MUCH CAN HAPPEN IN A YEAR. IN FIVE YEARS. A DECADE. imagine how much can happen in a century. just ONE (1). How will you grow? what phases do you find? even in 5 years, you will find patterns.
#jrwi fanart#jrwi show#jrwi suckening#jrwi suckening spoilers#jrwi the suckening#arthur bennett#HEY SO THE REALLY FUNNY THING THAT THE CHARACTER DID THAT SEEMED RLY SILLY N GOOFY IN THE MOMENT?#LIKE THE WHIPLASH BETWEEN SERIOUS N SILLY ALMOST PISSED YOU OFF? WHAT IF I FOUND A WAY TO MAKE YOU SAD ABOUT IT#this was meant to be a scribble that would be a bigger part of a bigger page.might leave it on that page.#but still. bc o that i nearly posted it onto my wacky side blog.BUT NAYY I SPENT TOO MUCH TIME N ENERGY N YOU GOTTA SEE IT#ARTHUR BENNETT DRIVES ME CRAZY. I FEEL LIKE ITS ODD FOR HIM TO BE SO TECHNOLOGICALLY OUT OF TOUCH#WHERE HAS HE BEEN. HAS HE BEEN IN WAR? IS THAT WHERE MAGNUS CAME FROM? WHERE WAS HE WHEN HE WAS WITH EDWARDS CREW?#ARTHURRR I HAVE QUESTIONS ARTTHUUURR!! HEY CAN I ALSO ASK; WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU BECOME#DO YOU THINK HE HAD ANY IDEA HE WOULD VEER CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE MONSTER HE DESPISES. ALL BC HE DESERVES IT. OR WATEVER#HE FASCINATES ME SO MUCH. TO LOOK AT THE STONE COLD STOIC FOOL FROM THE START OF THE SHOW#AND TO FIND OUT THAT HE USED TO BE A BAD BOY.. A DELINQUENT... A LIL PRANKSTER.... MY GODDD THATS ADORABLE#I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE.... BUT I DOUBT THE LAST EPISODE IS GONNA ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS..i love arthur bennett so much....#AS FOR THE ART!! i mostly used the fire alpaca watercolor brush. tbh im not a brush guy. anti aliased default pen tends to be my main game#but LATELY IM SQQQUIRMIN OUT OF AN ARTBLOCK so expirimenting like this is helping#DONT LOOK TOO HARD AT IT!! im still proud tho. colors are fun :3 im also very proud of the backgrounds#I LOVE THE CARTOON THING where the background looks all fancy n painted but the characters are solid colors#what else can i ramble abt. OH YEAH. i looked up the bikes to make sure they were time accurate tehehehe. 1913 to 2012.#almost a century apart!! isnt that neat? ALSO FUUUCK CAN I JUST MAKE A QUICK CONFESSION. DOWN HERE IN MY TAGS.#only the strongest can read my tags anwyay. SO I REALIZED WHY I LOVE ARTHUR SO MUCH. TIME IS A FLAT CIRCLE#while arthur is a Stoic and Cool vampire w a knack for being playful/silly; who alsos been alive fora century thus witnessing HORRORs#THERE HAPPENS TO BE A ROBOT FROM A BAND W A TITANIUM ALLOY SPINAL COLLUMN#WHOS A Stoic and Cool ROBOT w a knack for being playful/silly; who alsos been alive fora century thus witnessing HORRORS#the fuckkkiiinnngggnn The Spine from steam powered giraffe. WHATEVER. i cant escape from my heart. i guess.#i think The Spine and Arthur could be friends. Arthur saw the band perform back when they were the Steam Man Band#EDIT: WOOPS I DIDNT REALIZE THIS WOULD END UP IN THE SPG TAG. HI GUYS DIDNT KNOW U WERE STILL ALIVE SORREE 4 THE CROSS CONTAMINATION
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Elain: [getting drunk and accidentally letting slip the unhinged/feral/frenzied/Calanmai-esque things she and Lucien have done with a giggle before going right back to another topic]
Feyre and Nesta:
Nesta:
#acotar#elucien#crack elucien headcanon#funny headcanons#elain archeron#feyre archeron#nesta archeron#lucien vanserra#supportive/shocked sisters headcanon#no way feyre won't question a few of her life choices#post-canon#elain x lucien#lucien x elain#elucien headcanon
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i think it would be very silly, a little hee hee funny, if shane ended up put in an older sibling role (without trying) to the younger bachelors/bachelorettes
#it starts with sam @ joja#asking for advice esp while kent is gone & shane is like 🤨 ay yo idc#but eventually shane will just. casually answer sam's questions. maybe he likes him. no. it's bc answering will get sam to shut up#shut up#& then one day he's passing by alex who's trying to perfect the way he throws his gridball#cue former griball player shane: ur form sucks#alex gets mad & asks shane to do it better then#shane does it perfectly & alex suddenly asks if shane can show him#shane is confused but goes step by step#& then alex just starts asking more questions later & shane is like ????? ok?????#& then one day while it's raining sebastian stops shane & asks him if therapy rlly does help#& shane is like dude idk if i can rlly talk to u abt this go 2 ur mom#sebastian looks so sad tho#so shane does explain it & the process#seb continues going to shane with questions#this cycle continues with the other younger bachelors/bachelorettes#until shane has this gaggle that follows him & he's so confused as to why this is happening#emily thinks it's rlly funny#shane is groaning & slamming his head on the table the entire time#ramblings#my headcanons
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i gave up on buying the official tgcf books and i’m just reading a fan translation online so i don’t know if it’s just that but why is the novel SO HILARIOUS just the delivery of some lines makes me wheeze
#also gonna start writing my thoughts in the notes and things i find funny and questions i have#n e ways#TO THE PERSON THAT HELPED ME!! ->#i’m so sorry i know i said i would look for them but i actually can’t afford the $400 to get the books when i can find them for free online#but thank you so much for your help anyway#🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕#btw if you’re actually reading this you know who you are i just wasn’t sure if you wanted me to mention your name or anything so i just#wrote this instead#me :)#tian guan ci fu
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Silly question, are you attracted to Jerma I'm just curious?
LOL ig it depends on how you define the word. Definitely not in the typical/expected way, I don't think. For example I wouldn't ever want to actually meet Jerma IRL.. beyond like a 10 second selfie or autograph fan interaction type thing at least.
Mostly just cause I can't really form that kind of real attachment to a person unless I actually know them, and none of us really KNOW Jeremy. Just jerma985. That's a whole stranger!!
But I'm very much attracted to watching jerma content and drawing his likeness :)
#this is just me#I'm ace and believe there's all different kinds of attraction#in this case.. Yes to all except romantic/sexual#mostly aesthetically and uhh? for the funnies#and a secret third thing#i don't even know man#kinda yappin but it's a fair question when you look at what I've been doing for the past year straight.......#just know it's the autism and not like . serial killer behavior#I hope it doesn't come across that way I have a very obsessive personality#but I try to keep it healthy ! 😁
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