Professor Layton's Apprentice

Player Information

Name: Gaa
Personal Journal: ninthphilosophy / princesspuppyknickers
Age: 24
Contact Info: [skype] gaakishi, [aim] totallynotgaa, [yim] gaakishi
Other Characters Played: OU Roxas, OU Alcor

Character Information

Character Name: Luke Triton
Character Series: Professor Layton series
Character Age: Thirteenish range.
Character Gender: Male
Original Canon
Canon Point: The end of Unwound Future (the same as my previous application)
Background Link: Wiki
Personality: Luke is a bright and intelligent boy, easily made obvious considering he runs around assisting the great Professor Layton. While his skills at puzzlesolving and logic are beyond the level of even adults, Luke is not quite a genius- his confidence stems near-directly from his belief in his mentor. When anything shakes his bond with Layton, he tends to grow increasingly more insecure and panicked. Luke takes Layton's words very seriously, and while the boy is more inclined to be a bit black and white on some situations- such as breaking and entering, or trusting previous villains -he will always follow the Professor's lead, despite any doubts he has. He tends to respect authority figures to a point, but regardless will balk sarcastically when something offends or insults himself or his mentor. He's stubborn and emotional, but has a natural charisma that leads to him making friends easily, even with badguys. Luke quickly grows attached to people, and because of his overly-trusting nature, is easily duped. However, if he realizes he's been lied to or used, prepare for a very cross kid.

Luke is naive and a bit overly trusting, and can't resist free any food. He is easily distracted by puzzles, or anyone dissing himself or the Professor. Because he is so stuck to Layton's side, it's hard to really describe how he acts with the man absent- since it flat out doesn't happen more than once in-game, and I can't bring myself to spoil myself on the prequel games just for an app. But, possibly because of his severe attachment to Layton for several years, and because of the sketchy nature of their investigations, Luke is a bit of a fradiecat when it comes to dangerous things. His list of fears include violence, vampires, ghosts, the dark, spooky places, guns, Ferris wheels, and this girl named Belle for reasons we won't get in to. Since he relies on Layton for protection, lacking the Professor is way more of a potent fear than any of the above. He doesn't like to be alone by any length, that's for sure. When truly scared, Luke has a grip reflex, and tends to squeeze his fists or whatever's in them.

His attachment to Hershel also leads to him not being steady in forming his own opinion on some things. He'll usually give in to someone else's theory if he trusts them, and will go with the flow with only minor gripes to the contrary spoken to let off steam. He's prideful, but will ask for help when he;s overwhelmed. However, that doesn't make him a defeatist- actually, quite the contrary. Very few things can outstubborn his desire to help people. He insists, quite grumpily, that he is not just a child. Despite this, he tends to carry a teddy bear, accepts toys as gifts, and will get excited about everything a normal kid usually would. But that forced air of gentlemanly behavior will still make him an occasional fuddy duddy for about ten seconds.
Abilities: Being the apprentice of the great Professor Layton, Luke has gained many of the man's skills, most obvious being his brilliance with puzzles. While not as skilled as Hershel, Luke is far closer to the Professor's skill level than people much older than him. Alongside this, he is extremely intelligent in booksmart things, like math and wordproblems, and has been learning to play the violin for about a year now. To a degree, Luke can cook, but is far better at serving tea than anything else. Finally, Luke is good with animals- to the point of being able to communicate with them.
Sample Entry: It had arrived in a box with orange wrapping paper, a peculiar dodecahedron colored much like a Rubix cube. It had taken the boy a moment to understand the point of the gift- a letter contained in the same box explained that the Professor had hidden away Luke's birthday gift within the puzzle. Only by solving it could he get the present.

Of course, Luke figured this wouldn't be much of a trial at all, until he actually set about trying to solve the puzzle. The boy twisted and turned it for over an hour, messing with the shape and colors, through dinner and right up until bedtime. By the next day he was growing quite frustrated, and the second evening he actually set aside his dinner to grump his way through the blasted contraption. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and sent the professor a letter, claiming he couldn't solve this one. Luke's pride hurt- he was supposed to be the Professor's apprentice! -but it would be thoughtless to forsake whatever gift was inside the puzzle.

He waited patiently for a response, muddling with the puzzle all the while. On the fourth day, he finally managed to solve the Rubix monstrosity, only to find inside...a ticket to London. The next day, Layton sent back a response to his letter, a single hintcoin. Luke got to return it to him in person.

Also the best thread he was in last time he was in Animus. :B Here's my old acceptance so you don't gotta dig for it~