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PLAYER
Name: Mizu
Age: 26
Personal Journal: dissonancies
E-mail: cohboyland@gmail.com
AIM/etc: napstablook

CHARACTER
Name: Flora Reinhold
Canon: Professor Layton
Age: Not canonly specified; I place her at about 15.
Timeline: Post-Unwound Future
Items with character at canon point: Nothing but her clothes.

Personality: If some people are spoiled rotten, Flora has been spoiled sweet. Having grown up as the only daughter of the fabulously wealthy Baron Reinhold (who once had an entire amusement park built solely for his daughter's entertainment), one might expect her to act snobbish and superior, but this is completely the opposite of the truth. Flora is sincerely kind and gentle, as well as being incredibly innocent. No wonder her father doted on her so much. At a first impression, she can seem to have an elegant, ladylike manner fitting of her upbringing, but upon getting to know her better it quickly becomes obvious that she has a silly, whimsical nature as well. She acts polite and refined in front of strangers, even a bit shy sometimes, but she has no trouble opening up and teasing her friends either.

She's lived a very sheltered life, hidden away from the outside world, and is very, very naive. As a result, everything outside of the little town she grew up in is an exciting new adventure to her, and she is absolutely thrilled by things as simple as a small country fair. Unfortunately, this means she can be a bit oblivious to trouble. Well...more than just "a bit." Others often chide her for not understanding what's really going on, but it's not that she doesn't know when a situation is threatening. Instead, she just can't help but get a little excited at every new experience, even when in the midst of danger. This makes her both very trusting (a good thing) and also basically helpless (a bad thing). When things go sour, you'll rarely see a damsel more in distress. She's unable to even try to defend herself when being kidnapped, and even when facing down a horrible villain she...honestly just expects them to apologize, failing to realize that's not how things work in the real world.

What Flora lacks in self-preservation, though, she tries to make up for in compassion. She's a very friendly, loving girl, always willing to help and look out for others. She doesn't have a malicious bone in her body, and even though she can sometimes be innocently insensitive to others, this isn't ever out of a lack of consideration. She simply does not have the experience of interacting with others, and she's quick to learn when lines have been crossed. Until now, the only people she's ever dealt with have been people who treated her like royalty, so without thinking about it she naturally expects others to accommodate for her. But this is again due to inexperience, and despite growing up in the lap of luxury she really isn't the kind to take things for granted. She's incredibly grateful for all that she has and those who took care of her. Because of this, she was even willing to give up her father's vast fortune, her only inheritance, so that the robots of St. Mystere could continue to live on exactly as they were after she left. It never crossed her mind that they deserved any less.

For all her sweetness and innocence, though, she does have a stubborn, rebellious side that usually comes up whenever Layton and Luke leave her behind to go off on one of their adventures. Which they always do. Always. Layton may try to explain that he's simply worried about her safety, but Flora won't hear of it and will secretly follow them wherever they go until they're forced to take her along. This is one of the few subjects she'll actually get angry over, and she gives the Professor a hard time about it, but it isn't difficult to make it up to her. She can't seem to hold a grudge for long, against anyone for anything. The truth is, Flora gets very, very anxious whenever she's left alone- after living for several years basically on her own, she admits that she just doesn't want to be abandoned ever again. She deeply loves the new family she has with Layton and Luke, and only wants to be with them wherever they go.

Background: Here on the Layton wiki.

Abilities: Absolutely none, unless nigh-deadly cooking skills count. She can also solve a puzzle or two if given the chance!

Network/Actionspam Sample: [The watch clicks on to a video of a wide, curious eye, peering far too closely at the camera before its owner gasps softly and pulls back. A young teenage girl with a bouncy ponytail appears, staring at the image on the device with obvious interest and amazement.]

Goodness! Is it really working? How strange; it's like a tiny little computer. Hello? Is anyone watching me? I found this lovely little pocketwatch, and I'm very sorry for using it but I'm afraid I don't even know who it belongs to. Or what exactly is going on, really. I'm afraid I've gotten terribly lost!

[Her tone is light and airy, as though she thinks talking into a watch is a very silly thing to do, but her expression is mixed with an obvious strain of worry and fear. She shivers as a gust of wind goes by, her thin peach dress completely useless against this kind of biting cold.]

Um...the last thing I recall, I was at the professor's home. I really don't remember how I got on the train...or where I was going...or, um, why I would be going anywhere at all...but anyway, this really doesn't look like London! I suppose I must be somewhere very far North, though...oh dear. [She shivers again.] If...if anyone is out there, I'd...I would really appreciate some answers! And...maybe some directions back to London? And...perhaps, maybe a coat...?

[She trails off, giving up on her shaky attempt at a smile.]

...oooh, this is hopeless. If only the Professor were here, I'm sure he'd know what to do...Professor, are you on the other side of this silly device? If you are, I...I, I'm going to be VERY angry with you for leaving me behind again!! This isn't a very nice place to leave someone all alone, and it's just not very gentlemanly of you at all!

[Her voice wobbles at the end of the sentence, the anger falling completely flat as she bites her lip hard and trembles once more; this time, not just from the cold.]

But...I'll forgive you, if you just answer me soon. Okay? Please answer...

Prose Log Sample: Perhaps it was just her imagination, but the wall seemed especially boring today.

Flora sighed loudly and threw herself into a chair by the window as dramatically as possible. It was highly unladylike of her, but no one was around to see so she simply sighed again. Propping her elbows on the sill, she set her chin in her hands and stared out the window vacantly. Cars and people passed by on the busy street and she found herself idly wondering; where were they going? What were they doing? More than likely, they were simply going about their daily lives. But to her, sitting there with only the silent, boring walls of the Professor's flat to keep her company, it seemed that everyone else in the world must surely be having some great, exciting adventure- and she was being left out again.

Well, if not everyone, at least one person.

'For your safety,' the Professor always said. It was for her well-being alone, supposedly, that he would consistently leave her at home while he ran off chasing some new mystery. As if she fell for that excuse! Not that she thought he didn't care about her safety, of course, but really...all those years where he'd freely let Luke accompany him didn't help his case. If Luke - young, impulsive little Luke - could keep himself out of trouble for a short while, why couldn't the Professor trust her to do the same? She could take care of herself! And now that Luke had gone away, moved far across the sea with his parents-

(she couldn't help herself from pausing here in her self-pity, taking a moment to feel deeply sad instead about the loss of her good friend)

-the professor couldn't just brush her off as though he already had all the help he needed. Flora might not be a perfect replacement for "Layton's number one apprentice," but the professor certainly needed someone around to watch his back!

Of course...she couldn't deny that she didn't always understand what was going on. Not everyone could be as clever as the Professor. And she definitely couldn't deny that the only two times she'd attempted to tag along there had been some...complications. Complications like being kidnapped and impersonated by the professor's self-proclaimed nemesis. Or like being kidnapped and trapped inside a giant, horrifying robotic weapon.

But what were the chances of that happening a third time, really?