Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Layton did not know what to say. “What’s our mission today, Mr. Macneil?”

Blake said, “We’re going to lure someone out. They’ve seen Lilly and I before, so we can’t show ourselves. You’re going to lure it out.”

“I remember you’re pretty good at swimming, aren’t you? You’ve done an underwater battle before.”

Layton nodded his head. This was all not a problem.

But…

“Has that person seen me before? He asked solemnly.

Which enemy was this? Was it a prisoner on the loose?

Mr. Macneil was clearly so concerned!

Yet Blake stopped short, before saying. “No, they haven’t seen you.”

Layton was speechless.

So what was the point of him dressing up like this!

As if he could guess what Layton was thinking, Blake rattled off some nonsense off the top of his head at once. “This outfit’s to protect you. It’ll ward off evil spirits.”

Layton thought to himself, Thanks, so so much.

The ferry puttered off onto the river, spinning around slowly on the water.

“What are we going to do now?” Layton covered his face.

Blake was comfortably reclined on the couch, his arms spread out and his legs crossed.

“See that window?” he said. “Open it, and stick your head out.”

The ferry had been designed for the river tour. The second floor was the dock, with comfortable sofas. In the cabin was a minibar, with a window made of glass that could be opened.

Layton opened the window, and stuck his head out.

Lilly took off her shoes and climbed onto the sofa, copying the way Blake was sitting with her limbs stretched out. “Then you need to stick your arms out, and play with the water.”

Layton was baffled by it.

Crossdressing, sticking his head out of a window, and now playing with the water.

Why did something feel strangely off?

Whatever. A mission was a mission, and Layton was on one.

a distance from the water, and he had no choice

had pretty long hands,

taking picture after picture of Layton before saying, “Say,

on TV

Anthony smirked.

twitched in amusement. “Don’t shout too

as Layton toiled away by the window. The wind had messed up his silky

beautiful sight

Layton

He frowned. Water weeds?

thin and slippery, and felt

felt as if his wrist was being grabbed harshly

Layton was elated.

The bait had worked?

were pretty good with underwater

their breath for so long,

about to yank the force dragging him

him, “It’s here! Layton,

he had this in

second, he saw a pale white hand sticking out of the water to grab

into the water with a

dress as he fell, and a piercing

had quite a sharp eye, and was

grab the person’s hands instead, yanking harshly to see who

face drained

it was a young girl, staring daggers at him as

f*ck, these

was not as calm of a person as Blake was. The shock made him swallow a mouthful of water, and before he could blink twice the two ‘people’ had dragged him to the bottom of

the necklace he was wearing emitted a faint glow as Blake’s voice rang through the

Layton! Don’t let

his feet

grabbed both wrists at once,

water, landing onto

his vision darkened

clutched the amulet,

nailing the

the living lights out of

here. Which meant that they wouldn’t be able to see said spirits, merely watching Lilly

two were clearly not spirits, but

not strong enough yet, and shouldn’t take care of

and slippery, and felt more

put these water spirits to rest, her amulet wasn’t going to last long enough to nail them to the both. Her Master wouldn’t make it back

Master’s words. Her red bracelet was strong enough

enough,