OOC:
MAJOR SPOILERS FOR PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE UNWOUND FUTURE AHEAD! All further spoilers will be
UNMARKED until the period of explaining them is over.
==Regulus==
The walls shook, and there was a sudden jolt as the machine activated. Everyone present felt a sudden surge of nausea, as if the floor was dropping out from beneath them. Just a minute later, everything stopped and fell silent. Regulus gestured toward the door, but did not move. As the door slowly opened, Tyler was greeted by an amazing sight.
Before him lay a transformed London, a mixture of past and future. Not old enough to be "steampunk," nor dark enough to be "cyberpunk," it was a perfect symbiotic blend that refused to be classified by any category known to human art.
"Welcome to the past, Mr. Matthews. Or rather, the future of the past." Chuckling at Jarvis' slightly irritated glare, he gestured graciously toward his friend. "Oh, all right, be literal if you must."
Jarvis rolled his eyes at his fellow symbiote's childishness.
He always did have to take them a bit too young, he thought to himself.
Well, can't be helped. "As part of his plan, Clive Dove joined forces with a brilliant scientist named Dimitri Allen, to build this place. I don't know the full details of the scheme--Lord Regulus is the only person prudent enough to take the knowledge from the responsible parties--but essentially, it was a deception designed to convince kidnapped scientists that the only way they could get back to their families was by building a time machine to take them back in time. It also served as a useful distraction for a prominent professor of the day and his allies, though it ultimately failed its purpose in that regard."
Regulus picked up again. "After Clive's mobile fortress fell back down here and destroyed, the place was wiped clean and filled with rubble. Having been down here, and having seen the potential for a completely secure
city of research facilities and monitoring centers, I diverted my existing plans to refurbishing this place. The only way in or out of here is that "time machine"--actually a simple high-speed elevator, albeit a rather archaic design--meaning that I can control who gets in and out of here. At least in theory, anyway--
somehow, assassins manage to make their way down here every few months. It's rather annoying, and why I was hoping Infinitus could help me--but obviously, that was a poor decision on my end."
"But come. There is one last feature of this facility that you should see--but it requires privacy even from my own trusted personnel. this way."
