Well, this is certainly odd.

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

[Emmy stumbles a little as she appears in the lobby - understandable, really, given that she was stepping out of the Laytonmobile just a moment before. Much as she'd been paying more attention to Layton than her surroundings, she rather doubts that they're parked in a building. After all, they were supposed to be outside Misthallery, and who would put a town inside? Other than, well. Turning on her heel, she discovers that the Laytonmobile isn't even there behind her, anyway, and she promptly wheels around in a full circle to try to get a good look at her surroundings.]

Professor Layton!?

...anyone?

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[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

Only if you call me Emmy, then.

I'll tell anything that you want to know, within reason. Just ask away.

[monocle-layton.livejournal.com]

Welcome to my room, it appears that Luke isn't around right now.

[crazyclever.livejournal.com]

{...Well. That was... unexpected.

Excuse him as he wonders what the hell is going on.}

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

Well what do you do for work, Emmy?

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

[Nodding, Clive moves to sit on the bed.]

Ah... when you say I can stay with you... you have another room, then? I mean, there's only one bed.

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

I'm Professor Layton's assistant. You?

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

...you seem surprised.

[She angles her voice higher than a normal Clive, even without the disguise, but... she does kind of sound like she might be male under all that, when she's not using the Emmy voice.]

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

I'm a scientist. I work in...well a lot of archaeological fields.

So you're close to Layton, then?

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

Mmm... I suppose, although I was only hired very recently.

Are you? If you work in archaeology, that is.

[crazyclever.livejournal.com]

I am.
Although I don't know why, I've seen stranger alternate universes... {Sigh.}

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

Well that is interesting.

I guess you can say I'm close enough. I knew him when we were very young.

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

...I don't see what's so strange about it. It was the best way to get closer to Layton without him suspecting anything.

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

You say that like you don't know him now. I'd have thought you would, working in the same field as him.

[crazyclever.livejournal.com]

...Not neccessarily. At least when I was in disguse, I was a man.

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

[Clive frowns, picking at her sleeve a little.]

Well. Good for you, then. I don't see what's so bad about disguising myself like this - even Dimitri would never suspect that this was me. Otherwise he'd ask questions about whether I should take the risk of getting close to Layton.

[crazyclever.livejournal.com]

I suppose I can see where you're coming from.

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

Getting close like this is going to be invaluable in my plans, you see. I'll be able to observe him without worrying that he might catch me.

[crazyclever.livejournal.com]

...Which is precisely why I took a job at the newspaper and disguised myself as an elder Luke.

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

...Luke?

And I have a job with the paper, already.

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

Oh, we do. I know him pretty well...but we were closer as children.

[Damn, Layton didn't know that yet! Well the Descole in her world is going to have to work a lot harder at preserving his identity.]

[crazyclever.livejournal.com]

The Professor's apprentice. Shouldn't you know that?

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

The professor doesn't have an apprentice.

...well... that version of him did mention something like that, though...

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

Ahh... I understand that, then.

None of my... research... turned up anything about you, though.

Keep in mind that my Clive is 18.

[crazyclever.livejournal.com]

...How old are you?

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

I don't think it would.

[Considering Jean Descole didn't always used to be his name.]

My and Hershel's relationship has always been a special one.