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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[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

[He laughs.]

What are you talking about? We haven't met!

[He takes her hand and half smiles.]

So, tell me about yourself Ms. Altava

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

Hmm, well... what would you like to know, Mr. Descole?

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

Anything you wish to tell.

And please, call me Jean.

[What a good way to switch things up.]

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

Only if you call me Emmy, then.

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

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

Well what do you do for work, Emmy?

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

I'm Professor Layton's assistant. You?

[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.

[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]

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

[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.]

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

Ahh... I understand that, then.

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

[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.

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

Oh? 'Special'? And what does that mean?

[She's going to give herself away as a reporter, at this rate.]

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

I guess it really depends on the way you look at it. Well in any case, we grew apart when we went to different colleges.

[Oh shit, he really needed to stop giving his whole life away. What was he thinking?]

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

You haven't told me how you'd look at it, though. So how would you?

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

[He thinks a moment and then smirks.]

With one word, and one word only, I would say "surreptitious". And that is all.

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

[Hmm... she grins a little.]

Perhaps I'll have to ask him about it.

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

[His eyebrows raise in surprise. Very ungracefully, he interrupts her idea.]

Uh, no!

I mean, perhaps you shouldn't bring it up, yanno, for the better.

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

Oh? Why, what might he say if I did ask him?

[She grins slyly up at Descole.]

I mean, there must be a reason for you to react so defensively...

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

[He raises an eyebrow and shakes his head. Oh damn, he remembered why he didn't like her.]

Well, it's nothing. It might bring up bad memories if he remembered. Think of it like you're doing him a favor.

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

Oh? Bad memories? Well, perhaps you ought to explain a bit better. I mean, I wouldn't want to accidentally touch on something else that would trigger those bad memories, because I don't know enough about it.

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

You know what? It's probably best just not to bring it up, considering maybe our relationship is different where you're from. You know, you never know.

[He really needed help dodging this bullet.]

[primarydeux.livejournal.com]

Aaaaah, well. If there's a chance it might be different, I ought to bring it up. You know, to see if perhaps you're from my own world.

[sinisterballet.livejournal.com]

Um, no, I don't think I am.

Listen, it's really nothing, you know, we're just supposed to be rivals and all, and we wouldn't want to go about changing that, would we?