(I do not own Professor Layton or anything to do with it! If I owned it, Clive would marry me.)
Chapter Two
Rellik's Carnival
s Layton had predicted, both Luke and Flora were positively buzzing with excitement as the clambered into the Layton-mobile and slowly (but surely) made their way to the site of the carnival. Flora in particular, who'd never been to a carnival before in her life, was almost hysterical.
"Can we get cotton candy, Professor? Please, oh, please can we get cotton candy!" begged Luke, clamping his hands together pleadingly.
"If they sell it Luke..." Layton chanced a small chuckle and tried to drag his attention away from the pleading whines of his apprentice and back to the road ahead of them.
"I'd love to try some cotton candy..." piped up Flora, squinting out the window for sign of the promised fun-fair.
"Or hot dogs!" added Luke loudly, waving his arms, "There're always hot dog stands at carnivals!"
"Eeh! I can't wait!" Flora squealed, smiling broadly.
Layton glanced at the tokens which lay on his dashboard still.
"Why don't we try a puzzle to pass the time?" he suggested, ignoring the soft groans which came from the back seat, "The farmer wants to get his goat, wolf and cabbage to the other side of the river. His boat isn't very big and it can only carry him and either his goat, his wolf or his cabbage. Now...if he leaves the goat alone with the cabbage, the goat will gobble up the cabbage. If he leaves the wolf alone with the goat, the wolf will gobble up the goat. When the farmer is present, the goat and cabbage are safe from being gobbled up by their predators. How does the farmer manage to get everything safely to the other side of the river?"
Luke let out a small disparaging noise as he attempted to count on his fingers. Flora cut just ahead of his as he opened his mouth to speak.
"I think I've got it!"
"Oh?"
"Yes...the farmer must first take the goat across the river. He then returns and picks up the wolf. He leaves the wolf off and takes the goat back across the river with him. Then he leaves the goat at the starting point and takes the cabbage over to where the wolf is. He returns and picks up the goat, and then lands where the wolf and the cabbage are!"
"Correct!" said Layton cheerily, "Care for another?"
He smiled at the noises of displeasure which erupted from the two in the back who'd clearly imagined spending the afternoon at a carnival, not answering puzzles.
"Is that a big wheel?" squeaked Flora, pressing herself against the window.
"Where? Where?"
"Calm down, you two."
"It's huge!"
"Look! There are more!"
"Luke, a true gentleman remains-"
"Is that a carousel?"
"Flora, please-"
"Hurry! Hurry!"
The Layton-mobile turned an abrupt corner, causing Luke and Flora to fall against the far side of the car as Layton struggled to regain control of the steering. A tender moment passed as Luke realized that Flora's hand was on top of his own. His eyes met hers, and they both blushed furiously.
"S-Sorry!" she squeaked quietly, retracting her hand and chancing an embarrassed smile.
Before Luke had a chance to say anything in response to this however, the car slowed to a stop.
"Now, I want you both to stay close and-"
Before the Professor could even finish his sentence, Luke and Flora had scrambled out of the car and were running towards the carnival, not even slightly put off by the fact it appeared to be deserted.
Everything seemed tooquiet. The Professor followed them to the entrance of the carnival, before slowing to a halt and staring at the large poster which was stuck on a post.
"What's this?" he murmured, reading the poster carefully.
His eyes grew wide.
Ten tokens. Ten chances.
When you run out of tokens, you've run out of chances.
You'll never escape.
You could always leave now, but then you'll never find out what happened to the others.
Remember to have fun.
(I incorporated some Luke/Flora for ya all...now pleeeeeeeeease read and review! I BEG YOU!)