Thanks for the nice reviews!
Newzealandkiwi wanted some Descole, so voila (though it's not directly)
To Abbix: *SUPERFIST* XD
The Professor had over the last few years grown rather uneasy whenever Valentines Day came along, due to certain approaches by the female students (*cough*Rosetta*cough*). He was so distracted by the nearing danger that he didn't see the obvious coming events caused by others around. That Sunday morning before Valentines Day, he was abruptly awakened by Luke beating him up with branches.
"Wake up!"
"LUKE! What are you doing?!"
Luke stopped for a second. "You remember the Project Week we had in school about traditions, and I chose one with lots of sweets and other sugary stuff? This is one of the traditions."
And with that the beating continued.
When Valentines Day finally came around, Layton found that Rosetta was nowhere around. That had more or less something to do with her getting hospitalized, all thanks to a certain assistant.
The Professor loved doing the groceries. He didn't know why, he just did. It was probably connected with how he constantly was reminded of math puzzles or the like, and how he continously tried to make other people solve them for him. He thought it was an excellent way of meeting people. The last person he expected to meet while shopping was Don Paolo.
"Oi, Layton! Wonderful day it is today, isn't it? The sun's really warming and all. How are the brats, eh? I trust they're alright."
"..."
"Why are you looking at me like that? Do I have something on my face?"
"..."
"Don't look at me like that. I do have life besides trying to get revenge on you, you know!"
Descole hadn't shown up for a while and Layton was very happy with that. It wasn't until he received a letter from the guy, challenging him to find Atlantis before he did, that he grew worried. However, that didn't last long when the letter revealed that no outside people were involved, and he decided not to take up the challenge.
About a week later he received a another letter from Descole, mocking him for being a "chicken".
Another week passed by until he received yet another letter from Descole, this time demanding (*cough*begging*cough*) that he came, because without his meddling Atlantis would never be unearthed.
In explanation to the first one, the "tradition" Luke is talking about is connected to "Fastelavn", a holiday in Denmark and Norway (though it is celebrated differently depending on where you're from). It is a carneval for kids. It is today, so I was in the mood. Besides, I wanted to see Layton getting beaten up with branches by Luke :D