With night approaching, Elaine had a small fire set up for some warmth. She ended up deciding not to drink her wine and just stick with tea. It was relaxing. A warm fire, tea with a few slices of bread and a good book. Simple, but relaxing.

She froze however as she faintly heard rumbles and tumbling bricks from a far distance. While she had yet to hear the flute that apparently controlled the Specter, she did on occasion hear it and the destruction it caused. Of course, Elaine reasoned with herself that ghosts and other supernatural beings in relation do not exist. But that still meant that there was something out there terrible enough to cause the destruction still. With that in mind, she had concern for Professor Layton and his friends. They did say they were planning something for the Specter. There was always a possibility of them being hurt.

Then there was Descole. It had been some time since she had seen him last. Or at least it felt like a long time. He aggravated her, true, but it was nice to talk with someone about archaeology. She knew the Mayor had some interest as he did mention it but of course with their separate jobs and such the idea of just coming around for talk seemed a bit laughable.

She didn't hate Descole, that much Elaine guarantee, though she wasn't sure if they could be called friends either. Probably more along the lines of close acquaintances. That sounded about right. But if anything were to happen to him…

Elaine scoffed and went back to her reading.

Descole was a grown man and didn't seem bothered by the Specter. He had to have been capable of looking after himself.

The next day, Elaine had originally planned to look over some of the maps. To check if there might be a place that could indicate where the Golden Garden might be. But she thought of the Professor, Emmy and Luke and a bit of her conscience rose up. Professor Layton didn't go into details with her about his plan, and for all she knew they could have been de-

Elaine ceased that thought. No one had died yet. Why would they start now? Besides, for all she knew Elaine could have just been hearing things last night.

But still… Maybe it couldn't hurt to just take a little more time off. Just to make sure they were fine. It was just going to bother her until she found the end result anyway like most of her worries did.

As Elaine walked away from the site, she chuckled a bit to herself. If she wasn't careful, she would end up doing nothing at all.

Seeing new destruction wasn't too surprising. At least Elaine wasn't hearing things the night before. That much she could confirm. Now if only she could find-

CRASH!

It had been a blur of brown, yellow and blue for Elaine. Groaning a little as she sat up on the ground, she saw that the very people she had been looking for had in fact crashed into her while running from… From something.

"Terribly sorry, Elaine. Are you alright?" Professor Layton had offered a hand out to Elaine who took it gratefully.

"O-oui, I'm fine. Merci." Elaine murmured as she was helped up onto her feet. "Might I ask why you were running?"

"We, erm… Just broke out of jail." Emmy was the one to answer, before Luke or Professor Layton could get a chance. Elaine simply stared, not entirely sure if she heard a hundred percent correctly.

"P-pardon moi?" The Frenchwoman couldn't understand how they could have ended up from trying to catch the Specter one night and all of a sudden end up in jail.

"Yes, you see Chief Jakes found us after the attack last night and accused us of being the perpetrators." Explained Professor Layton.

"Can 'e actually do that?" Elaine questioned, trying to keep the frustration from her tone. "You weren't 'ere when the attacks began so 'ow can 'e do that?!"

"He likely plays a bigger role than we anticipated." After this musing, the Professor gave a thoughtful look to a pipe nearby. "Elaine, do you ever hear the Specter's Flute playing?"

"I've never 'eard it." Elaine answered.

"Would there be one of these pipes near the excavation site?" The Professor gestured to the pipe he had been looking at. Taking a quick look at it, Elaine shuck her head.

"Non. Not that I've noticed. Why?"

"Well, I think I may have found the source of the music."

"Really, Professor?" asked Emmy, looking to the pipe with an unsure look.

"Yes. Likely the location where all these pipes lead to is where the flute is being played. Because all of the pipes are spread so diversely across town it makes it impossible to pinpoint the exact location when first heard."

"So, we just have to find that place then!"

"They lead to the lake," Luke spoke up, "The lake behind Arianna's house."

"We best make our way there then, and get to the bottom of this mystery."

"Can I come to?" Elaine asked, albeit with slight hesitance. "It's just that I'm curios about this case as you probably already know and there asn't been much 'ope at the dig site so..."

"Well, I see no reason why not." The Professor didn't seem too sure of that answer however but he seemed willing enough to comply, much to Elaine's joy.

She could use a bit of excitement at the moment.

Thanks for the review BlackCrowsFrostDragons :) I know I really shouldn't underestimate myself, I just don't want to end up as some sort a narcissist who thinks their better then what they are. As for your question, when it comes to people Elaine will meet, I want to keep it realistic as possible. Since Elaine is only in Misthallery for the Golden Garden and is solely focused on that, she wouldn't exactly have time to meet with the locals with the exception of the Mayor.

Also, Elaine would either not be aware of the black market or just ignore it (As she would see no need to go there unless related to work), so coming in contact with the Black Ravens kind of diminishes there (Not including when Elaine has to go to the market get food etcetera).

There probably would be some contact during the standoff against Descole and his deadly machine of doom, but since the Garden is discovered some time after that, well… Elaine will be in archaeology heaven XD So she wouldn't really have much time for the Black Ravens. Maybe Arianna and Tony since being the only archaeologist who knows of the Garden while Arianna's there to get better from her illness. Elaine isn't going to wait for the rest of her colleagues to show and will just examine as much as she can without destroying or disturbing anything :)

I'm glad to hear Elaine's a character to be fond of. It was fairly fun when I began to create her in my head. :) My only regret so far is the title of the story. I don't hate it, but I feel I could possibly do better. Or maybe I'm just being a perfectionist XD