The Street Rat and the Gentleman: CH1-8 For the TL;DR Crowd
Seeing as it's been, oh, a year or so since my last update to this dear little fic, I decided I'd give an overview of past chapters for everyone that doesn't want to go through the trouble of reading again. Note: This is in no way going to help you if you haven't read any of the story before. In fact, I don't know if it will help you at all, just trying to jog some memories. And insert some of my humor, which has been connected to life support for many years and isn't in healthy condition.
Okay, so really it's just me trying to be funny and helpful and failing on both fronts. OH WELL.
CH1
Shopkeeper: THEIF GET BACK HERE
Luke: Yeah, you're fat, ttyl.
Layton: -COMBOBREAKER-
Luke: My life sucks.
Shopkeeper: Thanks, sir, I hate poor orphans.
Layton: -proves any problem can be solved with money-
Luke: ...deus ex machina?!
--
Luke: I'm a poor orphan and I live in an alley with a starved kitten. Bawww.
Come on, do it with me.
BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
CH2
Newsboy: I have a newspaper with Layton on it.
Luke: Omg let me see that.
Newsboy: -is gullible-
Luke: -runs off-
Newsboy: I just got tricked by a ten year old, I am cool.
--
Luke: Why do I even care about this Layton guy? Somehow I just can't dismiss him. Maybe something about profitable game franchises...?
--
Luke: Well I'm just going to walk up to this lady's house since she knows him. I'm sure she'll tell me where she lives since I'm a complete stranger. But first, I must allude to my love of violins! -NON SUBTLE REFERENCE TO RANDOM CANON DETAIL-
Ms. Anderson: What are you doing in front of my house?
Luke: Can you tell me where Layton lives? :D ?
Ms. Anderson: You are both stupid and creepy. Lol no.
CH3
Ms. Anderson: You slept in front of my house?! You are such a creeper. D:
Luke: I have an unexplainable obsession, I can't help it. All I want is... -MOE POWERS ACTIVATE-
To thank him~
Ms. Anderson: Brb, dying of cute. Take the address.
Luke: >:D
--
Luke: What, I'm not breaking into Layton's suspiciously normal house by solving this puzzle lock, no way-
Layton: Hey. Come in for food.
Luke: For some reason I'm not getting a pedo vibe! Awesome!
--
Awkward silence: -exists-
Luke: So my name is Luke.
Layton: Hello, Luke.
Luke: omg he used my name no one ever does that I'm such a poor orphan feel bad for me
So anyway professor, what do you consider yourself? Detective? Archaeologist?
Layton: Actually I solve puzzles. Detective games are overdone and archaeologist games would be terribly difficult to market.
Luke: Well that sounds like a good note to leave on.
CH4
Luke: That Layton guy is kind of strange but - OMG IS THAT HIM HAVING A PRIVATE CONVERSATION WALKING DOWN THE STREET? Stalking-tiem.
William: You should totes get an apprentice Professor.
Layton: Don't speak so loud, that creepy kid will hear you! Besides, I kind of hate kids.
William: But there are so many of them and they are so willing.
Layton: ...your argument is compelling. Go fetch me some candidates to pedo on.
Luke: SO YOU WANT AN APPRENTICE :D
Layton: ...-C-C-COMBOBREAKER-.
Luke: D:
--
Luke: Well I'm just going to stalk the potential apprentices of the Professor. I'm not creepy.
Potential Apprentice: -is perfect-
Luke: :|
--
Layton: Wow these apprentices are smart but they don't actually enjoy solving puzzles. THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR MY OLD HEART TO BEAR.
--
Luke: Well after stalking five of Layton's potential apprentices I've come to the realization that I'm jealous of them. Surely since it took me so little time to deduce such a fact I will be a master at solving puzzles! :DDDD
...rite?
CH5
Luke: Well hey Professor, I want to become your apprentice.
Layton: ...wtf. Do you even have an education? Also, you're nasty and smell like poo.
Luke: D:
Layton: Oh stop making that face and take a puzzle book or something.
Luke: MUST NOT CRY
feel bad for me audience feel baddddd
--
Luke: Well golly gee, I forgot to ask for paper. I guess I'll just DISCOVER THE MAGIC OF PUZZLES without it!
--
Luke: I'm hungry! Time to steal!
Shopkeeper: NO DUES EX MACHINA FOR YOU
Luke: D:
-Gratuitous Luke Abuse™-
--
Luke: Well I've healed and solved all the puzzles in this book. Time to give it back to the Professor.
Layton: Well my boy, I hate to crush your hopes and dreams into the proverbial cold, unforgiving pavement, but...I've already chosen an apprentice.
Luke: ....D:
(This chapter was basically just an excuse to make Luke's life suck.)
CH6
Layton: I already have an apprentice.
Luke: I am secretly breaking inside but since I like puzzles I want another book. Here's the old one. You'll never have to see me again. -Runs off into the sunset alleyway-
(Note: This is all very emotional and if it were a film it would probably be in slow motion and there actually would be a sunset regardless of the actual time of day)
--
Layton: My apprentice is perfect and mature. No really, I'm impressed with him. I am not just trying to convince myself of that fact. -hastily shoves Luke's stuff into back of drawer- No, really.
--
Luke: Wow these puzzles are really easy. Too bad they make me think of how I feel like my life has no meaning now.
Audience: BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
--
Layton: Well what do you know, I gave the poor orphan the advanced level of the series of puzzle books and he solved them. I guess he is an untapped genius after all. Let me pour over my memories in a dramatic fashion.
--
NOT-SO-SUBTLE REINACTION OF FIRST SCENE OF THE STORY
Shopkeeper: THEIF GET BACK HERE
Luke: Yeah, you're fat, ttyl.
Layton: -COMBOBREAKER-
Luke: OH SHI-
Shopkeeper: Thanks, sir, I hate poor orphans.
Layton: -proves any problem can be solved with money AGAIN-
Luke: I made a dramatic promise you wouldn't have to see me again! What are you doing here!?
Layton: I'm looking for an apprentice.
Luke: What?
Layton: ....
Luke: ....
Layton: What was your name again?
Luke:
CH7
William: My role is largely the voice of the devil. Don't make Luke your apprentice.
Layton: But he's so cute!
William: Well then make it unofficial.
Layton: DEMON!
...
Well okay.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BRING CANON DETAILS INTO THE MIX, LARGELY A FAILURE
--
Luke: I'll just follow you into your house then.
Layton: How you've survived on the streets this long I'll never know.
Luke: Professor why did you choose me? And why is your house so normal if you're from a rich family?
Layton: YOU ARE STIRRING MY UNWANTED MEMORIES
Awkward silence: -Comes to visit again-
--
The Next Day:
Luke: Sorry for unwittingly bringing up your past memories.
Layton: I'll just teach you to be more polite. Now here's a new hat.
Luke: I don't ever take my hat off. (what is that a canon ref----IS SHOT)
Layton: That is...kind of weird and a bit repulsive.
Luke: It belonged to my father.
Awkward silence: -Enjoys another pleasant afternoon in the Layton residence-
--
Layton: -teaches-
Luke: -learns?-
Layton: Okay I've got to go do what I do now. (This is all very ambiguous)
Luke: Can I come?
Layton: :|
Luke: Okay, uh, nvm then.
--
Layton: Have you been working on puzzles the whole time I've been gone?
Luke: Well I'm your apprentice.
Layton: GUILT. But enough of that, it's time for another flashback!
CH8
Layton: I'm just going to keep this hat for a major plot point in some spinoff. Wait did I just say that OH SHI-
--
Layton: Lets go for a walk.
Luke: Sure!
Ms. Anderson: RETURN OF THE OC
Layton: I knew we wouldn't be able to go on a walk without some relevance to the plot! Luke, move along.
Ms. Anderson: So basically this kid is your new apprentice even though you said you don't have one.
Layton: Well he's not really....
Ms. Anderson: Are you going to tell him that?
Layton: ...
Ms. Anderson: You're kind of a cold-hearted bastard.
--
Layton: You really like listening to violin music on the streets, huh?
Luke: My mum used to play it.
Layton: YOU ARE STIRRING MY UNWANTED MEMORIES AGAIN
Except this time I'll put a hand on your shoulder to make up for my heartlessness.
Luke: So are you going to teach me to be a gentleman like you?
Layton: Well I guess I could...
Luke: Your apprentice shouldn't act like a street rat!
Layton: GUILT. I have a feeling I'm going to be experiencing more of this.
--
Luke: I haven't been emo in a while. Let me think I'm a failure for the professor real quick. ;_____;
--
Luke: Have I let you down professor?
Layton: You are not a burden and I apologize if I made you feel as such.
Luke: You seem sad sometimes. Like when I talked about my mum.
Layton: Okay, move alon-
Luke: Did your mum die too?
Layton: ...Y-yes.
Luke: -EMOTIONAL HUG-
Layton: -Actually acts like a caring father-
(Comedy tried to inject itself into this scene but somehow it failed because I have too much love for the actual scene)
All caught up? Did I stir some unwanted past memories? Well head on over to Part Nine then. ^__^
Okay, so really it's just me trying to be funny and helpful and failing on both fronts. OH WELL.
CH1
Shopkeeper: THEIF GET BACK HERE
Luke: Yeah, you're fat, ttyl.
Layton: -COMBOBREAKER-
Luke: My life sucks.
Shopkeeper: Thanks, sir, I hate poor orphans.
Layton: -proves any problem can be solved with money-
Luke: ...deus ex machina?!
--
Luke: I'm a poor orphan and I live in an alley with a starved kitten. Bawww.
Come on, do it with me.
BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
CH2
Newsboy: I have a newspaper with Layton on it.
Luke: Omg let me see that.
Newsboy: -is gullible-
Luke: -runs off-
Newsboy: I just got tricked by a ten year old, I am cool.
--
Luke: Why do I even care about this Layton guy? Somehow I just can't dismiss him. Maybe something about profitable game franchises...?
--
Luke: Well I'm just going to walk up to this lady's house since she knows him. I'm sure she'll tell me where she lives since I'm a complete stranger. But first, I must allude to my love of violins! -NON SUBTLE REFERENCE TO RANDOM CANON DETAIL-
Ms. Anderson: What are you doing in front of my house?
Luke: Can you tell me where Layton lives? :D ?
Ms. Anderson: You are both stupid and creepy. Lol no.
CH3
Ms. Anderson: You slept in front of my house?! You are such a creeper. D:
Luke: I have an unexplainable obsession, I can't help it. All I want is... -MOE POWERS ACTIVATE-
To thank him~
Ms. Anderson: Brb, dying of cute. Take the address.
Luke: >:D
--
Luke: What, I'm not breaking into Layton's suspiciously normal house by solving this puzzle lock, no way-
Layton: Hey. Come in for food.
Luke: For some reason I'm not getting a pedo vibe! Awesome!
--
Awkward silence: -exists-
Luke: So my name is Luke.
Layton: Hello, Luke.
Luke: omg he used my name no one ever does that I'm such a poor orphan feel bad for me
So anyway professor, what do you consider yourself? Detective? Archaeologist?
Layton: Actually I solve puzzles. Detective games are overdone and archaeologist games would be terribly difficult to market.
Luke: Well that sounds like a good note to leave on.
CH4
Luke: That Layton guy is kind of strange but - OMG IS THAT HIM HAVING A PRIVATE CONVERSATION WALKING DOWN THE STREET? Stalking-tiem.
William: You should totes get an apprentice Professor.
Layton: Don't speak so loud, that creepy kid will hear you! Besides, I kind of hate kids.
William: But there are so many of them and they are so willing.
Layton: ...your argument is compelling. Go fetch me some candidates to pedo on.
Luke: SO YOU WANT AN APPRENTICE :D
Layton: ...-C-C-COMBOBREAKER-.
Luke: D:
--
Luke: Well I'm just going to stalk the potential apprentices of the Professor. I'm not creepy.
Potential Apprentice: -is perfect-
Luke: :|
--
Layton: Wow these apprentices are smart but they don't actually enjoy solving puzzles. THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR MY OLD HEART TO BEAR.
--
Luke: Well after stalking five of Layton's potential apprentices I've come to the realization that I'm jealous of them. Surely since it took me so little time to deduce such a fact I will be a master at solving puzzles! :DDDD
...rite?
CH5
Luke: Well hey Professor, I want to become your apprentice.
Layton: ...wtf. Do you even have an education? Also, you're nasty and smell like poo.
Luke: D:
Layton: Oh stop making that face and take a puzzle book or something.
Luke: MUST NOT CRY
feel bad for me audience feel baddddd
--
Luke: Well golly gee, I forgot to ask for paper. I guess I'll just DISCOVER THE MAGIC OF PUZZLES without it!
--
Luke: I'm hungry! Time to steal!
Shopkeeper: NO DUES EX MACHINA FOR YOU
Luke: D:
-Gratuitous Luke Abuse™-
--
Luke: Well I've healed and solved all the puzzles in this book. Time to give it back to the Professor.
Layton: Well my boy, I hate to crush your hopes and dreams into the proverbial cold, unforgiving pavement, but...I've already chosen an apprentice.
Luke: ....D:
(This chapter was basically just an excuse to make Luke's life suck.)
CH6
Layton: I already have an apprentice.
Luke: I am secretly breaking inside but since I like puzzles I want another book. Here's the old one. You'll never have to see me again. -Runs off into the sunset alleyway-
(Note: This is all very emotional and if it were a film it would probably be in slow motion and there actually would be a sunset regardless of the actual time of day)
--
Layton: My apprentice is perfect and mature. No really, I'm impressed with him. I am not just trying to convince myself of that fact. -hastily shoves Luke's stuff into back of drawer- No, really.
--
Luke: Wow these puzzles are really easy. Too bad they make me think of how I feel like my life has no meaning now.
Audience: BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
--
Layton: Well what do you know, I gave the poor orphan the advanced level of the series of puzzle books and he solved them. I guess he is an untapped genius after all. Let me pour over my memories in a dramatic fashion.
--
NOT-SO-SUBTLE REINACTION OF FIRST SCENE OF THE STORY
Shopkeeper: THEIF GET BACK HERE
Luke: Yeah, you're fat, ttyl.
Layton: -COMBOBREAKER-
Luke: OH SHI-
Shopkeeper: Thanks, sir, I hate poor orphans.
Layton: -proves any problem can be solved with money AGAIN-
Luke: I made a dramatic promise you wouldn't have to see me again! What are you doing here!?
Layton: I'm looking for an apprentice.
Luke: What?
Layton: ....
Luke: ....
Layton: What was your name again?
Luke:
CH7
William: My role is largely the voice of the devil. Don't make Luke your apprentice.
Layton: But he's so cute!
William: Well then make it unofficial.
Layton: DEMON!
...
Well okay.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BRING CANON DETAILS INTO THE MIX, LARGELY A FAILURE
--
Luke: I'll just follow you into your house then.
Layton: How you've survived on the streets this long I'll never know.
Luke: Professor why did you choose me? And why is your house so normal if you're from a rich family?
Layton: YOU ARE STIRRING MY UNWANTED MEMORIES
Awkward silence: -Comes to visit again-
--
The Next Day:
Luke: Sorry for unwittingly bringing up your past memories.
Layton: I'll just teach you to be more polite. Now here's a new hat.
Luke: I don't ever take my hat off. (what is that a canon ref----IS SHOT)
Layton: That is...kind of weird and a bit repulsive.
Luke: It belonged to my father.
Awkward silence: -Enjoys another pleasant afternoon in the Layton residence-
--
Layton: -teaches-
Luke: -learns?-
Layton: Okay I've got to go do what I do now. (This is all very ambiguous)
Luke: Can I come?
Layton: :|
Luke: Okay, uh, nvm then.
--
Layton: Have you been working on puzzles the whole time I've been gone?
Luke: Well I'm your apprentice.
Layton: GUILT. But enough of that, it's time for another flashback!
CH8
Layton: I'm just going to keep this hat for a major plot point in some spinoff. Wait did I just say that OH SHI-
--
Layton: Lets go for a walk.
Luke: Sure!
Ms. Anderson: RETURN OF THE OC
Layton: I knew we wouldn't be able to go on a walk without some relevance to the plot! Luke, move along.
Ms. Anderson: So basically this kid is your new apprentice even though you said you don't have one.
Layton: Well he's not really....
Ms. Anderson: Are you going to tell him that?
Layton: ...
Ms. Anderson: You're kind of a cold-hearted bastard.
--
Layton: You really like listening to violin music on the streets, huh?
Luke: My mum used to play it.
Layton: YOU ARE STIRRING MY UNWANTED MEMORIES AGAIN
Except this time I'll put a hand on your shoulder to make up for my heartlessness.
Luke: So are you going to teach me to be a gentleman like you?
Layton: Well I guess I could...
Luke: Your apprentice shouldn't act like a street rat!
Layton: GUILT. I have a feeling I'm going to be experiencing more of this.
--
Luke: I haven't been emo in a while. Let me think I'm a failure for the professor real quick. ;_____;
--
Luke: Have I let you down professor?
Layton: You are not a burden and I apologize if I made you feel as such.
Luke: You seem sad sometimes. Like when I talked about my mum.
Layton: Okay, move alon-
Luke: Did your mum die too?
Layton: ...Y-yes.
Luke: -EMOTIONAL HUG-
Layton: -Actually acts like a caring father-
(Comedy tried to inject itself into this scene but somehow it failed because I have too much love for the actual scene)
All caught up? Did I stir some unwanted past memories? Well head on over to Part Nine then. ^__^