Out of Place

Friends.

Two minutes. Daisy crossed her arms and impatiently waited for an explanation as Luigi nervously began to sweat, not exactly sure how to phrase this all. He had told her long ago about the Ultimate Show and all the trauma that had come with it, so she was well aware of who Dimentio was. 

Because of that, it may be difficult to explain exactly what Dio was.

"Ummm," Luigi nervously started, taking a deep inhale so he could get as much of this out in one breath as possible. He was running out of time, after all. The clock was ticking before she would do something crazy, and he didn't doubt that she would. "Okay, so this is kinda-sorta Dimentio, but not Dimentio. He's kinda-sorta-maybe a different version of him, and we're trying to help him get home to his own universe. This Dimentio doesn't know how to use his magic, so we're looking for the first Dimentio so he can teach this Dimentio how to teleport back to his own home. SO, we went down to the Underwhere, where we found Mr. L, only to find that the first Dimentio broke out of his cell down at the bottom of the River of Twygz. So now we're walking/skipping to Dimentio's hometown to try to find the first Dimentio so we can get THIS Dimentio home." Luigi quickly stated, gasping for breath once he was finished.

Daisy just paused, cocking her head to the side. 

"Okay... I got like half of that." She admitted.

"Okay... just give me a minute..." Luigi squeaked, trying to regain his breath when Mr. L held up his hand, signaling that he would explain.

"Long story short, this is Dio. Dio needs to get home. We're looking for Dimentio so we can get Dio home." Mr. L slowly explained in a much clearer voice than Luigi's rushed version.

"Ahhh," Daisy nodded, as if understanding. 

She then frowned at Dio. "Wait, then why were you talking like that on the phone then? You made it seem like you were trying to murder him..."

Dio opened his mouth to speak when Luigi interrupted, speaking for him. "He's never seen a phone before, so he doesn't really know what sounds threatening and what doesn't."

Daisy slowly nodded in understanding. "I guess that makes sense..." She trailed off. "But what about you, Luigi?"

"W-what about me?" Luigi repeated, furrowing his eyebrows, confused. This wasn't about him. The fact that she asked such a random question was almost confusing.

"What about you?" She repeated, gesturing to him. "Mario is REALLY worried."

"What?! Why's Mario worried?!" Luigi exclaimed, holding his arms out. "I-I left him a note!"

"Well...." Daisy sheepishly replied, lightly smiling a guilty smile. "After getting those texts, I got worried and told him that I thought you were in trouble. We've all been kinda looking for you. He get especially worried when he saw that your location was turned off...."

"Helicopter brother..." Mr. L whispered under his breath, lightly laughing.

Luigi ignored him and groaned, covering his face. Of course, Mario was worried. Luigi NEVER turned his location off, so of course the one time he did Mario would start searching the Mushroom Kingdom for him. 

"Well, I can't exactly go back. I promised I'd help Dio. I can't leave him behind. He's been alone his whole life," Luigi whispered to Daisy. 

He was keeping a low voice in an attempt to not let Dio hear. Of course, Dio heard anyway. He wasn't deaf, and Luigi was literally just a few feet away from him.

And he couldn't help but feel a warm feeling. Luigi was willing to risk letting his brother remain worried just so he wouldn't be alone? How kind.

But, Dio didn't want to be the reason Luigi's brother worried. He knew that if he was in this Mario person's position, looking for HIS brother, he'd want him to return.