Three Months

Breezes

"So, what now?" Luigi asked as the two walked out of the store. "Wanna head home-"

"Nope," Dimentio interrupted, sitting down in the back of the go-cart and waiting for Luigi. "Definitely not. Let's go somewhere else!"

"Somewhere else?" Luigi asked, lightly smiling. "Well, where?"

"Somewhere new," Dimentio answered. "I don't know. I don't know all the places in this dimension. Surprise me."

Luigi lightly chuckled, slightly taken aback by Dimentio's personality change. He then sat down in front of Dimentio and turned the engine on. "Okay... I think I have an idea."

He then drove through town, taking the long way around so he wouldn't drive by Peach's castle. He headed down to the far south end. Now that Dimentio had been in a car before, he was less tense and more able to enjoy the experience. The air in the Mushroom Kingdom was notably still, but when Luigi drove, he could finally feel a breeze as the air pushed against him.

"You're avoiding the castle," Dimentio noted.

"I don't want Peach seeing and recognizing you," Luigi answered. "She's usually really forgiving, so I'm sure if I explained the situation she'd be fine with you being here, but that would lead to a lot of questions and I don't feel like dealing with that today."

Dimentio nodded, silently grateful for that. He didn't want to have to waste time explaining to the princess that he wasn't here to take control over an ancient artifact and tear the very fabric of reality apart.

"So, where are we going now?" Dimentio asked next, curious as Luigi drove off the paved road and onto one made of dirt. A wave of dust would flow up behind the go-cart, almost looking like the tail of a shooting star.

"We don't always have to be going somewhere specific, you know?" Luigi said, smiling. "Sometimes it's nice to just take a drive."

"I suppose..." Dimentio trailed off, looking around at the trees which seemed to act like a tunnel. The leaves were all turning a greenish-yellow color. They looked almost golden as the sun streamed through them, creating spots of light over the slightly bumpy dirt road.

The road wasn't straightforward and clearly mapped out to be smooth and easy to drive, like the one in toad town. This one went up and down, it twisted and turned with the land around it instead of cutting through in a straight path. Dimentio rather liked the idea of it. Instead of carving its way through and destroying the world below it, this road decided to move with the land. Yes, it was more difficult to drive on, and getting places would likely take longer, but the time on it felt well spent.

About an hour and a half later, Luigi headed back down the road so he was heading closer towards home. Once he was about a mile away, he stopped in a small turnout by a small beach. There was sand that wasn't quite yellow, but not quite white either. It looked to be more of a cream color. The man in green smiled, turned the engine off, and hopped out of the car, immediately turning to Dimentio and grabbing both his hands to help him out.

Dimentio frowned slightly, looking out at the water instead of down at Luigi's hands. It was a deep blue color. Unlike the creek water, he couldn't see the bottom when he looked out. There were small waves breaking on the shore and the sound of seagulls singing in the distance.

However, the first thought he got when he looked at the deep blue water was not tranquility, but instead a small itch of fear. He knew very well how dangerous oceans could be, with their rip currents, their sneaker waves, and their waters filled with all kinds of monsters.

"What are we doing here?" Dimentio asked, his voice quieter than before.

"I don't know," Luigi admitted, lightly chuckling, letting go of Dimentio, and kicking off his shoes so he could leave them in the go-cart.