Luigi's Mansion: Boo Busters

The Lonely Poolshark and Finding Mario's Glove

Just as Luigi and Marshall got to the staircase in the Foyer, they spotted Blue and Anna approaching.

"Hey guys," said Blue, "Figured we'd find you here."

"Find any more ghosts?" Anna asked.

"We sure did," Marshall replied.

"It was... something. Playing hide and seek with twin ghosts, only for them to claim you're cheating," Luigi remarked.

"Tell me about it," said Blue, "We had to put Ms. Petunia on ice in the shower to capture her. Literally."

"Did you find any keys?" Anna wondered.

"No, but we did find a shoe that could belong to my brother Mario," Luigi took the spare shoe out to show it to Anna.

"It looks a lot like yours. But maybe we can find something or someone that can determine it."

They found themselves on the first floor again when the devices were showing the key above the door. Unlocking the door, they found it to be a Billards Room. While the Billards Room had a pool table, there was also a dart board, a chess set, and two drawers.

"Huh, didn't think there would be a game room in here," Luigi commented.

Searching for any ghosts, the quartet saw a pool cue and a billiard ball move on their own. Pulling out the Game Boo, Luigi found another ghost.

This ghost had a teal slender build with dark purple hair that one part was in the form of a cowlick. He was wearing a diamond vest over a white shirt and had a gold ring with a ruby on it on his right hand. Luigi could see that his name was Slim Bankshot.

"You want some of this?" Slim called out.

Luigi and Co. were confused about what he meant, "Uh... Some of what?" Blue asked.

"Why, this!" Slim hit the balls so hard they started flying around.

The Boo Busters managed to jump out of the way before a billiard ball could hit them. As the balls floated around, an idea came to Marshall. Sucking in a ball with his Poltergust, he then fired it back at Slim Bankshot. The quartet could see that Slim was feeling tired and did the same thing Marshall did.

A few hits and Slim was tired out with his heart exposed. Blue stunned him and got the pool shark into her Poltergust. When the lights came back on, no treasure chest appeared but they did find a door they didn't see before.

In the next room was a Projection Room, complete with a projector and its screen. There were also two speakers that resembled violin cases and a large cabinet.

"Now this is something I have not seen," Anna was astounded by the projector and the projector screen.

"Is she...?" Marshall asked Luigi and Blue.

"I don't think she's seen a projection before," said Blue.

"How does this thing work?" Anna wondered.

Luigi has had the most experience with film reels and walks up to Anna, "First we place a film reel into the projector," he gets one into the projector, "Then we press this button to play."

Much to the heroes' surprise, no movie played. Instead, it was a picture of a Boo with glowing yellow eyes that also said 'Get Out'.

"Was that supposed to be a movie?"

"No. I think this could be a trick," Marshall said.

As they walked up to the projector a purple Grabbing Ghost frightened them. Six more of them came after, but they were no sweat to deal with. With the last ghost sucked in, the lights turned back on and a chest appeared. When Luigi opened the chest he found Mario's Glove inside.

"This is Mario's glove!" Luigi exclaimed.

"How can you tell?" Anna asked.

"My hands are smaller than his."

Luigi was confused with all of Mario's things being scattered throughout the mansion. But one thing's for certain, the ghosts wanted to make him scared. He already was scared on the inside, if he didn't have his friends with him, it would've been worse.

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End of chapter!

Marshall: Wait, RG. Does this mean we'll see-

Me: Marshall, I have to stop you there. Can't have you go and spoil things unless I decide otherwise.

Blue: But at least area 3 is almost done.

Me: Very true.