Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon (Slow Updates)

Chapter 3- 0-3 Chaos rains down on Evershade Valley

Evershade Valley
Moments before disaster:

It was another peculiar night in Evershade Valley when the sky was clear and not covered in the purple storm clouds that was mentioned to be customary of the region. That's just how it's been as of late. Maybe this was the normal weather and the purple clouds were just a fake rumor?

The elderly Professor E. Gadd sat in a darkened laboratory, tinkering with one of the inner mechanisms of his latest invention. A device that resembled a flashlight but its true purpose was unknown for the time being. Only the inventor of it knew the capabilities of his new invention in progress. This laboratory was located in the mansion known only as the Gloomy Manor, one of five such abandoned— and quite notably haunted mansions— that could be found throughout Evershade Valley. It was also the mansion that was closest to his newly built and furnished Bunker, and it was also his laboratory of choice.

Despite only having lived in Evershade Valley for only a few days now, the professor had managed to complete an astonishing amount of work in that short amount of time. Far more than an average professor could manage. He had managed to practically perfect his Pixelator— give or take a few misplaced pixels here and there, sent a couple of his toad assistants to scout out the other four mansions, and had begun recording some of the most detailed and in-depth research ever orchestrated on spiritual beings. Everything was coming together nicely for him in his new location at last.

He even managed to invent a successor to one of his greatest inventions, the good old reliable Poltergust 3000. He dubbed the new and improved ghost-busting vacuum— the Poltergust 5000. It was bigger in size compared to the 3000 counterpart and it included many different new features. In fact, he was working on an attachment for the new Poltergust right now. These achievements, which would have been almost impossible for any regular person to achieve in such a short time period, was summed up to just another ordinary couple of days in this professor's eyes. Needless to say, he enjoyed this type of work so it didn't feel like a chore to him.

Now he was contently mulling over his new project—he called it the Dark-Light device, carefully fine tuning its gears. The purpose it would soon serve once it was reassembled was to uncover invisible objects with a rainbow light, similar to an ultraviolet black light but it would be useful for ghost research. Unbeknownst to him, in the darkness behind him lurked a greenie, one of the few ghosts native to Evershade Valley. True to its name, its semi-transparent body was completely green in color. It floated up beside the professor silently, mischief gleaming in its narrowed eyes. Feeling a presence behind him, Gadd turned around quickly. The greenie's expression suddenly changed, the slightly menacing gaze turning into a pleasant smile as it laughed at its failed attempt to scare him. Gadd chuckled and waved to it before turning back to his work, shaking his head in amusement. The laboratory behind him was now illuminated with the glow of many greenies as they floated around the room, playing, reading and sweeping. One of the many greenies that occupied the room moved too close to a spark of electricity and stunned itself for a second, surprising a nearby greenie holding chalk. When it recollected itself, it chortled in amusement as the greenie near it rolled its eyes in annoyance before turning back to the chalkboard and continued writing on it. Basically they were having fun and helping a little on the side.

In fact, these ghosts were partially the reason why the professor had gotten so much work done in these past few days recently. They had proved immensely helpful as laboratory assistants and were willing to participate in any kind of experiment—unlike his Toad assistants who often complained about it. The professor had developed an amicable relationship with them that an average person would have contemplated as strange to even consider, but was actually quite natural to him in a weird sort of way. The ghostly residents of Evershade Valley had become not only the professor's research subjects, but also his new-found friends.