Brother's Loyalty

Gluttons, Boos and Rattling Bones

Music was therapy for the soul, and such was the case here in this mansion in the middle of these eerie woods. After playing a composition of his own making on the grand piano, all of the doubts had been washed away, and only hope remained. His fingers ached a little bit, and he was a tad stiff from sitting on that bench, but overall, he felt better. As the last note faded away, Luigi felt ready to continue. He stood, stretched and resumed his self-imposed mission.

First, however, he made another stop at the washroom to splash some more water on his face.

"Was that you playing the piano just now?" queried Chad.

"Yes, it was," said Luigi, drying himself off.

"Hm. I didn't know you could play piano."

"There's a lot of things you don't know about me," Luigi said pointedly, and off he went.

The key he'd earned after the battle with Melody unlocked the door to the dining room. As soon as he entered, the smell of freshly-prepared food filled his nostrils.

Great. Now I'm hungry.

Banana peels were strewn on the floor, which Luigi vacuumed up. He also had to deal with a ghost hiding in one of the cabinets. But when he used his fire element to light the candles on the table, he was awarded with a revolting sight—a heavyset ghost stuffing his face with food.

Making a face, Luigi scanned the ghost with his Game Boy Horror, which identified him as Mr. Luggs. And Mr. Luggs was surely lacking in table manners, shoveling handfuls of food into his mouth. Had the guy ever heard of silverware?

"I think you've had enough to eat," Luigi muttered as he turned his vacuum on the heaping pile of food.

However, he'd only vacuumed about half of it when he saw two ghostly waiters approach, bearing more food. Luigi whirled and stunned the first waiter he saw, vacuuming him up with relative ease. The second waiter managed to refill Mr. Luggs's plate, but Luigi stunned and captured him, too.

Luigi shook his head and resumed vacuuming up the food on the plate. Gluttony was another one of the seven deadly sins, and he considered it worse than vanity. He had some clue regarding how Mr. Luggs met his end...

The plate was now empty. Mr. Luggs looked down at it in confusion, and then at Luigi. His eyes narrowed as he appeared to connect the dots.

"You!" he cried. "You're gonna pay for that!"

Rising from his seat, Mr. Luggs began shooting large fireballs at Luigi, who fluidly flipped and cartwheeled over them. This continued for about two minutes (though it felt like twenty), and then the gluttonous ghost slumped over, exhausted. Seeing his chance, Luigi stunned his opponent and began vacuuming him up. Hopefully, he wouldn't take up too much room in the Poltergust.

Mr. Luggs didn't make it easy, but the tenacious Luigi eventually trapped his fat [bleep] into the Poltergust, even if it left him slightly winded. The ghost had broken free four times, shooting fireballs until he tired himself out, after which the cycle began again. Some of the fireballs had connected, but thanks to Luigi's agility, the burns weren't serious. They stung, but they were first-degree at worst.

But there was no time to recover, as the Game Boy Horror detected a Boo hiding around. Using the vacuum, Luigi uncovered said Boo from the dining room table and swiftly captured him. Everything netted him a treasure chest stuffed with gems, coins, gold bars and a few dollar bills.