Brother's Loyalty: Endgame

Music of the Night

There he goes again—blaming himself for what happened to us. When is he gonna realize that none of this is his fault?

That's just how he is—always wanting to protect us. He's always wanted to protect me since we could crawl.

Hey, guys! He's approaching the fourth floor now! That's where I'm at!

Really?

Yeah! King Boo decided to—uh—gift me to this pianist ghost, and now I'm being displayed in the performance hall. I've been listening to the pianist perform for hours.

Well, you don't have to listen to classical music for much longer, Thad.

Yeah—thank God! Sweet freedom is just around the corner!

...

Piano music greeted Luigi, Gooigi and Polterpup as they arrived at the Great Stage. At once, the former started thinking about Melody, as well as the Library Poltergeist. In every ghostly adventure he'd been on so far, there was always something piano-related. What was up with that?

Gooigi's body softly vibrated to the music. "This is so—relaxing," he opined.

"Yeah," said Luigi. "Yeah, it is, isn't it?"

"It's coming from—that direction," said Gooigi, pointing to his right.

"Of course—this floor has a concert-hall theme," said Luigi.

Polterpup barked urgently.

"What is it, doggie? Do you think something important is in there?"

Polterpup barked again.

Luigi's eyes widened. "Someone?" he asked. "One—one of my friends?"

With another woof, Polterpup took off toward the performance hall.

Luigi and Gooigi were about to follow him when the VB rang.

"Yello?"

"Hey, Luigi," said Gadd, "if you need to return to the Lab quickly, then I have just the solution. I've streamlined an instant transfer system for you. Just press the yellow button on the VB, and we'll be face-to-face in an instant!"

"It beats having to walk to the elevator all the time," said Luigi, "though I kinda like riding the elevator..."

"The system works both ways, as well," said Gadd.

"Thanks, Professor," said Luigi. "I gotta go now. Bye."

He hung up, turned to Gooigi and nodded to him. Then, the duo strode down the hallway together.

At the end of the hallway, they encountered a Goob dressed as an usher, making "waves" with the red carpet. Gooigi and Luigi used that burst of air, which the latter decided to simply name Burst, to vault over each wave and close the distance between them and the Goob. Then, they easily captured the Goob and proceeded into the auditorium.

And sure enough, there was Thad, hanging on the wall next to the piano, which was seemingly playing by itself.

"Thad!" shouted Luigi, hurrying towards the stage and bounding up the stairs onto it.