Episode 1: The Initiation
The calm stillness of night has fallen over the Mushroom Kingdom. Luigi is fast asleep when… BANG! Luigi wakes up.
Luigi: Whawazzat?
Luigi gets up and goes into his kitchen, where he heard the noise. A Boo is in there with a sinister grin on his face. Another Boo appears. And then another. And two more. And four four! Then eight more! Soon, the whole kitchen is filled with Boos.
Luigi: WAAAAAAAAH!
Luigi runs over to his closet and grabs his Poltergust 3000. He aims it at the Boos and sucks them in with the Poltergust. He finally gets the last one when a hole appears in the ground below Luigi, who falls in. He lands in an underground room near Professor E. Gadd.
E. Gadd: Hello, Luigi.
Luigi: Hi, what am I doing here?
E. Gadd: You have been watched by hidden cameras, and I have decided that you may help by being my personal paranormal investigator. You will be going on various missions with the special new gear I will give you. Do you say yes?
Luigi: Sure, why not?
E. Gadd: Great! Let me show you your new gear.
Luigi follows E. Gadd to a locked door. E. Gadd unlocks the door and takes Luigi to another room full of stuff.
E. Gadd: Your first new gadget is the DS Horror. It is an upgraded version of your Gameboy Horror. The DS Horror can give maps, let you contact me at any time, record sounds, detect electric waves, take photos and videos, and check the temperature. It’s an all-in-one tool for ghost hunting.
Luigi: Awesome! How do I use it, though?
E. Gadd: When activated, it will show a list of features and what they do. Press the picture of the one you want. Next is the Poltergust DX, a huge step up from your Poltergust 3000. The DX model has triple suction power and range, a reverse feature, and can shoot fire, water, and ice at will. Care to try it?
Luigi: Okay. Give to me.
Luigi lifts the Poltergust DX onto his back and sucks with it. It has so much power that it pushes Luigi backwards. Then he switches it to reverse. It pushes Luigi forward and pins E. Gadd to the wall. Then Luigi blasts a fireball, a waterball, and an ice chunk at the wall.
E. Gadd: Yes. It’s that strong. Finally, the Spirit Mirror. Looking in this mirror will reveal the strongest supernatural entity in the room.
E. Gadd hands the mirror to Luigi. Luigi sees a gigantic Boo in it. That same Boo appears behind Luigi.
Luigi: Woah!
Luigi sucks up the Boo with his Poltergust DX. The Boo in the mirror disappears.
E. Gadd: But, before you can be worthy of being my investigator, you must pass my simulation. Complete every level using my gadgets and you will be an official investigator.
Another hole in the ground drops Luigi into a dark room.
Computerized Voice: LEVEL 1: DEFEAT EVERY BOO IN THIS ROOM.
Luigi sucks up the Boos with the Poltergust.
Luigi: This is waaaaay too easy.
Computerized Voice: LEVEL 2: FIND THE GHOST IN THIS ROOM.
Luigi boots up his DS Horror.
Luigi: What should I use? Hmm… Electrowave Detector!
Luigi hits the Electrowave Detector button. The DS Horror screen turns pink. There is a Boo-shaped outline. Luigi switches to the GhostSnapper. The DS turns green. Luigi takes a picture where the outline is. A picture of a Boo appears on the screen. The Boo appears in front of Luigi and runs away.
Luigi: This just gets easier and easier. What’s the next one gonna be? Turn on the DS Horror?
Computerized Voice: LEVEL 3: SAVE YOUR BROTHER
Luigi: Wha…?
The room turns into a haunted house. Luigi is on a roller coaster, about to roll down a steep hill. The coaster slowly inches toward the edge, until it hits the slope. Then it goes downhill. Fast.
Luigi: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
The coaster speeds through the house into a central chamber filled with lava. In it, King Boo is strangling Mario.
Luigi: Mario!
Luigi turns on his Poltergust DX and shoots a fireball at King Boo, who lets go of Mario.
Mario: HELP ME!!!
Thinking quickly, Luigi blasts a ball of ice at the lava. The lava freezes over and Mario survives. But King Boo is still attacking, and the roller coaster is getting faster every second.
King Boo: Ah, my arch-enemy! Prepare to become a ghost.
King Boo slams a hole in the track and melts all of the ice just as Mario escapes.
Luigi: I’m dead if I can't get over that hole!
Luigi turns on the reverse on his Poltergust and sends the roller coaster flying backward. On the way back, Luigi fires ice at King Boo. King Boo freezes and falls into the lava. The haunted house disappears, and Luigi is back in E. Gadd’s lab.
Luigi: Have you popped a circuit, Gadd? Your crazy test almost killed my brother!
E. Gadd: And you will pay with your own life, now!
Luigi: What?
E. Gadd levitates into the air. His eyes become red and he droops down like a rag doll. As if being controlled like a puppet, Gadd fires a ball of energy at Luigi. Luigi sucks it up with the Poltergust.
E. Gadd: Persistent rat!
In another puppet-like motion, Gadd throws another energy ball at Luigi, who jumps out of the way.
Computerized Voice: LEVEL 4: FIGURE OUT WHO I AM!
Luigi: I don’t understand!
Computerized Voice: Don’t you understand? I’m behind your nightmare! Me! Who am I? Well, let’s see!
Gadd takes a deep breath, and then exhales, releasing a storm of icicles. Luigi sucks them up, too.
Computerized Voice: Your brother! The professor! You! You still don’t get it? Then try this on for size!
Gadd fires a barrage of energy balls. Luigi tries a different strategy and turns the Poltergust on reverse. The energy balls fly back and explode on Gadd.
Computerized Voice: The puppet means nothing to me.
Luigi: Who are you? What happened to Gadd?
Computerized Voice: Let me answer your questions with some of my own: What do you think the answers are?
The lights go off. Red eyes appear everywhere.
Computerized Voice: What does the professor mean to you?
A gigantic ghostly clay slashes at Luigi. He jumps to the side.
Computerized Voice: Do you really believe YOU, a worthless runt, have what it takes to be a paranormal investigator?
Another ghost claw attacks Luigi, who just barely avoids it.
Computerized Voice: How worthless ARE you?
Luigi: Stop!
Computerized Voice: No. Since you can’t figure out, I’ll give you the answer.
King Boo materializes in front of Luigi.
Luigi: K…K…King Boo?
King Boo: Ding, ding! Give the kid a prize! Where are your friends?
An energy bubble appears. Gadd and Mario are trapped inside.
King Boo: What will I do to you?
King Boo stares at Gadd and Mario. A black and white outline of them appears outside the bubble. The outlines materialize into Mario and Gadd puppets.
King Boo: Here’s the answer!
Strings come out of the puppets. King Boo grabs the strings and begins making the puppets attack Luigi.
King Boo: Dance, my puppets!
The Mario puppet attacks Luigi with physical attacks, like punches and kicks, while the Gadd puppet attacks with energy attacks.
King Boo: I give you life, my creations!
The strings disappear, and the puppets get up and begin moving. The puppets continue to attack.
Gadd Puppet: Dual Strike!
E. Gadd: Luigi! Don’t let me get to any of my inventions! He could destroy you instantly with them!
The Gadd puppet fires two quick energy blasts. Luigi deflects the energy with his Poltergust. The energy hits both puppets. King Boo, Mario, and Gadd writhe in pain.
E. Gadd: Luigi! If you hit a puppet, you not only hurt it, but you also hurt King Boo and whoever the puppet is of!
King Boo: This seems too easy for you.
King Boo creates and brings to life a Peach and a Luigi puppet.
Mario: Not good, Bro!
Puppet Peach’s fighting style is viciously hitting Luigi with a parasol, while puppet Luigi mimics every move Luigi makes. Luigi thinks for a second, and then punches himself in the face. Puppet Luigi copies him and passes out. Luigi sucks up puppet Peach’s parasol and KOs her. Luigi deflects puppet Gadd’s energy attack and KOs him. And to finish off puppet Mario, Luigi shoots a fireball at him. By that time, King Boo is screaming in pain, along with Gadd and Mario. Luigi sucks up King Boo. The puppets disappear, and Gadd and Mario are freed.
E. Gadd: You saved me!
Mario: Thanks so much!
The Spirit Mirror falls off of Luigi’s Poltergust DX. Luigi goes to pick it up, when he notices something.
Luigi: Oh, no.
Gadd looks at the mirror.
E. Gadd: But, there is a picture of King Boo in there! You defeated him already!
King Boo’s Voice: Or not!!!
A puppet King Boo appears.
Luigi: I’ll take you down!
Luigi fires a fireball at puppet King Boo. It dissolves when it hits puppet King Boo.
Puppet King Boo: Is that the best you can do?
Puppet King Boo grows huge and rolls over to Luigi. Luigi, Gadd, and Mario run for their lives.
E. Gadd: How do we stop it?
Mario: That wooden freak is going to squash us!
Luigi: That’s it! Wooden!
Luigi stops and shoots water at the puppet King Boo. The water swells up puppet King Boo.
Puppet King Boo: No! Noooo!
The puppet King Boo gets so big that it explodes. The picture of King Boo in the Spirit Mirror vanishes.
E. Gadd, Mario, and Luigi: Yes!
E. Gadd: You are now officially my new paranormal investigator!
Luigi: Thank you!
E. Gadd: Whenever I have a mission for you, I’ll contact you on your DS Horror.
Luigi: How do I get here after I take your call?
E. Gadd: I wouldn’t worry about it. Just bring your Poltergust DX, your DS Horror, your Spirit Mirror, and a new pair of underpants.
Luigi: Greeeeeat.
To Be Continued...
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