#luigi's new mansion

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

Boo Woods' Location

So many people question where exactly is Boo Woods and Luigi's Mansion located at. People often look to the trees, dark cloud skies, and overall feel and assume it's located in the Koopa Kingdom/Bowser Badlands. But they overlook a key detail.

As established in a previous post, this Mansion from Luigi's Mansion was a created by the Boos, and after they were gone so too was the Mansion. Something to note is that upon the Boos being dealt with, Boo Woods' appearance changed with the dead trees disappearing and the skies clearing up.

When we see Luigi's new mansion in Luigi's Mansion 2 Dark Moon, it has a normal night sky with living trees and grassy surroundings. By extension if my fourth hypothesis about Luigi's new mansion is correct, then the one from Luigi's Circuit can also be used. We see in this one there are red mushrooms growing everywhere alongside living trees, and lots of grass. We also see a river, keep that in mind. Meanwhile places like the Koopa Kingdom rarely has grassy fields, living trees, clear skies, and the few mushrooms it has usually are not red.

So where exactly is Boos Woods, or was Boo Woods? I believe it's in the Mushroom Kingdom, particularly somewhere in the Grasslands. We know Luigi walks there using a map, which would imply he probably walked there from home rather than traveled. We also see the surrounding areas have clear skies and a grassy surrounding. And like I said if my hypothesis is correct then the addition of the whole place being grassy, with hills, trees, and red mushrooms growing everywhere. Then this more than likely takes place in the Grasslands. As what's noteworthy is both the map and Luigi's Circuit have a river present.

[shyblacksheep]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 🎊

[pianokantzart]

If we get our Luigi's Mansion movie, I'm very interested in seeing how King Boo's abilities would translate into a film format.

Bowser's abilities are pretty straightforward: strong, sturdy, has claws, breathes fire. Simple stuff. But King Boo? With that gem in his crown, his powers are kind of nebulous if not extremely OP:

Hyperrealistic Illusions

Telekinesis

Magical portrification

Materializing objects

Disappearing existing objects

Altering environmental physics

Self-duplication

Portal magic

Lightning

Altering the morality of surrounding ghosts(?)

I wonder if a movie would lay down some ground rules about the extent of what King Boo can do, or do something else to nerf him in one way or another.

[megamagimugi]

He's-a Gone

Luigi time! To suffer, that is.

(CW: character death)

This is obviously a sort of comlementary piece to I Was-a Too Late. But it's more than just that as it also illustrates a certain fun, dark what-if idea I had. Please keep reading if you're intrigued!

Lore:

Luigi's Mansion, the first game. Everything goes the same as in canon until the final boss fight, when Luigi defeats King Boo in his Bowser costume. After King Boo comes out and Luigi intends to suck him in, the villain laughs and reveals the truth: Mario's painting was an illusion, so was everything Madame Clairvoya saw. All just to mess with Luigi. Meanwhile the real Mario wasn't just captured by the Boos, he was immediately killed by them on their King's orders. The only physical thing that's left of him in this realm is the five items Luigi found - hidden by the Boos for Luigi to find, another part of King Boo's sick game.

Luigi is able to finish the fight despite his shock and grief, fueled by the anger King Boo never expected from him. After getting out of the painting the plumber discovers that it is indeed empty, no Mario or anyone else in the portrait.

Heartbroken and guit-ridden, Luigi goes back to Professor E. Gadd's lab and gives him back the Poltergust 3000. He doesn't even want to stay long enough to see what is going to happen to the ghosts. Of course the Professor tries to offer some semblance of comfort, but we all know it's not his forte.

So Luigi leaves, only taking Mario's five items with him. He notices that the mansion has disapeared without a trace. The reality of it all finally hits him, and he practically collapses onto a nearby tree's large root protruding from the ground, putting down the precious items around himself, only leaving the matching red hat and the letter in his hands. He should have known something was off. After all, the Mario he saw in the painting was wearing his hat and both gloves.

Looking at all these items, to his growing horror he can't help but imagine what exactly might have happened to his brother and what his last moments might have been like. He hugs the hat to his chest and rereads Mario's note several times, knowing that the brief warning was his brother's last words to him.

Luigi can do nothing but cry for the beloved brother he couldn't save, desperately wishing it was his warm, living and breathing body pressed to his chest rather than just a couple of his belongings.

But Mario is truly gone, apparently having met such a horrific fate that not even a single part of his body is left in the physical world.

[Good night]

…I'll leave the rest up to your imagination ;) Sorry if I got carried away with my description. Occasionally even I enjoy being a little dramatic, though I'm no writer whatsoever.

Yeah, I'm not apologizing for making this one - I was nicer to Luigi than to his bro, at least here the Mushroom Kingdom and everyone in it (except for Mario lol) is still okay!

But alas,

You can no longer play as Mario (warning: this is a video with sound)

Rest in spaghetti, funny wahoo man.

@federthenotsogreat I'm tagging you because you said you wanted more Mario art like I Was-a Too Late, thought you might like this one too!

@drones-of-innocence Also tagging you because you were interested in my idea.

Edit: Tagging a few more mutuals who might want to see this based on their reaction to my previous angsty work just in case, feel free to ignore. Or ask me to remove the tag if you want, no problem.

@silenzahra (remember, no rush) @c-lavanda @jell-o101 @stripetkattelalala54-gf

@luigixfanxayjay @itsavee4117

And you @giddlygoat just because you have a Luigi's Mansion AU and I thought you might appreciate this... Also because I'm a fan ���👈

[goobigii]

okay you people need to know about girl luigi

EXHIBIT A:

superstar saga

luigi disguises herself as princess peach in order to fool cackletta and bowsette (and seems to be enjoying herself)

probably the most well known!

EXHIBIT B:

super mario adventures

luigi wears a dress twice in this series, once as a nurse and again as princess peach, even stating that she "likes it" when she wears a dress. (and that little sweat drop....she's nervous to admit it.........)

EXHIBIT C:

superstar saga manga

luigi is again shown in princess peaches dress (and enjoying it alot) (like look at those eyes) and also as a maid! (interesting!)

EXHIBIT D:

new super mario bros U deluxe

the item description references luigis disappointment that she will not be able to use the super crown. (a power up used by toadette to become peachette, giving her a dress and feminine body)

LUIGI WISHES SHE HAD A FEMININE BODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EXHIBIT E:

doctor mario kun manga (?)

luigi dresses as a bride!

EXHIBIT F:

the thousand year door

luigi dresses up as a bride again to save "princess eclair" (even tho...yk...) commenting on how she liked how she looked dressed feminine.

EXHIBIT G:

luigis mansion

luigi considers wearing one of the dresses in a wardrobe in one of the rooms. (she's even girling in her own series)

EXHIBIT H:

luigis mansion 4koma

luigi wears a pretty dress! +eyelashes (thank you @catboyplumber for showing me!!!!!)

EXHIBIT I:

super mario brothers super show

yoshi calls luigi “mama luigi” in an episode of the super show! she eventually kinda adopts the name (the “that’s mama luigi to you, mario” line). (multiple people insisted i add this one so i did hehehe)

conclusion: LUIGI IS A BEAUTIFUL LADY!!!!!! she loves dresses and looking pretty and i need people to know that more

[silenzahra]

✨ Anything for him ✨

I decided to make this post to compile everything that has to do with my very first story, starting, obviously, with the links to the chapters that are available to read both on Tumblr and on AO3:

-Chapter 1: Luigi

-Chapter 2: Mario

-Chapter 3: Luigi

This story was written and published over a period of six months and it's the first one I've ever posted since I started being active on Tumblr late last year. The first chapter was shared on 20th December 2023, the second on 10th January 2024, and the third and last one, on 16th June 2024.

It's a fanfic based on Luigi's Mansion and it has become my most popular and liked story, which I'm obviously so grateful for! It even got art made for it, which you can see in two different posts:

-Click here to see the art made by @bberetd, @itsavee4117 and @pepperycar ✨

-Click here to see the art made by @megamagimugi ✨

I honestly didn't expect whatsoever this story would become so popular and loved to the point of getting so many wonderful pieces made for it. I cannot thank you all enough for your support, likes, kudos, comments, reblogs, and obviously, the art! I deeply appreciate everything you've done for me and this story 💖

And of course, I'm very thankful as well that you managed to save the original posts I made here on Tumblr back in the day. @itsavee4117 @vulpixfairy1985 and @stripetkattelalala54-gf: thank you so much for finding them, and I sincerely hope you don't mind that I decided to redo them in order for the three chapters to be properly available to read on Tumblr as well, since for the two first, I went and added them after your original reblogs. I'm so sorry, but I obviously appreciate your help 🫂

As a way of saying thank you, I decided to compile here all the reblogs the original posts got when I shared them on my old blog. It's just my way of showing how deeply and truly I appreciate and validate your support 💖

-@vulpixfairy1985's reblog of the first chapter.

-@itsavee4117's reblog of the second chapter.

-@vulpixfairy1985's reblog of the second chapter.

-@vulpixfairy1985's reblog of the third chapter.

-@bberetd's reblog of the third chapter.

-@alex-procrastinates's reblog of the third chapter.

-@peaches2217's reblog of the third chapter.

-@itsavee4117's reblog of the third chapter.

-@stripetkattelalala54-gf's reblog of the third chapter.

-@pepperycar's reblog of the third chapter.

@kayla-renea @wogwoman @hyperfixatingonbowuigisohard @mario-movie-brainbug @manaloff thank you so much for reblogging the original posts as well! I really hope you enjoyed this story and if you'd like to share your thoughts, I'd be happy to read them! 🥰

Thank you once again for all the love and support you've given this fic and for making it become the most popular of all my stories. It's even the favorite of many of you, and it truly makes my heart swell with so much warmth and love 💖

[ellenent]

princess peach my beloved!!

[somnimagus]

already way too excited about all the mario stuff announced today

[id in alt!]

[hfjonewiki]

it's for the best that it took ii2 as long as it did to end because it gave me enough time to grow up and become a normal person. if they killed knife and trapped his soul in gay baby jail forever when i was 13 i would have been in adam katz's dms telling him i was gonna kill myself and it was his fault. deep down i still want to do that but i now have the willpower to not, in fact, do that

[front-facing-pokemon]

[kitskull]

Court Appearance

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

Explaining the 2 Luigi's New Mansions + Googi Hypothesis

So in Luigi's Mansion after the Boos are defeated the Mansion disappears because it was a creation of the Boos. From here you can get any number of Rank Mansions for Luigi's new mansion that is built, depending on how well you did in the game. So in Mario Kart Double Dash on Luigi's Circuit we see Luigi's new mansion which is the one from the Rank A ending. Seems to be open and shut right? Well... not really. In Luigi's Mansion 2 Dark Moon we see Luigi in his New Mansion which is the Rank D Mansion? So what's going on here? Well I have a few hypotheses.

The first one is Luigi decided to build 2 Mansions and is living in one primarily. It's plausible but seems like an easy cop-out.

Another hypothesis is Luigi either had a D Rank Mansion and upgraded to a Rank A Mansion placing Double Dash after LM2DM. Or Luigi had a Rank A Mansion and downgraded to a Rank D Mansion. Both are possible but seems a bit complex.

The third hypothesis is the Rank D Mansion is the one from the canon ending, while the Rank A Mansion is a prop created for the Double Dash event. The creation of props and buildings for karting and sports events is not uncommon, and we even see it happen for the original Mansion created by the Boos. We see one in Mario Power Tennis, Mario Super Sluggers, Mario Kart Double Dash, and Mario Kart DS.

Now for the fourth and final hypothesis, and the one I think is what happened. So in the Luigi's Mansion 3DS game and extra bit of plot is added to the game. A future Professor Elvin Gadd sends Gooigi back in time to the events of Luigi's Mansion, to learn from Luigi. So as established in a previous post, time travel alters the past and present. So what I believe happened is the act of sending Gooigi back in time changed the past, and thus what Rank Mansion Luigi gets. This could explain why there is 2 New Mansions, one is from before Gooigi went back in time, the other is from after he went back in time. Side note, I like the attention to detail of E. Gadd still having access to time travel.

[kirbyddd]

between Dread continuing from a game on GBA (and really every game prior to that too) and Prime 4 continuing from 2 games on GameCube and Original DS, Metroid has the longest narrative endurance of any multi-creator series I've ever seen. Threads left in stasis decades ago when the series was shelved picked right back up once development resumes—an entire generation of developers later—like nothing ever happened

[pianokantzart]

ルイージマンション２ HD

Some new animation from the Japanese Luigi's Mansion 2 TV spots

[gendersoap]

creature jumpscare

[silenzahra]

✨ Anything for him: Chapter 1 ✨

One year ago, I started posting on both Tumblr and AO3 my first Super Mario fanfic, based on Luigi's Mansion. As a way of celebrating, I decided to bring back the story to Tumblr since the original posts from my old blog didn't include the chapters so that they could be read on this site as well as AO3. You can find the complete story here.

First chapter under the cut!

Chapter 2, Chapter 3.

Chapter 1: Luigi

When Luigi opens the door to the room, he is greeted only by darkness.

Fearing what might be lurking in the shadows, he hurries to turn on the Poltergust 3000’s flashlight and illuminates the room. It is the same one where he first entered just an hour ago and where he ran into Professor E. Gadd, who tried to capture the orange ghost that sprung on him. Luigi swallows with a shudder and sweeps the beam of light around the room. He knows that, at any moment, that same ghost may reappear, and that this time, he will have to catch it.

Will he be able to do so?

At least, he thinks, the lobby and entrance stairs are clear and well-lit. At least, as soon as he leaves that room, he will no longer be immersed in the deepest blackness. He grips the end of the Poltergust 3000 tightly and repeats to himself that he can do it, that he has learned how to use the machine, that he has practiced with the professor before returning to the mansion, that he will be able to capture the ghosts.

He has to.

For Mario.

His brother went to the house before he did to make sure that there was no danger, that the contest was not a scam, that Luigi had really won that building that looked so bright and colorful on the flyer. His brother, always so committed to protecting him, always looking out for his welfare, has chosen to go ahead and risk entering the place alone.

And now, because of Luigi’s stupidity, Mario is being held in some place of that gloomy mansion.

Luigi is going to rescue him whatever it takes. He will do anything for him.

He reprimands himself once again for having been so gullible. When he received the brochure, it did not even occur to him that it might be a fraud. He only saw that sudden reward as a chance to help the impoverished, for the house could certainly serve as a place of refuge for the ones in need. Luigi and Mario would make sure to check it from top to bottom and tidy it up so that everyone would be welcome, so that no Toad in the Mushroom Kingdom would be helpless. He even thought of setting aside a wing for tourism, so that creatures from all corners of the world would have a place to stay while enjoying the enchanting landscapes that the Mushroom Kingdom had to offer.

Luigi purses his lips while taking quick glances at his surroundings. If he had not been so naïve, he might not be there now. He would be at home, getting ready for bed, as he has always liked to go to sleep early, even if he does not manage to do so every night. His brother would have not gone missing, but would most likely be in the living room, watching one of those horror movies he loves so much, before going to bed some time later.

A sigh escapes from Luigi’s mouth. He would give anything to be living such a daily scene instead of the one he is experiencing, composed of darkness and terror.

Luigi takes a deep breath. He can no longer turn back. His only option is to go forward, explore the mansion and find Mario as soon as possible, so, on shaky legs, he begins to walk around the room. He finds a rectangular table covered with a tablecloth that, when vacuumed, presents him with a few coins. To the left he comes across another table, this one round and small, with a bottle and two glasses on it and a chair right next to it, and behind it he glimpses a cupboard that does not seem to contain anything interesting.

Suddenly, at his back, the sound of a candle being lit.

Luigi gasps and turns immediately, his heart racing. To his bewilderment and horror, he glimpses a bright purple flash coming from more than one candle, although he cannot see how many from his position. He swallows and walks slowly to the center of the room, the end of the Poltergust clenched in his fingers.

As he approaches, he begins to distinguish some candles from others. As if the color of their flames, far from the orange tone of conventional fire, were not creepy enough, Luigi notices that there are six candles, held by two candlesticks hanging on the wall.

And in the middle of both, more blackness.

With his body cringing, Luigi looks from one to the other and several questions begin to assault his mind. Why are those candles purple? What are they supposed to illuminate despite the paltry light they emit? Should he let them burn, ignore them and continue to search for his brother?

Or maybe he should… extinguish them?

Panic paralyzes him just thinking about it. Vacuuming those feeble flames would mean to remain, once again, plunged in the deepest darkness, with no other source of light than the one coming from his flashlight. Yet, somehow, he knows that this is exactly what he must do, for only in this way will the ghosts finally show themselves to him.

And, therefore, he will be able to start hunting them down.

So, plucking up his courage, Luigi grits his teeth, points the end of the Poltergust 3000 at the first candelabra and presses the vacuum button. Before he has time to regret or think twice about what he is doing, he slides the machine towards the other candles without lifting his finger from the button and, in just a few seconds, the little dim light that remained in the room disappears.

Immediately, he hears a laugh that makes him shriek in horror and his blood run cold.

Then, right in the middle of the two candlesticks that Luigi has just extinguished, a luminescent glow emerges, allowing him to finally glimpse the portrait hanging between them, which had remained in the shadows until now. On it, he can make out the image of a man with a dense mustache and a bristly beard, dressed in one of those jackets that used to be worn in times past, and Luigi cannot help but wonder who it could be.

Suddenly, the portrait shakes, as if the man in it were jolting, and an angry voice reaches Luigi’s ears.

“WHO put out my candles?! YOU, Mr. Lime-Green?”

Luigi’s mouth opens so wide that he thinks his jaw is going to fall off. He cannot believe it. Did that portrait, that man who is nothing more than a painting, really just speak to him?

Is he going crazy?

Before he has time to process it, a new glow, this one somewhat dimmer, arises to his left, drawing his attention to a painting depicting a woman in one of those antique dresses of bygone eras. Her voice, so soft that it sends shivers down his spine, soon fills the room.

“Well, dark rooms are very dangerous around here… Did you know that?”

If it were not for how terrifying her words are, Luigi might have believed that the woman was trying to seduce him with the delicate cadence of her tone.

A new racket, coming from his left, makes him turn around once more, so that the first portrait is at his back. This time he discovers the picture of another man, with big ears, a pointed nose and a bow tie under his chin, and Luigi freezes as he hears his mocking warning.

“They love the dark… and now they will come to get YOU! Bloo-heh!” he adds, prolonging the vowels.

“No…” Luigi mumbles, shaking his head as he takes a step back.

Catching still another din, Luigi turns to face the portrait of another woman, this time slightly older, with her hair pulled back in a wide bun on top of her head and a dress so tight around her neck that Luigi cannot help but think it must be choking her.

“Be prepared,” the lady threatens him in a shrill voice. “You are about to find out what it is like to be afraid… Now you are in for it!”

“No!”

Luigi covers his face with clenched fists. He closes his eyelids tightly and shrinks in on himself, wishing that it would stop, that the portraits would stop talking to him, that this nightmare would finally end.

But the ghosts of times past are not done. A new voice fills Luigi’s ears, barely a hiss, a whisper, as if its owner does not really want him to hear it. His words, however, reverberate through the room like an echo before fading away.

“Just like that little guy in red who came before you…”

Luigi gasps and lifts his head like a spring.

“Mario?” he asks urgently.

But only the first portrait answers him, and his words offer him not a scrap of comfort.

“May you wander lost in the entrails of the night… forever!” he sentences, his voice echoing in the blackness.

Luigi jumps, frightened, and holds a hand to his chest, trying to calm his racing heartbeat. His gaze begins to wander around the room, but in his panic, he has not remembered to hold his flashlight again, so he is unable to take in anything around him, beyond the luminescent flashes of the five portraits that have spoken to him.

“Poor thing,” continues, mockingly, the voice of the first painting. “You are AFRAID of the dark, are you not, little man?”

Luigi wishes he could stop shaking, find his voice, try to coax some information about his brother out of those dead people, but he cannot get it together. All he can think about is what they have told him, their veiled threats, their taunts about how scared he is of the dark, their warnings about what is about to happen.

“Boo!” shouts the man in the first portrait, and a hysterical shriek escapes from Luigi’s throat. “Here they are…”

He prolongs the vocalic sound again for a moment before he becomes completely mute, and Luigi is left alone.

He gasps as he finds himself surrounded by darkness and hurries to reach the end of the Poltergust 3000. It takes him a couple of tries due to the nervous state he is in, and as he holds it and presses the button on the flashlight, he berates himself for being so easily startled and for having let himself be frightened once again. He begins to direct the light everywhere in a frenzy and tells himself that he must strive to remain calm, that he must act with composure, that he cannot allow panic to get the better of him again.

If he wants to save his brother, Luigi must do everything he can to overcome his fear of darkness and ghosts.

Mario needs him and Luigi will not fail him.

Still, when he hears a shrill chuckle behind him, Luigi jumps and lets out a loud gasp. He feels the urge to turn and focus the flashlight on whatever has appeared behind him, but fortunately he remembers the professor’s advice in time. Even though his whole body trembles up and down, Luigi does not turn around. He clenches his fingers tightly around the end of the machine and takes a small step forward. His attention lays on what is happening behind him, alert to any sound his ears can get.

It is not long before he perceives, too close, the cold presence of a specter, which is undoubtedly preparing to attack him.

Panic grips his body, but Luigi will win this battle.

He can do it. He can catch that ghost. He can take him and all the other souls waiting for him in the mansion. He will hunt them all down, one by one, until the only ones left in the whole building are him and Mario.

He will hunt them all down, and this is going to be the first one.

With a deep inhalation to try to build up his courage, Luigi counts backwards from three and, without hesitation, turns on himself in a single motion with his lantern held high.

The light illuminates a rather small, short, orange-colored ghost, which remains suspended with its arm raised and a frozen smile on his terrifying face, in which two entirely yellow eyes gleam, with no trace of a pupil in them.

Despite the shock of coming face to face again with that specter, the same one that attacked him the first time he set foot in that place, Luigi hurries to press the suction button and prepares himself for what is about to happen.

As soon as it notices the power of suction trying to capture it, the ghost reacts: he throws its hands to its head with a chilling scream and starts trying to get away from Luigi. But Luigi, despite the fact that the being’s deep voice has penetrated his pores, does not intend to let it escape. With a frown on his face and the determination to save his brother running through his veins, he plants his feet on the ground, tightens his grip around the Poltergust 3000 and pulls, pulls with all his might, not lifting his finger from the button.

The ghost resists, flies around the room, flails its arms as it tries to flee, but Luigi goes after it. He does not let go of the machine, he does not release the button, he does not allow the ghost’s strength to overcome him, although it does drag him somewhat around the room in its eagerness to escape.

Luckily, Luigi manages to avoid colliding with any furniture, as the orange glow of the spirit allows him to glimpse them in the darkness. His grip is strong, his will unbreakable, his hear emboldened by the motivation to rescue Mario, and the fear, inside him, has transformed into a rage that invades him from top to bottom. How dare these ghosts scare him? How dare they take Mario away? How dare they snatch his beloved brother, the most important person in his life?

If they think they are going to get away with it, they are sorely mistaken.

Luigi is not going to let them.

The growl that emerged from his throat due to the effort to maintain the connection with the specter becomes, little by little, a scream of anger. Luigi pulls harder, furious, and the ghost resists, flails harder, tries to flee, but does not stand a chance against the power of the Poltergust 3000 combined with the resolution that directs Luigi’s movements.

At last, the vacuum cleaner begins to swallow the orange spirit. Luigi’s scream is muffled for a second, only to be replaced by a mute exclamation of surprise that rises from his gut as the specter disappears through the end of the machine. Luigi, in disbelief, remains still for a few seconds, not varying the position of resistance he has adopted while struggling to catch the being, and pants as, slowly, his mind assimilates what he has just done.

He has succeeded.

He has captured his first ghost.

A stunned laugh escapes his lips. Wide-eyed, he finally relaxes his body and rests a hand on his knee as he tries to catch his breath. He keeps laughing, nervous. Did he really just do that? Is there really a spirit inside the vacuum cleaner on his back?

His laughter turns into a guffaw that prompts him to throw his head back. He raises a fist in the air and lets out a scream of victory, feeling more elated and self-satisfied than he has ever felt in his entire life.

“Yes!” he exclaims, still laughing.

He did it! He still cannot quite take it in, he still finds it hard to believe that he, Luigi, Mario’s little brother, who has always needed help and has never been able to face anyone on his own, has just captured a ghost. All by himself.

Oh, how he wished Mario could have seen him… Would he be proud of him if he did? Luigi would like to think so. He has never wanted anything more in his entire life than to make his big brother proud of him.

Of course, now that Mario is lost in some corner of that gloomy mansion, Luigi’s wish has changed: he just wants to find his big brother, rescue him, bring him back home safe and sound, make him well and happy and never leave his side again. He would do anything to see his wish fulfilled.

He would do anything for Mario.

And, armed with the Poltergust 3000, Luigi is sure to succeed.

Ghosts may still frighten him, but now that he is aware of how powerful the machine on his back is, Luigi knows he can beat them.

So, very proudly, in the middle of the darkness, he takes in as much air as he can and lets it out in a shout that he finds liberating.

“I ain’t afraid of no ghost!”

He bursts out laughing, exultant, and hopes that the remaining specters have been able to hear him. Maybe they will continue to scare him, maybe he will continue to be startled when he feels them appear, maybe fear will invade his heart again and the desire to find Mario and get out of there as soon as possible will paralyze him and make him wish he had never entered that mansion. Maybe the rest of the spirits will put up more of a fight than the first one and he will need to gather much more strength and courage to catch them.

But in that moment of happiness, Luigi allows himself to celebrate his first success with joy and to take those few seconds to think about the road ahead.

It is all right. He can handle anything. Whatever happens, he will save his brother and they will leave this place, never to return.

Clutching the Poltergust 3000 again, Luigi lets out a long sigh and closes his eyes as he conjures up the image of his brother, smiling at him, holding out a hand, counting on him. Luigi puts a hand to his heart and smiles.

“I’m coming, Mario.”

When he opens his eyes again, he is met with a new orange glow in front of him.

But for once, Luigi is not afraid.

He holds the vacuum cleaner in both hands and prepares to continue his mission.

Soon, he and Mario will be back home.

And they will never be separated again.