Prologue
The phone ringing startled Luigi so sharply he nearly dropped his spaghetti. Placing it upon his table, he went to go pick the landline up. "Hello?" He asked. "Luigi! I'm going to transport you to my location right now. Hold steady!" E. Gadd instructed. Luigi, knowing what was about to happen dropped the phone, but it was in vain. He was already Pixelated before it could even hit the ground and soon he was on his way to E. Gadd. A buzzing phone, a ghost dog, and a hot plate of spaghetti were left all alone in his house.
Once the process had ended, he found himself in a dark forest, alongside Professor Elvin Gadd who was holding a 3DS. "Ah, I'm glad the phone to 3DS Pixelation worked. I can't work through official channels anymore because apparently, it's illegal to do. Something about participants not being willing, but you are, right Luigi?" Luigi responded with "No." before pantomiming out his Pixelization, using the 3DS as a prop. Due to his poor speaking abilities, he heavily relied on charades to speak. "You're wondering how I keep on getting Pixelators on your devices?" E. Gadd guessed. "Yes." Responded Luigi. "Well, that's not important. What is, is why I brought you here. See, at the moment I have located to here, Sneaker Forest. I heard there was a high number of Sneakers, supposedly hostile. So, I wasted no time in building a lab here. Do you remember my lab back in the Dark Moon Valley?" "Oh yeah." "My new lab held a high resemblance to it, just much larger. Anyway, I noticed a lack of Sneakers here. I began to search around to see if they were concealing themselves somehow, as not even my radars could detect them. Today, I was inspecting some mushrooms, for educational purposes when this," He said, pointing at the 3DS, "started having its radars go crazy. I headed to the lab except it was now gone. There's now a large mansion sitting right upon it. A ghost mansion. That's why I brought you here." Luigi responded to this with a confused expression. "Well, you're the resident ghostbuster, are you not?" He answered by making a sucking sound and holding an invisible vacuum. "Ah yes the Poltergust. I believe that the ghosts merely built the mansion around the lab, so right at the heart of it is my lab. If you can make it there, you will surely find my latest ghost stopping devices, including the Poltergust 10000, the model that sucks the most!" He shouted, taking on a dramatic pose. Luigi merely scratched his head on this. E. Gadd dropped the stance and began to press buttons on the 3DS. "To reach it, you'll need some devices of mine. They certainly pale in comparison, but they should be sufficient for now. Now step back." Luigi quickly moved back, and for good reason. The Poltergust 5000 was pixelated in from the 3DS right on to where Luigi once stood. "I'm certain you recognize this. Now put it on quickly." He grabbed the 5000 and began to strap it on to his back. "Here's how we're going to handle this. I'll work with you through my lab at the Dark Moon Valley. Once you reach the lab in the mansion, you'll be able to transport me with the 3DS. Speaking of which, you'll be taking it with you. The 3DS or the Third Dual Scream is very similar to the DS or Dual Scream, but it has a few upgrades. This one still has a smart map system, key tracking, video calls, et cetera. It also now has a built in Pixelator, the camera will now display all images in 3D, the scanning feature is back from the Gameboy Horror and it has advance radar technology that can detect ghosts. The radars can be fine tuned to detect specific ghosts, or their sensitivity can be lowered. You'll probably want to do that. Oh, and it's called the Third Dual Scream because it's the third model. Don't ask about the second model though." E. Gadd then outstretched his arm, offering Luigi the 3DS. Before he accepted, he first made several scary faces. "Oh yes the ghosts. I have a strong suspicion there aren't any Sneakers in there." He relaxed a little at this, wiping sweat off his brow. "No, I believe there are much worst ghosts in there. Remember the portrait ghosts? Well, based upon on how the radars were acting, there appears to be over 50 separate ghosts in there of that power." Luigi began to bite his nails, even though he had gloves on. "Also, we don't know how many ghosts of that level the 5000 can carry. Probably at least 7 considering that was the limit of the first model, but it should be greater. Anyway, Pixelate me to the Dark Moon Valley lab now. My feet are getting quite sore. The mansion is dead ahead." E. Gadd chuckled at this while Luigi was still very frightened. He then pressed the 3DS into his hands forcing him to take it. "It's very easy. Just select Pixelation, then Dark Moon Valley, and finally lab. Don't be scared Luigi. You are excellent at sucking." As E. Gadd said this, Luigi began to fiddle with the 3DS. He noted the several small bulbs to the left of the bottom screen that were very similar to the Boo Radar. Grabbing the stylus, he did as E. Gadd instructed, aiming the camera at him. The process was over in 10 seconds and Luigi was now alone in the forest. He placed the 3DS away and pulled out the flashlight, using it to illuminate his path.
I'm extremely excited to be finally releasing this. I've always been interested in some type of Luigi's Mansion story that heavily features portrait ghosts, but I could never find a complete one. I'm hoping to remedy that by making my own. I hope you will enjoy/have enjoyed this.