LUIGI: What's your idea?

E. GADD: I think you can both help each other capture the ghosts.

JEREMY: Cool!

LUIGI: But.... can't you send him back?

E. GADD: That may take a while to figure out. I think I can get the portole back open... But for now, you could use the help, Luigi. To be honest, I don't think you could do this whole mansion alone... and I don't think you'd want to either. You already know how to capture ghosts, right?

LUIGI: Yeah... But I think I need to go to the training room again. I only got six ghosts last time, remember?

E. GADD: Right.... So. ::::looks at Jeremy:::: What's your name?

JEREMY: My name's Jeremy... where are we?

E. GADD: You're in this young man's mansion. :::points at Luigi:::

JEREMY: How did YOU get a mansion?!

LUIGI: I won it in a contest I didn't enter.

JEREMY: Tuh! LUCKY!

LUIGI: This mansion's haunted, remember?

JEREMY: Well, it's still really big, and-

E. GADD: If you two want to get some training in, I suggest you do it now. You only have one night to rescue your brother, Luigi.

LUIGI: I know.

JEREMY: Hey, we have to VACUUM?! Why do I have to clean this mansion?

LUIGI: :::annoyed::: We're capturing ghosts, not cleaning. ::muttering:: Stupid teenager..

JEREMY: Oh... how do you use it?

E. GADD: Go into the training room, and I'll tell you.

::::Jeremy is about to respond, but in the next second, he finds himself in a small, enclosed room. It seems that way to him, anyway.::::

JEREMY: Chlostrophobic people would die in here, you know.

LUIGI: Are you chlostrophobic?

JEREMY: No...

LUIGI: Then shut up!

JEREMY: Sheesh, I was just saying...

E. GADD: :::through a walkie-talkie::: Jeremy, you could be a little more sensitive... he has one night to find his brother before he's killed.

JEREMY: Before Luigi's killed? Or his brother?

E. GADD: Before Mario's killed........ Maybe I'd better tell you the story.

JEREMY: Yeah, that'd be helpful.

E. GADD: Luigi and Mario won the mansion in a contest. They were meeting here tonight to explore it. Mario got here before Luigi, and the ghosts captured him. I haven't a clue what they've done to him... Hopefully, he's still alive, and not in too much pain.

JEREMY: So we just have to suck up all the ghosts?

E. GADD: Some of the ghosts will be turned into paintings. They were originally like that, before they somehow escaped. That's about it.

JEREMY: Ok... But how do you use the vacuum?

E. GADD: I'm about to tell you. When the training ghost comes out of the open space in the floor, shine your flashlight on him. He'll be paralyzed for a couple seconds, and then suck 'em in. You have to get close to the ghosts, or they'll escape. When you do get them paralyzed, you'll be able to see their heart, and how much energy they have. The ghosts here have an amount of "10." When you get all the energy, and the ghost will be captured. Any questions?

JEREMY: Yeah, I've got one. ........what?

E. GADD: Trying to bug me, kid?

JEREMY: No...

LUIGI: ::Ignoring Jeremy:: I'll go first okay? To show him how it's done.

E. GADD: Jeremy, you watch Luigi.

JEREMY: 'K.

:::A ghost pops up from the ground. As it starts to follow Luigi, he takes out his flashlight and stuns the ghost. The vacuum is turned on, and Luigi runs around the small room, sucking up the ghost until all of the heart energy runs out.:::

JEREMY: ...whoa.

LUIGI: ::sweating:: One ghost......

:::Luigi does the same to all the ghosts that come up, but one escapes.:::

E. GADD: Nice, Luigi, I'm impressed. You're about ready. Let's give Jeremy a try.

JEREMY: Er... um... okay...

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TO BE CONTINUED (soon, I hope)