After defeating the Rock Guardian, a Multi Power Moon came out of it. Mario and Cappy took it, rather happily. They left the inverted pyramid and it was warmer again.
Mario remarked, "It's warmer again."
Cappy stated, "Yes, I've noticed that too. But if we keep going at this pace, we should be able to catch up with Bowser."
Mario nodded in agreement. They put all of the Power Moons that they had gathered into the Odyssey. They saw there was a fork in the road, Lake or Wooded Kingdom.
Mario wondered, "Which way...?"
Cappy was thoughtful, "We could go to the Lake Kingdom." Mario agreed and with that, the Odyssey flew off. He muttered, "He kidnapped Tiara, and now that he's stolen the Bidding Band, he's got the wedding ring. Is he going to steal a whole wedding?"
Mario mused, "Well, he could steal a wedding dress next..."
Cappy perked up, "The Lake Kingdom is known for its fashion and its Lochlady dress!"
Mario groaned, "I was only kidding..."
Cappy told the red clad hero, "You know that you are going to do something like this for your own wedding, right?"
Mario replied, "Yes, I know but Violet will help with the dress."
Cappy was curious, "She knows how to sow?"
Mario shook his head, "No, but she has a really good fashion sense." He looked out the window of the Odyssey, "I just hope they are okay... I keep having this terrible feeling." He then looked down at the DS that Elvin had made him. It was able to keep Mario in contact with Luigi and Violet. It could work anywhere but it seemed to be out of power. He added, "I hadn't used this in awhile so its out of juice."
Cappy reassured, "I'm sure they are fine. You did say that they were on vacation."
Mario was about to say something but then noticed that they had arrived in the Lake Kingdom. When they did, they saw the Broodal's ship.
Mario cringed, "Crap, why are they here?"
Cappy stated, "I don't know but we better find out."
Mario had to agree. With that, they headed into the water. Mario had captured a Cheep Cheep. They went into the underwater entrance. They went into the Water Plaza and quickly got to Terrance. The Broodals arrived and this time, they had faced off with the orange one. Mario was disappointed that Bowser had the dress but he and Cappy had made quick work of him. They had gotten a Multi Power Moon from him. Mario couldn't help but wonder if they will ever stop Bowser before anything happened.
"Mario?"
Mario must've been zoning out. He looked and saw Cappy looking at him, very worried.
He apologized, "Sorry Cappy, what did you say?"
Cappy asked, "Are you really worried?"
Mario admitted, "Yeah, I am. But there's no time to worry right now. Let's get back to the Odyssey and get to the next kingdom."
Cappy seemed to have nodded. They had decided to go to the Wooded Kingdom, since they had to check.
Cappy questioned, "Whoever heard of a wedding with a stolen dress?"
Mario shrugged, "I don't know if that dress from the Chaos Heart incident was stolen or not."
Cappy decided to change the subject, "There is a giant greenhouse there filled with flowers. It's famous for the beautiful Soiree Bouquet."
Mario was grateful for the subject change. He just smiled at Cappy, though briefly looking at his DS. He hoped that Luigi and Violet were okay. Something was just nagging at him.
"Enjoying your painting quarters?"
Mario knew that voice. He paled as he pressed his hands up against the glass. That's when he realized that he was in the painting King Boo put him in so long ago. Mario hadn't had this flashback in a while. He remembered that he had recently figured out that he was literally in a painting and was bait for his baby brother.
Mario hissed, "Once Luigi gets here, you are going to regret locking me up in this painting!"
King Boo smirked evilly and replied, "Oh? The weakling brother is who I'm supposed to be scared of? Everyone knows what you think of your own DNA."
Mario hissed, "What are you talking about?!"
He explained, "Think about it, red cap. The minute you get the opportunity to go on vacation with the princess and her royal advisor, what was the first thing you do? You started packing! You didn't - not even once - ask your own younger twin brother if he wished to join you. Nope, the only thing you did was asked him to get the luggage from the attic since you were too busy talking about the trip of a lifetime. Talk about insult to injury."
Just when Mario was about to protest, he hated to admit it but King Boo was right. The red clad hero didn't even ask Luigi if he wanted to come. All he did was packed and talked about Isle Defino. Mario had just come back from there two about three weeks ago. Turned out that Bowser had a son and used him to get Peach. When Mario said nothing to defend himself, King Boo's smirk got wider.
Mario hissed, "Don't you smirk at me."
King Boo responded, "Oh come now, red cap. You know I'm right. You think Luigi is a poor excuse for a human. Why else would you leave him behind constantly? It is because you are embarrassed to be around a failure and the worst part is - he is your younger twin brother."
Mario woke up from his flashback, rather nightmare, with a start. He looked and saw it was nighttime in the Wooded Kingdom. He must've passed out. Mario looked up and saw that Cappy had turned into a nightcap. Mario smiled sleep catching up with him. At least King Boo was locked up in the Boo Canister.
...
After giving Violet the Virtual Boo and an elevator tracker, Elvin had her to head out to the elevator. Spettro had gone ahead of her, as usual. Violet walked down the hallway and got into the elevator. She got installed next to the buttons. There was a big screen and a map of the floor and Elvin was on it.
Elvin commented, "Oh good job Violet! That's what this tracker does! It shows the floor layouts. Now go ahead and put in the buttons."
Violet nodded. "Right!" She put 1 and 5 into their holes. "Great!" She gushed.
Without further delay, Violet headed up to the fifth floor. Elvin had directed her earlier to go up there and get his briefcase.
Please Luigi... Please be okay...
When Violet finally made it to the RIP Suites, she looked around a bit scared. She saw that the ghosts put up more pictures of her.
Classy.
She used her Aurora Nine to freeze over a few obstacles and destroyed them quickly. Violet took on some ghosts. She walked towards Elvin's room, to where her horror, a ghost maid was there. She froze a bit, her powers starting to react to her fear. The maid turned, seeing her. She quickly swallowed the briefcase and tried to get to the next room. After chasing her down a bit, not to mention taking down some more ghosts, Violet managed to freeze the ghost maid and got the briefcase back.
"I'll take that thank you!" She commented.
She checked the Poltergest G-00 and out came the 3 floor button.
"And jackpot!" She declared.
Violet took the briefcase and started to head back to the elevator. She opened the doors and put in the 3 button. Before she headed up there, she went back to the basement to give Elvin his briefcase. After a few minutes, she had returned to the lab. She gave Elvin his briefcase. He opened it up, smiling.
He told her, "This is what I wanted! The time has come to use it in battle!"
"Use what in battle?" Violet asked, raising an eyebrow.
Elvin ignored her question and plugged something into the back of the Poltergust G-00. Elvin patted her back, making Violet turn around to him.
Elvin explained, "I've gotten too old to be catching ghosts by myself. So I created a replacement for myself. And this is it."
"But what is it?" Violet questioned.
Before Elvin could explain, the two of them went outside of the lab. Elvin trapped Violet in a cage and instructed her to use Goolet to help her out. Violet raised an eyebrow but did as Elvin instructed. She closed her eyes and before she knew it, a goo version of herself appeared. Goolet said nothing but went over to where the gear was. She blew on the gear with the Poltergest G-00 and got Violet out of the cage. Violet opened her eyes and quickly moved.
Elvin answered, "And that's how Goolet works. She'll be your personal assistant. Just don't get her near water."
Violet breathed, "That is so cool!"
Elvin stated, "Why thank you my dear."
After a bit, Violet got in the elevator and headed for the 3rd floor where the Hotel Shops where. She got out of the elevator and went to look around. But without a key she couldn't go forward.
"Oh crap..." She groaned.
So, summoning Goolet, the two of them started to look around. She managed to have Goolet get the key out of the men's bathroom. Goolet came out, holding the key before she returned back to the Poltergest G-00.
"Okay, I'm starting to love this." She commented, grabbing the key.
She quickly unlocked the door. She saw a bunch of shops and pouted.
"Aw man... too bad these shops are all illusions..." She groaned a bit.
That's when she saw a security guard ghost. And he had an elevator button on his keys.
"Bingo." She whispered.
The security guard ghost went threw the heart door, dropping the diamond shape key. Violet, knowing that he was gone, grabbed the key.
"Diamonds are a girls best friend." She semi joked.
She went to the diamond gift shop, seeing it was all barred up. She sent Goolet into the store to get the next key. Goolet retrieved the heart shape key but then was attacked by some ghosts. Quickly reacting, the goo version captured all of the ghosts nearby. She grabbed up the key and went threw the door. Violet had her to return again, picking up the heart key.
"Hearts be true." She joked, mostly to herself.
She went downstairs, seeing the heart shop was a dress shop. The minute she laid eyes on a beautiful midnight purple dress with sparkles on it, she was in heaven.
"Oh man... Luigi would so love that!" She noted. That's when she pouted. "Oh right... these shops are all illusions."
She groaned but she knew she had to get going. She got Goolet in to get the spade key. Goolet took on more ghosts as they went upstairs to the coffee shop. Goolet went in again and got the club key, bringing it back to Violet. Just as Violet was about to go back down, a big red Slammer appeared to challenge her.
"Let me guess... you aren't here for the shopping..." She quipped.
Using her Aurora Nine, she quickly got behind the Slammer and started to capture him. She pulled with all of her strength and eventually captured him.
"Gotcha!" She celebrated.
As she and Goolet got into the hair salon, they picked up the final key. It was the star key.
"I guess we are the star." She joked. But when Goolet barely even laughed at her joke, she groaned, "Aw man... why do I even try?"
The ice wielder had Goolet return back to the Poltergest G-00. She had a security guard ghost to capture. She looked in the dress shop one more time and sighed out of disappointment. She did really like that dress though. She opened up the room, seeing that the ghost was having coffee and donuts. To her surprise, he also had a portrait with him.
Red!
"Red!" Violet breathed.
The minute the security guard ghost caught eye of her, he went behind the table. He rolled threw the bars, grabbing a water gun. Violet summoned Goolet and the two began to fight. Before too long, Goolet had captured the security guard ghost and the 2 button. Violet celebrated, turning her attention to Red's portrait.
"Hold on!" She told the Toad, using the Dark Light device on it.
Within a matter of seconds, Red had returned to normal. He looked around and was happy to see Violet there.
"Violet!" He gushed.
"Welcome back." Violet stated.
Red looked around, "Where is Luigi…?"
"He's been caught... by King Boo." Violet explained, the tears evident in her eyes.