When the hotel was first constructed, the 2nd floor was made with children in mind. It was colorful, and had plenty of accommodations like toys to keep the little tykes entertained. It was meant for those big families that have a lot of kids in the group. But one night, something terrible happened. And from that day forward, the floor was haunted by a mysterious spirit, by the name of Nivyn. No one knows who she is, or where she came from. But her presence was enough to discourage anyone from entering her sanctuary. Under normal circumstances, Vinny would just leave her be, as always. However, they had no choice, if they wanted to save the professor.
As they stood in front of the door to the second floor, Vinny paused, as a deafening silence filled the room. "I think I should take this opportunity to warn you: the specter that roams this floor will not be happy to see us. But if we're careful, we may be able to locate this E. Gadd fellow, and be off before she notices we're there." Luigi thought that was a good plan. If he had the choice, he'd wanna be in and out ASAP. So they quietly opened and shut the door behind them. And what they saw... was quite fear inducing, to say the least. The wall paper was peeling, the lights had long since lost their power, leaving the whole floor in a haze of pitch black darkness. And to top it all off, there were some creepy black tendrils made of slime spilling out of those same tears in the wallpaper.
(The music "Alaskan Belly Trouble (Mechanical) (Idle)" from Spongebob: CFTKK plays)
Luigi tucked on the collar of his shirt at the sight. It was clear this floor had been left to rot for who knows how long? "I'd advise you not to touch that black stuff. It's ectoplasm. I don't know if it may cause a bad reaction with human skin." Luigi decided to heed her advice. The duo then wandered through the halls, looking into whatever rooms they could, in the hopes E. Gadd was in one of them. But all they found were beds occupied by life-sized dolls, as well as discarded toys, like plush unicorns and plastic magic wands. Eventually, they entered a room marked 'E-001'. Within it, they found a bunch of drawings scattered all over the floor. All of which seemed to be drawn by a child. Some were of normal things, like three stick figures, labeled daddy, me, and mommy respectively. Some were drawings of innocent stuff, like flowers and horses, but some of them depicted a certain familiar face...
Luigi picked up one of said pictures. The drawing depicted the stick figure of the girl with a sad face, and what was crudely, but unmistakably, a drawing of King Boo. Between the two of them was a line, which Luigi could guess was probably a door. "Mister Luigi, come look at this..." Vinny said, pointing to some sort of rectangle shaped object poking out from under the bed. Luigi then reached underneath, but as he was about to grab it, a ghost popped out at him. "Hello!" Luigi jumper back, accidentally hitting the wall as the ghost rose up from under the bed. She was a little girl, seemingly the same age as Vinny. She also had black hair. However, her hair was a complete mess, as if she had tried to comb it herself. She also wore a blue pair of pajamas, a purple heart on the front of her shirt. But most notably, she had tear stains running down her face. Tear stains made out of ectoplasm. Despite all this, she had a smile on her face. But it didn't reach her eyes.
(The music "Who Are You" from Final Fantasy 7 plays)
"Mweeheehee! You found me! You're a really good seeker. I'm so happy you came to play with me!" Vinny stood there awkwardly, as her gaze fell on her. "Erm... Hello, Nivyn. It's um... nice to see you again...?" Nivyn then hugged her with a toothy grin. Quite literally suffocating her with her affection. "Sissy! Where have you been all this time? I was really lonely when you left." Luigi scratched his head at the display. "You're cutting off my circulation..." Nivyn then let go, being alerted she was causing her discomfort. "Oops. Sorry. But now I can introduce you to everyone! It'll be fun!" Vinny gave her a puzzled expression, since Nivyn was the only one on this floor before their arrival. But before she could ask anything, Nivyn grabbed her by the hand and practically yanked her through the wall to follow her.
Luigi was confused to say the least, but before he went off after them, it would be best to see what's under the bed. And after propping it up, he could see it was exactly what he thought it'd be: a painting of E. Gadd. Except the real E. Gadd was trapped within it. Said painting also seemed to have been drawn on with crayons. Nivyn probably mistook it for a coloring book sorta thing. Unfortunately, Luigi didn't have his dark light with him, to set him free. At the very least, he knew where he was now. Leaving him there for later, Luigi then went off to track down Vinny. And when he stepped into the hallway, he was caught off guard to see that all the dolls that were previously in their separate rooms were now out in the hallway. All looking at him with their glowing eyes. Luigi carefully crept around all of them. And while their gaze followed him through the halls, they didn't seem hostile towards him.
Before long, Luigi found himself in a large room, where Nivyn was sitting on a playmat with Vinny, filling up a tea cup with some imaginary tea. There were also two dolls sitting there as well. One a man, one a woman. Slumped over forward in an unnatural manner. "...and yeah, he gave me this pretty looking light, and that weird picture thing." Luigi then saw Nivyn was holding exactly what he needed in her hands: the dark light. She turned it on to show the rainbow light that it produced to her not so willing guest. "Yes... Anyway, me and the guest are looking for someone whom we believe might be here. Have you seen anyone?" The air was suddenly filled with tension as Nivyn's smile faded. "You mean you... didn't come here to see me?" Vinny then realized her mistake. "No. No no, of course not! What other reason would I have to be here? Haha...!" Nivyn stared for a moment, but her smile returned a minute or two later.
"Aww, that's really sweet of you, sissy. I'm glad we're a family again. I super duper promise you'll be happy here." She then looked at her tea kettle, as if only now realizing that it was, and has been empty this whole time. "Oh, what a silly goose I am. You probably want to actually drink something. Stay here, I'll see if I can find some tea." She then floated off through the wall, also failing to recall that ghosts can't even drink anything. Luigi then walked over to his ghostly companion. "I'll keep her distracted. You find the professor, and we'll make a run for it." she whispered. Luigi then explained the situation as quickly but clearly as he could, before Nivyn gets back. "You need the light? She isn't gonna like that one bit. And I doubt I'll be able to convince her to hand it over." Luigi thought about it for a second, and then got an idea.
He unscrewed the light on his flashlight, and then swapped it with the dark light. Making sure the light was in the same spot as Nivyn left it. Luigi was about to turn and leave, but Nivyn came back in the room. "Sorry, it looks like none of the faucets are working." Luigi slowly crept towards the door, hoping she wouldn't notice him. "It's okay, I'm not thirsty anyway. So how is your doll collection?" Nivyn smiled cheerfully. "It's nice. My dollies help me when I'm by myse- Say, is that your guest over there?" Luigi froze, as he turned to see he had been spotted. "Yes, he is. But it's no big deal, pay him no mind." Nivyn giggled. "Aww, come on, sis! I'm sure he wants to play with us too." Luigi knew it would be a bad idea to anger her, so he slowly walked over and sat down. "Wanna see my light, mister? I'll show you, it's very pretty!" Uh oh...
She turned on the light, and the both of her guests held their breath. No rainbows, just a normal light. Her smile once again vanished from her face. "Huh...?" Vinny tried to think of something, fast. "It's okay, Nivyn, it's okay! Maybe it's just broken, I can go fix it!" But Nivyn's blank expression shriveled into a frown. Biting her lip as her eyes looked crazed, she slowly turned her head to Luigi, and then looked at his flashlight. "Huhh... Hugghh... Hrrrnggg...!" Vinny got up, and slowly backed away, Luigi doing the same. "I swear, this isn't what it looks like. I wouldn't-" but Nivyn cut her off, as her head tilted to the side, as if lacking the strength to hold itself upright. "You never wanted to play with me... you just want my stuff... You just...! You just...!" Vinny tried to calm her down. "You know how it is, Nivyn. I have work to do, and I have to get it done." The room shook, as Nivyn's eye began to twitch. A sound reminiscent of a teapot boiling being audible.
(The music "King of the Koopas" from Paper Mario plays)
"Daddy always told me the same thing. And then he never came back... and then he never...! And then he left me all... and then HE LEFT ME ALL...!" Then the sound of a train screeching to a halt on some tracks were heard as Nivyn's stood up, her whole body shaking. She then possessed the male doll, having it grow sharp teeth and claws. "She's gone off the deep end, Mister Luigi! We won't be getting off this floor unless we can apprehend her!" Luigi tried flashing his light at the doll as it ran towards him, but as he anticipated, it did nothing. He rolled out of the way as the doll cut the table behind him clean in half! Vinny sought to discern a weakness in their porcelain foe, but was low on ideas. So she chucked the playmat at it in an attempt to blind it, but the doll saw it coming and sliced it apart mid-air. "YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN THAT SCARY GUY!" It jumped up and grabbed the chandelier over head, ripping it out of the ceiling and throwing it at Luigi, knowing it would just go straight through Vinny.
Luigi managed to avoid getting smashed under the fragile decoation, and stumbled over to the tea set that had somehow avoided getting smashed so far. Without even knowing what he was doing, he sucked up the tea kettle, and launched it back at the doll, whom had resumed chasing him. The kettle shattered in its face, disorienting it, and Luigi leaped aside as it blindly drove itself into the wall. Nivyn flew out of the now broken doll, visibly more enraged than before. "You big... STUPIDHEAD!" She then possessed the female doll, armed with a sharp looking umbrella. Luigi knew she wasn't gonna fall for the same trick twice. But that's when he noticed a second button on his poltergust that he'd never used before. Desperate times call for desperate measures. He pressed the button, as a plunger came shooting out. The doll opened its umbrella to block the attack, but the plunger stuck itself to it.
Instantly seeing what the professor had in mind for this function, Luigi then started to suck her in. The doll tried to resist the suction, but it was already too late. The rope end of the plunger was now firmly in the poltergust's vacuum, as Luigi flung it, (and by extension, the doll), onto the floor. Shattering it into a thousand pieces. Nivyn floated there after being forcibly removed from her shell. Luigi was about to give her a dose of the strobulb, but then saw her expression. Just as suddenly as her anger bubbled to the surface, it now faded away. Replaced with sadness. Nivyn floated down to the floor, where she sat down, and dejectedly glared down at the floor. Humming to herself.
(The music "It's raining somewhere else" from undertale plays)
Vinny then approached Luigi. "She isn't actually my sister. To be entirely honest, I have no idea who she is. But... the earliest memory I have was waking up in room E-001. She was sobbing under the bed. I wanted to help her, but President Midnight personally came to request my services, saying they'd get her a psychiatrist."
The both of them frowned. "After that, I just moved on... but when I heard the employees discussing this floor, as well as the freshly imposed quarantine on it, I... realized she was still here. The president is a busy man, so in all likelihood, he just forgot." Luigi then spoke up. "Bring her with us? I'm afraid that probably won't work. We don't really have any means of helping her." Luigi frowned, looking at the sulking ghost on the floor. "After we find your friends, I'll do what I can to bring the matter to the president's awareness." Luigi nodded. But before he left to save the professor, he decided to leave his Mini Mario toy with Nivyn. She didn't say anything in response, but she did seem less sad. So Luigi, and his ghoul friend made their way back to room E-001... but he knew in his heart, at some point tonight he was gonna try and make this right.