Daichi: There's a lot of exposition in this one, purely so I can actually show humor elements later. It also starts before Paper Jam, but there's a timeskip.

Vee-Vee: She doesn't own these things, why do people keep asking?

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When Nastasia brainwashed something, their eyes lost all color. He didn't know how he knew this, but he did. Mr. L didn't make a habit of looking them in the eyes.

For a similar reason, he avoided mirrors. He didn't actually know what he looked like, but he was afraid to find out. All he needed to focus on was his duties. That was all that mattered, after all, it was the apocalypse. Little things like personal appearance didn't matter.

He just wondered why nobody else would look him in the eyes. He'd seen everyone's faces, of course, but they had never, not once, made eye contact. Except for Nastasia, but she never had a problem making eye contact with anyone. At least, he assumed so. It was kind of hard to tell, with those thick glasses.

He never asked. He just kept doing what he always did. Right before he left the castle to fight the heroes a second time, he glanced at a mirror.

The reflection's eyes had no color.

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Luigi could tell, when the Paper Toad showed off the Copy Block, which one was real. The copies had no free will, they did whatever the real one directed of them. While the real one had brown eyes, the copies' eyes lacked any color at all. It was creepy.

Even the Luiginoids had some sort of life to them. These copies did not. He didn't fault his Paper counterpart for steadfastly refusing to use the block.

Well, until now.

He hadn't actually noticed that it was a copy until he saw the eyes. They lacked color, but everything else that the copy did showed some form of originality. He wasn't quite sure how to breach the topic of where the others were, even Starlow had gone missing. He was glad he didn't actually have to.

"Oh, you're back. So, Boos attacked, they got everyone but me, and I think that's because they didn't know I was here, so yeah, that's a thing."

Luigi blinked a few times. "Can you start over? I think I missed something." The copy sighed.

"Right, let's go from the beginning. My name is Mr. L. I normally live in Paper Luigi's head. The moron, your brother, and the Star Sprite were attacked and taken away by Boos. I have no clue where they are, and I actually don't particularly care, either."

Not for the first time, Luigi wondered if proper application of the Thunderhand could set something on fire. "Did you see which way they went?"

"Somewhere in the woods. I wasn't paying attention, it's not like I care about the moron or anything. I think it was that way, have fun." Luigi's hands began to spark. "I'm your only lead. You won't actually do it."

He wouldn't. But he was sorely tempted.

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Daichi: Yes, this is what happens when Paper Luigi uses the Copy Block. He had good reason for putting it off.