A/N: I realize my chapters are shorter than they seemed when typing, so I'll be making them longer.
Mario and Luigi Mario had walked from the latter brother's home to, finally, the customer's house. The two stepped up to the front door and Mario gave three loud knocks on the door. After a couple seconds passed by, the door swung open, revealing the customer's identity.
"Hello!" The customer was excited to see the pair. "Are you from the Super Plumbing Inc.?"
"That we are, sir," Mario replied to the very enthusiastic male.
"Name's Reggie."
"Mario and Luigi," the older brother spoke up again.
"Mario. Luigi," Reggie's eyes were maniacal, jumping up and down, observing the two but only doing so half-way, the other half's function being lost in wonder, "I have something to show you."
The three pattered through the house into the backyard. The outside was rather nice. It was a basic low green grass, a freshly-painted brown fence surrounding the rather spacious area. The yard was so spacious, even, it was a while before Mario spotted what was wrong. There was a small abyss in the ground, nearing the upper-right corner of the fence. Mario wandered off to the hole while Luigi, not taking any chances, stayed behind and conversed with Reggie.
"Why is there a hole in the ground?"
"I'm building one of those natural pool things. I mean, I was until I found it."
"Found what?"
"A pipe," Mario's voice broke in from the short distance. "Luigi, get the hell over here, the water's fine."
Slowly, Luigi took his brother's steps over to the hole. Sure enough, a gigantic red pipe was sticking up from the ground.
"A h-human could fall in there," Luigi shivered at the thought.
"Sure could," Mario cackled. He hopped into the hole and inspected the pipe a little more.
"Be careful."
"Luigi, I'll be fine."
Mario peered into the pipe. He could see nothing, only a deep darkness.
"Ask Reg for a light, Lou." Mario squinted into the red matter as he waited. He was handed a flashlight and he used the light to glow up the inside. Still nothing. Suddenly, he dropped it into the dark.
"Ah, fu-n," Mario stopped himself. Cussing at a customer's house was prohibited by the Super Plumbing Inc. code. He looked up to Reggie's frustrated glare. "Don't worry, I'll get it." He struggled up the red pipe.
"Mario-"
"Luigi, I'll be fine. How far can a pipe go?" Mario was not a very reasonable person, and that opinion became fact when the red plumber disappeared.
"Mario?" Luigi whispered.
In this time, Reggie had been gazing upon with wonder, as if entranced. Only when one plumber was present did he realize his silence through the scenario. He joined Luigi in a game of staring-at-the-red-pipe-until-Mario-comes home.
Mario and Luigi Mario had walked from the latter brother's home to, finally, the customer's house. The two stepped up to the front door and Mario gave three loud knocks on the door. After a couple seconds passed by, the door swung open, revealing the customer's identity.
"Hello!" The customer was excited to see the pair. "Are you from the Super Plumbing Inc.?"
"That we are, sir," Mario replied to the very enthusiastic male.
"Name's Reggie."
"Mario and Luigi," the older brother spoke up again.
"Mario. Luigi," Reggie's eyes were maniacal, jumping up and down, observing the two but only doing so half-way, the other half's function being lost in wonder, "I have something to show you."
The three pattered through the house into the backyard. The outside was rather nice. It was a basic low green grass, a freshly-painted brown fence surrounding the rather spacious area. The yard was so spacious, even, it was a while before Mario spotted what was wrong. There was a small abyss in the ground, nearing the upper-right corner of the fence. Mario wandered off to the hole while Luigi, not taking any chances, stayed behind and conversed with Reggie.
"Why is there a hole in the ground?"
"I'm building one of those natural pool things. I mean, I was until I found it."
"Found what?"
"A pipe," Mario's voice broke in from the short distance. "Luigi, get the hell over here, the water's fine."
Slowly, Luigi took his brother's steps over to the hole. Sure enough, a gigantic red pipe was sticking up from the ground.
"A h-human could fall in there," Luigi shivered at the thought.
"Sure could," Mario cackled. He hopped into the hole and inspected the pipe a little more.
"Be careful."
"Luigi, I'll be fine."
Mario peered into the pipe. He could see nothing, only a deep darkness.
"Ask Reg for a light, Lou." Mario squinted into the red matter as he waited. He was handed a flashlight and he used the light to glow up the inside. Still nothing. Suddenly, he dropped it into the dark.
"Ah, fu-n," Mario stopped himself. Cussing at a customer's house was prohibited by the Super Plumbing Inc. code. He looked up to Reggie's frustrated glare. "Don't worry, I'll get it." He struggled up the red pipe.
"Mario-"
"Luigi, I'll be fine. How far can a pipe go?" Mario was not a very reasonable person, and that opinion became fact when the red plumber disappeared.
"Mario?" Luigi whispered.
In this time, Reggie had been gazing upon with wonder, as if entranced. Only when one plumber was present did he realize his silence through the scenario. He joined Luigi in a game of staring-at-the-red-pipe-until-Mario-comes home.
When 2 hours had passed, Reggie invited the despairing brother into his home. Luigi enjoyed a silent meal with Reggie and his children. At the end of the meal, and Mario still had not showed up, Luigi stood up and declared he would be leaving now. Luigi spent the rest of the afternoon staring at his ceiling from bed. Then, the rest of the evening. Then, the rest of the night. Until he fell asleep.
The next morning, at approximately 9:42 A.M., he received a phone call.