/I saw her, yeah I saw her with her black tongue tied, 'round the roses/
/Fist pounding on a vending machine, toy diamond ring, stuck on her finger/
/...Nothing that I wouldn't try/
/Hey...my sun-eyed girl, hey...my sun-eyed girl...my sun-eyed girl, hey.../
Mario had declared that they would sleep, after venturing a mile or two from the yellow pipe's exit. Koopaland wasn't far. But while Mario Mario had fallen fast asleep, Luigi had done quite the opposite. The poor man had had to cope with more than a single entity should. He suspected he wouldn't sleep for a long while.
So instead, he just listened to his Walkman on a quiet volume.
/And I know I'm gonna steal her eye, she doesn't even know what's wrong/
Luigi paused the song, listening to the dead silence. He had thought he heard something. The jobless Italian slowly shrugged off the feeling, and resumed Beck's "Girl".
/And I know I'm gonna make her mine, take her where h-/
There it was again. The noise was fluttery, as if it was paper blowing through on the wind. He checked around the tree he was sitting against, and found a discarded page from a local newspaper. With nothing else to do, Luigi read.
/-er soul belongs, and I know I'm gonna steal her eye, n-/
Luigi quickly powered off the Walkman and shoved Mario's tired body.
"Mario, wake up! Wake up, man! Dude!"
Mario groggily rolled to Luigi, rubbing his temples. "What, Leege? Go to sleep."
"Look at this newspaper," Luigi shoved the column into his face.
Mario blinked several times before being able to clearly see the words.
'MUSHROOMAN CAPTURED Our overlord, King Koopa Bowser, has formally imprisoned a residential Mushroom Man as a primary suspect in the ongoing 'Underground Massacre of 2014' case. The possible culprit has been identified as Toadshipp of the Toads family, and is step-brother to none other than the Princess Peach Toadstool, who is currently being held by our King (see 1A for full detail on our Holy King's great kidnapping). Toads is being held in the Castled Prison of Koopaland. While our best detectives are working the case, no details of the case have been released to the public. St-'
The paper was torn in half, so the brothers could not read anything following the small excerpt.
"Ah, hell," Mario murmured. He then stood up and began strolling through the plains.
"Where we going?" Luigi hollered up to him as he stumbled to catch up.
"Gonna save my friend," Mario replied.
"But, the Princess-"
"We've only been about two days. We still have five more of those to get Toad and the Princess and take down Bowser and all that other stuff."
Luigi nodded after a moment, and as the siblings walked, they began forming their rescue plan.
/Hey...my sun-eyed girl.../