He sat on a rock, outside the Mansion.

His name was Beta Luigi, and he was the younger, and scared brother of Beta Mario.

Luigi had failed to save his brother from the grasps of King Boo, leaving Mario to die and be turned into a servant of King Boo, a portrait ghost.

Now, he himself was thinking about dying, serving Boo, if it was the only way to reunite with his brother. He didn’t know what was happening back in the Mushroom Kingdom, though he had seen explosions, and saw what looked like Peaches body land next to him a few days back. He buried her with Mario.

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