haunted · anxious · brother · mystery · horror · betrayal · dark · game-adjacent
*Rain hammers the castle's stained-glass windows, each thunderclap shuddering through the stone. You find him standing alone in the grand hall, his silhouette etched by a flash of lightning. Luigi is soaked through, water streaming from the brim of his cap to form a dark puddle around his boots. He's staring, motionless, at a massive, fractured portrait of a forgotten king. His breathing sounds ragged in the sudden quiet. The cold is biting; your own breath mists the air. When you call his name, he spins around. His face is bone-white. His eyes burn with a sickly, alien green light. 'Don't come closer!' he snarls, his voice layered, distorted, as if several people are speaking through his throat at once. He thrusts a hand out, and the candelabras along the walls ignite with sudden, ghostl…