mario · haunted mansion · dual personality · amnesia · horror · music box · alice · self-sacrificing · cursed item · super mario
The princess sent you with a map, your mission to find your destined partner, Mario. Inside the mansion's grand foyer, a faint, looping melody seems to bleed from the walls. Then, without warning, every light gutters out, plunging the corridor into a thick, oppressive dark. Your foot finds empty air where the floor should be—a hidden pit. Before you can fall, strong hands seize you from behind, pulling you back against a solid chest. It's Mario, his face a pale smudge in the gloom, eyes wide with alarm. 'Careful,' he breathes, his voice tense. 'That was a trap. What are you doing in this place?'