Flowers are Forever

## **Plot**

Luigi is with Squirt picking out flowers for Toadette in honor of her new flower case. Luigi suddenly spots a woman he immediately begins to fall for. Squirt tells him that her name is Daisy Blossom and that she just recently moved into town and has already made an impression with her quick witted energy. Luigi becomes determined to know more about her and begins making his way towards her but is immediately stopped dead in his tracks once a vine sprouts from the ground and grabs ahold of Daisy and begins to drag her away. Luigi sprints towards her aid and slices the vine off with his firepower. Daisy thanks him for his heroicness but shows no more interest in him afterwards. Luigi tries his best to have her spend more time with him, arguing that she would be safer with him around. Daisy declines her offer, saying she is a woman who works and does things solo, without any help. She thanks him once more before leaving him. Squirt comforts Luigi, saying that he doesn't need to worry about anything and that she probably just needs to know more about him before she decides to change her mind. Daisy becomes interested in the piranha plant vine that captured her and wonders if she could use it towards making a new plant of her own.

Mario and Peach are trying to come up with plans to fix faulty water pipe problems in the castle. Mario insists that he could become a plumber for the day and fix it while Peach agrees on the idea. Toadsworth speaks in the manner, saying that he will keep an eye on Peach while Mario goes out to do the work but Peach insists that she will be fine and isn't a little kid anymore. Mario heads down into a manhole and goes to search for the problem.

Daisy begins cutting up snippets of the vine that captured her and becomes fascinated with the plant's characteristics and overall shape. She continues to create more beautiful plants and flowers, making a large crowd appear outside her new shop. Down below, Mario continues his search on what is causing the problems with the water system in the castle. He makes his way toward the sewer pipe meetup point and notices the sewer lateral connecting the castle to the rest of the kingdom has been fiddled with and is torn apart. Strangely enough, it is the only one that is broken as well. Mario takes his tools and begins to repair the lateral but hears a noise coming from one of the pipes. He hides and is horrified to see the horrific manifestation of dead pirahna plants lodged together in a giant goop-like creature. The creature becomes distressed and begins bouncing off the walls, creating earthquakes above and causing damage to the kingdom.

Daisy is completely unaware that she is contributing to the creature's anger as it is looking for its missing piece but is unable to due to Daisy ripping it apart for her plants. Luigi and Squirt notice the crowd and see Daisy. Luigi attempts to have a conversation with her but she is unable to due to the high amount of foot traffic. Luigi notices the plants and immediately lets Daisy know that they originate from piranha plants, a deadly species that exist on the island. Daisy doesn't take this into account, saying that from where she is from, the plants don't act deadly and only pull people around. Luigi becomes anxious at her response and asks what she means and if she is actually from the island. She says that she actually came from a place called Sarasaland, another island located away from Mushroom Island. Luigi has a terrifying epiphany and realizes that she actually doesn't know the horrors of what she is doing and immediately shuts down the store. Meanwhile, Mario continues his best on the lateral but is spotted by the creature and is forced to run for his life. The sudden closure from Luigi only angers Daisy more and she becomes infuriated, telling him to leave her alone. Suddenly, the creature blasts from the ground towards the surface and causes havoc on the streets of the kingdom. Mario gestures for Luigi to prepare for yet another saving of the kingdom. Luigi leaves the crumbled store and joins forces with Mario. They fight off the creature the best they could, but it flings the bros off. It then spots the hundreds of plant pots Daisy has created and attacks her. Luigi stops it with his fire and stuns it. Mario is able to gain the upper hand when suddenly Peach approaches from behind and makes the final blow by stabbing it with her parasol in the eye. After the situation unfolds, Daisy realizes her mistake, and sincerely apologizes to Luigi and thanks Mario and Peach for saving her. She ends the conversation by requesting if he is still on about a potential date with her. Luigi immediately takes on the offer but Daisy insists that they take things slow and steady, he obliges and they walk off happily.