Despite being practically celebrities, the brothers were not except from their natural duties. Far from it. With the disarray of King koopa's remaining soldiers there was chaos all over the kingdoms. Everyone thinking that they are the next rightful ruler to the darklands while some argued there should not be a debate over replacement. They needed their leader back...or at the very least, a substitute. Of course no one dared challenge Kamek at the castle and as such it was nothing more than an abandoned wasteland now, littered with ghosts and skeletons.

“Uh, we lost two customers today bro” Luigi stated, arriving earlier back home.

“What? Why?” Mario replied from the kitchen

“It was taking me awhile to get everywhere on my own and-when i got their they’d rang this other place to fix it” was all Luigi replied with, hanging up his hat and sighing to himself “sorry bro, i'll be quicker tomorrow”

“What? No, you can’t be everywhere at once” 

He sat at the couch, smiling and setting his bag to the ground.

“...so, fight any evil doers today?!” he asked

“Yes actually, nothing too special though”

Bringing in a plate of ham and cheese sandwiches, he plopped down on the couch.
Now having finally conjured a bit of peace for themselves they each got to the own tasks while endulging in sweet treats and classic TV. Luigi sought in sewing on the star embroidery to their hats while Mario took ground in reading the bundle of letters he'd been handed earlier in the week. They were all addressed to the company and so Mario only felt it right to open them with his brothers presence.

“What are they?” Luigi mumbled, holding a needle in his mouth while turning the televisions volume down.

“Appear to be resumes”

“People are applying to work for us!?” Luigi continued, chuckling humbly “well, I'll be damned”

The sight unnerved Mario slightly. All these employees applying had more experience that he had! Not to mention most were indeed older. It just didn’t feel right. Surreal on all levels. With all honestly, it was hard for him to even open his business to his family.  Afterall, it was his brother and his brother alone who supported him while everyone else doubted, laughed and mocked him. It was them two from the start...

“You’re pulling your thinker face again"

As Luigi smiled Mario chuckled.

“My what?” Mario asked, gazing up from the papers

“That face you pull whenever you’re struggling to read” 

He finished with one hat before moving to the other while Mario scoffed and sighed aloud. 

"it's just… I Don't know if we need staff" Mario replied 

"well, we could always use the help" Luigi yawned, continuing to sew.

"I know but I'm not sure if we could handle managing people like that" 

There was a moment of silence before Luigi replied with “Do you want me to say no as an excuse?”, lifting his brow and smirking to Mario all knowingly,

"Oh Luigi, that's not what I meant"

Luigi shrugged and set his needle down into a pin cushion, admiring his work before setting them aside. After doing so, he scooped up a sandwich and bit into it, mounding back a few bites before speaking.

"I think you should speak to dad"

Mario looked to his brother for a moment, surprised by his words.

“Why would I do that?”

“he's got experience with this stuff-he got us the job with Spike, im sure he could help"

Mario scoffed and mumbled "look how great that turned out to be"

Luigi was unphased by his brother's reaction, his eyes fixed on the television "we could at the very least hire more people to handle the human world. Afterall its a whooole lot bigger than here. Once I nail down short cuts i'll be running around this place like a blur"

Mario laughed slightly and nodded "Perhaps. I'll think about it"