The night was quiet. Mario was enjoying a nice cup of tea when he heard a knock at his door. He went to answer and didn't seem particularly surprised to see a largish man standing at the door with oversized novelty scissors held open toward Mario's neck.
Mario simply said, "Let it be," and shortly thereafter his head was on the floor.
The next morning, though, his body was nowhere to be found. There was no blood, nothing. None of the members of Reggie mafia knew what happened to him, either. They always allowed the body to stay where it lay. It was as if Mario simply disappeared.
That morning, as the town all gathered to discuss this new matter, they heard Mario's voice as if from the heavens themselves, "I am Captain Lavender! While I no longer live among you, know that I am always with you!"
Then, the prayers began in earnest.