"Well, he'll be back. Who's up for another round of our game?" Blue asked.
"Will you shut up!" Green yelled, "Vio just stormed off like a heartbroken schoolgirl and that's what you say!"
"Hey guys, let's not all get mad!" Red said softly.
"This is none of your business, ketchup cloak!"
They all began to yell at each other, and Zelda sighed. Walking a few paces down the path, she muttered, "Where are you, Vio? What happened to being calm and collected?" That's when something occurred to her. "Wait..." Upon turning around, she saw that Red was yelling back at the others' insults, when he'd normally be crying his eyes out. "What's happening to the Four Swords...?"
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Vio stomped his feet on the ground with every step, creating a racket as his boots severed twigs and dead leaves on the forest floor. Sitting down on a log, he took off his hat and turned it over in his hands, feeling the fabric between his fingers. "What's going on? I've never been this angry before. I'm not supposed to get this angry!" He threw the piece of clothing down on the ground and looked around. "This is... not right. Not right at-" But he was cut off before he could finish his sentence, for an unlit torch hit him from behind. He fell to the ground unconscious.
"Guys? Guys. Guys! GUYS!"
"Ugh, what?" Red asked, having been interrupted in his tirade.
"Have you noticed anything strange tonight?"
"..."
"Well, at least take a guess!"
"Uh..." Blue rubbed the back of his neck. "You're on your period?"
"NO!"
"Gee wiz, you're hurting my feelings Zelda! Act a little nicer!" Green responded.
"How about that, for example!" Zelda shouted, "We're all not acting like ourselves!"
"Could it have something to do with the video game?" Blue asked.
"Why do you think that?" Zelda asked.
"Because, when you and Vio introduced it to us, we had no idea that there was such thing as a video game with us in it! Where did you get it anyway?"
"Uh... Trans-dimensional travel."
"Wha- REALLY?" Blue's eyes widened.
"Yeah! You see, we-"
"No time for the whole explanation! Look, to make a long story short, you may have introduced some sort of a time-paradox!"
"Um, okay. But what could this mean?"
"I'm saying that the fabric of this universe may be getting destroyed from the inside-out!"
"Geez, Blue! You got smarter!"
"What can I say? The fabric of my being is being annihilated. Might as well take advantage of being out of character!"
"Y-yeah. I guess. So what do we do about it, then?!"
"We have two options: one, we just wait until we all cease to exist, or two, we destroy that video game and figure out how to forget that any of this ever happened!" he pointed to the inside of the house as he said it.
"How long do you think we have before everything comes to an end?!" Zelda asked frantically.
"I'd say until tomorrow morning!"
Green stepped forward. "Um, I have an idea. I mean, if you don't mind or anything..."
"What is it?" Zelda asked.
"We find Vio as soon as possible."
"Sounds like a plan." Blue agreed.