The Hyrulian Valhalla Saga
By Queenie Z

His Imperial Highness, Vio The Great

As previously mentioned, having no need for rupees once they'd passed into the beyond, the Heroes had to get creative with any wagers they'd make. In that respect, the Hero split apart by the Four Sword was by far the most creative. This was even true - especially true, one could say - concerning bets made amongst his alternate personas. Perhaps they simply forgot that they were competing with themselves, or perhaps it was some strange sense of masochism - whatever the reason, it still couldn't adequately explain why Vio was lounging on a bench surrounded by his other selves, who were waiting on him hand and foot in color-coded harem costumes.

Green frowned deeply as he fanned Vio with his palm leaf. "I knew we shouldn't have let you pick the punishment game," he grumbled.

"Maybe you should just get better at card games," sneered Vio. He snapped his fingers, prompting Red to pick a grape off of its stem and drop it into his mouth.

"Hey, look at the bright side," said Red sheepishly, fingering the sheer red sleeves of his belly dress, "at least we can feel pretty while embarrassing ourselves...!"

Blue stopped rubbing Vio's feet as he shot a terrifying glare in Red's direction. "Oh, look, someone thinks they're a comedian!"

"Did I tell you to stop, peasant?" spat Vio as he opened one eye to give Blue a glare of his own.

Reluctantly continuing his work, Blue gritted his teeth and growled. "If there is a way to kill someone who is already dead," he said as menacingly as he could with a glittery velvet costume on, "I will find it. And I will use it. On you."

"Good luck with that," Vio replied with a smirk. Just as he was about to get comfortable again, he heard footsteps approaching. He took another peek to see Light and Engie staring in pure bewilderment at the scene. He smiled smugly and waved. "Oh, hey, guys."

Engie blinked a few times before speaking. "Uh... do we want to know what this is about?"

Light simply grinned, trying his best to keep his laughter contained, then crossed his arms. "I think we should definitely hear the story behind this, Engie." He turned to Green. "What'd you guys lose at to have to do this?"

Green scowled, turning bright red at Light's mockery. "Crazy Eights."

"Vio won," continued Red, "and now we have to - " Vio cleared his throat loudly, causing Red to stammer. "Oh! Uh, I mean, His Imperial Highness, Vio the Great won, and now we have to be his personal servants for a day."

"Were the dresses a part of that?" chuckled Light.

"Unfortunately," affirmed Green.

Slowly beginning to appreciate the humor in the situation as Light did, Engie smirked. "...So where'd you get those dresses, anyway? They're awfully, heheh, flattering on you guys."

Blue reached over to Red's bowl of grapes, grabbed a handful from the stem, and tossed them at the other two Heroes. "Go get swallowed by a like-like!" he cried.

Engie and Light simply laughed as they deflected the grapes with their arms. "You know, Engie," said the elder of the two, "we ought to get Wind and his pictograph box over here, don't you think?"

"Good idea! Let's go see what he's up to - he's got to see this for himself...!"

They ran off, leaving Blue in a fuming rage, Green steaming red from embarrassment, and Red feeling a little bit offended. Green gave his "master" a dirty look. "Now look what you've done - they're going to take pictures!"

Vio simply laughed. "Let them - I'll frame it, and then we can all remember the day Vio the Great came out on top!" He snapped his fingers once more and, again, Red popped a grape into his mouth.