#sorry morro makes me emotional

[moxielynx]

forever angry that Wu referred to Morro as his "biggest regret" mf YOU failed him

[siren61]

I FORGOT I HAD TO POST TO TUMBLR AS WELL I AM SO SORRY BUT HERE’S THE BELOVED GHOST GANG !!!

🎋 [ “I think it’s better I wasn’t saved.”

“Why is that?”

The archer asked as he sharpened the ends of his arrows.

“I’ve been running scenarios in my head, if ever I was managed to be pulled from the P— er, her.” He cringed at the thought of their former queen. “If destiny will be in my side this time, I’ll be taken in, forgiven and accepted in the group. Low chance from Lloyd, and especially that red ginger-snap.”

“Mhm. And unfortunately as always, if it isn’t?”

“I’ll be shunned, imprisoned, tortured, or who knows what they do with criminals nowadays.” The spirit gave a small shrug. “But knowing Wu, he’d probably keep me in the Monastery, insists those prized ninjas of his’ to give me a chance.”

“Possible. However you’ll be reunited with your former mentor; a second chance, to make up your rights, gain their trusts, recover the time that was wasted decades ago, and even gain a new family, if destiny will choose to be your friend. What’s your reason for stating that it was better for your fate to end this way?” Soul shifted his attention to Morro.

“Hm.. well, I can only think of two reasons so far.”

“And those are?”

“Wu has his own family now, I will only cause a huge ruckus if I were to be forced alongside them. And speaking of family,” he paused before turning to where the trio where; Bansha wrestling with Ghoultar with a hearty laugh, while Wrayth was cheering the lady as well as insulting the ghostly skeleton. “I’ve already found mine.”

The answer surprised the archer but didn’t show it. Normal people wouldn’t notice it, but it was quite easy for the spirit to notice that subtle smile on the former general’s face as he watched the others. It’s unexpected and new to him for Morro to show such emotion.

“I see. And the second?”]

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This was supposed to be a late Valentines post, with an extra comic!! But I’ll separate that in another post

[blu3cl0v3rs]

Summary: Morro and Nya lose control.

Warnings: Bad pacing (?), author was running out of ideas

Prompt: Record | "Hurry!"

Extra: I watched Seabound, now you guys get my take on Morro and Nya's powers going haywire in Episode 1. Set in a generic "Revived Morro Lives With the Ninja" AU during, you guessed it, Season 14, Episode 1.

Morro sat on the edge of the flat top of the canyon. Gusts ruffled his hair playfully, the whistling winds below him of which the canyon was named after told him it was okay.

He leaned back, palms dug into the reddish dust as he exhaled calmly. He and Pixal were working on a new mech, and in trying to deliver her a tool he ended up launching it through a sheet of metal like a bullet. They were both shocked, and Morro refrained from using his abilities until he left the workshop.

He tried doing katas and practicing stances, but that just ended with the breeze violently picking up and whatever nearby that wasn't fied or nailed down getting flung about.

He hid as the Ninja returned, and went to the Whistling Canyons.

The winds shifted around something, and a soft clicking of wooden sandals let Morro know that his sensei was arriving.

"I heard from Pixal that you have been struggling with control of your powers," the sensei said as he carefully set himself down.

"I'm not struggling, it's just-" the teen groaned. "The wind refuses to listen to me. I can hear it perfectly fine, but it doesn't seem to hear me."

"Nya is having similar issues," Wu admitted.

"Water Ninja? I guess that makes sense, our elements are the most connected so if one is going haywire the other would as well," Morro mused.

"But, do you know why your powers may be going out of control?"

"If I did, I would've solved the problem already."

Wu hoisted himself up, a few joints like out a crack in protest.

"Well, I believe you have been sitting out here long enough, let us head back to the monastery now," he said as he turned, his cloak whipped around as the gusts messed with the beige fabric.

Wu's first student gazed out to the winding canyons before he rose and followed suit.

"AAAAAAAAAAA! THE TOILET EXPLODED AGAIN!" Jay shrieked from the bathroom.

Nya was seen rushing away from that area, only to pass the kitchen and break the faucet there.

"I'm comin', Jay!" Cole exclaimed as he charged towards the bathroom, mop in hand.

"Hurry!" They Lightning Elemental yelled.

Morro grimaced, the winds swirled harsher as he did so.

Realizing this, he quickly took a few calming breaths, attempting to tamp down his emotions before they ripped the monastery from atop the mountain. The gusts settled to a nice breeze, and he sighed in quick relief.

As the sound of soda bottles getting launched about, Morro almost ran into Nya as she panickedly ran away from the gaming room.

"For the record, I'm fine, and this is perfectly normal!" she angrily shouted before beating a wooden log with a near sloppy stance due to raging emotions. The hose spritzed water aggressively in tune with her hits.

The breeze picked up again as Morro tried to stop the hose from spraying him, but only succeeded in getting a rude blast to the face.

"ENOUGH!" he bellowed, anything movable was blown, Nya herself getting tossed a few feet into the air before Morro calmed himself and dropped everything, catching Nya so she wouldn't land painfully.

"Sorry," he mumbled before jerkily letting go of her.

[woffles-4-waffles]

I'm sorry I may need to block you for a few days because your art makes me so indescribably sad (positive, compliment) and I'm grieving too hard every time I see it as the top post in the Morro tag.

Jfjejdjjejdjejjd hehehe, There is more emotional pain on the way, this time teen Garm. >:)

[pepmint-art]

Green Rejection AU:

How does Kai unlock his true potential here? Same with Morro and the other ninja.

first of all: sorry it took so long, i have no explenation for this. and second: this question made me THINK too hard

okay so, for zane, jay, cole and nya it's the same. mostly because there's not much to do around this. it was all about what was happening inside of them and didn't depend on other characters or specific situation (expect from jay, but in this au he and nya are couple so nothing changes)

for kai it's a little complicated as originally he unlocked his true potential when he realized it is not his destiny to be a green ninja. well, here it's not a secret that sensei wu knows who is a green ninja and that the green ninja is not a part of team. the only problem is that he don't want to share it because yeah, his students would just stalk him and force to this (what actually happened thanks to morro). i think he would feel insufficient if someone else, who also doesn't want their destiny, has what he wanted. he was going from "i'm not doing enough" to "i'm trying too hard" whole the time. he finally made it when he realized that, indeed he is special just as he is. he is enough and that life doesn't give us what we want but what we need. like, sorry but he learned to love himself in a healthy way and i don't care if it's out of character.

baby dragon morro aka a little piece of shit (i love him with so much hate). he actually has the same problem as kai, but not around being a green ninja. he also feels not enough. he wants his father (wu) to be proud of him. of course, he was smarter then the rest of the team knowing that not a single person deserves a destiny that makes you fight with your own parent, but he also is fsm grandchild, and he's nothing more then a wind master. he's nothing special unlike lloyd. that changes and he understands he just thought shit about himself, when wu tells him directly, for the first time, that he's proud of him and couldn't ask for a better child then morro. let them have cute and emotional father and son moment!

and lloyd? he didn't unlock his true potential at all. he can't accept that it's his destiny. he only wants a calm life with his boyfriend and friends, normal job and actually leave this cursed place named ninjago city. over time he accepts it, but not as "i was made for this. it's my destiny." but more like "i'll do it only because i have to." rejecting his destiny is what makes him unable to unlock his true potential.

once again, sorry it took so long T-T

[sins-and-wins-with-vix]

Everything Right/Wrong with Ninjago “Legacy of the Green Ninja” E9: The Last Voyage

Another short one this week, and sorry it’s late! Disclaimers: Show owned by LEGO. This is not a professional review/critique- it’s mainly intended for comedy!

Reblog, comment, and/or like! And make sure to tell me your thoughts!

- Intro ✅

- Opening shot makes it look like the entirety of the Dark Island is beneath these ominous clouds, but by the time we get there we see that doesn’t actually look to be the case ❌

- “We just got our tails handed to us!” Kai will say anything in order to avoid cursing in front of Lloyd ❌

- “What’s my elemental power?” Haven’t you said multiple times it was animals? ❌

- “Um, hot air?” “So I command the wind!” Morro has competition

- The biggest sin is on the fandom for not properly acknowledging the child-and-his-pet dynamic between Lloyd and Ultra Dragon ❌

- Don’t get me wrong, I fully understand Zane’s struggle, but he’s not the only one that got the short end of the stick. I mean, Kai and Nya got stuck with saying goodbye to Dareth! ❌

- ^“There are a few people who’d like to say goodbye to you.” Oh look, the fandom found its way on set

- “I wonder what’s on the island.” “Never before seen ecosystems?” “Never before seen creatures?” “Vegetables that taste like dessert?” None of these things are on the island. ❌

- “I wonder if this is the end of our destiny…” Well that was awful morbid for an 11 year old

- “Well if it is, there isn’t anyone else I’d want by my side.” “You said it!” “Here here!” I can’t. They are ready to die together because that’s what they do! They live together, they fight together. Whether they be fighting snakes or getting sh*tty, minimum wage jobs, they do it together because they’re a family and it just makes me emotional every time ✅

- The Falcon had plenty of time to dodge that weapon ❌

- Lloyd and Misako help Wu to stand but there is no possible way he could actually need their help with that ❌

- “He’s… gone.” “We don’t know that.” “Oh, Zane, I’m sorry.” “We’re not gonna let him go in vain!” Wu attempts to reassure Zane by saying that they don’t technically know the Falcon’s dead, but it seems Kai and Nya have already planned the funeral. ❌

- “This ‘mud’ is condensed evil…” The Overlord played with slime before it was cool

- “Ah, I’m starstruck!” Never in my life have I heard a throwaway line that I wanted to sin and win at the exact same time… ❓❓❓

- “Sink your teeth into this!” Kai knows he’s supposed to say the quip before doing the attack that accompanies it, right? ❌

- Oh no! One of the starteeth is still on board! Wait, no, that’s just Kai’s hair.

- “Zane! Is it really you?” This plot twist blew my mind as a child ✅

- “I thought I was kaput! But as you know in Ninjago,” No one ever stays dead? ❌

- “The past is the past…” that is rarely ever true ❌

- In the flashbacks from S1 we saw Zane wake up with Julien’s dead corpse still on the bed beside him, but now the show is trying to convince us that the body was already gone. Also, even if this new sequence of events makes more sense than the last, it doesn’t explain how Zane could wake up in a random house, think he had no connection to it, and then stumble upon it years later, seemingly with no memory of it ❌

- “I began to question if you’d ever want to see me again… I was afraid you’d think I was a monster…” Zane doesn’t acknowledge Julien’s concern in the slightest, and this entire conflict is never even brought up again. You could say the “no one deserves to be held captive, not even a monster” line later on, which serves as the resolution, to be a parallel (with the “monster” being both the Leviathan and Julien) but calling Julien a monster just seems extreme in context - not only was he forced to build everything he did, but he only built a few cars! It’s not like he made them a lifetime supply of grenades! ❌

- I love the designs on the leviathan’s tentacle-eye thing. It just looks really smooth, and I also like the sounds it makes when it blinks ✅

- *Humming the theme song* “What? It’s catchy!” Cole is me ✅

- “Where did you learn to cook?” Um, you taught him? We saw it in the flashbacks ❌

- “I see no reason for me to have a memory switch. I happen to like my life, and don’t want to ever forget you again.” “We will both never forget.” Julien completely ignores Zane’s very reasonable request by making an on-the-nose and inaccurate reply ❌

- “Release us you MONSTER!” Well that was rude ❌

- Lloyd just used his energy powers to force the leviathan to release them, so can’t he just do that again? ❌

- The lighting throughout this entire episode is really good ✅

Sentence: Julien after leaving the lighthouse:⬇️

[wolfiegirlxox]

Hello hello! Your reverse au has pulled me into the deep end.

For one, are you planning on properly writing down this story as a fanfic? And if not would you be willing to let other write it? (With credit for the idea and au of course)

And two, I’m really curious about Wu in this timeline! Judging by the character designs and traits it seems that garmadon grew up fine without the poison or his oni/demon traits popping up until this point. So how did wu fair 👀 why is he fighting his son? And maybe how he adopted morro and a tidbit about morro and Lloyd’s relationship ☺️

I’m already brainrotting this like thinkin about how Nya would be her fathers assistant like Claus was to Chen while Kai infiltrates the tournament.

I know I’m rambling but speaking of, does Claus work at Chens restaurant? And are him and garmadon like brunch buddies? I can imagine all too well these two sitting down at like a Starbucks and talking about student shenanigans.

I KEEP GOING I CANT STOP- for the EMs in the tourney, would their whole characters be swapped or maybe just their personalities. Like this event was advertised as a friendly competition to find “who’s the best” and all the EMs are just like a collection of every day people who happen to have been training elemental powers.

I’ll stop now but I keep thinking about all the cool parallels and SIDJEKBANE SHUTTING UP NOW

Hi! Hi! Welcome to the pit! Thank you for sending this ask, it was really fun to answer!

For your first quesion: I do not currently have plans to write a Reverse!AU fic, I just don't have enough thought out story to write a proper fic yet. I may do bullet notes or oneshots at some point but not a full fic.

If anyone would like to write a fic of it I would be ELATED, please do not be afraid to do so, just @ me or something when you post it so I can see it! <3

Next! So my idea right now is the Spinjitzu brothers both took more to one of their halves, Garm is more Oni and Wu is more dragon. They both have traits from both but lean more to the side of one (Ex: Garm has gold eyes, Wu has red). Garm actually looks more Oni than he appears, he's just using his limited shapeshifting power to hide it as he doesn't like that part of himself.

When Wu and Garm were sparing and Wu's sword went over the wall Wu quickly went to get it and was bitten by the Great Devourer. However, due to his strong dragon blood, the venom was much slower to take effect, giving him a longer normal life and more of a chance to bond with his family.

Living with Lloyd and watching him grow up made Wu realise that even if it wasn't with Misako he still wanted a child of his own to raise. So, he found an orphanage in a small village nearby and adopted little Morro when he was only a year and a half years old. He was good enough to stay with Morro and raise him for the first 6 years he was there and loved him very much, that love probably held the venom back even longer than his dragon blood did. For a couple months he showed many signs the venom was finally getting to him, but he never showed them around Morro. One day he finally snapped and got sent to the underworld for another 6 years before the Pilots. He was there plotting his revenge for most of that time as the evil grew more quickly in the absence of his family. He hadn't even considered Morro being involved in the fight but when he found out, well... he'd come too far to let his emotions stop him now, if worst came to worst he'd spare him, the venom wasn't strong enough to make him take his own son's life, right?

(Sorry this was so long lol, I have many thoughts)

Now for Morro and Lloyd's relationship. (Get ready for some more sad) Morro was only about 3 1/2 years old when Lloyd ran away, he doesn't really remember Lloyd, maybe only a few vague memories. On Lloyd's side of things, however, Morro was old enough to talk and walk and have fun with him, Lloyd has a lot of happy memories of his little cousin and he misses him a lot.

*Smirks evilly* Great minds think alike. Nya is at her father's side for most of the Tournament, going off to do his dirty work while Kai is incognito as just another EM. Everyone knows Nya is Ray's daughter as she was introduced as such.

Clouse is Chen's adoptive son INTERN at Chen's Noodle House. He's 19ish and going to college for Chemistry (closest normal equivalent I could think of for magic). Chen has practically adopted him at this point TAKEN HIM UNDER HIS WING as cooking is, in some ways, a lot like chemistry.

Garm didn't know Chen very well before the ninja business but after talking with him when he came for Skylor and hearing her talk about him he reached out and the two have been enjoying brunch together every Saturday they can sense. And yes, they do talk about student shenanigans lol.

For your last one, I love your ideas!!! I'll have to take more time to think about how I'd do it for my AU but that is a great idea!!! Maybe I could have opposite personalities switch elements like Griffin and Paleman or something. I'm not sure about this one at all though, I'll definitely have to brain rot over this some more so I can post something more concrete about it.

Anyway, that's all I got for you right now, I hope this is what you were looking for!!!

Seriously though, thanks for the ask, I loved it and it made my day! Please feel free to send all the questions you want I would love to answer them! I hadn't thought a lot about these before you asked so it was fun to think about!

Have a great day/night!!! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

[peachyninjago]

qqqqqqqUITE FRANKLY, i’d like to know about all them dw variants because i’m a dirty simp but the one that intrigued me the most is probably “upside down”!

(also “departed war” and “vigilante lloyd” got me 👀)

sorry this took so long i was trying to figure out how to write it without giving copious amounts of Dreamweaver spoilers

ANYWAYS. ah, upside down!

aka the variant where i make Dreamweaver even DARKER :DD

alo my friend- you've beta read dw for me, haven't you? therefore you know what i mean when i say that the Dreamweb chapter is coming up?

basically, in U.D., Dreamweaver's little tricks and manipulations within the d.web work...

...in a way they NEVER saw coming

Loyd, Rumi, and Morro's minds are all still trapped inside the Dreamweb, but their physical bodies are all awake, moving, and COMPLETELY under Dreamweaver's control. they are like Based Servant's lmao

the trio is (warily) crowned as Dreamweaver's second-in-commands!! they are all Very insane, and the worst parts of their personalities are amplified while the good parts are trapped inside the d.web (ex: Lloyd's bratty-ness and childlike behavior, Morro's short temper and sudden outbursts of violence, Harumi's emotional manipulation and use of others)

so yeah!! fucked up little dw variant where Dreamweaver themselves goes and storms the ninja with not only their gaggle of villains, but 3 absolutely CRACKED partners in crime my beloved!!! :)

(fun, fun fact! this was one of the very first prototype ideas for chapter 3/4 of Dreamweaver. i changed it solely bc i wanted to focus more on the Bonding of our main 3 and not their individual struggles, but i loved the concept so much that i made it into a variant uavuaviag)

[andrei-raras]

(PART 2) *As We continuing explore the Dream World, where everything we dreamt comes true.*

Andrei: So... Uh, what is exactly is Guilt again?

Dreamy Andrei: Ok, To be honest, Let me explain... Guilt is an emotional state where we experience conflict at having done something that we believe we should not have done.

Andrei: What?

Dreamy Andrei: *sighs* It's a feeling of worry or unhappiness that you have because you have done something wrong.

Andrei: Oh! I see...

Dreamy Andrei: Alright! Now, take Cosmo for example, he had an experience of guilt, right?

*As My Subconscious turns on the television and there's a scene where Wanda shines the flashlight on Cosmo.*

Cosmo (On-TV): No it isn't! It's horrible! It eats away at you until... until... You just have to confess what you did! I'm sorry Wanda, I lied! I did forget our 793rd anniversary! I just pretended to be in a coma!

*Just as the Television pauses.*

Dreamy Andrei: See? Now you understand why this guilt actually means! It's magic that works on your heart, and the only way to make it go away is if you do something very nice or very special.

Andrei: Oh, Right! Now I get it.

Dreamy Andrei: Would you want me to show you more? Hmm...

Andrei: Yes.

Dreamy Andrei: Alrighty then, Let's go!

*As My Subconscious & I are heading to the warp pipe, we found ourselves in the dream version of Créme Republic, from there, we meetup with Captain Caviar & Oyster, whose officialy married from before!*

Andrei: (Whoa! Is that Captain Caviar and Oyster? And they getting married?! But this is not canon though! Unless...) *realised* (Of course, Rainy's fanfictions must've effected in the dream world just now! I saw them getting married when I read this chapter and I feel happy for them!)

Dreamy Andrei: Hey Guys! Congradulations for your wedding!

Captain Caviar: Why thank you, lad! And good morro to you two!

Oyster: What brings you two today?

Dreamy Andrei: Well, My OG form, Andrei, had a guilt trip by Rainy after they chat on tumblr.

Oyster: *shocked* Oh my! Is that so?

Captain Caviar: Well, tell me lad, how are you feeling?

Andrei: Terrible... *shed in tears.* It's just that-

Captain Caviar: Hey, Hey! We understand how you feel... But it's okay to be sad! You just having a bad mood about your friend.

Andrei: Really?

Oyster: He's right. It doesn't matter you feel sad, but the only thing that's coming is in you heart.

*as the golden door appears.*

Captain Caviar: See that door over there?

Andrei: Yeah, I see it!

Captain Caviar: That, is the door where you have to encounter for!

Dreamy Andrei: Well... I'm not going in there if I were you, I think it's better you do it on your own.

Andrei: You serious? *As My Subconscious nods and sighs myself.* Alright, I'll do it!

*Just as I walk in to do the golden door.*

Andrei: (Alright, it's now or never!) *takes a deep breath* (No matter what's inside this door, something bad is gonna happen. I just knew it!) *turns to My Subconsious* Wish me luck, guys!

Dreamy Andrei: Good luck, my friend.

*As My Subconscious, Oyster, & Captain Caviar waves goodbye to me as I step in as the door opens.*

(See You in Part 3!)

[st311ar]

(shy anon)

(should I reveal myself?)

the jaw dropping Farben tiktok?? elaborate pls?? anyways it's 2 am and I'll probably sleep soon but pls drop ur morro hcs so I can get some fanfic material to post on ao3 soon

First off thats the edit ^ ...the backshot........has me dead Second off, excuse the wait because this took awhile- - i am an absolute blasian morro STAN (i mean the second you look at his hair as dreads everything clicks...I think)

Bisexual he/they morro stan also

Aquaphobic

also he's a twink too

If you want angst, The entire cursed realm is enslaved by the preeminent, so he's built like a twink because of the lack of food.

Yeah i mean he's like a beanpole if you take in the fact he's also pretty tall

He is a BRAT. like a BIG one. He has (by andrew) been described as whiney, and i feel like that makes for some funny scenarios and some sweet ones when he's being clingy

Positive emotions = He gets cold, Negative emotions = they get hot

bros like a fan when you cuddle. Portable refrigerator when you feel like it. Cools the one half of the pillow.

He loves shrimp. And shrimp pastas

If you have sound sensitivity and he gets loud they'll try to cover your ears

They like to use his cape to keep you warm or cold in any given situation. he'll be like "well then make me angry if your so cold!" but then the cape is literally boiling sooooo (cape on minifigs btw)

(yes please do i think i've caught you red handed following me [scheming fingers] but you can also sneak into my DMs i don't really care tbh. Depends how quickly i respond if I'm on my computer or not)

Sorry hc's were short i didn't wanna make you wait :<

[ninjaslegos]

Hello, It’s 🐛 again!

Could I request a Morro x male! reader (He/Him pronouns) oneshot where (Y/n) is the sibling of another ninja (preferably not Lloyd) who is in a nya-like-situation prior to season 5 where he doesn’t have an element, an affinity for any kind of magic or an alter-ego so he’s kind of just the guy in the chair and in this scenario Morro has come back through some means and is human again, how is up to you if you want to include it at all and stays behind on a mission because the team doesn’t really trust him yet to be out in the field at that very moment and (Y/n) was tasked with “keeping an eye on him,” which little did the rest of the team and his sibling know (Y/n) has the biggest crush on this man, one that was present during events of season 5 but got worse once he returned and so in order not to implode at the idea of being alone with his crush avoids him which is pretty much impossible and Morro ends up being really interested in the technical side of the Ninja’s work and (Y/n) is like “you’re interested in my line of work 👉👈” and it ends up being really fluffy bonding type stuff, (Y/n) also discovers that Morro flusters easy so do as you will with that. You have full permission to take this concept and run with it! Go ballistic!

So sorry if this was a little long or too specific! I tried to write enough detail so that it was tangible but then I derailed a little bit and it kept getting longer. Again I am so sorry!

Also! As a response to your post the other day (or whenever you see this) about the follower special thing, I would love to see more of your art! I think your art style is really cute and a drawing of all the Ninja together seems really fitting.

— 🐛

I made half the story and left for an hour to take a break, and when I come back my computer says "update complete" and the story is ERASED. Never writing drafts on Tumblr again. (Proceeds to keep doing it)

BUGNON!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ okay but for real because you wrote so much plot for me, I don't have to think about what to write, and I can focus on the fluff! ALSO I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKE MY ART!!! I feel so happy when people say they like things I make!

I think the best bet for brother would be Jay, since reader is an inventor, just like him. I imagine they'd spend a lot of time together building in the scrapyard.

Life With You

Where Morro realizes even the worst of situations can produce the best outcomes

It was only three months ago. He was supposed to have left with the others on Day of the Departed, to have gone to the Departed Realm, but something prevented him from going back. He was swallowed up by the realm and spat out in a glob of dark green fluid with the consistency of wet gelatin. He felt heavier and could no longer float, but why? He was mortified; naked and human in front of the people who hated him most.

What he didn't expect, was for them to keep him with them instead of in a specialized Vengestone cell in Kryptarium Prison. He was given his own room, and was allowed to go wherever he wanted, whenever he wanted. The only rules were that he wasn't allowed in anyone's room, and he wasn't allowed outside of the house unless he was accompanied by at least two people.

He thought it was okay at first; free reign of the house and no forced prison schedule for him, so he could adjust to having a body again, but he more and more realized he messed up when he agreed to go with them. He vaguely remembered you when he was fighting against you; how strong you were, and how willing you were to fight for your little brother, but the more time he spent with you, the less he wanted to be around you.

You made him feel weird when you were around; he couldn't speak properly, his emotions would go to the extremes, and his chest would flutter. The feeling was foreign to him, and since he wanted it to stop, he avoided you. However, that only made things worse whenever he did bump into you.

You'd acknowledge him with a shy, "hi Morro," or a "good morning, Morro," and he'd turn tail and run.

Jay confronted him about it one day, "why do you keep ignoring my brother and running away from him? Why do you hate him so much?"

He just scoffed, "stop assuming things, I don't hate him, it's just he makes me feel weird and it's annoying. He makes my heart beat faster, and-"

"Stop, stop, I'm going to be sick...maybe it's better you stay away from him then." And that was the last thing Jay said to him about you.

But the more time he spent away from you, the more he began to notice about you. You were well built, tall, and incredibly strong so you could haul large and heavy objects around, and you were also kind and optimistic, but you were also very shy and didn't like talking to strangers. You didn't look like your brother, sure, but you definitely grew up together. The two of you could talk about machinery and inventions for hours, and sometimes Nya or Zane would join the conversation for a bit. You talked to your little brother more than anyone else, and he was surprised to know you weren't even blood related.

"But Morro, you said you looked up to Wu as your own father, wouldn't you be the one to understand most that blood doesn't make family?" Zane had asked.

He responded in anger, "don't call that old man my father. One day (Y/N) will betray his brother, or the other way around." But it never happened. No, the two of you were inseparable.

Eventually, just last month, you warmed up to him. You would talk to him more, and he found out even more. You were afraid of being alone, which is why you shared a room with your brother; and you used to have to patch him up when he fell off of junk piles, and that's how you became a great medic. You were definitely more of a 'behind the scenes' guy, which surprised him since you were so active in the fight against him when he first met you.

"Why don't you fight more? Aren't you jealous of the others for having elemental powers? What about Nya, and how she used to fight in a mech suit?" Morro scoffed at you one day.

You grinned, and chuckled a little, "oh, no way." You put a hand on your flexed bicep, "these are for passive purposes only. I don't think I could ever hurt someone."

He spoke before he could think, "then why did you try to fight me when - when I was still a ghost?"

"Oh, uh, you were hurting my brother." You were lying.

"I thought Jay was your brother, not Lloyd. Uhm, I don't remember fighting Jay when you, uh, tried to punch me that...one time."

He saw how you tensed up nervously; how you glanced away from him, rubbed your darkening cheeks to make the blush go away, sniffed and stopped talking, then got up and left. From the kitchen, he heard glass breaking.

"What happened?" He asked Jay upon getting up to investigate.

"It's nothing, it's none of your concern, I'm fine, it's not like my brother likes anyone - I need to find Nya..." Then he left too, glass swept into a dust pan, but left behind as he dropped the broom and stomped away.

So now you and Jay were acting weird. Great.

He continued to try and ignore the feelings as he watched you from his spot on the couch; scurrying in and out of your room every day with armfuls of equipment and material, occasionally blasting your favorite music in your room to keep yourself focused. As time went on, the feelings stopped bothering him, and he actively sought them out instead. Now he felt warm and happy every time you passed by him in the hallway, or every time you decided to greet him and ask how his day was going.

Things were peaceful now. He was given more freedom, and could go outside without being watched, but he couldn't go off the property alone still. He could cook whatever he wanted in the kitchen, he could practice his wind power in the backyard, and the ninja were feeling more comfortable around him. Well, except for Lloyd and Jay, but he didn't care if anyone cared about him; he wasn't here to make friends, he just needed to pass the time until he died again.

There was one person he wanted to make friends with, though. "How come (Y/N) doesn't have a girlfriend like his brother?" He didn't want to ask Jay this.

"Oh, he's gay. As - as in he only likes men, if you didn't know." Cole answered. "Why are you interested all of a sudden? Do you want to get out there and meet someone?"

Morro scuffed his foot against the ground and looked away. "I dunno. Maybe, but I don't really like girls that much. Nya's tolerable, but only because her water element won't kill me."

"Well, maybe you're gay too." That one sentence opened his mind.

Over the past couple of days, he continued watching you. Aside from doing typical tech work, you also liked to bake pies and strangely enough, clean. He would catch you in the late hours of the night still awake using a broom so the others could sleep without the noisiness of a vacuum. "I, uh, could help you with that, if you want." You agreed to his proposal, and he used the wind to sweep dirt and dust out of the house, while you would wash things with a wet rag. He didn't really like cleaning; he really liked you though, if he was willing to do this for you.

Things were pretty okay, he thought. Ninjago was at peace, the ninja were all relaxing, save for Lloyd and Jay, and you were tinkering away at something like you always were. He still had yet to see any of the inventions you were supposedly making. What else could you possibly want?

"Hey, uh," you approached everyone in the living room, either watching a movie or trying to play cards behind the couch. Morro was very close to winning Crazy 8's, but only because he could see Kai's cards in the reflection of the window behind him, "something came up on the monitors, you'd all better come look."

In a single file line, the ninja calmly walked behind you towards what they called 'headquarters'. It was fairly large, and had many computer screens, presumably meant to track villainous activity. On the largest screen was a map of Ninjago, with several red dots in Ninjago City, and other red dots scattered around the map.

You spoke up to be heard over the worried clamoring of the ninja, "these red dots are all reported sightings in the past hour of strange people, all of which have been said to be made of sand, ash, dirt, and other earthly materials."

Everyone glanced over at Cole. "What? It's not me, I'm sitting right here!"

You chuckled, "well, it could be many things; considering what we've seen." He'd never seen you so confident like this. No wonder you were mostly left to do behind the scenes work. Everyone assumes Lloyd is the leader, even he did at one point, but seeing you like this, he realized you were the true leader. You told the ninja your plan; to gather intel first before attacking, and that if they were forced to attack to surround the enemy with their given element. "They haven't been doing anything super bad, but they're attacking people who get in their way. Wherever they're going, don't let them get to it."

Jay gave you a thumbs up, flipping his hood down to cover his face, "we got it!"

The others were all getting ready to leave, when Zane brought something up. "Who will stay and watch Morro if all of us are going?"

"Don't look at me!" You protested. "I forgot we had to watch him."

"Why? 'Cuz you're always hanging out with him?" Cole asked teasingly. You didn't respond, and Morro watched as all the confidence you held at the brief meeting vanished into thin air.

"Sorry dude," Kai put a hand on your shoulder, "guess you're stuck with babysitting duty."

Morro watched you cringe. "Don't call it that...he's an adult. You're making it weird."

"Me? You're the one who went 'ooooh, I don't want to watch him because I have a'-" You cut off the fire ninja by grabbing the back of his head and forcing it into your chest to muffle his voice.

"AHAHA! What a funny joke, Kai! Ha ha." You forcefully and nervously laughed as he began beating against your arms to get you to let him go. "I think you should all go. Like. Now. Bye!" You literally dragged Kai out the door and then closed it behind you after the others left; all laughing about it.

Morro had no time to ask you about it as you left to do something else. He figured he'd leave you alone for a bit, but then grew bored and went into the kitchen, where you were making some food. "What're you up to?" He asked, leaning over to see what you were making.

"Oh, uh," you looked over at the toast you burnt, previous events forgotten, "well it was supposed to be jammed toast. I mean, toast with jam. Not good with words all the time."

So that was probably why you didn't talk a lot. "That's okay, I don't mind it." He felt strangely soft right now. Not physically, but in a strangely emotional way. He'd never fallen in love before. "I can understand, and that's all that matters."

He can see you smile shyly. "Yeah. Want any?"

He lets out a short chuckle, "burnt? Here, I'll toast it, you jam it."

You laugh with him, and it feels natural to him. Just the two of you. "Okay! Let's do that." He sets the timer, and you watch him vigilantly. "Oh. That's a timer. I thought it was a heat setting."

He laughs aloud, "I thought you were a technician! You didn't know?"

"I dunno! I know my creations better than others'." You fidget with your fingers a little.

"Do you think...I can se-?" the timer goes off and Morro looks over, "oh, uh, the toast is ready." He pulls them out carefully before laying them on separate plates for the two of you. You spread jam over the slices, coating them evenly before wolfing down your slice.

You left the kitchen, and he followed behind with half of his meal in his mouth still. You didn't do much; mostly moping around the house going between projects. Play a couple minutes of video games, nibble at whatever was in the cupboards, dust off something in the hallways, go outside and toss some oat to the ducks...it went on like this for a solid hour.

He wondered if you were going to do anything, and you finally turned around to face him, "you, uh, don't have to stick by my side every second of the day. I thought that, I, uh, should tell you that." You brushed hair out of your eyes; something you and your brother did often as you had similar, fluffy hair cuts.

Morro's face went pink, "w-well I - I knew that!" He looked down at his shoes, "I don't know...you said you were afraid of being lonely so I didn't want to leave you alone..."

He couldn't see, but you were shyly grinning so hard you had to rub your cheeks so they wouldn't hurt, "oh! I wasn't sure you'd care that much. You kinda used to avoid me a lot. More than the others so I assumed you didn't like me too much."

"Of course I like you!" He blurted, whipping his head up to look into your eyes. He was quick to back out of this situation, "I mean, you're a really good friend and everything even if we don't get to talk a lot and we don't do stuff together."

"Oh..." now he wishes he didn't say anything at all. "Ye-yeah, you're a good friend too."

Things were quiet and awkward. He didn't want to feel this way around you, so working up courage, he changed the topic. "Can I...see your inventions?"

Your head whipped to face him with a surprised look. "You...you really want to look at them?" You became flustered as you continued speaking, "I mean, you just seem so lost and confused when you look at technology a lot of the time that I thought you'd hate what I like doing."

"Oh, not at all." He assures you with a shy grin. "I actually," he gets nervous to admit to you, and starts to flush pink, "wanted you to teach me more since you're really smart and uh, you know what you're doing...and stuff." He plays with his fingers, a habit he picked up from you, and glances away.

"We-well-well yeah!" He loves hearing the excitement in your voice, and peeks up at you to see your blushing cheeks, "we can...let's do that!" You can't stop smiling as you walk him to your room.

He's in awe at the sight. Your bed is on a loft with a desk below it so you could plan your projects, and hanging above your bed were little handmade trinkets and creatures made of scraps of metal and various material like copper wire, mirror shards, and even eating utensils. Your space was fairly neat, you had a large closet with all your items sorted by object, size, and color, and there were designated spots for different things you did; cutting, sanding, soldering, melding, melting - the list seemed endless. You even had a table to store projects you were currently working on.

"Woah, it's really big." He could smack himself for saying something this obvious.

"I kinda stole Jay's room for it - knocked out the wall separating our rooms since he usually sleeps with Nya anyway. More space for me!" You laugh. "Well, yeah, this is it."

"Oh." He didn't want this to be the end, you would just go back to moseying around doing random stuff until the ninja came back, and he would've wasted all his time with you doing- "Wait, what's that for?"

A strange-looking watch caught his eye. It was meant to look fancy, but the clock part seemed to look more like a screen than an actual clock. This makes you excited. "Oh, oh, oh! This?" You grin and hold it out to him delicately, "it's something new I was working on, since I like to plan ahead sometimes. It's just a prototype for now, since it doesn't actually tell the time yet, but it's for if the ninja need to dress up fancy for an occasion, and need to communicate to each other."

"You really do think ahead." He smiles with you. "Does it do anything else?"

You start to ramble to him about your watch, and how it can not only communicate but also record things, track people, and Cole's watch would tell him where the nearest bakery was. He laughed at that, and continued to ask you about each and every project you were working on. You went from communicating watches to compactable weapons to attachments that would automatically drive a car in case the ninjas had to fight without a driver. The longer you went, the more genuinely interested he became.

"To be honest, Morro," you turned to face him slowly, "I really didn't think you'd like any of my stuff." You're blushing again, but don't seem to mind showing him this time.

"Well, yeah, I didn't know what any of it meant or was so I wasn't interested, but now that I do, it all seems so..." He trails off, looking into your eyes.

"Exciting?"

"Yeah." He breathes. The two of you are close, he can smell you from here; a scent that makes him feel at ease. He doesn't know if he's ready for a kiss yet, and turns to look at something else. "You get to do all these cool things without even fighting."

You seem disappointed, as your blush fades, but you continue talking to him like nothing happened, "well, I don't like fighting, but I like helping. This is the best I can do, and I guess I'm pretty proud of it all. Like a dad with all his kids."

He rubs his cheeks to hopefully remove his blush. "You should be proud, you've worked hard to-"

"You're blushing a lot today, are you okay?" You sound concerned, but he recognizes that smile. It's the same one you give to him when you tell him you saw something cute.

"No - yes - you - you're" He rubs harder and even starts to try and cover his face as you make him more flustered. "You're really cool and I want to know you better!" The words tumble out of his mouth before he can stop them, and he slaps a hand over it to keep from talking any more.

"I...think you're cool too, Morro." You sound shy again.

Before he can respond, the front door opens with a loud thump and worn-out sounding 'we're home' from the ninja. "Uh, uh," he fidgets, panicking about what would happen if he was caught with you, but also not wanting to leave you so soon. Mind made up, he's not tall enough to do so normally, so he grabs your face by the cheeks and pulls you down to kiss your forehead, then skitters off anxiously towards the kitchen to act like nothing happened.

"Woah dude, no offense but you look like you've seen a ghost." Kai and Cole walk in for a couple drinks to relieve their dry throats, while the others decide to either get their wounds treated by you or take a quick shower.

"Uh, none taken."

"Yeah, what happened?" Now, Kai, he could absolutely not trust with the knowledge of kissing you. Even if it was just on the forehead. He had a big mouth and liked to use it.

He laughs it off, "chased by birds. I was trying to feed them but I guess they don't like me."

Kai seems to buy it. "Yeah, I get it. Seagulls hate me for no reason." He then sniffs himself, "I'm gonna shower real quick."

Once he's gone, Cole leans in, "that wasn't the real story, was it?" How did he know?

At least he was someone Morro could trust not to tell everyone about what happened. "Well...(Y/N) and I got to bond a lot." He smiles to himself as he recalls what happened in your room. "He really likes to talk about his inventions, and he really likes me too."

"What did you guys do?" Cole whispers to him.

"Well, I was kind of scared of kissing him at first; I've never kissed anyone before, but I got to kiss his forehead."

Cole shrugs. "It's a start, I guess. It's not like he's going anywhere though, so you've got all the time in the world to get where you want to go."

He could work through this. Love was new to him, and probably you too. "I think I'll tell him I like him a lot next time. Baby steps, right?"

"Right." He stretches and puts his glass in the sink. "You've got this." He's about to leave the kitchen, when he turns around, "and Morro? Don't let Jay hear about this. He doesn't like the sound of you being his brother in law. Yet."

Morro sighs happily. Life was more beautiful than he remembered it to be.

[moxielynx]

you guys get my insane twitter rambles right. right

[goldenavenger02]

Hmmm...

I wish you would write a fic where we get a look into Lloyd's (likely long) recovery after S5 (bonus points for the worried ninja being horrified after seeing all his injuries and general state)

Maybe with his hair falling out too

They had thought he was getting better.

He had been able to leave his bed and had wanted to train with the others, although they had all protested to that due to his still weakened state. So, he watched; studied their every move so when he was strong again, he could keep up.

Some called it a surge, when a person regains their strength before getting way worse, if they died afterwards, it was terminal lucidity. His father would’ve most likely preferred the term “the calm before the storm”. That brief period where things were good before they crashed down like a house of cards in a gust of wind.

If they had asked Lloyd, he would swear up and down that he really thought he was getting better. If they had asked Kai, however, who had staked out his room every day since it had happened, he would just sigh before explaining that he pretended that it wasn’t happening.

But no one asked; they carried on their training together, trying to move on together, and any outsider would have said that they looked like they had put back together the pieces.

Cole had taken a break; he had been training since the sun peeked over the mountains in the bounty while waiting for the others to wake up, and he couldn’t help but be exhausted. So, he made his way below deck to the kitchen before letting his back rest against the wall.

But as he swallowed, he heard a loud ‘thump’ that couldn’t have just been something falling over due to turbulence; the sound chilled him to his bone and he felt his stomach drop because the last time he had heard that similar thump was when his mother…

He made his way into the hall, pushing away the thoughts of dread; but before he could call out a “hello?” and clear up a misunderstanding, he fell to his knees beside the person on the ground, his green gi hanging off of his body.

“Lloyd,” Cole’s voice came out shaky as he pressed his palm to the boy’s neck, feeling a weak flutter of a pulse under it, “Lloyd, stay with me,” he begged, pulling him into his arms before standing up and sprinted above deck while calling out, “I need help!”

…

Lloyd’s lungs burned as he coughed himself awake. His eyes stung, his lungs burned and his body ached. It was times like these he had almost wished Morro had taken him with him.

“Hey.” An obviously tired voice interrupted his slow, painful awakening and he blinked a couple times before realizing that it was Cole with the all too familiar green glow around his body. Lloyd kicked himself mentally for taking a moment to shut his eyes and repeating the mantra he had created after being rescued.

“You’re safe. You’re okay. It’s not Morro.”

“How are you feeling?” Cole’s voice sounded exhausted, like he didn’t have the strength to speak but needed to anyway.

“Sore.”

“Yeah, that’s not surprising,” Cole murmured as he approached him slowly, but Lloyd’s panic in his chest wasn’t from the ghostly glow as he was approached; rather, it was knowing fully well that he was keeping a secret from all of them. He had noticed it after he had showered that first night after being back, and as far as he knew, it wasn’t noticeable unless someone got too close.

“Don’t ruffle my hair.”

But luck was the exact opposite of what Lloyd had and Cole’s cold, ghostly hand softly touched his scalp which was all it took for the emotions to be too much and tears to take over in violent, shaking sobs with murmurs of “I’m sorry” over and over and over again spilling from Lloyd’s mouth.

“Oh, Lloyd,” Cole’s voice was the softest it had ever been as his strong arms held him just tightly enough to be comforting but loose enough that it didn’t make every part of his body shake in agony, “how long have you-”

“I don’t want it to be real,” The ramble past the tears was shocking, even to him, but once it started, he couldn’t stop, “I don’t wanna be in pain, I don’t want to lose my hair… I don’t wanna be here without my dad.”

After that, the tears came so heavy down his cheeks that he couldn’t form words or even think properly, his head buried against Cole’s chest.

Cole just held him tighter against him and slowly rocked him in his arms, thankful for the deepstone enforced gi he was wearing.

[mondothebombo]

The Ninja’s Love Languages

For anyone who doesn’t know, the five love languages are...

Words of Affirmation

Physical Touch

Quality Time

Gifts

Acts of Service

I had this idea last night at 4 am and i’m gonna try and make sense of it so here we go...

Jay

Physical Touch

-this one’s super easy

-hands down this is 100% jay

-when isn’t this boy clinging onto someone (esp. nya and cole)

-i mean just look (there’s so many more but i got lazy, feel free to add on)

-his first response to comfort/fear is a hug, a hand on shoulder, etc.

-and when you think abt it it makes sense

-cuz first of all just look at his parents, ed and edna

-the most affectionate and loving ppl on this goddam planet

-they showered him w/ undying love and support his whole life, ofc this kid’s gonna turn out the same

-but then if you also tie in his abandonment issues and fear of being alone and it makes even more sense

-we find out abt those mainly in s12 when he talks abt his birth parents to unagami, but looking at what happened to him in s6 when he was alone for so long on the misfortunes keep and nya dying to top it off...

-he lost all his friends not once, but twice (and that’s not including all the separate times the ninja have died) plus he feels like his birth parents abandoned him, w/o him even rlly knowing for sure what happened

-so it makes sense he’d be more comfortable showing his love by clinging onto someone, giving a hug, high-fiveing, etc.

- i hope this made sense i’m so sorry

Nya

Acts of Service

-this also makes sense

-we all know nya is a very independent person, and she doesn’t usually like all the touchy feely stuff

-this is especially shown w her and jay’s relationship

-( i didn’t want to make this all abt jaya i’m sorry)

-we know they both are two very different ppl.

-nya’s strong and independent, while jay is a lot more sensitive

-you’ll notice in the earlier seasons nya almost never initiated the affection w jay, he always the first to mention it, also coupled w the fact that she’s never told jay “i love you” (at least not yet) and we can pin this on her childhood

-she and kai didn’t have it great as kids, they basically raised e/o and the only times nya ever heard “i love you” was from kai

-so if she wasn’t used to saying it growing up, why would she immediately jump to it now that she’s a teenager/young adult? even w someone she does love

-she expresses her love in what she does and says.

-the main example i can think of atm is this

-jay’s freaking out abt catching her for the dance move and with 100% confidence she just says “i trust you” and then fucking yeets herself at him

-there’s other examples of this w the others too

-she builds their mechs and vehicles, back in the earlier seasons she always made sure the boys were taken care of when they got back from missions, she was always the cavalry, she sacrificed herself for jay back in s6 when they were at the lighthouse, and kai mentions she’s always taken care of him

-not to mention how she adopted lloyd back when he first came in

-i could go on

-does this make sense?? i hope it does

Cole

Words of Affirmation

-i had a little more trouble thinking abt cole but now that i’ve decided i’m pretty sure WoA suits him best

-cole didn’t have the best childhood either

-we now know his mom, Lilly, died when he was fairly young, judging by the flashback, i’d estimate around 10-13 y/o

-we know it wasn’t too long before wu found him

-and she showered him in love much like jay was

-just in the flashback she tells him how proud she is of him and how much she loves him

-(also look how quick he was to try and justify why he got in a fight to avoid getting yelled at when his mom mentioned him getting in trouble bc he didn’t want to disappoint her)

-now we don’t know what Lou was like before his wife died, but we know he was definitely not as loving towards cole afterwards

-Lou ignored Cole due to his grief most of the time, coupled w him wanting Cole to follow in his footsteps, and their relationship overall sucks until after the royal blacksmiths ep

-so it all falls the same that Cole would want to keep seeking out the words he got from his mother in his relationships w others (especially authority figures)

-just look at all the times he absolutely lights up when getting praised by wu or even the others

-plus thx to day of the departed, we know he’s afraid of being forgotten

-hearing the others say they love him and want him around would appease that

-staying on this train, we have...

Lloyd

Words of Affirmation

-i was tied between this one and acts of service, but then i decided

-lloyd’s life, esp his childhood, has absolutely sucked

-he was abandoned at a very young age at darklys which we know the other boys there weren’t kind, and then when he finally gets a home and a family, the weight of the world is now on his shoulders bc he’s a prophesied savior

-morro’s possession says enough on its own

-the list goes on

-then we get s8-s10

-harumi goes and absolutely destroys his trust in everyone and everything

-(after she told him she loved him)

-but also...

- then boom. yeeted through a wall

-he’s been abandoned, rejected, and used his whole life

-why wouldn’t this kid need words of affirmation??

-the other ninja have been the one staple in his entire life, and after everything he’s gone through, he definitely needs to hear that they love him and want him around every now and then

-this kid’s also emotional (who can blame him)

-he always puts all his cards on the table, more so in s11 and onward

-and we’ve seen how he always gives encouraging words to the others, mainly while they’re fighting

Zane

Quality Time

-i had trouble w zane’s too lol

-but i think this fits

-this nindroid is the purest being ever

-don’t get me wrong, zane can definitely be a smart ass and sassy when he wants to, he’s not all innocent, but u catch my drift

-let’s look at his past too

-he was all alone and by himself, he didn’t even know who he was until he found his true potential

-and he gets a family, ppl who live and care abt him

-then he sacrifices himself and dies

-when he was imprisoned on chen’s island, he was alone

-then decoded happens and we find out he’s got intense trauma from that

-he thought he was alone in his internal battle

-then boom

-he’s the fucking ice emperor. alone for decades, committing genocide

-and when he finally snapped out of it, that had to of destroyed him

-he’s spent so much time being alone and facing so much trauma, that he always gravitates towards being in groups

-we’ve seen him and pixal spend time working together in the workshop, he enjoys family meals and cooking for everyone, he’s been shown to not like it when the others occasionally fight, and an overall loving guy

-he prbly doesn’t realize it, but he’s the glue that holds everyone together

-this one was so jumbled

and last but not least...

Kai

Gifts

-now not only does this fit his personality, it also makes sense with his bad childhood

-we all know kai is a very cocky and prideful person. he’s always showing off, flaunting his good looks, and can be sometimes arrogant

-ofc under all that is a very kind and loving big brother and friend

-but bc of this he’d not only love getting gifts from fans and the others, but giving them as well

-kai, like nya, didn’t have a good childhood

-he’s not an emotional person and he was never used to saying “i love you,” instead he had to take care of his sister while trying to run a business

-his way of showing love is giving things for his family

-there’re aren’t many instances of this in the show, but the gift giving doesn’t necessarily have to be smthg physical

-he’s sacrificed himself for the others on several accounts, he offers advice when needed, giving pep talks, helping raise lloyd, he even helped jay propose to nya, those things can be considered as gifts too

(again i’m sorry if any of this isn’t coherent i just had some thoughts. pls feel free to add on if i missed smthg)

The point of this is that these kids love each other and have different ways of showing it💙💜🧡💚🤍❤️

[keity-devil]

I have this idea like, two days ago, and now it's here.

Context.

From @breathlessmorro beautiful SCP (Ninjago) Au.

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After Nine Days After Suffocation

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The first day after suffocation.

Morro was waiting, he didn't know what he was waiting... Oh, Kai. He still felt awful after that.. suffocation.. that he was forced to do to Nya. He didn't want that, but it happens. It was awful, he didn't think he was ever going to do that to anyone he cared about ever..

Half the day had passed and no sign from Kai. Morro's wind had become choppy, as had his form of air. An equally agitated smile had appeared on his face, a hurt one.

"It's okay. It's with Nya. It's okay.. H-he needs space. To calm down. Yes.. A day or two is fine. Mhm. I can resist.."

The day after suffocation.

Morro felt suffocated, smiling in pain. He flew slowly from one corner to the other, looking at the bars with sadness every time, after at his hands. Transparent.. wounded.. Criminal.

"..With these hands that possess power I made her unconscious.. I hurt her.." His voice broke at the end. "I'm really a monster."

The third day after suffocation.

"I'm sure he'll come tomorrow, I'm sure of that!" He was lying to himself. He knew deep inside, but he still hoped... a lot.

He could feel the soul that was still in him alive, breaking in two. It was painful how the person he cared about so much, loved him with all his heart, trusted him... to hate him, not to talk to him, not to want to look at him at all. It hurt terribly. He could feel a terrible pain in his heart, causing him to fall into a dark corner of the cell and lie there for the rest of the day.

The fourth day after suffocation.

He had not appeared.

Morro listened in horror to the silence around him, from the same place where he had fallen the day before.

'I lost him... he hates me..'

The wind had become cold, sharp, beginning to hurt him, making visible signs on the human side of him that could be seen a little in its incomplete form of wind.

'I deserve it... fully.'

He closed his eyes, letting the depressing, brutal wind in him to hurt him.

The fifth day after suffocation.

A sphere created of sadness, despair, hatred of oneself and other thoughts and feelings that Morro could not decipher, is created overnight in that cell filled with pain.

The wind became uncontrollable and brutal minute by minute. No one touched him or approached at all. They did not know what was happening to him if he had succeeded, but they were interested in his evolution, in the evolution of his inexplicable pain for them.

Surprisingly, Kai hadn't found out about this. He hadn't heard anything about it. If he had, he would have been with him already.

The sixth day after suffocation.

"It's ok.. it's ok! I knew this relationship will not stay.. It's OK!! It's ok..! It's ok..!"

If you went inside, you could feel yourself running out of oxygen. He was cold, sharp, brutal, full of sadness and other negative emotions in him. You could tell that his condition was slowly getting worse. A broken heart is the deadliest, it can kill you easily, slowly... but lethally.

The seventh day after suffocation.

The wind stopped a little. The sphere slowly evaporates overnight. Morro now possessed wounds on his skin, and others would soon accompany them.

The eighth day after suffocation.

The wind subsided, leaving a windless owner with no strength or hope in him. He stared blankly into the outside of the cell.

"Heh.." A small shattered smile appeared on his lips. "He hates me.. hehe.. he..."

However, some of him zealously refused. In his mind.. come as if by a miracle the desire to go to him the next day, at least to see him..

The ninth day after suffocation.

Morro had had enough, having the courage to escape containment. There had been gusts of wind. The gusts were sluggish. They were not fast and agile as usual, they were wounded and easy to catch.

Crossing the hallways to Nya's cell, there.. he had seen Kai with his sister. Morro felt himself suffocate again with fear, but he was also calm that Nya was better.

He approached her, slowly playing powerlessly with her hair.

Kai felt something strange suddenly enter the atmosphere of the cell. He look around for that. Nothing. When he returned, he could see how his sister's hair was lightly beaten by the wind.

He sighed.

He realized who was, it wasn't that hard. He was trying to remember/count how many days he hadn't spoken and seen Morro. Nine days.. nine days. There were many. What if Morro hadn't appeared now? Would he have continued to avoid him?

He sighed again.

"Morro, I know you're here. Come out. You don't have to hide." He said calmly.

The Soul of the Wind perishes for short seconds. It didn't matter how calm or gentle Kai's voice was, how he was.. he was scared. He become visible.

Kai looked at him for a while. Something was... off. But he didn't know what. He couldn't see what was it.

"Morro, I.. I'm sorry I didn't stop by your cell. I wanted to calm down.. I knew that my sister's suffocation was not intentional, it was forced.. but I felt like I was getting mad there."

'Because of me... It's my fault!'

"Angry that you were forced to do this and because Nya was in pain, not at you." He finishes, now looking at Morro's own scared and guilty eyes. "No... don't tell me you thought- Morro.. Oh no, no, no! I'm not angry at you, hey."

Morro could no longer control his emotions. No longer hearing the voice of his love, he wanted to cry there, to run, to disappear from the face of the earth. That's not because of his destabilized emotions.

The wounds were visible. Kai hadn't noticed them, he was too worried about Morro's emotional state. But Nya.. YES. She put her hand to her mouth in shock, she couldn't believe what she saw.

"Morro," Kai continued.. until he looked closely at Morro's appearance. "What.. what happened to you..?! Why- " He had taken his hands, still looking at the wounds. "You would... no.. you wouldn't do that. You wouldn't do that. Right? Morro, right? Right?!"

Morro looked down, nodding. Kai felt that he had made a huge mistake to stay away from his love for so long, especially after what happened...

"Nya.. can I.."

"Of course. Go." Nya understood what he wanted to say, and she agreed. He also wanted Morro to be emotionally well.

"Thanks."

He took his boyfriend from one place to another. Kai sat down, and Morro sat down next to him. He would usually put his head on the fiery shoulder and hold his hand. But now Morro was afraid to do it. What if it hurt him too? He would not forgive himself till his death.

Kai took Morro's hand in his, squeezing it slowly. "Hey, I love you. I'm not leaving you, I'm here.. with you."

Morro stared at him, feeling that pain in his heart again. He leaned over Kai, slowly tucking his head under his neck. The gusts of wind were just as weak.. but gentle.

"Everything's fine.. okay?"

Morro approves with a kiss, after.. they start to enjoy each other..

After Nine Days After Suffocation.

[lloydskywalkers]

Heyo! Hope your doing exceptionally well, wonderful and ur staying safe! I was reading ur little oneshots for the movie! Verse and instantly fell in love! Think u have anymore for Kai and Lloyd? (But u don’t need to listen to this, obviously hehe) Have a splendid day!

ahhH thank you, I hope you’re doing well too!! :D oh man it’s been so long since i’ve written something for movie-verse, but I’ve had this little snippet in my head for a while so I guess it’s as good a time as any (and it is, of course, about kai and lloyd bc when is it noT)

it’s a little different than what i usually write, for movie-verse? but i hope it fits the bill! (takes place pre-movie, btw)

Of all his friends, Lloyd thinks Kai is most like the sun. Not just for his codename, and the enthusiasm with which he brings fire to the team, metaphorically and far too often literally, but for how bright he is. Kai reminds Lloyd of the sun at full force, strong and blazing and staunchly refusing to let anyone hide from his warmth. An endlessly combusting ball of stubbornness and passion.

Kai also reminds Lloyd of the sun in the way that he possesses about the same amount of brain cells the sun does, which is zero, because the sun has no brain — much like Kai.

“Hey, ru—de, ow, stop—”

Kai’s petulant response strangles off in cracked pain as Lloyd hushes him, simultaneously pulling the alcohol-soaked cloth from his arm with a sympathetic wince.

“Sorry, sorry,” Lloyd murmurs, wringing the edge of the cloth. “But I’ve gotta — it’ll get infected, if you don’t—”

“Nah, s’okay,” Kai says, breath hissing out through clenched teeth. He gives Lloyd a wavering smile that could almost be encouraging, were he not bleeding over Lloyd’s faded bedspread. “Just caught me off guard, I’m good now. ‘Sides, the — the stitches are gonna be worse, so—”

“It won’t be that bad,” Lloyd promises him, cleaning the rest of the deep slashes that run across Kai’s arm as quickly as he can. The lower ones aren’t so bad — he could get away without stitches, maybe. It’s the uppermost one that scares Lloyd, cutting deep enough into Kai’s skin to pose a threat. And Lloyd has no intention of leaving Kai anywhere near in danger, especially with the reason he’s hurt in the first place.

Lloyd swallows against the thick lump that suddenly forms in his throat, trying to banish the flood of emotions that have been rising since the battle against his father’s forces earlier. Surprise, shock, gratitude—? A swirling maelstrom of a deep-seated kind of aching warmth Lloyd is utterly unfamiliar with. It leaves him off-kilter, and words don’t come easily as they usually do.

Not that words ever come easily to Lloyd, but normally he isn’t quite this stuttering. Maybe. He hopes not. Maybe he’s just hyperaware right now, after everything, and he always sounds this embarrassing.

“I promise,” Lloyd continues, yanking himself from his thoughts as he busies with the needle. “I’ve got a lot of experience, and I’ll be gentle.”

Kai watches Lloyd threading the needle with a thinly-veiled fear, but he nods, the bravado Lloyd’s more familiar with making its way across his face. “Nice,” he says. “I trust you, Dr. Lloyd.”

Lloyd’s hands falter with the needle for a moment, before he resumes sterilizing it, ducking his head. Kai sounds like he means it — Kai sounds like he means everything he says, but the way he says trust hits differently, for Lloyd.

They’ve only been a team for few months, now. Not very long at all, to form any kind of trust in the son of your greatest enemy. Lloyd’s been going to school with some of the same people since kindergarten, and they’ve never looked at him with anything kinder than hatred, much less trust. And yet Kai is here, offering him his bleeding arm in Lloyd’s tiny room, trusting him to repair the damage he only took because he was protecting Lloyd.

Lloyd doesn’t understand. He doesn’t — people don’t — but his team—

They listened to him. Actually listened to him, to Lloyd. They actually listen to him in general, have since they were all thrown together in this odd little grouping, but it hasn’t quite hit home in the way it did tonight, when he’d snapped orders at them in barely-restrained panic, Kai’s blood staining his fingers as he’d staunched the knife wounds meant for him.

They hadn’t flinched back at his raised voice. Lloyd never raises his voice — he’s learned to keep it quiet, soft, unassuming. Even the slightest slip of frustration is enough to send anyone around him murmuring in suspicion, eyes narrowing and hissed whispers of just like his father filling the air.

Lloyd’s voice had been sharp and strained, barking across the rooftop, and they’d listened. No one flinched back, no eyes widened in fear — they’d just listened. They’re still listening, carrying out Lloyd’s orders without question, and it’s — it’s dizzying, if Lloyd had to put a word to it.

Cole and Zane are taking care of clean-up — something Lloyd will have to thank them for later, profusely. Neither were particularly happy about letting Kai out of their sights, but Cole and Zane are better at keeping each other steady than anyone else. It was the right call, Lloyd knows it was. Hopes it was.

But Lloyd hasn’t been having much faith in his calls, tonight. Not after Kai went down.

He swallows, focusing on the sounds reverberating from behind his closed door. Nya and Jay are talking with his mother, Nya’s louder tones easier to hear as she laughs. Lloyd knows her well enough to catch the strain in it, but he knows it’ll fool his mother. They’re distraction — Lloyd’s house was closest, and he’s got the best supplies stashed there. No one questions why he’s the one with the fully stocked medical kit, but Lloyd suspects they’ve all drawn their own conclusions.

He wishes they’d believe him, when he says it’s because he’s worried for them. He grew up with Wu as his uncle, who picks fights on a daily basis — with Morro as his cousin, who picks fights on an hourly basis. Lloyd knows the importance of having the good kind of medical supplies.

He finishes prepping the needle, squeezing Kai’s wrist briefly in warning. Lloyd’s not usually a tactile person — not that anyone would let him be — but he knows Kai soaks up touch like a starved sponge, and Lloyd’s desperate to give any kind of comfort he can before he starts with the needle.

Kai swallows, fixing his eyes firmly on the faded glow-in-the-dark stars plastered across Lloyd’s ceiling.

“Okay,” he says, his voice tight. “Bring it on.”

Lloyd swallows, steels himself, and sets the needle against his skin. Kai flinches at the first prick, eyes squeezing shut briefly, but otherwise he doesn’t move, jaw set stubbornly as Lloyd moves quickly. For his part, Lloyd keeps his eyes locked on the stitches, his hands steady. For all that Lloyd’s made up of bouncing nerves half the time, his hands rarely shake. Never when patching wounds up. He’s always been proud of how steady he can hold a needle, and tonight is no exception.

It’s the least he can do.

Kai suddenly tenses up, a broken-off noise strangling in his throat. Lloyd’s heart twists, but he stays steady, rallying himself. Conversation — Kai likes talking, right? Distraction, he can do that.

“So, um,” Lloyd stutters. On second thought, he’s awful at small talk. But — for Kai. “The way you took down that last guy was, it was really cool. Where’d you learn that?”

Kai bites his lip, exhaling shakily before he answers. “I train too, you know.”

Lloyd’s mouth quirks, despite himself. “Not like that.”

“What, a ninja can’t — can’t get creative,” Kai replies, through half-gritted teeth. Lloyd doesn’t say anything, but Kai rolls his eyes, continuing. “Fine. When I was younger, I ah…might’ve taken a few dance classes. For Nya! ‘Cause I couldn’t let her go alone, y’know, but they were — they were kinda fun, I guess, and maybe they slip into fighting, sometimes.” His cheeks darken, and Lloyd bites back a quiet laugh.

“Nothing like Cole, obviously, ‘cause he’s an actual dancer, but — that’s where I got it from.” He pins Lloyd with a glare, that’s somewhat dimmed by the scrunched expression of pain on his face. “Tell anyone and you’re dead though, okay?”

Lloyd hums his agreement, too focused on the stitches to reply immediately. After a moment, though, he speaks up again. “I did some ballet, when I was little.”

“No way,” Kai says, sounding delighted.

“Yeah, way,” Lloyd says. “I’ve heard from a very reliable source that dancing backgrounds are useful, with ninja stuff.”

“Very reliable meaning your uncle,” Kai grins.

Lloyd shrugs. “Maybe,” he half-smiles. Kai suddenly sucks in another pained breath, but to Lloyd’s relief, it’s likely the last one. He finishes off the stitches with a well-practiced hand, snapping the end of the thread and exhaling in relief.

“There. All done.”

Kai’s eyes widen. “Seriously, already?” He glances down at his arm, his other hand moving up to touch the stitches. Lloyd smacks it away, glaring at him.

“Don’t touch. You still have to watch out for infection. I’ll text you instructions for taking care of it, and everything. Just don’t do anything, ah…”

“No ninja-ing?” Kai finishes for him, crestfallen.

“Probably a good idea,” Lloyd says, apologetic. “But it’s not too bad. Shouldn’t take long, and you can be out, uh, ninja-ing again."

Kai is quiet for a moment, regarding his stitches. Then he turns to Lloyd, who is immediately staggered at the bright smile that stretches across his face.

“Cool. Thanks, Lloyd. You’re good at this.”

Lloyd can’t answer, his throat burning. He forces the welling moisture back, looking away. Kai’s only hurt for him, and that is layered with so much more meaning than Lloyd can comprehend right now.

“No problem,” Lloyd mutters, focusing instead on the voices outside his door in an attempt to find footing again. He can hear his mom laughing at something Nya’s said, open and relaxed in a way his mom rarely is. Lloyd’s heart twists into knots.

He doesn’t deserve them, any of them. Not really.

If Kai reminds Lloyd of the sun, then the rest of the team reminds him of stars. All bright and shining, bursting with warmth in their own way. Maybe not quite at the blazing heat that Kai does, but Nya is a north star if Lloyd’s ever needed one. Jay’s a blinking constellation, scattered stars that form a complex whole much larger than you’d thought. Cole’s the kind of star you see first pop up over the horizon, blending with the oranges and purples of the sunset, like a painting you’d see in soft watercolors. Zane’s the early-morning kind of star, the ones that stay stubbornly after the night’s left, dotting the pale morning with a calm steadiness.

Lloyd would be a planet, he supposes, caught in faithful orbit around the five people who have somehow, for some reason, given him a chance. It’d be generous, though. No, Lloyd is content just to be a moon — with no light of his own, reflecting only the brilliance others give him the best he can.

Kai’s finger taps the edge of his forehead, snapping Lloyd from his thoughts, and he blinks in confusion.

“Lost you there, again,” Kai asks, words mangled through a yawn. “Where’d you go?”

Lloyd shakes his head, turning his attention back to the bloodied thread leftover in his hands. His stomach turns, and he quickly sets it aside. “Just thinking.” He pauses, momentarily lost for words. He settles for jerking his head toward the window, where the smoke trailing from their hard-won battle is still visible against the dark sky, and gives Kai a wry smile. “How much do you wanna bet the cheerleading team comes up with a new song tomorrow?”

It’s been an inside joke for them, the ridiculous songs Chen and his gang keep coming up with to throw at Lloyd, and normally it gets a laugh from Kai. This time, though, Kai is silent, his eyes searching as he stares at Lloyd. Lloyd shifts under the attention, caught off-guard again. He doesn’t know what kind of look this is, that Kai’s giving him.

“They shouldn’t talk about you like that,” Kai finally says. His voice is quiet, but Lloyd can spot the brewing anger in it. Kai’s always got anger to spare.

“Sticks and stones, remember?” Lloyd shakes his head. He’s learned, after a while, that anger changes nothing. “Words will never hurt me.”

“Words hurt when people are throwing sticks and stones at you while they yell about your dad,” Kai grumbles.

“No one’s thrown rocks since second grade, actually.”

“Hm.” Kai’s tone is a mix of thinly withheld anger and mild amusement. Lloyd tilts his head, confused, and Kai gives a huff, anger tugging loose.

“Y’know, people say that if kids throw rocks at you in second grade, it means they’ve got a crush on you.”

Lloyd knows well enough it’s a joke, but he flushes red anyways, heat spreading across his cheeks. “Yeah, sure,” he stammers. Kai laughs at his reaction, though, the odd kind of anger departing, and Lloyd feels he’s found his footing again.

They’re quiet as Lloyd finishes cleaning up the medical supplies, Kai nodding sleepily on his bed while Lloyd carefully washes the needle in the bathroom sink. Maybe he can convince his mom to let Kai spend the night, he thinks. Jay and Nya , too — their apartment isn’t very big, but it’s awfully late to make them walk home, and Lloyd is fine with taking the floor, if he needs to.

Lloyd nods to himself, resolving to ask her once he’s finished hiding the evidence. His mom’s been so thrilled about him having people over at all, he can’t see her saying no. A smile pulls at his lips as he listens to the conversation outside his door again. Jay’s rambling on now, bright and excited without any of his usual reservation. He feels a pang, wondering if Jay’s the same as him — wondering if they’re all the same, playing at muted caricatures of themselves, too fearful to let whatever lies beneath shine through.

He wonders what it means, that they’re the ones with the city in their hands, that weight on their shoulders. Wonders what it means, that Lloyd feels safer with bullets strafing the air around him and his mask on, than he ever has with it off. That Green Ninja will always, always sound better than Lloyd in his ears.

“Hey, uh.”

Lloyd starts at Kai’s voice, twisting the sink off as he turns to face him. Kai looks half asleep, but the smile he gives him is bright as ever.

“Thanks, seriously. Not just for this, but for looking out for us. You’re a good friend.”

Lloyd’s heart skips a beat, his brain latching onto the word friend and holding on tightly, tucking it somewhere safe inside his chest.

“So thanks, Lloyd,” Kai yawns, barely awake at all now, but still stubbornly clinging to the threads of awareness.

Lloyd’s got his own thank you to give back, twisted and strangled behind whatever lump’s formed in his throat, but Kai’s snoring before he gets the chance to say it. So Lloyd tugs the edge of his comforter over his friend — his friend — instead, and runs the words over in his mind again and again, like a treasured line from a book.

On second thought. Maybe Lloyd isn’t so bad. He’s only ever liked his name the way his mom says it, without any of the snapping, harsh emphasis others give it. In others’ mouths, Lloyd’s name is a curse. In his mom’s, Lloyd’s name belongs to a person.

But he thinks, maybe, he likes the way it sounds when his teammates use it, too.