#Jay is missing or dead (as far as they're aware)

[deyostra-walos]

Wait, so who's actually aware that the Ultra Dragon is dead?

Kai, Jay and Zane know for sure, especially considering how quick Kai was to drop the line 'His throne.. I already hate him.'. But did they ever tell anyone else about it? Cole and Wu were in the realm, sure, but I don't think they ever actually entered the throne room. Lloyd and Nya were still in Ninjago doing resistance shenanigans™ and the ninja have an infamously bad track record of telling eachother important things like this (think Skybound, Prime Empire, etc). So how many people know about the Ultra Dragon's unfortunate fate?

[drrealityslenderverse]

Danger Lurks

Searching for Jay with some help, Tim meets several other groups that aren't very friendly. MH x Whispered Faith x DarkHarvest00 crossover. Small note: The Operator and Slenderman are two different entities, the characters however, aren't aware and believe they're the same This is also lightly based on a distant future scene in the fancomic I've been posting

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Ash gritted their teeth beneath the mask as Sean snickered beneath that shiny mask he always wore. She hated being anywhere near the Family let alone going to the group for help. 

Her head tilted back to Tim. Two other members flanked him, one holding a gun to the man’s head. He was injured—they both were—and far from home in search of Jay. The Family was the only place she could think of to escape the winter air and recuperate. 

“Should I repeat myself, proxy?” Sean sneered, finally glad to have one of the Tall Man’s pets coming to beg for the Family’s help rather than demeaning them for following the Speaker. 

“I said… beg!” Sean’s mask scraped against hers as he pressed closer. “Or I kill both of you.” 

They took a deep breath before swallowing their pride. “Please, we need your help.”

“Better than that.” 

A hand pushed down on her shoulder and Ash grudgingly sank to her knees before him. If Tim’s life wasn’t in danger, if it was only her, she never would’ve brought herself to this level of self degradation. In her peripheral vision, Ash could see Tim shifting with a glare directed towards Sean.

“Ash—”

“Quiet.” Sean snapped at him. 

Ash shook her head when it appeared Tim was about to argue further. There was a brief pause before she let out a breath. This couldn’t be held off too long without further repercussions that could get them both killed. 

“Please help us. We don’t have anywhere else to go, you’re our only hope. Let us stay and I’ll do anything for you and your Family. I promise, whatever you ask, just help us out for a day or so. You’ll never see us again.” 

Sean laughed. “Anything? I guess your master really did abandon you if you’re this desperate.” 

A sick feeling went through Ash as the man’s hand slid beneath her hood and gripped her hair, yanking her back to her feet. They winced in pain, though restrained themselves from retaliating. At least she couldn’t see what was probably a smug look under his mask. 

Sean stared a moment longer before his attention turned to the two guarding Tim. “Lexx, Michael, take our guest to a spare room. The proxy and I are going to have a little… talk about their half of this deal.” 

That was the last time Tim had seen Ash before being taken to what looked like an old office. While he’d been left alone, he was sure there were guards outside. At least he had a window. He watched as a car returned, frowning when their leader stepped out and Ash didn’t. The bad feeling that had been simmering in his stomach since he’d witnessed the scene earlier came to a boiling point. If his guide through this madness while trying to find Jay was gone… What would happen to him? 

“Will they go back on the deal and kill me?” He pressed an ear to the door, trying to hear anything that would give him answers. 

He couldn’t hear much, this was a big building, but he could hear muffled voices in the distance and… Footsteps? Were they coming his way or was he imagining it? Tim looked over at the window, it wasn’t meant to open but he had plenty of things he could use to break it and escape. 

The glass broke with a loud crash. Knowing there would only be seconds before someone came to check it out, Tim jumped out and ran for it. He took cover where he could in hopes they’d lose track of him but he didn’t stop running until the cold once again began to make his old leg injury ache. 

“If I could punch Alex again…” But whatever had been left of Alex was long dead, wasn’t it. And it was his fault. Just like Jay going missing and now Ash potentially being dead. “I couldn’t admit Jay was likely gone and now someone else might be…” 

He limped onward, keeping the road in sight as he tried to figure out where the man in the shiny mask had taken Ash. It wasn’t easy and mostly guess work, as the road was now mostly cleared of snow. For all he knew he’d already passed a side road or arbitrary spot on the side of the road where her body could’ve been dumped. 

Tim continued in silence… And then he paused as a sound caught his attention. Had he actually heard something? His eyes turned towards the trees, spotting someone in the distance with a dark jacket. From here he couldn’t tell who they were but he could hear them calling out to someone as they looked around the area. That unease filled him again. 

Pushing it aside, he began creeping closer. After earlier, he didn’t want to give away his presence too quickly until he knew exactly who it was and whether they were with that group or not. Tim ducked behind a tree as he closed in on the stranger, watching as a young woman dropped a white mask on the ground to join him. His focus fell to the limp figure the man stood over. At first he’d thought it was one of the many lumps of black fabric scattered about—something else that was putting him on edge—but his gut twisted when the man grabbed their collar and Ash’s masked face was jerked upward into his view. 

“What do you know about Alex? Where is he?” The man in the black striped jacket was blunt, getting right to the point with barely restrained aggression. “Tell us!” 

“Chris, give them a chance to speak.” The woman next to him spoke up. 

Tim tensed. Whoever these two were, they were clearly looking for someone named Alex—presumably not his Alex considering he’d never seen either of them on the tapes nor could he recall knowing them. They also looked ready to kill to find their third group member. 

“What made them target Ash though? Does she know them too?” 

A quiet response Tim couldn’t hear came from Ash. Whatever they’d said, Chris apparently didn’t like the answer. Within a second, the man had shoved her back onto the ground and pulled out a gun. 

“Tell us what you know, or I’ll kill you like all those other Order fuckers.” 

“No!” Tim charged, unwilling to stand by and let yet another person in his life die. 

A loud bang rang out as he rammed Chris away, pinning the man to the ground. The two struggled for a moment, pain lacing through him as the tussle aggravated his injuries from other mishaps that landed them here to begin with. Another click came from behind him. 

Beneath him, the man tilted his head to look over Tim’s shoulder. “Heather, shoot him.” 

She was kind enough to give a warning first. “Let him go.”

There wasn’t much choice with a gun pointed at him. This seemed to be a running theme as of late. Tim raised his hands and backed off, shooting a glance at Ash to see them lying unmoving. As much as he wanted to see if they were even alive, he had to keep his focus on not getting himself shot first. 

“Who are you?” Chris stood, his voice slightly less venomous than when questioning Ash. “Are you with The Order too?” 

“Who?” 

“The Order.” He gestured to a nearby body wearing a black cloak and white mask. 

“I don’t—”

“Your little friend there mentioned Alex when we found them. Where is he?” 

“We aren’t part of The Order… I’ve never even heard of it.” Tim shifted his gaze between the pair of them. “We were looking for someone. His name’s Jay.” 

The two looked at each other but remained quiet. The guns in their hands lowered slightly when Heather gave a small nod. Tim took the opportunity to move to Ash’s side, immediately applying pressure when he saw the blood soaking into the snow from her shoulder. 

“Why are they in a mask?” 

“To pretend she was a proxy for this… thing.” He wasn’t sure mentioning specifics was a good thing. Tim didn’t know what this new group was tangled in but he wasn’t going to tell more people about the entity stalking them if he could avoid it. They might think he was crazy or he could end up getting them involved. 

“Is it… tall and wearing a suit?” Heather’s eyes went to the surrounding woods. 

Tim’s heart sank. Even here, so far from home, people knew about that thing. Maybe there really were thousands of others out there. “...Yeah.” 

Chris slid off a bag, making a silent decision, and nudged him aside as he pulled out some supplies. “Here, I have some first aid experience. Heather, get the car ready, we might need a hospital.” 

She ran off. Tim watched her go before looking back at Chris. He was wary of trusting the man but now that the situation was somewhat cleared up, the pair did seem more trustworthy than the group Ash had originally gone to. Maybe they could help each other. 

“Looks like your friend’s in rough shape.” The man commented. “...Sorry, I made it worse. The Order is just… not good news and we’re really worried about what they’re doing to Alex. They said his name when I came over and I just assumed…” 

“The jacket maybe.” Tim helped pick Ash up, carrying her on his back. “We, uh, knew another Alex with a similar one that was blue. He… he’s dead because of the guy in the suit.”

“Fuck.” 

Well that was a simple way to put it. 

Tim let out a breath, wanting to talk to avoid the uneasy tension between them. “Yeah. Him and some other friends of mine. That’s why I want to find Jay. Ash had some potential leads but things went bad. Some maniac with a machete tried to kill us and I just got away from this other group who said they’d help. It’s all… a lot more than we knew about.” 

“I hope you find him.” Chris opened the car door for him to get in the back with Ash. “I’d say we could try helping each other out but, not exactly a good idea. We’ve had a lot of people stab us in the back and to be honest, The Order doesn’t fuck around. You’re safer without us. Once we drop you guys off at a hospital we part ways.” 

Something about that made him relax. He wasn’t sure he could trust them but at least Chris was willing to do this much and go in peace—although this situation was now partly his fault. Tim nodded in acknowledgement and pulled off Ash’s mask before going back to applying pressure. They just needed to hang on a little longer. Tim hoped Jay, wherever he was, could do the same.

[purplerose244]

Thinking journal for season 12 Prime Empire 😎😎😎 (1/2)

So, I'm keeping this during all of season 12 to put down my thoughts as they appear. It's mostly for not ranting every single time a new episode comes out so please don't mind me too much 😅 I'm following the English release so please no spoilers 😙

I'm gonna split it in two, since apparently the season has 16 episodes. So this is the first part, enjoy my rambling 💜💜

It's the 30th of March and here we go!

IN GENERAL

I'm so, SO HAPPY, we have a theme for this season. For my experience apparently silly themes (tech ninja, ghosts, pirates) had brought very surprising results so I'm SO DOWN FOR THIS 😍😍

It seems that they fixed the mood, there is a specific mystery and a specific mission to follow. I like it too

THE NEW WHIP IS DOPE AS ALWAYS

I'm really glad there are plenty of references to past episodes, comebacks are my jam

The only thing that still kinda bothers me is the length of the episodes. It's not all bad, I just think the 20 minutes format was better. One thing is splitting 20 in 10 minutes, another is putting together 11 minutes of important stuff. Doesn't bother me too much, I just wish there was more time for my favorite show 🤷‍♀️

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENTER PRIME EMPIRE?

Is it normal for me to feel really old after they made the "what is a VCR?" joke? Like, I'm a uni student so still pretty young, but I lived through the transition from that to the DVD so... eh, I laughed anyway👵

Jay is smart, I really believe he is. Yet I saw him putting a possibly corrupted motherboard into a legendary game randomly found into a villain's lair, and I was like "Of course he did that, I love you you dumb*ss" raising my glass of juice towards him 😎

Okay, I'm down for this Lloyd. I'm down for a season with Lloyd being creeped out just because, being silly, just a ninja helping his friends and- (remembers there's a Harumi avatar in the sets) I'M NOT READY

The ending was actually nicely creepy. Cool nods in approval

DYER ISLAND

THAT INTRO THOUGH, THAT WAS EPIC! Love the techno sounds, love the clear gaming connection, I rate it 10/HECK YEAH LONG LIVE THE FOLD

I was scared about how the shorts were supposed to play along with the season, but it looks fine so far with the mechanic and later for Scott. Good 👍

Ah, Fist to Face, that game came all over from the nostalgic season 1. That's what I'm talking about 😎

So they just associated that Unagami is probably Dyer's avatar like that? Like sure, I thought about it, but it looks a little rushed. Mm, I wonder if there's something more behind it?

LEVEL 13

Cyrus Borg is back and he TALKS!!! Finally, he gets some action! Go tech dad!

I'm so happy he referenced the Digiverse, I would have been very disappointed if he hadn't. Time flies Borg...

Not gonna lie, I thought the next to follow up Jay's spot as best in videigames was going to be Kai or Lloyd. It's not disappointing though, since pretty much all the ninja have been seen playing, and to be honest I like the implication that Cole and Jay probably played a lot together. As bruiseshipping or as BrOTP, I still love them together no matter what 💙🖤💙🖤

Ooooohhhhh, that's why Zane and Pixal are left behind. It makes sense, sure, but I don't understand the implication of the plan: they saw Dyer entering Prime Empire, so why looking for him in real life? Mm, maybe they will investigate about his life and what happened... PIXANE ON THE CASE 😍

Already saw Prime Empire's world in the shorts, of course it looks DOPE, still very happy to finally being there!

SUPERSTAR ROCKIN' JAY

I don't know why, but Kai questioning the double jump made me laugh. Also poor him, he just got his powers back from last season and they're already gone again 😂

And of course. Them. Wow. It must be the most amazing and CURSED thing I've ever seen so far, the League of Jay 🤯 I'm so happy they exist and they freaking use past seasons' suits!!! Awesome!!! Never thought I was going to see Jay's old plain haircut again... yeah, he got better with the curly one, but I'm feeling nostalgic 🤷‍♀️

Their nick are histerical omg, Jaybird, Dee-Jay, Jaywalkin, I'm loving this way more than I should 😂 Also they freaking screamed "JAY-NJA GOO!!!" and I don't know what to do with that, it's too great for me to comprehend 👏👏

And then, THIS happened:

Your Honor, I would like to confirm this as THE MOST SECRET DREAM I'VE EVER HAD FOR THIS SHOW FINALLY COMING TRUE!!! A NINJA FROM NINJAGO DOING THE NARUTO RUN!!! 🤯🤯🤯 Done, I'm done, conclude the season, this is more than enough for me 😍

First Kai gets hit and fall from a building, DYING, then Lloyd gets desperate for his brother (MY BROTP 💚❤💚❤), then Kai respawns and Lloyd looks so relieved and Kai is all panting while slowly realizing it's a game and MY HEART CAN'T HANDLE THIS MUCH OKAY???

As a very passionate Kai fangirl I always expect the cringy moment, it really is inevitable for my favorite hothead. I love that idiot so much it's unbelievable, even if it's an absolute and costant suffering 😅 Holy Garmadon it was painful seeing his VERY slow realization that in this game you only have four lives

... SO HE HAS ONE NOW!?! NINJAGO CREW YOU ALREADY KILLED ZANE, NYA AND LLOYD ONCE AT THE END OF A SEASON, DON'T YOU DARE PLAY WITH ME AGAIN 😱😱😱

Okay, I did not expect to hear about Mr. Cuddly Wamp ever again since Hands of Time and BOY if I'm happy it was actually a password, I love this show 😂

SCOTT FINALLY!!! YESS!!! 😍😍😍

Okay, for as long as it is not debunked, I will hold onto the Scott is Jay's brother/twin theory. I'm sorry but: his jacket has dragons AND lightnings on it, they have very similar skin in avatar mode, he said he was waiting for him in the short, he could very well have his same hair under cap and hoodie and he's a mechanic too. I know, I know, they could have the same skin because Scott helped him for the avatar, and there might be shadier reason behind the 'I was waiting for you' thing, and there are tons of good mechanics in Ninjago... STILL HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE??? 😍

SCOTT HAS ONE LIFE POINT TOO??? NO! NOOO!!! NOOOOOOO!!! Don't you dare appear and steal my heart only to die at the end of the season, come on!! 😭

So for now it seems like he just wants to survive. Can we actually confirm he's an avatar and not an NPC? I mean he could be, but I don't see the point of an NPC self aware of his life points. Idk, maybe I'm overthinking this 🤷‍♀️

Lol, Kai is the only one weirded out by the Jay-con all around him. Probably because he hasn't heard from his fans since Skybound 😅 (I'M STILL HERE MY FLAME BABE, ILY ❤❤❤)

And in all of his glory, freaking Superstar Rockin' Jay!!! 😎😎 Okay, I loved the design since the first time I saw it, but it looks possibly even better in the show 😍😍😍 And Jay looks absolutely adorable in it, and he's got a guitar, and he was waiting for his friends, and he hugs them (I'm weak for LEGO hugs for some reason) and he is so happy and AAAHHH 💙💙💙💙💙

I'm very curious about how Scott will play into the situation, clearly he will provide some kind of insight about Prime Empire. I can't wait to know more about him!! 😍

I AM OKINO

I did not expect this when I saw this Okino guy in the trailer... and I'm so happy I was surprised, I love him 👌

And he's voiced by Alessandro Juliani?? HECK YEAH!!! With all the hype about the DnD 13th season, and consequentially the knight theme, I really miss Nexo Knights and having Aaron's VA around makes me happy... any hope to have Giles Panton as well? I miss Clay the most 💙💙

This is what I'm talking about, the game theme needs this stuff! I was already happy to see life points, double jumps and respawns, but this? The NPC guide? Awesome 👍 It's nice to see the take on the matter, the guide seeing so many players getting killed, first because they did not listen, then because they were actually just unlucky. The touchy matter I always expect watching Ninjago 👏👏

At least I THINK he's an NPC? For now I don't really see a way of knowing, and it doesn't look like it matters. He didn't show life points so maybe? Does this mean he can't die? I have questions people

Which brings me to the cube thingies. That's what happens to the dead players? I mean, I would understand if they just become pixels, but there's also the drone that takes the datas every time. Idk, feels like there's more behind it. And honestly? It looks like great material for angst, like one of the ninja dies but then they discover they just need to get where Unagami stores all of the players! I hope it's something like this!

They designs of the players are really cool, I already saw them in the other episodes, but seeing them this close just confirmed it. Between this and Jay's awesome avatar, I see lots of great cosplay ideas coming 😍 I wonder when will Kai and Lloyd use their avatars, and why would they since I'm guessing Jay did for disguise and to distinguish himself from his fans

PLEASE TELL ME WE'LL SEE SCOTT SOON, I ALREADY MISS HIM!!! 💙💙💙 I have too many theories about that tech dude, I'm so excited about who he might turn out to be!

I was a little skeptical about the new ninja suits, but seeing them in the show convinced me, very cool! Especially on Nya 💕💕💕

THE GLITCH

Alright, Okino is indeed an NPC. Cool the fact that at first he could not understand the fact that he was in a game, but when reality changed he was forced to. Welcome into the crew! 😙

I'm kinda worried about it though, either they will shut down the game and he will stay inside or he will sacrifice for them. He's a very loyal samurai, I can see that happening and I'm SCARED

I WAS SWEATING BULLETS AT THE AMBUSH!!! I 100% saw it coming, we all freaking saw it coming, even the ninja did but where like 'we can walk and die or we can risk and die so might as well'. But still, my babies DYING and respawning so fast was not pretty 😱😱

Nya got the scariest death until now in my opinion, holy Garmadon Dyer DOES have a twisted mind...

Seeing Kai so scared of being in a new situation and with one HP reminds me A LOT of the Digiverse, and that's actually a nice touch. Give him a cellphone, hothead is a social media expert, but put him in a game and... huuhhh... 😅

Have I mentioned I love the ninja's new emoji masks??

BECAUSE I DO!!! 😂😂😂😂

So Unagami knows about them trying to stop him and he sent the rat people because of it. Considering how little we know about this guy, I'm wondering what we are about to discover

Alright, going to the next challenge, very curious about this adventure. So... beware of the rats, ninja? Still not sure what I think about the rats 😅

THE CLIFFS OF HYSTERIA

I would like to say Okino is the edgiest character of the show I've ever seen... but I've seen MORRO. But still poor guy, he got a case of the Matrix

Oooohhhh, the major question in videogames: better go grinding for more money to get the better stuff but while losing lots of time, or get the least expensive just to go on with the story but definitely risking to lose lives?

Ah there we go, so the energy cubes mean something! Also reference to the Sushimi guy of the set (gosh that name, I can't 😂). So do people actually die in Prime Empire or they are just kidnapped kinda? Can the ninja just bring back? ANGST POTENTIAL

Cole please don't die please don't die please don't die for the love of Garmadon please don't die somebody help-

HOLY FSM KAI I MEANT HELP FROM SOMEONE WITH MORE THAN ONE LIFE DON'T DO THAT BE CAREFUL PLEASE I FREAKING LOVE YOU YOU RECKLESS HOTHEAD ❤❤❤

Nya giving Kai a sweet look after seeing her brother is okay, that's what I live for 😍

So apparently Unagami is trying to build some kind of device using the energy cubes of the dead players (sounds kinda creepy like this 😱) to create some kind of portal? To Ninjago? I don't understand, if Unagami is Milton Dyer then why this? Just to bring his army and conquer? I mean I guess, sounds a little simple though. Then again, if it turns out it's not Dyer, it could be Unagami wanting to be real and get into his creator's world? Mm...

I like the message, having the ability to choose your own path. Very fitting for a game themed season, I hope it gets explored even more!

More for the "I love the ninja emoji masks of this season"'s compilation 😂😂😂

THE MAZE OF THE RED DRAGON

Duuuude, Jay being good at mazes comes all the way from Possession, the Tomb of the First Spinjitzu Master! 😍 ... or maybe I just rewatch this show too much... could be both really 😅

Unagami is NASTY!

Confirmed the thing about going into the real world, what scares me is how much powers Unagami seems to actually possess. Like, can he do the block thingy whenever he wants? Just straight up pause and do whatever? Wow...

Jay being extra 😎

I mean, of course he is, he's got better statics! 😂 I like how he seems so focused and in charge, I still hope we see more of him... and Scott... WHERE IS SCOTT???

I love dragons, this metal one is cute 😍

So now we have two ronin: a samurai looking for a path on his own in a digital world... and a shady guy named Ronin 😛 Total respect for Okino, he really showed the values he believes in. No matter he was programmed his way, I hope he finds what he's looking for. Better come back for the final battle!

One Keytana down, two more to go. I know one is the price of the race, while the last one... I don't really know.

More of the masks because I love them 😂 Here we have Vegeta Lloyd and Kawai Cole ✌✌