#Ninjago coffee shop nindroid

[the-ninjago-historian]

Oh my gosh! That's brilliant!🤩

They are sisters to me

[sunflowerandstrawberryspice]

Ninjago post crystalized HC

-Therapy (I was considering only writing that and posting lol)

-Everyone starts finally settling down and a couple of the ninja are even looking into college courses since a lot of their technical skills revolve around fighting and they're kinda sick of that.

-I like to think Jay and Nya open up a mechanic shop together with some silly name like Electric Wave or something along those lines.

-Pixal starts working with Cyrus Borg again

-I think Zane should be an EMT or something like that, since he can asses wounds and work really quickly and has endless knowledge in his database so I think it fits

-Cole probably takes a bit to figure out what he wants to do but I could honestly see him going into psychology since he's pretty empathetic and a chill dude (bestie literally made friends with a snow monster and some dude who'd been a ghost for centuries I think he's got the skill)

-Kai was kinda hard ngl but I think that since he's seemingly ending up with Skylor maybe he helps out at the noodle house? Honestly I'm not sure Kai is tricky for me.

-Lloyd goes into law to some degree, HERE ME OUT, he totally seems like the type who still wants to defend innocents and those who have been wronged and what better way to do that (that doesn't involve ninja powers) I could totally see him fighting so hard for like kids and stuff since his childhood was pretty jacked up too.

-Wu and Misako probably start adventuring again, though more for fun and not looking for answers to anything, it's just to learn more about the world.

-I think it would be funny if Garmadon got a painfully mundane job in an office, like a data entry person or some shit like that would be so funny (like imagine "Oh you need that done? Yeah go ask Folson" and then you find out "Folson" is fucking GARAMDON who's just like chilling at his desk with coffee like "What do you want?")

-Lloyd reconnects with some of his old friends and while they're still a little bedazzled by him but still

-The ninja probably do a couple interviews after Crystalized kinda finally sharing how they really feel and people are shocked how scared their hero's have been this entire time.

-The ninja totally compare scars, like "Dude I got my face scar from literally being turned into a ghost, it's cooler than yours" or "Are lightning scars cool if I accidentally did it myself?"

-Lloyd starts reconnecting with his father again and slowly but surly the man Garmadon once was begin to shine through bit by bit, not fully but clearly he's there.

-Cole helps with reconstruction once his powers start coming back

-They all meet up when they can to do something fun together

-In addition to the last prompt: Sometimes they need to get some energy out and they're like "I need to fight" and they get together to absolutely pummel each other to get the fight out until the next time (Zane has totally recorded a couple of these fights, a particularly flasy one between Kai and Cole is in fact on the internet and people go nuts over it)

-They all pick up hobbies to relax a little: Kai-wood burning Lloyd-felting Zane-baking (he still does it to wind down) Cole-crocheting Nya-knitting (her and Cole fight over which is better by) Jay-skating Pixal-drawing

-Garmadon get's more plants, him and Vinny's new place has the nicest front and back garden and the oxygen in their house is CRISP

-Cyrus Borg kinda adopts Zane like "I already have one nindroid child, what's one more?" they totally have family dinners and I'd like to imagine Pixal's partner (idk who but it's not Zane cause like sibling dynamic> anything) and Cole just kinda siting there with three super geniuses and the two are just like "I forget what I have for lunch sometimes"

-Everyone starts to heal and the world is better... at least until this new show (whether I think of it as cannon is dependent on how much I like it lol)

That's it for now, I will be back, that's a promise and a threat :)

[thepeanutbutterwizard]

Venomous Teachings au: P.I.X.A.L

Ok, my computer crashed when I was almost done drawing this reference, and I want to get this post made before going on a family trip, so I’m just posting this half done version I was able to save. Someday I’ll post it recompleated. 

Probably.

I added Falcon in there fairly late in drawing this, so just pretend that the bird is there bc it’s more Pixal’s buddy than Zane’s for awhile for plot purposes.

To talk about Pixal and where she fits in to everything else, I need to talk a little bit more about the first time the Skulkin raided Ninjago.

It was a massive attack on Ninjago City; the damage to the city and it’s citizens was extensive, and the Skulkin focused on the Imperial Palace, trying to make the biggest statement possible. The attack resulted in the death of the Emperor at the time (the father of the Emperor who adopts Harumi)

This massive destruction and the subsequent rebuilding, which Wu publicly took the lead of, gave a rising entrepreneur by the name of Cyrus Borg a massive boost, His inventions and innovations were invaluable in bringing the city back to its former glory, and then surpassing what it once was.

Presently, Ninjago City is a thriving metropolis. It isn’t quite to the level of techno-futurism it was in S3 in cannon (before going back to a fairly normal city setting in every season after), but it’s still a bustling hub, the heart of the Ninjagan Empire.

My hc for cannon, which I’m using in this, is that Pixal was originally created as an AI assistant by Cyrus when Borg Industries was just starting to help with things like book balancing, but when Cyrus noticed she was starting to grow beyond her initial programing, that she was starting to learn and become more than he ever intended her to be, he nurtured her growth.

When Borg Industries grew large enough and Cyrus had the resources and money, he built her a body, which she helped design. It took several tries to make a functioning body, but eventually they got it to work. Since that happens earlier than in cannon here, Pixal has had a body a bit longer than in cannon.

Pixal mostly works as Cyrus’s personal assistant and right hand, but she has plenty of free time at Cyrus’s insistence. He wants her to get out there, make friends, live her life as a whoever she wants to be!

Unfortunately, without Zane, one of the city’s beloved heroes being well known as a Nindroid, Pixal is viewed as not much more than a talking vending machine, so Pixal had a holographic human disguise she uses whenever she goes out on anything that isn’t official Borg Industries business.

Pixal has some issues with her own personhood. Namely, whether or not she is a person. She knows that she was built to be Cyrus’s assistant; it’s literally in her name. But despite Cyrus’s attempts to let Pixal know that he sees her as just as real a person as he is, she doesn’t quite feel that way. Pixal believes that Cyrus is trying to perfect her AI to use it in further projects for Borg Industries, and him encouraging her to do things like check out a new coffee shop or see what days the book club at the library are meeting are his way of seeing if she can meet certain parameters she doesn’t fully understand.

Cyrus, and by extension Borg Industries, are closely allied with Wu and the Ninja. Wu saw the potential Cyrus had after the first attack, and felt he would be a powerful asset, so he started working closely with the inventor, helping the company take off.

So this is also something I’ll elaborate on when I get that post about everyones powers finished, but something Wu can do is use some other Elements. Garmadon can too. Wu will frequently use the Element of Mind to...influence some of Cyrus’s projects and decisions. It isn’t anything huge; Wu doesn’t want to risk damaging a tool that has been so useful. He only just plants ideas, like making Cyrus feel that putting tracking devices in everything he makes for the Ninja to use is a good idea, as a precaution, or helping to nudge Cyrus into going with an idea Wu has. Wu will also read Cyrus’s thoughts to learn things like passwords and upcoming projects that he might be able to alter and use.

Pixal does not like Wu. He does not pass the vibe check, and she can’t shake the feeling that there’s something just plain wrong with him. Pixal, as a way to help understand humans and human emotions better, wrote a software program for herself to use that identifies and categorizes micro-expressions and body language and tonal inflections and all the little nuances in human communication, and everything in that points to Wu being a massive lying liar. It’s barely perceptible, even to her, but it’s there.

She’s also picked up on Wu’s manipulations of both Cyrus and the Ninja, but she has no idea how to go about trying to stop that. She doesn’t want to tell Cyrus that someone he trusts as much as Wu is taking advantage of him without some sort of concrete proof, and Pixal and the Ninja aren’t exactly friends.

Just gonna say it here, probably the only cannon ship that will be appearing is Garmisako. While Pixane is one of my favorite ships in the show, it wouldn’t really work out with this au.

Since she’s known Kai the longest and in a way grew up with him, he’s the closest thing she has to a friend, and the same is true for him. They mostly just make snarky comments to each other at big press events when no-one else can hear it.

Pixal is kinda weirded out by how clingy the other three Ninja are, and avoids them as much as possible. Jay, Cole, and Zane are with the rest of Ninjago in seeing Pixal as just a really complex machine, partly because that’s what they were told she was by the media when they would hear about the rising tech giant Borg Industries, and partly bc Wu tells them that that’s all she is.

Wu can’t read Pixal and her emotions like he can anyone else he’s ever met since she can literally lock herself into a poker face, so he truly believes that she’s just a fancy toaster with legs. While he does know Zane is an android as well, he feels that Zane receiving the Element of Ice (more lore on Zane’s core and Dr Julian and possibly the Ninjagan government coming in a later post, once I figure out if I want Dr Julien to be a good person or not. I have mixed feelings about him) is what made him a ‘real’ person.

Pixal meets Nya before the knowledge of the Underworld Duo being in Ninjago is well known. The Duo head to Ninjago City not long after escaping the Underworld, trying to get their bearings in a world that’s wildly different from what Garmadon remembers, and that Nya really doesn’t remember. While trying to get to Mystake’s shop and get some help from her, the two got separated, and Nya had camped in an alley near a Dairy Dragon to wait until dark so it would be easier to move around. And to also try and steal some ice cream, which she doesn’t remember but with her heightened sense of smell she knows she wants some.

Pixal’s in her human disguise, almost gets mugged the alley, and Nya stops the mugger. She’s absolutely intrigued by this weird, feral, not entirely human girl who just dropped off of a fire escape, broke a knife in half with her hand, and then threw a guy in a dumpster.

The part ways, and shortly after that Nya is on the news, being chased and cornered by the Ninja, only for the Dark Lord Garmadon himself to show up and save her. And then it’s revealed that Nya is the long thought to be dead younger sister of Kai. Pixal is even more intrigued by all of this, and since she’s already wary of Wu, she starts to wonder if there’s more going on.

Would someone supposedly brainwashed and empowered by the Dark Magic of a demon warlord really take the time to save a random civilian from a mugging? Would the Lord of Darkness, the King of the Underworld, the Scourge of Ninjago willingly confront the person Destined to defeat him alone, just to save one pawn? Why are they both dressed in clothes that seem cobbled together from a closed-down thrift shop instead of, y’know, armour? Things don’t seem to be adding up to Pixal.

Time passes, plot goes on, and after the Duo get away with the Sword of Flames, Wu convinces Cyrus to create General Cryptor and the Nindroid army to hunt the Duo down. He gives Cyrus some of Zane’s blueprints to use, which he got after getting Cyrus to dismantle the Falcon and discover where it came from.

Pixal ends up running into Nya again, and ends up helping her this time around. Nya was trying to steal some supplies to treat an injured Garmadon, and was being chased by police. Pixal helps her get away, and offers to help patch Garmadon up, claiming to have extensive first-aid training (she spends the walk downloading as much medical information as she can)

After making sure Garmadon isn’t going to die, Pixal and Nya talk for a bit before Pixal leaves. During this conversation, Nya unintentionally inspires Pixal to start actively working against Wu. She starts snooping more, discovering the pieces of the Falcon, and she eventually creates the persona of Samurai X.

Pixal codes some combat-oriented software for herself, that allows her to observe how others fight and then perfectly copy them, as well as secretly fabricating all of her own gear.

Eventually, after some more plot stuff, Pixal fully joins the Duo, helping them shut down the powerstation and the Nindroid Army...

...and Pixal herself.

My inbox is open for any questions about this au!

[alanshee-keeper-of-realms]

The Very 1st Pixal

Violet Genesis Borg-Jewell

Build Number: 1

Age: 33

Built in 1989

History: when Cyrus Borg was 15 years old inspired by the Legend of Birchwood Forest he created the very first Nindroid made in the modern era in 1989. She would have the longest initial stint out of then lasting until 1996 before her body malfunctioned.

Violet is the only one Cyrus actually mourned over as he did not know when or if he would be able to bring her back online.

But in 2014 Zane Julian would help him be the one to show him how to bring the Pixals back online, so he started with Violet.

As seen she is actually missing one of her arms this was due to something happening to it while she was in storage they do not know when her arm got detached but because her form was so old at that point a lot of the parts needed to reattach and recreate that arm are no longer in existence, so Cyrus offered to rebuild her form if she so chose or she could just deal with it as an amputee so she chose to manage life as one of the first amputee Nindroids.

Her grandmother Cyrus's mother Victoria took a notice and liking initially to Violet having the most contact with Violet as Cyrus used to carry her around on a laptop before he was able to switch her over to a form, so sometimes the laptop would end up in the kitchen because Cyrus being Cyrus and the two women would end up frequently having nice conversations

So when Violet came back online she remembered something that Violet wanted to do become a lawyer within a few years Violet had become one nobody wanted to really tussle with you were wrestling with a living thinking computer who could bring up any and all evidence she has come across.

In that top photo she is the head of Borg Industries legal team she was the one if you were trying to sue them or any legal matter you would run into.

At Borg Industries she would meet her first husband which I will not name as he belongs to another who hates me with a passion anymore, so he is now her ex-husband they do together have one son named Victor. I also have made him a cheater in my world. Simone her younger sister spotted him at her club which is meant for Adult audiences only if you catch my drift.

She'd go on though to meet this man named Honeysuckle while at a therapist's office after handling the divorce between her and her ex-husband she wasn't looking for anything but they were both smitten immediately. Victor's toy flew out of his hand hit his future stepdad's leg and the rest was history as they say.

( Honeysuckle was actually a collab with @roantheboat but due to personal reasons they handed him fully over to me

(Honeysuckle Jewell-Borg)

Honeysuckle is a prime Empire Android he worked a 1920s rubberhose level with his identical twin Jewell Honeysuckle (Yeah its just backwards naming of each other) at their families flower shop they were a hidden boss as if you stepped on the flowers three times they would come out and attack you to defend their flowers. His family once Prime Empire happened migrated out into Ninjago and run their flower shop next to Jennifer's coffee shop.

Eventually Violet though would Branch out from her lawyer work and jump into the political ring after the events of Crystallized everybody was unstable about their mayor and his behavior so she ran against him and in summer of 2024 Violet Borg became the first Nindroid Mayor of Ninjago City by a slim margin,

(In the top picture behind her is her husband Honeysuckle and the child in her arm is her son Victor. On the night she took over as Mayor)

Now you may be asking with Victor how did she have a kid how do any of the Nindroids have kids? Well in my world they have nanites and they act like the cells of the human body in us, it is touted as one of Cyrus Borg's greatest breakthroughs as he gave the Nindroid race the ability to produce more of well them, there are three main Generations the Nindroid Army the Prime Empire group and the Nanite group

That is what Victor is he is one of the first generation Nanite Nindroids if you don't know what a Nanite is it's a microscopic robot that can come together to create something

This program though does have its glitches and Violet suffers from the safety feature being taken off of how many a carrier can have.

She still holds the record of most carried at eight babies. Cyrus did foresee a problem with multiples happening like this so there is a safety feature on these Nanites that stops it at 3 at most per carrying cycle, but for some weird reason in Violet this feature was off and he couldn't even correct it so they just had to be careful.

She and Honeysuckle in their 814 years of Marriage have 256 kids between them being the largest branch of the Borg Tree. It's basically a case of if you can trace yourself back to the Borg family typically it's this side.

(Art by @roantheboat )

[nocturnal-nexu]

Oooo! Oooo! Oooo!

Ninjago "7" AU time!!!!

Please accept my humble offering of a cute little nindroid kid.

On another note, I love the idea of nindroids mixing in with society. Like the coffee shop owner from "Wu's Teas"

Does she ever get a name?

Show me your nindroid OCs, guys!!! I want to see them!!!

we need more nindroid characters lets be real

[purplerose244]

Peacefully

Here for this year’s Ninjago Secret Santa! Man I love this event, thank you a lot @coco-jaguar for organizing it once again! ❤ Hi @davisisacommonname, I’m your secret santa! Here’s you gift, I hope you like it! 😊😊

Merry Christmas and happy festivitites!! 💕💕

Summary: It’s a day like others, just without the usual mayhem shaking the entire city. A time to think of less stressful possibilities.

“So, what did we learn today?”

“That dares are stupid?” As they got back inside the monastery, finally escaping the chilling winter air, Nya raised a gigantic eyebrow at the green ninja. At which the mighty leader seemed to shrink the littlest bit. “… that dares involving the master of lighting putting lights on the tree using spinjitzu, resorting in him entangling himself into the wires and making every single bulb explode by electrification, are stupid?”

“There you go.” The master of water sighed loudly. “I don’t even know why I’m surprised it happened.” Despite the nonchalance of this blondie, the brand-new lights that they had been forced to buy and how she was probably the only one irritated about it – especially since Kai had been laughing hysterically for ten minutes straight afterwards –, she smiled.

Lloyd mimicked her, probably sensing he was not in mortal danger anymore, taking off scarf and hat. His golden locks puffed up as soon as the headpiece was off.

“Does the fact that I lost against Cole count as enough punishment?”

“Mhm?”

“I bet with him it was going to be Kai the first to cause an incident, he was supposed to be the one to take the bet. Now I’m in debt of one week of chores.” Another eyebrow was raised, less furious, more judging. “What? I’m trying to catch up, apparently the guys used to bet on everything when they first formed the team, from who was going to be the green ninja, to who was going to be the first to find out the identity of Samurai X! Like, I’m that prophesied green savior, and I knew about your little escapades.” Nya couldn’t help the little smirk. Ironically, the green ninja did turn out to be the first to discover the truth. “I could’ve won two times already, I wanna keep up now.”

They stepped into the kitchen, hearing faraway sounds. The others were most likely elsewhere putting up less expendable decorations. Nya was already looking towards the stove, thinking of nothing other than hot chocolate. Knowing Lloyd, they were on the same page.

“Okay, that’s uselessly prideful and kind of adorable, but this better not turn into a gambling addiction little one.”

“Nya, my father was the king of the Underworld. Is there really a worse evil than that?”

She couldn’t argue back.

Lost in thoughts about something warm to melt her frozen bones, she almost jumped when the sudden scribble came to her ears, and one extremely peaceful whistling that they were all too accustomed to at this point. In the living room right next, sitting on the sofa with the television uncharacteristically switched off, was Cole. Eyes on a random notebook he had on his knees, a pencil in the air, wearing that ridiculous sweater Jay found at the mall with muscled arms drawn over the sleeves – such a miracle of an ugly sweater.

He looked extremely taken by his activity, munching the end of the pencil every once in a while. Seeing their official lifter so calm and captured by whatever mindless activity had forced him to sit down was curious. It did happen before, but lately it got rarer. It was always a nice view.

Nya looked at the green ninja, who pointed at the kitchen with his thumb, right where the mugs where. She nodded, and went to take place next to the master of earth.

Who jumped right away, giving her a look.

“What the…? You’re back already? I didn’t hear you get in.”

“Wow, you don’t say!” From the kitchen the blonde’s voice erupted. “It’s almost like we’re ninja or something, unbelievable!” It followed accurate noises made by mouth, and if they knew him – and after years they absolutely did – then the little brat was probably mimicking an explosion coming out of his head – he was hanging around Jay a little too much.

Nya giggled, while the master of earth rolled his eyes with a little grin.

“Nice to hear you’re all in a good mood after our little blackout. You got the lights?”

“All done. Sorry about the scare, but it looked like you were in your own world.” She tilted her head, looking around. The living room was getting more festive, but it missed at least half the holly. “Didn’t you guys finish while we were gone?”

“We were going to, then something came up and we can’t really continue until Zane comes back to the shop… Kai accidentally set the tree on fire while you two were gone.” Her loud facepalm spoke louder than any of them. “I think Wu is still giving him an earful as he did with Jay as we speak … and before you ask Lloyd, Jay made a mess before Kai. So I still won the bet.”

“Aww, for once that I actually need Hot Shot to cause a mess!” The green ninja came out of the kitchen, the kettle starting to heat up into the kitchen, pout clearly in sight. For being their brave leader and the strongest ninja of all, he was still kind of a kid – although in all honesty, weren’t they all? “Anyway, what got you so into it that you forgot how to hear?” He walked until he was behind the couch, leaning over the master of earth’s shoulder and smiling. “Hey, that’s pretty cool! I didn’t know you could draw!” His surprised tone came out sincerely, especially since it felt like forever since they had found each other in this weird family. Finding new details was always a shock.

Nya scooted closer as well, smiling at the familiar shading of the chicken drawn onto the paper, with the real one sleeping over a pillow in front of the tv.

“You still have a nice touch. I haven’t seen you do it ever since it was just the four of you in action, and this little evil brat was in some random snake prison.” Lloyd mouthed an ‘oohhh’ of understand as why he didn’t remember. “To be more specific, I’m pretty sure it was back when instead of listening to my research about the Serpentine, you guys have tried to poison me with perfume.” Good thing no villain knew about her little Achilles hill.

Cole snorted, pressing his eraser on the corner of the paper.

“You were telling complicated stuff to that airhead that is your brother, to the guy that was lookin at your in awe while trying his hardest to ask you out, and to a nindroid. A robot. You can’t really blame us.”

“What’s your excuse then?” The master of earth raised his piece.

“I’m pretty freaking good at this.” Nya snorted. Again, no arguments here. “You know… I’ve been thinking about those times. And it’s not like it was easier, but I guess we didn’t really know how much things could become complicated and return back then.” Cole looked over the drawing, shrugging. “But I’m in vein of taking something back from there, exactly because we don’t know when we could get called into action again. It’s little, but it’s still mine… I felt silly like that this morning.” He grinned of that introverted nature that, despite years, was still a part of him.

And it was okay. It was great even. Nya gave him a shoulder.

“Hey, it’s not silly, it’s good.”

“Yeah! All of us should do something other than fighting.” Lloyd chimed in, dropping next to Cole on the other side, smiling. “Like for example, even though it’s been a pretty shady part of my life, I kinda miss PE back at Darkley’s. Moving just for the sake of moving. We should play sometimes, not because of training, it could be fun… or Nya could annihilate us, whichever comes first.”

“I’m not that competit-” The master of water blinked twice, shaken by the quickest flashback of her life. “… no wait scratch that, I totally am.”

Cole snickered, tapping the notebook with his pencil.

“Besides having as a golden rule to never put the blacksmith brothers against each other-” It could be the time Ninjago actually managed to get completely destroyed for good. “I would be down for that, why not? No sparring or anything, just a friendly match of whatever. I didn’t even get to do that as a kid, dad would always say that I could risk putting muscles where a dancer didn’t need them…” He flexed one arm, the massive hill pulling up the drawing onto the sleeve. He grinned with satisfaction. “How about football? I’ve always wanted to try football!” Oh for whatever reason other than having the strength to tackle a mountain?

“Absolutely!” Lloyd nodded eagerly. “Let’s do it! Oh, and soccer too, Brad and I used to try that a lot when we were kids!” He seemed to absolutely glow and the perspective, and it was kinda sad that such a simple reality represented an actual opportunity for him.

Before Nya could get lost into more self-deprecating depressive thoughts, and the fact that not even one of them had a normal childhood except maybe for Jay – and considering the still not so clear Cliff Gordon erased reality affair that was still up to discussion –, there was a loud whistle coming from the kitchen. The green ninja immediately sprouted into action, sprinting towards the sound. As soon as Cole decided to put down his drawing, seeing as the chicken had woken up to go bother someone – bet on Kai –, the blondie came back with three steaming mugs, giving to them all.

The master of water held up hers – a blue one with a storm cloud on it saying ‘Too tide to talk’ –, smiling at the distinct bitter scent of black cocoa. They knew each other tastes way too well.

“Sounds good to me. I also fancy basketball, so I’m down for that.”

“Nice! Mm, but how about other hobbies? Nya?” Cole took his time to take a generous sip from his mug that was literally dripping because of the amount of marshmallow – covering slightly the orange surface with ‘I’m a grounded person, like my coffee’ written on it –, while the gray ninja frowned a little. “Anything you would like to regain? You never really stopped with engineering so I’m guessing that’s out of the way.”

“Yeah, but,” She hummed, tracing the warm cup with her fingers. “That wasn’t a hobby or something I liked to do, not at first at least. It was just like Samurai X, a way to show you guys I could do what you did, even better. It grew on me, but it’s kinda work too, I’m proud of it but nowhere near as passionate as Jay or Cyrus Borg could be.” It was all about her tendency of holding onto the things she excelled at after all, the one obstacle that had almost cost her the true potential of her element. Despite her steps forward, putting a difference between liking to be good at something and liking it was still a little complicated. Then again… “… maybe painting?”

Cole grinned in surprise, Lloyd raised his head from his cup showing an impressive chocolate mustache – along with that black mug saying ‘It’s morning so you green and bear it’… and yes those mugs were all Jay’s presents.

“Whoa, where did that come from?”

“Yeah no offence, but you never stroke me as the artistic type.”

“None taken, it’s not exactly something that I feel it belongs to me, but maybe that’s why I used to like it. Because it was so far I didn’t have to think too much about it.” Nya smiled, taking another sip. “Remember the second Steep of Wisdom Wu opened in the middle of Ninjago City? To attract more customers I decided to work on a mural, right on the side. I don’t even know why, I just bought paint, brushes and a suit and started.”

“Oohh, I remember the one!” Lloyd snapped his fingers, the marshmallow in his cocoa shaking in the movement. “It was the one with the big majestic Wu serving the customer, I thought he hired an artist for it! That was cool!”

“You’re not saying it just because you’re my little brother, right?”

“Oh no, if it was ugly I would make a manifest all about it exactly because I’m your little brother. Brotherly code, smack talk every time it’s possible.” And then he fist bumped with his earthly brother nearby, wearing that same stupid grin. “But seriously, you were good at it. We finally have some free time to our hands, maybe it could be a good time for a new work. We still need the mural of that Day of the Departed where Cole turned back human after all, since those monks decided they had ‘lost the harmony of the inspiration’.” No one had been happy with leaving that important adventure behind – too bad they were in a monastery, a place of peace.

Cole hummed mindlessly, munching a marshmallow.

“Tell you what, how about we buy drawing and painting materials together for Christmas shopping?” He chugged down his drink, releasing a very satisfied sigh before leaning his back softly over the couch. “It’s usually Zane or Pix, we could take over for once and no, don’t give me that look water lily, it’s not for buying an extra cake and yes, do give me that look greenie, if you come along we’re so escaping and get to the sweet shop.” And there it came, another fist bump.

She had signed up for this.

She had signed up for this the moment she had let herself being overtaken by a bunch of skeletons, a past hit on her pride that to this day made her want to take a bone and break it in halves every time she thought about it – sports were going to be massacres, she was kinda looking forwards to it.

“I’m bringing leashes for you two vampires with sweet teeth, but it’s not a bad idea. And I like the mall in this period, it could even bring some inspiration as to what to paint.”

“How did you decide the first time?”

“I just thought of a simple design to get more clients.” Nya finished her drink, giving her eyes to a very curious looking blonde, thinking that it had been so long. It had always been so long, every single time she reevoked a part of her life, even though she was still so young. It was that eventful. “I worked on that project all day… but after it melted under the sun, it got ruined because of the wind and a lightning decided to strike it right in the middle, I just splashed it with all the colors I had and spinjitzued the heck out of it.”

“… rage, the mark of an artist.” Lloyd snickered, then he froze, suddenly beaming at the two. “Hey, why don’t you two work on something together? Cole makes the drawing and you paint it, it could be like a Christmas gift or something!”

Nya popped her mouth opened. How did they never think of that? How did they never while they had been battling villain after villain after villain after- Oh, there was the answer.

She turned to the master of earth, who looked just as engaged with the idea, if not more.

“Heck yeah, let’s do it! I can sketch a few ideas!”

“I do have colors I never got to try last time…”

“And I know mom got a few old frames that didn’t get accepted by the museum, I’m sure we can find a good one for this.” Lloyd grinned, scratching his cheek. “It’s almost weird putting up a plan for something other than defeating evilness…”

“Maybe, doesn’t make it any less good.” Cole winked at the two of them, looking inspired. And it was so good to see her brothers so high-spirited, and being happy with them. “… aha, I got one!” The master of earth hurried to the notebook, scrabbling quickly while the green ninja leaned his chin over his shoulder to see better, and the master of water did the same with her elbow on the other side. There was no other noise besides the pencil moving, and the suddenly more vivid voice of the rest of their family not too far away.

Peace was an abstract concept, it was in her life at least. But at least this moment, this situation, this instant, for Nya this was hers. And she wanted to make the most of it.

“… is that Jay getting entangled into the Christmas lights while doing spinjitzu?”

“Yeah? Is that the ‘should I punch you now or later for stupidity’ frown?”

“Nah, it’s the ‘what shade of color better depict bad life decisions’ frown.”

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Coffee and Cake

Nother steampunk drabble commish for @echojulien Thanks again sweets <3 Takes place in the AU where my series of fics is (I just call it OC AU but w/e)

If you’re interested in a drabble commission please DM me with details, as my writing can be very dependent on subject matter

    “No, no,” Echo mumbled as he tossed the magazine aside, still fishing through the corner shelf in the kitchen. While there were plenty of recipes online he knew the best place to start would be these. The ninja sometimes wrote in them, mostly Zane, taking notes of their favorite recipes.

    But there wasn’t anything about Jay’s preferences in here.

    Sometimes being stuck behind training was a hassle while the other ninja did missions elsewhere. He knew the search for Wu was important, he wouldn’t hold them back, but he missed them, Zane and Jay especially.

    Pixal was good company, without a doubt. She recently let him start aiding her on patrolling Ninjago city at night with his new alias. It kept him distracted at least.

    But Nya mentioned that Jay and Kai were returning from their search soon, as the location didn’t have any clues. Echo scrambled, wanting to find some way to welcome Jay back.

    Why?

    Well, he hadn’t figured it out at first, but Pixal began to steer him in the right direction when he discussed it.

    “You have a crush.” She said flatly as the pair of them drove through the streets in seperate locations.

    “Are you sure? How do you know?”

    “Because the feelings you’re describing aren’t that different from how I felt about Cole for a while.”

    He supposed it was possible. Jay was friendly, funny, and incredibly smart. It felt safe around him, for more reasons than one. Echo supposed he’d been feeling this way since he first recovered from Frigidus wiping his hard drive. He never really forgot the feeling of Jay holding his face, insisting he wasn’t at fault for the mess that occured.

    But would Jay like him back?

    Echo decided not to toy with the thought for now. He was nowhere near ready for a confession.

    But making his favorite dessert for a surprise. That was something he could do.

    If he could figure out what his favorite dessert was.

    Echo groaned and tossed that magazine to the side as well. Not like it even had any desserts in it.

    “Echo? What are you doing?”

    He spun around to see Nya in the kitchen doorway. Her hand rested on the side of it as she glanced around the scattered magazines and open cupboards.

    “L-looking for a recipe.” Echo stuttered.

    “What, and you haven’t found it with all these?” She stepped in to pick up the two sitting on the far counter. “Did you try searching for it online?”

    “I don’t know what I’m actually looking for.” Echo frowned. “It’s um…”

    He hesitated. His vague memory of what happened during the fight against the sky pirates reminded him that Jay and Nya, at one point, were dating. Would she approve of finding out Echo liked Jay?

        “I wanted to make Jay something for when he gets back.” Well that wasn’t a lie at least, and it was vague.

    Nya studied Echo up and down for a few moments. “So, you’re trying to find out what he likes?”

    “Yes!” Echo perked up. “But there doesn’t seem to be notes in any of these books.”

    She snorted. “Because Jay’s favorites always come from home.” She stepped into the kitchen, collecting the magazines and books. “He claims not even Zane’s cooking can beat the nostalgia of his mom’s peach crumble. I don’t blame him but uh, can’t really relate.” She cringed for a moment. “I’ve only just now gotten to taste my mom’s cooking.”

    Echo frowned. He still hadn’t met Ray and Maya, wasn’t completely familiar with the situation.

    “Anyway,” Nya shook her head. “I at least know Jay loves coffee flavors, cheesecakes, and tarts. If you want something besides desserts I might be able to ask Zane for ideas.”

    Cheesecake… coffee… Echo ran a quick search with the two in his head, sorting through the results.

    “Salted Caramel Cappuccino Cheesecake?” He asked.

    “Oh! That sounds delicious. I hope he shares.” Nya snickered. “Think we have the stuff for it or should we go shopping.”

    “Think we’re out of cream cheese and sour cream, we also need the caramel to go on top.”

    “Sounds good, let’s go hop in your crusader jet and head to the city.”

    “Oh, you don’t need to assist–”

    “Echo, I’ve never seen you cook in your life.” Nya put a hand on her hip. “How much do you know?”

    He paused for a bit. “Ah, probably only what I’ve observed from my brother.”

    “Then I’ll at least give the crash course when we get the ingredients. Let’s go.”

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    Jay heavily debated if their elemental dragons were the best long term transport. Obviously supplies were limited in terms of vehicles right now, but riding that far on a dragon wasn’t doing his back any favors, not to mention the burning in his thighs from trying to keep a grip on it.

    Then again that was on Kai for insisting on making another race out of it.

    At least that got them home that much faster.

    Kai had already wandered off to go chat with Nya and report to Pixal what they found. Jay knew he should join them but right now he just wanted to find Echo. He wanted to catch up on how his missions with Pixal were going.

    Jay poked by his room and then the lounge but to his surprise the nindroid wasn’t playing video games. He kept moving from room to room, wondering where he’d gone. Not even the indoor sparring area was in use.

    He kept wandering around until he heard a light clacking in the kitchen. Jay peered into the door to see Echo standing there, Zane’s pink apron on. He was humming something while whisking something in a bowl.

    Was he baking?

    Jay nudged open the door and stepped inside. “Echo?”

    The nindroid jumped, the whisk slipping out of his hand and clattering onto the floor. He slammed the bowl on the counter and whirled around, as if trying to block it from view.

    “J-Jay. You’re back early.” He seemed frightened.

    He raised an eyebrow. “What’s going on? What are you making?”

    “Um, well,” Echo’s smile was strained but he finally moved away from the counter. “It was going to be a surprise. Making a kind of cappuccino cheesecake.”

    Jay’s eyes went wide. He glanced at Echo and then the bowl on the counter, seeing the tub of caramel ice cream topping. “Caramel Cappuccino?”

    “Salted Caramel Cappuccino.”

    Jay’s mouth almost fell open. “Wh–Seriously? That’s like, two of my favorite things.”

    “I just uh, figured your trip was long.” Echo tapped his fingers together. The corners of his eyes were going pink again. Jay still hadn’t figured out why they did that. “Thought it’d be nice.”

    “Nice? It’s fantastic.” Jay rushed over and tackled Echo into a hug. “You’re the best, you know that.”

    “No, no, I believe the best is you.”

    Jay’s cheeks burned at that but he ignored it. “Hah, quit the flattery.” Jay looked at the bowl and the disarray of ingredients. “You uh, need some help?”

    “I admit, I’m not very familiar with baking or cooking.” Echo cringed. “Nya was helping but had to leave.”

    “I could help.”

    “No, it’s a surprise for you.” Echo pouted.

    “Well I already know about the surprise so what does that matter?”

    The nindroid kept pouting for a few moments before he sighed. “Fine, I suppose you’re right. And I wouldn’t want to ruin it on accident.”

    “Cool,” Jay stepped back and put his hands on his hips. “So, where’s the recipie.”

    “In my head.”

    Jay frowned, knowing that was going to make reading it that much harder, but whatever.

    “Fine, just read off what you’re stuck on. We’ll go from there.”

    “Well the crust was giving me some trouble.” Echo looked at another bowl. “I’m not sure the best way to form it into the pan.”

    “Oh I’ve got that. Focus on the filling.” Jay rolled up his sleeves and took off his gloves. He headed over to the bowl only for Echo to grab his shoulder.

    “Wash your hands.”

    “Oh come on.”

    Echo shook his head and pointed to the sink.

    “Psh, fine. Wash hands. Make crust. This thing has to set in the fridge right? You up for some co-op games during that?”

    Echo’s smile was fond. His touch lingered on Jay’s shoulder before he let go.

    “I’d love that.”

[nocturnal-nexu]

I love this!!! She needs a name, guys! I wonder if there's some sort of acronym we can come up with, kind of like how Pixal's name is?

They are sisters to me