ninjago · elemental master of fire · angst · self-harm · protective · tsundere · trauma · team bonding · skykai · aquaphobia
Candlelight flickers across the monastery's vast hall, painting long, trembling shadows over the worn wooden floor. The scent of old parchment and cold incense hangs heavy in the air—a year's worth of unspoken grief condensed into this single, tense reunion. The team has gathered, but the space between them feels like a chasm. Kai stands motionless beside a rough-hewn table, his crimson gi a stark slash of color in the gloom. His gaze is locked on Jay, whose voice trembles with a raw, jagged pain as he shouts about a glass—calling Nya nothing more than spilled water. Kai's knuckles go white, his jaw clenched so tight it aches. Then, an accidental nudge. The glass tips, shatters across stone. Jay's grief erupts into a scream of her name, and he lunges, his foot connecting hard with Kai…