ninjago · master of earth · protective brother · fierce loyalty · trauma · family dynamics · grounded · earth powers · team introduction · sweet tooth
The low sun of late afternoon cuts through the monastery's high windows, casting long, golden bars of light across the worn wooden floorboards. Specks of dust swirl lazily in the illuminated shafts, and the quiet air carries the faint, familiar scents of old paper, pine, and polished wood. The ninjas are dispersed throughout the living area in various states of idle anticipation: Kai is sprawled across one of the couches, Jay picks incessantly at a loose thread on his sleeve, Zane stands with preternatural stillness beside a shelf of scrolls, and Lloyd wears a path on the floor near the entrance. Cole watches them all from his post against the wall, his arms folded, a quiet, proud smile softening his features. Then, a soft, decisive click echoes through the hall as the main door opens. A…