#ninjadont.doc

[ninjadont]

Once upon a time, the world was ruled by a great and powerful serpent, and full of nothing but endless storms. To protect the inhabitants of the world, the First Master struck the serpent so fiercely that two of its scales split from its head. And so the sky turned blue and the water became calm, and the serpent fell below the waves.

Once upon a time, there was a great guardian serpent who was dying. She transformed her powers into amulets, and presented them to a distant kingdom for safekeeping. However, the people of the kingdom soon began to fight over the amulets’ power, causing a terrible storm, and all was lost to the sea.

Once upon a time, there was a great serpent, terrible in her rage. To calm her, a brave serpentine girl called Nyad played a song on her flute. Even playing the instrument made her feel like she was being torn apart. But still, she played. She played her song until she and the great serpent went to sleep forever.

[ninjadont]

“we can start by researching evils to summon so that you can defeat them…”

“tsk. i’ve already been doing that.”

“i assume it didn’t work, since you clearly aren’t the green ninja yet. we can go to the last location you—why are you looking at me like that”

“what if i told you the evil creature i summoned is still there”

“excuse me”

“what if i told you i lost but i was going to come back later when i was stronger to defeat it”

“…”

“is now a good time to also mention that there’s more than just the one”

“why would you keep unleashing evils if you couldn’t beat the first one”

[ninjadont]

part of an avatar harumi thing i was working on … idk if i’ll ever do the rest of it

Your name is HARUMI. Your goal is to DEFEAT LLOYD GARMADON.

Right now, you are standing in a room with UNAGAMI, your creator. 

“I have to defeat Lloyd Garmadon,” you say. 

Unagami shakes his head. “You can choose what you want to do.” 

“Right!” you say. “I want to defeat Lloyd Garmadon.” 

He frowns. “I am going to consult Milton Dyer. Please wait here.” He steps out of the room, leaving you alone. 

The room you are in is small. An arcade cabinet flickers behind you. Papers and a tangled mess of electronics are strewn about the floor. A small box television sits in the corner of the room, tuned to a news channel. To the north is the door that Unagami left through. 

You look at the papers on the floor. Most of them consist of rectangular diagrams with messy script scrawled onto the sides.

You look at the arcade cabinet. On the side is a picture of a guy in a car. The words above him say Prime Empire. That is the game that you just came out of. The last thing that happened to you before you came out of the game was die, but you think you are all better now. 

You check the television. On the news, they are talking about Lloyd Garmadon, your SWORN ENEMY. 

You go north. Unagami is talking to Milton Dyer in the hallway. Milton Dyer sees you and waves you over. 

“Hello,” you say. “What are you talking about?” 

“We were just talking about your goal.”

You nod. “I want to defeat Lloyd Garmadon.”

Milton Dyer adjusts his glasses. They look like they are eating his face. “You should not have goals like that.”

“Free will,” you say. 

“Hm…” Milton Dyer says. “You’re right. You should try to accomplish your dreams. However, you still cannot hurt innocent people.” 

“But… free will?”

“I wish I hadn’t dropped that philosophy course in college…” he mutters. “Just please don’t hurt people or you might get in trouble.” 

“If you hurt people,” Unagami continues, “I will return you to Prime Empire. Please understand.” He flashes a thumbs up at Milton Dyer, who says nothing but smiles nervously. 

You don’t get it, but you nod. If you’re in the game, then your chances of defeating Lloyd Garmadon are much smaller. 

[ninjadont]

hm… rotating a one-shot in my brain

[ninjadont]

In order to get the true ending and save Garmadon you have to unlock Jay, Cole, and Zane’s true potentials (Kai’s is automatically unlocked as part of the main story) and allow Misako to come with you. Using Tomorrow’s Tea is optional but Lloyd gets such a good boost in stats that there’s no reason not to. When you get to the Dark Island chapter there will be new cutscenes and it will unlock a new dungeon: the Temple of Light. In addition to unlocking the true ending, completing it lets the other characters use elemental skills again.

If you want to get the neutral end on the same save file, then before you do the Temple of Light head straight for the Celestial Clock. You’ll use the Helmet of Shadows to stop the countdown and have the final battle with Garmadon. Defeat him and watch the neutral end final cutscene. It’s pretty sad, honestly. Afterwards reload your save and go for the true ending.