I’ll do some art for them after Artfight but while I’m posting about movieverse Morro-
Morro goes by the identity of the Sacramento Ninja (sacramento is a deep shade of blue-ish green) and has his own vigilante team made up of friends from his collage. They handle the b-plot villains so Lloyd and his team can focus solely on Garmadon. Said team includes-
Morro - Sacramento Ninja, Master of Wind
Odoroki - Fuchsia Ninja, Master of Surprise
Dove - Fugidove, Master of Nature (1/4 - Birds)
Wrayth - Wraith, half ghost
Kuro - Nachtwächter, OC and resident “guy in the chair”
Lloyd has met his older cousin’s team before and the mystique of “oh my gosh my cousin is so cool I bet his team is cool too” was quickly dispelled after he witnessed Dove eating Morro’s cinnamon straight from the bottle.
I'm participating in Spinjitzu Society's Signature Figure OC Tournament! This is Wrayth, the EM of Slime! I made an alt account on instagram you can follow (there will be fan votes!) for updates, it's going to be fun!
Over on Instagram myself and my good friend @angeldrawsstuffs are participating in Spinjitzu Society’s SigFig Tournament and this is my submission for Round 1!
My prompt was “Show your OC as a Cloud Kingdom Monk”, and, well… slime and ancient scrolls of destiny don’t mix well. Turns out if you spill something on a sacred scroll, that timeline gets a little… messed up
Well I’ll be damned I… don’t think I posted the new ref for one of my OCs (whom I share custody of with @impulsivefanwriter- love ya, Imp! /p). If I had a nickel for every time this happened I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a low but hOW did it happen twice?? (See: I have ADHD is how it happened twice)
Anyway, time to reintroduce Tumblr to Cinco Polilla!
(Yes their name is just the Spanish word for “five”- they’re part of a set of OCs whose names are all number puns and MAYBE we cheaped out on the “pun” aspect a few times)
Anyway, Cinco is the Master of Mind for the movieverse, child of Neuro’s counterpart, Cosmia (who is a trans woman! “Neuro” was her alias in the days of the Elemental Alliance). Cinco doesn’t actually… know they have an elemental power. This has escalated to a comical point where they have unlocked their True Potential AND regularly utilize their powers without knowing about it. They just assume everyone around them constantly speaks aloud without realizing it, and has led to multiple instances of Cinco offering unsolicited advice to friends, classmates, and strangers alike.
As may be obvious by their design, last name, AND Ma’s name (also they have two moms! Cosmia goes by “Ma” while Cinco’s other mom, Marie, is “Mom”)- they’re part love moths. It’s their special interest (that and rays! But mostly moths). They could go on for hours about different moth species, and spend most of their free time either looking for moths or hanging out in the entomological section of the Ninjago City Zoo, where both their moms work and Cinco part-times at.
At school, Cinco is primarily friends with Kai, though has started bonding with Lloyd and Jay in their shared science class. They met Kai through their first period philosophy class, which… quickly devolved into a “conspiracy class” where their teacher gets a planning period and the students run a whole period together about various conspiracies and theories they have about their city. As you can probably guess Cinco primarily focuses on cryptids like Mothman and the like, though they’re actually very intelligent and are very helpful in connecting the dots for their friends’ theories. Most people are shocked at this upon witnessing it for the first time, as Cinco can be… spacey. When they’re going they are going but, most of the time? They’re staring off into space, probably thinking about moths or something else. Or maybe accidentally reading someone’s mind.
Before anyone asks: yes, this does mean Cinco just knows almost everyone’s secrets all the time and says nothing because they’re polite and know when to mind their own business.
Summary: So the whole “Boo Lloyd” scene never fully sat right with me when it comes to my personal interpretation of Chen, so, how about we take a look at that scene form a different point of view, shall we?
Just stand and smile.
Stand and smile.
That’s all Chen needs to do as his history teacher drones on about an award he was nominated for.
He could honestly care less. He knows he’ll win and it’ll become yet another award on his bedroom wall for his mother to scrutinize because it isn’t good enough. Because he isn’t good enough.
But he knows he deserves it. He knows he needs to be kept humble, but at the same time, not too humble. He is an Amber after all.
And Ambers are better.
First Master, he can feel his eyelids growing heavier by the second, every blink a desperate cry for the sweet release of sleep.
But he fights it.
He did this to himself. He always does it to himself.
Chen swears he can hear a chorus of angels singing from above as his teacher bids him farewell and he’s finally allowed to go find Gigi and Maggie, after all, they need to discuss the cheer routine for the football game later tonight.
The cheerleader quickly rushes out of the classroom and into the hallway, while still keeping a straight posture, of course.
After all, his uncles can always correct his slouching.
“Hey Chen, nice one this morning!” A student he doesn’t recognize greets. He nods, not understanding what they mean, but he dares not correct a compliment.
“You really showed Garmadork!” Another cheers as he passed by. Chen simply nods again, while internally his brow furrows.
What in the name of the First Master are they talking about?
“Great song, Chen!”
“Damn, already on Polkify!”
“If you don’t get Garmadork to finally leave this place and run home to his daddy, I don’t know who will!”
Chen catches a wince at the final comment.
Still, he doesn’t know what everyone is on about, he just arrived.
Finally, he rounds the corner and spots Gigi and Maggie, both talking in hushed tones, obviously confused. At least, that’s what he assumes. He’s never been good at social cues, just another thing that makes him unbefitting of his bloodline.
“Gigi! Maggie!” Chen waves, to which his friends look to him, even more confused than before, “How are you this morning?”
The cheerleaders look between each other before looking back at Chen.
“No, we’re not!” Maggie corrects her girlfriend in hushed tones, “We just saw you! How did you get around the school so fast?! And what the hell was up with that ridiculous song??”
“I was pulled aside by our history teacher right after I entered the building.” Chen explains, his chest tight as his mind races and screams at him that something isn’t right, “I haven’t seen you two until now.”
“Then who was the one who dragged the both of us into that ‘Boo Lloyd’ cheer??” Maggie questions, tone harsh, but Chen knows his friend: she’s not accusing him of wrongdoing, she’s just as confused as he is.
“Boo Llo- what are you talking about? I didn’t-“
“Hey, Captain!” A grating voice bellows from down the hall.
Chen internally groans, he just wants everything to be quieter, he doesn’t want to have the deal with-
“Seith, good morning to you.” Chen greets his fellow member of the cheer squad, mask sliding perfectly in place.
Suddenly, a muscular arm is around Chen’s shoulder no, no touching he doesn’t want anyone to touch him PLEASE NO MORE-, Seith grinning the most faked grin Chen’s seen in his life.
And he knows about fake smiles.
A phone is shoved in his face, on it is a video. A video of…
Himself? Gigi and Maggie as well. The noise of the hallway is too much, and Chen can’t understand the exact words spoken, but he can tell they’re cringey as all hell based on Gigi and Maggie’s reactions in front of him.
“I caught it all on video.” Seith beams, “It’s already all over the school’s Instabook page. Good promo for the game tonight.”
Chen receives a rough pat on the back ad Seith turns to walk away, but, not before he shouts:
“Maybe next time let me join in! I’ll come up with a better song any day!”
And, with that, Seith turns the corner, thankfully vanishing from Chen’s sight, although his ears are still ringing.
“Ugh- his cheer would be worse.” Maggie comments, rolling her eyes to emphasize her point.
Chen doesn’t respond, his mind thinking back to the video Seith showed him. Obviously that wasn’t him. It couldn’t be him! He was in the history classroom all morning! But if it wasn’t him, then…
…
No.
Oh FSM, please no.
He’s been punished enough! He heard their words all night long, he stood on that pedestal and took it all night! Why? Why did he have to come to school and ruin that for him too??
“Pom Pom?” Maggie asks, voice growing in concern.
“Gigi… Maggie… you met me this morning, before now, correct?” He asks in return, turning to face his friends.
“Yeah? What about it?” Maggie responds.
“How… how did I behave?”
“You were different.” Gigi takes over, “You were… well, to put it bluntly, obnoxious.”
Chen’s heart drops.
“Chad.”
The name is like poison in his mouth: foul and with a nasty aftertaste.
“I knew you looked paler! Ugh- and you would never go out of your way to do something that! I should’ve- oh Pom Pom, are you ok?? Did something happen?”
Yes.
“I am not at liberty to disclose that.” Chen replies, smoothening out his hair as he does.
“Come on! What did they do?? Did they hurt you??”
“I have already answered that.”
“Like hell you-“
A gentle, dark-skinned hand appears on Maggie’s shoulder. Gigi slowly moves her girlfriend aside.
“Chen. Are you safe at this moment?” Gigi calmly asks.”
“Yes.” Chen replies.
“That’s all we need to know.” She smiles, loosening the knot in his chest, even if for only a moment.
He can’t believe it- he knows Chad likes to have his fun around the house when Chen comes over, but invading his school life? Actively affecting his reputation? The one thing keeping him alive?
First Master either he’s bored out of his mind or he and Skylor are really out for blood.
If his reputation takes any kind of a hit, especially one that Chad could cause…
Chen knows what the consequences are, and he can’t let that happen. Not for himself, he hardly deserves a place in this world, but for his friends, for his pet, Twig.
He- he can’t leave them behind with no explanation.
“Did- Did he leave the school?” Chen asks slowly, to which Gigi and Maggie exchange worried glances.
“We don’t know.” Gigi responds truthfully.
“Then I must request the both of you search for him within reason. I must head to class so as to not be seen around him.”
“But what if-“ Maggie starts.
“I’ll be fine.” Chen lies states, “Just… please make sure he’s gone. Don’t let him become aware of your knowledge.”
Before his friends can say anything Chen turns and walks away to his first class of the day, inadvertently passing Lloyd on the way, hood up and staring at the ground, seemingly not even noticing Chen’s presence.
