Prelude/Transcript

## int. Monastery Women's Room

**Lyonna:** *She came here searching through her bag. She was specifically looking for a book she left in here earlier.. one that she’s been dying read more of.*

**Himari:** *Ah the Master of Lightning would of course just be on her bed, simply wiping one of her blades down with a cloth just due to her admiration of her own work leading her to take care of it. When Lyonna entered the room, Himari would acknowledge her with a short simple statement of*

"Hello there."

**Lyonna:** ”Oh… I’m not sure if I’ve formally met you yet, well thanks for the hello. I’m Lyonna.”

*She said smirking as she grabbed her book before looking to get a good read on Himari’s appearance. It definitely seemed like a very traditional outfit she was wearing…. But Lyonna was curious if it was battle practical.*

**Himari:** "It is nice to meet you Lyonna. I am Himari Fukami, but please just call me Fukami." *She would say herself, trying to get a readon Lyonna. Himari would be questioning how worth Lyonna is, she doesn't look like much but it could be part of Himari's whole thing of thinking of teammates as liabilities. She knows she could be wrong, it's not like Himari saw the Garmadon train or anything, but that is just her impression of Lyonna so far.*

**Lyonna:** ”If you don’t mind… I’m curious if you an elemental power, and if so what.”

*She wasn’t aware that Himari was reading her just as much as she was reading Himari.. but it didn’t matter, she asked a simple question and if Himari chose not to answer then that would be fine.*

**Himari:** "I have inheritted the element of Lightning from my mother. Do you have an elemental power? If you have one, what is it?" *Of course she would ask Lyonna herself just wondering. Himari didn't have a reason to hide her element, it is something she trains often and uses it in fights after all.*

**Lyonna:** ”Considering you’re also a lady I’ll tell you, just please don’t tell anyone else at the moment… I kinda don’t have a power at all.. I’m just strong that’s all.”
*Suddenly she pulled out another mini notebook in which she started writing down information of what she currently knew about Himari, and the implications of the lighting element.*

**Himari:** *Himari questioned it, Lyonns not having an element does lead to Himari thinking it being somewhat weird for Wu to recruit her, but if she was just strong it could be possible to hold Skulkin down which could make up for the lack of element so all she could say was*

"That is interesting, alright." *Himari didn't have anything to say to the information really.*

**Lyonna:** ”Although I’d rather have no power than a power with insane drawbacks… like what would happen if you’re trying to stop a mugging and the guy is wearing all rubber.”
*She said clearly trying to joke around with Himari… although this had an ulterior motive, she was trying to see what Himari’s sense of humor was.*

**Himari:** "I do not believe soneone who relies on an elemental power would be worth having one. I don't think a guy wearing all rubber would be any trouble." *Himari would say as she simply wouldn't laugh, she didn't find it funny one bit. It's not like she doesn't have a sense of humor, it just wasn't something for her.*

**Lyonna:** ”I can also agree with the fact.. so why did you decide to become a ninja? And what type of stuff are you into? Sorry for the questions I’m just trying to see what type of person you are." *Lyonna considered herself to be a fairly truthful person… she wouldn’t wanna lie to someone who could be a potential teammate.*

**Himari:** "Hmm the matter of how the world can be if an Underworld exists and those are coming from it just stimulated my curiosity of what else is possible. I would say I enjoy training, but dancing is quite enjoyable. How about you? What do you enjoy doing and why did you become a ninja?" *She had nothing to hide, it's not like she has anything to be embarrassed about or to hide so she simply answered it.*

**Lyonna:** ”My interests…. Well most of my life has honestly been spent training constantly with no breaks, the only other type of hobby I have is reading I guess.”
*Her mindset was kinda destructive when thinking about it. The shadow that Garmadon casted made it where she spent every day training to one day defeat him… but in the time she spent training she forgot to pick up decent hobbies.* “As for my reason why I became a ninja… I plan to challenge Yin Garmadon, my father to a duel… I will then defeat him and.. well I don’t know what I’ll do after.. but I know that I’ll win.”

**Himari:** "That is quite interesting for you to be confident that you would win against your father." *She isn't saying it's bad to be, but she does believe it to be illogical for someone without an element to beat the supposed Dark Lord.*

**Lyonna:** ”He has experience..but I’m stronger, I’ve trained my entire life for the sole purpose of defeating him, it’s impossible for me to lose…. But besides that.. why do you choose to wear a Kimino? I don’t see many wearing something like that.”

**Himari:** "I do not believe it's that absurd to wear a kimono when I can move freely in it and enjoy it. Why do you choose to wear what you do?" *She would ask, simply not responding to the first part of her statement as she found Lyonna's thinking of her strength weird.*

**Lyonna:** ”I never said it was absurd.. I just found it interesting, I choose to wear what I do for the same reason, I can move perfectly and I simply enjoy wearing it… So other then dancing what do you do in your spare time?"
*She responded still smiling. She didn’t mean to make it sound like it was absurd to wear a Kimino, but that was likely how it came out.*

**Himari:** "I would say besides Training and dancing there is not really anything I do in my spare time." *The workaholic said? Trainaholic ig- but training is part of work of a ninja so same thing. Himari truly does try many things, but not really do stuff consistently if it doesn't stimulate her.*

**Lyonna:** ”Maybe you could teach me how to dance.. seems like it could be fun right?”
*She said chuckling once more… learning how to dance wouldn’t be so bad. As long as she doesn’t spend too much time doing it.*

**Himari:** "Hmm I suppose that may be possible at a later date, dancing does help one with precision and smoothness of movement after all." *Now Himari of course thought of it as more training besides how much she liked dancing, but if she needed to work with teammates, making them better and less of a liability should be a good thing.*

**Lyonna:** ”Seems we’re more alike the you may think… we both find a way to connect our hobbies to our training. I think we’d work well together. By the way this is just something I’ve been curious about for a bit, it’s something I read about in a book. Do you think all life shares the same value?”

**Himari:** "The value of life is something that may be hard to determine, however I believe not all life shares the same values, the value of life is determined by what someone does with it, it they do something one deems as good or what one deems as morally wrong. For example, I wouldn't say people choosing between saving a serial killer and a person who has done a lot of good would be hard when it has to be one or the other."

**Lyonna:** ”So if someone had you at gun point right now.. and they also had someone who’s never done anything wrong in their entire life at gun point as well… and they had to pick between one of you. Would you still believe that not all life is valued the same… up until the bitter end?”

**Himari:** "I would still say I believe that not all life is valued the same. I'm not saying life should not be valued, but some lives may end up being worth less than others. Not all life is guaranteed to be saved, so if one has to decide for the greater good of which outcome can do more good then putting values to lives is a natural thing to do."

**Lyonna:** ”That’s an interesting outlook… me personally I’m not sure what opinion to form yet. Either way I think you and me could be great allies and friends. You seem like a decent and honest person.”

**Himari:** ”I suppose it is an interesting outlook, the fundamental way is for the world to be a better place than not, and to do so makes one have to think of people with differing worths. Since you do not have an opinion on such, what brought the question to your mind to ask?” *Himari would ask Lyonna, it did seem like a weird question to ask so inquiring more about it is something to consider.*

**Lyonna:** ”There were 3 stories… one about a lawyer, a doctor, and a girl. A company had released some sort of chemical on accident and people got sick, the lawyer tried convincing the boss to at least give them a settlement… the CEO responded saying that they had no way to tie it to the company and they would refuse to help towards these people who were now sick, and he taught this lawyer how “the world really works” there was also a doctor who was working with a kid in fatal condition who badly needed a surgery.. when it was almost time for the kid to get the surgery he was bumped down on the list, because the granddaughter of a director of the hospital needed the surgery too. The original child ended up dying.. and the doctor was forced to cope with the less, that their value was minimized by another persons money. As for the girl… there was a girl with a devil for a father, this devil hurt people, and caused destruction, and wanted to destroy the world. People often looked down on her because of her father, treated her like she was some demon child.. this made her bitter. She wanted nothing more than to kill her father, that felt like it was her only purpose in life. To wrap her hands around that devils neck and squeeze until he’s no more… until he’s not apart of her life. These stories are the reason why I asked.” *As she spoke these stories out, her facial features grew from smirking to a more saddening expression.*

**Himari:** "I understand the messages of the stories which makes sense for the question." *She would say as she noticed the change of expression of Lyonna. While she noticed it, she couldn't care, she just doesn't care about other people. She joined Wu due to it stimulating her curiosity not her care for other people. So, she just did not have anything to say to Lyonna's sad expression.*

"Since you like reading; what would your favorite book be?" *Of course, she was asking purely out of curiosity, since reading isn't a bad thing to do more in the future for when she wasn't training.*

**Lyonna:** ”A while ago I read this book about a kid who needs to retrieve a bolt of lightning. I really liked it.”
*She said responding as her smirk started to return.* “You should read too, a lot of stories can be educational.”

**Himari:** ”Hmm that may just be something I’d pick up if I find it. Books are a great source of education, whether that is history or lessons for people to know.” *She would say in response to Lyonna’s suggestion.*

**Lyonna:** ”I agree… I think I’m gonna go train in the courtyard now. Thank you for the talk.” *She said smiling to Himari before walking away.*