Quest of the Golden Weapons/Transcript

### ext. Ignacia Streets 1

(Ah the Skulkin, a type of immortal warrior from the Underworld, would be at the streets of Ignacia. They are led by Wyplash, a Skulkin General, searching the town for something, they are destroying buildings just to find this item that the citizens have no idea about.)

**Lyonna:** ”So did Sensei ever teach us that skeletons could come to life? Or are those just guys with really good costumes.”

**Jake:** "Seems like an unreasonable amount of effort. You could achieve the same branding with painted clothes."

**Himari:** ”I suppose he did mention that there were skeletons, however the reasoning and creation of these beings went unmentioned.” *The Heir to the Fukami Family Clan would say drawing her sword, Onimaru, and use her own element on the conductive blade to cover it with her lightning.*

“Chapter Five: Heat Lightning.” *She would say as she used her sword in an upward sword slash, shooting some lightning off the sword blade to be sent towards the Skulkin.*

**Jake:** "Impressive."

**Lyonna:** ”Well no point in trying to sneak huh, well Fukami let’s just go with the flow!”

*She said before drawing her sword… considering these beings weren’t human she wanted to test how much they could survive. She dashed in towards one of the grunts before sending a horizontal slash across their ribcage.*

”I don’t need a flashy element to get the job done.”

**Aaron:** "I'm more focused on what they're doing, seems like a lot of effort just to find something." Aaron would comment towards Himari's remark, noticing after a bit that the Skulkin's destructive actions seem to be in the pursuit of obtaining something, but what would be so important that they're destroying the town just to get it?"

Watching as Himari sent an electrical strike towards the Skulkin, and the fact that Lyonna ended up engaging in combat, he figured that he may as well join in on the action too. Preparing the Scythe that he ended up grabbing not too long ago, Aaron ran towards the Skulkin as well, raising his Scythe upon one of the grunts and slamming it down at them.

**Himari:** ”Chapter One: Thunderclap and Flash.” *She would say as she encased her blade in Lightning and dashed towards the skulkin with blinding speed, slashing their top cleanly off, with her Electrokinetic speed. Of course the skulkin had managed to put their top back onto their waist due to their nature.*

“Reforming, how troublesome.” *She would state as she tried to see if there was a focus for the skulkin’s visit to Ignacia.*

(The skulkin ever immortal would never stay down, rebuilding themselves if a part were to come off. The skulkin have zero harm done to them due to their nature, they cannot run out of energy either. Their search only heads towards the two blacksmith shops of Four Armor and Four Weapons as their next candidates to search.)

**Lyonna:** ”Isn’t this just great, we gotta fight immortal enemies!”

*She said before sheathing her sword as she noticed one of the more imposing ones Wyplash… hoping to get the drop on him she dropped from behind him with an attempt to slam her fist against his skull.*

**Jack:** *Jack would stand at the front of the army of skeletons and would smirk before stomping a foot into the ground, making a wall of metal shoot up in front of the army to block their path.*

"Get through THAT losers!"

**Himari:** ”Chapter Nine: Encompassing Slash.” *Himari would say simply doing a 360 degree horizontal slash with her sword still covered in lightning. It would seemingly create a ring of lightning around herself as she used it. Of course being surrounded by skulkin just allowed her to use it and protect herself from all sides, however the immortality of the skulkin was something she needed to find a solution for.*

**Jake:** *He unsheathed his katana.*

"Any Idea on beating these?"

**Aaron:** *Aaron would watch as the Skulkin reformed everytime they tried to attack them, and so shifting his focus onto where they were heading, he watched as they were starting to head towards Four Armor and Four Weapons, trying to get closer as he simply fended off the Skulkin grunts this time across, since they would just get back up anyways.*

"Not sure, but they're clearly after something here. It would probably be best if we prevented them from getting what they want." *He said to Jake, but mainly to everyone, still trying to push through grunts to get closer, striking a few of them down to do so.*

**Jake:** "Sounds like a Plan, if we stay here they'll tire us out."

(Ah Wyplash would of course be hit by Lyonna. However it did nothing, the moment of impact could only cause a small crack which reconnected to being unscathed. Quite impressive for a supposedly human girl to be able to crack a fucking skull, quite scary, but too bad it doesn’t mean anything for a skulkin. Wyplash could only fight back with what could only be described as a whip made out of pure metal chains, just whipping at the girl her goes against him.A wall of metal means nothing as a wall is singular so they can go around it, and even if it is four walls skulkin can climb onto each other to get out since lacks a roofing.Either way the skulkin were hoarding around four weapons, some using the weapons from the shop to fight back while others were throwing things around until one skulkin known as Bonezai had something in his hand? Something that looks like A rolled up piece of paper. In reality it was the Map to the Golden Weapons.)

**Bonezai:** “We got it!”

**Jack:** *As the skeletons climbed the wall and one of them yelled out that they got what they came for jack would use a pillar of metal that shot out of the ground to make him fly towards bonezai. With the speed of a jet, jack would swing with his pipe straight for the boney body of the skeleton*

"Not today! Not without a fight loser!" *He would smirk and do his best to snatch the map out of the skeletons hand after the body got dismantled with the overwhelming strength of the small metal elemental boy*

**Lyonna:** *Lyonna wasn’t just some regular human girl… her oni and dragon genes made her naturally stronger. But being able to crack someone’s skull with a single punch was a power she didn’t know she had.. either way that metal chain whip being lashed against her skin caused several bruises as she let out large screams in pain.*

”Being a regular human with no powers just sucks sometimes.. doesn’t it.”

*She said before dashing towards Wyp again this time attempting to grab his chain and pull it back if he were to attempt to whip her again… if he doesn’t attempt to whip her again then she would dash in with a kick to hopefully send his head flying off his neck.*

**Jake:** *Jake was fighting as well if you could call it that. It more so was him trying his best to dodge any oncoming attacks from the opposing Skulkin. Any occasional blow that he did manage to strike would vanish within seconds.*

"It's better than being a human with weak powers and barely any muscle strength."

**Himari:** ”I believe it may be best to fully enclose them. Walls and a roof with no openings could trap them.” *She would say to the others, strictly using her sword to slice at the skeletons and defend herself from the surrounding skulkin she would travel through.*

**Aaron:** "Sounds like a plan to me." *He'd remark, taking a few seconds before jumping up and slamming his scythe into the ground, generating stone spikes that emerge from the ground infront of him, acting as both the start of their plan to encase them, and as a way to knock some of the Skulkin hoarding him back.*

He'd pull his scythe back up, taking a breath after managing to use his elemental power, it was a bit of an exhaust, and the spikes that he managed to generate weren't exactly the best, but they still did the job well.

(Bonezai would of course have his parts scattered with Jack’s use of metal. He would of course rebuild itself, but the map did leave his hands and into Jack’s.
Wyplash would whip Lyonna again, but when it was pulled by Lyonna, Wyplash would let go of it so he can head towards the master of metal to claim the map. Of course thanks to Aaron’s manipulation of Earth, a sizable portion of the Skulkin were dealt and trapped. But for those who weren’t were heading towards Jack just like their general, Wyplash, was doing for such an obvious reason.)

**Aaron:** *Watching as the rest of the Skulkin marched towards the two blacksmith shops, Aaron would look over towards Jack, who currently had the map on him. Good, now that the object the Skulkin were after wasn't in their possession anymore, he figured the next course of action was simple in idea;*

*Getting the map out of there.*

"Don't let them get that map!" *He'd say to the others, not looking over towards them, as his focus was more on getting through the crowd of grunts to provide assistance to Jack.*

**Lyonna:** ”We should be less worried about them getting the map… and more worried about what that map leads to! Can any of you conjure some sort of elemental blast that can destroy the map!”

*She said screaming before holding onto the whip chain as she tried using it to Halt Wyplash, striking at his legs.*

**Jack:** "holy crap that worked!"

*He said with a smile as he dashed immediately out and away of the shop he was in, putting the map on his pocket and sealing it up for safe keeping. He ran for the hills, the small very agile boy now not covered in metal.*

"Let's fricken go guys!"

**Himari:** ”We should not destroy the map so that we can see what it leads to so we know the plan on these skeletons. If we destroy it we may not be able to try and guess their future plans if they have any.” *Himari would say to the others as she believes to destroy it could lead to more danger than necessary. Of course she continued to strike the Skulkin.*

(The Skulkin are coming, the climbed on each other to get out of the trap set by Earth as it was only spikes not fully enclosed. Even more strange vehicles have came to Ignacia, more of the skulkin have come. The immortal, tireless herd of Skulkin grows, and their skulkin vehicles such as the Skulkin ATV, Skulkin Helicopter. Skull Motorbike, Skull Truck, and Turbo Shredders were brought more of. The herd of the undead are getting closer to surrounding the ninja team.)

**Taisho:** *Taisho lay peacefully on the rooftop, oblivious to the impending Skulkin attack. His ears were plugged, and a sleep mask covered his eyes. The village erupted in chaos, but he remained undisturbed until the deafening noise reached him. In an instant, Taisho awoke, discarding his mask and earplugs. His eyes glinted with determination. He sensed danger and conjured an ice staff, ready to face the Skulkin. With a heart as cold and unwavering as his ice, he descended from the roof, prepared to protect his village and its people from the invaders.*

**Brian:** *He appeared in front of the skulkin army. Holding his short sword in his right hand. With his katana strapped to his back. And when I say he appeared. He teleported. So he literally appeared.*

**Himari:** *After realizing the fact that the master of ice has been sleeping the whole time while civilians have died and so much in property damage, she could only think of him less. Himari doesn’t care about the people or property of her home village, but she did think of Taisho’s actions as extremely dishonorable, it was just shameful. She couldn’t hold Brian to the same regard since he decided to fight the skulkin right when he came, even if he was late.*

“Chapter Nine: Encompassing Slash.” *She would state as she would again just do 360 degree horizontal slashes with her sword covered in lightning, creating a ring of lightning around herself with the movement of her sword. She had many techniques to use but when surrounded by a large herd, she found it to be the most useful to protect herself from all sides.*

**Jack:** "ugh I can't just leave the city to get destroyed can I? Craaaaap"

*Jack saw the unfortunate fact that these skeleton looking weirdos had some crazy ass vehicles of their own somehow and would groan loudly before he stopped in his tracks and stomped on the ground again but this time instead of a wall it would be a huge ball of metal that would shoot up*

"Batter up!"

*Jack said before slamming his pipe into it like a bat and sending it flying straight for their leader wyplash. Jack didn't know how strong these guys really were but he knew he couldn't just leave all the people in this city to die while he ran away*

**Lyonna:** ”Why are there only 2 girls on the team?”

*She then focused on running. For reasons unknown she was naturally faster than all the other Ninja.. except prolly Fukami due to lightning… but in base speed she was way faster, could jump higher, and was simply better physically. So she hit the dash running towards where the map is at top speeds.. a Skulkin was in her path so she jumped over it… one tried to slash at her with a blade and she had to weave to the side… before finally a third came sending a punch forward and as she went to send a spinning kick into it.. suddenly a green vortex enveloped her as she finally awakened Spinjitzu… easily taking down the third Skulkin with a kick sending it back.. before continuing to dash towards the map.. astonished that she could finally do Spinjitzu.*

**Taisho:** *Taisho stood their ready for combat on the floor, with his his ice staff readied prepared to take down the foes quickly and carefully as to not hit any citizens in the cross fire of the battle. Not far from him, his fellow ninja displayed remarkable agility, taking on the Skulkin with incredible speed and precision. Taisho joined the fray, using his ice powers to knock down a group of adversaries by freezing their feet clearing a path for himself. Reacting swiftly, he set his sights on the map, not wanting to lose a moment. With deftness and ice-crafted skill, he froze a group of Skulkin in their tracks, creating an icy pathway in front of him. Without hesitation, he rushed forward, sliding across the ice he had conjured. This unique approach allowed him to cover some distance swiftly.*

**Aaron:** *Using the icy pathway that Taisho conjured up, Aaron would too rush forward, sliding across the ice and jumping off into the crowd of Skulkin around him, flying down as he enveloped his fist in the very earth that he controlled, sending a punch down into the ground which would create a sizable shockwave around him.*

Equipping his Scythe once again, the best he could do is fend off against the horde that he found himself encased around. It would only be so long until he was overpowered.

"Jeez, what could be so important about this map that they need to bring in reinforcements?" *He'd yell out, simply focusing his energy on defending himself from incoming attacks.*

(Ah the hardened warriors known as the Skulkin would just remain clashing their weapons onto these ninja. Of course the skulkin weren’t ending their crusade, their plan remains the same and its not like anything changed since before on their position being favorable. Not much to say.

The ball sent at Wyplash would not hit him due to the mass amount of skulkin it would hit first taking the impact to make it useless. Of course Wyplash would only be surprised by the power of an elemental master, but I mean again not like it does much to someone who can rebuild themself.)

**Aaron:** *As Aaron continued to fend off the horde of Skulkin grunts surrounding him with his weapon, he'd go to kick a few of the grunts down to free him some temporary space, but as he landed the kick on the first grunt, he would become enveloped by a brown, rocky vortex, granting him a way to easily clear through the Skulkin around him.*

Gaining his balance again, he would look over towards Jack and Taisho, completely disregarding his reaction to achieving Spinjitzu as he jumped up and off one of the heads of the Skulkin to reach two, landing in front of Jack and Taisho.

"I have an idea. Maybe if we work together to encase them with our powers, it could buy us enough time to get the map out of here." *He'd say to the two, looking back towards the Skulkin, mainly trying to locate the rest of his allies, hoping to put this plan into effect as quickly as possible.*

**Jack:** *Jack would see the ice user hop on beside him and gave him a slight smile and a nod before he watched the master of earth do some weird spin move that somehow destroyed the skulkins around him*

"Damn how did you do that spinny thing!"

*He said before possibly getting ignored. He got so excited he forgot what was going on at the moment*

"Ok but we need to do this fast! Like now!"

*If the others decided to go along with the plan then Jack would take the first step to start creating the dome using the metal everywhere around and in the ground*

**Taisho:** *Taisho had swiftly joined the skirmish, fending off Skulkin with his ice abilities, creating a path to reach the map. As he approached Aaron and Jack, he listened intently to Aaron's idea and quickly agreed. "Agreed, Aaron. Let's work together to encase them and secure the map. Jack, how can I assist in this plan with my ice powers?" He couldn't help but marvel at Aaron's Spinjitzu maneuver, a unique display of power he hadn't witnessed before. It was clear that the combined skills of the three ninja could make a formidable team. With a shared goal and a sense of urgency, they were ready to combine their unique elemental abilities to fend off the Skulkin and protect the map. Taisho couldn't help but ask with curiosity,* "Aaron, how did you perform that Spinjitzu move? It might come in handy for all of us to know." *Their alliance was forged, and they stood as a united front, determined to overcome the Skulkin and complete their mission to safeguard the village and its secrets.*

**Lyonna:** ”Aren’t you guys a bunch of master builders.”

*She said joking before ending her Spinjitzu.. she was amazed at the fact she could finally do Spinjitzu.. but that wasn’t her purpose at the moment.. she continued to punch and kick at any nearby Skulkins to halt them from getting in the way of the builder trip.*

**Jack:** "just try your best to make a layer they can't get through! Your ice is more breakable then our elements but it can make for some good structure and extra layering!"

**Himari:** ”Chapter One: Thunderclap and Flash.” *She would say as she encased her blade in Lightning and dashed towards the skulkin with blinding speed, slashing their top cleanly off, with her Electrokinetic speed. Of course the skulkin had managed to put their top back onto their waist due to their nature. But she managed to get out of the herd of Skulkin and out of the future encasement.*

“What a disappointing engagement.” *She would say as a comment about fighting the skulkin. In her eyes it was disappointing and meaningless.*

**Aaron:** "I'm going to be completely honest, I'm not entirely sure? I just sorta- spun around rapidly and then I just suddenly preformed Spinjitzu." *He said to the two, before getting ready to initiate the plan, after Jack's comment on getting it done right away.*

"I'll let the others know of the plan, they should be able to keep them in one place for us." *He spoke out to the two, once again performing Spinjitzu, this time while mid-air, managing to make some good distance, reaching Himari, and clearing out a few of the Skulkin nearby in the process.* "Himari, we're going to need you to keep these boneheads grouped up together, that way we can trap them all at once. You think you'll be able to do that?" *He said once he stopped his Spinjitzu, looking back again as Jack started to push the Skulkin back using his elemental power.*

**Lyonna:** ”I mean this in the nicest way possible but I’m 76 percent sure Fukami will not listen to you, she doesn’t seem like a very cooperative person!”

*She said before suddenly screaming out to attract the Skulkins towards herself. Hoping to gather them to her area.*

**Jake:** *Jake was essentially fighting for dear life at this point. Being short and weak was a very unfortunate combination. Added to that he wasn’t skilled with his element either, limited to simple heat resistance. He didn’t have any flashy attacks like the others. Luckily for him, the training course was designed quite excellently, and his experience on it came in handy. But Jake had only been training for so long, and it was noticeable that the time he did take to train wasn’t enough to get on a level of the other Ninja. Jake truly suffered under the weight of not having known of his element prior to becoming a member of the Ninja. He had also never devoted any Time to the gym either, which now came back to bite him in the ass.*

"Guys, I’m gonna need some help over here!"

**Himari:** ”I must remind you it is Fukami to you.” *She would comment to the master of earth due to her only going by her surname often. However she does understand the plan even if she dislikes cooperating, it’s training in a sense.*

“Chapter Four: Splashing Water Flow, Thunder Swarm.” *She would say using her Electrokinetic speed to run around the opponent in multiple circles in what could be described as a vortex-like flow of water, even if no water is part of it. Her sword encased in her Lightning allowed it to be spread in the path in a barrier like way for the skulkin to trap them inside. It may not last for that long, but it traps them in for awhile. For skulkin trying to escape her sword was able to catch them, but thankfully she is resistant to her own Lightning so she could go in and out if she needed. Now uh Lyonna was used to attract them inside to, and Jake is fucking useless so those two being inside may not be favorable to others. However that is how it is.*

**Lyonna:** ”Hey I’m sorry about this… it’s gonna hurt but we have so much time and so little to do… wait scratch that, reverse it!”

*She said before using her enhanced strength to pick up Jake.. putting him in a bridal carry as she started running at top speeds.. she knew it was gonna hurt but Fukami did what she had to do. So Lyonna ran right through the lightning barrier at top speeds screaming a bit in pain from being electrocuted but at least she got out… and she continued to run far away so that her and Jake don’t end up entrapped by the builder trio.*

**Aaron:** *Once Lyonna managed to get Jake out of there, Aaron looked over to Jack and Taisho, signaling for them to start with the plan. Once doing so, he would take a few seconds to become attuned to his powers again, placing his hand on the ground, and slowly beginning to lift his hand off of the ground, ever so slowly creating the foundation of the rocky dome around the Skulkin. He wouldn't close it off yet, as to make sure that Fukami was able to get out of the dome's radius if she still found herself within it.*

**Himari:** *Himari was of course outside of the dome, she was the whole time since she created the electric ring without having to be inside it. So she would just be standing and watching the dome’s creation.*

(Likewise the skulkin are inside of the dome, and although some starts to climb onto each other to try and escape, the skulkin may not be quick enough to get out before the dome is finished. However the skulkin’s vehicles are still out of the dome, but not that it should matter as characters being able to drive may not be a common skill in society.)

**Taisho:** *With Aaron and Lyonna managing to get Jake to safety, Taisho turned his full attention to the plan at hand. He stepped forward and started channeling his ice powers. As the chill surged through him, he attempted to create an ice wall, not closing it off entirely. His inexperience with using his element in such a significant way became evident as he struggled to maintain the icy construct. It was apparent that he hadn't wielded his powers on this scale before. Beads of sweat formed on his brow as he concentrated, putting all his effort into maintaining the growing ice wall, despite the strain. The three ninja, Aaron, Jack, and Taisho, each working with their unique elemental abilities, were taking the first steps to encase the Skulkin and secure the map. The dome was slowly taking shape, but there was a sense of urgency, especially to ensure that Fukami could safely make her way out of the enclosed space.*

**Jack:** *as all three of the builder trio nin were now working on building this dome around the skulkin jack would be huffing and puffing very visibly also tired from this amount of work. Of course he had trained before but not on this scale. Jack would push as hard as he possibly could to get all the skulkin inside since everyone was out now. Assuming that the three of them were finally successful jack would then fall to his knees being exhausted but not out of gas yet*

"Everyone! We gotta get out of here that's not gonna hold them for that long!"

*Once again assuming the three were successful then jack would stumble over to one of the skulkin bikes and hop on it. IF and only if everyone else started to speed tf out of their somehow then jack would also step on the gas and get TF out of there. Took him a second to get used to the controls but he got it more or less since he wasn't going THAT fast.*

**Aaron:** *Once the construction of the dome was complete, Aaron too would fall down onto his knee, keeping his hand on the ground to keep himself up. He was a bit exhausted to say the least, taking a few seconds to catch his breath, before slowly picking himself up. Looking towards the dome, he walked up to it, placing his hand on it, trying to feel through it to the layer of stone he had created, checking if it was at least sturdy enough to keep the Skulkin there for some time.*

*Taking his hand off the newly-formed dome, Aaron would put his focus towards the vehicles that the Skulkin rode in on, opting for the same vehicle that Jack took, being another Skulkin bike.*

"C'mon, how do you- work this thing?"

*He'd say quietly to himself, looking it over as he placed himself on the bike, trying to figure out how it operated. He would find some success after a bit, managing to get it going, and riding off with it once he too was sure that everyone was able to get out of the town hastily. He wasn't all too good with the Skulkin bike, considering the fact that this was his first time ever touching anything like this, but Aaron at least got the hang of it enough to where he wouldn't crash or anything like that.*

**Jake:** *Jake was lucky to be picked up by Lyonna. Unlike him, she was able to tank the hit from the lightning. He watched the formation of the dome as he was lowered back to the ground. As the Dome was completed, Jake hurried to the Skulkin Vehicles alongside the other Ninja, choosing a Skulkin ATV for himself.*

*Jake had an obvious advantage over Aaron and Jack, having had more driving experience than either of them.*

 *'All those lessons finally paid off.'*

*He'd think to himself as he got adjusted to the vehicle's controls, which were a fair bit different than anything native to Ninjago. But they were still manageable.*

### ext. Stiix Docks

**Amaro:** *As he wanted to explore outside of Ninjago City, it was a while ago when he had made it to Stiix, hearing about the place from his mother. Amaro was meditating peacefully to himself, feeling the prickles of wind across his face, as well as his own body. Not only that, he was also thinking about how he met Wu, seeing in himself that it was weird timing more than anything that has happened in his past. Either way, he stayed quiet to himself, to not disturb his peace.*

"...."

**Anayah:** *A cool sea breeze whipped back and forth across Anayah’s face, heavy droplets of sea water dripping from her hair as it swayed back and forth. She desperately wanted to get home but she knew some thugs she’d swiped from earlier would be on her tail as soon as she headed back home, and she really wasn’t in the mood for a fight right now which all things given, was pretty odd for her. She was usually the type of person to run in swords swinging, but after swimming up and down the docks while waiting for the goons to lose her trail had really tired her out.*
So there she stood on stiix docks, waiting patiently for the motivation to go win some street brawls to arrive. Turning to look around she noticed she’d really zoned out as someone was sat.. meditating? behind her. Curious more than anything considering how wild the city could be, she casually approached.

“Not sure sitting down with your eyes closed out on the stiix docks is the best idea.”

**Amaro:** *While Amaro was meditating on the docks, he had heard an unknown voice from behind him. He heard little history of Stiix itself, but he remembers that his mother told him to be careful of thugs that could be roaming around the place. Although his concentration on his meditation was broken, he had opened his eyes and spoke on a peaceful tone towards the unknown person.*

"It seems like an adequate idea to meditate, especially to keep my mental moral up... I am assuming that you are native to Stiix."

**Anayah:** *Anayah raided an eyebrow ‘adequte idea’? this guy definitely was not from around here that was for sure.*

“And you’d assume correctly, now I hate to repeat myself; but can you please explain why you think it’s a good idea to sit alone at the docks both eyes closed in Stiix? and save me the fancy talk I don’t feel like deciphering ancient idiot.”

**Amaro:** *Amaro did a small sigh before closing his eyes again, half-heartedly focusing on his meditation. Although he had already noticed the clear mistake, Amaro shook his head a bit. It did not annoy him as much, since he always found his own peace outside, but with it being greater in a mellow wind.*

"One simply cannot wish to close his eyes and meditate? It is a regimen for me, to train my mind. I am guessing you have never done such thing as... mental training."

**Anayah:** *Anayah stood in shock and awe of what the man had just said. She had simply been trying to point out the danger of the stranger’s activity, but here they were seemingly insulting her intelligence for doing so. Something that definitely would not slide.*

“You idiot I’m trying to explain that you doing this outside at this time of day, fucking- and did you just insult my intelligence? you look around the same age as me if I’m being honest, so I do *not* wanna hear it.”

**Amaro:** *He began to shake his hand once again before beginning to focus on his meditation once more, whilst paying mind to the unknown woman that started to talk to him in a not so nice way. Amaro wished to not cause any trouble with anyone, but yet trouble was soon coming to him. Unexpectedly, he began to feel the disturbance of wind, as if there were other people here... he assumed that there were thugs, since he was warned by his mother about the population.*

"I did not insult your intelligence, miss... but I do believe the four people behind you wish to believe that you are unintelligent... thugs, I assume."

**Anayah:** *Anayah would spin around the second the stranger finished, drawing her cutlass from his seethe she held it forward at the group of approaching armed men. Letting out a sigh as salty sea water continued to drip from her hair, as she began calming her nerves and getting ready for a fight a thought popped into her head; how the hell did that stranger know about the approaching group? she herself had pretty good ears but the group was being pretty silent, so how could some non-local notice them before her-..?*

*Putting aside the question for a moment.*

“Thanks for the heads up, I guess.”

**Amaro:** *Amaro's focus became apparent, as well as impaired with the wind— hearing the multitude of footsteps from the thugs, the wind wooshing from the weapon the unknown woman whipped out. Suddenly, Amaro knew he couldn't ignore the noise no longer... within that, a sudden wind began to drift across the thugs, but it also began to rise them up from the docks. To most, it is as if the wind was uncontrollable on it's own. But to those who are smart enough, they would know it was an elemental Master's doing. Amaro was controlling the wind with little movement, making the gang of thugs disperse and drop into the water— out of sight, even.*

"You are welcome... tenfold."

**Anayah:** *Anayah’s dumbfounded expression grew greater as she stared down one of the most nonsensical events she’d ever witnessed; the wind, pushing, pulling, and throwing the grown men into the water as if they were completely beholden to the might of the light ocean breeze.*

*Spinning back around as the men were dispatched and the stranger sat there, legs crossed, it clicked in her head; it was him-.. it had to be! he was an elemental master of legend, though quite younger than she’d imagined.*

“Did you-.. did you do that? push the men off with the wind I mean.”

**Amaro:** *Amaro didn't figure that she would ask him that immediate question. Although it is not common for people to know about sudden elemental powers, he grew skeptic of the woman that had asked if he had used the wind. Amaro did a small sigh before getting up from sitting down to turn around and face the unknown woman.*

"I guess you could say that, considering that circumstance... You may call me Amaro, and I specialize in Wind."

### ext. Monastery Courtyard

**Jake:** *He arrived back at the Monastery*

**Aaron:** *Shortly after Jake's arrival, Aaron would soon follow, managing to stop the Skulkin bike that he had taken outside of the monastery.*

*He would look back, specifically towards the ridiculous amount of stairs that they always had to traverse to get here, looking to make sure the others were close behind, especially Jack, considering Aaron remembered that he has the map on him last, and to make sure that they weren't potentially followed.*

*He was still a bit worried that the dome that Jack, Taisho, and him built might not have been as strong as he'd imagine, so he wanted to assure himself that they were out of the Skulkin's grasp, at least for now.*

**Jack:** *After two of his teammates got to the monastery jack would follow close behind with a rev of the skulkin bike he was on and the quick stop. Jack had gotten a little more used to the motion and speed of the bike on the way back which he was happy about. He did plan to take the bike apart and look at the tech they used though.*

*Jack would quickly jump off his bike and raise his goggles from his eyes to his forehead where they would stay. After that he would rush inside to the monastery and take the map out of.his pocket. Jack tried his best to see if Wu was still in there and if he couldn't see him then Jack would just yell.*

"OLD MAN! WE FOUND SOMETHING! WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT THE SKELETON GUYS WANT IT!"

*he waved it around in the air while looking for Sensei Wu. Not the smartest idea but he figured they were safe enough for now.*

**Aaron:** *Aaron would follow close behind Jack as they entered the Monastery, since he was currently the one in possession of the map that the skulkin wanted so desperately.*

*Aaron would've commented on the fact that Wu would've probably heard the Skulkin's mode of transportation long before they got there, hell maybe even have sensed it before he heard it, but he was more interested in why the Skulkin wanted this map to begin with.* "Well, now that we have the map safe with us, at least I hope, what's on it? What does it say?" *He asked Jack, attempting to view what was on the map, but it isn't exactly easy if it's being waved around the place.*

**Jack:** *Sensei Yang Wu would of course accept the map he once made. Of course he wasn’t surprised the skulkin went after the map in particular due to the nature of his brothers’ fate.*

“I’ll need to tell you the origin of the land. Long before time had a name, my father, the First Spinjitzu Master, had created the island of Ninjago with the four Golden Weapons of Creation. These four weapons were immensely powerful and when my father died they were passed down to me and my brother. As you know my brother, Yin Garmadon, was consumed by darkness and tried to take all four weapons. He was sent to the Underworld as a result of our battle, and so I hid the weapons. The map leads to the four weapons. I cannot say I am surprised that they went after the map, however, you all winning and getting the map is a good thing.”

*He would tell his students, who he would have already talked about Garmadon being sent to the Underworld, albeit may not have mentioned the reason for the battle with the weapons. Yang Wu is an open man to his students and has no reason to hide what the map is for to them.*

“Now Taisho, you said you had an idea. Please go ahead and share, an idea should always be shared.”

**Taisho:** *Taisho absorbed Sensei Yang Wu's revelation about the origin of Ninjago, the First Spinjitzu Master, and the powerful Golden Weapons of Creation. The weight of the history surrounding these artifacts settled upon him, leaving him with a sense of awe and responsibility. The mention of Yin Garmadon's fate and the purpose of the map further deepened the complexity of their mission. As he processed this newfound information, Taisho couldn't help but be filled with questions, his mind swirling with curiosity. He raised his hand, a sign of respect before speaking.* "Sensei Yang Wu, this is truly enlightening, but I have many questions about the Golden Weapons and their connection to our world." *Sensei Wu nodded, acknowledging Taisho's curiosity, but before he could respond, Taisho shared his idea.* "Sensei, in light of the Skulkin's relentless pursuit of the map, what if we create a diversion? What if we fashion a fake map that leads them astray? We could intentionally let them steal it from us during a confrontation, but, in reality, the map would guide them to the location of the first Golden Weapon. It could buy us time and allow us to set a trap for them, catching them off guard." *Taisho's proposal hung in the air, a plan that aimed to outsmart their adversaries and turn the tide in their favor.*