Small Moments With a Ghost

Day 24: Betrayal/Falling Apart

Back to canon!

Yknow, I was originally going to make this one slightly angsty. Then I came up with an even better idea.

I am. So sorry...

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"Morro, no."

Morro, YES."

"C'mon please," Lloyd's eyes were big and wide, unable to comprehend this level of betrayal. "Don't do this, please. This--this isn't necessary!"

"Oh but it is, Pipsqueak. It SO is..."

"Morro, please, stop!" Were those genuine tears in the Green Ninja's eyes? "You don't have to do this!"

The ghost smirked, absolutely merciless. "Unfortunately, kid, I do..."

Morro's hand slammed down on the table, the card in it almost flying from his grasp. "Draw four, bitch."

Lloyd let out a curse as he reluctantly picked out his cards.

Kai and Jay let out howls of laughter even as Cole sighed and muttered, "Language..."

"I was just about to get an Uno too," the Green Ninja whined. "Was this because--"

"Yes, it's because you skipped my turn three times in a row. Shut it, Porcupine," Morro glared at the laughing red ninja. "I'm coming for you next."

"You already got me with the stacked draw two!"

"My competitive spirit knows no bounds."

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"Right foot on--"

"Don't say green, don't say green..."

"--green."

"Sis, whyyy?" Kai complained as he strained to touch the green spot with the correct foot.

"Sorry Kai," Nya shrugged, smiling in amusement. "I don't control where the spinner lands."

Morro scoffed, crossing his arms. "I don't get why I can't play..."

"You're banned because you keep phasing through people," Cole retorted.

"This is fucking prejudice! It doesn't say I CAN'T phase through people!"

"Language. And hey, at least I can't play either."

"That's because you always win!" Jay complained, his legs entangled with Lloyd's and Zane's in a complex formation. "Stupid dancer advantage..."

"That's not my fault!"

"Left hand blue," Nya interrupted, making the players groan as they tried to follow the instructions.

In the end, Morro got bored and blew a gust of wind across the room. Kai squawked as he toppled over, as did Jay and Lloyd.

Zane, somehow, managed to avoid the formation completely falling apart and was declared the winner of Twister.

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"This game is fucking stupid!" Morro raged, flinging the Wii remote down on the couch. "What even is the point of it?!"

Kai, hands his knees from exhaustion, snorted. "You're just mad you lost because you don't know the motions to 'YMCA'."

The red ninja got a pillow to the face for that.

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"Eat my dust, boys!"

"Not on your life, Princess!"

"Ack, Zane! Why'd you hit me?!"

"My apologies, that red shell was meant for the person in first place."

"Go, go, go!" Lloyd cheered as the four racers jockeyed for position. Everyone--Morro included, to everyone's amusement--leaned with the turns, Nya and Cole even purposely bumping into each other in an attempt to knock the racer off track.

In the end, Toad crossed the finish line first, followed closely by Boo, then Luigi, with Mario coming in 5th.

"How'd you let the CPU beat you?" Morro asked, choosing to ignore Nya's victory celebration about having won.

Cole slouched, crossing his arms. "I'm bad at video games, okay?"

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"....how."

"I...I don't know," Lloyd admitted, eyes widening. "I'm at a loss for words."

"I can't believe this," Kai muttered, shocked and teetering on the edge of rage quitting. "I--I was playing as Roy! I never lose when playing Roy! HOW?!"

On the couch, Sensei Garmadon merely shrugged, looking quite amused. "Do you think that just because I am getting on in years that I do not know how to play video games?"

"YOU WERE PLAYING AS ISABELLE THOUGH! SHE'S ONE OF THE WORST ONES!"

Sensei Garmadon shrugged again, his serene smile beginning to take on a mischievous edge. "Is that my fault, though? I believe the young ones would say this: get good."

Kai screeched and threw his controller down on the floor as everyone else started laughing hysterically.

As Morro tried not to die again from laughter, he decided he quite liked game nights.

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RIP Kai's ego. It never stood a chance...

*dodges tomatoes* I'M SORRY!