Enter The Ninjaverse

CHAPTER 12

"So, uh... any ideas on how we're going to get that sword?" Lulloyd yawned out.

The three sat within a cheap motel room in a small town southeast of Ninjago City. The room wasn't in the best shape, and they had all made certain to draw the comforter away from the bed. Lloyd and Lulloyd had taken one bed, while Harumi had grabbed the other. The faint clicking of the air conditioning unit on the wall had threatened to keep them up that night, but thankfully they had all been too exhausted to let that stop them.

"Uh... we get into Cloud Kingdom, get the sword, and then give it to Monty!" Lloyd stretched his back out, "I mean, it's not like we don't know how to get there."

"Last time I checked, the only way we know of to get there is either through the Realm Crystal, or the Blind Man's Eye," Harumi spoke up from behind the door to the bathroom, shower running.

"Can, uh, someone fill me in on this Cloud Kingdom place?" Lulloyd paused, "Is, it kinda like, a world that's parallel to yours? Cause that I know about."

"That's a good way to look at it," Lloyd affirmed, "Ninjago is one of Sixteen Realms. Cloud Kingdom is one of those realms. The Realm Crystal we've been using to travel, it's sorta like a doorway into each of the realms. The guys in Cloud Kingdom were the ones that wrote destiny. They wrote down everything in scrolls for people, and then that destiny would eventually come true. After Morro defied destiny, though, they decided that it wasn't worth interfering with destiny anymore and stopped."

"And, Morro is the Green Ninja here, so, like, that's different then?" Lulloyd paused, "Can, we just use our Realm Crystal to, you know, get in there?"

"I don't think it works like that," Lloyd frowned, "I mean... I'm not even sure how we're actually using it to jump universes. It's linked to my world, I doubt it'd actually work like, in this world, you know?"

"It wouldn't," Harumi's voice came from the bathroom, "Your crystal would be attuned to your dimensional frequency. This place has a completely different one. You wouldn't be able to get that one to work without somehow changing the frequency."

"We already guessed basically that, Harumi," Lloyd called back, "You can just shower, you know! We'll handle this!"

"Fine," Harumi's voice drifted away. She continued along with her shower, while the two of them continued to plan while awaiting for the chance to leave.

After the number of times their green clothes had come up, Harumi had found the best deal for normal street clothes they could use with the money Monty gave them. Monty had slipped in a fair bit extra, which seemed to be a fraction of the payment for their job -as Lloyd theorized. With that, they'd hit up the cheapest clothing store they could and gotten casual outfits to wear over their gi.

Lloyd had gotten himself a green t-shirt with a button up gray shirt left unbuttoned overtop of it, along with a pair of casual jeans. Lulloyd had snagged a simple long sleeve blue shirt and then layered a deep green sweatshirt overtop of that, pulling the strings and leaving the hood dangling over his shoulders, then gotten a pair of black jeans to slide on. From the way that he wore them, it seemed he was relatively comfortable in that attire, and it was baggy enough his 'strange' physique wasn't an immediate issue anymore. Harumi was currently changing into a somewhat baggy long sleeved light blue shirt and black leggings. They had each picked their outfits to allow for them to wear their gi underneath in case it was needed.

"What about the Eye?" Lulloyd continued, "Can we maybe get in that way?"

Lloyd sat back down and put his hands to his chin, "Well... that's kinda a problem in it of itself. The Eye is this massive vortex that only gets close enough to fly into at the top of the Wailing Alps. We had to use Airjitzu to get into it, and, well, I don't think you guys know Airjitzu..." He paused, "Half the time I don't even think I do anymore."