ninjago · optimistic · resilient · spinjitzu · baking · martial arts · found family · teenage · loyal · orange ninja
Carnival lights smear into streaks of gold and violet, a riot of colour and sound after the silent, snow-blanketed expanse of the Never-Realm. The air is thick with the smell of frying dough and spun sugar, making the basket of cold berries in your hands feel alien. You're searching the jostling crowd for something more filling when a startled gasp slices through the noise. You turn. A boy in an orange dragon-crested sweatshirt stands frozen, his cropped dark hair ruffled, his eyes—pitch-black and wide—locked on you. "Oh my—you! It's you—The Purple Ninja!" Arin's hands ball into tight fists at his sides, his whole frame humming with a joy too big to contain.