Well, we find out why she got the title Butterfly Queen.
Just some fluff.
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*The ninja continue walking to the Cliffs of Hysteria. Okino follows behind, dragging his sword on the ground.*
"I'm worried about Okino. He took the news pretty hard." said Lloyd.
"Wouldn't you, if you found out your whole world was nothing but a simulation, and you were part of it?" said Cole.
"You'll be devastated, and then have a hard time knowing what is real and what is not. That kind of news would break anyone." said Nova, knowing how the others would feel if she told them. But then again, even she felt it when the Overlord told her the true and that who and where she really came from.
Lloyd glanced at Nova and went on to wrap an arm around her. "You're thinking about how you ended up in another world, only to find out you came from here. Right?"
Nova looked over at him, a little surprised he could read her like that, just by looking.
"Don't think too much about it, butterfly, it's already in the past. But if it's still on your mind, you can talk with me about it." said Lloyd.
".....Okay, thanks, greenie." Nova gave him a soft smile, resting her head against his shoulder.
"We gotta cheer him up." said Nya.
Lloyd nods, looking at the others while holding Nova close. "Yeah. Okay, nobody say anything about Unagami, or Prime Empire, or the Key-Tana."
"Well, what do we talk about?" Kai asked.
"Anything. Just, keep it cheerful." said Lloyd.
Nova wouldn't say it out loud, but if the others wasn't around, she would have liked to just be in Lloyd's arms and take in the faint scent of grass and pine coming from him. It gave off a relaxing and peaceful feeling.
Lloyd noticed Nova's calm demeanor as her breathing was going at a slow, relaxing pace, but not to the point she would fall asleep. A soft smile grew on his face, but didn't say anything since it was better seeing her really relax, and be somewhat more cheerful. Then all stressed and aggressive.
*The ninja stop, letting Okino catch up. He passes them, still dragging his sword on the ground and looking down. Jay chases after him.*
"Uh, so, Okino, what do you do around here for fun, anyway?" Jay asked.
"Fun is an illusion." said Okino.
"Hey, how about that sky? Look at those clouds!" said Cole.
"The clouds..." Okino looks up at the sky. "Lies!"
"Say, Okino, how do you get a ninja to cross the road? You say, ninja-go! Get it?" said Kai.
Nova wanted to complain about how bad that joke was, but they were trying to cheer up Okino, so her giving her opinion wouldn't help.
"There is no road. Only the nothingness is real." said Okino.
"That was a terrible joke." said Cole, voicing Nova's thoughts.
"You got a better one?" Kai asked.
"Nova, you haven't said much. Got anything that could cheer up, Okino?" Lloyd asked.
Nova took at glance at Lloyd and then over at Okino. "Ummm, the weather is nice today?" She gave an awkward smile.
"The weather is....fake!" said Okino.
Nova looked back up at Lloyd, giving a shrug. "I tried."
*The ninja stop, realizing they have arrived at the Cliffs of Hysteria. Everyone was amazed.*
"Tell me those aren't the Cliffs of Hysteria." said Kai.
"That's not a cliff. That looks like a wall that never ends!" said Cole.
"Definitely not double-jumping up that thing." said Nya.
"Yeah, Okino, I'm not sure if I can climb that, and if I can't do it, these guys don't stand a chance! Well, probably, Nova." said Jay.
"Thanks, Jay." said Kai.
"Honest, but insulting." said Cole.
"We don't even have a rope!" said Lloyd.
"You can buy some from Shifty." said Okino.
Nova opened her inventory menu, and picked her gauntlets she had made with grappling hooks.
"From who?" Lloyd asked.
*Okino and Nova point to a salesman right under the cliffs, as a spotlight illuminates his small shop. Shifty waves to get their attention.*
"Greetings, travelers! Welcome to Shifty's Tables! Step right up and take a look, this is the finest merchandise in all of Terra Karana! There's green leather armor there, and those arrows are genuine poison tipped, and oh, who might you two be?" said Shifty.
Shifty walks over to Nya and Nova, taking both of their hands.
"Um, Nya." said Nya.
"Butterfly." said Nova.
"Nya! Oh, sounds like a flower. How may I help you, Flower Nya?" Shifty quickly turned to Nova. "Butterfly! Oh, such a beautiful name, to a beauty like yourself. How may I help you, Beautiful Butterfly."
"Just Nya is fine." said Nya.
"Ummmm, Butterfly is good enough." said Nova.
Jay walks over and lifts Shifty's hand off of Nya's hand. Lloyd did the same, and went on to take Nova's hand in his, while giving Shifty a glare.
"Huh, looks like even Lloyd can get jealous." Nova thought to herself.
"Actually, we are looking for a grappling hook and rope." said Jay.
"Aha! Climbing the Cliffs, eh? Well, it's a good thing you came to Shifty. I've got the best rope in town! Let's step over to the rope department." said Shifty.
"How much for the grappling hooks?" Cole asked.
"Twenty credits each. Normally. But for a friend of Flower Nya and Beautiful Butterfly, thirty." said Shifty.
"I already have grappling hooks, so I don't need a new one or ropes." said Nova.
"We'll take six." said Lloyd.
The ninja open their menu's and pay the thirty credits. Grappling hooks for each of them immediately appear in front of them.
"A wise choice! Now for the rope. We have two kinds. Rope of Supreme Durability, and Rope of Questionable Integrity." said Shifty.
"Uh, that's what you call a no-brainer. We'll take the Rope of Supreme Durability." said Kai.
"Another wise choice! Well, that'll be six-hundred credits, please." said Shifty.
"What!? Six-hundred?" said Kai.
"That's more than the grappling hook!" said Cole.
"Quality rope isn't cheap, my friend." said Shifty.
"Woah, woah, woah, woah, what about the friends of Flower Nya and Beautiful Butterfly discount?" Jay asked.
"I'll throw in a free arrow." said Shifty.
"We don't have that much." said Kai.
"So what do we do?" said Cole.
Nova let out a heavy sigh. "I'll buy it."
"Do you even have enough for all of us?" Kai asked.
Nova raised an eyebrow at him. "You wanna cross the wall or not?" She placed her hands on her hips, looking at the ninja.
"No! I refuse! I am not using a Rope of Questionable Integrity from some guy named Shifty!" Jay complained.
"We wanna cross the wall." said the ninja, ignoring Jay's complaining.
*Overhead, one of Unagami's drones can be seen hovering overhead.*
"Huh, well, that's strange. Those don't usually turn up unless there's Energy cubes to collect." said Shifty.
"Energy cubes?" Nya asked.
"When someone gets cubed, the drones take them away." said Shifty.
"Where?" Jay asked.
"To Unagami." said Shifty and Nova.
Lloyd raised an eyebrow at Nova, thinking it was her future sight. So didn't say anything, since they had decided to never mentioning it again; otherwise they might get into another fight. "What for?"
"Yeah, I was curious about that myself. As luck would have it, I have friends in high places, I sold the Mad Sushi Chef his knives." said Shifty.
"Who?" Nya asked.
"Oh, you haven't met him yet, well, he's a great bloat. Anyway, he told me "Unagami's building something, something big. A machine." said Shifty.
"What kind of machine?" Lloyd asked.
"Yeah, he didn't tell me that part." said Shifty.
*The drone hovers over the ninja, recognizing them and observing them for a second.*
"Huh, never seen one do that before." said Shifty.
"Um, maybe we should get going." said Jay.
"Yeah, good idea." said Lloyd.
*Nova went on to purchase everyone, the Rope of Questionable Integrity and then sent the ropes to each ninja. The drone spawns a group of Red Visors near the ninja, which start running in their direction.*
"Lloyd!" shouted Nya.
"Run! Grab the rope!" shouted Lloyd.
*The ninja take the rope in front of them and run to the Cliff.*
"Wait! You forgot your complimentary arrows!" shouted Shifty.
Nova went on to switch her gauntlets into grappling hook mode, and shoots for the edge of the cliff and slowly started getting pulled up as she didn't need to climb like the others that were right behind her.
The Red Visors pass Shifty, running after the ninja. Lloyd puts the rope in the grappling hook and shoots for the edge of the Cliff. The rest of the ninja and Okino follow, hooking their grappling hooks to the edge of the Cliff. They start climbing up the Cliff.
"Hah! They're too late! See ya, fellas!" said Kai.
"Don't jinx it, you idiot!" shouted Nova.
*The Red Visors start flying up towards them using boosters on their feet.*
"What? I didn't know they could do that!" shouted Kai.
"That's why I fucking told you not to jinx it!" shouted Nova with an annoyed sigh.
"Faster!" shouted Lloyd.
*The Red Visors start shooting at the ninja. Multiple shots narrowly miss Cole.*
"We're sitting ducks up here!" shouted Cole.
The Red Visors catch up to Cole and aim their guns straight at him. The ninja and Okino pull out their weapons to fight the Red Visors. Nya and Lloyd swing on their ropes to reach and hit the Red Visors. Jay follows their lead, doing the same.
Lloyd hits one of the Red Visors, knocking his helmet off. Shifty is looking at the credits he just earned, putting them into his account. The helmet falls onto his menu, making it disappear. Shifty picks up the helmet.
"Hey! Oh, hello! We'll just put you right over here." said Shifty.
Nova swung away from the cliff as she went on to use double jump and summoned her hoverboard, using it as a second platform to once again use double jump and then switched the hoverboard into its blaster mode and started shooting the Red Visors.
She repeated this action with her weapon, and if she started falling, she would go on to use her grappling hooks on the edge of the cliff.
The ninja couldn't help but be kind of impressed by how Nova was using her weapons, even though the risk was high for her to fall to her death.
"I've never seen her this agile! In a fight before!" shouted Nya, taking out another Red Visor.
"I'm guessing her real abilities are a lot like those of a video game, so she pretty much already mastered fighting like that!" shouted Cole, quickly dodging another shot coming his way.
"Why do you guys think she is called the Butterfly Queen! When fighting like this, she moves like an elegant butterfly on the battlefield! Making it hard for any enemy to even lay a finger on her! Aerial combat is pretty much Nova's domain of fighting! Making her very deadly if you try fighting her!" shouted Jay taking out a few Red Visors.
"I'm guessing those grappling hooks of hers! Helped her, finding her true potential, in her fighting style!" shouted Kai.
"Guys! Focus on the fight! We can talk about Nova's fighting later!" shouted Lloyd, knocking a Red Visor into another as they fell towards the ground.
While fighting the Red Visors, Cole falls off his rope.
"Cole!" shouted Nya.
"Not again!" shouted Cole.
"Cole! Grab my hand!" shouted Nova as she used her hoverboard, to knock over a Red Visor before going on to use one of her grappling hooks, and started swinging down to Cole. Taking his hand as, she swung him back up so he could grab his rope, before jumping back into the fight. Not slowly down.
"I'm okay! Thanks, Nova!" shouted Cole.
"Just keep climbing!" shouted Nova, summoning her daggers to quickly stab the Red Visors, and Drones before using her grappling hooks to swing away.
A drone shoots Cole's rope, almost breaking it.
"Cole, your rope is breaking!" shouted Nya.
Cole climbs up the rope.
"Cole! Hurry!" Nya asked.
"I am hurrying!" shouted Cole.
"Hurry faster!" shouted Nya.
A drone spots Okino and starts shooting at him. Okino deflects the shots with his sword, not even looking at the drone. One of the shots ricochets, hitting the drone. Another drone spots Cole climbing his rope and starts shooting at him.
"Watch it, your rope is going to break!" shouted Nya.
Kai spots the drone and flips off his rope onto it to stop it from hitting Cole.
"Kai!" shouted Lloyd.
"He'll be fine, Lloyd! Just focus on fighting and climbing!" shouted Nova, swinging by him just in time to throw a dagger at a Red Visor before it could shoot at him.
"Ha! Gotcha!" shouted Kai.
Kai stabs his sword into the drone, making it go crazy. The drone continues shooting around the ninja, but never hits anything.
"Yeah, nice!" shouted Jay.
Cole's rope breaks at the last second, but Cole jumps to reach it. He continues to climb with the rest of the ninja while the Red Visors continue shooting at them. Kai controls the drone and makes it shoot the Red Visors, killing them.
"Ha ha, yeah! How do you like that, huh? Not so fun, is it? Come on, just a little to the left!" shouted Kai.
Kai shoots a Red Visor near Lloyd. Lloyd catches it before it falls.
"Oh no, you don't! You don't get away that easy!" said Lloyd.
"What are you doing?" Jay asked.
"I have an idea!" said Lloyd.
Nova had already gotten to the top of the cliff, letting out a heavy sigh. "That was fun, haven't moved around like that since the last boss I fought." She lay on the ground as she waited on the others and just enjoyed the view.
With the Red Visors gone, the ninja climbed to the top of the Cliff, where Nova was waiting. Lloyd throws the Red Visor onto the edge of the Cliff before helping Cole up. Kai is able to take his sword out of the drone, killing it. He lands safely on the cliff with the rest of the ninja.
"Whoa. What do we have here?" Kai asked.
"A Red Visor." said Okino.
"Looks like it's a robot." said Nya.
"Maybe we could learn something from it." said Lloyd.
"Uh, I don't know, it looks pretty banged up." said Jay.
"Nya, can you take a look? See if you can do something?" Lloyd asked.
Nya nods and opens up the Red Visor's menu.
"It's a computer code. Let's see. Oh, oops, didn't want that. Hang on. Here we go. Rebooting communications." said Nya.
"Unit RV12 da-da-dash 99 communication o-o-online." said the Red Visor.
"Go ahead. Ask him whatever you want." said Nya.
"Tell us about the Energy cubes. What is Unagami doing with them?" Lloyd questioned.
"Energy cubes are used to construct co-o-onstruct the device." said the Red Visor.
"What device? What does it do?" Lloyd asked.
"The device is- to the other o-other-" The Red Visor started glitching.
"The other what?" Jay asked.
"Repeat." said Nya.
"The portal p-portal to the other place." said the Red Visor.
"Other place? What other place?" Cole asked.
"To Ninjago! Unagami is building a portal into the real world!" said Jay.
"Is that true? Confirm." Nya questioned.
The Red Visor glitches and despawns, leaving only its helmet in its place.
"Aw, great!" Kai groans.
"We're not getting anymore out of it." said Lloyd.
"My friends, you should go, before more of them come." said Okino.
"Aren't you coming with us?" Lloyd asked.
"It is better if I stay." said Okino.
"Why?" Nova asked, going on to lean against Lloyd with a raised eyebrow.
"What? Why?" Nya asked.
"You told me, Unagami created Prime Empire. I am part of that. Part of the game." said Okino.
"Okino, no. Listen-" Lloyd tried speaking.
"If I was created by Unagami, how can I be trusted? Perhaps I serve him." said Okino.
"You don't serve Unagami. You make your own choices, Okino." said Lloyd.
"Yeah! We trust you, dude!" said Jay.
"How can you be certain? What if... what if I betray you?" Okino asked.
"You saved our lives, Okino. We trust you." said Cole.
A soft smile grew on Nova's face. "I've been in the same situation as you, Okino, and I can say this. You have nothing to worry about."
Lloyd went on to wrap an arm around Nova, smiling at her before looking back at Okino. "Unagami may have made Prime Empire. Maybe even you. But he can't force you to do anything you don't want to. You have a choice, Okino. You decide what you are, and what you do."
"Then... we will go together." said Okino.
"Together." said Lloyd.
Okino unsheathes his sword, bows, and puts it back. The ninja walk on to the Maze of the Red Dragon.
"So, when are you gonna tell me how you became so good at fighting in the air, miss Butterfly Queen?" Lloyd teased.
Nova rolled her eyes as a slight blush grew on her face. "I'll tell you when we aren't busy saving the world."
"When aren't we busy saving the world?" Lloyd raised an eyebrow.
"Fine, fine. I'll tell you some time after this adventure is over." said Nova.
"Fine, but you better not forget it. I really do wanna hear about it." said Lloyd, holding her close.