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Kai- ALIVE

Nya- ALIVE

Lloyd- ALIVE

Jay- ALIVE

Zane- ALIVE

Cole- ALIVE

Skylor- ALIVE

Pixal- ALIVE

Seliel- ALIVE

Morro- ALIVE

Wu-  ALIVE

Misako- ALIVE

Good Garmadon- ALIVE

Dareth- ALIVE

Ronin- ALIVE

Harumi- ALIVE

Akita- ALIVE

LLOYD-

I wake up slowly, to find myself in a small room, with a few other unconscious figures. They slowly woke up one by one, groaning.

"Where are we?" Nya asks, rubbing her head.

"Beats me." Jay answers. 

"Welcome to Flicker." A feminine voice spoke.

"Oh great, now we're trapped, by a girl." Ronin scoffs.

"Excuse me." Harumi snaps.

"You!" I growl, jumping up.

"Me." Harumi does little jazz hands. The freaking nerve of the-.

"In this game, there is an Evil Team and a Good Team. The Evil Team must kill every person on the Good Team to win, while the Good Team must vote everyone on the Evil Team out to win. In a few moments, you will find a pen a journal in your pocket. Keep it. That is where your assigned role is. If you want your team to win, I'd advise you to not share your role that easily. Your role will be shared with everyone if you die, or are voted out. You have a pen, so you can write down anything you so wish for. Good luck. You'll need it." The feminine voice speaks again, and this time a flurry of insults fly at the voice that came out of nowhere.

"Lloyd? Misako? Wu?" An old, but memorable voice calls out. I turn around, and see my father, in the flesh.

"Father? Father!" I run at him, hugging him. 

"Lloyd!" My dad hugs me, and Sensei Wu and Mom join in. 

"Oh what an adorable reunion." Dareth laughs.

"It's nice seeing Lloyd so happy." Akita nods.

"Akita?" I turn around. 

But it was really Akita, right? The last time I saw Akita, she was about my age! Now this Akita's, well probably in her middle 30's.

"It's me, Lloyd. The Never Realm's time operates slightly different than Ninjago, and so. Yeah." Akita gestures to herself.

"Well, it's great to see you." We both shake hands.

The journals suddenly appear, and we each pick up our books.

"I hope this is worth it." Skylor sighs.

"Of course it is. The sooner we get out of here, it's probably for the better." Zane says.

"Indeed. I have searched my files for this game called Flicker, and nothing has popped up. It's concerning." Pixal adds.

"Let's just focus on getting our roles," Mom says.

"Alright, but I don't like the sound of someone killing someone or dying," Kai says.

"Says you, I'm already dead." Morro scoffs.

"Sorry," Kai rolls his eyes.

We open our notebooks.

LLOYD GARMADON- 

GOOD TEAM

TWIN IS KAI SMITH

HE DIES, YOU DIE

YOU DIE, HE DIES. 

Well, I'm fucked.

"Everyone got our roles?" Cole asks.

"Yeah." Seliel nods.

"Flick. Flick. Flick. The lights switch on and off." The feminine voice says.

With each flick, the lights turn off and on.

"HOLY SHIT!" Dareth screams. "I'm too handsome to die! I haven't earned all of my trophies yet!" 

"It's time to play." She says, and the lights turn permanently off.

"Uh, guys?" Jay asks. "Why are the lights off?!?"

"Do not panic." Wu orders. 

"Something is... happening."

Suddenly, the room goes dead silent. 

"The room goes dead silent."

Yeah, no shit. I scoff. 

"Flick, Flick, Flick." The light slowly turns back on.

"We have our first death!" The voice sounded excited, but for all I cared, I was trying to make sure no one that I really cared about was dead.

I scanned around the room, staring at the shaken faces. I linger around Harumi, give her a glare, then move on.

"Oh my! It appears that one has died! Dareth has died from the Assassin! He died by the Assassin drowning the victim. The Medic has saved someone from the Murderer! Dareth's role was the Clown!" The voice speaks.

"No, not Dareth!" Jay laments.

"A moment for our fallen." Dad bows his head.

"Discuss who may be evil." The voice calls.

All heads turn to either Ronin, Harumi, and even dad.

"Why my father?" I ask.

"I'm not sure." Nya shakes her head. "I think it's Harumi."

"It's not me, I swear!" Harumi looks a bit panicked. "I'm on the Good team!" 

"Yeah, yeah." Kai scoffs.

"And when we thought you were good," Jay says.

"You were bad!" Cole finishes. 

"I'm serious! Don't vote me out, please! Vote him!" Harumi points to Ronin.

"What? Me? I wouldn't kill Dareth at all!" Ronin scoffs. "Funny how you try to pin the blame on someone else."

"It's not me!" Harumi says.

Skylor looks a bit conflicted, staring at both sides, before settling with a determined face, at Harumi. 

"Voting time begins. Write who you're voting in your journal."

I pick up my name and quickly scrawl Harumi's name on the paper. It disappears into the journal, and I look up.

"Voting time ends in 3... 2... and 1."

In an instant, Harumi disappears into thin air.

"Everyone has voted Harumi." 

"So, was she evil?" Pixal asks.

"Incorrect. Harumi was the savior. The game continues."

"Oh. It seems she was telling the truth." Zane says.

"Or the voice is trying to trick us as well!" I growl, reaching back and grasping for my sword, except it wasn't there. "What?" 

"I think she doesn't want us to kill each other." Seliel comments.

"But we are already supposed to die," Akita replies.

"Yeah. This doesn't make sense." Sensei shakes his head. 

"You have a few moments to hang around as the second room's match will begin." 

There's another room in a situation like us?

"Maybe we can try to contact them," Mom says.

"Unlikely. No one will hear you, and no one will hear them. You can't escape from here, or there. Have fun exploring the area." The voice answers.

"Well, let's go in pairs. Safety in numbers." Dad says.

"Yeah, that sounds good." I walk over to Kai. "Hey, can we talk?" 

"Yeah." Kai nods.

We go aside. "I know you're my twin. Don't screw this up, please." I whisper.

"Same goes for you." Kai nods, and we return to the group.

"I wonder how things are going for the other room." Nya muses.

"I wonder if we know them!" Jay questions.

"Whoever they are, this is a dangerous game. I sincerely hope they will be okay." Sensei says. 

"Yeah, same..." I say.