"She Ate the Squid"
Alternate Title: Tox and Neuro are chaotic neutral and should never be left unsupervised.
Hello everyone!
So, I kind of want to get back into writing. Nothing major yet, just some one-shots and short stories.
I got the motivation to write this instead of doing anything productive, like sleep, so I hope you guys enjoy!
Also I hope I posted this correctly. First time posting something like this.
Fandom: Lego Ninjago
Word Count: 1.1k
Relationships: Brief! Tox/Neuro
TW: Swearing, Homophobia, and Sex Talk. Not bad but there.
“Alright bitches!” Chamille hollered across Skylor’s restaurant. “Tonight, we are playing Truth or Dare!”
A mix of groans and cheers was the response.
It had been a few months after the Tournament of Elements. In order to keep in touch and not be at each other’s throats all the time, all the Masters have agreed to meet once a week at Skylor’s Noodle House.
Things had been awkward the first couple times. Learning preferred names and pronouns, likes, dislikes, allergies, home village/city/country, family, etc. had been awfully hectic and have caused a few fights. But Skylor ended up taking charge during the early days to ensure this new Alliance worked out.
Now the meetings have developed into a quick catch up on what they’ve been up to and then a game afterwards. And it was unfortunately Chamille’s turn to pick.
“Isn’t that for middle schoolers?” Pale retorted in response. Chamille shushed him.
“Everyone in a circle,” Chamille continued. “And I will go first.”
A collective sigh went up from the group as they all gathered around as closely to a circle as possible—Since there were booths and tables in the way—but they made it work.
Chamille smugly sat on top of the counter, pointedly ignoring Skylor’s glare. “As I’ve said, I’m going first. Shade, truth or dare?”
“Uh, truth,” Shade awkwardly answered, not trusting Chamille to give him an easy, legal dare.
“Hmmm......Is your skin naturally grey or is it just a power side effect?” Chamille asked.
Everyone turned to look at Shade. He sputtered.
“It’s a side effect,” he muttered. “Like how Neuro’s hair goes white the more he uses his powers or how Tox’s hair is green.”
“Fair enough!” Chamille cheered. “Now you pick.”
“Okay...um...Bolobo, truth or dare?” Shade questioned.
“Truth.”
“Were you really a pizza shop manager and Jay’s temporary boss?”
“Yes.”
“Wait, what?!” Turner cackled.
Bolobo sighed. “Before I got more in-tune with my powers, I was the owner of a pizzeria. This was roughly a week or so after the Great Devourer attacked Ninjago City. And Jay, the Master of Lightning, was asking about a job. He was my fastest delivery drivers before he quit.”
“Holy shit,” Turner laughed. “I’m absolutely holding that over him.”
“Poor Jay,” Skylor giggled.
“Next!” Chamille shouted.
And so it went.
A few dares were sprinkled in. Pale jump scaring a couple on a date in the park. Jacob sonic screaming from the roof. Skylor throwing a water balloon at a police car.
Then it was Ash’s turn.
“So, Tox,” he drawled, casually sipping on his soda. “What the hell is the origin of yours and Neuro’s joke of ‘they ate the squid’?”
Tox and Neuro both choked.
“Uh, what?” Gravis asked. Pale laughed.
“Yeah!” Pale chimed in. “You and Neuro only ever say it to each other. What’s it from?”
Tox’s face flushed. “Oh. Um. It’s a long story. And not suitable for children.”
Ash grinned. “Spill.”
Tox shot Neuro an apologetic look. Neuro put his head into his hands.
“So,” Tox clapped her hands together once. “It started at the Ninjago City Pride Festival roughly a week after the Tournament. I ran into Neuro by accident.”
“You crashed into me and sent us both to the ground,” Neuro interjected.
“Whatever. Anyway, long story short, we found out we were both gay. And we agreed that we would go together to any and all Pride festivals.
Well, on our fourth one, Neuro was trying to introduce me to fried squid with ghost pepper shavings tossed in powder sugar. ‘It’s a delicacy from where I’m from!’ he said. It looked gross so I refused.
So we started talking on which celebrities we found attractive. I was on a rant when this homophobic lady showed up and started yelling at us. Neuro, take it from here.”
“She was a Karen,” Neuro supplied helpfully. “And I was trying to enjoy my fried squid. She then asked us how we knew we were gay when we’ve never had sex with the opposite gender before. I countered with: ‘Do you like to eat squid?’. She answered no that it looked and smelled gross. With that, I shot back at her saying: ‘How do you know you won’t like it when you’ve never tried it?’ She was mad.”
The other Masters chuckled at that. “Go on!” Turner encouraged.
“At that point, she was full on screaming at us,” Neuro continued. “So in order to shut her up, me and Tox agreed to make a deal with her.”
“What deal?” Gravis inquired.
“If she ate the last 6 mini fried squids on Neuro’s plate, we would hook up and give straight-people sex a try,” Tox replied.
Dead silence.
“Did—did she do it?” Ash wheezed, looking between Tox and Neuro, shocked.
“Yes. Why do you think our joke of ‘She ate the squid’ came from?” Tox confirmed.
The room burst out in laughter.
“We didn’t think she would!” Neuro cried. “Then she did, and it was a whole ‘Oh shit!’ moment!”
“You guys kept your end of the deal?!” Skylor gasped.
“Yeah!” Tox and Neuro yelled.
For a solid five minutes, the only thing to be heard in the restaurant was laughter. Once everyone calmed down, Chamille took a breath and said: “Y’all need to tell us how this ended.”
“After she ate the squid and we confirmed a meet-up date and time so we could tell her how it went, we went back to Neuro’s apartment,” Tox began.
“And then spent 20 minutes figuring out how exactly we were supposed to do this. Since I’ve only slept with guys and she’s only slept with girls,” Neuro sighed.
“20 minutes?!” Shade chuckled.
“Once we sorted it out on how to do it,” Tox plowed on. “We made it quick.”
“And it was the worst sex I’ve ever had.” Neuro chimed.
“Agreed.” Tox nodded.
“Did you guys actually go back to meet up with her?” Ash asked.
“Yeah. And we told her that after that, we are for sure gay. And that it was the worst sex we’ve ever had.” Neuro answered. “She wasn’t happy about it. The best part was that her husband was with her and demanded an explanation on what we were talking about.”
“Yep. Turns out her husband was horrified to learn she was homophobic, since he himself was bi,” Tox giggled. “But after that me and Neuro agreed that when someone does something that we never, in a million years, would have expected, it’s called “they ate the squid’.”
“Alrighty then,” Chamille laughed. “That is the greatest origin story of an inside joke I’ve ever heard.”
“Though, for curiosity’s sake, did they divorce?” Pale leaned forward.
“I’m not sure,” Tox replied.
“They did.” Neuro piped up. “Her ex-husband told me all about it after we hooked up.”
The screams of shock, howls of laughter, and choking on drinks could be heard through the restaurant walls.
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Random Dragons Rising Season 3 Theory that may be (and likely is) far fetched:
So if the Tournament everyone's talking about truly is centered on those with Elemental Powers, I think that'd be pretty interesting, and here's how I feel it'd play out:
The elementals get kidnapped or something. Because let's be honest, with everything that happened on Chen's Island, it's highly unlikely all of them would get an invitation and go all "Hey, another elemental tournament! Let's go!"
So they're all there against their will and have to fight each other (or the Forbidden Five based on new season 2 leaks) for whatever reason. (Probably something to do with Source Dragons because Source Dragons are linked to Elemental Powers).
But that leaves Arin. Which I feel would be very important plot. Because as of yet, he's the only non-elemental on the team. Meaning he'd probably be the only one not captured (Along with Frohicky, but Arin is the more active plotwise of the two). (Unless the capturers take a special interest in him for some reason, possibly either due to his closeness to a whole group of elementals or his spinjitzu abilities).
And being the only one not captured, that puts Arin in a place where he in a way has the most power, as he's not being forced to fight anyone. He can go where he wishes, though he'll have to be careful. If something outside the tournament has answers as to the point of the tournament or how to get out, he's the one who will be able to find the answers.
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