Pythor

Pythor was what one might call bitter.

Bitter, vengeful and very, very, very…

Patient.

So obviously, when he read in the human newspaper that Cyrus Borg had built a time machine and was working on creating another, the gears in his head started spinning.

All he'd have to do was wait for the snack to finish the time machine, then, he could go back to ensure that his Master won Ninjago all those years ago.

And the only thing stopping me, Pythor thought to himself, is the fact that the machine isn't finished just yet.

Lloyd

When Lloyd woke up, the world around him was covered in a thick layer of snow.

It was so pretty, he didn't even bother to change out of his pyjamas to go outside and play in it.

Jay didn't seem very happy about the snow, though. Lloyd could hear him yelling about it, and the others trying to calm him down, all the way from the outside.

"I grew up in the desert!" Jay yelled after he put a coin in the swear jar. "We don't have that white bullshit out there!"

Another coin was tossed into the jar after Cole raised an eyebrow at his friend.

"It barely even rains out there! I can't go out on my morning run with all of this crap in the way!"

Another coin.

Lloyd had a feeling that the jar would be full soon.

He didn't care, he was having too much fun rolling in the snow.

"You don't yell profanities at rain, though," Zane said, sounding slightly insulted.

"COME ON! THIS STUFF'S EVERYWHERE!"

"Not everywhere," Kai said as Lloyd plopped his face into the snow. "There's a green patch over there, isn't there?"

"No, I think that's Lloyd," Cole said. "See? It's moving."

Lloyd sat up.

The other ninjas were outside, wearing warm jackets and hats. The only one who wasn't in the snow was Jay (no surprise there), who was sitting on the porch wrapped in a cocoon made of blankets and staring angrily at the snow.

He went back inside.

Then he was outside again, looking like he was ready to go exploring the arctic.

When everybody started laughing at him, he shook his thickly gloved hand at them and proclaimed that it was a shame that they couldn't see what finger he was holding up.

Zane, unlike Jay, loved the snow.

More than Lloyd did.

Probably something to do with his element.

Kai seemed to have mixed feelings about the snow.

He tried to initiate a snowball fight, but the snow melted in his hands, which upset him. Nya laughed at him.

Jay was making a snowman, but his facial expression was more of a person who was being tortured than one who was playing in the snow.

Cole was trying to help Jay with his snowman, but Jay ran inside screaming as if he was in a horror movie, leaving the puzzled Master of Earth to finish the snowman alone.

"My fingers are turning blue," Lloyd announced to the others fifteen minutes later.

Jay was still screaming inside the temple.

"May I suggest putting on a pair of gloves then?" Zane asked. "Pixal informs me that the temperature will be dropping later today and people have lost body parts due to frostbite, which can be identified by turning blue."

Jay's screams filled the silence.

"Okay."

Lloyd got up and went in the direction of the screaming.

Jay stopped screaming only because he decided that he was going to go on his morning jog.

Snow or not, Jay was going to run.

Lloyd appreciated that.

He could enjoy the peace and quiet that brought.

No screaming, and he could continue playing in the snow.

"Pixal informs me that it would be a good idea to take care of your fingers first before you go out to play in the snow," Zane said behind Lloyd, causing the Green Ninja to jump in shock.

Zane was holding a large mixing bowl full of steaming water and had a towel over his shoulder.

No.

No.

"No."

Zane put the bowl of water down and ignored Lloyd's protests. "As soon as we're done fixing your fingers, I will help you find your winter clothing and you can play outside with everyone else."

"Nooo!"

Zane didn't seem to hear Lloyd. He took Lloyd's hands and stuck them in the warm water, which felt like liquid fire burning into his skin.

The Nindroid held Lloyd's hands in the water while simultaneously and miraculously putting the fluffy white towel on his lap.

When the water stopped burning, Zane, without even being asked to do so, removed Lloyd's hands from the water and dried them with the fluffy towel.

"It looks like you need to have your nails trimmed," Zane said, very displeased at the state of Lloyd's hands.

Oh no.

Please no.

Please, not now.

Zane suddenly had a nailclipper in his hand, a file and clear nailpolish.

Lloyd knew better than to struggle.

The Master of Ice didn't get tired like Lloyd did and had indefinite patience.

It would just be over quicker if he just allowed Zane to cut his fingernails, file them down and coat them in a thin layer of invisible.

"While we wait for your fingers to try, I'll get started on your toes," Zane said, grabbing Lloyd's foot and removing the slipper that covered it.

By the time Zane was finished and the nailpolish had dried, it was snowing again and everybody was inside again, drinking hot chocolate and roasting marshmallows over Kai.

"I'm sorry buddy, maybe you can play in the snow tomorrow," Kai said as Lloyd waved his white marshmallow on a stick over the Fire Ninja's flaming hands.

The next day, the snow had melted and Lloyd wanted to strangle Zane for keeping him out of it the previous day.

He paid no attention to Zane's heartbroken face when he was told that the snow was gone.

I feel sorry for Zane.

First one of his best friends curses out his element, then he doesn't even get to play in the snow with Lloyd.

Next up: Cole. And the things will be getting very real.