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parachutingkitten · 8 months

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Fireflies

Proving that he didn't kill his dad, or at least assist in his assassination proves to be a difficult task for Benthomaar, and with a public quickly turning violent, he decides that retreating into hiding is his best option at the moment. Luckily the ninja have a great secluded contact to send him to. ~2800 words

Vania hesitated a moment before knocking on the door. She knew this was going to be a difficult situation to navigate. She wanted to talk to him, she wanted to lend an ear, but she didn’t know if he would want to talk at all. After all, he had only just arrived this morning, and he certainly had a lot to process. Circumstances were grim, but there wasn’t much point in letting him wallow in it. Regardless, she had come prepared… with cookies. Everyone could always use a cookie.

It was only a few seconds after she knocked before Benthomaar answered the door. “Oh! Queen Vania! I didn’t-”

“No, it’s nothing,” she waved it off. “I just brought you some fresh baked cookies!” She smiled, raising up the plate she held.

She was met with a largely blank stare and a slow nod. “Of course, come in.” He welcomed her inside, his figure turned around before she had even made it through the frame. Vania carefully stepped inside, closing the door behind herself. “I’m sorry I haven’t had much of a presence.” He plopped down on the edge of his bed, running his fingers through his hair. “I’ve been… a bit out of sorts.” His gaze was distracted, his mind obviously not entirely present.

“You don’t need to apologize. You’ve been through a lot.” Not knowing quite what to do with the cookies, she continued to hold them in the least awkward way she could manage. “I’m honestly surprised you’re as composed as you are.” I suppose death threats and assassination attempts are somewhat expected for royalty, but she had never had to deal with it before.

“It's just…” he paused, his eyes stuck in the middle distance. “A lot to consider. I’m not even sure I’ve processed that I’m here yet.”

Struggling still to land a connection, she turned to her life preserver. “You know, the cookies really are best when they’re warm.”

He finally snapped out of his daze, a soft smile finally gracing his lips. “Right.” He took the plate, grabbing a cookie from the pile and taking a bite. His face exploded in surprise, his eyes growing wide. “You weren’t kidding! These are delicious!”

Vania chuckled. The cookies had worked.

“Here, you want one?” He offered one to her.

“Oh, no.” Vania shook her head. “I’m fine.”

“You said it yourself, they’re best when they’re warm.” He grinned before taking another bite.

She took the bait, sitting down next to him, and gladly munching on the snack. “They really are.”

“Well, thank you for being so accommodating on such short notice,” Benthomaar set the plate down on the bed between them, the tension now significantly broken.

“Of course!” Vania shrugged. “Any friend of the ninja is a friend of mine.”

“You all are close?”

“We are!” Vania smiled, genuinely excited by the thought. “I honestly can’t believe it sometimes.”

“Really?” Benthomaar laughed.

“Yeah, I idolized them like crazy before I met them! You know, I had the biggest celebrity crush on Cole.”

“You don’t say?” Benthomaar’s eyes narrowed as he took another bite of his cookie.

“Yeah, and he’s great,” Vania mused. “A lot different than I imagined, but it still boggles my mind that we’re as good of friends as we are.”

“Well, I’m glad they were able to put in a good word for me.”

“Sure, I’m glad to have you.” Vania smiled, her eyes shifting down as the mood in the room once again sunk. “It sucks that you have to be here in the first place though.”

Benthomaar sighed, reaching for another cookie. “Well, it is difficult to rule people who want nothing to do with you.” He broke the cookie in half, defeated.

“It’s so ridiculous! I mean, you risked your life trying to defend your kingdom, and yet you get labeled a traitor!”

“Well, it’s complicated. There isn’t any real evidence of what happened to my father. Only the sudden appearance of outsiders right before his death, and my siding with them.”

“The ninja could testify, right? They saw what happened. And some of them are robots, you could compel them to tell the truth!”

“People just don’t trust it. They’re wary of the technology. It comes from surface dwellers.” His words sounded rehearsed, as if he’d gone over this talking point dozens of times now.

Vania took another bite of her cookie, sitting in thought for a moment. “You know, I have an excellent magic consultant. I know he’s produced visions before. I could ask if he might be able to summon one of the past.”

Benthomaar’s eyes perked up. “That… could be helpful.”

“Well, I can certainly look into it,” she smiled.

“I appreciate it,” he nodded, his mind again wandering far from this room.

Vania studied his expression, still hoping to make a connection. “What do you miss most about it?”

Benthomaar again looked up, a smile sneaking onto his face as he pondered. “It’s going to sound terribly obvious.”

“Shoot,” Vania shrugged.

He drew in a breath, still a bit hesitant. “Everything here is so much… drier.”

Vania chuckled. “Yeah, I guess that makes sense.”

“I mean it!” he insisted. “Even just the air, when you’re used to high humidity, is so noticeable! And it’s all around you, all the time.”

“Well, maybe we should bring up a humidifier for you!” Vania giggled.

“Really?” he asked.

“Sure, I don’t see why not.”

“That would be nice,” he sighed, quickly jolting back up. “Not that you haven’t been plenty accommodating already, I mean this room is fantastic.”

“Oh, it’s definitely the best of the guest rooms,” Vania agreed. “Have you seen the view out of your balcony?!” Vania jumped up excitedly.

“Just out the window from here-” Benthomaar muttered.

Vania picked up the plate of cookies, already headed for the doors. “You’ve gotta see it!” Her feet had already taken her halfway across the room before Benthomaar had found the ability to stand.

She threw open the doors to the cooled air of the night, placing the cookies down on the small dining set which lived on the balcony.

“It really is the best view in the castle!” she boasted. “Of course, you can see everything a little better by day, but right below us are the palace gardens, and a little further out you can see the east tower-”

She continued as Benthomaar took his first steps outside, his eyes instantly drawn upwards.

“Of course, you can see the palace gates, and the guard houses.” She leaned over the balcony, craning her neck to stretch her sightline along the castle’s wall. “And if you lean far enough out, you can even see my room!” She smiled, finally turning back to see her guest.

Benthomaar had also made it to the railing, his weight comfortably resting upon it as his gaze still sat firmly above, his expression in awe. Vania felt a bit foolish at her ramblings now. He had already found the best feature of the view.

“There’s so many of them,” he marveled, his voice almost a whisper.

She smiled at his wonder, joining him as her eyes too turned upward. “When I was little, I thought that once I got my wings, I’d be able to fly up to the stars, and catch one in between my hands like a firefly.”

“Firefly?” Benthomaar asked, eyes still stuck on the vast expanse above him.

“Have you never seen fireflies before?” Vania asked.

“I can’t say I have.” Benthomaar shook his head.

“Well, I’ll have to show you sometime,” Vania decided.

“They seem so close from up here. They’re so much brighter,” Benthomaar sighed.

“I wouldn’t really know,” Vania shrugged. “I’ve never seen them from anywhere else.”

Benthomaar’s eyes finally strayed from the sky back to his companion. “I don’t know why you don’t just spend all your time out here.”

“I wish I could,” she giggled. “But you know, I’ve got stuff to do. Kingdom to run. Not much time for stargazing.” Her tone dropped in tone as she spoke, the weight of her responsibilities obviously sneaking into her mind.

“Is the new job hard on you?” Benthomaar asked.

“Not as hard as it’s been on you,” Vania noted. “But it’s been a lot. The whole kingdom pretty much doubled in population, so just working out relocation and basic distribution of resources has been difficult. Not to mention trying to work around cultural differences and pre-existing social grudges.” Vania turned away from the railing, her image now facing the castle. “On top of that, a vital source of income for the kingdom is now a complete non-starter, meaning our economy is mostly shot, and trying to get any sort of outside revenue back is difficult, because our kingdom has historically been incredibly reclusive, so it’s not exactly like we have great connections to lean back on. And between the complete social upheaval and the broken economy I just… don’t know what I’m doing!” her eyes had fallen to the ground as the strain became more evident in her voice. “I was nowhere close to completing my training, I wasn’t supposed to be doing anything like this for years, let alone be thrown in at the deep end like this, and I just… I can’t do it! I’m not mentally capable! I’m not-”

Vania sighed, her eyes finally returning to Benthomaar.

“I’m not my dad, you know?”

Vania pushed off from the railing, Benthomaar’s vision following her as she left for the table instead, quickly melting into one of the seats and staring at the cookie plate.

Benthomaar was quiet for a moment, adjusting to the shift in the conversation.

“Have you…” he hesitated, unsure if it was wise to take the topic where his mind had gone. “Have you talked to him at all? After he was put away?”

He studied her as her body shrank inwards ever so slightly.

“You don’t have to answer if it’s not-”

“No, it’s okay,” Vania interjected. “I, um…” her eyes glanced over at him. “I haven’t spoken with him at all since the incident.”

Benthomaar fully leaned back against the railing, pondering her answer. “You know, I’ve been thinking about all the things I would want to tell my brother, if he had made it through the battle.” His eyes wandered as he thought, caught again in the middle distance they had been stuck in through most of the day. “All the things I’d want to confront him with, prove to him, scream at him. All these words that I have caught up in my head that don’t have anywhere to go anymore.” His eyes finally stabilized on Vania again. “But if he were still here, and I were given the chance to talk to him… I don’t know if I could actually do it.”

Vania sat up a bit, her eyes now lost. “You know, I’ve thought about it,” she admitted. “I’ve thought about it a lot. I was trapped with that man my whole life. He was putting on a facade for me my entire life. Everything that I thought was love and affection was this twisted other thing. He was the most important person in my entire world, and he was never really there. And that does things to you when you realize. And you keep on making realizations, for weeks, months afterwards, how thoroughly every piece of what you thought was your life is a lie, and you’re forced to just sit there and watch as it all disintegrates. It breaks you.”

The two now faced each other, their eyes locked. “I have so much I want to say to him. But when someone’s in your head that deeply, when someone’s been able to hurt you that much, the idea of opening up that line of communication again, even one way, is… terrifying.” Her voice shrunk as she continued. “Because even just admitting to them that you’re still thinking about them, in any capacity, it lets them back inside your head.”

The air between them sat unmovable as the tension reached its peak. “My father adopted me after I was abandoned by my birth parents,” Benthomaar started. “He was the only one who really ever cared for me, and he died in my arms. Kalmaar knew me best of anyone else, and he’s gone, and now even my own people don’t want me.” Vania could see a gloss begin to envelop his eyes. “I’ve never felt so completely alone in my whole life. So, to cut ties with anyone at this point… seems like such an impossible idea to me.”

His eyes had wandered to the ground by now, but Vania’s impulses took her upward. “You’ve got me.” She stood, rather suddenly.

Benthomaar’s eyes glanced up, a bit confused. “What?”

Vania reached back to the table, picking up a cookie as she strode forward.

“You’ve got me.” She held out the cookie to her puzzled companion now just inches from her, his hand, hesitantly moving forward to accept it. “Maybe I don’t know you very well yet, but I certainly know what you’re going through. I’ve lost and been betrayed by people I love. I’ve been saddled with an insane amount of royal responsibility at very short notice. I’ve been through a life altering piece of trauma before being thrust into an unreasonable amount of stress.” His hand had taken the cookie, but his mind was so fixed on her sudden burst of confidence that its presence was now an afterthought. “And I know it’s tough, but I’ve been through the first bit of this, and I’m here for you. And for the rest of it, we can figure it out together, which is a whole heck of a lot better than trying to figure it out alone. So, please don’t think that you’re alone, because I won’t let another person go through what I’m going through by themselves if I can help it.”

Benthommar stared at her with a gaze he hadn’t felt leave his eyes in a while. It seemed impossible to look away from the woman who had so quickly come to defend him from his own downward spiral. There was a pure sense of hope that filled him for the first time in days now. Vania shrunk back in a moment of realization. “If you want me. I don’t mean to be imposing, you don’t really know me.” She shook her head, her arms crossing over her chest.

“No,” Benthomaar stopped her. “I feel like I do,” he pressed. “Well enough anyway.”

His gaze softened her demeanor, a soft smile gracing her lips. “Well, I’m glad I could earn your trust so quickly.”

“For the record, I think Shintaro is very lucky to have a leader as charming, kind, confident,” Benthomaar found the list of adjectives coming to him quicker than he could speak them. “brave, welcoming, honest, thoughtful, and beautiful as you.” Their eyes remained connected, trapped together in a trance which seemed unbreakable. A slight blush crept onto Vania’s cheeks accompanied by a feeling she had never quite felt before.

Benthomaar was snapped out of the daze as he realized what exactly he had just said.

“And such a wonderful baker!” he added, lifting the cookie still in his hand. He quickly took a bite, attempting to mask his nerves.

The chill of the night air filled the space between them as the two darted their eyes away from one another.

“Right!” Vania chuckled. “I do a lot of baking when I’m stressed, so I’ve gotten a lot of practice lately.”

“Anyway, I should probably let you get some rest,” Vania started. “It’s getting late, and I’m sure you’re probably exhausted.”

“Yes, of course,” Benthomaar sighed.

“But…” Vania’s eyes again found contact with Benthomaar’s. “Maybe I’ll see you for breakfast?”

“I’d like that.” He nodded slowly, his voice soft and gentle.

Their eyes remained connected a moment longer before Vania began to turn. “Well, goodnight. Sleep well.”

“You too,” Benthomaar returned as she approached the balcony doorway. “And,” he blurted out, his impulses stepping him forward.

She turned around in the door frame eager to hear him, her hands latching onto the divider in the middle. “Yes?”

Benthomaar’s lips parted, still a bit hesitant. “Thank you… for everything. It feels really good to smile again.”

Vania could sense the longing within his words, and feel her heart reach out in equal measure. “Of course.”

There was an unspoken pulse of understanding passed between them before Vania slowly turned, making her way out. Benthomaar’s eyes trailed her exit for a moment before he once more faced the balcony, his gaze turning upward. His mind was caught in a fog of feeling which he wasn’t eager to leave. There was a unique air of enchantment around him that he could only attribute to her. As his eyes danced across the stars, he found himself with a new impulse, imagining what it might be like to cup one in his hands, to hold that great a light so close to him. He smiled, his mind now wildly curious.

“...Fireflies.”

#my goodness this one has been a long time coming #ninjago benthomaar #ninjago vania #raincloudshipping #writing #one shot?#idk I've got ideas #none of them are fully formed though #ninjago

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stellarwaffles · 4 months

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Lego Ninjago ship names pt 2

Serpentine ships

Wu x Aspheera - wuspheera

Skales x Pythor - bleachedscalesshipping

Pythor x Aspheera - tombshipping

Machia x Aspheera - sapphicscalesshipping

Darkley’s ships

Lloyd x Brad - greenflowershipping / forgivenshipping

Lloyd x Gene - leadershipping (?)

Lloyd x Sally - watermelonshipping

Brad x Gene - reformshipping

Sally x Harumi - jadesongshipping / devilnoteshipping / musicjadeshipping

Sally x Antonia - paperstarshipping

Sally x Vania - themesongshipping

Lloyd x Brad x Gene - badboyshipping

Lloyd x Brad x Akita - wildernessshipping / toffeeroseshipping

Lloyd x Brad x Bentho - kelpshipping

Sally x Harumi x Akita - jadewolfsongshipping

Pixal ships

Kai x Pixal - hotwireshipping

Cole x Pixal - groundwireshipping

Jay x Pixal - bluewireshipping

Zane x Pixal - pixane / digitalshipping

Nya x Pixal - samuraishipping / nyxal

Pixal x Skylor - stolendatashipping /copypasteshipping

Pixal x Akita - wolfwireshipping

Kai x Zane x Pixal - insufferableshipping / firewallshipping

Cole x Zane x Pixal - heavymetalshipping

Jay x Zane x Pixal - nerdshipping

Zane x Nya x Pixal - samuraiceshipping

Nya x Pixal x Skylor - polyponytail

Kai x Cole x Jay x Zane x Pixal - lowpolyshipping

Skylor ships

Kai x Skylor - kailor

Jay x Skylor - snakeshipping

Nya x Skylor - amberphoenixshipping

Pixal x Skylor - stolendatashipping / copypasteshipping

Skylor x Tox - corrosiveshipping

Skylor x Chamille - mirrorshipping

Skylor x Vania - sunsetshipping / sunriseshipping / royalambershipping

Skylor x Bentho - seaserpentshipping

Kai x Cole x Skylor - glowstoneshipping

Kai x Skylor x Tox - wildfireshipping

Nya x Pixal x Skylor - polyponytail

Elemental masters ships

Nya x Tox - acidrainshipping

Skylor x Tox - corrosiveshipping

Skylor x Chamille - mirrorshipping

Tox x Chamille - nightshadeshipping

Tox x Shade - tarshipping

Tox x Vania - sweet&spiteshipping

Neuro x Griffin - thinkfastshipping

Griffin x Mr Pale - lightspeedshipping / relativityshipping

Kai x Skylor x Tox - wildfireshipping

Nya x Tox x Chamille - acidicfluidshipping

Morro ships

Kai x Morro - destinyshipping

Cole x Morro - sandstormshipping / spiritshipping

Morro x Echo - citrusshipping / deadboltshipping

Morro x Mr E - emoshipping

Morro x Bentho - seabreezeshipping

Morro x Echo x Bentho - lemonadeshipping

Echo ships

Jay x Echo - steampunkshipping

Morro x Echo - citrusshipping / deadboltshipping

Echo x Betho - waterworksshipping / rusticshipping

Morro x Echo x Bentho - lemonadeshipping

Sons of Garmadon ships

Sally x Harumi - jadesongshipping / devilnoteshipping / musicjadeshipping

Morro x Mr E - emoshipping

Harumi x Akita - jadewolfshipping / bloodmoonshipping

Harumi x Vania - royaltyshipping / crownjewelshipping / jadewingshipping

Sally x Harumi x Akita - jadewolfsongshipping

Harumi x Akita x Vania - royaltywolfshipping

Akita + Kataru ships

Lloyd x Akita - lloykita / hollyshipping

Lloyd x Kataru - powernapshipping

Pixal x Akita - wolfwireshipping

Harumi x Akita - jadewolfshipping / bloodmoonshipping

Akita x Vania - wolfqueenshipping

Kataru x Bentho - bearsharkshipping

Lloyd x Brad x Akita - wildernessshipping / toffeeroseshipping

Lloyd x Kataru x Bentho - feralshipping

Sally x Harumi x Akita - jadewolfsongshipping

Harumi x Akita x Vania - royaltywolfshipping

Vania ships

Lloyd x Vania - goldenwingshipping

Skylor x Vania - sunsetshipping / sunriseshipping / royalambershipping

Tox x Vania - sweet&spiteshipping

Sally x Vania - themesongshipping

Harumi x Vania - royaltyshipping / crownjewelshipping / jadewingshipping

Akita x Vania - wolfqueenshipping

Vania x Bentho - raincloudshipping

Lloyd x Vania x Bentho - responsibilityshipping

Harumi x Akita x Vania - royaltywolfshipping

Bentho ships

Jay x Bentho - thunderwaveshipping

Lloyd x Bentho - deepseaenergyshipping

Skylor x Bentho - seaserpentshipping

Morro x Bentho - seabreezeshipping

Echo x Bentho - waterworksshipping / rusticshipping

Kataru x Bentho - bearsharkshipping

Scott x Bentho - digiwaveshipping

Vania x Bentho - raincloudshipping

Lloyd x Brad x Bentho - kelpshipping

Lloyd x Kataru x Bentho - feralshipping

Lloyd x Vania x Bentho - responsibilityshipping

Morro x Echo x Bentho - lemonadeshipping

Misc ships

Cole x Plundar - gemestoneshipping

Jay x Fugidove - lightningmcwingshipping / friedchickenshipping / bluedoveshipping

Sally x Antonia - paperstarshipping

Fugidove x Vinny - livetweetshipping

Scott x Bentho - digiwaveshipping

Plundar x Fungus x Korgran - upplyshipping

If I got any wrong or if I’m missing any, let me know so I can update the list!!

Here’s the masterpost

#lego ninjago #uuuuggggjghfhghgnhhhh theres so many shipssssss #and i know im missing some i just dont know what they are #://////// does anyone know lloyd + genes ship name? i saw somewhere it was leadershipping but im not sure if thats right

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