Biography and diary of Emperor Ophideus the twelfth
Prologue
“Long ago before time had a name…The First Spinjitzu Master came to our world to gather our people the Serpentine to his world, our family, the Royal Ophidians stood in his path to protect our empire, but never came to conflict. Instead my father spoke with the First Master and came to an agreement that He would let him take our people to his world on the condition that He would assist them in driving the crow invaders from the west out of the Empire’s territory. after a long seven weeks of battle the invaders fled back into the mountains and after a night of celebration a mass exodus commenced the next morning. my family stayed behind out of need to safeguard the portal that was built by the First Master. for the next 2 years we enjoyed peace and prosperity…until the Oni came and destroyed everything we had. from this point onward I Ophidius, last emperor of the Ophidian empire write in this journal and Biography for future reference now and forever, long live the empire!”
Entry 1
“Last night I had that dream where my people were attacked by the horned demons again, they came from nowhere…we had just collected for the spring harvest and had no time to prepare. We lost everything that day, our homes our supplies, everything, I can still remember the palace crumbling in the distance as my Father and his royal guard escorted me and a group of civilians to the portal, I was very young at the time and had no idea what was going on, but the sky, the purple flames…and the black smoke that turned people into lifeless statues, I’ll never forget their horrified expressions, their screams…Before Father sent me into the swirling portal with Brutus, the bodyguard my Father had assigned to protect and watch over me. He put the two royal artifacts in my hands and told me “Ophidius my son…when you enter through the other side to the land of the dragon, promise me that you will make peace with the humans, unite Man and Serpentine so that when the Oni eventually come to consume their land, that you will lead the new empire to victory.” I promised I would even though in my heart I was afraid. then he gave me a map and said “Find the First Spinjitzu Master and warn him of the impeding darkness and our fate, our future is in your hands now.” That was the last time I would ever see my father or my home as he charged off into battle with his most trusted warriors to ward off the attack long enough for the last of the civilians to make it through the portal and my vision went to black. When I woke I was greeted by the harsh light of the sun and sand as far the eye could see. Behind us the portal had collapsed beyond repair. Brutus asked if we should set up camp in the ruins and I just sat down and cried. I didn’t know what to do, all I had was the two family relics and the map my father had given me and now I, 6 at the time was expected to do a seemingly impossible task in a unknown land,as I continued to weep Brutus knelt down beside me in silence and held a armored hand on my shoulder for what seemed like a eternity. when the sun set and I had calmed down, we set up camp in the shadow of the ruined portal. I laid in the sand staring up at the stars and finally fell asleep looking at the constellation of Arcturus.”
Entry 2
“the next day after that first night we traveled for miles under the searing sun to a large structure shaped like a colossal fang hoping to use it as a refuge only to find it had already been opened. Several men ventured inside and soon came running out with expressions of horror and disgust, one even retching into the sand. Curious I ventured inside only to wish that I hadn’t. The floor was littered with bones and skeletons of serpentine, it was horrifying to be surrounded by so many of our own dead. As I ran outside into Brutus’s arms he had found a carved inscription on the door reading “Here stands the prison of the Anacondrai, imprisoned for their war crimes against mankind, may they remain sealed for the rest of time.” This was a prison turned tomb and a harsh snap to reality that humans could be cruel, they had starved to death in here in a harsh and unjust punishment by the humans. We decided afterwards to reseal the tomb and let the dead rest. Afterwards we continued to look somewhere else to live in silence.”
Entry 3
“Today I write in this journal to commemorate the anniversary of our groundbreaking discovery. After 7 years of scavenging in the desert and staying away from humans, we came across the remains of a ancient city that looked to be of serpentine make. during this time I was 13 years old when we found the ruins seemingly abandoned. some buildings had sustained serious damage through unknown means. But my interest was in the center of the city where some kind of arena had been made. I asked Brutus the purpose of this opening and he told me from what he had read it was part of a local mainland Serpentine tradition called the Slither Pit, a arena where various events would be held around this particular sport from disputes to celebration and entertainment. To know that our kind had devolved into such barbaric practices was saddening and it angered me to the point where I was going to order the arena to be paved over when Brutus came up with the idea of using it as a training ground for our men, reasoning as we grew our numbers here we would need ways to defend ourselves. After hearing his suggestion I agreed to keep the arena in place to be used to train future generations to serve the empire. even as I write this I can hear Old Brutus training a new batch of recruits. Without him the empire wouldn’t be here today and I trust him with my life he’s like family to me, old as he may be he’s still a formidable warrior who has yet to be bested in battle and until that day comes he will serve the people for the rest of his days.”
Entry 4
“Today we had our first human contact in over a decade, a loud flying machine with massive spinning blades on top carrying two humans inside. the tower watch spotted them a mile away and sounded the alarm.we had readied several catapults and had 4 shield formations ready by the time the strange human machine had begun it’s decent into the marketplace, soon the humans had exited the strange machine, one of them was holding a unusual large box with a seeing lens on either side and the other speaking into a metal wand of some kind. the humans were held at spear-point and their possessions confiscated before being brought to me. I asked them what their intentions were and why they had come here, I had always heard about humans since I was little but had never seen one up close. they refused to cooperate at first but after Brutus threatened to destroy their strange seeing device that they would listen. They said that they were news reporters from New Ninjago city that had heard of activity in the city of Ouroborus and wanted to see if the rumors of it being inhabited were true. If the humans are aware of our existence already then perhaps we haven’t been as discreet as wanted to be. I gave the order to let the two humans go on the condition that they leave their possessions behind and tell no' one of our existence, they agreed and after watching them leave in the flying machine that Brutus asked me if my decision to let them leave was wise. I didn’t answer right away for I knew that I may have jeopardized my people’s safety by letting these untrustworthy humans into our city, and yet if I had imprisoned them or had them executed it would possibly start a war that would potentially destroy the empire, and that was not what my father wished for. Eventually we will have to reveal our existence to this world when are ready, for I Emperor Ophidius the Twelfth will stand and fight through armies if I must in order to find the First Spinjitzu master and restore the empire to it’s former glory!”
Entry 5
“Further inspection of the humans goods that they left behind have given us some…interesting results. the seeing device they brought with them was dark and empty when our scribes peered into it saying that it held no magics even when the engineers took it apart and put it back together it still wouldn’t work, eventually it was rebuilt into a telescope for stargazing. Another of the strange items found was a curious handheld mirror that responded to touch and provided light, this item also had a number of ‘games’ inside, (the one with the slingshot and the knocking over of blocks became my favorite overnight) furthermore this along with the number of other oddities such as cups, flameless torches, a few vests of a unknown material that serve little in protection (Believe me we tried) and a map to what appears to be the human city! If we are to survive here we must gather resources we cannot survive off of desert lizards and cactus juice forever. I shall send out a light scouting party to the human’s city tomorrow.
Entry 6
“Success! I sent the scouting part out this morning and they returned 6 hours later with a massive quantity food and human artifacts! the supplies will help us survive another mouth but the other items are more confusing than the last. The scouts also reported few mainland Serpentine amongst the people on the surface, is peace possible?”
Entry 7
“A remarkable but concerning discovery was made the night before right under us, an entire facility of sorts under the city, against Brutus’s suggestion to send a crew down to investigate I have gone down myself personally to explore the abandoned complex. stone gave way to metal as I descended downward with nothing but a torch, this journal and the map my father had given me. I…cannot remember why I brought the map with me just that it felt right to do so, I shall update my journal when I find something interesting.”
Entry 8
“The machines down here appear to be all broken save for one, a terminal that was still logged in as a “Pythor P Chumsworth” while these machines are still foreign to me and my people, we are fast learners…(at least the lights still work) The logs say that this place was used for something called Project Arcturus; where something called a rocket was going to fly to the stars and retrieve the melted remains of some kind of golden weapons to melt down into armor for a ‘Golden Master’. while the context of their mission was lost on me the mention of the name Golden Master part sent a chill down my spine, it seemed…wrong. The entries also constantly talked about some kind of human warriors called…Ninja, “What are Ninja?” I asked myself before I noticed something happening with my father’s map which I had set on a glowing table nearby. The map had some kind of image when I held it up to the light, though it didn’t occur to me that it was actually a blueprint! all those times before I just thought the map was dirty, I couldn’t tell you how many times I had stared at this image and thought nothing of it. When I put two and two together down there I was shocked beyond words, I still recall falling to my knees in astonishment that I had been so blind. the image looked like some kind of vehicle with massive wheels but also a fortress of sorts? Was this what my father had intended for me use to find the First Spinjtzu Master? as soon as I realized this I left immediately for the surface but in my rush I stumbled and dropped the map down the missile shaft, When I reached the bottom and retrieved the map I saw something flicker in the corner of my vision, and when I flashed my torch over it I admit I jumped a bit and dropped my torch (At least nobody but me will ever read this journal right?) at first I thought it was a human corpse then I realized it was made of metal under it’s black and purple robes and from the looks of it it had been down here a very long time, surely this wasn’t a human at all? Shortly after I gathered my things including the head of the automaton and reached the surface in the dead of night, The next morning I took my findings and showed the schematic to the chief engineer who told me that to build such a vehicle it would take weeks to gather enough material and longer to build. and that would mean crossing paths with humans again, a complex problem indeed.”
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(This entry has been scratched out and is illegible save for the final paragraph at the bottom)
-suppose to restore the empire when barely any of them recognizes the royal family name? how am I suppose to find the First Spinjitzu Master when He’s been dead for centuries? was I set up for failure? was…was my father wrong to choose me to lead? What do I do now? No…no! I must stay strong for my people they need me! I WILL restore the Empire First Master or not there has to be a way!”
(wet marks dot the bottom of the page and leave damp holes in the parchment)
Entry 10
“With our limited numbers and the few mainland serpentine remaining we sent out 3 scavenging groups with skiffs made from the scrap in the facility, Brutus insisted he lead one of the groups personally to which I let him. which left me alone with one of the elders that came with the group named Acidicus, among the 17 that came he was the only one who recognized the Ophidian family name. for the next two hours he caught me up to current events, the first Serpentine war and how the Anacondrai generals were banished to the cursed realm for their crimes and that the rest of our kind were imprisoned in tombs, the unleashing of a titanic beast in this very city known as the Great Devourer, how a greedy human by the name of Chen defiled the remains of the Anacondria for his petty tournament so he could further insult their legacy by turning him and his followers into imposters of the once great tribe, and in recent times of the abuse of the Devourer’s progeny and the march of a long dead tribe resurrected by elemental fire and a sorceress’s hunger for revenge. I asked about last story and he told me of how a Serpentine sorceress was deceived by a child of the First Master had corrupted her to turn her against her own people, where in later times that same girl now resurrected would revive an army with the stolen power of fire to find the “Treacherous Deceiver” and enact her revenge she was stopped before she could do so and was imprisoned in a human detention facility. Just when I was about to lose hope fate has other plans, if this successor to the First Master is still alive out there then we may still have a chance to unite the empi-
Entry 11
“my last entry was interrupted by the return of our scavenging parties or at least 2 of them. And today I also learned what Ninja are. The parties that returned were in bad shape and some had to be sent to the healers, only a single badly damaged skiff returned, Brutus was beaten up and his armor scuffed a bit but he seemed alright he told me that his group and the skiff they brought was attacked by strange men in pajamas who called themselves Ninja and called upon the elements of earth and ice to wreak havoc on them. Fortunately the strange men had no intention to kill as they let them retreat back into the desert beaten and bruised but they had to leave the skiff behind. The other group reported a similar encounter but this time they used a martial art that let them turn themselves into tornadoes of energy. Spinjitzu! that means that they had to have learned it somewhere, perhaps we could find a way to communicate with them show them we mean no harm, tricky considering the reputation our kind has here. But my attention turned to the missing group, where were they and had they survived?”
Entry 12
“The invitations have been sent out to the Ninja and we must wait for a response, in the meantime I suppose I could talk about the Royal Relics. Ever since I was given these artifacts by my father I carried them around with me.first was a golden fang dagger with a emerald colored vial of venom with the power to create any venom or poison the wielder desires as long as the vial is filled with venom and the one wielding it is Serpentine (it’s also what I’m using to write in this journal). The second is a curved saber sword with a dark pink vial, the powers of this one counters the effects of the dagger making it a effective antidote, otherwise it sits on my desk shelf, but I make sure that it doesn’t gather dust. The varieties of venom and their effects are documented in a different book that over the years I have tested every possible combination and effect on local fauna from the outside of the city and fruits and plants from the royal gardens as well as from the apothecary down the street. the blade could cure any disease or sickness and has been on more than one occasion saved my people from plague and sickness. The dagger however can lay ruin to a army with a swipe of it’s blade, a unrelenting sickness…that is why these blades remain in my possession for should they fall into the wrong hands, and here there are many…disaster. many that future never come to fruition.”
Entry 13
“The tower watch has spotted a…flying boat? I assume that it belongs to the Ninja, they must have received my invitation I shall prepare the greeting party posthaste!”
“The meeting with the Ninja went miraculously well! after some initial unease I was able to persuade them that we have no intention of harming them or the realm, only that we live in relative peace, as a matter of fact I’ve even written down my thoughts on the individual Ninja:
“The one called Kai was skeptical of us at first with good reason, for one his powers over fire had been stolen by a malicious Serpentine witch named Aspheera and that his family had been abducted at one point by the Devourer’s progeny led by two rouge elemental masters to outfit their army with armor and weapons and to design a time traveling mech known as the Iron Doom. When he demanded why they should trust us I told him to look out the window and tell me what he saw. Even then He remained suspicious of us, I understood his difficulty trusting us but if we are to work together we must begin by healing old wounds. In the end I said I would help by bringing Aspheera to justice by giving her a proper sentence in our own prisons because here in the Empire “The empire is law, and the law is the soul of the empire.”
“The ‘Nindroid’ Zane was a peculiar subject of interest among my engineers and my scribes due to his robotic nature, the former curious about his mechanics and inner workings for inspiration for future projects and the latter…well they wanted him to share his knowledge on the world . needless to say the master of ice was absent for the majority of the negotiations, but he did help my engineers with some problems with components that they had been working on for the vehicle although we kept it’s existence a secret from the Ninja Zane was the only one who would know about it. He promised me he would keep my secret as long as the vehicle was never used to harm innocent lives to which I agreed “Trust is only a word when it is taken lightly.”
“Cole may have been a immediate hit among my strongest warriors especially Brutus who challenged him to a friendly sparing match. the two dueled each other for an hour before they both collapsed from exhaustion. afterwards they both laughed it off and spent the rest of the day talking with each other, After the Ninja left He told me that the master of earth was among the ninja who attacked the scavenging crew he was with and had bested him in one on one combat and that he had planned the match as a rematch to avenge his honor and get even, but in the end He ended up becoming friends with the human and had even shared some of his legion techniques with him. In return the master of earth had shown him something called ‘cake’ which would explain why his hands and mouth were caked in a sugary brown substance (did I really make a pun in here?) I’m just glad that we could find something we both have in common in one another “The armies of our enemies shatter on the walls of our unity.”
“The master of lightning Jay…wasn’t as social as the other three and seemed to be suffering from depression, the master of earth told me he usually isn’t like this and that normally he talks nonstop, recently Ninjago was attacked by Merlopians, a race of undersea people led by a ruthless prince to submerge the surface world with a sea monster of myth named Wojira. The Ninja were successful in driving out the invasion and destroying Wojira but at the cost of one of their members Nya who became one with the sea in order to give them the edge they needed. Nya the master of water had been everything to Jay, his yang to his yin, lovers, and when she sacrificed herself it left him in a heartbroken depressed state. So for the rest of the day I ordered the servants to leave him be though I can relate personally to his plight I too have lost someone dear to me…father…I will make you proud…But back to Jay what he needs is some guidance to help him through this, his friends will see to that. “Before they left I sat next to him and told him of how alike we are, how we both lost people important to us, when he asked who I told him the tale of how my father had given his own life to defend us as we came to this world, so that his son could live and unite man and snake as one to stand against the darkness that destroyed my home. After my story we sat in silence staring at the sunset. “Sorrow is like the day and night…it has a beginning and a end.”
“Just before the Ninja left they said that their master and their 5th member could not come due to…a special occasion, but they promised that they would have them come tomorrow, I have already commissioned new armor and weapons for them when they return.”
Entry 14
“We finally discovered what happened to our missing crew a few days ago, they have been incarcerated in a place called Kryptarium prison, a place for only the worst criminals. I shudder to imagine what they might be enduring in there. So I sent out our spymaster Quintus to free them. Quintus was not part of our original group but a mainland Serpentine who was outcast for breaking into places he wasn’t suppose to be in by accident, one night 5 years ago we caught him inside of our grain storage warehouse sleepwalking into a wall, when we put him into our prisons he was seen the next morning asleep in a statue’s arms, He eventually woke up and said he had no idea how it keeps happening he had somehow sleepwalked from his bed in the city to the middle of the street in a single night! according to him this has been happening to him all his life ever since he ate a entire bottle of sleep pills when he was young thinking it was candy.I saw potential from this unusual trait and offered him a place as a infiltrator and spy if he could defeat a single legionary in combat, it ended when the soldier pinned him down in the first few seconds of the match and we had to toss him out the front gates. That same night the same legionary was sent to the healers, he had apparently been attacked and overwhelmed by a sleepwalking shaded figure in the shadows and tossed into a trash can, and judging from how we found Quintus asleep in the middle of the street where the soldier was attacked the next morning showed something important. “Looks are deceiving.” He had been missing for a few days now and until now we had assumed he was just taking his time, until I spoke with the Ninja again today, this time they had brought their Green Ninja Lloyd who apologized for not showing up yesterday due to a break in at Kryptarium, a sleepwalking Serpentine was trying to free a gang of Venomari who had been imprisoned for a major shoplifting spree and a lengthy battle ensued which caused a mass breakout and riot from the other prisoners and Master Wu had to come and help secure the other inmates after the sleepwalker had been dealt with. I realized that Quintus must have tried to open the wrong cell and had been captured and locked up and I explained that the sleepwalker was one of my men who was trying to free a group of civilians that had been in the prison at the same time. Through some understanding with the human authorities, the citizens, other serpentine prisoners and Quintus were eventually released and returned to us some to become citizens and others to be imprisoned in our custody. Afterwards I sent a written apology to Lloyd and Wu for the inconvenience.”
Entry 15
“I would be lying if I said I ran a perfect little kingdom in the middle of a desert. Yes we are a small but still a part of a people known for deception, starting wars and a number of other negative things that we try to be separate from the rest thus proven today by a anti-Serpentine group of humans that call themselves the “Snake-Stompers”. So far they’ve stolen from our warehouses and written graffiti on the place walls (that is very hard to scrub out of stone mind you) and we’ve done our part by ignoring them or having the guard chase them out but lately they’ve become more bold when they burned a house and crossed a line when they vandalized a statue dedicated to my father. This will NOT stand! and it’s time we show them that the empire only tolerates Mischief for so long before the law puts it’s foot down.”
Entry 16
“The following day after the vandalism of my father’s statue I was pondering on how to respond when Quintus told me that during one of his browsing sessions that he liked to do in his free time he recently purchased a serpentine spell book from a passing human junk peddler who claimed that the book was one of two known copies that carried significance during the first Serpentine war. It seemed like a scam until he showed the book to me, and lo and behold it was real! Two of the many spells inside caught my interest, one turns humans into serpentine and the other turns Serpentine into well…humans. together me and Quintus created a plan but he fell asleep halfway through and fell out of a window during one of his sleepwalking episodes. But after keeping him awake long enough to tell my plan he was in for it, after all they had burned down his house and he was looking for a bit of payback. The plan was simple, the transformation spell only worked if the affected had a special serpentine tattoo so after using the human transformation spell I turned Quintus into a human lookalike and he set to work setting up a tattoo stand in Ninjago city and offering the known offenders free tattoos (I just hope he didn’t give anyone else a tattoo) Quintus knows more about humans than I do which is why I chose him to carry this out. When he returned he complained about liquid coming from his face and that he felt his insomnia was even worse as a human, He was very glad once the spell was removed. The next part of the plan came When I woke in the middle of the night to the sound of rotten fruit hitting the walls and the shouts from the guards, The Snake Stompers had returned but this time I had just the thing for them. I brought the book with me to the top of the wall in front of the gates and recited the spell. In a matter of seconds just as I expected The delinquents began to turn into snakes screaming and panicking at the sudden transformation and their sudden loss of legs. Everyone (me included) watching could barely hold back laughter at the newly transformed snake man stumbled and tripped over their tails and each other as they slithered into the horizon I intended to turn them back eventually but I’m too tired to stay up any later at the time of writing this so i’m back to bed, satisfied that justice has been served.”
Entry 17
“I messed up…this is my fault and I should be responsible for my mistake. This afternoon the Ninja came to the city…well 4 of them came along with a serpentine in a red robe and spiked hair who I didn’t recognize right away. They asked if they could help their friend Kai who had been turned into a snake overnight. When I heard that the robed serpentine was Kai I immediately excused myself and tracked down Quintus in his bed, After shaking him awake I demanded why he gave Kai a serpent tattoo, He told me that the red ninja had noticed the quality of the body paints and paid good money to get the tattoo. I cant believe that I had to painstakingly explain that the reason the master of fire was a serpentine and had a hard time getting around without legs was because of me and my associates. Thankfully they understood once I told them about a number of petty attacks by a anti serpentine group and how we found a spell book that could turn people into serpentine,we never intended to harm anyone else. Wu said that the effects of the spell should wear off eventually…unless a reversal spell was used. I recalled that Quintus was made human by applying a human tattoo to his scales and that worked, so when we painted it on and recited the words required to transform a snake into a man he turned back to normal (although I refrained from pointing out that he still had a tiny tail sticking out under his robes, eh it will disappear eventually). On a brighter note later the Snake Stompers who had returned to normal showed up at the front gates and apologized for all the times that they terrorized my people saying that the reason they did all of it was that during the war, serpentine raiders had looted and burned their village to the ground long ago leaving them the last surviving members. Ever since they had developed a sever hatred of our kind and formed this group out of spite. When they were turned into snakes last night it gave them a perspective change on our kind ”walking in our shoes” and they had come to a conclusion that after they transformed back they would stop attacking us and dissolve the group. A happy ending indeed…after a long day I had the spell book locked away into my personal vault and Quintus was punished for his blunder by having him scrub all the statues, walls and floors.”
Entry 18
“C.O.B.R.A. ONE” that was the name our chief engineer gave to the automaton He presented to me today in my throne room. a machine that was made using a number of parts workings of the nindroid head from a month ago. he told me that with it’s help it could speed up the assembly of the vehicle and offer protection of our empire, a advancement into the future. I was suffering a severe migraine at the time and just approved it right away. now I see that may have been a terrible mistake after I went to the apothecary to cure my headache. Our local alchemists the Fangs, Sanguinus and his 4 assistants, Bitta, Fangtus, Vampyra, and Greg. the story behind these 5 was that they had just been Greg once, a Fangpyre who may have not been the smartest among his peers and had bitten himself one too many times resulting in 4 different personalities in one body, I even heard that he was in the ranks of the Vermillion once because he was mistaken for one of them! But the others try their best to keep Greg out of trouble leading to some bizarre adventures,eventually the settled down here to cook up potions for the residents. After purchasing a healing potion Bitta told me a rumor that some local businesses were being replaced with automated ones thanks to that new C.O.B.R.A. ONE that had been introduced. Vampyra was worried that their business was next but I told them I would not let that happen, the empire was built by the hands and sweat of the people not machines. until I heard a commotion outside the shop where a new auto apothecary was being advertised. “This is ridiculous! robots can’t take peoples jobs!” was what I recall saying before I noticed the crowd gathering around it. I felt so bad about the Fang family losing their jobs because of my stupid decision that I told the alchemists to come with me to the center of the marketplace where I made a announcement and proposed a contest between the Fangs and the potion brewing machine to prove which was better. we shall judge tomorrow but first I have to send a letter to someone in mind.”
Entry 19
“Today the contest will be held in the throne room between our alchemists the Fangs and the potion machine by C.O.B.R.A. ONE. the contest consisted of three rounds where the first to create a potion that matched the description of what was called out would win a point, but I’ve seen the Fangs brew multiple potions at once countless times and I have believe in them personally. Which brings me back to what I saw today face to face. C.O.B.R.A. ONE, It had a menacing design that unsettles me with it’s golden sheen, red eyes and almost lifelike movements, Something is up with that thing I know it! When I gave the contestants to the signal to start I signaled to our special guest to begin his investigation for to understand a machine you should get help from one. The night before I sent a letter to the master of ice Zane to help me with our machine problem where he would scan the various new appliances around town while the civilians were occupied with the contest to find anything suspicious. When he came back he asked where the parts for C.O.B.R.A. ONE had been made, after telling him that my engineers had used parts from derelict nindroids from under the city He looked concerned. those machines had malicious coding in them that directly related to the Golden Master, a immediate red flag. I excused myself from the contest making up a lie that the fumes were making me nauseous and assigned Quintus to oversee in my stead. Me and Zane entered the engineering labs only to find the place a mess! and C.O.B.R.A. ONE missing. Judging from the treads marks in the ground it looked like it had gone to the old launch facility under the city, I have gathered some of the royal guard including Brutus to assist the master of ice down in the depths, for I cannot go myself in case something happens on the surface even as I write this I can hear some kind of mechanical footsteps outside my door…”
Entry 20
“I Emperor Ophideus have been captured by some kind of Robot serpentine lookalikes and have been taken somewhere underground. I’m in some kind of prison cell along with Zane, Brutus and the guard I sent down. I overheard the mechanical guard talking about how C.O.B.R.A. ONE will replace me as emperor and march on Ninjago city! Inside our cell was also the chief engineer who made that despicable machine. He was down here because he had been having second thoughts about introducing C.O.B.R.A. ONE so early and had attempted to shut it down when it realized it had achieved sentience and in turn it turned on it’s creator. Zane asked if it had any weaknesses and the engineer revealed that without the hood piece on the back of it’s head where it’s A.I. is stored it would shut down but the removal of such a piece would fry it’s motherboard rendering it useless. We have only this to knowledge count on, we cannot fail or else it may spell disaster for all of Ninjago!”
Entry 21
“I write this entry in recognition of our great triumph today. C.O.B.R.A. ONE’s chassis lies in ruin and the remains have been melted down to forge the first set of armor for our Ninja allies, this first set was given to Zane in honor of his valorous efforts to stop the robot invasion. The core was placed into the vault and the chief engineer responsible has had his engineering privileges revoked permanently and has been locked in prison cell for a week. The Fangs…lost the contest, they were no match for the machine and failed to make a potion even close to the quality that the vending machine brewed by the dozens, I was walking home when I found them outside of their closed shop clearly depressed. however I came up with a solution and offered them a place as royal chief engineer and alchemist since our current engineer had his license revoked. Needless to say they gladly took up the offer and said they would get to work tomorrow, I just told them to stick to simple appliances and vehicles, and not killer robots.”
Entry 22
“The vehicle is finally complete! though it looked more like a armored war machine than a fortress from what I saw in the blueprint. apparently when C.O.B.R.A. ONE was active it found the unfinished vehicle and used it’s resources to complete it, although it seems like it made some…adjustments. The schematic never showed any weapons on it neither was the extendable tower in the original design either. The interior has many racks on it’s walls for weapons unknown. some slots match the shapes of many known artifacts from Ninjago’s history such as the fang blades and the serpentine staffs of old. regardless, I shall have The Fangs and a crew of engineers and scribes investigate further, until then I need to speak to Brutus about some important topics like when we shall reveal ourselves fully to the humans, I think it might be finally time to do so.”
Entry 23
“This is a list for all the relics we need to place into the ‘Ophidia Draconis VII‘ (That is what I named the vehicle after seeing it yesterday, at least I’ve got seven more names in mind if it doesn’t work) I’ve stayed up late researching into what is and isn’t claimable and for what has been destroyed or lost, the master smith Basilis can forge replicas and our scribes can imbue them with similar enchantments. The list follows;
1x Sword of Sanctuary
3x Masks of the Oni (Two replicas, keep contained)
2x Blades of Deliverance (replicas)
4x Fang blades (Replicas?)
2x amulets of storm and sea (one replica)
1x Jade blade
1x Staff of the elements (replica)
2x Naginatas fused with the Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu (one replica, handle with care)
1x Djinn blade
4x Time blades (replicas)
1x Elemental blade
1x Techno blade (replica, fashioned after departed blade)
1x Dragon armor (shield plus sword)
4x Serpentine staffs
3x Key-tanas (replicas, need more research into subject, may ask the Ninja about this one)
“If I am missing any I shall update this list…”
Entry 24
“Brutus and I are going to visit Wu and the Ninja in their monastery today, It will be the first time in over 24 years that I Emperor Ophidius the twelfth, last remaining heir to the Ophidian Empire, step outside these walls. in my absence Clancee, one of the prisoners we brought into our custody has agreed to keep watch over the city while I am gone, such a strange one he is, ever since he got here he’s been mopping the floors all day and every day and more than once there have been ‘accidents’ among my servants and guards related to wet floors, I have learned to step carefully around spots he’s been to. We plan on staying for a week to establish a diplomatic relationship with our allies and hopefully show the rest of the people we mean no harm, we plan on taking a palanquin to the Ninja’s home, hopefully to prevent any suspicion from passing travelers.”
Entry 25
“We have made it to the Monastery! Wu has been kind enough to prepare a room for me and Brutu- Apparently Quintus is here too having stowed away under our transport but fell asleep underneath when we got there. No matter Brutus is already outside trying out the training dojo they have here. Speaking of which it’s so different here than what we have back home! everything’s so much smaller and the decor is fascinating, a major shift from the utilitarian stone walls of the palace to these ornate wooden walls. Even though I still have my journal and a single weapon from my personal armory with me I believe might have nothing to do but train with the Ninja and Brutus, although I heard Cole mention something called a ‘video games’…interesting, I’ll have to check it out later.”
Entry 26
“These ‘video games’ Jay showed me are intriguing. it is played on a large window like contraption called a ‘tee-vee’ that comes to life and moves when you turn on the ‘gaming console’. He showed me a game called “Prime Empire” a recently released game that quickly rose to popularity and had been at one point alive. The Blue Ninja explained that the objective was to move the little man on the image to the other side of the screen while avoiding traps and other enemies trying to shoot at you, I fell into a pit and died on my first try then a enemy shot me on my last life point. Eventually I ran out of lives and got a game over, but I refuse to give up! At the time of writing this I am proud to announce that I have beaten my first boss in the game and am near the next dungeon, Brutus came in earlier and was surprised to see me playing video games, He told it was nine o clock at night and playing too much is not good for me. Pffft I can stop whenever I want!”
Entry 27
“I almost at the final boss but I always get stuck on this one jumping section where there are spikes and fireballs…what time is it? how long have I been doing this? nevermind I can beat this level if I upgrade my speed stat and maybe get a fire resist upgrade then-”
Entry23? 28? 68? whatever
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Entry 28 6:00 a.m.
“In our Highness’s take of sick leave I Brutus, general of the Ophidian Empire’s army and personal bodyguard to his graciousness have taken it upon myself to record future events in this biography until his highness can recover from his…illness. It is that I formally regret not being their to intervene, that this could have been prevented from happening is unacceptable! I have failed my Emperor by not stopping him from exhausting himself to the point of dehydration as the ice ninja told me. I believe the recently appointed royal alchemist and engineer can create a remedy for this but he will have to heal on his own afterwards. meanwhile the Ninja and Master Wu have apologized for the incident and said that next time they would be more careful. as commander I have sent order a order ahead to prepare the Emperor’s royal chambers when we return. Ophid- his majesty…I was there when he hatched from his egg, when his father Emperor Ophidius the eleventh ordered me to watch over him, and how on the same night I fought and crushed the would be assassins sent by the crows to end our future Emperor’s life, and I was there when the Oni destroyed our home. if you are reading this in the future my emperor, know that I care for your well being and I will do everything in my power to protect your life even if I must give my own to do so.”
Entry 29
“This is Brutus writing again as our emperor is still sick and cannot write today. Although he suffers from a high fever he is swiftly recovering. When we returned the palace was a mess! it looked as if multiple parties had been thrown in here. I found Clancee cleaning the floors with a broken mop handle, when I confronted him on the mess he said it wasn’t his fault, some city serpentine had thrown a wild rave party the night before and that when He tried to stop them they locked him in a closet that night. Since then he’s been cleaning up the morning after trying to make the palace presentable by himself. Quintus and I made a note to track down the ones responsible for this mess (The fact that they wasted perfectly good cake on the walls and banners makes me mad!) Thankfully the Emperor’s chambers had been locked while we were gone so his room was spared the ruckus from the night before. Right now the palace is almost cleaned up fully and the party holders have been locked in the cells for a day. Master Wu has even sent a herbal tea to help with fevers for us as a gift, I’m not privy to teas myself but his highness tried it today and he says He would like to order more for the foreseeable future.”
Entry 30
“Brutus writing on my observations as I watched a group of soldiers train in the yard today, a squad of veteran soldiers vs a group of mainland recruits. The newcomers were put on offense and told to break through the veteran’s defense. While the soldiers formed a wall formation with their shields I watched as the opposition charged blindly at them bashing the wall with their weapons and shields until they tired themselves out trying to break the wall down. I swapped them around to see if they would fair better but when the soldiers charged the poorly made wall formation the mainlanders had put up it crumbled like it was made of paper. At this point I turned to leave when Basilis came to me with the new helmet I brought in for repairs yesterday, he saw how poorly training was coming along and gave me an idea of bringing back the slither pit. Basilis is a retired veteran of the legion, He was among the survivors made the trip with us to Ouroborus. When we settled in he started his business in blacksmithing to continue his service to the legion by supplying them with armor and weapons. when we went to war with the crows it was his weapons and armor that gave us the edge against their crude barbaric tools. He was the one who forged his Highness’s family weapons and my armor (people keep confusing me for a Constrictai, I tell them I am a distant ancestor of them from long ago) and I trust his word as old friends do, but to go against the Emperor’s word on bringing back a outlawed practice I asked him why he would suggest such a thing. When he explained that the illegal underground fighting rings around the city that had been plaguing the guard for months would be impossible to root out entirely…unless…it is officially introduced back as a lawful sport for the public, then the fight rings would lose business and eventually fade out. immediately we got to work on presenting this the the Emperor hopefully he will like this idea.”
Entry 31
“Brutus and Basilis came to me today with a idea about reintroducing the slither pit to society. I reminded them that it was a illegal barbaric sport, deserving to be forgotten in a age of civility. Brutus then said that the number of illegal pit fights had only increased in the past month and that a actual legal fighting tournament would not only quell these illicit practices but also to train more recruits for the legion and to empty out the prisons which were fit to bursting with all of the arrests being made daily. Basilis claimed that it would be a excellent place to test his weapons and armor, explaining that the times of peace had caused his stock of weapons to remain unused and gather dust, and that it would be most helpful if there was some way to get more people to buy his wares so he could have more room for more projects. Eventually I agreed to let the Slither pit return under the condition that it be run by someone reliable and that strict rules be instated. Basilis agreed to run the new Slither pit and that the arena would begin construction tomorrow morning. Personally I am a little unsure about this idea but the best ideas come from the ones you are uncertain about, what could go wrong?”
Entry 32
“The first Slither pit match this city has seen in over a decade is about to begin and here I am sitting in a decorated stall overlooking the arena. the schedule lists that the first match ups will be some soldiers dueling each other, next will be several Skulkin warriors vs mainland Serpentine, and the semi-final match up will be Quintus vs a renowned slither pit fighter Zoltar. as for the actual final fight, I only know that it is Brutus vs someone else. I’m very curious about who it will be.”
Entry 33
“What a show this has turned out to be! the match between Quintus and Zoltar was slow, the first thing Quintus did was run away from his opponent but the crowd loved it, watching him scream and run around the arena. but it picked up fast when Quintus got tired and fell asleep halfway through into one of his sleepwalking episodes were he beat the daylights out of his opponent who ended up being the one running instead. The match concluded with Quintus as the winner and we took a short break to prepare the final round. During the break I saw Brutus wearing a full suit of armor and a helmet of gold, we talked about the matches and what we thought of them, this arena idea was incredibly popular with the soldiers and royal guard, especially since illegal fighting pit activities have dropped by half in one day! Brutus you genius! He had to leave due to the next match starting soon, this has been the best idea since we decided to come here! the people are happy and that is what matters.”
Entry 34
“Night falls on the arena and as I write this Brutus and Cole have been dueling in the arena for hours in fact it so evenly matched that we had to take a break in between matches several times. Yes the earth ninja Cole was the final contender of the arena who heard about the arena and wanted to try it out. I found out just before the match started when I met him on the way back and explained that during a recent battle against a newly formed criminal gang, a important landmark had been destroyed in the crossfire and the town needed the money for the repairs. I asked if a chest full of imperial gold and platinum would be enough as that just happened to be the prize for the tournament’s winner. (math has given calculated that a single imperial gold coin is worth a thousand human coins) This is round 4 of the final duel all or nothi- wait the match just started! I’ll write in this later I have to watch this!”
Entry 35
“I am shaken by what has happened tonight, the finals were interrupted by a third contestant who entered from the stands. (it is against the rules for audience interfere with ongoing duels, it is not written anywhere that any previous contestant may re-enter) From afar I recognized this contestant by his fighter name ‘Boa Destructor’ from the leader boards although he had not been seen during the entirety of the tournament until now. It was when he donned a strange red mask and grew a extra pair of arms that caused panic among the audience, I called for the guards to enter the arena and apprehend the masked contestant but he was too powerful for them and blew them away with little effort. The mask itself resembled one of the Oni from long ago looking at it brought back bad memories making me afraid at first, but when I saw Brutus and Cole working together to best this opponent it sparked something in me that I never thought I had, I barely remember what Quintus said when I grabbed my glaive of the wall and leapt into the arena…But I remember every second of my combat training paying off when I used the serrated blade on my weapon to snap Boa Destructor’s swords and the hooked end to rip off the mask from his face. After the guards had taken him away and sealed that infernal mask in the vaults, I congratulated Cole on his victory in the arena and gifted him another suit of armor reserved for the winner of the arena as a consolation prize. I can still see his vehicle driving off into the sunset out my window. On a side note the new Slither Pit was a massive success! thousands came to see it and helped boost morale among the royal guards almost all of the illegal pits have either been shut down or closed this has been exciting day but I need my rest so I’ll write some more tomorrow.”
Entry 36
“Our efforts to study the Oni mask have proven fruitless, not even the Fangs and the whole of the engineering team was able to properly examine the mask without the temptation to put it on. I’ve even had C.O.B.R.A. ONE’s processor out of the vault to have it attempt to study it, nothing! no inscriptions, no signs of any rituals performed on it…it’s probably for the best that we destroy it but then again, it would be a waste to just break the last Oni Mask in the realm no telling what would happen…no…no I’ll just seal it into the vaults or…Wait that’s it! the portal from which we first came here! what better place to seal it away than a whole other realm, a place where it will be forgotten forever. I’ll have a expedition team assembled tomorrow and who better to help than someone who’s half-oni himself.”
Entry 37
“Lloyd, the green ninja came this afternoon for our expedition to the portal. When I showed him the Oni mask we had in glass case, He was surprised and asked why we hadn’t gotten rid of it. I informed him of the plan to use the ancient portal we came here in, how our scribes with the assistance of one of our esteemed mechanics would repair and re-opoen the portal so we could toss the mask into oblivion. After telling him this he agreed, right now we are getting close, the ruins are visible just over the dunes. It won’t be until sundown until we arrive and even so, I’ve been told the portal will take two days to repair and another to prepare the ritual to open the portal to…who knows where… some of the scribes complain about strange urges to wear the mask and our mechanic…there’s something off about him and why he wore a face covering hood the whole way to the ruins, especially that familiar looking brooch on him where have I seen it before. Lloyd says he’ll keep an eye on the mask of vengeance while we rest but I insisted that he at least let me accompany him while he does so.”
Entry 38
“Construction on the portal has been going smoothly though maybe too smoothly, I been watching this ‘Cobra Mechanic’ work on the portal. He brought all this equipment to make the work go faster, drones, jet packs, tools among other things (How did he fit all that into one bag?) But enough about him, I asked Lloyd this afternoon about what had been happening as of late. Apparently the ninja were having trouble with an all serpentine criminal gang calling themselves the ‘Venom Bitters’ and showed me a picture of one of them, that same brooch on the Cobra Mechanic was on the criminal shown in the picture. So our mechanic is one of the Venom Biters, we have a saboteur walking about. But we cannot risk direct confrontation with all those drones flying about so we must be discreet about it. The green ninja already has a plan already, by sunrise of the next day we’ll catch our spy red handed.”
Entry 39
“What a day! and also the plan was a rousing success! earlier I took one of the other scribes aside and asked him if they had anything that could replicate the effects of a Electromagnetic pulse, he said that they had some crystals among their supplies that had to be sealed away in a airtight container because of the energy waves they gave off that would tamper with nearby machines when exposed to sunlight and that the more spread out they were the wider the radius. I ordered these crystal to be planted around the site surrounding the portal and covered with a sheet as the first part of the plan, Lloyd already is on the next part. When we regrouped he remarked that for a ruler I was awfully active, “just because I rule over a tribe of ancient Serpentine that predate most modern knowledge doesn’t mean I’m juts going to sit back and let my guards do all the hard work, it gives a good example for others to follow by.” Lloyd had damaged one of the drones by ‘accident’ like the plan entailed and when Cobra Mechanic came to investigate we confronted him about his true identity as part of the Venom Bitters and asked him why they were doing all this. He revealed that he was the previous Chief mechanic who created C.O.B.R.A. ONE and alongside other disgruntled citizens and some officers they formed the Venom Bitters, a criminal gang who disagreed with my methods of ruling and sought to convert the population back to the old ways of warmongering and to do that they needed me out of the picture so they could use the Ophidia Draconis to conquer Ninjago! When he tried to turn the drones against us however we gave the signal to uncover the crystals to the midday sun emitting a pulse strong enough to knock out all the drones in the area and his back mounted electronics, he was easily defeated and restrained by some guardsmen to be escorted back to the city to be put behind bars…wait a minute we didn’t bring any guardsmen with us…anyhow, the portal was opened showing us a glimpse to it’s destination, a barren space full of derelict rock and…giant bionic men fighting each other? I thought I saw a floating mask in there. speaking of masks we tossed the Oni mask into the vortex just before it closed to wherever that was. The sun was setting by the time we were packing our things to go home. On the way back The green ninja asked me about the statue of my father in my courtyard wondering what he was like. My father…Ophideus the eleventh, was a noble ruler who was kind to me…and only me out of my three other siblings who he ignored constantly in favor of grooming me to be the next emperor. Oh yes! how could I forget my two sisters and brother, I was the youngest of the family…but that was a story for another time. In turn I asked him about his dad, and where he was. When he didn’t answer I decided not to press further it must have been a harsh subject. The rest of our journey was silent until I offered to have a suit of armor to be delivered tomorrow for his help to which he agreed, I’m glad that we can bond over something like this, if we are to live in peace in the future things must be done one stone at a time.”
Entry 40
“We. have. been. deceived. I return home after our portal expedition to find my city in flames! when I found Brutus wounded I ordered my personal staff, Basilus, Quintus and The Fangs, everyone I trusted, everyone in my personal circle to the safe room under the palace for a meeting. We passed by a group of civilians both my own and mainlander alike banding together to put out the fires, at least whatever happened it had nothing to do with the civilian populous. We seated ourselves and discussed what happened while I was gone. Firstly, Quintus had said that he spotted some guardsmen returning to the city with the Cobra Mechanic in custody while he was dozing off, and watched them enter the prison building when a hour later it exploded, he could not elaborate further as he did not follow them. Second up Basilus mentioned he was on going home for the day when he overheard some of the inmates speaking amongst themselves through some prison windows, it sounded like they had planned something…something about outside forces disguising themselves as guardsmen and following us to the portal to make sure we were far enough from the city, then take the Cobra Mechanic into custody and infiltrate the prison building to cause a prison break! Thirdly, Brutus was on guard duty at the prison when the breakout had occurred, he let a group of guardsmen through with their prisoner when they turned on and overpowered him afterwards they tied him up and threw him out a window, the rest he does not remember as he blacked out shortly. Finally, The Fangs visited the prison after the breakout and deduced from camera footage and witness reports that confirmed that the ‘guardsmen’ had been all members of the Venom Bitters who freed all of their comrades Boa Destructor and Cobra Mechanic, who also escaped amongst a few other dangerous criminals, such as ‘Viper Flyer’, a officer who was somewhat of a egotistic airhead who’s methods of arrest were a bit to extreme, especially against mainlanders. and the just as dangerous ‘Python Dynamite’ a crazed lunatic who was arrested for trying to bring explosives into the palace…on multiple occasions, also wanted by the Ninjago police force for arson. These dangerous criminals now wander the wastes and we’re till reeling from the blow from today,Brutus is suffering a broken leg and will be unable to renter the field for a week or so until he recovers and many other places, not just the prison have been vandalized or robbed and so we must stay and lick our wounds as the humans say it. I don’t know if I’ll find sleep tonight knowing that.”
Entry 41
Some strange robot drone appeared in my window tonight, it spoke to me with a image of a figure wearing a ghastly kabuki mask, it said “Emperor Ophideus, you have been chosen to be part of the Council of the Crystal King to take revenge on those who wronged you will you accept?” of course I swatted that thing out the window but I didn’t hear it fall, What was that thing? and how did it get into my personal bedchambers? and more importantly why did it say that? revenge? on who? the ninja? but they’ve been nothing but a benefit to us, true we did invade on their space more than once and cause a few issues but to be fair we worked it out in the end. I asked Basilius to search for the crystal drone and take it out, and I’ve been trying to find anything in the library associated with this ‘Crystal King’ it spoke of. I would warn the ninja but they’re occupied dealing with the Venom Bitters currently alongside the soldiers I sent to aid them. In the meantime I’ll begin on outfitting the Ophidia Draconis for war if what I learned tonight becomes a threat in the future.
Entry 42
Hello my name is Quintus and the emperor has asked me to record his efforts tonight in this journal, I always wanted one of these but writing makes me tired can I stop soon? what do you mean I’m writing everything I’m saying in this journal? isn’t that what it’s for? I’m just speaking my mind, hey can I get one when-”(…zzz) He fell asleep writing, lovely…anyhow I’m writing in here because I may be going to human jail for what I and Quintus are about to do. The Ninjago museum has relics pertaining to The Ophidian empire somehow and we’re going to get them back, Before these relics came to my knowledge a courier from one of the scouting parties reported seeing these items on display. But how? did messing with the portal cause some artifacts from my world to leak out into here? a plausible theory from the Fangs but I have to see it myself, and since we cannot enter the city out in the open, we must break in at night.One of the relics is a painting of my father, the same one that use to hang in the royal palace back when I was a child. I need to know if these paintings are true Ophidian relics from my home…then they belong in the possession of a true blooded heir to the Ophidian family name.
Entry 43
Quintus writing here again, the art exhibit was a trap set up by the Venom Bitters, the police were waiting for us when we entered and he told me to run and tell the ninja, I escaped by hiding in the vent and had no choice but to watch his highness be dragged off to who knows where. I stayed in there long enough to watch those scoundrel thugs make off with the painting! I realize the Emperor will not be pleased with me writing in his journal again but if I record this in here by the time we rescue him from whatever dingy cell they have him in, maybe perhaps he’ll recognize my valor…and take me off of scrubbing duty? please if your reading this your majesty could I have my old job back? please?
Entry 44
These…stairs…too many…why...mountain? live?
[…zzzz]
I must have passed out while climbing the steps, or maybe I fell asleep again…either way I informed the ninja of the incident eventually after some more climbing and passing out (never climbing those steps again!) the ninja Kai has elected to come with me on my quest for my freedom from cleaning duties, I apologized for turning him into a serpentine a while back and he took it surprisingly well saying he had pressed me into giving the tattoo and he should have not been so harsh. Our destination is Kryptarium prison, I have been here before trying to break serpentine prisoners out though I should have had my eyes open for that one, I told the master of fire about the secret passage I took to break inside in the first place and that we would be taking that to get in, he was less enthusiastic to hear that it was through a sewer grate. before I left Wu gave me a concoction called ‘Serenitea’ to help me with my stress, thank goodness I might actually get proper sleep for once. I thanked them and we left on our way to Kryptarium to rescue Emperor Ophideus and bring justice to the ones who framed him…what do you mean I’m writing aloud? I don’t see you writing in a journal, nevermind Quintus, serving his highness now and forever out…come to think of it that seems a little cheesy, maybe if I-
(…zzzzzz)
Entry 45
I…really shouldn’t be writing in someone else’s journal but there’s just something about this book that makes me want to leave something in here. I don’t think it’s magic or anything, that Quintus guy fell asleep and kinda forgot about it, and I didn’t want the Emperor’s personal diary to get wet or anything so we’re keeping it safe until he comes back for it. Kai’s out to help Ophideus, Zane, Cole and Lloyd are out fighting the Snake Warriors and Master Wu is busy trying to find a way to bring back…Nya…maybe it wouldn’t hurt to write in here to get my mind somewhere else. I’m pretty sure this book is magic or something cause I can’t help it I just have to write something in here! Ok… my name’s Jay, master of lightning and I’m writing my feelings in here…about recent events. The Snake warriors we’ve been pursuing have been tricky to capture, when we corner one the others come and back him up! Ophideus’s people sure know how to work together…maybe I can write down some stuff we found about them Zane usually does this kind of stuff but well like I said he’s not here right now so looks like I get to do it. The recent entries say the one with the big fists is called ‘Boa Destructor’ so I’ll start with what i know about him, He’s a big mean bruiser who likes to get in close with his fire proof gauntlets, Kai figured that out real quick. He has strong armor at the front but not on his back, seems he might not be that smart either. So another one we fought was the…’Python…Dynamite? huh, I don’t think this one’s related to the Anacondrai. I just don’t get how a small guy like that carries so much dynamite, like where dose he keep getting all of it? best to find some cover, he’s got a real good throwing arm! Something that doesn’t add up though, why are they doing this? why go through all this trouble to depose Ophideus? from what I’ve been reading here they’ve already made several attempts on the Emperor’s life and I don’t think they will be stopping any time soon, ‘Viper Flyer’? haven’t seen of that one yet, should keep an eye on the eye next time we go after them. And lastly, ‘Cobra Mechanic’…Lloyd told me he always had a bunch of machines around him, and that with a electric shock took his equipment out, I’ll keep that in mind next time I get out there. Yeah maybe I should stop here, I mean I did read about that time he stayed here, was wondering about that…I should show him the arcade in town, but then he wouldn’t want to leave so…nevermind, this journal stuff is fun! no wonder he carries this everywhere he goes.
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Entry 50
Tonight is a festival they call ‘Day of the Departed’