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"Alright, ladies and gentlemen! We will now be taking one question from our in-studio audience!" The audience applauded Gayle as she got up from her chair.
Everyone waited with bated breath. The audience in excitement and the ninja in dread.
"So, what do you want to ask the heroes of Ninjago young man?" Gayle held her microphone in front of a teenage boy in the second row.
His eyes sparkled in excitement, "Can you give your opinions on Cole's secret twitch channel conspiracy theory?"
Kai and Nya's eyes widen as they turned to face Cole. Zane raised a questioning eyebrow at Cole. Lloyd and Jay looked like they were about to burst out laughing. Meanwhile, Cole's face looked a bit more flushed than normal.
Jay quickly grabbed one of the mics the ninja had been sharing, "That is 100% a false conspiracy theory. We would all notice if Cole started a twitch channel."
Cole was quick to follow up on Jay's reply, "Yeah, they would be the first to know. Plus, I'm not really into more story-based games."
"I never said anything about the type of games," The teenager responded.
Lloyd reached over and grabbed the mic, "One, it's a popular conspiracy theory. Two, Cole can't handle any of the games played on that channel." Lloyd continued with a poignant smirk aimed at Cole, "He's a total wuss when it comes to horror games."
Jay continued, "Yea! We once tried playing Alien and-"
Cole glared at the two of them, "I'm not a wuss! I am perfectly capable of playing horror games! I mean I seem to recall I'm the only person here who finished the game, and I nearly have every achievement."
"Actually, that is not true. Pixal and I finished the game as well." Zane spoke up.
"Alright, ladies and gentlemen! It looks like we'll have to leave it here! We'll be back right after the ad break!"
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The ninja were back in their shared dressing room... And to say it was chaos in there was an understatement.
"Skylor, why did you send the question in?!" Kai was currently on a facetime call with the woman in question.
"I thought you said you would spare us!" Lloyd wined
"Well, Nya kinda called in a favor. Plus, I think it's a great story."
Meanwhile, Nya was cackling in the background.
"How did they remember that show. I thought it was finally lost to time." Jay dramatically flopped onto the couch and Zane patted his shoulder.
"The internet forgets nothing..." Zane said while looking into the distance (well, more like the wall).
"Oh great, now it's trending that I have a gaming channel! You guys gaslit me!"
"Gaslight, gatekeep, --" Before Jay could finish Nya threw a slice of cheese from the team's food platter at him.
"Girlboss," Jay whispers out.
Kai shooed Lloyd away as he continued his facetime call with Skylor.
"At this rate, we'll be trending for the entire week." Lloyd laughed.
"It's all fun and games until you remember that we're going to have a repeat of all those stalkers from 2 years ago."
Lloyd stopped laughing, "You know what tell them I decided to a vacation to the departed realm."
And then Lloyd dramatically flopped onto the couch.
"Oof- you jerk I'm on this couch too!"
"Geez, this couch sure sounds annoying."
Jay rolls his eyes, "You know what?"
Then Jay pushed himself up slightly and threw the slice of cheese at Lloyd. All that could be heard from the room after was screaming.
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"And we're back with our very own heroes of Ninjago!" Gayle Gossip gave her award-winning TV host smile.
"Now we move on to our final question of the night! Zane, we got a lot of questions asking if you're in a relationship. Care to comment?"
Zane had a soft lovesick smile as he answered the question, "I am in a relationship."
"He's got it bad," Kai whispered while nudging Nya.
"Shut up. It's adorable," Nya elbowed him.
"Who's the lucky lady?" Gayle asked, completely ignoring the two siblings.
"Sorry Gayle, but I cannot answer that question as she asked to not be in the spotlight like the rest of us."
"Well, then how about you talk about why you like her?" Gayle smiled, trying to get any more information about what was sure to be trending news in the next hour.
"That is a rather complicated answer. But, I think the simplest answer would be how she views the world in a way I can't." Zane replied with a far-off look, his face a bit pink.
Zane received an internal ping message from Pixal.
What an interesting choice of words.
You know what I mean.
Perhaps more than you realize.
"They grow up so fast," Jay whispered, wiping a faux tear away.
"Shut it, motor mouth," Cole whispered back.
"Well, what a lovely end to this interview! Thank you all for joining us here, and have a wonderful evening Ninjago!"