Ninjago: The Cursed Child

Chapter 98: The Temple of Madness

Jay, Nya, and Aria stand in front of a conveyor belt filled with spinning blades that lead to the Temple of Madness.

"Every single path leads straight into a spinning blade!" Nya shouts frustrated

Jay points "Look at there! See it? There was a thing, for a second. There's another!"

"Did you hit your head Jay?" Aria asks staring at the conveyor belt

"No, it's like the game has a glitch!" Jay shouts

"Oh I see it" Nya says "Back on Dyer Island, we learned this was Dyer's very first adventure game. But it was never released because of problems"

Aria is literally staring at where they're looking "...I don't see it"

"How do you not see it?" Nya questions

"It doesn't matter, we'll help you Aria" Jay tells her

"Alright" Aria sighs "well video game obstacles are usually on a time loop"

"So if we get the timing down, we can make it to the other side" Nya says

Jay looks at the belt "But the glitches are unpredictable, and we can't get past them safely"

"Then I guess we'll have to improvise" Nya shrugs

"Just like dancing!" Jay shouts

"that I can do" Aria smiles

"follow us" Nya says to Aria

Jay and Nya hold hands and start to go through the conveyor belt, Aria follows them.

"One, two, three, step!" They step through a spinning blade "One, two, three, jump!" They leap over another blade "One, two, three, roll!" They roll through a third blade and encounter a glitch "Other track, now!" They leap to the other conveyor belt, but Jay loses balance and falls. Nya and Aria grab his hands in time "Aah!"

They successfully pass through the rest of the blades and reach the other side.

"Piece of cake!" Jay says happily

"Not for long" Aria taps his head "Video games usually increase in difficulty as you progress dum dum"

Nya sighs "So whatever is on the other side of this door is gonna be even worse"

The door to the Temple opens. The three enter only to find an empty sushi restaurant.

The sushi waitress bows "Welcome"

"...The Temple of Madness has a sushi restaurant?" Jay looks around confused

"Where are all the guests?" Nya questions

"We've been expecting you" The Sushi Waitress says

"You have?" Nya asks

"No way" Aria crosses her arms "I don't trust this"

The Sushi Waitress smiles "Of course. Jay Walker, party of three. Right this way.

"Oh, perfect! 'Cause I'm starving" Jay follows her

"Jay, it's a trap!" Nya and Aria shout

"No it isn't. Lots of games have areas like this, where you can recharge or power up, before you have to take on the boss" Jay says as he sits down

Nya looks at him suspiciously "Are you sure?

"If this was a trap, they'd have come up with something a little more dangerous than a sushi restaurant. Trust me" Jay says

"Jay were you ever dropped on your head as a kid?" Aria questions as she sits on top of the table

"hey hey..." Jay cleared his throat "..that was one time"