🩸 WAKE ME UP: LEGO NINJAGO INFECTION AU
“When the elements turned on their masters, Ninjago fell silent.”
🌆 OVERVIEW
Months after Borg Tower’s elemental generator malfunctioned, a viral mutation fused elemental energy with organic life, infecting humans, serpentine, androids, and even elemental powers themselves. Fire burns its wielder. Water drowns. Lightning paralyzes. The once-vibrant realms of Ninjago have become scattered safe zones and corrupted wastelands.
The Infection spreads through touch or overuse of elemental abilities. Survivors track their stats: Health, Hunger, Thirst, Sleep, Sanity, Infection.
🛡️ SURVIVORS — THE NINJA
🔥 Kai 🇯🇵
Ethnicity: Japanese Languages: English, Japanese (used when stressed) LGBTQ+: Bisexual Disabilities: PTSD, insomnia Support Animal: Blaze 🐕🔥 (emotional support dog) Role: Frontline defense / scavenger Base: Ninjago City ruins
Stats: Health 70% | Hunger 45% | Thirst 40% | Sleep 30% | Sanity 60% | Infection 5%
“Fire’s still in my veins… but every time I use it, I feel it eating me alive.”
⚡ Jay Walker 🇮🇪
Ethnicity: Irish Languages: English, Irish Gaelic LGBTQ+: Pansexual Disabilities: ADHD, anxiety Support Animal: Spark 🦜 (parrot alert system) Role: Mechanic / tech operator Base: The Bounty ruins
Stats: Health 60% | Hunger 35% | Thirst 30% | Sleep 20% | Sanity 55% | Infection 0%
“I fix things that don’t wanna be fixed. Guess that makes me one of ‘em.”
🌊 Nya 🇯🇵
Ethnicity: Japanese Languages: English, Japanese LGBTQ+: Bisexual Disabilities: Pregnancy fatigue, chronic anxiety Support System: Dolphin drone “Tide” 🤖🐬 Role: Tactical planner / water management Base: The Bounty (submerged dock)
Stats: Health 55% | Hunger 40% | Thirst 50% | Sleep 10% | Sanity 65% | Infection 0%
“If the sea’s our enemy now, then I’ll make it remember who I am.”
🪨 Cole 🇨🇳
Ethnicity: Chinese Languages: English, Mandarin LGBTQ+: Straight ally Disabilities: Partial hearing loss, fatigue Support Animal: Pebble 🐻 (supply carrier bear cub) Role: Builder / morale leader Base: Abandoned monastery
Stats: Health 80% | Hunger 55% | Thirst 45% | Sleep 25% | Sanity 70% | Infection 2%
“The earth stands strong, even when we can’t.”
❄️ Zane 🇷🇺 (AI Base Code)
Ethnicity: Russian-coded AI Languages: English, Russian, Binary LGBTQ+: Asexual, non-binary Disabilities: Emotion module malfunction, cognitive lag Role: Medic / researcher Base: Borg Tower basement
Stats: Health 95% | Energy 65% | Sanity 80% | Data Corruption 8% | Infection 0%
“Emotion unresponsive… yet sorrow persists.”
💚 Lloyd Garmadon 🇯🇵🇺🇸
Ethnicity: Japanese-American Languages: English, Japanese LGBTQ+: Trans man, panromantic Disabilities: Survivor’s guilt, insomnia, trauma Support Animal: Dragon “Aura” 🐉 (grounding support) Role: Team leader / field commander Base: Ninjago City Tower
Stats: Health 65% | Hunger 40% | Thirst 35% | Sleep 10% | Sanity 55% | Infection 3%
“I don’t lead anymore. I just keep them breathing.”
☠️ VILLAINS — TWISTED OR TURNED
🐍 Pythor P. Chumsworth
Ethnicity: Serpentine Languages: English, Parseltongue LGBTQ+: Pansexual Disabilities: Nerve decay from infection Role: Former antagonist, now cautious ally Base: Serpentine sewers
Stats: Health 40% | Hunger 20% | Thirst 25% | Sleep 35% | Sanity 45% | Infection 45%
“My people once lived beneath the city… now we rot beneath its grave.”
👁️ Morro
Ethnicity: Japanese (spiritual lineage) Languages: English, Japanese LGBTQ+: Gay Disabilities: Phantom pain, hallucinations Role: Ghost survivor faction leader Base: The Cursed Temple
Stats: Health 50% | Hunger — | Thirst — | Sleep 5% | Sanity 40% | Infection 70%
“Even death can get infected. The wind whispers… and screams.”
🧪 Master Chen
Ethnicity: Chinese Languages: English, Mandarin LGBTQ+: Ally (pragmatic) Disabilities: Paranoid delusion Role: Scientist experimenting on “cures” Base: Abandoned factory labs
Stats: Health 60% | Hunger 40% | Thirst 30% | Sleep 15% | Sanity 30% | Infection 10%