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>>41734962

The sun reaches low over the horizon, managing to cut through some of the purple clouds, painting the sky with streaks of orange and violet. Kaito would almost think it were beautiful were he not so preoccupied with his current task and his mind distracted by the recent news.

How long could Kitana hold out against an army of the undead, and centaurs? Who else is coming to her aid? He sent Tortek north with orders to join with Kitana, but could the tarkatans be enough to turn the tide of the siege?

Sub-Zero climbs a nearby rock and speaks. "This must be Kuatan," he says.

Kaito climbs the rock and gets a view of the nearby surrounding lands.

The shokan have built their capital on the side of a mountain, with the castle jutting out from it. Numerous camps can be seen all along the ground, and massive cave mouths are lit by great burning braziers. People can be seen moving about the area.

"I thought their home was underground," Kaito says.

"This is not a very large settlement... The majority of their people must live in those large caves."

Kaito knows that the shokan royal family swore allegiance to Kitana--he was there to see it, after all--but they also swore allegiance to Shao Kahn while he was alive. Could he count on them to be allies again with his return?

>A) Enter the shokan city
>B) Attempt to infiltrate the palace
>C) Enter the caves and sneak around
>D) Attempt to move past the shokan lands and not raise any attention

>>41734972
>A) Enter the shokan city
Maybe a direct approach would work best with the Shokan

>>41734972
>>A) Enter the shokan city
In for a penny in for a pound.

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>>41735026

Kaito looks at Sub-Zero. "Let's approach them openly. That might work best."

Sub-Zero seems unsure. "I am more for sneaking, myself."

Kaito leads the way down the hill and towards the outskirts of the camps. Two large, burly shokan guards in armor step out to block his path; they carry polearms.

"HALT! State your business in Kuatan!"

>A) Identify yourself as an envoy of Kahnum Kitana and ask for passage through the lands or to see the royal family
>B) Say you are merely passing through
>C) Say that you serve Shao Kahn and are heading to help their attack on the city south

>>41735272
>>A) Identify yourself as an envoy of Kahnum Kitana and ask to see the royal family

>>41735272
>>A) Identify yourself as an envoy of Kahnum Kitana and ask for passage through the lands or to see the royal family

this can go very wrong fast.

>>41735341
Eh, it's definitely worth a try I feel
>inb4 SEIZE THEM!

>>41735272
>A
...welp, here we go guys

>>41735272
>>A) Identify yourself as an envoy of Kahnum Kitana and ask for passage through the lands or to see the royal family

>>41734972
>>41735272
Time for Shokan. Here's hoping Damashi is awesome and we get more of Duroc and Rokuro.

>>41735482
At the least we might get time to hang out with Sheeva.

>>41735612
We can marry off Rokuro to Sheeva and be best man at a Shokan wedding!

>>41735663
aren't they cousins? I get that their royalty and all, but should we be encouraging it?

>>41735690
Eh, cousins are fine. It's just when it's multiple generations of incest that reinforces negative traits and bad genetics that problem starts.

>>41735717
I dunno, Rokuro's already a crossbreed or genetic defect, I forget which.

>>41735767
I think he had human blood. ShokanXHuman

>>41735717
Still kinda gross anon. And who knows how much the shokan have already resorted to that?

>>41735767
He's a halfbreed. He's half-human.

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>>41735431

Kaito stands before the guards. "I am Akayama Kaito, and I am a personal friend of the Kahnum Kitana. I have come to seek aid from the shokan royal family, who have sworn their allegiance to her."

The guards look at each other. Kaito hopes this works...

The guards stand aside. One of them enters the camp proper. "I will take you as far as the palace. To see the royal family, you will first be judged by the palace guards."

Kaito breathes a sigh of relief and throws a thumbs-up to Sub-Zero. They move into the surface encampment.

The shokan are a hardy people and work for most of the day. They are moving large rocks and supplies to and from the cobalt mines below, pushing carts and carrying picks and tools.

The path up the mountain is long and winding. At the top is the castle, but first they must pass through the opening chambers.

There, they are met with a shokan noble who wears a golden band on his head and a red outfit. The guard introduces Kaito and Sub-Zero in the same manner they introduced himself.

The shokan folds his arms. "I am Zenkaro, advisor to the King and Queen. Demonstrate your worth before I allow you to speak with them."

>A) Talk your way in
>B) Give me a test of strength
>C) Demand entrance as an envoy of Kitana
>D) Ask to speak to Sheeva

>>41735767
He's half Shokan, half ??? which could easily be human (or whatever generic Outworlders are), Edenian, or demon.

>>41735848
>>D) Ask to speak to Sheeva

>>41735848
>B) Give me a test of strength
TEST YOUR MIGHT

>>41735848
>A
That's a little vague isn't it?
>Philosophical duel!

>>41735848
>B) Give me a test of strength
would cold clocking him be a sign of strength?
Just wondering.

>>41735848
>D

>>41735848
>D
>give sheeva the D

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>>41735927
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>>41735994

Kaito looks around. "Is Sheeva here? I know she would speak on my behalf."

Zenkaro cocks an eyebrow. "And what business do you have with my daughter, human?"

Kaito is surprised. "Oh! She's your daughter? Fantastic! It's nice to meet you."

>A) Tell him that you beat her in a battle and she owes you a life debt
>B) She is my friend and I would like to speak to her
>C) Attempt to make friends with her father
>D) Nevermind about Sheeva, I need to see the royal family immediately, it's an emergency

>>41736140
>B) She is my friend and I would like to speak to her
in order to have her help to save empress Kitana

>>41736140
>B

>>41736140
>>B) She is my friend and I would like to speak to her

>>41736140
>B) She is my friend and I would like to speak to her
>C) Attempt to make friends with her father

>>41736140
>B)
>C)

Her word is going to be worth more then ours, and it's always a good idea to make friends, especially when they can quarter you with there bare hands.

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>>41736420

"Sheeva is my friend. She and I have adventured and fought together and I know she would put in a good word for me. Sir."

Zenkaro scratches his chin. "My daughter has left for the south on what she told me was important business for the princess. And now you arrive from the north, asking for aid from the royal family. Why should I consent to you speaking to the King and Queen?"

Kaito is about to speak when they are both interrupted by a woman shokan in royal garb with long black hair. "Zenkaro, he must be the one Sheeva spoke of."

"We can't just--"

She smiles and places a hand on her husband's shoulder. "Fret not. I will speak to Mai; she will not be angry."

She turns to face Kaito. "I am Xeena, sister to Queen Mai, and Sheeva's mother. You are Kaito, correct?"

The human smiles and bows his head. "It is an honor to meet you."

>A) Follow Xeena to the royal family
>B) Flirt with Sheeva's mom
>C) Ask what Sheeva said about you

>>41736498
>>C) Ask what Sheeva said about you

>>41736498
>C) Ask what Sheeva said about you

>>41736498
>C) Ask what Sheeva said about you

>>41736498
This is probably dumb thing to do but
>C)

>>41736498
>C
Then
>A

>>41736498
>>C) Ask what Sheeva said about you
I bet it's "He's completely unserious, knows Shokan state secrets and likes punching people in the junk."

>>41736662
I imagine it's, "If he shows up tell him I'm not here and not single."

>>41736498
>C) Ask what Sheeva said about you
"I hope nothing too harsh"

>>41736690
Speaking of, I'm surprised we're not laying it on thick with Sheeva's mom.

>>41736929
Buddy her husband is literally standing right next to us.

>>41736948
Never stopped us before.

>>41736929
>>41736948
Also that would be just plain rude and disrespectful.
Which I know, it's usually Kaito. But not the right attitude when asking for help, and we are also witty about our rudeness.

>>41736964
>>41736980
Plus we can always hit on her later so as to add milf to our collection of fetishes.

>>41736964
We're on important business, and those other times we weren't talking to a friend's parents. They're due some respect.

>>41737025
Fine, Fine. We'll give them as much respect as we give Empress Kitana.

We'll try to mack on her when she's in the bath later.

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>>41736519
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>>41736580
>>41736662
>>41736662

Kaito is curious. "What did Sheeva say about me, if I may ask? Nothing too harsh, I hope."

Xeena chuckles softly. "I too was at the capital with my sister when they knelt before the Kahnum. Sheeva pointed you out and said that you were strong but foolish. You defeated Shang Tsung with her assistance, which is commendable. The shokan have no love for sorcerers, especially one as dishonorable as he."

She turns and leads Kaito into the grand throne room of the shokan. It is very hot inside, due to molten magma surrounding a large arena, at the end of which sit two thrones.

King Gorbak and Queen Mai are seated upon them and regard you with curiosity. They are Goro and Duroc's parents and they look the same as when Kaito saw them sweat fealty to Kitana.

"My king and queen, I present Kaito of Earthrealm, ally to the Kahnum and slayer of Shang Tsung."

Kaito is happy that killing the sorcerer gave him some cred.

Gorbak looks at the human. "I am glad that Outworld is rid of that snake. What brings you here?"

Straight to business, then.

>A) Ask for the shokan's help in liberating the siege
>B) Ask where their loyalties lie: Kitana or Shao Kahn
>C) Discern if they know about the siege or not through clever questioning
>D) Ask him about his dead son, Duroc

>>41737129
>>C) Discern if they know about the siege or not through clever questioning

>>41736964
When have we hit on a man's wife as he stands next to us? when have we hit on a married woman?

>>41737129
>C
Then
>A

>>41737129
>A) Ask for the shokan's help in liberating the siege
Most importantly any shortcut they know of.

We could question them, but if they know about it then it will be clear that we don't trust them, and that could just offend them. Shokans are all about honor based on what I saw.

>>41737129
>C) Discern if they know about the siege or not through clever questioning

>>41737129
>>41737230
Clever questioning as in "Did you hear any news from the Empress?" if yes to siege, well lets go, if no to siege, "well there's a siege"

>>41737129
>C)
Then if they sound like they on Kitana's side
>A)

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>>41737356

Kaito kneels before the throne. "My lord, I would ask what news you have received from the capital."

"I am told that Sheeva travelled their last night with news from an ally," Mai says. "We have not received word since."

Kaito thinks he may be able to use this to his advantage. "I bring word from Kitana and ask for assistance in guarding the city against attack. The mighty shokan warriors would surely deter any threat."

Gorbak's face remains unchanged. "And does our Princess detect a threat to her rule?"

Kaito thinks quickly, remembering the feud between the shokan and the centaurs. "The centaurs are posing a threat to the city. They would think twice if they knew they were facing the shokan."

"And who will defend the cobalt mines while they are away?" Gorbak asks. "No. I will not send an army."

>A) Negotiate for an army, offer an alternate means of protecting their mines
>B) Ask for but a few warriors
>C) Perhaps merely one warrior; Goro, perhaps?
>D) No warriors then; ask for fast transport south

>>41737955
>>D) No warriors then; ask for fast transport south
get there get our friends an then get out.

>>41737955
>A
If we can't then
>D
Hey Sub-Zero, you up for the Lin Kuei heading to Outworld for a bit?

>>41737955
>B)
and
>C)

A strike force needs a leader, and he is their Captain America

>>41737955
Ask if the mines are under a specific threat or he is just afraid of someone swooping up all the coal while they are not looking.
Maybe we can work something out.

If that fails.
>D) No warriors then; ask for fast transport south
speed is key here.

>>41737955
I can't think of an A. Option so
>B) Ask for but a few warriors
It's certainly better than nothing

>>41737955
>>B) Ask for but a few warriors
if that doesn't work then
>>D) No warriors then; ask for fast transport south

>>41738055
>Hey Sub-Zero, you up for the Lin Kuei heading to Outworld for a bit?
This is an option as well, if we can find a way to get to the Lin Kuei.

>>41737955
>B)
and
>C)
any help he can offer is good. He did swear an oath to the Empress.

>>41737955
>B)
Negotiate for a handpicked team. They won't know were coming and we could use that.
Failing that
>D)

>>41738093
Works in his favor as well since they're avoiding the Tekunin.

>>41738114
>>41738097
The right man, in the right time, can make all the difference in the world, eh?

>>41738147
Especially when that guys has a team of dedicated neckbeards inside his head telling him to do all sorts of dumb shit.

Damashi, you here, or you defending our freedoms?

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>>41738059
>>41738072
>>41738093
>>41738097
>>41738114

Kaito looks at Sub-Zero, who offers no words. Looking back at the king, he says, "Perhaps only a few warriors, then. Even a few of your mightiest could turn the tide of any battle. See it as an act of good will towards our Empress."

Gorbak sits back and places his chin in one of his four palms, thinking things over. "And yet, with the return of Shao Kahn, aiding your request would place the shokan out of his favor."

Kaito gulps. 'Shit.'

"Yes, human. We are aware of the siege, and of the role you played in toppling the Emperor. Shao Kahn will reclaim his throne; standing against him now would lead to the destruction of the shokan."

Sub-Zero turns around and sees six guards enter the throne room, led by Kintaro.

"Kaito..." he says in a low voice.

"You swore fealty to Kitana!" Kaito points out.

"The shokan swear loyalty to the throne, for only the strongest sit upon it. Shao Kahn will reclaim his throne; Kitana and her allies alone are not enough to stop him. They could not the first time. The shokan will not take part in either side of the battle and will serve whomever wins. This is how I will ensure the survival of my race and kingdom."

Kaito can hardly believe his ears.

>A) Question his honor and say that he has no true loyalty
>B) Ask what is to become of you and Sub-Zero
>C) Take your chance to escape from the throne room
>D) Try to convince him to help Kitana and promise favorable treatment for the shokan if so

>>41739456
>D)
Does Kaito know Shokans and Centaurs hate each other? 'Cause if so, we should bring up that Kahn seems to have picked his favorites...

>>41739456
>D) Try to convince him to help Kitana and promise favorable treatment for the shokan if so

IF you merely stand aside in this conflict, then I seriously doubt your people will find themselves in a favorable position once its all over. Do you believe Shao Kahn will treat the Shokan well once he has reclaimed his throne when they did nothing to help him reclaim it, and besides he has little need for the Shokan as long as he has the Centaurs fighting for him.

HOWEVER, if you side with Kitana and help her to defeat Shao Kahn, then you can spare your people from his oppressive reign and earn the respect and gratitude of Outworld's far more generous ruler, Kitana.

>>41739456
Strength comes from support, lending it to brutes and cowering in fear of them is no way for a people to live.
They might survive, but they'd never prosper. They'd only survive at his discretion anyway.
>D
If not...
>C SMOKE BOMB! Ninja Art of Running Away!

>>41739456
>>A) Question his honor and say that he has no true loyalty
Point out that the Emperor was willing to toss him and his race to the trash in favor of the Centaurian and now he is crawling back.
Accuse him of going to die on his knees with no honor or purpose.

>>41739456
>A) Question his honor and say that he has no true loyalty
Challenge him to a duel, if we win, he honors his pledge, as we are Kitana's ally and our strength if greater than his would prove that Kitana's allies might be powerful enough to defeat Shao Khan again.
If we lose, I don't want to think about what happens if we lose.

>>41739456
>D) Try to convince him to help Kitana and promise favorable treatment for the shokan if so
Shao Khan is working with the Centaurs. If he wanted you why did he not call you to action? He doesn't care for you, and will likey destroy you for swearing fealty to another.

>>41739456
>>D) Try to convince him to help Kitana and promise favorable treatment for the shokan if so

well fuck

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>Watching Mortal Kombat Defenders of the Realm
>The episode that has Rain in it
>The good guys are about to fly to New Guinea
>Sonya hops in the dragon jet (tm) with Stryker and says, "Hope you've got your shots, Stryker! You don't wanna catch Malaria!"

mfw

Seriously you don't wanna catch malaria that shit is awful

>>41739456
>A)
I always figured Shokan were cowards at the core.

>>41739702
I need to watch that show, hell I need to read the comics too. Both came out in the nineties right?

>>41739702
>>The episode that has Rain in it

One of my two favorites. The show is otherwise abysmal, but somehow it managed to do Liu's personality and relationship with Kitana, and Smoke/the Cyber-Initiative way better than the actual fuckin' games.

>>41739787
I just want to know why Kaito doesn't have his own Dragon Jet yet.

>>41739876
We have a magic boat. Failing that we have a qt sphinx.

>>41739967
unless she's dead and our boat repossessed because were too late.

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>>41739648

"You can't just stand back and do nothing! The centaurs have allied with Shao Kahn! They are going to be his favored race if you do nothing! The shokan already failed to stop his wedding from going awry--do you seriously think that if he wins, you will be fine?"

Gorbak stands. "Guard your tongue, earthrealmer, before I have it burnt out of your peasant mouth. You speak to royalty."

Kaito ignores his words. "If you help Kitana, you could forge an alliance that will remain strong for centuries! You will spare your people from Shao Kahn's wrath! He doesn't care about you!"

"That is where you are wrong, human. The shokan have always supported Shao Kahn. This is why I have already sent my elite warriors to the battle... to help Shao Kahn. Goro leads them, just as he has always been the general of the Emperor's armies."

Kaito looks at Xeena, next to Mai. "And what of Sheeva? Has she also declared herself for the Emperor?"

"If she is a true shokan, she will obey her king," Mai replies, holding up a hand to keep Xeena silent.

>>41739631
>>41739645
>>41739723

"I had no idea the king of the shokan would be so without honor," Kaito says. "To shift loyalties as quickly as one pours water out of a pot. What do your pledges mean if you cannot uphold your word?"

Gorbak grits his teeth. "I swore fealty to Shao Kahn long before I swore fealty to his daughter. He has returned, and thus the throne must be held by him. Kitana has no legitimate claim to the throne while he lives. You, however, will not leave Kuatan for the insults you have levied upon me and my people. Take them to the dungeons."

Kintaro and the guards move in.

>A) Challenge Gorbak to Mortal Kombat
>B) Attempt to fight them off
>C) Try to escape from the throne room

>>41740042
>A) Challenge Gorbak to Mortal Kombat

>>41740042
>A)
Hell yes. If they really believe in warrior's honor, he can't refuse. And we've got a way better shot one-on-one.

>>41740042
>A) Challenge Gorbak to Mortal Kombat
Oh, either we're going to get it or he is.

>>41740042
>>A) Challenge Gorbak to Mortal Kombat
We're going to get our ass kicked so damn hard.
I hope King Fourarms doesn't wear a cup, that is literally our prime defense against Shokan.

>>41740042
>>A) Challenge Gorbak to Mortal Kombat
beat a motherfucker

>>41740042
>A

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"WAIT!" Kaito shouts, halting everyone. He looks at Gorbak. "I challenge you... to MORTAL KOMBAT!"

Gorbak is stunned and everyone looks at him. "You cannot refuse," Kaito says. "If you do, you have no honor. That is the way of Outworld, isn't it? A challenge of Mortal Kombat is irrefutable."

"All Mortal Kombat is witnessed by the Elder Gods," King Gorbak growls. "You have invited greater scrutiny upon this than you can know."

Standing straight, he roars and throws out all four arms. "It has been two centuries since any fool last dared challenge me."

"All that means is that you're weak and out of practice," Kaito replies, cracking his knuckles and taking off his backpack.

"Are you prepared for a lesson in humility, human?" Gorbak says as one of the guards hands him an axe. "I will gladly put you in your place and afterwards deliver you personally to my Emperor."

"I learn new things every day," Kaito replies. "Today, I get to learn how tough an old four-armed king is, whose only muscle he's exercised in two centuries is his buttocks from sitting on his throne."

Gorbak roars and charges in, holding the axe in his upper arms while his lower hands burn with shokan fire.

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>41740205
Thunderflash! Then teleport in and uppercut.
We need to close in quickly and try to keep him off his game.

>>41740042
>A)
Shokan are easy to take down if you know how, and this guy is obviously a pussy.

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>41740205
Nut punch, don't fail me now.

>>41740245
Ditto because I don't wanna mess with that roll.

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>>41740245

Kaito claps his hands together and gives the king a thunderflash, blinding him. He teleports up to him and then delivers a fierce uppercut to his chin that, while it does not knock him down, does cause him to step back.

>>41740255

Kaito attempts to hit him in the nuts, the king swings the axe down in blind rage, nearly hitting Kaito's arm. He flips backwards as Gorbak charges and swings again, narrowly avoiding the attack.

Nearby, Sub-Zero watches from the sides, as do the remaining shokan.

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>41740321
throw a thunderbolt into his face

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>41740321
We've got water powers now, right? Hose 'im down, then lightning bolt that shit

>>41740348
>>41740365
whelp those rolls wins

>>41740375
It's about time, right?

>>41740348
>>41740365
I swear to god if anyone else rolls I will come to your house and fuck your mouth while you sleep.

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>41740321
Leg sweep, if there is water nearby, after he is on his knees, choke with a water whip.

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>>41740348
>>41740365

Kaito leaps back from the King's powerful attacks. He points at the king and blasts him in the face with a thunderbolt. Gorbak roars in fury.

"Water," Kaito mutters to himself. "I need water!"

Sub-Zero overhears this and freezes part of the ground near the molten lava. It melts and Kaito reaches out, taking the water and collecting it into a sphere.

He hurls it at the shokan king and gets his armor wet. He then blasts him with lightning, causing him to drop his axe and step back.

Kaito rolls forward and grabs the axe and throws it into the lava.

Nearby, Kintaro roars and lunges at Sub-Zero for interfering. The tigrar and the Lin Kuei get into a fight along the outside of the throne room; now two matches go on as the shokan's cheer and war drums are beaten to accompany the match.

>>41740411

He then tries to sweep the king's legs out, but the king is strong and sturdy. Kaito's legs do not cause him to budge.

He reaches down and takes ahold of Kaito's leg and holds him upside down before slamming him against the ground, knocking the wind out of him immediately. He does this again before letting go.

He raises all four arms and charges them with fire as the half-dragon prepares to roast Kaito alive by unleashing all of his fire at once.

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>41740507
now we can nut shot him from a relaxed, lieing down position.

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>41740507
So if I understand you right, the King is wet, and we're on our back below him?
Super Red Lightning Nut Kick.
Let's see if the move that beat Shang Tsung works here.

>>41740540
well fuck me

>>41740540
YES!!! NO ONE ELSE ROLLS!

>>41740411
Well, look alike your going to take up with a particularly bad taste in your mouth.
>>41740540
Hooray! Ditto!
>>41740541
Fuck!

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>41740507
Teleport behind him and sucker punch him in the side of the head, hopefully it knocks him out.

>>41740601
stop rolling

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>>41740540

Kaito closes his eyes, grits his teeth and falls back to his most desperate, but arguably most effective tactic, and he brings his foot up and slams it home into the shokan king's nuts.

Were he here, Johnny would be proud of the fact that you just kicked the nuts that spawned Goro.

The king steps back in pain and his hand flames go out as his lower hands cup his wounded groin. He groans and leans forward; such was the force of this kick that the king might be taken out of the fight completely. It's questionable that he may ever have children again; possibly even needing assistance with further erections; that's how bad it was. Good roll, anon

Kaito gets up to his feet and prepares to attack again.

>>41740541
>>41740601

Suddenly Kaito is knocked over the head with a metal club. He turns around and sees Queen Mai standing there holding the club as his vision swims and he struggles to remain conscious. He reaches out towards her and loses balance, falling to the ground.

Everything goes black.

>Cont'd

Kaito getting knocked out here was not unavoidable; this is more about rolling a 6 and a 7 after a 100

Don't worry, everything is going to be fine

Maybe

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>>41740718

Kaito awakens an unknown period of time later and finds himself in a dungeon, hanging on a wall in a cell. This place reminds him of Goro's lair back on Shang Tsung's island.

'Shit...' he thinks to himself. He looks around the dank and old dungeon and ties to find Sub-Zero; no sight of him. 'Now what...' he wonders as he looks at the shackles holding him up; they are connected to chains which are connected to the wall.

His heavy spikes gauntlets have been removed and are nowhere to be seen either.

>A) Summon up some lightning or teleport
>B) Try to pull against them with your strength
>C) Wait and see what happens

>>41740718
>Kaito getting knocked out here was not unavoidable; this is more about rolling a 6 and a 7 after a 100
>Don't worry, everything is going to be fine
>Maybe
Unless the Elder Gods intervene and punish her, I can't really see how.

>>41740718
Outside interference.

What a noble and honorable race.

>>41740718
I'm more pissed we got screwed out of a victory after a nat 100. That leaves a massively bad taste in my mouth.

>>41740764
>>A) Summon up some lightning or teleport
AND THIS IS WHY WE DONT ROLL AFTER A HIGH ROLL
>>41740776
to be fair sub zero interfered first

>>41740764
>A) Summon up some lightning or teleport
Well at least we still have our balls, and I'm pretty sure we did right by the Elder Gods

>>41740789
A Nat 100 should win everything forever unless a Nat 1 is rolled if we're doing Crits.
Also, not rolling after a high roll is difficult to do when the roll isn't there when you post.

>>41740764
>A)Teleport out
>>41740816
yeah, but two low rolls.

>>41740789
>to be fair sub zero interfered first

Everything he touches turns frosty without trying, would subtly making the puddle with his feet have been so hard?

>>41740764
>C
Then A
Gotta get the Kamidogou back and get to the capital >>41740764

>>41740764
>>A) Summon up some lightning or teleport

>>41740848
I can see a Within 10 cancelling other Within 10 rolls. But a Nat 100 and a Nat 1 are so damn rare on either end of the spectrum, if you're doing crit rules with them, having normal not Nat 1/100 rolls cancel them out is just shitty.

>>41740870
>Gotta get the Kamidogou back
OH FUCK! This lost us the Kamidogu too!
BULL-FUCKING-SHIT!

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Alright, alright, I'm sorry guys. We've never really defined it up until now, so I will simply say this: a nat 100 is an automatic success. A nat 1 is an automatic failure. Both are of the highest degrees in either category and can only be canceled out by each other. This is an official rule of the game from this point on and I will honor it no matter what.

I don't mean to feel like this is railroaded but it was always going to be from the beginning that the shokan, either Mai or Kintaro, would interfere with the match; those low rolls just didn't afford Kaito a chance to dodge the attack.

The 100 took Gorbak out of the question in the fight, that's for sure.

Try as he may, Kaito cannot summon up energy. He focuses and concentrates as hard as he can but all that happens is that the shackles on his wrists glow an orange color and begin to burn hot.

He looks at them and sees some kind of runic symbols on them. 'Enchanted?' he thinks to himself. 'Some kind of supressing effect for my powers? Shit...'

He looks around and realizes that his pack is not in the cell.

Oh no.

The Kamidogu!

Kaito begins to panic and grits his teeth and pulls, but the chains are strong. There's no budging.

Suddenly, he hears someone approaching. He sees a cloaked figure appear before his cell, and a three-fingered hand emerges from within and touches the cell as whoever it is looks at him from under the hood.

"I am here to help you," a feminine voice says. "But we must move quickly and you must do all I say. They will soon realize the key is missing."

Another hand emerges, holding a key.

>A) Question who she is
>B) Ask no questions and go with it
>C) Refuse her help; this could be a trick
>D) Accept her help only if she can get this manacles off of you

>>41740926
>>D) Accept her help only if she can get this manacles off of you

we got to get the kamidogu first

>>41740926
>D) Accept her help only if she can get this manacles off of you
now we have to find the queen and challenge her to mortal kombat. Mortal kombat every royal shokan if need be.

>>41740926
So in the eyes of the Elder Gods we Honorably and Officially won that Mortal Kombat?
Good enough for me.

>>41740926
>>D) Accept her help only if she can get this manacles off of you
Gotta get to the Kamidogu. Wonder if it's Khameleon again.

>>41740926
>D+A
Please tell me you can get these manacles off.

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>>41740951
>>41741001
>>41741016
>>41741048

Kaito looks suspiciously at the hooded figure. "How do I know I can trust you?"

She uses the key on the cell. "I'm freeing you, aren't I?" she says as she steps in. She reaches up to his shackles.

"Hold it," he says. "I need to know if you can get these manacles off. Without them, I can use my powers."

She pauses. "No. I can't. I don't have the key for the manacles, I'm sorry. I have the key to get your cell open and you down, however."

She reaches up and undoes the lock at the base of the chain. Kaito's arm falls down with the weight of the manacles and the chain attached to it.

"You can't get these chains off the manacles either?" he asks as she undoes the other.

"No. We don't have time now, so you'll have to carry the chains. Try to keep them quiet! We can't have them rattling around if I am going to sneak you out of here."

"I can't leave this place without my pack," Kaito says. "It's very important."

She looks back, still hooded, her face obscured. "Your friend has it. He was able to escape the throne room with it and is somewhere in the cobalt mines."

"Sub-Zero wasn't captured?" he asks. He must've had a chance to escape, but not a chance to free him... He knows that the Lin Kuei would not simply abandon him. He must have a plan and is waiting to implement it.

Wait, is she part of his plan?

"Who are you?" Kaito asks.

"There's no time!" she says urgently. "Follow me!"

She slips out of the cell.

>A) Follow her
>B) Go your own path
>C) Pull off her hood

>>41741126
>A) Follow her
I wanna write "Shokan Royals are cowards" somewhere,but eh.

>>41741126
>>A) Follow her
well this is sheeva's mom

>>41741126
>A
There are worse things to do.
And C probably loses her assistance in the meantime.
>Inb4 she leads us straight to Black or Reiko.

>>41741126
>>A) Follow her
Maybe it's Rokuro's Mom!
If it is, I hope she's not bad looking so we can flirt with her and make Rokuro feel awkward.

>>41741197
>>Inb4 she leads us straight to Black or Reiko.

Whipping Reiko to death with chains would be fun though.

>>41741199
"So, you came out of that huh?...hard to tell."

>>41741199
Rokuro's mom was human, not three-fingered.

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>>41741160

Kaito quickly picks up his chains and follows after her as they duck into the dungeons and move between shadows.

Two shokan guards can be seen nearby, chatting to each other. "Did you hear about the king?" one asks the other.

"I was on duty in them mines all day. What happened?"

"They say that a human attacked him and he was brought to his quarters and refused to leave."

She looks back at him and whispers, "We must sneak past them and get into the mines. My friend waits there for us."

She slowly leads the way and Kaito struggles to not drop any of his chains.

>1d100 to sneak!

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>41741352
sneaky sneak?

>>41741352
>"They say that a human attacked him and he was brought to his quarters and refused to leave."
Poor King Gorbek. He probably has his best mages casting healing spells on his junk.

>>41741363
yes sneaky sneaky

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>41741352
SNNNNNEEEEEEEAAAAKKK!!!

>>41741444
fucking stop your internet is shit

>>41741444
>>41741452
Maybe, but his trip game be trippin'

>>41741444
>Trips
>Rolls a 3
>>41741352
Damashi I call upon you to recognize this as a critical success

>>41741545
i want it to be ignored seeing as it came like 10min late.

>>41741628
It was just under 10 minutes from when the rolls were asked.

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>>41741363

Moving carefully, Kaito follows his mysterious rescuer past the guards when they are distracted. On their way out, Kaito suddenly stops, as the kicked up dust is going to make him sneeze.

>>41741444

SNNNNNEEEEEEEZZZZEEE!!!

She turns and looks at him and realizes that he cannot cover his nose without dropping the chains.

She cups his mouth and nose with a hand and places another to her lips. "Shhhhhh," she whispers.

He closes his eyes and focuses on not sneezing. When it passes, she urges him to follow her into the lower mines.

They pass into the tunnels and she leads him down a series of twisting passages and dark holes. In the distance, he can hears the sounds of mining and grunting.

She reaches a hidden door and opens it and leads him inside. The room is light by a glowing orange crystal.

Once in, she removes her hood. She is young; he initially thought it might have been Xeena but it isn't.

Kaito turns and sees who it is. "You're... I know you. You were with the royal family when they swore allegiance to Kitana... Wait, I remember now! You're Goro's daughter!"

"Jagara," she says with a smile. "It is nice to meet you in person, but I would have liked us to meet under better circumstances."

"Thank you," Kaito says, dropping the chains to the floor. His arms are still slowed and weighed down by them.

"I can rid you of the chains in a moment, but the manacles will be more difficult," she tells him.

>A) So you're betraying your family?
>B) How do I get these manacles off?
>C) What's it like being Goro's daughter?
>D) Allow her to explain herself

>>41741855
>D) Allow her to explain herself
don't push it.

>>41741855
>>B) How do I get these manacles off?
do you have our stuff and every thing with it.

>>41741855
>D)
Then
>B)

There's always time for exposition.

>>41741855
>>E) I'm sorry I kicked your Grandpa in the junk super hard.

>>41741907
Are you really that sorry though?

>>41741920
Not really, he's a dick and both He and Goro deserve all the nut punches they got.
But she did just rescue us and she's kinda cute, so we should be nice.

>>41741855
>D

>>41741979
>and she's kinda cute.
Of course.

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>>41741869
>>41741897
>>41741907
>>41742007

"So that makes you Gorbak's granddaughter," Kaito says. "I'm sorry I hurt him."

"Are you?" she asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Not really, if I'm being honest. He had it coming."

"Yes, he did. And much more," she says, taking hold of his wrist and holding one of her four hands up to the chain. She summons up some fire and prepares to burn through it.

"I can't burn these manacles but I can get these chains off," she says.

"So why are you doing all of this?" he asks.

"I am tried of my grandfather's rule and my father's pig-headedness," she replies. "I was excited, truly excited, when Kitana was declared Empress and we swore fealty to her. And now, the first thing that comes along to challenge her rule and my father and grandfather won't so much as lift a finger to help her, despite the brutal treatment the shokan have always endured under Shao Kahn's reign."

She melts off one of the chains and moves to the other. "I tire of this "the strongest must rule" mentality my father and his father have. All they do is find ways to break their own code of honor to declare themselves the strongest. Ever since my father was the champion of Mortal Kombat, he's changed..."

The other chain falls and Kaito's arms feel much lighter; now only a few links remain on both manacles.

"Thank you very much," Kaito says again, feeling his wrists. "I agree with everything you're saying. I beat your grandfather in a fight."

"You certainly did, but they weren't going to allow it. That's the real secret behind shokan 'honor': denial of the way things really are."

From the other end of the room, a figure enters. He is large and burly; a shokan.

Kaito gets ready to fight, but Jagara holds him back. "No. He is my only other ally."

The shokan approaches them both and he holds out a hand to shake while placing another over his heart.

"I am Duroc," he says.

>A) I know your son!
>B) How did you survive the fall?
>C) I need to find my icy friend

>>41742080
>>A) I know your son!
>C) I need to find my icy friend

>>41742080
>>A) I know your son!
"I threw him off a mountain and then we beat the crap out of each other from Dusk until Dawn. Good Times."

You know, I want to ask him how he survived the fall, but we all know he has "Cliff-falling-off-of immunity" like every other Shokan.

>>41742080
>A) I know your son!
which he hate hate people mentioning.
>C) I need to find my icy friend

>>41742080
>A+C
He's a good guy, a bit blinded by his own pride sometimes, but honorable and at least halfway good-hearted. Pretty reasonable.

im going to bed but make sure we have the kamidogu before we leave shoukan lands

You know, I find it hilarious that Rokuro was pretty much our first big Rival and we all treat him like a friend.
That's a good character right there.

>>41742345
We'll do our best anon.

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>>41742147
>>41742273

Kaito's eyes widen. "Duroc! I know your son! Rokuro!"

Duroc drops his hands and moves close. "My son?! He lives?"

Suddenly he wraps all four arms around Kaito and gives him a crushing bear hug. "AHAHAHAH! MY SON LIVES!"

Kaito gasps and tries to breathe. Jagara manages to get Duroc to let go.

"I apologize, but you do not understand! I have not seen my son in decades! Ever since..." His voice trails off.

"Ever since your brother threw you off a cliff, right?"

"Yes," Duroc says. "I survived, but barely, and in a realm of the mines that none had ever emerged from before..."

He sits down and closes his eyes. "It took so long to escape from that realm... and the creatures that dwelt within. Every night, I would think of my love, and my son... my little stone... Rokuro. When I emerged, he was gone, and so was his mother... I thought them both dead and my despair was unimaginable."

He springs up and looks at Kaito. "But now you tell me he lives! Is he a strong warrior? Is he honorable?"

>cont'd

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Kaito nods. "When I came across him, he lived atop a mountain. I threw him off of it." Duroc's eyes narrow. "He got better!" he quickly adds. "He returned and he and I fought until we were both exhausted, then he helped me liberate a city and its people from Shao Kahn's invaders. He is very prideful but his heart is in the right place."

Duroc is touched by this news. Jagara smiles and pats his shoulder. "Soon, you will be able to see him again, Uncle Duroc... But first we must change the shokan."

Duroc's smile vanishes. "Yes. You're right, little flower." He faces Kaito. "The Empress Kitana is the best chance my people have of escaping the tyranny of Shao Kahn. I will help you escape this place and I will ensure you reach her."

"I can't leave yet," Kaito says. "My friend, the blue warrior, Sub-Zero--he has something of great, incredible value, worth more than either of our lives. I cannot risk its loss."

"Then we must find him," Duroc says, understanding.

"He escaped into the mines," Jagara tells her uncle. "He is down here somewhere, but none know where."

"Will you help us look?" Kaito asks her.

"I must return to the palace before I arouse suspicion," she says. "But know that you are not alone in this fight, Kaito. The shokan must endure--and under my grandfather's leadership, we will fall. I know this."

"What about your brother?" Kaito asks. "I remember seeing you with him."

"Toron," she nods. "He follows my father blindly, desires to be just like him... and is his favorite child," she says somewhat distastefully.

Kaito can picture Goro being the 'I should've had two sons' kind of father.

>A) Plan with Duroc to search the mines
>B) Create a commotion to lure Sub-Zero out and then escape
>C) Sneak back into the palace while Duroc searches the mines

>>41742369
Well I mean the first thing he did after we threw him off a mountain was help us defend some opressed villages.
We swapped life stories and if I'm remembering right he stopped us from getting mortally wounded in a fight.

That's not a bad record, admittedly it's because he wants to kill Goro for his father's disgrace and wants to make sure he has it done before our eventual battle to the death we said we'd have.
Still, he could've just let a random soldier kill us and be done with it easily enough.

>>41742433
>A
Presumably everyone thinks we're in the dungeon, let's keep it that way.

>>41742452
I hope we get a part of the quest where it's Kaito and Rokuro, and they have to beat shit up and in the end they high five and put on Johnny Cage sunglasses and tag team punch Goro in the junk.

That'd be the best.

>>41742433
>A) Plan with Duroc to search the mines
What good would getting into the palace would do?
Should we attempt a coup of some sort? The shokans didn't really honor a challange of mortal kombat.

>>41742433
>>A) Plan with Duroc to search the mines
Do we know any secret Sub-Zero passwords or Ninja Notes or anything?
It's gonna be hell to try and find him.

Maybe Sub-Zero left clues. We should search for any small ice or water hints, or an area of the mine where it's suddenly much colder.

>>41742531
Not right now I don't think, even if we did we'd just split their forces further. And doing it properly would take time we don't have. What with our friends under siege and left with Khameleon.

>>41742536
We might be able to track him down with our water stuff.>>41742563

>>41742654
I thought about that. I amfraid ice and water are too different. Then again, Sub-Zero might have thought of the possibility that we get away, and left some areound for us to follow.

>>41742679
We could find Sub-Zero if he takes a pee at the time we're using our water power!

>>41742563
One more thing. We should ask if the Shokan Palace have any kind of portals, or anything akin to the communication shpere. Calling the other Earthrealmers would be advisable

>>41742709
Seconding this.

>>41742709
That would probably be in the palace.

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>>41742511
>>41742531
>>41742536

Jagara leaves them both from the path she came. Kaito turns to Duroc.

"So, I don't suppose you can get me out of these manacles?"

"No, I'm sorry," he replies. He moves towards the tunnel her emerged from earlier. "I know these tunnels well. I have lived in the mines in secretive self-exile since my defeat."

"Why?" Kaito asks. "You defeated Goro in a fight, didn't you? Why haven't you ever taken your revenge?"

Duroc pauses. "We should focus on finding your friend. We can speak of such things... another time."

The cobalt mines are massive, and all around are slaves, shokan guards and criminals who have been sentenced to work.

"Do you have any method to contact your friend?" he asks.

"No... but maybe he left clues."

>A) Use your water powers to find Sub-Zero
>B) Cause a commotion/uprising amongst the workers
>C) Search for him the old fashioned way

>>41742811
>>A) Use your water powers to find Sub-Zero
>>C) Search for him the old fashioned way
Even if those cuffs bind our powers, we still have our powers!

>>41742811
>A) Use your water powers to find Sub-Zero
As Anon suggested, let's hope he is taking a leak.

I wonder if he can freeze the manacles, so we can shatter it. With our hands intact.

>>41742811
>>A) Use your water powers to find Sub-Zero

>>41742811
>A+C
Haha! That's right you metallic monsters! TWO power sources!

>>41742828
Could just be that the cuffs were kinda Farraday Caging on us because electricity and metal.
Nothing magical about physics anon.

>>41742993
Man, this is outworld. It's at least 70% Magic.

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>>41742828
>>41742833
>>41742961
>>41742971

Kaito closes his eyes and focuses. He tries to sense water--perhaps melted from Sub-Zero's ice.

Suddenly, the manacles around his hands begin to burn, but not too greatly. When he stops, they stop as well, cooling.

"Damn..." he says.

>A) Attempt to sense a trail of water and bear the burns
>B) Do not risk hurting yourself and search normally

>>41743074
>A little A, a little of B

>>41743074
>>A) Attempt to sense a trail of water and bear the burns
BE A MAN!

>>41743074
How tight are the manacles? Could we possible slip something between them and our skin to stop them from burning us?

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>>41743085
>BE A MAN!
YOU MUST BE SWIFT LIKE A COURSING RIVERRR!
>>41743079

Kaito focuses hard and bears the pain. He suffers burns along his wrists but he follows a path through the mines, avoiding guards and searching from puddle to puddle.

They go low, into the deeper reaches of the mines. Duroc warns the Earthrealmer that this place could be dangerous, but there is more of a trail of water here.

Suddenly, a figure leaps out in a combat pose. They both prepare to do battle before they realize who it is.

"Kuai," he says with a sigh of relief. The armored ninja's cybernetic eyes glow bright blue in the darkness.

"Kaito. It is good that you are still alive." He looks at the shokan. "Goro?"

"His brother Duroc," Kaito introduces him. "Duroc, my Lin Kuei friend, Sub-Zero."

They shake hands; the shokan shakes a bit of ice off of his hand afterwards.

"The Kamidogu," Kaito breathes. "Where?"

Sub-Zero nods. "I have it. When I couldn't get to you, I made sure that they did not get their hands on it when they violated your match and took you captive."

He leads them around the bend.

>Cont'd

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>>41743247

Further in, they find a small cave. Sub-Zero reveals Kaito's backpack, and inside, the Edenia Kamidogu.

Kaito lets out a happy sigh and pumps his fist in the air. He remembers well Asgaarth's words to him before their talk was cut short. How fares the eagle-man, he wonders? And the rest of his allies back at the fortress?

"Do you have everything?" Duroc asks.

"Yes, we have it now," Kaito replies. "We can leave these lands and hurry back to the south."

Sub-Zero looks at Duroc. "Is there a way to get there faster?" he asks. "The palace must have some means of teleportation or some kind of mount."

Duroc thinks. "In the innermost chambers of the palace, it is said that there is a chamber of passage--transportation throughout Outworld. Only the Royal Family is allowed use of it."

"Well, we have Jagara, but I doubt she can get us through," Kaito says. "Not after the stunt we pulled in the throne room."

"We disable the guards and use it for ourselves, then," Sub-Zero suggests. "We can cut our travel time to mere moments."

"Otherwise, there are the war-mounts," Duroc says. "Great reptilian beasts the shokan have ridden into battle. I know where the stables are. It will be defended; the riders camp near their mounts. If we take them, we will be chased."

"Or we sneak out and go by foot," Kaito replies. "Probably the safest but longest way. Damn..."

Sub-Zero crosses his arms. "I advocate the portal."

Duroc shakes his head. "It will be guarded by however many of their elite warriors remain, possibly Kintaro, and the room has a permanent guardian, a shokan woman, Breeti, a mystic. I suggest we steal the mounts."

"You yourself said they will chase us," Sub-Zero counters. "We can use the room of passage and leave no trace of ourselves behind. And we've overcome great challenges in the past."

Kaito thinks hard.

>A) Walk there, safe but slow
>B) Ride there, dangerous but quicker
>C) Take the room of passage, quickest but most difficult

>>41743304
>C
Might be our best bet at getting the manacles off.

>>41743304
>>C) Take the room of passage, quickest but most difficult
Big Money! Is Duroc coming with us? If not he should stay in the Mines while we infiltrate the palace.
If so, none of that "I'll sacrifice myself, so you go on ahead." bullshit.

>>41743366
>>41743304
"Wait, do the rest of the royal family know you're still alive Duroc? I don't want to cause you undue trouble. Still, the riders chasing us would just add more bodies to the siege if they are that determined. And we hardly have the time to walk I think."

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>mfw this questline could be setting up a future Sheeva, Queen of the Australian Shokan

Please, Damashi

I need this

>>41743473
Not even a bad way to go.
Granted that would mean Earth at large dealing with Shokan culture, or Sheeva and the like adjusting to dealing with Earthrealm politics.
"What do you mean, 'No punching obstinate diplomats in half.'?"

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>>41743366
>>41743369
>>41743390

Kaito turns to Duroc. "We have to risk going through the room of passage. It's vital that we get to the Emperor's fortress as soon as possible to stop him, and we can't have others following us. We need to, Duroc."

The shokan nods. "I understand. I suppose the time has come for me to cast off my self-exile and reveal myself to my family."

"They didn't know that you were alive and down here?" Kaito asks.

"No. None of them. I have carefully kept myself hidden, and taken great measures to ensure it."

"But why? Surely you could've made a difference."

The shokan closes his eyes. "My shame, Kaito. When I helped my brother, only for him to throw me into the depths, and after I spent so long trying to escape... only to learn that my family was gone and likely dead, and my brother the champion of Mortal Kombat. My father had not punished him, he had received the greatest of honors our people could levy upon him..."

The shokan sits against the nearby wall. "There was nothing I could do, nowhere I could go. All shokan would look down upon me and my own family would likely order my execution to maintain Goro's winning streak. I could not leave these mines, for I could be recognized elsewhere... and so I stayed here. To guide others, like my niece Jagara, my little flower. And to await a time when I could be valuable once more to my people."

He looks up. "That time is now. I know that. I will help you, Kaito. I know a way into the palace."

"You're a very noble man--er, shokan," Kaito says with a smile. "You're a bit hard on yourself but I understand. Help us, Duroc, and I promise you that I will do everything in my power to find a way to help the shokan."

Duroc smiles. "I am glad that it is time to leave this place. I wish to see my son again."

Sub-Zero speaks up. "This is all well and good, but every second we waste is a second lost. We need a plan."

>cont'd

>>41743369
Definitley. We would never be able to look Rokuro straight in the eye again.

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"You're right," Duroc nods. "I will get us into the palace and we will head for the chamber of passage. From there, we must defeat whomever comes to challenge us until we can perform the rites to transport us to the capital."

"What kind of rites?" Kaito asks.

"Worry not, I know what must be done. It has been a very long time since I have had to perform them but I will not fail you."

"Then let's go," Sub-Zero says.

Duroc leads them through a series of tunnels and eventually brings them to a winding stone stairway that leads upwards. At its top is a secret door which they push aside to step out into the hallway of the shokan palace.

>A) Sneak to the chamber of passage
>B) Go in guns blazing
>C) Create a distraction (set something on fire, perhaps) and then head to the chamber

>>41743598
>>A) Sneak to the chamber of passage
>>C) Create a distraction (set something on fire, perhaps) and then head to the chamber
Set Gorbek's stock of magic vigara that is now desperately needed on Fire.

>>41743598
>A) Sneak to the chamber of passage

>>41743614
Let's not forget the powerblocking manacles. We can't exactly do a lightshow.
Some other form of distraction would be nice tough.

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Alright, I've been called into work in about an hour; I need to get ready and get some food. After food, then work, and when I get back it will be late (around midnight Korea time, I imagine).

I'll keep you updated on the thread's new official twitter account. https://twitter.com/DamashiKonquest

The game will resume in about 8 to 12 hours; please help keep the thread alive. I encourage discussion about the quest; what has happened, what is happening, what will happen, what you'd like to see happen, etc.

If the thread dies or runs out of room I'll just make another one tomorrow morning for me.

See you guys then.

>>41743652
Allright, have a nice day. We try to bump

>>41743652
I'm looking forward to seeing Duroc and Rokuro get back together. We better make sure he doesn't have to pull off some heroic sacrifice or some shit

>>41743721
Yeah, we are not going back to Rokuro and go
"Sup pal, how are you? I met you dad, charming fellow, he is alive!
Well probably not anymore. We dragged him into a life or death situation, and he got the latter out of the deal.
But heeey, ain't you glad that I'm well?

>>41743797

I really like Duroc. I hope he doesn't bite it.

It would make me really happy to see them reunited.

>>41743997
He looks pretty chill for a shokan. At least he is the only shokan we met without a stick up his ass.
Even Sheeva, and she was nice.

>>41744054

Jagara seems nice. I hope we get to see more of her.

The Manacles that prevent us using our skills; we need to get them off. Even if we skip boat successfully, our uselfulness is decreased drastically.
We should try to find the keys before we assault the portal.

>>41744439

But who is most likely to have the key? The king? Queen? Kintaro? Sheeva's dad?

>>41744761
I say that the king has his hands full at the moment.

Maybe there is the jailer of some sort? Or the mysticist has the key, or at least know how to deactivate them. I would also bet on Kintaro.

Two out of these three are with the portal. So we should inquire about a jailer first.

If he didn't notice our escape yet, and we kill him, we could even delay further discovery

bump

>>41744816
We could just have someone tear them off and get set up with awesome Lin Kuei arms that amplify our powers. With lasers!

>>41745351
Why not get four arms, so we can blend in with the shokan?

With all the love that these races are getting in this quest, I hope Reptile gets his chance to shine. He really needs it. He is MK's biggest jobber who I don't think ever won a canon fight... or a fight in any canon, really. His time as Onaga don't count.

He just wants his people back, man.

You know, I would almost feel sorry for King Gorbek, if he wouldn't be a backstabbing, honorless cowardious douche.

>>41746436
Maybe Khameleon's plot has something to do with that.

>>41743598
>>C) Create a distraction (set something on fire, perhaps) and then head to the chamber
release the shokan prisoners
then
>A) Sneak to the chamber of passage

Safety bump

You guys see the news?

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/469707-mortal-kombat-movie-james-wan-to-produce

>>41747588
I don't remember ever seeing a good movie that was based on a videogame. Especiall not a live-action one. They are just too different, a worse combo than the book+movie.

>>41747647
...................

>>41747647
Pretty much this. I don't know how but video game movies almost always turn out bad. Yeah sure that MK web series was kick ads but Hollywood will find a way to ruin this.

>>41747757
I think one of the reasons that the story of the games are either too shallow for a 2 hour movie, or too complex and it's meant to be discovered along with hours and hours of gameplay.

The other is that it's just impossible to find actors who look the same as the characters.
With comic-based movies, they can tailor the character to the actor, with book-based movies the description is lax enough to find actual people. With games.. good luck finding the person with the same face, acting skill, and preferably height and weight.

Just my emegrency bump

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>>41748751
Makes perfect sense, though I would add that Directors and such tend to change things around to suit them.

>>41747647
The first Mortal Kombat was a good movie.

Mainly because the plot of MK1 is just Enter the Dragon and they mostly stuck to the source material.

>>41748866
Oh yes, don't even get me started on directors and producers who never even touched the source material, and think they can decide what would appeal to the fanbase more.

>>41749226
Yes, they didn't try some weak spin off like in the Street Fighter movie.

>>41749436
Supposedly GW has been offered a movie deal but turned it down because the Directors/Producers/Writers kept wanting to change to setting to suit their 'vision' of it.

Bump

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Bump for Shokan

Bump

10 hours since last update.
bump

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People in order of meeting with Kaito
The Star

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The Australian

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on the 7th page again; next
Princess Pea... I mean the Soilder

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aaand a big welcome to the man we can thank all this to; the one who invited us,
The Snake

The first one to pull us out of a thight spot.
The Royalty

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>>41754009
khm, I said; THE ROYALTY

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Next up, the first guy who got really close in killing us. Now he is our trusty-toothy friend
The Prodigy

>>41753045

You think she'll be kidnapped again for MK3 just for kicks?

>>41754666
I'm more curious as to what our MK3 will be like.

>>41754723
That only happens if Kahn wins this civil w--oh that's right, we're horrifically outnumbered.

I'm back. Writing the next update now.

>>41754831
Perhaps, but we could always challenge Shao Kahn to Mortal Kombat for the throne or Edenia's freedom or something.
Failing that we could bail to Earthrealm.

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the first supernatural battle we witnessed
The Two Damned

>>41754982
Bailing to Earthrealm should only be an option if we can get some of our friends with us. Khan takes over again the odds they'll last in Outworld are slim to none.

>>41754982
A literally immortal godking? Sure, we can win that fight. He has nuts like everybody else, right?

>>41755027
Unless he has them protected.
In that case we are boned

>>41754982
We can free Edenia without fighting him if we can find someone who knows how to use the Kamidogu

like Sindel

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>>41743614
>>41743631
>>41746676

Taking Sub-Zero's words of advice about not wasting time, Kaito advises Duroc to lead them directly to the chamber as stealthily as possible. The shokan nods and begins taking them down the ornate passages until they reach a set of large doors.

"No guards?" Kaito asks.

"The inside is always guarded by Breeti," Duroc says. "But it is strange that we encountered no patrols..."

"I smell a trap," Sub-Zero adds.

Kaito decides against making a comment about his ability to smell ever since the Cyber Initiative due to the importance of the moment and instead asks Duroc, "What do you think? Should we go inside?"

"If it is a trap, we have already sprung it by coming here; we cannot afford to waste time going elsewhere. If it is not, then we are merely paranoid."

Duroc approaches the large doors and opens them. There is a large circular chamber dimly lit by glowing blue crystals with balconies that open up to the outside; the purple night sky can be see beyond.

At the heart of the room, carved into the floor, is a circle of shokan runes, and at its heart is a female shokan with dark skin, white tattoos to match her stark-white hair. She carries a golden staff.

"Breeti," Duroc says and the mystic opens her eyes.

"The lost brother," she says in a soft voice. "I am surprised you are here. Not that you are alive, but that you would risk your life for these outsiders."

"We must get past her," Duroc says over his shoulder.

>A) Talk to the mystic
>B) Attack the mystic
>C) Ask if she can release your manacles

For the record, I had always planned to use this image for the character before >>41751192 posted it

>>41754948
Oh good, I was starting to loose hope in bumping the thread

>>41755224
>>A) Talk to the mystic
>>C) Ask if she can release your manacles
Flirt.

>>41755224
>>A) Talk to the mystic
>C) Ask if she can release your manacles

>>41755224
>A) Talk to the mystic
If you knew Duroc was alive, you are probably not blind to what the shokan royal line has become either.
We are leaving. Are you here to stop us, or let us?

>>41755263
pls no,

>>41755224
>A)
Sure whatever you say lol

>>41755287
pls yes.

>>41755224
>A+C

>>41755346
Allright, but for the love of the Elder Gods at least start with a decent pick up line.

>>41755027
Hard to have anything remotely like authority, or be taken seriously, when some jackass tears your heart and turns your head into paste with your own hammer.

>>41755440
I don't think you understand how powerful Shao Kahn is.

Granted, neither does Kaito...

>>41755396
Perhaps a comment about her attractiveness and needing to get out more, since being locked in the portal room all the time is a waste.
Or we could just tell her she has nice tits. Either or.

>>41755440
>>41755456
I doubt we'll be able to beat Shao Kahn without HE MUST WIN! shenanigans.

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>>41755263
>>41755276
>>41755287
>>41755337
>>41755350

Kaito steps forward. "So, I understand that the shokan don't trust sorcerers, so you're probably not one, or the exception to the rule. Which is it?"

"I am a mystic trained in the old ways. I foresaw this day would arrive."

"So you saw me coming and waited, eh? I like that in a woman."

She says nothing. Kaito coughs. "If you foresaw this, then surely you've seen where the shokan are headed," Kaito says. "Under their current leadership, the shokan will be stomped out by Shao Kahn and the centaurs. Is that what you want?"

Her face remains stone-like and her voice has little emotion. "I am bound by honor to follow my king and my queen. They have not allowed you to leave."

Kaito sighs and holds up his wrists. "Can you at least get these off?"

"She can, but she will not," a voice calls out. The three of them turn around to look at the entrance, seeing Kintaro enter, dragging a kicking and shouting Jagara in by one of her hands. Several guards are behind them.

"Of course, I alerted the guards that you would be coming here," Breeti says.

"And you can't imagine my pleasure upon learning that you were behind all of this, Duroc," Kintaro laughs. "Looks like I get to have what's left after Goro's failures."

"Seems like that's your entire gig, isn't it Kintaro?" Kaito says with a smile. "Always second-best, always standing in the shadow of the great shokan champion?"

Kintaro's feline face turns into a scowl. "None of you are leaving her alive."

He suddenly hisses in pain as Jagara stabs him in the arm with a punching dagger, forcing him to let go. She leaps away to stand amidst the three of you, taking out three more punching daggers.

"I may not like my father, but that doesn't mean that I am not his daughter," she says to him. "I carry his strength!"

Kintaro roars and prepares to send the guards in. Breeti readies herself for kombat.

>A) Focus on Kintaro
>B) Focus on Breeti
>C) Focus on the shokan guards

>>41755474
The whole point of the HE MUST WIN! shenanigans is that he's legit-immortal.

>>41755481

>"None of you are leaving her alive."

HERE alive. HERE.

>>41755456
I do, Kaito doesn't. Still, being down a heart and a head is a pain to walk off regardless. And apparently making chumps of people in their own home is a thing we do now.

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>41755481
>B) Focus on Breeti
Take her staff. and knock her the fuck out with it.
If we can't magic, they shouldn't either.

>>41755481
>B)
We don't know what she's capable of, start with the variable.

>>41755481
>Focus on Kintaro.
Duroc? Can you talk some sense into her?
Kuai, take the guards yeah?

>>41755481
>>B) Focus on Breeti
If we can get her to teleport us, we've won. Make mention of these dirty tactics and bring up the fact that you won Mortal Kombat against the King. In the eyes of the Elder Gods, you were victor and they violated those rules.

Also, whisper to Duroc, Sub-Zero and Breeti the secret Shokan weak point.

>>41755481
>B) Focus on Breeti
one punch her and honor dictates balh blah blah.

>>41755481
>Focus on Breeti
>>41755576
Guess I might as well change my vote.

>>41755576
I think we shouldn't pull a presuasion act in the middle of combat.
But presuation is the way to go. Why would she honor the wishes of the honorless?

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>>41755548
>>41755564
>>41755576
>>41755586
>>41755638

"I'll handle the guards," Sub-Zero says.

"I will take care of Kintaro," Duroc says, facing the tigrar. Jagara stands alongside him.

Kaito turns to Breeti. "Breeti, please. I don't want to fight you. I'd like your help."

She shakes her head. "I cannot. I must serve my king."

"I fought your king in Mortal Kombat and the royal family took me captive when I won. How can you say that you are bound by honor to serve those without honor?"

The mystic is stunned for a moment, unable to find the words to justify her actions. She turns her head aside and shakes it. "I... I cannot."

Around them, the battle erupts. Sub-Zero freezes two of the guards and then creates a sword of ice to parry the axe-strikes of the others while Duroc and Kintaro clash in the heart of the room; Jagara dashes to the side and waits for her moment to jump in.

Breeti holds up her staff and points it at Kaito; the head of which now burns with a fire. "I must stop you. It is my duty. The shokan people will never forgive me if I let you pass. I must honor my king... even if his actions are dishonorable."

Her voice is not as strong as it was before.

>A) Continue attempting to convince her
>B) Accept her words and fight her
>C) Attempt to steal her staff and knock her out

>>41755799
>A
This almost seems to be working so why not?

>>41755799
>C)
And
>A)

Grab her staff, then during the moment when we tug of war over it try to talk some more sense into her.

>>41755799
>A Continue to attempt to convince Breeti
"Can you at least get these manacles off so we can have a fair fight?"

>>41755799
>>A) Continue attempting to convince her
It's your duty to let us pass. Your goal isn't to serve the King, it's your duty to serve the Shokan as a whole.
You said you forsaw this, so then you must have forsaw where it leads if you keep us here.
Shao Kahn will only crush your people under his heel and the Shokan will gain nothing.

>>41755799
>A) Continue attempting to convince her
If she fires, try to block with the manacle. It might break, or it might be used as counter-magic.

"And what of his oath Empress Kitana? He ignored it after Shao Kahn returned, and tries to weasel his way back.
What of Duroc? After he let his guard down to spare Goro, he turned on him. After he survived, he returned to his brother not just being unpunished, but receiveing the greatest honor and be a champion of mortal kombat."

"Others will follow. With every generation, shokans will think that if that's acceptable for the royal line, why wouldn't it be acceptable for them?"

>>41755799
>A) Continue attempting to convince her
honor your king by honoring his oaths- to Kitana, and by extension her allies- us.

>>41755843
>>41755930
>>41755960
>>41755972
>>41756034

Kaito stands firm. "As a mystic, you must receive visions. I want you to envision a future where the shokan have no honor. Where generations are inspired by the examples set by King Gorbak and Goro, who do not honor their vows and do not fight truly and justly."

She stares at Kaito as he continues, "Don't serve your king. Serve the shokan people. Honor the oaths made to Princess Kitana. Please, Breeti. Don't let your people die."

"And if I do this, and Shao Kahn wins, what becomes of the shokan? They will be in ruin regardless," she says.

"Would you rather accept your fate or fight against it? Would you rather the shokan die kneeling before their murderer or on their feet charging against him? At least with the latter they have a chance to win. And I swear I will help your people, and unlike your king, I honor my promises."

Breeti closes her eyes. "I will do this."

Kaito smiles. "You're making the right choice."

She stands in the center of the runes and places her staff at its exact central point, into a small groove. "I can send you directly to a specific person or location; you must choose the destination. Anyone you hold or holding you will go with you."

Kaito turns around and sees Sub-Zero still fighting the guards. Duroc and Jagara are still battling Kintaro, who opens his mouth and unleashes a torrent of flame that Duroc blocks with his four arms.

>A) Help Sub-Zero
>B) Help Duroc and Jagara
>C) Teleport out of here alone; they'll follow

>>41756366
>>A) Help Sub-Zero

>>41756366
>B) Help Duroc and Jagara
Hopefully Sub-Zero with his power armour will be able to hold off the guards. We can't beat all of them, more will come.
Let's take out Kintaro, and skip boat with everyone

>>41756366
>A)
The others are Shokan. Tough enough to get to Breeti and get out of here. Though we might want to yell to them to do so.

>>41756366
>>A) Help Sub-Zero
DUROC! CHEESE IT!

>>41756366
>A
Duroc and Jagara have the odds in their favor. Then again Sub-Zero's powers are good for crowd control. Help him for now but be ready to mess Kintaro up if needed

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>>41756410
>>41756513
>>41756545
>>41756625

"Be ready," he says to her as he goes to help Sub-Zero face the shokan guards. As the Lin Kuei freezes two more, Kaito leaps and kicks one to the ground. When this is done, he turns and punches another in the face.

Nearby, Duroc grapples with Kintaro, all four of their arms locked against each other.

"You... will... FALL!" Kintaro shouts. "You were weaker than Goro, and you are weaker than I!"

Jagara suddenly leaps in and stabs Kintaro in the back of the thigh, forcing him down onto a knee. Duroc smashes his forehead against the tigrar's and then grabs him and lifts him up. "That's where you're wrong..." he says, grunting. "I was STRONGER than Goro! I defeated him! It was my heart that made me save him from the cliff!"

He approaches a nearby balcony as the tigrar struggles to get free.

"A mistake I will not make with you," Duroc says before throwing him off. Kintaro's roar can be heard as he is thrown from the mountainside city.

Kaito and Sub-Zero finish the rest of the guards, subduing them with ice or knocking them out.

Jagara and Duroc meet with them in the heart of the room. "This is it," Jagara says with a smile. "Breeti, I am glad that you are with us."

"We do not have long," the mystic says. "More will be coming."

Kaito thinks hard about where he wants to go.

>Suggest a specific location or person in Outworld!

>>41756807
>>Suggest a specific location or person in Outworld!
Turana! or Tortek. Either Or.

Also mention to Duroc that throwing him off the Balcony probably didn't kill Kintaro. Shokan seem to have a genetic immunity to dying from being thrown off tall things.

>>41756807
Bo'Rai Cho? He isn't a primary target, might have evaded capture
Also could we get those manacles off? Wh have people to shock.

>>41756807
Turana.

>>41756807
master Bo'Rai Cho

that way we can pass of the kamidogu to someone we can trust