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Within the realm of Outworld lies the city of Z'unkahrah, capital city for the imperial rule of Kotal Kahn. It is an ancient city, one undergoing many changes in the last two decades, since the former Emperor, Shao Kahn, was killed during his invasion of Earthrealm. Kotal of the osh-tekk people rose to take the title of Kahn, and has ruled ever since, albeit more benevolently than Shao Kahn did. But one would be foolish to mistake his lighter rule for an inability to maintain an iron grip on his territory and the people within it. Kotal is both a powerful warrior and a cunning diplomat, who rigidly adheres to his principles and charges his guards and agents to enforce his laws with utmost brutality if necessary.

One such law regards thievery: all thieves shall be put to death.

But that's only the ones who are caught; not ones like Cao.

Cao is a thief. He has prowled the shadows of Z'unkahrah ever since he was twelve years old, when his father was executed for being a soldier loyal to Shao Kahn, fighting in the armies of General Reiko after the Emperor's death. He, his older sister and his mother, pregnant with his soon-to-be-born younger sister, were made to watch as Kotal Kahn executed his father along with many other enemy soldiers. The Emperor carved out his father's heart and drank its blood as the crowd cheered his name.

It wasn't long after his little sister was born that their mother vanished without a word or a trace, leaving all three children to fend for themselves. No one would associate with them out of fear for the bad luck their family seemed to be cursed with. And so, in order to survive, Cao and his sisters turned to thievery, begging and pickpocketing. Cao has seen many thieves put to death, but each time he reminds himself that it's because they were caught.

Not like him; nobody catches Cao.

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On this day in particular, Cao sits on one of the rooftops overlooking the kove, where ships come and go; merchant vessels, slave ships, imperial cargo haulers. Nothing out of the ordinary. Cao finds himself looking out over the water, bored. He hasn't seen a good mark all day. His sister Sanra will likely bring back a good haul, she usually does. She doesn’t gloat but he hates days when he can’t match her. But just when he is about to give up and head somewhere else, something strange happens out on the water that draws his eyes. A mist begins to form above the water, an unnatural fog, growing and taking the shape of a ship. He squints as he stands up, putting a hand over his eyes to block out the sun.

From this swirling cloud emerges a ship unlike any he's ever seen. It's large, with beautiful sails with the Elder God symbol of the dragon upon them. The wood of the ship looks brand new, and it's covered in decorations, looking almost like something that belongs in a parade. The ship cuts through the water towards the port and makes for an empty dock, pulling up alongside it. Cao can see the crew from here; a shokan, some outworlders, at least one tarkatan, with others he doesn't recognize, including a winged bird-woman and a large reptilian beast—not at all like the saurians in the city. The dock manager, a man Cao often tries to avoid, shouts at them that they need to pay to moor their ship.

Cao crouches down and continues to spy as someone steps off onto the deck. He's a man, looks a bit like a fighter, with clean clothes and a yellow sash. He's carrying a generously-sized bag of koins, and now Cao is very, very interested. He sees the man pay the dock manager with ten jade koins, but the bag looks like it holds many more. The dock manager moves off and Cao watches the man tie the koins to his belt and turn to look at a masked woman jumping off the ship onto the dock and approaching him.

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>>45362874

She's beautiful and deadly-looking, with one hell of a chest and an outfit to show it off, but he's not paying her much attention. Instead, Cao is fixated on that bag. It's just hanging out in the open! He knows that it's bound to get stolen sooner or later with that kind of lax attention paid to it—the question is who is going to steal it first. With a bag like that, he could practically pay to feed himself and his sisters for a month!

They're headed towards the markets now; the man, the masked woman with the amazing rack, a younger male with a yellow headband and matching sash as the older one (a younger brother, perhaps?) and a fourth joins them as well, some kind of ninja-warrior clad in orange. Cao has his sights on the bag but getting there and getting out isn't going to be easy with so many eyes. Plus, he has learned that appearances are often deceiving—they could have powers. Thankfully it's high noon and the market is at its busiest, full of people hustling and bustling about.

He leaps down into the sand and keeps his head low as he follows behind them, slowly working his way closer. The key is to be fast and utterly precise, without anything seeing or knowing—hopefully, he won't even realize he's been robbed until Cao is far gone. All of them are distracted by the sights and sounds of the marketplace. Cao smiles to himself—tourists. From another realm with a magic ship, maybe? It doesn't matter. He's close enough now that he can almost smell the koins...

Just then, an old woman, a clumsy fool named Blanche, bumps into his target! A lesser thief would abandon his mission right now, but Cao sees his opportunity and dashes in, walking nonchalantly up to the back of the man, untying the bag and walking away in less than three seconds. His heart pounds from the rush of it and he vanishes into the crowd, subtly tucking the weighty bag under one arm.

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>>45362892

He did it! They didn't even know what hit them! Cao can't help but smile to himself as he reaches the other end of the market and hides behind a stall. He opens the bag and looks inside and nearly dies of a heart attack; there must be at least a hundred or maybe even two hundred koins in this bag!

He can't help but fish some out and look at them, admiring them. So taken aback by his luck that he forgot one of his own rules; don't stick around the crime scene. Someone steps into view and he looks up, seeing the orange ninja from before, looking right down at him.

The man's eyes suddenly burst into flame, and then the rest of his body follows!

Cao wastes no time and closes the back and takes off as the man raises his hands and blasts the cart he was hiding behind, setting it on fire and creating a small explosion. People scream and look upon the fiery figure with wide eyes, but Cao doesn't spare a look back—he's on the run. He turns and skids along the dirt with one hand on the ground and looks up, making eye contact with the man he just robbed.

For the briefest of moments, they merely stare at each other before Cao takes off running with the man in hot pursuit. Cao's bare feet kick up dirt behind him as he sprints away, but he can hear the man behind him.

Cao runs down an alleyway and kicks out a wooden stand that was supporting wooden poles and staves to trip the man. He doesn't look back to see if it works, but the man in pursuit ends up tripping, giving Cao some distance. He hears a whooshing noise from behind him and then the sound of further pursuit.

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He makes it to a new corner of the market, a long road of vendors and shops. He spies a horned stomper with a harness pulling a cart and leaps up onto its back before jumping onto a stack of crates. He hears the man jump and grab onto the crate he's standing on and so he leaps off, kicking it back as he makes for a nearby cloth stretched over a shop, knocking the stack of crates down as he does. He bounces off the cloth and grabs onto a balcony, pulling himself up.

He spares a single glance back and sees the man generate some kind of wind beneath him to propel himself upwards! He can fly?! Cao doesn't ponder it and runs to the end of the balcony with the man right on his heels.

"Excuse me! I need that!" he calls out to Cao, who pays him no heed. He dives off the balcony towards the ground and lands in the dirt rolling, up on his feet and running. He hears the man jump after him.

Cursing his luck with how persistent this man is, Cao reaches into the bag and grabs a handful of koins. He opens his mouth and shouts, "FREE MONEY!" before tossing them up into the air to rain down behind him. Predictably, everyone goes for them, greedily grabbing at them and forming a wall of bodies between him and his pursuer.

He didn't like doing that, but he's got koins to spare for the moment—and a few fewer koins is well worth an escape.

He reaches an alley he is very familiar with—abandoned and a haven for people like him. He wastes no time and runs into a building where he has set up one of his little tricks to get out of situations like this; a dark room with a stack of sandbags about his height. He tears off his jacket and takes a moment to put it on the sandbags with the hood up, facing away from the entrance. "STOP RIGHT THERE!" a voice calls out in the alley.

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He approaches a wall and pulls aside some loose boards, climbing inside and sealing himself within. There is a ladder hear that leads up to the rooftops. He scales it as quickly and quietly as he can, reaching the roof and looking down. He hears a sound from below as the man tackles the sandbags and he cannot help but smile to himself at how well it worked.

But then, something he didn't expect: his little sister, Hua, only eight years old, runs out of one of the nearby buildings. The man leaps out and shouts, "STOP RIGHT THERE, THIEF!" undoubtedly thinking that it is him.

Hua puts on her best frightened, innocent child act and falls back with a scream, backing up to the wall and taking out her knife, pointing it at him with a shaking hand. Cao drops to his stomach as he looks down, unable to know how the man is going to react. He needs to give his sister a way out!

But the only thing he has on him now is the bag of koins. He opens it and takes one out and, without pausing to consider it much, throws it at the back of the man's head.

No money is worth the love he has for his sister. One less koin makes no difference.

He hides as the man picks up the koin, spying on Hua as she immediately breaks off and heads for a hole in a nearby wall that she is small enough to fit into. He smiles and rolls away, out of sight, out of mind.

He silently pants as his heart returns to normal. He can hear conversation from below as one of the man's friends catches up to him; then silence as they both leave. Cao waits a few minutes more before looking down into the alley. Sure enough, he's nowhere to be seen.

Cao smiles again. The man gave up and he got away—again.

He hefts up the bag. One hell of a haul, too...

‘Looks like your luck is turning, Cao…’ he thinks to himself.

>A) Count the koins in the bag
>B) Go down and retrieve your jacket
>C) Head back to your hideout
>D) Find a safe place to stash the koins
>E) Go find Hua
>F) Other (Write-In)

>>45362951
>>B) Go down and retrieve your jacket
>>C) Head back to your hideout


Sup Damashi?

>>45362951

Sorry for the text dump, but those of you who follow the quest know that we're already acquainted with Cao---I just wanted to write the scene from his perspective.

I'd like to bring quick attention to the new document in the OP; it's a google doc with all the information on Cao's campaign in it, along with updated and revised rules for kombat and other things.

We'll be trying out a few new things with this quest, so I encourage you to take a look.

Hope you guys had a good week; I've got a four-day weekend and plenty of Mortal Kombat Konquest lined up.

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>>45362975

After peeking over to look down and make sure that nobody is there, Cao hops over the edge and grabs onto a lower ledge, stopping himself from falling all the way before dropping to the dirt floor. He approaches the building with his sandbag distraction and sees all the bags knocked over and his jacket among them.

He picks it up and shakes it off a bit, ridding it of sand, before sliding it back on and putting the hood up. He's glad the man didn't take it, but then again, there's nothing much to his jacket outside of sentimental value.

With the koin bag tucked securely under one arm underneath the jacket, he scales the stairs to the second floor and crawls out a window onto a wooden beam that crosses an adjacent alleyway, making his way into another abandonned building. It's a route he knows well, having traversed this part of town many times.

He knows that the best thing to do would be to make it back home, in the aqueducts of the city, but there aren't many places to access it without drawing any attention. He knows the nearest one, however: the question is how he wants to get there.

>A) Stick to the streets
>B) Stick to the rooftops
>C) Hitch a ride on the back of a passing wagon
>D) Move through the alleyways
>E) Other

>>45363307
>>B) Stick to the rooftops

>>45363307
>B)
Thieves highway

Hey Damashi, I know you want to get the ball rolling, but maybe you should wait for more votes?

>>45363419

I will, don't worry.

>>45363307
>>B) Stick to the rooftops

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>>45363326
>>45363418
>>45363557

Cao reaches a low window and climbs out of it, onto a nearby rooftop. From here, he scales a series of wooden boards to another, and before long he's fairly high up, crouching as he dashes across the rooftops of Z'unkahrah.

He feels the bag under his arm and he can't help but imagine how many are inside. Maybe three hundred, even! He can hardly wait to get home and count them all.

He stops and pauses briefly as he looks out over the city. Kotal Kahn's palace, styled like a tiered pyramid---a ziggurat---can be seen, as well as some other notable features, like the arena and the great tower. He doesn't stay for long, heading towards a familiar alley and dropping down onto a few crates stacked atop each other.

He moves to the end of the alley and looks out at his target: a large, public well, made of stone bricks stacked about three feet high in a circle. It's not often used ever since the water in this part of town went bad, but sometimes people like to linger around it. Cao and his sisters use it to reach the aqueducts.

Currently, the coast seems clear.

>A) Make a dash for the well
>B) Stop and observe to ensure that nobody is looking or coming
>C) Head to another entrance, one that isn't as public
>D) Approach it casually and then jump in when no one is looking
>E) Other

>>45363647
>>B) Stop and observe to ensure that nobody is looking or coming

>>45363647
>>D) Approach it casually and then jump in when no one is looking

We are a good boy out on a casual stroll.

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>>45363707

Cao takes a moment before he casually strolls out towards the well. 'Nothing to see here. Just out for a walk,' he thinks to himself, trying his best to act casual. He suddenly pauses when he notices a guard walking this way, his weapons sheathed. Cao ducks behind the well as the guard walks over, apparently taking off his mask and spitting down into the water below.

Cao remains as low to the ground as possible, cursing his jumpiness. If the guard walks around and sees him, he'll have a reason to suspect he's hiding. If he can just stay out of sight long enough until the guard passes on back the way he came...

>1d100+10 to hide from the guard!

Rolled 50 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45363923
Test

Rolled 9 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45363923

>>45364037
Glad to see that the MKK curse is still on Cao

Rolled 90 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45363923
rolling

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>>45364036
>>45364037
Wouldn't be MK Quest without bad rolls.

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>>45364059
>>45364096
YE OF LITTLE FAITH
>>45364096

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>>45364036
>>45364037
>>45364096
>In this instance, the early roll was decent, and the bad roll is countered by the 90.

Cao holds himself up against the well and remains there, listening for the guard. The man spits again before leaving. Cao smiles to himself but then finds that he is about to sneeze; he clasps his hands over his mouth and holds it in.

The guard stops, but then keeps going, convincing himself it was nothing.

Cao smiles once more before standing up and hopping over down into the well, grabbing a rope and sliding down into the murky water below. The flow isn't particularly high at the moment, only up to his ankles, making it manageable.

Cao begins to trek through the psuedo-sewers, built long ago before the city was erected atop them, some say. He holds his nose and steps up onto a stone platform, walking into a hall and out of the water.

Eventually, Cao reaches a junction that, to others, would seem almost labyrinthian in nature, but he knows it well. He skulks into the shadows and eventually finds his home.

Cao and his sisters live in a small, hidden place amongst the shadows of the underground. Here, they have small beds with dirty sheets and pillows, along with a table and a single candle. A shelf lines one wall, with stolen odds and ends, curiosities that can't be sold on the market, as well as little arts and crafts projects made by his little sister Hua.

There are also books on the shelf, but Cao doesn't much care for those.

He's alone currently. Sanra and Hua are still out.

>A) Count the koins
>B) Hide the koins
>C) Sit on your bed and catch a quick nap
>D) Check the surrounding area to see if Sanra or Hua are approaching
>E) Other

>>45364311
>D)
If nothing's around
>A)
Count that paper

>>45364350
Ditto

>>45364350
Do dis. Ponder why the elder gods made shokans so tall and you so short.

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>>45364400
>ponder why the elder gods made shokans so tall and you so short
I see what you're doing motherfucker
i back it

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>>45364350
>>45364378
>>45364400

Cao takes a peek out into the twisting hallways and corridors that surround his home, finding no one coming. Feeling more secure, he steps back inside, sits at the table and takes out the koin bag and begins to count.

It takes him a while, since he has to separate them by type, but eventually he finalizes the count after double-checking to make sure.

Sapphire - 36
Onyx - 29
Jade - 10
Ruby - 8
Gold - 3

Less than he'd hoped, as it turns out. Not even more than a hundred, and only three gold koins. He sighs; perhaps he grabbed more than he thought when he was escaping pursuit from that man he took them from.

Who even was that guy, Cao wonders? What was that strange ship he sailed in on, and who were his companions? Ah well, nobody too important, probably. Just another wandering band of weirdos.

Cao gathers up the koins and considers what to do with them next.

>A) Take some with you
>B) Leave them here and add them to the stash
>C) Think of another place you can hide them
>D) Wait until one of your sisters shows up to talk it over with them
>E) Other

>>45364569
>>D) Wait until one of your sisters shows up to talk it over with them

>>45364569
>A)
We aren't kaito, it seems prudent to always carry some cash on hand. Maybe just the jade.

>>45364569
>E)
Keep the Jade with you and wait for sisters to decide what to do with the rest.

>>45364569
>D)
Chill until our sisters get here.

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>>45364656
>>45364709
>>45364784
>>45364855

Cao takes the ten jade koins and slips them back into the bag, securing it tightly around his waist as he sits back and waits for his sisters.

About an hour later, he finds himself using a small nail to scratch a picture into the wall adjacent to his bed. Nothing specific, perhaps one of the beasts he saw in the marketplace, when suddenly he hears a startling cry.

He shoots straight up in his bed and he runs out of their home, listening closely. He hears the sounds of a struggle, and his little sister!

"Let go! Let go!" she shouts.

"Give it! I sssaw it firssst!"

Cao runs towards the sound and comes upon a larger junction. Hua is there, pulling on a bag that is in the hands of a lanky and repulsive-smelling lizardfolk. They thrive down here in this wet place---one of the hazards of hiding down here.

"It isss mine!" he hisses at her. Before Cao can intervene, the bag between them rips, most likely due to his claws, and the contents spill onto the floor; small rolls of bread. Hua falls back and crawls away as the mishapen lizard-man greedily claws at the food.

>A) Grab Hua and go
>B) Threaten the lizardman
>C) Attack him for touching your sister
>D) Try and grab at the bread yourself
>E) Other

>>45365091
>>A) Grab Hua and go

>>45365091
>B)
I won't back down
>HEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYY
There ain't no easy way out

>>45365091
>B) "I'll shove that your tounge up your ass so far that... Your tounge will be up your ass."

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>>45365140
>>45365205

Cao points a finger at the lizardfolk. "You know better than to come around here! We've kicked out your kind before, don't think I don't do it again!"

The lizardfolk looks up at him as he grabs the bread in his long fingers, unimtimidated. Suddenly, his throat swells to a massive size, like a frog's. Green bile collects in the membrane before it is hacked violently in Cao's direction!

>1d100 and an action! Dodge or attack!

>>45365262
Rolling dodge to avoid the spittle and kick him in the knee.

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>45365262
Rolling dodge towards the lizardman into a Rolling Throw, into a wall.

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>45365262
This>>45365352

>>45365352
ful my life

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>45365351
Try this again

>>45365351
>>45365389

With honed reflexes from life on the streets, Cao immediately rolls to his right, dodging the bile! It hits the wall behind him and sizzles, smoking slightly as it eats away at the wall.

He rolls onto his feet and springs forward, ready to attack the lizardfolk!

>>45365352
>>45365366

He prepares to grab the freak, but the lizardfolk reaches out with an arm and grabs Cao by the face, wrapping his claws around his head and stopping the thief in his tracks. He hisses at Cao before turning and slamming him against a wall.

Hua runs up behind the lizardfolk with her knife, a simple one whittled out of bone, and stabs him in the back of the thigh. The reptillian howls in pain and slaps her away with his tail, causing her to hit the ground and skid a bit. He hisses again before reaching down to scoop up the bread the making for an exit in the opposite direction.

>A) 1d100 to pursue!
>B) Stay and help Hua

>>45365529
>>B) Stay and help Hua

>>45365529
>B) Stay and help Hua
Fuck the dude, help lil sis

>>45365529
>>B) Stay and help Hua
I think we've both had enough.

>>45365529
>B)

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>>45365592
>>45365637
>>45365671
>>45365718

Cao picks himself up and watches as the lizardfolk makes off with the bread. He'd like to chase the scum-sucking gutter trash down and knock out his teeth against the stone wall, but Hua could be hurt. He makes his way over to her quickly and helps her up.

"Are you okay?" he asks. She nods, rubbing a bruise on her arm. He looks at it as she reaches for her knife and puts it away.

"I wanted to bring bread home," she says, somewhat somber.

"That's okay," Cao says, tussling her hair a bit and giving her a hug. "Come on. I got some money today. I can go buy us some bread later."

She nods and holds his hand as they walk back to their home. Her eyes open wide as she sees the money on the table. "Wow! You got all this?"

Cao can't help but give her a sheepish grin. "Lucky haul today."

She gives the table a scan, counting the koins. She's much faster at counting than he is. "We can buy lotsa food with this!"

"Enough for a week or two, if we're sparing," Cao replies.

"How'd you do it?" she asks.

>A) Tell her about the chase
>B) Keep the details vague
>C) Exaggerate a bit for her
>D) Change the subject
>E) Other

>>45365820
>C)
Gotta put ourselves over, try not to mention Hua being there

>>45365820
>C)
Emphasize the fact we couldn't of done it without her.

>>45365820
>>C) Exaggerate a bit for her
Build up how we defeated the mighty warrior who controlled air

>>45365820
>B)
Let her young mind fill the gaps, she'll make a story way cooler then we could.

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>>45365851
>>45365853
>>45365857

Cao smiles and regails her with the tale of how he was chased through the city by a man on fire and another who took after him with the power of flight. Twenty others joined in the chase and Kotal Kahn's guards got mixed up in it as well, but he outsmarted them all, leading them in circles!

Hua hugs her knees close to her chest and listens with wide eyes as he reaches the part about hideaway alley, where the strange wind-warrior cornered Hua and Cao threw the koin at him to distract him. She smiles as she recalls her experience on that side of the situation.

"They kept looking for me but I gave them the slip," Cao says with a smile. "You know why?" he asks with a wry grin.

"Nobody catches you!" she beams.

Cao is about to say that she's right when another voice speaks up. "Except your sister, you idiot."

Before he can turn around, Sanra steps in and whaps him across the skull. "Ow!" he shouts, rubbing his head. "What'd you do that fo--"

She whaps him again, causing Hua to gasp. Sanra never hit Cao more than once at a time!

"You idiot! Do you know what you did?!" Sanra sighs in frustation. "Hua, go for a walk, but don't go too far."

"But I--"

"Hua!" the eldest sibling says in a commanding voice. Without a moment's delay, she scampers out of view, but likely doesn't leave earshot.

Sanra grabs Cao by the ear and drags him up to his feet. "Do you KNOW who you STOLE from?" she says.

"Some guy! Who even cares?"

Sanra lets go and puts her face in her hands. "Oh, by the Elder Gods, why do I have to have such a foolish brother..."

She sits on her bed as Cao sits back down on his, rubbing his tender ear.

>A) Apathetic: "What's the big deal, anyway?"
>B) Selfish: "He didn't deserve that money anyway, the way he had it hanging out."
>C) Reckless: "What? I just saw some money and went for it. Big deal."
>D) "I'm sorry. I just wanted to bring back some money."
>E) Other

>>45366045
>>A) Apathetic: "What's the big deal, anyway?"

>>45366045
>E) the mass effect "I should go."

>>45366045
>>C) Reckless: "What? I just saw some money and went for it. Big deal."
Full Mugen run baby.

>>45366115
I kekd. We will do this next time I promise.

>>45366045
>B)
Who cares if he was some big shot dude had his sack hanging out for anyone to grab

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>>45366099
>>45366130
>>45366167

"I saw some money and went for it; it was right out there in the open so he probably didn't even want it."

"He chased you through the city!'

Cao shrugs. "So?"

She grips her hair in frustation. "Cao, you don't know what you've done this time. Draken says that--"

"Draken?" Cao interrupts her. "What were you talking to him for?"

"This isn't about Draken, Cao, it's about you! He says that Kotal Kahn has his guards out personally looking for you! YOU! Do you know who that guy was? He killed Shao Kahn!"

Regardless of any apathy Cao exhibits, she has his full attention now. "What?"

"And that woman with him was Princess Mileena, his daughter! From Edenia!"

"So that's why she had such an amazing ra--"

She's about to slap him again but he catches her wrist. She wrests it from him and looks at him, visibly agitated. "Cao, that man was here to see Kotal Kahn! He was his guest and now he's offering a personal reward for your capture!"

Cao sits back a bit, trying to maintain his disinterested nature, but deep inside her words are getting to him. He may have really stolen from the one who killed Shao Kahn...

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>>45366373

"Well... if I got away from him, he couldn't be that good," he says with a shrug.

"I swear, you make me want to pull out my hair sometimes," she says, getting up and pacing around. "You can't leave. You have to lay low. Maybe we can fake your death..."

"I don't want to do any of that," Cao says.

"Well I am not losing you and that's final!" she replies. "They say he wants to cut off your hands. Wasn't it enough that he cut out dad's heart?"

"Don't talk about that," Cao says, looking away.

Sanra sighs and walks over to the table, looking at the money. His eyes stray back over to her and he knows what she's thinking; this money wasn't worth the trouble.

Well, Cao's not too concerned. He's never been caught before, so why would it happen now? Even if they're looking for him...

>A) Come up with a plan with Sanra
>B) Ask her what she was doing with Draken
>C) Lay in your bed and relax; lay low for now
>D) Make plans to go out later
>E) Other

>>45366398
>>A) Come up with a plan with Sanra
Make a joke about how we can beat kotal khan in mortal kombat to get out of punishment.

>>45366045
>A)

>>45366398
>>A) Come up with a plan with Sanra

>>45366398
>A)

>>45366398
>B)
What were you doing you slut

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>>45366457
>>45366514
>>45366560
>>45366566

Cao shrugs. "Alright, let's come up with a plan. Hey, maybe I can beat Kotal Kahn in Mortal Kombat and get out of punishment."

"Don't even," she says, pointing a finger back at him. "The 'plan' is that you're going to stay here, out of trouble and out of sight."

"Sounds like a boring plan," Cao replies with a roll of his eyes.

"I'm sure the treatment you'll get here is much, much worse than the torture at the hands of our dear Emperor," she says in a sarcastic tone. She gathers up the koins, bringing them over to a small chest hidden under her bed in a hole in the wall, opening it to place them inside, taking out a few. "I'm going to use these to buy food. Now I have to be three times as careful because they're looking for me, too, so I have to go to the markets I don't even know so nobody will recognize me."

"Oh no," Cao says, taking out a jade koin. He begins twirling it around his fingers, spinning it between the digits.

"Don't go anywhere, Cao. I mean it," she says in a firm tone.

>>45366572

Cao looks up at Sanra as she passes by. "Say... What were you doing with Draken, anyway?"

"Planning a heist," she says. "One that can actually get out of this city and on a boat. But that's all set back because you just had to rob a friend of the Emperor."

She leaves and Cao watches her go, wanting to retort but holding his tongue. She's angry and upset, but he knows that she loves and cares about him. He rubs his sore head---perhaps she cares a bit too much.

Slowly, Hua creeps back inside. Of course, she was listening.

"Are you in trouble?" she asks, afraid.

"No," Cao says with a disarming smile. "I'm sure it's nothing, it'll all blow over as soon as something comes along to distract the Kahn with. Don't worry."

She slowly nods and heads back over to the table, getting a book off the shelf to read.

>A) Wait patiently for Sanra
>B) Ask Hua what she's reading
>C) Go out for a walk
>D) Follow Sanra
>E) Other

>>45366729
>B)

>>45366729
>C)
Lets recklessly go mess with some lizards!

>>45366729
>B) Ask Hua what she's reading

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>>45366827
>>45366840
>>45367104

Cao looks over at Hua and asks her what's she's reading. "It's about the Elder Gods," she says. "Wanna hear?"

He slowly averts his eyes, uncomfortable on the topic. "No, that's alright. Keep reading though, you'll grow up smart, unlike your brother," he says with a smile. "I'm going to go for a walk."

Hua nearly gets out of her chair, her face and voice full of concern as she says, "But Sanra said--"

"I'm not going anywhere! Just a little walk around. Don't worry. I won't leave the neighborhood."

She doesn't object, but is still worried nonetheless as he slips out. He needs a walk to clear his head.

Kotal Kahn, sending out for him personally... Well, he must be doing something right then, contrary to what Sanra thinks. Let the Kahn try and catch him, let him squeeze tighter and tighter and tighter... it'll only make it more easy to slip through his fingers.

And when the time is right...

Cao slams a fist into his open palm, imagining it to be the Emperor's stupid green face.

So what if they're out looking for him. They're not going to catch him, no matter how hard they try. Nobody can even sneak up on---

"Hey Cao."

The thief nearly jumps out of his skin and throws up his fists, ready to fight, as Draken steps out. He's tall, with a closely-shaved head and a neatly-trimmed beard, with a clean smile.

Cao hates that about him---he looks too clean to be a thief like him.

"Boy, I gotta hand it to you, you sure know how to stir up trouble. I didn't think you had it in you," he says with a smile.

>>45367291

Cao drops his fists, but keeps them clenched. "What do you want, Draken?"

"I'm just here to let you know the price they're offering on your head. They're giving out koins to people who can tip off the guards to where you might be---you should see how many people who suddenly claim to have seen you are stepping up to get a share. But for someone who can bring you in... that's a hundred gold koins right there on the spot."

Cao looks away. A hundred gold...

Draken slaps him on the back. "But stealing from the man who helped kill Shao Kahn? That takes stones that not even I have."

Cao is silent and Draken studies his face. "Wait... You knew who he was, didn't you?"

Again, silence.

Draken busts out into laughter. "You didn't even know! Oh, that's rich! Well, it makes sense, I wouldn't have even known what he looks like, since it's been twenty years since he last showed up, but still! To think, you saw him step off his magic boat and think he'd be a good mark!"

"I got away, didn't I?" Cao says, annoyed at Draken's tone.

"For now," Draken replies. "Word on the street is that Kotal Kahn was personally offended. Like you stole the money straight from him by taking it from his guest."

>A) Problem with Authority: "Good. To hell with the kahn."
>B) Loner: "If there's nothing else, I'd like you to leave, Draken."
>C) Apathetic: "I don't really care either way."
>D) "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
>E) Other

>>45366729
>>B) Ask Hua what she's reading
>>C) Go out for a walk
Lets not leave the sewers though, we're smart enough to temper our disrespect for authority for a little bit of caution

>>45367312
>>A) Problem with Authority: "Good. To hell with the kahn."

>>45367312
>D)

>>45367312
>E) I should go...

>>45367550
>>45367577

Cao turns to leave, but Draken reaches out and grabs his shoulder. "Hey, you're welcome. I didn't have to come down here and warn you. You don't think I wouldn't mind that money? You're lucky I care about Sanra, or I--"

"Don't talk about her," Cao interrupts him, turning around and shrugging his hand off his shoulder. He points a finger at his fellow thief. "Don't talk like you actually give a damn about her."

Draken folds his arms, amused. "She can choose who to spend her time with. What? You don't like the idea of us being brothers?" he laughs.

>A) Punch him
>B) Walk away
>C) Threaten him
>D) Shove past him and keep walking
>E) Other

>>45367738
>C)

>>45367738
>>D) Shove past him and keep walking
Keep your body taut in case he changed his mind about that bounty.

>>45367738
>No i don't like the idea her being with someone who will walk away when the times get tougher than they are now.

>>45367818
>>45367841
>>45367980

Cao looks him on and says, "No, I don't, because I know you, Draken, even if Sanra doesn't. I know you'll just walk away when things get tough."

"Not like you, right?" Draken says with a smile. "No, you'd just run right into the jaws of death if Sanra wasn't there to reel you in. That's what today proved. Sooner or later, you're going to get yourself into big trouble, maybe even killed... And then who will take care of your sister, hm?"

Cao ignores him and shoves past him, continually walking on, leaving him and his smug grin behind.

He shakes his head and tries to put that bastard out of it.

>A) Go find something to punch
>B) Head back to home and Hua
>C) Head up to the surface
>D) On second thought... Go back and kick his ass.
>E) Other

>>45368130
>>A) Go find something to punch
Shitty lizards TURKIN UR JERBS

>>45368130
>E) RIFF RAFF STREET RAT I DON'T BUY THAT

>>45368284
Are you suggesting we sing on the street? Let's save this option for when some nobleman insults us.

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>>45368221

Cao wanders off in search of something to take out some frustration on.

As much as he curses the Elder Gods, it seems they are looking favorably upon him tonight, for after turning down a junction and crawling though an old pipe, he discovers the home of the very same lizardfolk he scrapped with earlier. He looks down and sees the thing lying on a makeshift bed of paper and straw, with the bread he took earlier lying nearby; one is easten and covered in slime, but the other loaf is still good.

>A) Steal from him in his sleep
>B) Attack him! (1d100+10)
>C) Ignore him
>D) Taunt him
>E) Other

Rolled 28 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45368481
>>B) Attack him! (1d100+10)
Drop the people's elbow on him!

>>45368551

Cao rears back a bit before leaping off the platform, delivering a falling elbow to the lizardfolk's chest! The green-scaled man wakes up coughing in surprise, hacking up some bile from his throat as he attempts to defend himself.

Cao gets up to his feet and prepares to square off with the ugly beast.

>Current Meter: 2
>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>45368649
Throw some of his paper/straw/bed in his face then do a Leg Reap

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>45368649
Smash something over his head.

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>45368770
This.

>>45368803
Ignore this post thought my first one didn't go through

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>>45368770

The lizardman swipes at him with his claws, but Cao reaches down and grabs some of his bedding, throwing it up into his face! The temporary distraction allows Cao to move in close and grab his chest while also tucking a leg behind his. He pushes with his arms as he swipes his leg back, tripping the lizardfolk.

>>45368776

Cao looks around for something to use. He spies an old clay pot the lizard uses for a garbage bin and he picks it up. As the lizard shakes his head, he looks up at Cao with wide eyes as the outworlder brings the pot down on his head, smashing it to pieces and covering him with refuse. The lizardfolk falls down.

"It's not like you smell any worse," Cao sneers, tightening his fists and getting ready for round two.

The lizardman hisses at him, his tail whipping around violently as he gets on all fours before leaping towards Cao!

>Current Meter: 2
>1d100 and an action!
>Advanced Options: Enhanced Special, Breaker

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>45368882
Backflip Dropkick this bitch. Using our special obv

>>45368996

As the lizard charges in, Cao leaps up and kicks out with both feet, planting them into his chest! The lizardfolk's eyes go wide as Cao pushes off, his momentum reversed. They fly back from each other as Cao flips backwards, landing on his feet.

The lizardfolk hits a shelf, breaking the wood and sliding down to the ground as another pot slides down and smashes against his head. He drools a bit and his eyes spin in differing directions.

Cao cracks his knuckles.

>A) Take the bread and leave
>B) Tell him never to come back to your home turf
>C) Rough him up a bit with your fists
>D) Kill him
>E) Other

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>45368882
Obvious move is to advance overhead throw his loping form

>>45369077
>A) Take the bread and leave

>>45369077
>>A) Take the bread
But before we leave
>B)

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>>45369114
>>45369131

Cao leans down the picks up the untouched bread. He points it at the lizardfolk.

"Stay in your section of the sewers, lizard, or I'll do you worse."

He turns back and climbs up, smelling the bread once he's out of the lizard's foul-smelling den. Despite being held by the slimey claws, it still smells good.

Maybe one bite couldn't hurt...

By the time he's home, he's taken more than one bite. He only ate a third of it, though---he made sure to leave some for Sanra and Hua.

As he navigates the tunnels and corridors back home, something strange happens. He feels a slight shaking and dust falls from the ceiling; tiny pebbles falling from the roof and landing at his feet.

He looks up, confused. What was...

Suddenly, another ground-quake is felt, and then another, and then another! He hears the sound of stone cracking and his eyes widen.

Cao rolls to the side as a chunk of the ceiling above him falls off and crashes onto the ground. Had he been there, he would have been smashed!

He looks around. The earth is shaking; more cracks are forming!

He has to get home!

>Runner and Escape Artist: 1d100+20 to make it safely back home!

Rolled 47 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

>>45369312
SAVE US ELDER GODS

Rolled 23 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

>>45369312

Rolled 98 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

>>45369312

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>>45369442

Cao dashes through the tunnels as they crumble around him. It stops, briefly, before returning even worse than before. Thunderous shakes rock the earth around him, cracking the stone walls.

Cao's heart races as he pictures Hua, huddled in their home, trapped by falling rocks... or worse.

He leaps over a fallen boulder of rock as more dust and pebbles fall from above.

This has never happened before---what is going on?!

>>45369473

Cao looks up as a piece of rock falls from above. He tries to dodge it but it comes too fast, hitting him and pinning his arm to the ground.

He shouts in pain and tries to push the rock off of him, to no avail.

Suddenly, Draken appears, stepping into a beam of light from a nearby crack in the ceiling. He sees Cao and rushes to help him, trying to yank the rock off. He gives it a few pulls and pushes, but it doesn't budge.

Draken looks down at Cao. "You're dead already," he mutters before giving up and running off into the clouds of dust kicked up by the quake.

"Draken! DRAKEN!" Cao shouts. His next shout isn't a name so much as a gutteral cry of fury and anger.

>>45369493

Cao looks at the boulder and grits his teeth, angling himself to get better leverage. He pours all of his strength into pushing it up, just enough to get his arm free.

His left arm is bloody and bruised and hurts like all hell, but he can feel it still. He shakes it off as he rolls up to a sitting position.

He gets up to his feet and runs, a bit slower than before.

He makes it home. "Hua?" he calls out. She sticks her head out from under her bed.

>A) Huddle in here
>B) Grab her and make for the surface
>C) Grab the money
>D) Hide under your bed as well
>E) Other

>>45369614
>B) Grab her and make for the surface
fuck it RUN

>>45369614
>>B) Grab her and make for the surface
Isn't the money under Sanra's bed as? Grab the chest so you two can book it.

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>>45369658
>>45369831

Cao picks up Hua and holds her close as he makes for the surface. She notices his arm.

"Cao... are you hurt?"

He ignores her as he carries her out into the tunnel, leaving their hideout and money behind. He briefly stops. The money... He looks at Hua and shakes his head; there's no time to crawl under Sanra's bed and reach into the hole in the wall. He promises that he'll come back for it later.

He runs towards a large mote of light; part of the ceiling has fallen away, exposing the surface.

He lifts her up to the hole before he jumps up and grabs onto its edge. Hua begins to pull him up as he climbs.

They make it onto the surface and look around. At first, nothing happens, but then another earthquake erupts from a nearby falling building, accompanied by a massive explosion! Fire surges up into the sky.

Then, two figures come into view, crashing through a building. One if the fiery man who nearly burnt Cao earlier today! The other one is a massive man made out of stone, who seems to be the source of these quakes!

Cao picks up Hua and books it in the opposite direction.

>1d100+10 to get to safety!

Rolled 32 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45369897
BOOK

Rolled 76 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45369897
Lets go Scooby Doo

Rolled 29 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45369897
KAITOS ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

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>>45369921
>>45370041
>>45370052

Cao and Hua run towards the outskirts of town, away from the titanic clash. There, they huddle in an alleyway, listening for signs of what is happening.

Other people run around them, screaming, looking for shelter. Cao tries to remain calm and focus his head. His arm is throbbing and parts of it are swollen, but he pushes it out of his mind. Hua shivers in fear.

"Do you think our home is gone?" she asks.

"I don't know," he replies. "I hope not..."

He swears, if it is, he's going to tear every stone out until it isn't again... Or make Draken do it.

Draken... He ran, just like Cao knew he would. The next time he sees that Netherrealm-bound bastard...

It takes an hour or so, but the shaking stops. Whispers from around seem to indicate that the two were led away. Cao peeks his head out into the street and he sees hundreds of guards and other soldiers running towards the main gates of the city. Leaving... following those two, perhaps?

With so few guards in the city... perhaps there's room for opportunity.

>A) Stay with Hua
>B) Tell her to stay here and spy on the army; see who is with them
>C) Scout around the area and look for anything interesting
>D) Try and head back underground and see the condition of your home
>E) Other

>>45370227
>>C) Scout around the area and look for anything interesting
Lets keep it safe for now and post Hua on a nearby rooftop.

>>45370227
>C) Scout around the area and look for anything interesting

I'm heading to bed. We'll resume first thing in the morning.

How are you guys liking Cao's story so far?

>>45370373
Bretty good. Not enough shokan wafius but we will see. Hopefully tomorrow we'll yield more players

>>45370373
Diggin' it. I hope D'vorah is the Jafar of this universe.

>>45370462
Yeah because Sheeva should have just fallen into our laps when the earth started to break apart

>>45370498
Anon pls it was a joke.

>>45362838
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PLAW-jnJlb_JDSYtuC2xFzXdLJr1VgyRSRoWRZSXN8Q/edit?usp=sharing

>Kytin reproduce by implanting their young into other beings

Jesus christ, is this true?

>>45370555
I'm going to try my hardest to roll horrible so we end up married to someone horrible like d'vorah

>>45370557
>>45370665

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLq8-X__Q58

D'Vorah is every single bug-fetish rolled into one horrifying package

>>45370665
Inb4 we marry the revnant shao Kahn merging out world and the neatherealm

>>45370757

>Cao was born 20 years ago
>On Shao Kahn's death date

GUYS

WE ARE SHAO KAHN REBORN

CAO KAHN

>>45370777
>Cao Kahn
>Shao Kahn
>Shokan
it's fate, we're destined to be with a shokan waifu

>>45370827
Sheeva when? Cassie is also really high on my waifu teir list tho. We gotta channel our shao Kahn and try to marry a girl of the Sonya bloodline!

Oh come on people, the quest is young, it's no time for dating yet.
Loving it so far Damashi, the paralell is really good with the main quest.

I wonder how Cao will react when he learns his "Mark" fought and defeated Kotal in mano-a-mano.

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Bump

>>45373449
>>45375046
Man im so glad we picked her
Turana is great too though

Bump with http://youtu.be/3Qv9vEm2OGM

>>45376045
Meh, I'm not really interested in any of the horror movie character they've been pushing in.

>>45376338
Freddy & Jason were ok, but Leatherface seems excessive. What I'm more excited about is that they are going to be adding in more stage fatalities than just on the bridge

>>45376045
I don't care for horror movie characters. Just give me actual MK characters.

>>45376358
>more stage fatalities than just on the bridge
Hadn't heard that.

>>45376373
Yeah it sucks how there are MK9 people with move sets that aren't available to play like Rain or Smoke

Good morning folks, we'll be resuming in just a bit.

>>45376045

Yeah, that's... totally worth not having Fujin... yeah... or literally any other MK character

Sareena, Rain and Frost already have models for fuck's sake

At least Bo' Rai Cho made it in

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>>45370306
>>45370328

Cao puts Hua on his back and she wraps her arms tightly around his neck. He leaps up and grabs onto a window before pulling himself and her up to a narrow ledge. From here, he shimmies across to a gap and jumps onto an adjacent rooftop.

He sets her down and tells her not to move, and that he'll be right back. She nods and he moves out.

He reaches the edge of one of the rooftops near the damaged areas and looks down. There are no guards in sight; they're almost all outside of the city to the east. The ruined markets are full of broken or abandonned stalls. This could be a chance to snag some food for Hua...

Cao jumps down into the market and begins looking around. He hears a scream from nearby and turns to see a man, looks like a worker, trying to move stones out of the way from a doorway. "Help!" he cries to one on in particular. "My son is trapped! Help!"

Cao looks around. He sees a half-broken stand with some good food around it. There are other scavengers like him in the market; it won't be long before it's picked clean or the guards come back to restore order...

>A) Selfish: 'I need this food. I have my own family to worry about.'
>B) Help the man
>C) Abandon both and look elsewhere
>D) Other

>>45376754
>>A) Selfish: 'I need this food. I have my own family to worry about.'

This is in character...

>>45376754
>A) Selfish: 'I need this food. I have my own family to worry about.'
That guy could be a ruthless murderer, or at the very least a carrier of chlamydia

>>45376754
>A)
He's prolly a dickhead anyway

>>45376779
>>45376798
>>45376808

'I have my own family to worry about,' Cao thinks. 'Don't even know that man...'

Cao ignores the plight of the man and gathers up some food in a bag he takes from one of the stalls. Fruits, vegetables and some dried meats; a decent haul, if nothing else.

As he turns down an alleyway, he suddenly sees Sanra, and she him. Her eyes go wide and she runs towards him. 'Oh, here we go...' he thinks to himself, preparing to be admonished for leaving.

Instead she throws her arms around him in a tight hug. "Cao! Thank goodness you're alright! What about Hua? Is she safe?"

He nods. "Come on, I'll take you to her," he says. The two of them scale the walls of the alley to the roof and he leads her over to Hua. Sanra runs up to their sister and hugs her just as tightly.

"We couldn't stay underground," he says to her. "The hideout... everything was falling."

"I saw," she says. "I was making my way back when it happened." She looks back up at him. "Kotal Kahn has left the city. All of his warriors are gone, too."

"Might give us a chance to get somewhere safe," he says with a shrug.

Sanra thinks for a moment. "Or... Or, we could move ahead with the heist Draken and I have been planning." She thinks. "This might be our only shot! Now that I know you two are safe, we can try to make the most out of this opportunity."

>A) To hell with Draken, he left me for dead
>B) What is this heist, anyway?
>C) Count me in.
>D) No way, I'm getting Hua somewhere safe.
>E) Other

>>45376864
>B)
Draken is a dick, but if we play our cards right, we might be able to get out of the city with a nice fat wallet.

>>45376864
>>B) What is this heist, anyway?

Make sure to mention he left us for dead

>>45376864
>D) No way, I'm getting Hua somewhere safe.

>>45376864
>>B) What is this heist, anyway?
And if the heist does not sound good, A + D

>>45376685
Yeah, Fujin's redesign and staff looked great in his cutscene, it's a shame they did not use it

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>>45376885
>>45376893
>>45377015

"What is this heist, anyway?"

"Draken found a way into Countess Mira's estate."

"The Kahn's treasurer?"

"Exactly. Her home is well-defended by her own personal guards... but only on the outside. She hates company in her home. Draken found his way inside from a secret entrance and he wants our help to steal as much gold from her as possible."

Cao scratches her chin. Countess Mira is known to be one of the richest nobles in all of Z'unkahrah, and as such, she is Kotal Kahn's personal treasurer, ensuring the stocking and protection of the royal treasury...

Sanra smiles up at him. "Think about it. All the gold in her home, maybe even some priceless art. We steal it, we fence it properly, slowly... and then we get on a boat and get out of here at last."

Rumors surround Countess Mira. Whispers of strange things going on in her home... But Cao never put much faith in rumor. Likely, they just sprang up because she's reclusive, and reclusiveness always breeds rumors. It doesn't help that she rarely makes public appearances.

"I don't like Draken being involved, we can't trust him," Cao says. "He left me for dead down in the tunnels." He shows her his arm, and she gasps a bit and looks it over. "A rock fell on me and he gave up trying to move it. Told me I was 'dead already' and ran off."

Sanra is quiet. "Well... I'm sure he had his reasons. Everything was chaotic..."

Cao shakes his head. He had a feeling she would try and excuse his behavior.

"And he came up with the heist originally," she points out.

>A) Loner: "I'll go alone. Tell me about the secret entrance."
>B) Selfish: "We don't need Draken. We can take it all for ourselves."
>C) Apathetic: "I don't really care about any of that. I've got some food, let's just eat."
>D) "We should get Hua to safety instead and worry about the treasury another time."
>E) Other (Write-In)

>>45377165
>E) Other (Write-In)
Catious: Did he brought back anything as proof he was there? Did he used it himself? What if we use it again, and we'll be expected?

This reminds me of that episode in the Prison of Souls

>>45377165
>>D) "We should get Hua to safety instead and worry about the treasury another time."
Screw Daken, we look after our own first

>>45377165
>E)
"How long has Draken been talking about this?"
If it's recent I'll bet he's leading us into a trap.

>>45377204
This is a smart man. I trust Draken about as much as anyone trusts Quan Chi.

>>45377165
>B
We can handle this ourselves, we don't need him

>>45377204
>>45377287

Cao can't help but be skeptical of any information coming from Draken. "How long has he been talking about this?" he asks.

"About two weeks. We've been planning it for a while, and he's been scoping out the area, making sure he knows what we'd be getting into."

"But did he bring anything back as proof he was there? Did he use it himself?"

"He showed it to me," Sanra says. "Look, Cao, I know you don't trust him, but can you at least trust me? I've seen the secret entrance. It's in some kind of old tomb underneath her estate, it leads right up inside through a hidden trap door."

>>45377260
>>45377293

"Well, we shouldn't let him in on it, then. Or we should at least worry about ourselves first and get somewhere safe. At least Hua."

She stands up and looks down at him, standing nearly half a foot taller than him. "You're right, Cao," she nods. "You get Hua somewhere safe. I'll find Draken and we'll get the money ourselves."

"What? No! That's not what I--"

She interrupts him by placing two hands on his shoulders. "Cao, listen! This might be our best chance at getting out of here! There's nothing I want more than to get you both somewhere that we don't have to live as thieves with guards looking for our necks."

Cao looks away. "I know you don't care too much about anything other than the moment, but I'm trying to look out for our future," Sanra says in a soft tone. "Please get Hua somewhere safe. I'll get the money."

Cao doesn't immediately reply. Sanra pulls him into a hug. "I love you, little brother," she says before pulling away and moving off.

>A) Stop her
>B) Get Hua somewhere safe
>C) Tell Hua to find someplace and follow Sanra
>D) Try and find Draken first
>E) Other

>>45377432
....fuck. So many things can go wrong here. If I had to choose I would say to be near little sis in case things go bad.
>B)

>>45377432
>E)
Tell her to get Draken and wait for us while we get Hua to safety.

>>45377432
>>A) Stop her

>>45377432
>A
Let's get the fuck out

>>45377467
>>45377492
>>45377615
>>45377684

Cao holds up a hand. "Hold on. I'll get Hua somewhere safe, but wait for me with Draken. Tell me where to meet you both so I can help."

Sanra nods. "Alright. You know the old fountain in the square two blocks south of Mira's estate? There's a way to open a tunnel underneath it that leads to an old tomb under her property. We'll wait by the fountain."

Cao walks over and takes Hua's hand. "I'll be there soon," he says as he hoists her up onto his shoulders. Sanra jumps off the roof and runs off as he scales carefully down the other side.

>A) Head to your home and see if it is damaged
>B) Drop Hua off at Hideaway Alley
>C) Search for an abandonned building along the edge of the city
>D) Carry her up to a tall rooftop and tell her to stay put
>E) Other

>>45377721
>A)
If it's at least good enough to hide her then we just make her stay. Soon as we get back were getting on a boat or carriage or something and getting the hell out of dodge!

>>45377721
>>B) Drop Hua off at Hideaway Alley
They know it and it has multiple escape routes for her.

>>45377721
>A) Head to your home and see if it is damaged

>>45377869
>>45377910
>>45377988

Cao makes his way back over to the hole in the ground leading to the aqueducts. From there, he navigates back to their home.

"Damn..." he mutters.

The entrance way is caved in by a massive rock. Cao feels around it, pushing against it, but it won't budge.

"I can climb under!" Hua says, looking at one corner. Cao looks down and sees a space left by the rock that is too small for him, but perhaps big enough for her. He considers letting her go through.

>A) Let her climb under and tell her to try and get the money
>B) Don't go, it might be dangerous
>C) Other

>>45378112
>B) Don't go, it might be dangerous

>>45378112
>B)
that'd be really dangerous.
Let's have her wait in one of her hidey hopes that she knows well.

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>>45378150
>>45378160

Cao shakes his head. "If you get trapped or stuck back there I couldn't do anything," he tells her. "It's too dangerous. Come on."

Hua nods and climbs onto his back again as they make their way to the surface. Cao remembers that he still has those ten jade koins, so at least he isn't completely without money, but still, to think that their stash is buried under rock and stone...

'Damn the Elder Gods,' he thinks to himself.

He carries Hua to the alley he hid in earlier from the man he stole from. Hua knows her way well around this place, so she will be safe. He runs there as fast as he can, observing that many people are still trying to clean up the streets or move rubble out of the way.

He keeps his head low, knowing that the Kahn's offer isn't likely to be off the table yet.

After working his way around to the alley, he drops Hua off here and tells her to stay put. "Is everything going to be okay?" she asks.

"I'll make sure Sanra will come back," Cao promises.

"I meant you," she says in a worried tone. Cao leans over and kisses her forehead, giving her a reassuring smile before tussling her hair.

"I always make it back, don't I?" he asks.

He leaves the building and makes his way over to the square with the dead, dry fountain. He looks around, but doesn't see Sanra or Draken anywhere. Perhaps they haven't arrived yet...

>A) Wait for them
>B) Look for the secret entrance
>C) Scout around the area
>D) Change your mind and head back
>E) Other

>>45378378
>C

>>45378378
>C) Scout around the area
THEY'D BETTER NOT BE FUCKING

>>45378378
>>A) Wait for them
>C) Scout around the area
Let's make sure everything around here looks good and if we can see them coming

>>45378414
>>45378418
>>45378421

Cao looks around the area, making sure that the coast is clear. He knows Sanra wouldn't stick him up or leave without him, so it must be that they haven't arrived yet.

There isn't anyone else around. Something big must be going on to be drawing everyone's attention away. Strange...

He waits a bit, but nothing happens and nobody shows up. Cao begins to grow concerned. Did she find Draken? Did something happen to her?

He nervously looks around, his foot tapping impatiently on the ground.

>A) Head back to Hua
>B) Spy on the Countess' estate from a nearby rooftop
>C) Check for the secret passage
>D) Go out and look in the city for Sanra
>E) Other

>>45378547
>>C) Check for the secret passage

>>45378547
>C) Check for the secret passage

>>45378547
>>C) Check for the secret passage

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>>45378569
>>45378634
>>45378695

Cao searches around the fountain and stumbles upon something strange; a hand that looks like a lever. He grabs the hand by the wrist and pulls it down, and a nearby stone moves out of the way, revealing a staircase.

Curiously, he moves down into the passage, and it closes behind him. He spies another lever that can be used to open it from this side.

He moves down the stairs and discovers that it opens to a wide series of chambers and passageways. Thick cobwebs can be seen, along with dim torches in the distance. He carefully makes his way down the dusty stairs of the winding chamber he finds himself in and is startled when a series of four-winged bats fly out of a nearby hole, screeching as they fly past him, but do not otherwise harm him.

No sign of Sanra or Draken if they came this way...

>A) Get a torch from a nearby wall
>B) Head back up
>C) Wait for them here
>D) Continue exploring forward
>E) Other

>>45378803
>>A) Get a torch from a nearby wall

>>45378803
>>A) Get a torch from a nearby wall

>>45378803
>A) Get a torch from a nearby wall

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>>45378818
>>45378892
>>45378912

Cao approaches a torch on the wall and reaches for it. Upon pulling it, he activates a lever!

A scythe swings out from a nearby hole in the wall, intent on chopping off his hand!

>1d100+10 to dodge!

Rolled 98 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45379061
Of course

Rolled 67 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45379061
I REGRET THIS DECISION

Rolled 39 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45379061
Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and ... dodge!

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>>45379129

Cao leaps back, tearing the torch out of the mechanism and pulling his hand back in one swift motion!

The scythe swings through the air and hits nothing, eventually slowing as it swings from side to side, stopping still.

Cao's heart races in his chest as he holds the torch up. This place must be riddled with traps if something so mundane as a single torch was left with such a deadly device...

He looks down the hall and walks forward a bit, taking care with each and every step to not get caught by another trap. Tense and ready for anything, he keeps going.

He passes by ancient coffins and large structures long ago sealed. He spies several more suspicious things that could be traps, such as odd tiles on the ground, and so he keeps clear of them.

'Where are you, Sanra...' he thinks to himself.

He comes to a large chamber, larger than any other. He sees a ladder that must lead up to the countess' estate, but also he spies a small pond. Upon closer inspection, it appears to be a pond of blood, with skull imagery carved along the walls and in the stutues that line this room.

Cao doesn't like this place, not one bit...

>A) Climb the ladder
>B) Turn around and head back
>C) Inspect the pool of blood
>D) Wait here and see if anything comes
>E) Other

>>45379259
>>C) Inspect the pool of blood

>>45379259
>C
What could go wrong

>>45379259
>>C) Inspect the pool of blood
Skarlet here we come!

>>45379259
>>C) Inspect the pool of blood
>>D) Wait here and see if anything comes
Inspect if nothing else happens

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>>45379365
>>45379398
>>45379456

Cao moves up to look inside the pool, holding the torch over it. The surface is smooth and undisturbed. The blood is a deep crimson, almost mirror-like as he glimpses himself within it.

He feels a strange compulsion to reach out and touch it. Just a finger...

He touches it and the blood begins to move. His eyes widen as it swirls around and bubble. He steps back as it darkens in the center.

Suddenly, it explodes from within, sending red droplets flying everywhere as a figure emerges. Cao covers his face as parts of him are showered with the blood.

He looks up and sees a skeleton there, animated, with red glowing eyes, dripping with blood. It opens its mouth as if to howl but no noise emerges as it reaches out to grasp at him!

>Current Meter: 1
>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>45379549
Jump back out of it's reach! Then use torch as club when it comes forward!

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Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>45379549
Shake its hand. I'm sure it just wants to be friends.

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>>45379566

Cao tries to jump back from the grasping skeleton, but the bloody hands of the creature find their way around his throat. Cao steps on a stone and falls back, taking the skeleton with him and pulling the thin, bloody figure fully out of the pool.

The skeleton's mouth chatters non-stop as its boney fingers squeeze around his throat.

>>45379614

Cao gasps and smashes the skeleton with the torch, knocking it off of him. He twists his torso and manages to shake the hands off of him as he crawls away, holding up the torch.

The skeleton crawls after him, its eyes blaring red.

>Current Meter: 1
>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>45379741
Kick it's skull! break the bones!

This fight is spoopier than the time I fell down some stairs into a basement that had all of their Halloween decorations up, including the strobe light. Walking through the next room I found a threesome happening, the strobe light made it look kind of cool actually.

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>>45379871

Cao brings up a foot and smashes it against the skull, kicking it off the body. The head lands nearby in a puddle of blood. It continues to chatter as the body falls limp.

Cao walks up and brings his foot down on the skull, cracking it. He stomps on it a few times until it is destroyed.

Cao wipes his forehead, looking at the blood on his arm, none of which is his.

"This place is wrong," he says to himself, looking back at the pool of blood, now mostly depleted but no longer swirling or bubbling.

He looks past it, to the ladder.

>A) Head back
>B) Climb up the ladder to the estate
>C) Wait here for a while
>D) Burn the skeleton's body
>E) Other

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>45379741
Jump and land on it's chest

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>45379741
Stomp on its prone form.

>>45380019
>>45380043

Sorry m8, I'm heavily enforcing the ten-minute rule on this quest. In the event that nobody posts within the ten-minute window, only the first post after it will be used.

>>45379996
Did the cobwebs looked disturbed at all when we passed through? If not I recommend
>C)

>>45379996
>B)
Let's get as far as we can alone first, just to see whats up.

>>45379996
>>D) Burn the skeleton's body
We don't want none of that
>C) Wait here for a while
Where the hell is sis?

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>>45380074
Reasonable

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>>45380076
>>45380103

Cao decides to wait for a while. He sits on the ground, idly poking the dead skeleton's body with the torch, burning it a bit to make sure that it doesn't spring back up to life.

Cao sighs as his worry grows. Nobody shows up after a while and he can only imagine where Sanra is. Maybe she's back at the fountain, or she went back to look for him and Hua elsewhere, or...

Suddenly, there is a noise from above. Before Cao has a chance to hide, none other than Draken climbs down the ladder. He steps off and freezes when he sees Cao, his eyes wide and somewhat confused. Cao can see he doesn't have anything on him, like a bag of stolen money, nor does he have anyone with him, like Sanra.

"Cao... You aren't supposed to be here..."

>A) Demand to know where Sanra is
>B) Accuse him of leaving you for dead
>C) Ask him what is going on
>D) Tell him that you came here to help with the heist
>E) Other

>>45380244
>A
>B
>C

>>45380244
>>D) Tell him that you came here to help with the heist
Let's play it cool for now.

>>45380244
>C)
>A)
>D)

>D) Tell him that you came here to help with the heist

>>45380244
>>A) Demand to know where Sanra is
>>B) Accuse him of leaving you for dead

>>45380244
>D
>C
>A

>>45380281
>>45380283
>>45380290
>>45380359
>>45380371
>>45380387

Cao steps closer. "I came to help Sanra. What's going on? Where is sh--"

Before he can finish his sentence, Draken dashes forward and wraps both hands around his neck, being the second thing to try and strangle him in this chamber. Cao's eyes go wide as Draken squeezes tightly, the man's eyes blank and his voice monotone.

"You're not supposed to be here... You're not supposed to be here..."

Cao panics and kicks up with his foot, planting it on the man's chest and kicking him backwards. Draken lets go and some distance between them is obtained as Cao coughs.

Draken leaps and grabs the torch from the skeleton's corpse and holds it up. In his other hand, he uses his magic to summon a glowing blue throwing knife---his signature spell. "You're not supposed to be here..." he says again.

Before Cao can reply, he throws the knife!

>Current Meter: 1
>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>45380425
Dodge magic knife then come in low to trip him!

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>45380425
He sounds possessed

Anyway, let's try a dropkick to knock him over

Rolled 25 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45380425
Something isn't right with this dude. Try to kick the torch out of his hands.

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>45380425
Duck the knife, charge forward with our torso low to tackle his legs.

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>45380448
Dodge knife, charge in and uppercut him.

>>45380448

Cao turns his head as the knife slices by, cutting his cheek. The cut isn't very deep, drawing only a faint amount of blood. He ignores the stinging pain and runs in to trip him, but Draken steps up and back, dodging the swipe. He swings the torch at Cao, forcing him back a bit.

>>45380455

The younger thief darts in after the first swing, jumping up and bringing up both feet. He dropkicks Draken in the stomach, causing them both to fall to the ground and the man to grunt in pain.

>>45380458

Cao brings in a foot and tries to angle it to knock the torch out of Draken's hands with a kick, but he blocks the attack with the torch itself, burning Cao's leg a bit. He shouts in pain and recoils, rolling away and rubbing the burnt spot on his leg as Draken staggers back up to his feet, seeming like a man possessed. He summons another knife and throws it.

>>45380466

Cao turns to one side but again sustains a narrow cut, this time on his right shoulder. He runs towards Draken to try and tackle him again, but the older thief turns him aside and makes him trip over the skeleton's body. Cao crawls away and gets back up on his feet.

Cao looks back just as he prepares to throw a third glowing blue dagger.

>>45380486

This time, however, Cao is ready. He rolls backwards, under the knife, ending up right in front of Draken. Cao springs upwards, solidly connecting his fist with the man's jaw in a powerful blow!

Draken falls back, dropping the torch. He shakes his head and groans.

"You're not... supposed...

>Current Meter: 2
>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>45380621
Elbow him in the face.

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>45380621
Lets get a leg reap off and wail on him whiles he's on the ground.

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>45380621
Enhanced Leg Reap

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>45380621
Attempt to disarm the torch from him, use it to choke him out.

>>45380653

Cao leaps atop him and bring his elbow down on the man's face, breaking his nose. Draken moans in pain as Cao grabs him by the neck.

"What the hell is wrong with you?! Where is Sanra? Tell me!"

>>45380671

He suddenly headbutts Cao, rolling over and wailing on the younger thief as he gets atop him. Cao brings up his hands to block but Draken lands more than a few hits on his face.

>>45380699

Cao shouts and grabs both of Draken's fists before hooking a leg around his. He thrusts his hips upwards and forces the possessed man off-balance, ending up on top of him. He gets up and kicks Draken in the head, ensuring that the man stays down.

>>45380729

Cao looks and picks up the torch. He gets on top of Draken and holds it against his neck, pushing the wood down on the flesh and choking him. Draken's eyes go wide as he loses air, regaining their color as the mind control fades in his last moments of consciousness.

"San...ra..." he chokes out. "Dan...ger..."

Cao lifts up the torch to let him speak, but he's passed out. He slaps him a few times and even splashes blood on him from the pool, but nothing seems to snap him out of his stupor.

Cao looks up at the ladder. Is Sanra there... and in danger?

>A) Climb the ladder
>B) Carry Draken with you
>C) Leave him
>D) Kill him
>E) Take the torch with you
>F) Other

>>45380808
>A
>C
Not our tribe, not our problem. Sister rescue time.

>>45380808
>A
>C

>>45380808
>A)
>C)
LETS GOOOO.

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>>45380840
>>45380868

Cao ignores him. Not his family, not his problem. He rushes up to the ladder and climbs up.

The trap door at the top is unlocked, and so he pushes it open to discover what looks to be an abandonned home. It is dusty, with broken furniture and no signs of life. Cao's eyes narrow. This can't be the home of the countess... she's wealthy.

He looks out the window and into the courtyard. He's seen the house from the outside, and sure enough, this is her estate... but everything is wrong.

He sneaks through the lower levels, finding each room to be similar to the last. He suddenly freezes when he hears a noise from upstairs, like creaking floorboards. Someone is home...

>A) Sneak up the stairs
>B) Run upstairs
>C) Wait a little bit and see if you can hear anything else
>D) Search for a weapon of some kind
>E) Other

>>45381032
>C)
If we go upstairs we might get cornered

>>45381032
>C)
see if we can spot any footprints.

>>45381032
>C
Dude was fuck possessed shit far beyond our ken is afoot.

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>>45381101
>>45381197
>>45381201

Cao waits, very still. He tries to listen for more noise. He follows the sounds of the footsteps above, ending up in some kind of dining room. He looks up at a hole in the ceiling.

He hears a strange noise, like a muffled protest, and then heavy breathing. Small drips of blood suddenly start falling from above, onto the wooden table.

Then, Cao hears moaning... Not moans of pain, but pleasure, and he recognizes the voice. It's Sanra. She's in the room above him, gasping and letting out soft, low moans.

What the hell is going on? Is she in danger? Is that her blood that is dripping down?

>A) Sneak upstairs
>B) Run upstairs
>C) Try and jump up to the hole and climb up
>D) Listen and wait
>E) Other

>>45381268
>A) Sneak upstairs

>>45381268
>>A) Sneak upstairs

>>45381268
>>A) Sneak upstairs

>>45381268
>>A) Sneak upstairs
Worry.jpg

>>45381268
>E) Yell Incoherently

We're gonna walk up to find our sister getting raped, aren't we?

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>>45381274
>>45381321
>>45381323
>>45381399

Cao quietly sneaks upstairs, avoiding any loud or loose boards. He reaches the room where he hears his sister's moans and peeks through the open door.

Countess Mira is there, behind Sanra. The older woman's mouth is wrapped around Sanra's neck, suckling on it. His sister gasps and her eyes rolls backwards, up towards the ceiling, glossy and dull. The countess has her arms wrapped around Sanra possessively, gently holding her and supporting her. Sanra moans a little louder as Mira's head moves away; the thief gives a mewl of disappointment and longing, wanting her to continue.

Cao's eyes widen as he sees Mira's fangs glinting in the darkness, covered in Sanra's blood. Two puncture holes on Sanra's neck can be seen. "Shhh, my dear..." Mira whispers, licking the wounds, causing her to shiver in the woman's arms.

"More, please, more..." Sanra begs.

"That's it..." Mira says again as she opens her mouth and prepares to continue feeding.

Cao is horrified by what he is seeing---his sister is being preyed upon by some kind of monster!

>A) Burst into the room
>B) Try and cause a distraction to lure Mira away
>C) Watch in horrorfied fascination
>D) Attack Mira
>E) Other

>>45381438
Anon shhhhh

>>45381459
>D) Attack Mira
>>45381465
He was right. Panic.

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>45381459
>>D) Attack Mira
UNHAND HER FIEND!!!!!

>>45381459
>>D) Attack Mira

>>45381497
wait for rolls to be called

Rolled 63 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45381459
Hit her with a big chair blast!

>>45381459
>D

>>45381553
Oopsie

>>45381553
Well, he is the anon that makes bad life choices!

>>45381459
>D) Attack Mira

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>>45381496
>>45381497
>>45381553
>>45381569
>>45381571
>>45381603

Cao immediately busts in the door, causing Mira to nearly drop Sanra in surprise. The vampire looks up at Cao with wide, red eyes as he moves in to attack, picking up a nearby chair!

Mira holds up Sanra as a shield between them both. He stops, looking at his older sister; she's under the same kind of stupor that Draken was under, but isn't violent, possibly because of her drained blood.

"You can attack me, if you so choose," Mira says. "But I know who you are, little boy... Your sweet, dear sister has told me much of you..."

Cao keeps his fists held up, ready to attack as Mira peeks over her shoulder at him, her eyes glaring in the darkness.

"Let go of her you fiend," Cao says.

"Fiend? Is it fiendish to be hungry?" she asks with a smile. "You're often hungry, aren't you? You strive so hard to help feed your sisters..."

"Stop talking! Let her go and fight me!" Cao says.

She makes a display of her finger, and the sharp claw-like nail upon it. She draws it across Sanra's neck. "One swipe, and she's dead. I'd hate to spill so much tasty, delicious blood in such a way... and I know you don't want her to die, do you?"

Cao stays tense, terrified for Sanra's life. She's hypnotized, completely helpless in the arms of her captor.

"Now then, to business..." she says, licking her lips. "It just so happens, my tasty little boy... I have need of a thief."

>A) Attack her anyway
>B) Listen to her
>C) Order her to let go of Sanra and then speak
>D) Ask her what she means
>E) Other

>>45381648
>C
this is really hot

>>45381648
>B) Listen to her

>>45381648
>C) Order her to let go of Sanra and then speak

>>45381648
>>A) Attack her anyway
No seriously fuck this bitch

>>45381648
>>C) Order her to let go of Sanra and then speak
THEN
>A) Attack her anyway

>>45381648
>>C) Order her to let go of Sanra and then speak
>>D) Ask her what she means

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>>45381664
>>45381735
>>45381750
>>45381780
>>45381858

"Let go of her, and then I'll listen," Cao says.

Mira laughs. "Let go? How silly you are. You're not in a position to demand anything, thief. I, however, am in a position to return your sister's life to you."

Sanra tries to speak, but words fail her. She holds out a hand towards Cao, but Mira's own arm snakes up and she intwines her fingers around Sanra's. Mira turns towards her and kisses her neck, causing her to shiver and moan some more.

"Stop that!" Cao says as Mira teasingly looks at him, enjoying the torment it is bringing him. He holds up the chair and considers attacking again when Mira stops and speaks.

"You want her to live, yes? I will return her to you, alive and well, if you do as I say."

Cao grits his teeth, torn between his loyalty and love for his sister and his desire to not see her in this thing's hands.

"Firstly, put down the chair."

Slowly, he sets it down.

"Good... Now then, are you going to do what I say? I told you I am in need of a thief. Sweet, delectable sister here has told me that you were the one the Kahn put a bounty out for... the thief who stole from none other than Akayama Kaito..."

"Yeah, so what?" Cao asks, still highly on edge.

"I am in need of a thief as skilled... or as stupid... as you. At first, I considered your sister, but her blood is just so delicious, I can hardly keep my hands off of her..."

She opens her mouth, revealing her fangs again as she goes for another bite.

"Stop!" Cao says, holding out a hand.

>A) "I'll do what you want, just don't hurt her."
>B) "What are you?"
>C) "What exactly is it you want me to steal?"
>D) Attack her
>E) Other

>A) "I'll do what you want, just don't hurt her."

>>45381893
>C) "What exactly is it you want me to steal?"

>>45381893
>>D) Attack her
Seriously why are we even dealing with this bitch?

>>45381893
>A)
>C)

>>45381933
>>45381937
>>45381993
Stop please, why are we even having this conversation?

>>45382010

Maybe I don't want our sister to die when the vampire slits her throat

>>45382010
She has our sister, and if attacking is risky.

>>45382010
Because the vampire can slit our sister's throat if we fuck up attacking and Cao isn't exactly a master of combat.

>>45382010
Because otherwise Sanra dies and also you don't always get what you want in a collaborative CYOA quest

as i learned the hard way
mileena a shit

>>45381893
>A) "I'll do what you want, just don't hurt her."
>C) "What exactly is it you want me to steal?"
One more fucking bite and we'll set this place on fire!

>>45381893
>>A) "I'll do what you want, just don't hurt her."
I am curious as to what the richest lady in the city would want stolen.

>>45382053
>mileena a shit

Good to know you lost

>>45382053
>you don't always get what you want in a collaborative CYOA quest

Your choices are also very important. The events preceding Sanra's capture here could have been prevented; specifically, the choices made at >>45378378 (scout) >>45379259 (inspect the blood) but most importantly >>45379996 resulted in Cao taking too long to find Sanra. Had other choices been made, we would have caught up to them while Mira was enchanting both her and Draken.

I don't always do things on a timetable, but this time it was. Anyway, writing the next part.

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>>45382053
I'm just sorry you had to be disappointed anon.

>>45382132
The one where Cao finds out that actions have consequences.

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Cao's hand uncurls. "I'll do what you say," he says, holding up both hands. "Just please don't hurt her."

"I'm not hurting her," Mira says with a seductive smile. "Listen to the sweet sounds she makes... You know, she willingly fell into my arms. I think she likes this more than you know..."

"Shut up," he says. "Tell me what you want me to steal. Why do you even need a thief? Aren't you rich?"

"All the riches in a kingdom can't buy some treasures," Mira says. "Especially ones that are invaluable... Now, listen closely."

Cao does just that she she adjusts Sanra in her arms, still holding onto her tightly. "I have need of something special from my dear sister. She has an amulet, a magical thing, that gives her a great power. I want it for my own but she would just as soon surrender her life as her amulet."

"Then why make me do it? Sounds like you need her killed."

"I have use of her. There aren't many of us left, you know... the moroi. Vampires, children of the night, drinkers of blood... And after all, we do love our sisters..." she says as she plants a long, slow kiss to Sanra's neck, suckling gently, causing the girl to melt in her arms in pleasure, "...don't we? I don't want my sister dead, but I want her amulet. You will steal it for me."

"Who is she?"

"Her name is Nitara."

>A) And where is she?
>B) I need to know Sanra won't be harmed.
>C) And just how am I supposed to steal it from her?
>D) I don't trust you.
>E) Other

>>45382310
>A) And where is she?
>C) And just how am I supposed to steal it from her?

>>45382310
>B) I need to know Sanra won't be harmed.
How can I trust you, seeing that you can't stop snacking from my family, you man-sized leech?

>>45382310
>>A) And where is she?
>>B) I need to know Sanra won't be harmed.