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Mortal Kombat Thief Quest #4

Hello and welcome back to Mortal Kombat Thief Quest, a continuation of Mortal Kombat Konquest.

When we last left our unlucky hero, he was forced to fight in the arena of Kotal Kahn against great beasts alongside a member of the Black Dragon and Kano's son, Trevor. When the Black Dragon intervened and rescued them both, Cao found himself agreeing to work with Kano, before being sent back to his home only to meet a familiar vampire...

Thread Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAwWPadFsOA
Outworld Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78sBDa5yWrs

Past Threads: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Mortal+Kombat+Konquest

Official Thread Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PLAW-jnJlb_JDSYtuC2xFzXdLJr1VgyRSRoWRZSXN8Q/edit?usp=sharing

Protagonist: http://pastebin.com/e4tKFPzr

Rules of Kombat: http://pastebin.com/xtgE60XZ

Damashi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DamashiKonquest

Our story continues now!
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Cao swallows nervously as he finds himself pinned beneath the predatory moroi Nitara. She holds his wrists and legs in place as she stares down at him with a hungry, mischievous glare, her green eyes shining in the darkness of the waterway.

"There you are..." she says. "I've been looking all over the city for you, my little thief."

"Ni—Nitara! What? But why—"

She puts a finger to his lips, silencing him. "Shhh. I'm just glad I found you. It's time to cash in that favor you owe me."

"What?" he asks, sweating a bit. "Wh-what is it?"

Her green eyes brighten and she smiles. "I need you to steal something from the shokan at the palace for me."

His eyes widen and he attempts to wriggle free a bit, but the moroi has strength greater than his and holds him tightly. "I can't steal from the shokan. Have you seen them? They'll kill me on sight! For that matter, so will the Kahn and his lackeys!"

She purses her lips as if in pity of him. "Aw, I had no idea. Very well then, I release you from all obligations to me."

"R-really?"

She smiles again. "No." Cao gulps once more as her face nears his. "Now, we can do this the easy, mutual way, or things can get... forceful." Her eyes stare deeply into his as her tongue subtly licks her lip. "Shall I get forceful?"

He trembles ever-so-slightly as he feels her breath on his neck. “What are you going to do?”

“I have my ways of getting what I want,” she says with an air of playful wickedness. “Of course, if you do your job, I can also be very rewarding…”

As she shifts slightly, her chest rubs against his. Cao’s breath catches in his throat and he begins to sweat. Surely he cannot trust a vampire of all creatures, but he’s also caught in her grasp and rightly worried about what she might do to him if he were to refuse…

>A) I'll do what you say!
>B) What exactly do you want to steal?
>C) Wait! I never told you I was a thief!
>D) Get off me! I refuse!
>E) Other (Write-In)
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>>45518857
reporting in on vacation in San Juan
>B)
I'm hoping its something small. Similar to the amulet, Nitara's sister wanted
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>>45518857
>B) What exactly do you want to steal?
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>>45518857
>C) Wait! I never told you I was a thief!
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>>45518857
>>B) What exactly do you want to steal?
I mean she has helped us out and we do kinda owe her. Excellent picture Dam the models of older games give me the willies.
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>>45519075
She did catch us snooping around her pad and we did fess up to looking for the amulet.

I don't think she's stupid.
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>>45518924
>>45519037
>>45519113

Cao manages to keep his calm and replies, "What exactly do you want to steal?"

"The former shokan princess, before her father and his were killed, is now the niece of the current king, Duroc. Her name is Jagara. She was part of the royal procession that arrived in Z'unkahrah earlier today."

"What about her?"

"Shokan do not wear much jewelry, so what jewelry they do wear is of great significance. Such as the necklace she wears around her neck... Set within it is a magnificent ruby."

"What is WITH you vampires and necklaces and amulets?" Cao asks.

Nitara gives a throaty laugh. "I assure you, this is not like my own, nor like the one my sister desired... I understand she is dead." Cao gulps, but Nitara merely shrugs. "She made her grave. But I am curious as to how she died, if you don't mind my asking..."

>>45519075

Cao attempts to dodge the questions.

"I never told you I was a thief," he says.

"Ah, but one look at you and I knew," she says with a smile. "You were so bare before me, you might as well have been naked." At that, Cao nervously blushes, which amuses her greatly. "That, and while I searched for you, I heard some... interesting things."

>A) What's so special about this necklace?
>B) Why did you help me before with the fake amulet?
>C) About your sister's death...
>D) Can't you steal this yourself?
>E) Other
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>>45519191
>A) What's so special about this necklace?
>B) Why did you help me before with the fake amulet?
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>>45519191
>A)
>E) "W-what kind of interesting things?"
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>>45519191
>>A) What's so special about this necklace?
She doesn't care about her sister and we obviously know now why she helped us before.
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>>45519191
Whatever wins, let her know that her sister died to some kind of redeption warrior.
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>>45519191
>A) What's so special about this necklace?
>E) Other: Stop hitting on me, it's weird.
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>>45518846

By the way, thank you to the fan who pointed out that I left out my twitter in the OP of the first three threads.

Also, you guys need to check this out.

http://mortalkombatfanon.wikia.com/wiki/The_Mortal_Kombat_Fanon_Wiki

>Mortal Kombat: Dark Vengeance is a fighting game developed and published by Midway for the XBOX 1, Wii U and PlayStation 4. Its story focuses on the titular alliance between sorcerers Quan Chi and Shang Tsung and their schemes to revive an ancient army to conquer Outworld and Earthrealm.

>Mortal Kombat: Tyrants Above is the 11th fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series. It was developed for current-gen consoles and PC by NetherRealm Studios. They were released on April 10, 2018 to the US and on April 11, 2018 to the rest of the world.

>Mortal Kombat: Retaliation is the eleventh installment in the Mortal Kombat Series. Retaliation was developed and published by NetherRealm Studios.

>Mortal Kombat: Kall of Korrupts is the eleventh installment to the Mortal Kombat franchise. It follows after the events of Mortal Kombat X.

>Mortal Kombat X-2 (aka Mortal Kombat X-2: Insurrection) is a fan game created by pm58790. This game takes place after the events of Mortal Kombat X, which focus the story of a renegade named Crashsmash who seeks revenge on both Outworld and Netherrealm for the death of Cassie Cage, leading to the final battle of Armageddon.
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>>45519368
>Crashsmash who seeks revenge on both Outworld and Netherrealm for the death of Cassie Cage,
What!?!
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>>45519368
http://mortalkombatfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Ronald_Mcdonald_(RackaRacka)
So did they play twisted metal and not remember Sweet Tooth's name or something
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>>45519368
>Crashmash
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>>45519270
>>45519309
>>45519270
>>45519309

"Alright, so what's so special about this necklace?"

"The ruby is in fact not a ruby at all," Nitara says. "But is merely a protective shell for one of the last few precious drops of true, pure dragon's blood. Not the simple-minded beasts that remain today: the great, ancient and powerful dragons. The shokan hoard such items, as they are heirlooms to their bloodline. But I need the pure blood of dragons."

"Why?"

"Never you mind why," Nitara says, lifting herself up. "You are going to sneak into the palace and take the necklace from Jagara; how you do this makes no difference to me."

"How am I supposed to steal it from a shokan? What if she's still wearing it?"

Nitara shrugs a bit. "Get creative. Here, perhaps these will come in handy," she says, taking out a pair of golden earings.

Cao recognizes them from her lair! He saw them among her things, but did not take them.

"What are those?" he says, acting as though he never saw them.

"Shokan earings," she replies. "Perhaps you can get close to her by offering her a gift. Or you could use them to distract her somehow. Either way, I want that necklace."

"And how am I supposed to get in and get out?" Cao says. "I've never been in the palace. I work on the streets."

"These are problems you'll have to solve yourself," Nitara replies, finally standing up and stepping back. "Impress me with your initiative, little thief."

Cao looks up at her and cannot help but ask, "What did you hear about me?"

"The city is alive with gossip of what happened in the arena," she replies, folding her arms. "Apparently it was quite the show. I'm upset I missed it, honestly."

"And what else?" Cao asks. "Anything about me? Or my sisters?"

"They're hunting you," she says. "Exciting, isn't it?"

>A) Take the earings and agree to her task
>B) Reject working with her
>C) Ask her more questions
>D) Ask for her help in getting to the palace
>E) Other
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>>45519368

>"It was not by chance that this trouble came to be. The blame falls squarely upon our shoulders for giving evil the chance it needed and therefore fulfilling an ancient prophecy. Raiden and Superman's heroes had failed to stop Quan Chi and Lex Luthor from fully resurrecting the mummified army of the Dragon King. In the end, only Raiden and Superman stood between Earthrealm and total destruction. Defying the Elder Gods' wishes, they alone challenged Quan Chi and Lex Luthor in Mortal Kombat, Earthrealm's last hope for freedom. Raiden and Superman fought well against the Deadly Alliance, and it seemed as though victory was at hand. But the combined might and intelligence of Quan Chi and Lex Luthor proved to be overwhelming even for a Thunder God and a Kryptonian. Raiden and Superman, we're defeated. The Deadly Alliance had won. Their victory was short-lived. Quan Chi and Luthor heard loud footsteps from outside the room. To their horror, they saw that an even deadlier alliance was formed by Reptile and General Zod. They had resurrected Onaga and sent him after the four to destroy them. The prophecy had been fulfilled. Onaga was home once again. Death awaited all who stood in his way. And it was so that a new alliance was formed. Raiden and Superman decided to help Quan Chi and Luthor defeat Onaga. But even their combined might was not enough to stop the Dragon King. Raiden and Superman concentrated their godlike essence into a single blast, destroying everything affected by the blast. Quan Chi and Lex Luthor had teleported away from the blast however. The blast had little effect on Onaga, Reptile, and Zod. Reptile and Zod however betrayed Onaga and stripped him of his power giving it to each other. With all 6 Kamidogu, and Quan Chi's amulet, Reptile and Zod have what they need to shape the Realms as they see fit. We were the fools who brought them this power. Only we can destroy this deception."

>(These are the words of Shujinko and Wally West)
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>>45519674

>A) Take the earings and agree to her task
We dont have any say in this.
But state: this might take some time to achieve.
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>>45519674
>A) Take the earings and agree to her task
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>>45519674
>>A) Take the earings and agree to her task
>>C) Ask her more questions
>>D) Ask for her help in getting to the palace
"You could just fly us up to wherever the shokan are right?"
"W-what were those interesting things you were talking about?"
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>>45519674
>A)
>E) "and this will make us even right? I'm not going to wake up to you sucking my neck right?"
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>>45519849
We want to wake up and have her sucking something else
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>>45519873
Nobody cares about your foot fetish anon
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>>45519891
DAMNIT HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT IS WHAT I WAS GOING WITH?
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>>45519674
>B) Reject working with her
I've got enough trabble. No more.
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>>45519674
>>A) Take the earings and agree to her task
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>>45519742
>>45519749
>>45519761
>>45519849
>>45519964

Cao picks up the earings from her open palm, looking them over. "Alright... I'll do this, but afterwards we're even, right? I'm not going to wake up to you sucking on my neck, am I?"

"Of course we'll be even," Nitara says before leaning down. "Unless, of course, you'd like to be sucked on..."

Cao looks away, feeling flustered and red. "W-why are you doing that? Why do you keep doing that?"

"I like the way you squirm," she says. "It's cute. Like a scared little puppy..."

Cao tries to ignore her condescending remarks as he gets up to his feet. "Well... I need help getting into the palace. Can't you fly me up?"

"I can't risk being seen," she says. "But I can help you another way."

She reaches behind her and takes out a folded-up cloth. She hands it to him and he unravels it, discovering that it is a brown hooded robe; nondescript and unassuming.

"Should help you keep yourself hidden," she adds.

"I might need some time..." Cao says.

"The shokan are staying the night," Nitara replies. "You have until tomorrow morning."

Cao slips the robe on and she watches with mild amusement. "I'll be waiting here in these tunnels," she says. "But you know... we may be even after this is over, but that doesn't mean our relationship needs to end." He gives her a strange look as she leans against the stone wall, her hips cocked to one side, with a soft, alluring smile.

>A) Tell her you'll be back when it's done
>B) Tell her about her sister's demise
>C) Ask why she decided to help you
>D) Ask for more details on the mission
>E) Inquire as to the meaning of her last remark
>F) Move on
>G) Other
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Do Damashi are you trying to get the Shokan waifuetry out the way early here?
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>>45518846

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

Also, for anyone who wants to keep on it, the thread document is updated with information from every single thread. Each time we interract with a character or a new character or location is introduced in a thread, the document is updated with that information.
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>>45520052
>E) Inquire as to the meaning of her last remark
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>>45520052
>C) Ask why she decided to help you
>D) Ask for more details on the mission
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>>45520063
what?
>>45520052
>A)
then
>G) blush and avert eyes
>F)
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>>45520052
>A)
The bitch clearly wants to Renfield us, better keep moving.
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>>45520052
>>A) Tell her you'll be back when it's done
"Uuuuuuh."
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>>45520063

>Shokan waifuetry out the way early here?

Everyone should get a chance to shine whether it's sooner or later.

I've still got others to introduce as well.
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>>45520052
>>A) Tell her you'll be back when it's done


>>45520186
I like Jagara as well, this should be fun
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>>45520130
Renfield?
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>>45520265
You know that English guy Dracula hypnotizedto be his slave.
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Cao and his sisters art done by a friend of mine

>>45520123
>>45520130
>>45520139
>>45520241

Cao averts his eyes. "I'll be back when it's done," he says before leaving without any further remarks from her.

He heads down the tunnels and soon regains his sense of direction. The aqueducts are still somewhat difficult to navigate with the damage from the earth elemental warrior shaking the ground in his battle against the warrior of fire, but he knows where to go.

'Nitara wants me to steal a necklace from the shokan... Kano wants me to steal Shao Kahn's helmet and hammer... I already miss stealing just for myself!' Cao thinks.

He pauses and sighs at how much trouble he's gotten himself into lately. Ever since he stole the koins from that guy who stepped off the boat... Kaito was his name? He never even got to cash in those koins or use them to help his sisters.

His sisters... Where are they? 'I hope they're safe...' Cao thinks to himself. 'I wonder if they watched the fight...'

Cao's hand curls up into a fist and he feels like punching a wall. None of this would have happened if it weren't for Draken... He wouldn't be indebted to Nitara nor would he have been caught in the first place if it weren't for that bastard.

>A) Search for your sisters
>B) Search for Draken
>C) Find your old home
>D) Head towards the palace
>E) Other
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>>45520401
>/tg/ - Traditional Games
>D)
We got work to do and little time to do it. Don't forget our home is buried.
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>>45520401
>>A) Search for your sisters
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>>45520460
How the hell did I even end up doing that?
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>>45520401
>D) Head towards the palace
Finding our sisters now will only draw attention to them, and we want to avoid that, especially with the strict timetable we're on for Nitara's job.
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>>45520401
>D)
As much as I want to find them if we don't get this done were boned
Good pic btw
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>>45520460
>>45520533
>>45520558

Cao knows of Kotal Kahn's palace---everyone in Z'unkahrah knows of it. It is a large ziggurat-like structure built in the heart of the city, where Shao Kahn's citadel once stood. It took much labor to build it, and to this day people are still erecting new buildings and statues of their beloved Emperor.

It sickens him, their devotion to a murderer and a fiend.

Cao has never been inside the palace, which will prove to be a problem. However, with his new gift from Kano, he may be able to slip inside and pull off this heist. He regrets that Sanra isn't here... she was always better at making plans and pulling them off. But with so little time to find this necklace and steal it, he doesn't have time to look for her. He just hopes she's well and looking after Hua, or at least the other way around.

Everyone knows how well-guarded the fortress is. After the Black Dragon's sneak-attack and their theft of the Portal Stone, it'd doubtless that it's perhaps doubly-well-guarded at the moment. He'll have to choose his avenue of approach carefully...

>A) Don a holographic disguise and attempt to enter the palace
>B) Search for a way inside from the surface
>C) Attempt to find underground access to the temple
>D) Scale the walls surrounding Kotal Kahn's gardens at the risk of being seen
>E) Other
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>>45520660
>C) Attempt to find underground access to the temple
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>>45520660
>>A) Don a holographic disguise and attempt to enter the palace
Walk around town for a bit in our robes till we run into one kotals guard dudes. Steal his appearance and infiltrate.
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Why did no one tell me how terrible the movie Chinese zodiac is?!? Jackie chan has betrayed my trust.
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>>45520758
he didn't wan any trabble
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>>45520401
>Kano wants me to steal Shao Kahn's helmet and hammer
Looks like Kaito has to go visit Kano later. I want our Helmet and Hammer back.
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>>45520660
>>A) Don a holographic disguise and attempt to enter the palace
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>>45521130
But anon... Cao is the reincarnation of Shao Khan. The hammer is rightfully his.
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>>45521202
Then he'll have to face Kaito Kahn in Mortal Kombat for the right to wield the artifacts and be a massive ham.
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>>45520717
>>45521187

Alright, let's have a 1d100+10 for Cao successfully scanning a guard and adopting the disguise.
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Rolled 12 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45521279
Watch us get a 1 and the hologram thing explodes.
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Rolled 35 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45521279
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>>45521279
Dam it was just a joke we actually wanted to do something else.
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Rolled 25 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45521279
Hail Satan.
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Rolled 65 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45521279
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Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>45521279
>>45521279
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>>45521302
>>45521321
>>45521442
>>45521455

Cao heads up to the surface and keeps his hood low as he searches for a guard. With Kano's device on his wrist, surely he can't fail. He formulates a plan to take on the disguise of a guard and then sneak around the palace temple.

He spies a guard, but unfortunately, he is not alone. They often travel at least in pairs, if not more. Cao shadows them for some time before he thinks he has his advantage.

But just as he scans the guard and the shimmering effect of the hologram covers him, turning his appearance to that of the exact same guard, the man's partner turns around and sees!

He points at Cao and they both begin to approach him, clearly suspicious!

>1d100+10 to escape!
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Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>45521586
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Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>45521586
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Rolled 55 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45521586
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Rolled 40 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45521586
It was just a prank bro!
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>>45521607
>>45521647
>>45521685
>>45521746

Thinking quickly, Cao picks up a nearby chair and throws it at them, allowing him a moment to run off and lose his pursuers in the crowd.

Remembering the words of the Black Dragon, Cao is careful not to touch anyone as he makes his way towards the palace. He knows that once he is inside, he'll have an easier time and can lose the disguise, but getting past the initial guards will be the difficult part.

The palace has a few entrances.

>A) Head through the main entrance
>B) Walk past the gate and into the gardens; look for an entrance there
>C) Climb the stairs of the temple to the second level and enter there
>D) Look for another group or pair of guards entering and move in behind them
>E) Other
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Sucks that mine is the roll that didn't have the +10
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>>45521896
>>B) Walk past the gate and into the gardens; look for an entrance there
>>45521898
He still counts them bro
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>>45521896
>B) Walk past the gate and into the gardens; look for an entrance there
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>>45521896
>B) Walk past the gate and into the gardens; look for an entrance there
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>>45521918
>>45521948
>>45522010

Cao walks briskly through the main gate, past the guards. He walks with a purpose and does not tarry. He turns towards the gardens and looks upon them for the first time; rows and rows of bushes of exotic looking flowers and plants. There are outworlders here, paid to tend to them, but he doesn't draw their attention as he walks by.

He spies an opening and walks inside and finds his breath nearly stolen. The room adjacent to the gardens is some kind of fountain area, with large plants and tables of fruits, along with pools of clean water. Nobles and richfolk lounge here, idly discussing and eating their fill.

'So this is what the rich spend their time doing,' he thinks to himself. 'While the poor starve and build their statues...'

He maintains his composure as he walks by the nobles and tries to ignore the anger he feels at the injustice of their opulent lifestyle. He needs to find this shokan princess...

>A) Head upstairs
>B) Search for the dining hall
>C) Find a dark corner and drop the disguise; sneak from here
>D) Wander the first level some more
>E) Other
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>>45522176
>A) Head upstairs
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>>45522176
>>A) Head upstairs
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>>45522176
>>A) Head upstairs
Jagara just seems like the kind of princess that looks out windows wistfully.
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>>45522316
>>45522334

As Cao moves past the ornate walls and grand tapestries that line them, he spies a large staircase that leads to the upper level. He approaches it and begins to climb. He immediately freezes when he hears a deep, booming voice coming from the top of the stairs.

He looks up and sees none other than King Duroc descending the stairs alongside a female shokan of equally intimidating nature. "He seemed greatly upset," he says to her, not looking at Cao.

"Indeed. This is a bold move by the Black Dragon, even by Kano's standards," she replies. "Kotal will expend much in his efforts to regain what was lost."

Cao immediately moves to one side to let them pass. He looks back at them as they continue on downwards. "He has yet to ask for assistance," the king says. "His pride is great."

Cao doesn't listen any further and quickly moves up the steps. He stops near the top and looks around; the second level is not as large as the bottom floor, but there are still plenty of areas to search. He sniffs the air and detects a faint wisp of incense coming from one direction. He can hear faint music coming from another.

>A) Find the balcony and walk along it
>B) Follow the scent of incense
>C) Follow the sound of music
>D) Drop your disguise and sneak around
>E) Other
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>>45522522
>C) Follow the sound of music
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>>45522522
>>A) Find the balcony and walk along it
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>>45522522
>>A) Find the balcony and walk along it
>>45522599
Shouldn't you be doing something right now?
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>>45522522
>C) Follow the sound of music
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>>45522653
Unlike most people I can multitask.
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>>45522522
>B)
Incense is wonderful
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>>45522548
>>45522599
>>45522653
>>45522658

Cao follows the sound of music, but also finds a balcony leading in the same direction. He steps outside and looks out over the setting sun of Z'unkahrah; it truly is an impressive sight. He fails to notice someone approaching him from behind as he nears the source of the music.

"Guard."

Cao nearly jumps as he turns around and finds himself staring at a shokan woman's chest. He looks up into her stern face and fights back a gulp as her eyes seem to burn into him.

'Oh no, this is it, I've been found out,' he immediately thinks, looking at her unamused stance with one pair of her four arms folded and the others on her hips.

He also notices her rather singular choice of thin attire...

She speaks again, her voice commanding and powerful. "Jagara is nearly done with her playing and the handmaiden has run off somewhere. Find her and ensure that her room is properly prepared."

"Y-yes, ma'am!" Cao says, trying hard to sound deeper.

Her eyes narrow a bit and he worries again that she has found him out, but then the tall warrior woman turns around and walks off. Cao lets out a soft sigh as she leaves; he has to admit, despite the fear she struck in him, the setting sun looks nice on her backside...

She mentioned that Jagara is nearly done playing. Is she the one making the music?

>A) Seek out the source of the music
>B) Find Jagara's room
>C) Follow the shokan woman
>D) Search for Jagara's handmaiden
>E) Other
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>>45522945
>>A) Seek out the source of the music
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>>45522945
>>A) Seek out the source of the music
You heard the lady!
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>>45522945
>A) seek out the source of the music
we can't chase after you yet waifu
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>>45522945
>B) Find Jagara's room
I'm partial to a more tanned Sheeva. Not like this, but yeah.
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>>45523020
I know anon... I know.... Captcha is a waterfall. Don't go chasing waterfalls immediately come to mind. Sheba is a waterfall.
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>>45522945
>A) Seek out the source of the music
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>>45523020
I'd rather waifu the younger one.
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>>45523038
That sheeva is fucking jacked Jesus Christ. I prefer mk9 thanks.
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>>45523121
she's beautiful, black and don't need no man
except us
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>>45523121
And she has the complexion of a purse. A crocodile purse.
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>>45523172
I'm all for dark women but this anon is right.
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>look up sheeva mortal Kombat on Google
>this shows up
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THE HUMAN RACE
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>>45523474
Don't be hating on other people's fetishes, the only ones that deserve scorn are scat and furry
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>>45522945
>A) Seek out the source of the music
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>>45523474

Well, thanks for that.

>>45522979
>>45523016
>>45523020
>>45523071

Cao sticks his head into a nearby archway and looks inside, finding a dimly-lit room with nobles and shokan visitors sitting on pillows and listening to the music provided by a shokan sitting on a raised dais. She isn't like the last shokan; not as large or intimidating. She wears an orange dress, with more jewelry, such as bracelets and earings and... a necklace with a ruby!

That must be Jagara! She sits on a plush chair with her eyes closes as all four of her hands are used to play two golden harps at the same time. Cao finds himself almost entranced by the sight, captivated much like the rest of her audience is, as she plays both instruments in harmony with her three-fingered hands gliding across the strings with grace. He's heard of the shokan and imagined them all as massive, powerful warriors, like the last few he saw---but she seems almost gentle.

She finishes her show and the audience claps appreciatively. She smiles and bows her head. Everyone stands up and moves to compliment her performance and speak to her.

>A) Enter the room
>B) Wait for her to leave and follow her
>C) Try and find her room first
>D) Stay hidden and spy on her
>E) Other
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>>45523506
hey man dont compare us to furries
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>>45523582
>E) Other: Seduce her
We are unique in that we have only two arms, therefore our exotic wiles will work wonders!
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>>45523582
>B) Wait for her to leave and follow her
>D) Stay hidden and spy on her
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>>45523582
>>D) Stay hidden and spy on her
Can't we just like stand in the doorway and clear our throat when the people disperse?
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>>45523582
>B) Wait for her to leave and follow her
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>>45523598
Cao does not have nearly the charm to go about seducing anyone. The most he has going for him is the "rugged bad boy" angle, except he's not very rugged.
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>>45523633
The twink bad boy angle then.
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>>45523633
Not with that attitude he doesn't. It's all abut confidence and he's also a bad-boy terrorist. He has a lot of charm and bad boy attitude and street cred.
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>>45523582
>B)
Sheeva did ask us to get her
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>>45523674
He's also a cunt to anyone who isn't his sisters.
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>>45523811
We aren't rude to Nitara.
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>>45523831
That's because she's a vampire who is far and away within her capability to kill Cao in the blink of an eye. Cao may be a cunt, but he knows enough about self-preservation.
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>>45523831
We were kinda scaroused beyond sensible thought, though.
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>>45523582
I keep forgetting to mention it but would it be possible to get a "writing" post inbetween updates so we know what's up?
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>>45523932
That'll just eat even further into the post count. Most of the time, the thread comes to a well-enough consensus, and if any delays come up, Damashi lets us know.
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>>45523609
>>45523611
>>45523624
>>45523710

Cao watches Jagara finish socializing with the others before she leaves the room and walks down the hall. He follows her as she walks to her room, which appears to be the source of the incense he smelled earlier.

She walks into the room and places the harps on a table before walking into another room connected to hers.

Cao walks into the room and looks around. She hasn't taken off the necklace yet.

Suddenly, the holographic image around him begins to fade! Cao slaps his wrist console a few times but the image still dies.

He looks up as Jagara's shadow approaches the doorway of the room.

>1d100+10 to hide!
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Rolled 57 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45524714
Fucking Kano and his second hand sorceries.
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Rolled 93 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45524714
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Rolled 62 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45524714
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Rolled 49 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45524714
Hide in the dresser or something.
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>>45524729
>>45524729
>>45524731
>>45524734
>>45524757
We hidden now.
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>>45524757
Read this as "hide in the dressing" and thought there was a gigantic salad in the room or something
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>>45524852
If toss jagaras salad if you know what I mean.
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>>45524734
>>45524757

Cao looks around the room and sees almost no hiding places, before he spies the strange ceiling tiles with are slightly uneven in nature. He silently runs at one of the walls and jumps up, grabbing onto one of them and swinging upwards before holding himself in place, pushing with his hands and his feet.

He finds himself staring down at the floor and gritting his teeth as Jagara walks into the room and looks around for the source of the noise but finds nothing. The shokan girl looks around a bit before settling down onto some of the pillows in the center of the room.

She reaches over and adjusts one of the nearby sticks of incense, sighing a bit. He looks down at her and sees she is still wearing the necklace. Damn, he was hoping she'd have taken it off by now...

She closes her eyes and puts her four palms together and appears to steady her breathing. She's meditating, it seems, as she softly hums amidst the incense. Cao focuses on keeping still as he considers his next move. He was hoping she'd leave the room again so he could drop down without being heard, but if she's meditating, who knows how long he can last while being stuck up here...

>1d100 to hold yourself in place for an extended period of time!
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Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>45524973
oh god don't fart
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Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>45524973
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Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>45524973
raaaaaul
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Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>45524973
I hope a roll a 1 so we fall on top of her
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Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>45524973
>>45525049
That would be funny, but we'd probably fall on her if we just roll low, like this.
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Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>45524973
Won't she see us a way when she opens her eyes up at the ceiling?
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>>45524973

Cao silently takes a deep breath and tightens his core as he holds himself up on the ceiling. He focuses intently and stays in place.

Jagara, meanwhile, continues her meditation. He watches as she suddenly stops, taking a deep gasp. She's apprently deep in thought about something, because she begins to softly shed tears. She brings a hand up to her eyes and wipes them clean.

"Jagara," a voice calls out from the doorway, surpising them both. The shokan woman that Cao saw earlier walks in.

"Sheeva, I--" she begins, trying to hide her face. "I'm sorry I didn't come find you, but--"

Sheeva sits down next to her and places a hand on her shoulder. "Calm yourself, young one. It is alright."

"I'm sorry," she says again, wiping her eyes. "I don't mean to be like this."

"Stop," Sheeva says with a soft tone. "I have told you before, it is not a weakness to shed tears."

"I know," Jagara replies with a nod. "I just... it was never enough. Never enough."

Sheeva pulls Jagara close for a hug. "He is gone, Jagara. You needn't let his ignorance cloud your mind."

Cao would almost find this moment touching were it not for the fact that him holding himself up could mean life or death.

>1d100 to continue holding yourself in place!
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Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>45525336
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Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>45525336
if we fuck this up we can seduce them
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Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>45525336
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Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>45525336
We shouldn't be seeing this!
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>>45525336

Cao closes his eyes and pushes himself harder than he's ever pushed himself before and he continues to remain in place.

Sheeva and Jagara, still unaware of his presence, continue their moment. "Remember that you can speak to me about anything," Sheeva tells her. She pulls back and looks Jagara in her watery eyes. "You are not weak because you are not a warrior. You were the only one who stood with Duroc when he was in hiding and showed greater strength than any other shokan would have in your place."

Jagara nods and smiles. "Thank you, Sheeva."

They hug once more before parting, with Sheeva standing up. "I am going to retire to my quarters now," she says. "Be ready to leave in the morning."

Jagara nods and watches her fellow shokan leave. Sheeva pauses in the doorway and looks back. "For the shokan," she tells the younger girl.

"For the shokan," she says, her voice a little stronger.

Sheeva leaves and Jagara gets up to head into the next room to change, giving Cao a chance to get down.

>A) Fall down and hide elsewhere
>B) Stay hidden up on top
>C) Jump down and try to grab the necklace
>D) Lose your grip fall down flat on the floor with a loud noise
>E) Other
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>>45525816
>C) Jump down and try to grab the necklace
>D) Lose your grip fall down flat on the floor with a loud noise
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>>45525816
>A) Fall down and hide elsewhere
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>>45525816
>A) Fall down and hide elsewhere
Cao at least knows how to safe-fall.
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Man I feel bad for offing that fucker. I mean he deserved it, and I always vote too kill, and she forgave us, but still.
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>>45525816
>>A) Fall down and hide elsewhere
>>D) Lose your grip fall down flat on the floor with a loud noise
Hide under the pillows? Bed? Thing?
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>>45525816
What time of day is it anyway?
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>>45525983

Sun set not too long ago.
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>>45525837
>>45525853
>>45525882

Cao loses his grip and falls to the ground, landing with a loud noise. He immediately looks up in a panic before rolling and hiding himself amongst the pillows in the heart of the room. His arms and legs are killing him from the strain.

Jagara moves quickly into the room, drawn by the noise. "Who's there?" she asks, a bit startled. Cao doesn't immediately reply. "I'll call for the guards!" she threatens.

He spies out from between the pillows and looks at the necklace around her neck. Damn, still not off...

He just listened to how she isn't a warrior. He could fight her and she likely woulnd't be able to defend herself... alternatively, she also seems somewhat emotionally vulnerable, so perhaps he could exploit that instead...

>A) Stay hidden
>B) Jump out and try to steal the necklace
>C) Reveal yourself and talk to her
>D) Run out of the room
>E) Other
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>>45526131
>>B) Jump out and try to steal the necklace
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>>45526131
>E) Other
Romance her. Make her the waifu, just like the interdimensional terrorist thief you've become.
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>>45526156
Seconded.
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>>45526131
>>C) Reveal yourself and talk to her
Why noooot. Romance anon gets his way.
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>>45526131
>E)
Give it a second, see if she thinks it's nothing, if so wait for her too go back.
If she heads for the door or yells jump and go for the necklace.
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>>45526131
>A) Stay hidden

>>45526156
>>45526191
We're not romancing Jagara. Not immediately, anyway.
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>>45526131
>B) Jump out and try to steal the necklace
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>>45526230
Stop invading my magical realm and despoiling my ideas.
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>>45526156
>>45526191
>>45526194

Cao suddenly rolls out from under the pillows, panting a bit, holding up his hands. "Wait! Wait, don't call for the guards."

Jagara's eyes widen a bit. "You... You're that thief from the arena! I saw you fighting!"

"No! Well, yes, uh, I am, I can't lie about that," Cao says. "But before you do anything, I'm not in the Black Dragon! I just saw my chance to run and I took it! I'm not one of them, so there's no need to call Kotal or Duroc or anyone!"

She still stands defensively. "What are you doing here?" she asks. "Have you come to hide? To steal?"

She still stands near the doorway leading out of the room.

>A) I'm just trying to hide
>B) Attempt to convince her you were wrongly convicted
>C) Tell her that you enjoyed her music playing
>D) Attempt to steal the necklace as she hesitates
>E) Other
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>>45526311
>B) Attempt to convince her you were wrongly convicted
>C) Tell her that you enjoyed her music playing
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>>45526311
>>D) Attempt to steal the necklace as she hesitates
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>>45526311
>C) Tell her that you enjoyed her music playing
Sounds reasonable.
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>>45526311
>>B) Attempt to convince her you were wrongly convicted
>>C) Tell her that you enjoyed her music playing
>>45526341
Strikezone this isn't no fun Saturday! That's tomorrow.
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>>45526311
>C)
Welp no going back might as well trying sweet talk. Say we were posing as a guard and got drawn here by her music. Tell her she's really pretty too.
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>>45526311
>C) Tell her that you enjoyed her music playing
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>>45526376
grumble grumble, forced romance, grumble

Kidding
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>>45526311
>E) Other - truth, I owe a vampire a favor, and she wants your necklace. So, yes I came to steal it, but we could trade instead, I have these nice earrings.
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>>45526461
What is this!? Elementary school? Get outta here.
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>>45526337
>>45526373
>>45526376
>>45526377
>>45526393

Cao holds up his hands. "I enjoyed your music!" he says, which takes her by surprise.

"You were listening?" she asks after a moment.

"I was posing as a guard," Cao admits. "Please, I'm just trying to hide. I was wrongly convicted and forced to fight in that arena."

"Kotal says you are a thief," Jagara points out. "That you stole from Akayama Kaito."

"That was a mistake," Cao says. "A huge misunderstanding. In fact, I met the guy, he's great! Do you know him?"

"Yes, I do," she says. "But wouldn't he have spoken out on your account?"

"I'm sure he tried," Cao continues to lie. "I mean, knowing him and how good he is. But Kotal hates thieves and wouldn't hear me when I tried to explain that it's all a misunderstanding. Kotal's pride wouldn't allow it."

Jagara hesitates again. "Well... That does certainly sound like Kaito and Kotal..." She looks at him in a slightly different light. "What's your name?"

"Cao," he introduces himself. "And I know you haven't told me yours, but it's Jagara, right? I've heard of you. I mean, there are stories about how pretty you are and all, but I have to say, they pale in comparrison to the real thing."

She brings up a hand to stiffle a blush. "Flattery won't earn you anything from me," she says. "How do I truly know you're telling the truth? For that matter, why are you hiding here, instead of anywhere else?"

Cao wracks his brain for a reasonable lie or, perhaps, her reaction to being told the truth.

>A) I wanted to give you these earings
>B) I actually have no idea where I am
>C) I came to you because I heard you are compassionate
>D) A vampire wants your necklace and coerced me into stealing it
>E) I did come hoping to steal... a kiss!
>F) Other
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>>45526595
>A) I wanted to give you these earrings
>C) I came to you because I heard you are compassionate
>E) I did come hoping to steal... a kiss!
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>>45526595
>D) A vampire wants your necklace and coerced me into stealing it
how about some earrings instead?
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>>45526595
>>D) A vampire wants your necklace and coerced me into stealing it
She thought if I gave you some pretty earrings you'd just give it up! What are we children?
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>>45526616
OH SHIT ITS CRASHSMASH.
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>>45526595
>D) A vampire wants your necklace and coerced me into stealing it
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>>45526595
>>D) A vampire wants your necklace and coerced me into stealing it
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>>45526595
>A)
>D)
Sheeva's going to walk in any second, I feel it.
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Being honest now after a few lies is sure to work in our favor, guys.

Especially if it's about vampires.
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>>45526773
We can always cry a bit, about how we were betrayed by an acquaintance, and vampire took our sister hostage, and we got into debt with another vampire to free her, and its so sad, and we're so fragile, and young.
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>>45526816
And handsome and single and we met this nice lady in white that also died and we saw both our parents die.
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>>45526628
>>45526640
>>45526727
>>45526753
>>45526762

Cao sighs. "Alright, look... I'm sorry. That's all a lie. Truth is, I am a thief, I did come here to steal, because a vampire wants me to steal your necklace."

Jagara blinks a few times. "A... A vampire?"

Cao takes out the earrings. "She gave me these shokan earrings to try and give them to you or distract you or... I don't know."

Jagara gently reaches up and touched her necklace protectively. "This necklace is a sacred treasure," she says. "Why would I give it to you for those?"

"I don't know," Cao shrugs. "I was going to try and take it when you took it off but you never did."

"Well... Your honesty is admirable," she says with worried eyes, taking a step back. "But I'm going to call for the guards now."

She turns her head and is about to call for them, but hesitates for a moment. He can't imagine what's going through mind.

>A) Do nothing
>B) Plead with her not to
>C) Run forward and grab at the necklace!
>D) Attack her
>E) Other
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>>45526956
>B) Plead with her not to
>E) Other: Feel retarded
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>>45526956
>B) Plead with her not to
>E) Other: Tell her how sad our story is, and how if we die, out poor child sister would be all alone, starving in the cold streets.
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>>45526956
>not to
>>E) Other: Feel retarded
Pretty much this
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>>45526956
>B) Plead with her not to
But I was serious when I said your music was nice.
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>>45526956
>E)
Say were sorry, when she ask why say "for this" and then
>C)
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>>45526956
>>C) Run forward and grab at the necklace!

This is the future you chose
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>>45527168
No this is the future you keep trying to choose, Mr. Grumpy Guts.
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>>45526973
>>45527002
>>45527018
>>45527030

Cao falls onto a knee, feeling rather stupid all the while, as he begins to plead. "Wait, please, Jagara, just hear me out: I'm homeless, I have nothing but my sisters!"

She shakes her head. "You're a thief. You just admitted that you're here to steal my necklace! This was given to me by Uncl---King Duroc himself!"

"If I die, I've got nothing, my little sister will be all alone, starving out on the streets. My big sister will be beside herself with grief."

"I'm sorry, but I can't just let you get away or take what is mine," she says. "Surely your parents will---"

"They're dead," Cao interrupts her. "All I have is my sisters and I can't see them until I rid myself of this vampire breathing down my neck!"

At that, Jagara pauses. Not at the latter, but the former. "Your parents are dead as well?"

Cao looks into her eyes. "Yes," he says. "Killed by Kotal Kahn and D'Vorah."

Jagara brings a hand up to her mouth, clearly conflicted over Cao's words. "I'm... sorry," she says softly. "But, I should turn you in... I don't know if you're even still telling the truth."

>A) Problem with Authority: "Don't call the guards. I'm warning you."
>B) Selfish: Grab at the necklace and run
>C) Apathetic: "I don't even care if you believe me or not."
>D) Beg her for help
>E) Other
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>>45527417
>D) Beg her for help
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>>45527417
>C) Apathetic: "I don't even care if you believe me or not."
one ever does. You're like everyone else.
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>>45527417
>A) Problem with Authority: "Don't call the guards. I'm warning you."
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>>45527417
>>B) Selfish: Grab at the necklace and run
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>>45527417
>C)
Then
>B)
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We could have had it all.

We could have had four-handed HJ's.

But you guys didn't want to experience heaven.
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>>45527756
No we don't want to experience hell. As in we don't want to get killed.
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>>45527756
This is the setup. It'll come later.
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>Don't want death by snu-snu
>I'm gonna steal her peoples sacred treasure
>That'll improve my lifespan considerably
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>>45527830
If we piss them off, we probably die. If we putz around here some more we will die. Besides it's not like we don't have anyone else according to Damashi himself.
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>>45527785
yeah, at this point survival rate goes up if we just guilt trip the shit out of her, so she gives us the rock.
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>>45527868
I guess guards and crying 8' princess with an angry fucking master martial artist sister is much easier to get away from than, say, some sweet gorilla lovin' and an easy steal.
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>>45527469
>>45527476
>>45527725

Cao lets out a sigh. "It doesn't matter if you believe me or not. It never really ever did before. You're just like everyone else."

She pauses. "I'm not--"

But in the midst of her reply, he springs up, reaching for the necklace around her neck!

>1d100+25 to grab the necklace!
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Rolled 17 + 25 (1d100 + 25)

>>45527954
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Rolled 72 + 25 (1d100 + 25)

>>45527954
Roll to grab titty
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Rolled 9 + 25 (1d100 + 25)

>>45527954
Im sorry, it had to be done, for my sisters.
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>>45527959
Misses necklace, grabs titty.
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>>45527971
I'm sorry I had to get a handful of titty for my sisters
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Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>45527954
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Rolled 50 + 25 (1d100 + 25)

>>45527954
Roll for Fondling.
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>>45527954
555-Come-on-now
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Rolled 45 + 25 (1d100 + 25)

>>45527954
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>>45527989
It was never an attempt to steal a necklace, but to steal a heart.
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Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>45528010
Rolling to rip heart out of chest
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Rolled 83 + 25 (1d100 + 25)

>>45527954
Rolling to steal panties without her noticing.
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>>45528035
I think we have to pay a licensing fee to Kano to do that.
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>>45528035
Like, metaphorically?
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>>45528035
>>45527963
You fuckers
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>>45527959
>>45527971
>>45527993
>>45528008

Cao reaches for the necklace, but instead finds all four hands of Jagara reaching for him, grabbing his hand, arm, waist and leg, turning him to the side and slamming him to the floor! Cao's eyes shoot open wide as he struggles against the shokan's grip as she quickly puts herself on top of him to pin him completely!

"Stop!" Jagara says as he struggles. "I am shokan! I may not seem it, but I am still stonger than you!"

Cao stops struggling after a minute. "I suppose it wouldn't help if I told you how much I love my sisters, would it?"

"Not anymore," Jagara says with resolve. She looks up. "Guards! GUARDS!"

Cao lets out a sigh. 'Damnit.'

>1d100+10 to escape!
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Rolled 84 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45528279
HEADBUTT!
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Rolled 40 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45528279
ronpaul.jpeg
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Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>45528279
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Rolled 1 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45528279
KISS HER TO BREAK GRAPPLE
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Rolled 43 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45528279
Steal Panties to break grapple!
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>>45528321
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Rolled 66 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>45528279
squeeze a titty, and break out while she's distracted
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>>45528321
I'm....I'm sorry everyone. My first critfail... Why couldn't it of been to kill Johnny cage?
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>>45528349
Interesting sidenote, that time we did get Johnny killed with a 1 never canonically happened since he was killed by one of the Entity's timeline-hoppers.
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>>45528342
THIS IS THE FUTURE WE CHOSE! WHY DIDNT WE LISTEN TO STRIKE?!? ITS NO FUN SATURDAY!
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>>45528391
And also that time we got Liu Kang killed, right?
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>>45528404
It's Friday Funday you silly billy
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>>45528412
Well apparently Shang still ganked Jer-mac, but yeah I don't think he got Liu since there was only one of him in the "real" version of events.
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>>45528290
>>45528321

"Guards! I have a thie---"

Cao throws his head backwards and slams it against her lips, causing them to bleed!

>>45528291
>>45528311
>>45528334
>>45528345

As Jagara brings up a hand to cup her lips, Cao twists himself free and finds himself underneath her. He reaches up, getting his hand caught in her shirt for a moment, before slipping it between her breasts and grabbing the necklace!

He rips it off the metal chain and snakes his hand down her shirt again before sliding out from under her legs! Jagara tries to reach for him but only grabs the air as he rolls away from her with the necklace in hand!

She gets up to her feet and he runs towards the balcony. "Stop, thief!" she shouts.

"I really did enjoy your music!" Cao shouts as he jumps over the edge.

He finds himself rolling down the side of the ziggurat! All around him, he hears the sounds of guards shouting about a thief in Jagara's chambers!

>1d100+10 to escape the premesis!
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>>45528558
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>>45528558
make our way into the basement.
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>>45528558
RUN AWAY! Do Lupin III shit and jump out the window while turning around and waving to the guards!
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>>45528558
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>>45528599
It's too soon to go after Shao Kahn's stash. The place will be on high alert and won't let us out of the catacombs.
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>>45528558
Start blasting the song sea legs in the backround. Grab some tapestry and slide down it. Bed time folks try not to get killed by sheeva.
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Cao rolls down the side and makes it into the grounds of the temple! He runs past two guards who take up pursuit!

"Hey, that's the thief!"

"The one from the arena!"

"AFTER HIM!"

>>45528587

As a guard rounds the corner, Cao slams into him and knocks him to the ground! He manages to get up and run, but the guard grabs his leg and trips him!

>>45528589

Cao kicks him in the skull mask, cracking it against his face, fighting to get back up as the other guards run up and continue chasing him!

>>45528599

Cao looks back at the entrance and sees more guards coming out. No way to get back inside now...

>>45528603

Cao makes it to the gate where two guards try to leap at him and grab him. He leaps up and slams their heads together before rolling past them, with other guards piling up on them.

>>45528653

Cao runs off into the city, finding himself in the distict of the noble housing. He jumps into the first window he sees to try and hide.

>>45528713

Cao takes a breather before looking around and realizing he just jumped into someone's personal dojo in the estate of a wealthy nobleman. The only other sole figure is an armored man with a sword practicing on a dummy.

"What is the meaning of this?!" he demands to know, pointing his sword in Cao's direction. He hears the guards. "Ah hah! Stay where you are!" he shouts as he runs across the room towards him!

>1d100 and an action! +10 if to escape!
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>>45528834
back out the window, and go to the slums over the roofs.
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>>45528834
Knock out this bourgeois asshole with a surgically applied chair to his face and then run away
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>>45528834
Run up the wall and dismount over the swordswinger to get around him.
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>>45528834
Holy shit, is it the dude Kaito beat up in the first tournament?
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>>45528878
>Holy shit, is it the dude Kaito beat up in the first tournament?

Yes
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>>45528834
Knock down some practice weapons or dummies or anything really to impede these guys.
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>>45528884
Hah. he's getting recked again.
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>>45528864

Cao turns around and runs up the wall, avoiding a sword swipe! He leaps off and lands behind the man, grabbing a nearby ornate chair and cracking it over his helmeted skull!

>>45528894
>>45528854

As Cao runs to the other side of the room, he knocks over training dummies and weapon racks to keep him at bay. Hachiman manages to pick himself up and chase after Cao, but the agile thief leaps out the window and out onto the city streets, heading towards the slums!

As he runs, people take notice and hear the calls of the guards. He knows that he won't have much time left before they corner him unless he can find a way out; a disguise, a good hiding spot, a path underground...

>1d100+10 and an action!
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>>45528962
Run underground!
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>>45528962

Find a condemned building.
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>>45528962
Go to ground.
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>>45528962
Start high. Go upstairs, out the window and on the roof. Lose them on the rooftops then head right down belowground.
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>>45529001

Cao spies a break in the stone floor behind a building, leftover damage from the elemental battle, leading down into the aqueducts! He runs down towards it and jumps inside, landing in ankle-deep flowing water.

The guards charge in after him, chasing him through the tunnels. As Cao dashes around a corner, a hand reaches out and grabs him by the wrist and pulls him into the shadows. Nitara slams a hand over Cao's mouth.

She summons a sudden cloud of bats, who screech and fly in a swarm towards the guards. They are startled and fall back, scrambling to get away from the winged biting horde that has been set upon them.

Cao's heart pounds in his chest as he takes rapid deep breaths. Nitara holds him close and whispers in his ear. "Shhh... Shhh... Calm down, little thief..." she silently soothes him.

>A) Hand her the dragon blood ruby
>B) Tell her you were successful, but hold onto it for a moment
>C) Do nothing until you are calm and in a state of clear
>D) Close your eyes and relax in her arms
>E) Other
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>>45529102
>C) Do nothing until you are calm and in a state of clear
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>>45529102
>E) Other
"The shokan hate me. Are you happy?"
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>>45529102
>C) Do nothing until you are calm and in a state of clear
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>>45529102
>D) Close your eyes and relax in her arms
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>>45529102
>>C) Do nothing until you are calm and in a state of clear
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>>45529125
>>45529173
>>45529241
>>45529140

Cao calms his breathing and relaxes a bit. He turns to look at Nitara, who gives him a smile. "Did you succeed?" she asks.

"The shokan hate me. Are you happy?" he asks.

She shrugs. "I care little for how the shokan feel. Let them be angry; an angry opponent is far easier to predict than one who is calm and collected."

Cao faces her fully as she lets go and steps back. "But, I take it you were successful, yes?"

"I was," Cao says. "But it wasn't pretty and I wouldn't be surprised if that shokan princess hates me now."

"Her feelings are irrelevent to my designs," Nitara says with a shrug. "Now... if you would," she says with a smile, holding out her hand.

>A) Give her the ruby
>B) Ask her what her plan truly is
>C) Demand to know the powers it holds
>D) Withold it from her
>E) Other
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>>45529350
>B) Ask her what her plan truly is
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>>45529350
>B) Ask her what her plan truly is
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>>45529350
>A) Give her the ruby
>B) Ask her what her plan truly is
"Now if you dont mind, i need to get back to looking for my sisters"
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>>45529350
>B) Ask her what her plan truly is
>C) Demand to know the powers it holds
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>>45529350
I like how many problems we're creating that Kaito will have to solve.
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>>45529401
Cao is having to be such an asshole because of fucking vampires.
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>>45529380

"Hold it," Cao says, pulling the ruby back a bit. "Tell me what your plan is."

Nitara sighs. "Very well. I intend to take this vial of dragon's blood, cross the sea, enter a blasted and forsaken ruined land of ash and soot, enter the heart of an ancient volcano, imbibe the pure blood of the dragon to grant me temporary supernatural resistance to fire, submerge myself within the molten lava, and retrieve a mystical orb containing the essence of my lost realm: Vaeternus, the home of my vampire race. Smashing this orb will restore it and separate it from Outworld, returning my people to power and restoring my realm to its rightful glory."

She folds her arms and cocks an eyebow. "Any questions?"

Cao stands dumbfounded. "I... Uh, I wasn't expecting you to tell me so much..." he says. "I... don't know what to say..."

Nitara shrugs. "You don't need to say anything. Just hand me the blood."

>A) Hand it to her
>B) Refuse to hand it over
>C) Smash it on the floor
>D) Drink it yourself!
>E) Other
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>>45529499
>>A) Hand it to her
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>>45529499
>A) Hand it to her
Well, as long as its not in my backyard.
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>>45529499
>C) Smash it on the floor
>E) Other: Nervously whistle heroic themesong
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>>45529499
>E) Other
And you couldn't just ask the shokan for help?
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>>45529536
Would you fucking quit it, Damashi quit taking this guys write-ins, it's literally painful to read.
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>>45529499
>A) Hand it to her
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>>45529499
>A) Hand it to her
Well, if you don't bother me or my sisters...
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>that entire exchange with jagara and the crit fail
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>>45529510
>>45529517
>>45529586
>>45529591

"Well, so long as you don't bother me or my sisters," Cao says.

He hands it over to her and she smiles broadly. "Yes... Finally. Soon, all too soon, my dream will be realized..."

She approaches Cao, putting the ruby away behind her. "I have you to thank, my little thief..." she says, her fingers trailing up his arms to wrap around his neck. Cao grows nervous as she slowly pins him up against the wall. "This is where our relationship can end... or, if you like, we can go to the next level."

Cao gulps. "W-what exactly would that be?"

"I helped you, you helped me, we're even," she says. "We could be equals, you know... I could make you my partner. In many more ways than one. You'd have helped restore my kind to their rightful place, you would live a comfortable life in my... no, our, new realm. And you would live eternal... as a moroi, like myself."

Cao's eyes go wide. "You w-want to turn me into a vampire?"

She smiles, showing her fangs. "One of many things I could do to you..." she says, licking her lips. She presses up against him even closer and his body grows hot as her supple flesh presses against his chest.

He stares into her eyes and sees her waiting for an answer.

Then... a voice... echoing in his mind.

>"Cao... Don't."

He blinks and shakes his head. 'What? What was that?' he thinks.

>"She seeks to manipulate you further. Becoming a moroi shackles you to an existence of feeding upon others in a never-ending cycle of bestowing death and misery upon your victims."

That voice... He knows that voice...

Ashrah... She is speaking to him somehow!

>"There is a better path, Cao. A purer path. Do not be tempted by the darkness she offers..."

Cao looks up into Nitara's eyes again as she eagerly awaits his response.

>A) Accept her offer
>B) Reject her offer
>C) Ask instead for her help in finding your sisters
>D) Ask if you can be with her, but not be a vampire
>E) Ask her for something else
>F) Other
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>>45529724
>B) Reject her offer
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>>45529724
>B) Reject her offer
Ok voice in my head. You seem trustworthy.
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>>45529724
>B) Reject her offer
Cao just wants his sisters.

>>45529735
To be fair, Ashrah did directly save his life at the cost of her own, while Nitara has only manipulated him.
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>>45529752
But on the other hand, it is a disembodied voice of someone we gt killed. Could be the guilt speaking.
Its probably not a hallucination.
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>>45529724
>>B) Reject her offer
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>>45529797
I don't think Cao knows Ashrah is dead. He was knocked out during her final skirmish.
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>>45529805
I think the last think we saw was her getting her heart stabbed, and then we fainted.
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>>45529724
>B) Reject her offer
If she doesn't immediately try to kill us
>E) ask if she can cause a distraction or commotion away from the palace to draw some guards away from the castle
We still need the hammer and helmet
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>>45529724
In a sea of negativity I say fuck yeah vampire powers!

>A) Accept her offer
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>>45529993
get out renfield
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Cao's brow furrows and he takes a deep, steadying breath. "No."

Nitara is a bit surprised. "No?"

"No. I refuse. I don't want to be a vampire."

She tilts her head. "You realize I am offering you immortality? Eternal youth and vitality? A place in my new realm?"

"Enjoy it. I don't want it."

He looks away from her, not wanting to stare into her eyes. She lets out a small, impressed chuckle. "Little fool..." she whispers.

She suddenly reaches up and grabs his neck, lifting him off the ground! Cao gasps as she brings him to eye level as he grabs her wrist and tries to wrench himself free, but cannot!

"I don't like to be denied," she says with a frightening glare. "It only makes what I don't have all the more... appetizing!"

She opens her mouth and hisses at him, displaying her fangs. Cao prepares to defend himself when she... lets go and drops him.

He coughs and looks up at her as she stares down at him. "A pity..." she whispers. "But perhaps, one day... You might still have some use left in you. No sense in killing you."

She leans down and grabs him by the collar. "But I will steal one thing from you, my little thief..."

To his surprise, she presses her lips firmly against his, passionately opening herself up and robbing him of breath as his heart races in panic and excitement, his body betraying his mind. She parts from him just as quickly, licking her lips. "Pity..." she repeats herself. "It would have been fun."

She turns around and walks off, pausing only briefly. She turns over her shoulder, and perhaps, out of some sense of further affection, she adds, "I found your sisters. The village of Sun Do. Southeast."

Before he can reply, so out of breath is he, she steps into the darkness and vanishes from sight.

Cao touches his trembling lips. He's kissed girls a few times before, but never anything like that, and certainly never with a woman like her.

Not bad...

>A) Lay low
>B) Search for Ashrah
>C) Search for Draken
>D) Head towards Sun Do
>E) Other
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>>45530071
>C) Search for Draken
Time for revenge.
Also now she's stolen our purity.
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>>45530071

I'll be heading to bed now. If the thread remains when I'm up, I'll continue from there, otherwise I'll start a new thread.
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>>45530071
>C) Search for Draken
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>We couldn't get sexy vampire waifu because it would be evil
Wow, Cao has girls falling for him but he doesn't want it while Kaito is falling for girls who don't want it except for Mileena and Turana.
Funny how opposite they are
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>>45530071
>>C) Search for Draken
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>>45530224
Nitara isn't necessary evil. She's pretty self-serving and isn't flat out evil for the sake of evil like say Quan Chi. Being a vampire just doesn't seem appealing.
>>45530071
>E) Back to the palace
I gots a job to do
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bump
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>>45532862
Isn't this thread going to die in like 2 more posts
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>>45530166
>>45530305

So, his sisters are in Sun Do. The village is still within Kotal Kahn's empire, existing on its periphery, alongside the coast and south of the Kove. He's never spent much time there, but he knows its mayor is a woman known as Li Mei.

But something else is on Cao's mind: revenge. Draken sold him and his sisters out. 'This is what I get for trusting him,' Cao thinks to himself. 'Not again. No third chances. I should've strangled that son of a bitch in the catacombs...'

The catacombs... That's the last place he saw Ashrah. Maybe he could pick up her trail from there. He remembers his dream about her death, but surely that was just a dream...

>A) Search the underground
>B) Search the streets
>C) Search Draken's neighborhood
>D) Head to the secret passage and look for Ashrah instead
>E) Other
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>>45533970
>B) Search the streets
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>D)
Only so we can get a moment like Cao holding Ashrah's skeleton
>WHY HOW WHERE

WHICH
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>>45532884
There's about twenty more posts before autosage kicks in.
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>>45534052

Keeping his head low and himself hidden, Cao leaves the underground and gets up on the streets. Guards are moving in groups up and down the streets, carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. He gulps when he sees some of them bust into a home and start searching it for him.

He wonders if there will be another bounty on his head because he stole from that shokan...

In the back of hid mind, he's actually a bit pleased with how enraged Kotal Kahn must be at this moment. Once more he stole from a guest of the Emperor---hell, he's practically making a career out of it at this point. But the attention doesn't quite seem worth it, which how dangerous these streets have gotten.

He reaches into his pocket and feels the golden shokan earrings. He still has them, since neither Jagara nor Nitara took them. Perhaps he could fence them for enough money to lay low for a while until all of this blows over...

Cao dashes across the street as he spies more guards coming from the northern sections of the city. He doesn't see Draken, nor many other people---it's not a good idea to be out on the streets when a hunt on this scale is going on.
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>>45534305

Cao reaches the dead fountain and opens the secret passage. He climbs down inside and stops in his tracks when he looks upon the corpse of Ashrah.

She's been dead for a few days; her white clothing is stained red from two stab wounds in her torso. The stillness of death has stolen her refined elegence and poise, and the pained look on her face doesn't help.

Cao crawls up to her and looks down at her. His dream was real... She died over his corpse. She had given him her food, offered to help him free his sister for no reward and then sacrificed herself fighting against Kotal Kahn's henchmen.

"...Why?" he whispers, looking upon her. "Why did you do that?"

He closes his eyes and tries to focus. He heard her voice earlier, urging him not to go with Nitara, and he wants to hear it again.

Silence is all he is greeted with.

>A) Feel honored by her sacrifice and take the example she set to heart
>B) Consider her sacrifice wasted on you because you aren't worthy of such
>C) Feel great regret over her death and consider yourself responsible
>D) Feel nothing one way or the other
>E) Think she is a fool for having gotten herself killed because of her noble nature
>F) Swear to avenge her sacrifice and slay D'Vorah for her as well as your mother
>G) Other
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>>45534319
>C) Feel great regret over her death and consider yourself responsible
>F) Swear to avenge her sacrifice and slay D'Vorah for her as well as your mother
I guess we're not going to waifu D'vorah
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>>45534319
>>B) Consider her sacrifice wasted on you because you aren't worthy of such
>>C) Feel great regret over her death and consider yourself responsible
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>>45534319
>C) Feel great regret over her death and consider yourself responsible
>F) Swear to avenge her sacrifice and slay D'Vorah for her as well as your mother
The life of Cao- Resolving debts we got because Draken is a dickwad.
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>>45534385
>I guess we're not going to waifu D'vorah

Not any time soon anyway

God damn it
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>>45534319
AYYY made it to part two of the thread. I regret not leaving the earrings with Jagara as to avoid looking like a total asshole.
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>>45534413

Cao looks over Ashrah's form and closes his eyes. He dares to reach out and touch her hand, finding it to be very cold. He begins to feel things he's never truly felt about anything else unless it had to do with his sisters, specifically regret. He's never regretted not helping anyone else, or looking out only for himself and his sisters, but now, something about her makes him wish he had never met her, never disturbed her. She died fighting for his unconscious body, and while he still cannot understand why someone would do that for him, he feels great remorse at her having died on his behalf. The responsibility he feels for her demise shakes him to his core.

"I'm sorry..." he whispers to her. "I never wanted you to do this for me."

He looks back upon her and his shoulders sink as the weight of guilt burdens him greatly. But amidst this pain he begins to feel another powerful emotion, one more familiar and welcome: anger.

D'Vorah did this. She killed his mother and now Ashrah as well. That damn, disgusting, freak of nature is responsible for so much pain in his life, and even taunted him while he was in prison over his mother's death. His grip on her hand tightens and he grits his teeth as his brow arches in frustration.

"I'll make her pay..." he promises her. "I'll make her beg for life. I'll chop her into pieces and stomp out every bug that lives inside of her! I swear it! I swear I will!"
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>>45534858

Just then, an echoing voice whispers within his ears, causing him to stop and listen.

>"Revenge is a dangerous path... It can blind you, consume you, make you into something you are not..."

"Ashrah?" he says, looking around. He can hear her again! "Ashrah, speak to me! How can this be?"

>"I gave you something..." Her voice fades away. "A portion of my Light..."

She says nothing more as the echo fades away. "Ashrah!" he calls out, but there is no answer.

He looks back down after a moment of silence. 'She gave me a portion of her light...' he thinks to himself. 'What does that mean?'

He looks upon her body and wonders what comes next.

>A) Bury her
>B) Leave her
>C) Cremate her
>D) Other
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>>45534628
Dude, D'Vorah a shit. She doesn't have genitals. She's not a person she's a sentient beehive with a door in her stomach.

We can't kill it with fire fast enough for me, I'm super glad she's the Cao's Shang Tsung.
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>>45534879
>A) Bury her
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>>45534879
>>C) Cremate her
Whever requires us to not actually leave the cave.
Take her hat this is important for feels.
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>>45534791
We have a chance to sneak back into her room or drop them onto Jagara when we go back for the helmet and hammer
>>45534879
>C)
Nothing for d'vorah to feast on or for someone to reanimate
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>>45534885
As much as I'd like to bang D'vorah, yeah this. She killed Ashrah, were making shish kebab out of her young.
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>>45534879
>C)
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>>45534938
Cmon guys hat.
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>>45535037
It's such an awkwardly large thing to carry around though...
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>>45535062
Yeah, maybe her belt? then its just a strip of gold cloth.
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>>45535062
Just have it hang around his neck by the strin so it'll be on his neck..
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>>45535135
What happened to her magic sword anyway, did D'Vorah take it?
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>>45535147
Fuck I meant back. it will be on his back.
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>>45534879
>>C) Cremate her
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>>45535015
>>45535205

He resolves to do something with her body, out of respect. Perhaps bury her or cremate her; he is in a tomb after all. Cao does his best to pick her up and carry her deeper into the tomb. He finds a large altar used for cremation and places her upon it before leaving to find a torch. Thankfully, there are still a few burning braziers he can use to light one.

He approaches Ashrah's body and pauses. He sets the torch aside for a moment before he runs his hand along the white silk of her sleeve.

He slips the golden bracelets off her arms and tears off her sleeve at the shoulder. He begins to tear it into smaller strips of white fabric. He does this for the other sleeve as well. Soon he has a series of white strips laid out.

He begins wrapping them around his hands, between his fingers and over his knuckles. Soon, both of his hands are firmly protected by the cloth.

He approaches her and removes her hat, placing it alongside the golden bracelets. He stands over her body for a few minutes, feeling a great many emotions wash over him. After feeling the intense guilt pass, he takes a deep breath and places the torch upon her, slowly starting her funerary pyre.

He can't bear to watch. He leaves, picking up the hat and bracelets as he goes.

He idly wonders what to do with them now that he has them as he leaves the sight of her burning body behind him.

>A) Keep the hat and bracelets with you
>B) Hide them both in this tomb where only you will find them
>C) Keep the hat, leave the bracelets
>D) Keep the bracelets, leave the hat
>E) Other
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>>45535315
>>C) Keep the hat, leave the bracelets
I want that hat damnit.
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>>45535315
>C)
we yojimbo now
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>>45535315
>B) Hide them both in this tomb where only you will find them
As bombass as Ashrah's hat is, it's not conducive to wear as a thief.
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>>45535445
It's worth it for the development of Cao. Plus if we ever run into demon Ashrah we can jog her memory via hat.
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>>45535315
>B)
thieves don't wear ties nor do they wear hats
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>>45535371
>>45535437

Cao decides to leave the bracelets here in the tomb and slips the hat over his head, tucking the strap under his chin. He places the bracelets in a small alcove under some old rags, where no one else will find them.

He then curls up for the night and tries to get some sleep. He eventually dozes off into a dreamless slumber.

When he awakens, his stomach painfully growls. He realizes he hasn't eaten in some time and is terribly hungry. He grabs his stomach and tries to sooth himself a bit as he gets up to his feet and walks to the entrance of the passage.

He pauses. This passage still connects to the Countess' estate. She died four days ago, and even though she was a vampire, perhaps there are valuables in her home...

>A) Head up to the streets
>B) Search the treasurer's estate
>C) Try and find something to eat
>D) Sell the shokan earrings for money
>E) Other
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>>45535549
>B) Search the treasurer's estate
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>>45535549
>B) Search the treasure's estate
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>>45535549
>>C) Try and find something to eat
They probably discovered her dead there so we shouldn't take any chances.
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>>45535589
>>45535623

Cao heads back to the estate and climbs the ladder, exiting through the trap door. He finds the estate just as barren and disheveled as before, only now it has been thoroughly searched. It seems Kotal Kahn's men have been here and tore up the place even worse, looking for valuables and any evidence of Mira's death. Cao curses his luck---she was undoubtedly wealthy, but she must have kept her wealth somewhere else other than her estate. She also didn't keep food, as she fed on blood. With the walls and halls littered with destroyed paintings and ruined tapestries, he doubts he'll find anything of significant worth here.

>A) Head out onto the streets
>B) Search the tomb below for any treasures
>C) Thoroughly search the estate yourself
>D) Head back into the tomb and leave through the secret passage
>E) Other
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>>45535713
>C)
There's gotta be something
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>>45535713
>>C) Thoroughly search the estate yourself
My treasure radar is going crazy and I don't wanna loot corpses just yet.
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>>45535713
>>C) Thoroughly search the estate yourself
Look for secret passages and shit. Stuff that Kotal Kahn generic troops would pass over, but a thief might think it's a good place to hide something.
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>>45535771
>>45535781

Unlike the guards who swept this place from top to bottom, Cao takes his time and looks for far subtler clues as to the location of hidden treasure. He searches unconventional places and with unconventional means: putting his ear to the floor and tapping, his sense of smell and studying the patterns of dust on the floors and walls.

Eventually, he makes his way up to her bed chambers. There, under her bed, he discovers a loose floorboard! He lifts it up and finds a small chest. Inside is a bag of koins!

He opens it up, hoping to find gold and platinum, but is dismayed when it is full of ruby and onyx koins instead. Still, there is enough here for a few meals at the very least.

There's also a cloth under the bag. He picks it up and opens it up, discovering a map. One side appears to be of a section of Outworld, while the other is more detailed, focusing on the city of Z'unkahrah and the regions around it. There is much writing on this map on both sides.

A shame he can't read a single word of it.

Still, for the countess to have kept this hidden, it must have some value. He folds it up and tucks it into his belt.

As he leaves the room, he notices her closet. He pokes his head in. All of her elaborate dresses appear to have already been taken, probably by the guards, but there is a simple, white robe here. He picks it up and looks it over.

It actually matches the hat rather well... Wearing this, along with Ashrah's white hat, and he could pass as some kind of wandering monk or priest, perhaps. He slips the robe on and tips the wide-brimmed hat down low. He takes some of the white fabric of the robe and wraps it around his mouth, disguising his face.

He prepares to leave; there's likely nothing else to be found here.

>A) Go buy some food
>B) Head towards the village of Sun Do
>C) Sell the earrings
>D) Spend all your money on food for you and your sisters
>E) Other
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>>45536018
>A)
We crossdressing thief now or alternatively we get mistaken for the blundergod
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>>45536018
>>A) Go buy some food
>>B) Head towards the village of Sun Do
Just for ourselves for now. With the map and and nitaras directions even without the ability to read we can make some educated guesses.
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>>45536018
>A
>B

Have the Shokan waifu memesters left yet
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>>45536099
I'm still here
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>>45536150
I appreciate your dedication and love of best girl (Sheeva's neutral win pose in MK9 is the hottest thing ever) but please don't force it on Cao
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>>45536225
I don't have to force anything

Women seem to do that to Cao quite frequently
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>>45536062
>>45536099

Leaving the estate through a window, Cao heads to the markets, walking normally and briskly. One benefit to the many colorful characters and wildly varrying styles of dress in this city is that it is easy to blend into the crowd. He approaches a meat vendor and counts a few koins, getting a meal for himself. He finds a quiet corner and eats out of view of everyone else until at last he is full. He discards the bone and prepares to leave when he hears a noise.

Cao peeks his head around a corner and spies a duo of lizardfolk pinning a smaller being to the ground and taking his food from him. He looks on and sees the smaller figure, a tiny lizardfolk no larger than his sister, squeal in pain as one of them steps on his chest.

Cao knows of these smaller beings. The lizardfolk frequently come in different sizes and shapes, but almost always there is a runt of the litter. This little guy appears to be just that. They never grow much taller than three feet or so, and are skinny, thin and not very physically intimidating.

They finish robbing the smaller, weaker lizard. As one of them steps off of him, Cao watches him go to take out a small bone knife and prepare to leap on the bigger psuedo-saurian's back and attack him.

Cao has never cared for the lizardfolk, nor anyone else truly, but his recent emotional reaction to Ashrah's death provokes a pity within him and he finds himself almost wanting to stop him from getting himself killed.

Of course, it is none of his concern...

>A) Let the lizardfolk attack the bigger ones
>B) Stop him from attacking
>C) Offer him some koins or food
>D) Try and fight the other two lizardfolk
>E) Other
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>>45536660
>A)
Really none of our business
New thread soon?
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>>45536841

Yes, as soon as this one dies.
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>>45536660
>C) Offer him some koins or food
He won't last if he tries to attack
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>>45536660
>>C) Offer him some koins or food
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>>45537164

Cao watches him do this before stepping forward and stopping him. The small lizardman looks up at Cao with suspicious eyes.

Cao takes out a few koins and gives them to him, despite his stronger senses telling him he shouldn't. The little figure's eyes widen in shock when he does this, staring in disbelief at the koins in his tiny green hands.

"Don't go after them," Cao tells him. "You won't last."

He turns around and walks away. After a moment, he hears small footsteps behind him. He looks back and sees the lizardfolk following him. "No, no no no, stay," Cao says.

He walks off and again he is followed. Cao sighs. 'Damnit.'

>A) Kick and shoo him away
>B) Just keep walking and ignore him
>C) Ask him his name
>D) Buy him some food
>E) Other
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>>45536660
>A)
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>>45537315
>E)
Break into a run and lose him
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>>45537315
>E)
Toss a coin away and then run
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>>45537315
>B)
like fucking pigeons

rats with wings
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>>45537367
This guys got the idea. Worked on Kaito. Wait.... When we robbed kaito was the score so few on gold because that is what the elder gods decided is what we threw in the street?
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>>45537367

Cao tosses a single koin down and runs! He leaves the smaller lizardfolk far behind him.

'That's what I get for being generous,' he thinks to himself after losing the smaller being. He wipes the sweat from his brow under Ashrah's hat and keeps walking.

With food in his belly and some koins at his side, Cao now plans to leave the city and head for Sun Do to find his sisters.

>A) Leave through the main gates, openly walking past the guards
>B) Sneak past the guards
>C) Leave the city through the underground
>D) Bread and butter: find a wagon leaving the city and sneak on
>E) Other
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>>45537460

Thread's about to die. When it does, I'll make a new one.
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>>45537460
>D)
Our signature move
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>>45537460
>D)
This will go better disguised as the God of Thunder and rock and roll
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>>45537460
>>D) Bread and butter: find a wagon leaving the city and sneak on
So nice you gotta do it thrice. Wait are we just forgetting about the black dragon for now? Do we still have the radio? The Dadao?
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>>45537534
>Wait are we just forgetting about the black dragon for now? Do we still have the radio? The Dadao?

We still have both (it just never came up during the sneaking events, since Cao never came to blows and was just trying to steal) but he wants to find his sisters. It's been a few days since he's seen them and wants to make sure they are okay.



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