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"Wait!" Sam says, stopping them both. "I let her out of the bottle and she trusts me. She's friendly with me, but perhaps not so much with you. Let me go talk to her and I'll bring her up."

Takeda seems unconvinced, but Cao nods. "Alright, sure. Go get her."

Just then, Forrest Fox enters through the doors. He sees Sam. "You found her here?"

Takeda holds up a hand. "Yeah, it's all good over here. I was about to radio it up, but there's a bit of a situation." He looks at Sam and says, "Well? You going to go get her?"

"Right..." Sam says as she walks down the stairs. At the bottom, in Shang Tsung's lab, she finds Omegis in front of the shelves and a desk, mixing things up. She is combining ingredients, measuring and muttering small incantations.

"Omegis?" she gets her attention.

The redhead looks back and smiles. "Oh, Sam! I'm sorry, I asked to be alone."

"I know, but... There are others upstairs now."

"I thought you were the only one?"

"Well, I meant in the palace," Sam thinks quickly. "But I have some friends. They're from the base."

Omegis nods and smiles again. "Oh, wonderful! More new friends. I'm almost done here."

Sam looks nearby and sees the bottle containing Shang Tsung in front of her. It's still not out of her reach, so Sam can't go for it.

Omegis holds up a bottle of glowing pink liquid and inhales. "Ah... Just like I used to make so long ago."

"What is that?" Sam asks.

"Energy!" Omegis replies, downing the entire bottle in just two gulps. "Ahhhh!" She stretches out her limbs again, feeling completely re-energized. "Oh, that was just what I needed! Five hundred years trapped in a bottle does terrible things to your spine..."

She begins to gather up other bottles into a small bag, along with the genie lamp, before hoisting it over her shoulder. "Now then, shall we meet these others?"

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>>48782772

Sam stands aside as she walks up the stairs before following quickly behind her. At the top, she hears Takeda, Fox and Cao chatting, but all three of them stop to look at Omegis as she walks out.

"Holy..." Takeda mutters.

"My, my, my, what do we have here?" Omegis says, giving them a smile as she places a hand on her hip. "Three handsome young men. I haven't seen such a sight in centuries..."

Almost immediately, Takeda steps forward and holds out his hand. "Hi. I'm Takeda. Takahashi Takeda."

She takes his hand and shakes it. "Omegis, the Immortal Beauty."

"You can say that again..." he replies with a smile.

Omegis looks him, Cao and Fox up and down, and they do the same for her. "Such fine young warriors. I don't suppose you're here as my welcoming party?"

Takeda chuckles and rubs his chin. "No, not really, but we'd be happy to take you to the others."

"That sounds fantastic!" Omegis says with glee. "I'd love to meet everyone."

"I heard you put Shang Tsung in a bottle, is that true?" Cao asks.

She shrugs. "He had it coming."

The thief gives a casual shrug. "Yeah, I think so too. I mean, it's not like we were really using him."

"Maybe this means the team can have the rest of the island," Fox points out.

"Oooh, team?" Omegis asks. "Sam didn't mention a team."

Takeda puts his hands on his hips. "That's right, ma'am. We're the New Defenders, the best fighters from Earthrealm and Outworld."

"Earthrealm and Outworld, cooperating? My, my, my, I have a lot of catching up to do... I don't suppose we could do this somewhere more comfortable, could we? And I could do with a change of clothing..."

At the mention of her changing clothes, Takeda jumps forward and takes her by the arm. "Absolutely! Right this way! We'll give you the grand tour."

Sam watches as the three of them completely ignore her and focus entirely on Omegis, walking her towards the door, and she wonders what exactly is going to happen next...

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>>48782788

>Follow them to the base
>Try and find Kaito's group
>Run ahead and make it to the base before them
>Try to seperate one of the men from Omegis
>Other

>>48782788
>Try to seperate one of the men from Omegis
aww fuck she's a succubus type.

>>48782806
>Follow
>Lag behind with Fox
>Separate and talk to Fox
This is stupid, he's letting his dick get in the way of his brain.
>Call it in.

>>48782806
>Other
Ask her what exactly was in that potion. Saying that she made energy is kind of vague

>>48782788
>>48782862
I think that's for the best
Fox is the most professional out of the trio, and we don't have what it takes to get away and find the others on short notice

Also, have Takeda always been this insufferable?

> try and seperate

> Fox you need to snatch her bag. We can't have her having acess to Shang Tsung's power on top of her own.

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Sam hurries along quickly and notices that Fox isn't as quite wrapped up in Omegis' charms as the other two. She walks up next to him and talks to him. "Do you think something strange is happening?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, look at them," she says, pointing at Takeda and Cao. They're both chatting her up as they walk and talk.

"Not really," he admits. "Takeda's always been friendly to women."

"Not to me!"

"I'm sorry, I meant beautiful women." Sam gives him a look that is part fury and part surprise. "I mean no offense, Samantha, but... Look at her. Tell me you don't understand what Takeda thinks when he sees her."

"I got it!" she snaps at him. "You could be a bit more POLITE about it!"

"I apologize. I didn't really mean to imply... Nevermind. The point is that I don't see anything odd with Takeda, and Cao has always seemed rather similar to him in this regard."

"But she put Shang Tsung in a bottle!" Sam says. "I mean... isn't that a bit suspicious?"

"I don't think so," Fox says, scratching his head. "I mean, I understand where you are coming from, but... Shang Tsung was once an evil sorcerer. Even if he was more mellow recently, that doesn't necessarily excuse all of his past crimes, does it?"

"Well, he died, didn't he?"

"Yes, as I understand it, twice even. That's why he stopped being the way he was."

"So don't you think it is a bit unfair to put him in a bottle? Even if he did it to her in the first place..."

"Maybe so," he nods. "Perhaps we should discuss it with the others."

"Do you think you could steal it? Her bag, I mean?" she asks him. "You're a good thief, right?"

"I'm an assassin," he clarifies. "But a thief when it helps, yes. But are you sure she means harm?"

Sam looks at Omegis as she laughs at one of Takeda's jokes. She places a hand on Cao's shoulder and gently rubs his skin as she replies to the young Shirai Ryu warrior.

'Something just doesn't... feel right,' Sam thinks to herself.

>>48783023

>Tell Fox to go find the others
>Go with them to the base
>Go find the others yourself; tell Fox to keep an eye on her
>See if you can get Omegis alone and talk to her as you walk
>Other

>>48783023
>Tell Fox to go find the others
>See if you can get Omegis alone and talk to her as you walk
pay attention for words such as "Acolyte", "Disciple" or "assistant"

>>48783023
>Go find the others yourself; tell Fox to keep an eye on her
We need an adult

>>48783047
>See if you can talk to her alone.
>Send Fox ahead

>>48783072
This

>>48783023
> See if you can Omegis alone

> Giving Fox an opening to steal the bag?

Seeriously Fox you must see this shit.

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"Fox, I need you to go find the others, okay?" she says to him.

He looks at her, not sure if he quite believes the severity of the situation that her tone of voice and the look on her face implies, but still he nods. "Alright. I will. I won't be too long."

He falls back and runs off into the jungle.

Sam looks back at Omegis and the other two and runs up. "O-Omegis! Can I talk with you for a moment?"

Takeda seems a bit annoyed. "What is it now, Sam?"

Omegis waves a hand. "It's fine! I owe her a lot. She's the one who freed me, after all. You should be thanking her for my company!"

She giggles and Takeda and Cao both laugh along with her as she leaves them to walk up to Sam. "What is it?" she asks.

Nearby, Takeda and Cao look at Omegis, shamelessly ogling her backside. Takeda whispers something to Cao, which makes the thief chuckle and nudge the Shirai Ryu in the ribs.

Sam looks back up at Omegis. "It's just that, I, uh... What exactly was in that potion you drank?"

She shrugs. "Just a muscle relaxant. I was terribly tense. It also helped wake me up a bit and make sure I was clean and focused. Would you like some?"

"That's alright, maybe later," Sam says. "There's just a few things I thought you should know about the base we're going to. Our team is made up of about fourteen people, men and women, and it's still under construction, so there's a lot of people there."

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Wanting to gauge her reaction, Sam made sure to talk about all of the people. But Omegis doesn't seem daunted at all. "That's fine. I wouldn't mind meeting the rest of the team. Do you think any of them can cook?"

"Well, actually, I'm a pretty good cook..." Sam says.

Omegis smiles. "Then perhaps you could give me the honor of making my first meal in five centuries? I'm so hungry, I feel as though I'm about to shrivel up!"

Sam looks at her, trying to find something unusual in her reaction, but there doesn't seem to be anything blatantly 'wrong' with her...

Takeda walks up to her. "Come on, the base is right this way."

The four of them resume walking as she continues chatting with Takeda and Cao. Sam listens in, curious to know what she wants to know, but it all seems fairly normal and harmless... She's just asking questions about who they are, where they're from, wanting to hear about their stories...

But still she wonders. 'I can't shake the feeling that something is just... off. Am I being jealous right now of the attention she's getting? No, that can't be it... can it?'

Up ahead, the base can be seen. Takeda and Cao are both intent on bringing her inside to show her around.

>Go inside the base and follow them around
>Go inside the base and prepare a meal
>Stay outside and wait for the others
>Head back towards the jungle and see if you can intercept the other group
>Other

>>48783320
SAM STOP GIVING INTEL!

I think we just got pheremoned to shit.

> Stay outside.

>other

Work out how we just got the one guy willing to teach us imprisoned and evaluate life choices.

>>48783332
>Head back towards the jungle and see if you can intercept the other group

>>48783332
>Go inside the base and follow them around
Remain suspicious. Cook only if you know for sure they are confined in the dining room.

>>48783389
I think the guys will run their mouths more than Sam

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As they go to enter the base, Sam slips away from them and heads back towards the jungle. As she makes her way up the path, she thinks about what is happening.

'Okay, so they're getting very friendly with Omegis. That's not dangerous in itself, but they seem just a bit TOO friendly with her...'

She stops suddenly when she hears a rustling in the trees nearby, like something large is coming through. She looks and sees Sheeva trampling through the jungle!

"Sheeva! I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm glad to see you---"

Sheeva walks over and stands in front of Sam, looking down at her with a stern expression.

"We have been looking for you."

"I know! Takeda, Cao and Fox found me and---"

Sheeva suddenly scoops down and picks Sam up, hoisting her over a shoulder.

"Hey! Stop! Put me down, I'm trying to warn you about something!"

"The only 'warning' that will be given is to you if you run off again. I will not spend my time on this team hunting you down, and if I have to do this again, it will not end as nicely as this time."

"You don't understand! There's a sorceress in the base!"

Sheeva immediately stops and puts Sam down in front of her. "Speak. Now."

Sam then, as quickly and efficiently as possible, tells her what happened.

"You are a fool for having unleashed her," Sheeva says.

"Do you know who she is?"

"No, I do not. But Kaito had an accord with Shang Tsung, as loathsome as he may be. We know nothing about this woman and cannot trust her. You will find the others, and I shall deal with her."

"Thank you," Sam says, a bit relieved. "I'm glad someone is listening! I think she might have Takeda and Cao under some kind of spell."

"I shall see to that," Sheeva replies. "Find the others."

She then kneels down and jumps up into the sky, launching herself out of the jungle.

"Woah..." Sam says as Sheeva leaps away.

>Find the others
>Wait here on the path
>Go back to the base
>Head towards Shang Tsung's palace
>Other

>>48783679
>Go back to the base
Its hero time. Gotta prove ourselves.

>>48783679
>Find the others
>Head for the base

>>48783679
>>Find the others

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Although Sheeva said to go find the others, Sam decides to follow her back to the base. Surely, if anyone can resist some kind of trick that Omegis is playing, it would be Sheeva, right? After all, she's the strongest woman on the team, and her shokan physiology must make her as mentally resillient as her body!

Sam runs back to the base and enters it, looking around. She doesn't find them initially, until she enters the rec room. Pushing open the door, she looks and sees a sight that makes her stop in her tracks.

Takeda and Cao pushes the two couches together to make a kind of padded surface for Omegis to lie on, and she is, while Sheeva uses all four of her hands to massage her back. The shokan works her fingers all across the woman's skin, rubbing her muscles.

Omegis is also nude.

"Mmmm... You shokan are so skilled at this..." she murmurs, a look of contentment on her face.

Takeda then enters the room, carrying a new set of clothes for her and a water bottle. He hands the water bottle to her as he sets the clothes, which consist primarily of a bikini, down alongside her.

Nearby, Cao merely sits and watches the scene with a smile on his face as his arms are folded. The bag containing all of her goods, including the bottle, is alongside Cao. He almost seems to be... guarding it.

Sam's eyes go wide. 'This can't be happening...' she thinks. 'This is terrible! I... I have to find the others and warn them!'

She leaves the room and runs out the way she came.

>Find the others and bring them here
>Find the others and warn them to stay away
>Wait for them to come back
>Try and get Takeda, Cao or Sheeva out of the room and speak with them
>Other

>>48784135
>Find the others and warn them to stay away
We are doomed.
Goddamnit Sheeva, this is like the Quan Chi-fiasco all over again!

>>48784135
>>Find the others and bring them here
If Sheeva snaps out of this she'll be so pissed

>>48783679
> Back to base.

Anyone feel lke Sam is going to absolutely rub this in takeda's face?

>>48784135
I...what?

>Find the others and warn them to stay away for a bit
>Come back and act like Kaito wanted us to relay a message to them in private
>Try to get these three out of the room and talk to them
The fuck?

>>48784135

> Tell the other she got mind magic bullshit

Hey Damashi, wouldn't Cao's Iron Will Screw Omegis?

Also, Sam should probably have a moment of "Am I immune to mind control" theorizing here.

>>48784243
Maybe it doesn't work because he doesn't want to resist?

>>48784266
I dunno, just seems a bit odd to me.

Omegis succubutt > Shao Kahn Apparently.

>>48784325
I see what you mean, but I interpret it as

Tries to control your dick > Tries to control your soul

>>48784135
Maybe we should find em, warn them off then come back and tell them Kaito offered to hide the bottle.

If anyone gets weird just laugh it off, we let her out, we have some misgivings but of course we like her.
It's nothing like that at all.

What sort of sense would that even make?

>>48784387

So pretend to be mind controlled I can get behind. But I think we'd have to do some cooking before Cao would let us near that fucking bottle.

>>48784387
>>48784437
I think that the idea of Sam handling this alone is a little steep. I think the best we can do is stopping the others from waltzing into a trap

>>48784465
I concur with warning them. but we got to be the guy on the inside. when the others cause a ruckus to distract cao and other zombies - we snatch the bottle claiming we're hiding it if we're confronted?

>>48784514
Don't we have some Defender Intercom? or maybe we could use the radio in our uniform?
Although if that would work, the others would have just called us instead of scouring the island

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>>48784243

Making her way out the front door, she is relieved to see the rest of the New Defenders walking up the beach towards the base. Sam sprints towards them and stops, panting like a madwoman. Kaito stops and looks down at her with a smile. "Sam! There you are."

"Kai... to!" she says. "There's... Sorceress... Succubus! Something!"

"Woah, woah, calm down. What's wrong?" he asks.

Sam catches her breath as Cassie and Jacqui walk up to give her a canteen. Sam drinks it and wastes no time. "I think there's an evil woman in there mind-controlling Cao, Takeda and Sheeva!"

Kaito's expression grows a bit more serious. "Are you sure about this?"

"It has to be true! I just told Sheeva about it and she was suspicious of her, so she went to go see what was up with Omegis, and---"

"Who's Omegis?" Jin asks.

"The woman! I freed her from a bottle and then she put Shang Tsung into the bottle and then Takeda and Cao and Fox showed up!"

Fox is here and nods. "It's true. That part of it, anyway."

"And now she's in there, all naked and stuff, getting a full-body massage from Sheeva when just a minute ago Sheeva went in there to kick her out!"

Kaito cups his chin in thought. "That IS strange... I've never gotten a full-body massage from Sheeva and I've known her much longer than this 'Omegis.' There must be something up with her."

Cassie shrugs. "So let's go kick her ass."

"But if you get too close, you might, I don't know, fall under her spell or something!" Sam says.

Jacqui is a bit skeptical. "Fox, are you under some kind of spell?"

"Well, I don't think so," he says. "But if I was, would I tell you?"

"Good point," Jacqui says. "But Sam isn't, because she's trying to call out the lady, right?" She looks at Sam. "So if she is putting people under her spell, why aren't you?"

"Well... I don't know," Sam says. "It might be because I let her out..."

"So all of this is your fault," Fireseed deadpans.

>>48784551
AFAIK no radio. So we gotta just warn them and lay down this plan and pray to the Blundergod.

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"Let's not go around throwing blame," Kaito stops him. "We have a situation, so let's handle it. Let's send in half the team. I myself have a bit of experience dealing with mind control, so I think I'll take us in."

"But what if she just convinced Sheeva to give her a rubdown?" Jacqui asks.

"I think Sheeva has a bit more sense than that," Jin points out. "And I'll go with the team. Even if this lady is some goddess-given-flesh level of beauty, I won't be swayed."

"Why not?" Frost asks.

"Just trust me," Jin winks at her.

Kaito, Fireseed, Jin, Fox and Cassie begin to walk towards the base, leaving Sam, Jacqui, Frost, Tundra, Vapor and Ling behind.

Sam nervously bites her fingernail. 'What if this doesn't work?' she thinks to herself. 'What if they're just marching right into a trap?'

>Stop them!
>Let them go
>Come up with a plan with the remainder that are outside
>Stop them and tell them that you'll go inside alone
>Other

>>48784564
First justified criticism of the thread goes to Fireseed! woo!

>>48784586
>stop them and tell them that you'll go inside alone
We should make her some food.
Maybe drug it.
We're just doing as she asked, everybody else hang back. We'll cover everything else in a bit.

>>48784586

> Stop them go alone
> Tell them Plan:
I'll go in. You guys act like you're attacking then once they deal with you ill grab the bottle!

I need to sleep now. I expect Sam to be a big godamn hero when I wake up. Kung Jin may be our best asset here though.

>>48784586
>Come up with a plan with the remainder that are outside
>Other
Ask them how long you would have to wait to assume the worst?

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Frost folds her arms and looks at Sam. "So, how big do you think you messed up this time?"

Ling brings her hand up to her mouth. "I sure hope they don't kick people off the team for mistakes like this..."

Tundra looks over. "Hey, I'm sure this is all just a misunderstanding or something. And if it isn't, we can handle it---"

He stops talking when he notices Sam running to intercept the group going inside. She dashes in front of them. "Wait! Stop!"

"What now?" Fireseed grumbles.

"I don't think you should go inside!" she says. "You might get mind controlled!"

"I think we'll be alright, Sam," Cassie says.

"But maybe I should go inside! If I'm not under her spell, maybe I can be, like, the girl on the inside or something?"

Fireseed narrows his eyes and pushes past her, shoving her aside. "I've heard enough out of you. You had your time to give orders, now listen to Kaito and stay out here."

"Don't!" Sam says, but she feels Kaito's hand on her shoulder.

"It'll be alright," he assures her as Jin, Fox and Cassie walk by.

"Nobody trusts me," Sam says. "I know what I saw! They were all acting strange---ESPECIALLY Sheeva!"

Kaito looks on as they enter the base. "Sam, you remember what I told you before?"

She pauses. "Uh... Which thing?"

"That you might yet have a role to play in all of this? That there is a reason you were on this team?"

"...Yes, I remember," she whispers.

"Well, if something does go wrong... I think you'll know what to do," he tells her. He then walks towards the main entrance.

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Slowly, Sam makes her way back to the others, all the while unsure of what's going to happen. She looks back at the base while everyone else waits impatiently. Sam is nervous; the team captain and some of its hardest hitters just went in there, all because none of them believed her! This is a terrible situation to be in.

Frost gives her an incredulous look when she returns. "I take it nobody wanted to listen?"

"No reason for them to," Sam mutters. Frost doesn't really hear her, but Ling pulls her off to the side to chat amongst themselves. Tundra walks up to Sam.

"Is everything alright?" he asks.

She looks back at the doors. "I don't know..."

Several minutes later, the main door opens back up and Kaito walks out. He waves out at them. "Hey! Come on! There's nothing wrong. It was a misunderstanding."

He begins to walk towards them, but Sam can't be sure... Is he lying? Is he telling the truth?

What if what Sam saw earlier really was just her completely misunderstanding the situation?

What if Kaito is, right now, under mind control?

>Go with them inside
>Tell them to wait out here while you go check it out
>Go inside as a group
>Run off into the jungle!
>Other

>>48784887
>Other
>"So what happened?"
If it's "just a misunderstanding" he can explain it here and now.

>>48784887
>Other
That was quick
Care to explain?
>[paranoia intensifies]

>>48784952
This

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>>48785094

Kaito walks up to the group. He gives Sam a smile. "Sam, I know what you're thinking, I do. But just listen."

"Yes, please," Sam says. "I'd like to hear. If it's a misunderstanding, explain it!"

"Calm yourself," he gently urges her. "Sheeva hates sorceresses, but Omegis isn't a sorceress. She's a potionmaker."

"She said she knows a bit of magic," Sam protests.

"Well, so does Sheeva, and so do I. A lot of us know a 'bit' of magic with our powers, but that doesn't make us soul-sucking enslaving sorcerers or sorceresses."

Tundra holds up a hand. "Now, just wait a moment Kaito. I can't help but be a bit skeptical myself. Sheeva was just giving Omegis a massage moments after meeting her?"

"I know how it sounds," Kaito chuckles. "But really, she's a very nice woman." He looks at Sam, whose expression doesn't change. "I know you still have your doubts; this comes back to the Shang Tsung, issue, right? Well, I spoke to her about it, and I agree with you Sam. I don't think he should be in the bottle."

"So what are you going to do about it?" she asks him, hoping that what he is saying is true.

"She just has a few... issues with him. As someone with some romance-related issues in my life, I can relate a bit to someone who wants to do ill to someone they once loved, since I myself have been on the receiving end of that kind of thing."

"That's not really relating..." Sam points out.

Kaito shakes his head. "It's all relative. The point is that I feel Omegis means us no harm. As for Cao and Takeda's strange behavior, well... They're just trying to impress her. I had a chat with them."

"Is anyone else in there acting strange?" Frost asks. "Jin? Fireseed?"

"They're not waiting on her hand and foot," Kaito says. "Trust me, Sam, I think you were just reading a bit too deeply into things."

"Let's go inside," Ling suggests.

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>>48785318

Sam averts her eyes and looks up at Tundra, who isn't very certain himself, but seems willing to believe Kaito. Frost, Ling and Jacqui begin to walk with him back towards the base.

'Am I just going crazy?' Sam thinks as she and Tundra follow along. 'I'm still not sure if I can just believe it...'

Up ahead, she hears Frost whispering to Ling, "I bet she's just jealous," to which Ling giggles.

'Is that it?' Sam ponders. 'Jealous?'

>Go inside and spend time with the group; carefully observe them
>Go inside but grab Tundra and pull him off to the side and hide him
>Go inside and make a meal for Omegis
>Don't go inside
>Other

>>48785330
>Go inside and spend time with the group; carefully observe them

>>48785330
>>Go inside and make a meal for Omegis
I guess we can start cooking. But as we do keep an eye on everyone

>>48785330
>>Go inside but grab Tundra and pull him off to the side and hide him

>>48785330
>>48785330
You're just totally cool with someone who used to date soul-sucking sorcerers then?
DURING the most soul sucking?
That doesn't cast the slightest shadow of doubt on her just being "just a nice person" Kaito?

>>48785330
>Go inside and spend time with the group; carefully observe them

>>48785330
>Cook a meal, drug the food
Double check

>>48785357
>>48785358
>>48785449
>>48785471

I'll need a tie breaker.

>>48785330
>Go inside and spend time with the group; carefully observe them
and
>Play along with the fact that it was a misunderstanding
Make a play for the bottle when nobody is looking

>>48785330
>Go inside and spend time with the group; carefully observe them

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>>48785570
>>48785449
>>48785357
>>48785843

Though still uncertain, Sam goes inside with the others and enters the rec room. There, the sofas have been repositioned somewhat to their original placement. Omegis sits on one of the couches, now wearing a bright red swimsuit and laughing. As they enter the room, Sam looks and sees Takeda telling another joke.

The first thing she notices is that her posessions are back with her. The bag of potions is at her feet, and with it, the bottle containing Shang Tsung.

Everyone else is spread around the room, casual and relaxed, as Omegis welcomes the others inside. She goes up to each of them personally to greet them for the first time, learning their names. When she reaches Sam, she smiles and pulls the girl in for a hug, squishing her head against a breast before pulling back and returning to her seat.

Sam slowly moves to a chair and sits down. She observes everyone in the room as Omegis talks about herself.

"Let me tell you, Shang Tsung fancied himself a great warrior, but all those souls still didn't amount to an ounce of experience where it counts," she laughs. "Not to mention that soul-stealing doesn't add anything to your height... or length."

Most of the room laughs uproariously at that. Omegis calms down after her last fit of laughter and continues, "Nothing about him was all-mighty and powerful, certainly not his fashion sense."

As she continues to dig into the man she has entrapped in a magic bottle, Sam watches everyone's reactions. Takeda especially seems to be trying to get her attention, laughing at all of her jabs at Tsung, but everything seems strangely... normal. Omegis is just a stranger and a guest and people are getting along with her.

Was all of this just in her mind?

"I am STARVING!" Omegis finally declares.

"I'll take you to the mess hall!" Takeda is quick to offer.

Omegis smiles. "Thank you, but no thank you. I was promised a personal meal! Isn't that right, Sam?"

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>>48785870

Kaito nods. "We should probably get back to relaxing, we've got a bit of a day tomorrow."

"What's tomorrow?" Sam asks, trying to sound normal.

"Johnny is coming back with Secretary Blake, Sonya and Jax," he explains.

"I can't wait to meet them as well!" Omegis says as she stands up.

Sam's eyes widen. What if there really IS something going on? What if Omegis gets control over the Secretary of Defense? What from there?

The President of the United States?

Sam looks around the room. 'What if everyone in this room is mind controlled... and doesn't even know it? But what if they aren't?'

This entire situation is making her doubt and redoubt herself over and over and over again...

>Cook Omegis a meal
>Talk to Kaito
>Talk to Tundra
>Talk to Cassie
>Other

>>48785907
>Cook Omegis a meal
add drugs

>>48785907
>Cook Omegis a meal
Maybe it's time to show a little hospitality. or at least fulfill hastily made promises.

Plus we'll need to trust the others juuust a little bit. I mean team and all, right?

>>48785907
>>Cook Omegis a meal
Sam, remember the first rule of Shang Tsung training and the infiltration mission.
Pretend to get in close to her. Cook her a nice meal, get her nice. Then offer to carry her bag up to her room or something.

>>48785907
>>Cook Omegis a meal

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>>48785931
>>48785941
>>48785953
>>48785976

'I should try cooking her something,' Sam thinks. 'If I can stay in her good graces, she might just overlook me if she really IS up to something...'

Omegis follows Sam to the mess hall, where Sam goes into the kitchen. She has all sorts of options on what to make for a meal here...

>What kind of meal should we make for Omegis?

>>48786065
Something simple but still elegant, maybe a nice steak with some sliced potatoes and a small salad.

And red wine

>>48786065
how good is Sam with cooking?
does Omegis have any preference? Could we even make something that was consumed 500 years ago? What ingredients we got? I she a vegetarian? Is she allergic to anything?

>>48786065
As fancy and respectable as can be made in a Military base.

>>48786088
>>48786161
>>48786168

Sam has a +10 on all rolls for cooking, so let's have some 1d100s for her.

>>48786088
I think we should make fries instead. I'm pretty sure she never had any of those.

Rolled 23 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>48786193
cmon lucky day

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>48786193
pudding for dessert
pudding for all?

Rolled 46 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>48786193

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>48786193
Rolling to save

Rolled 83 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>48786193
I honestly don't think this should even be a roll.

Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>48786193

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>>48786269
Boom shakalaka, I still got it

Rolled 12 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>48786193
Christ

Rolled 46 (1d100)

Don't mind me

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>>48786227
>>48786245

It starts out a bit roughly. Sam scrambles to find good ingredients in the bare-bones kitchen, but after searching the fridges from top to bottom, she thinks she could make a good steak, perhaps with some potatoes and a red wine. She gets everything ready; though her resources are scarce, she is adaptable.

>>48786257
>>48786264

Things pick up once she gets going. With the steak cooking and the potatoes sliced and ready to go, she begins the process of crafting a meal. She also searches for some seasonings and finds them.

Outside, in the mess hall, she can hear Omegis flirting with Takeda, Cao and it sounds like someone else, but she can't be sure who it is. They're hovering around this woman like ducklings following their mother... Sam has to get to the bottom of this.

>>48786269
>>48786273

After thirty minutes, she's all done. The meal is flawless in every way, properly seasoned and tastefully arranged. Sam is no master chef, but she's damn good with what she can work with.

Once this is done, she walks out towards the table with the food on a tray.

>>48786305

...Not noticing the puddle of water in front of the door. Sam slips on it and falls backwards. The men (and to Sam's utter dismay, it turns out that Tundra is the third man sitting at the table with Omegis) are to wrapped up in speaking with her and listening to her to see Sam's fumble in time.

The wine glass hits the ground and breaks, the potatoes go everywhere, and the steak lands on Sam's chest. All of them turn and look at her before Takeda bursts out laughing.

Omegis silences him with a light slap on his hand. He stops as she gets up and helps Sam put the steak back onto the tray.

"I'm sorry, I didn't see the---" she begins.

Omegis silences her. "Now, now, that's fine. I can still eat the meat."

"No, no, don't do that," Takeda says. "We can make you something new and we won't screw it up like clumsy here."

"It's fine," Omegis insists. "I'll just need a new drink."

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>>48786590

"I got it!" The men all scramble towards the kitchen, leaving Sam alone with Omegis for a moment as she sits back down and prepares to eat the steak.

"This looks wonderful, Sam," Omegis says.

Sam realizes that she is alone with Omegis and the bag with her possessions is nearby. She doesn't think she could steal it and get away, but if she had enough time to grab it and free Shang Tsung... That is, if she should risk it at all.

And Tundra... is he under her spell now, too?

>Talk to Omegis
>Demand to know what she is doing!
>Leave and find someone else to talk to while she is here eating
>Grab the bag and make a break for it!
>Other

>>48786590
Did you really have to use the damn 12?

sigh

>>48786604
>>48786604
>>Talk to Omegis

>>48786604
>Talk to Omegis
no reason to move yet, she's done nothing so far.

But for the record I must point out; just because she doesn't seem to directly brainwash everyone, that doesn't mean she is to be trusted right away.

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>>48786635

Hey come on, it was funny.

On that note, however, I think I'm off to bed for the night.

I'll resume in the morning with Sam's adventure! How are you enjoying it so far? I've been having a blast writing this one so far.

I'll be in touch on twitter and discord, as in the OP.

>>48786604
>Talk to her
She did say she owes us.
Call it in to see if she'll level with us?
We know she was dating Shang during his "Great and Powerful" phase.
So let's get her take on her.

Failing that...she may have hidden the bottle already.
Might be worth a shot though.

>>48786669
I don't really enjoy seeing someone so put down continue to be put down.

But whatever man

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>>48786702

Don't worry, Anon. It's all building to something for a reason, just trust me.

>>48786749
yep suuuuuuure

>>48786768
Its about potential, yeah, so she gotta hit rock bottom before she can start climbing. A whole darkest before dawn type story arc.

>>48786787
There was too much bumbling and not enough drama for that, but technically yes; you have to start from somewhere if an "average" human wants to play superhero

>>48786749
At this point?
[/spoiler]is it building to Sam's death and everyone having a giggle about her thinking she could make it before forgetting to tell her dad? Because man this is rough to watch
I mean joke character stuff aside.
Just, man this is painful.

>>48786875
I am way too drunk to post apparently.
Night

>>48786875
>I mean joke character stuff aside.

Sam is NOT a joke character. She's perhaps the most straight-laced character we have ever played.

>>48786875
and that her dad will probably think about one thing when he hears about her death
"Hmm, maybe I should to make another. Maybe this time it will be a boy"

>>48786926
Damashi is definetly playing her up as a joke character.

It's evident in the tone of her bumblings and the "It was funny"

I don't find it particularly funny honestly.

>>48787019

Come on, I mean, Kaito and Cao had fumbles too

>>48787125
They did, but to be fair most of it was either intentional to avoid bloodshed, and/or just momentary respite between heroics/badass exploits

>>48787177

Sure, but,
For the last two weeks now, Damashi has been saying over and over in the threads on /qst/ and in the chat how Sam has no powers, so I think this is building up to something; either a big reveal or it was true all along

The other important thing is that nobody takes Sam seriously and they constantly downplay her. This might put her in the perfect position to stop whatever is unfolding here

I have faith

>>48787192
Faith is good

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Every thread until you like it

>>48788561
They already do like it, she's literally the first PC's waifu 4 laifu.

>>48787177
She's only a "joke" character if you mistake assholes like Takeda as the POV characters. What she is right now is "sympathetic".

And the 12 was rolled only 7 minutes after the ask, of course it counted.

>>48788781
you sound kind of salty

>>48789336
Nah, Mileena's cool. Just sayin' that meme doesn't make sense here.

>>48788800
That was another guy.
and of course it counted

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>>48788561

Good morning everyone! We'll be resuming shortly.

Okay, so we should start playing up the indentured servant a little more... like offer to wash her clothes or, ask if she needs her room cleaned.

Make her think our resistanse is gone.

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>>48786682
>>48786648
>>48786635

Sam watches as Omegis takes her first bite. The woman's face lights up immediately as she sets the fork and knife down.

"This is delightful!" she says with a mouthful, closing her eyes and leaning her head back. "Mmmm!" She finishes chewing, swallows and smiles again. "For my first meal in freedom, this is spectacular, Sam. I'm running out of words to compliment it with!"

"Oh... Thanks," Sam says with a smile. "It's not, I mean, it's not that great probably..."

"It is, because you made it," Omegis smiles. She gives Sam a wink which makes her feel a little uncomfortable before resuming her meal.

Behind them, they can hear arguing in the kitchen. Omegis giggles. "So many fine young men being so polite to me. I wonder which one I'll take to bed tonight..."

Sam stops and looks right at her. "W-what?"

Omegis seems nonchalant. "Much like with my meal here, it's been far too long since I've enjoyed, well..." she holds up a piece of the steak on the end of the fork, "...meat."

She smiles and takes another bite, again winking at Sam.

"You... You're going to..."

Omegis nods as she chews. "Oh, most certainly. I think Takeda is cute in the face, but Cao is certainly appealing, especially as a prince. But that Tundra is so tall and handsome... I just can't decide!"

>Try and talk her out of taking any of them
>"N-not Tundra!"
>Run out of the room and look for help
>Ask her straight-out if she is mind controlling them
>Other

>>48791666
>"N-not tundra!"
Scream it

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>>48791715

"N-not Tundra!" Sam says, a bit louder than she had intended.

In response to hearing his name called, he sticks his head out the door. "What?"

Omegis smiles and waves at him to go back inside. "Nothing, nothing. Go back to finding me a drink!"

He does so and the door closes behind him. Omegis hooks her eyes on Sam. "So, you like him, hmm? Do you want him?"

"I... I, uh..."

Omegis moves the tray aside and puts her hands on the table, snaking them towards Sam's. Her soft fingers interlace with the policewoman's as she asks, "Tell me, Sam: are you sexually frustrated? I didn't want to say anything when I first popped out of the bottle, but I could practically sense it. It's not healthy, you know, to keep everything bottled up. You need a good go every now and then to really just let it all out, you know?"

Sam grows a bit flustered. "I, I don't, um..."

"Are you a virgin, Sam?"

She grows even more nervous. "Ah! That's, well, that's---"

"You can be honest with me," she smiles. "Would you like me to 'arrange' something with Tundra? I could make that happen for you. It's the least I could do for you after all you've done for me."

"Arrange...?"

Omegis gives her a sultry, subdued look, pursing her lips together. "Well, it wouldn't be very difficult. I also wouldn't mind 'sharing' if you catch my meaning. I think we could make it very special for you..." She gives Sam another wink as her fingers slowly caress the back of her hand. The more forward Omegis grows, the more worried and flustered Sam gets.

>"What are you doing to them?"
>"I just want Tundra alone..."
>"O-okay..."
>Run out of the room
>Other

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>>48791828
>"What are you doing to them?"

>>48791828
>"What are you doing to them?" "I mean, seem like they'll do anything for you, but they still seem like themselves, and they'd never do anything like that for me."

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>>48791863
>>48791885

Sam stares into her eyes, a look of strange horror on her face. "What are you doing to them?!"

Omegis shrugs. "I'm just being a woman to them."

"That's not---I mean, they seem like they'll do anything for you, but they still seem like themselves, and they'd never do anything like that for me."

"Of course they wouldn't," Omegis says. "They're all fools. They don't see in you what I do. They think you are a joke, that you shouldn't even be here. But not me. I see something great in you, Sam. And I'd like to help you bring it out."

"What are you talking about?"

"Sam, I'm talking about making you my apprentice."

"Apprentice?"

She waves her other hand. "Student, disciple, however you'd like to put it. I want to teach you my ways."

"W... Why?"

Omegis gives her a warm look before bringing up a hand and gently cupping her cheek. "Because you freed me. And because I can see inside of you---it's a gift of mine---and I know what lurks there. The anger, the resentment, the frustration, the pity and self-doubt... You wear it all plainly upon your face that I knew it when I first looked at you. You don't think you belong, you think you don't measure up to anyone else and you're worried you never will. That's what drove you to Shang Tsung, but trust me when I say that he would never have taught you anything of value. I, on the other hand, can show you so much..."

She softly grabs Sam by the chin and brings her closer, towards her lips. "I can make things wonderful around here for you, Sam. We could be so much together..."

>Play along and kiss her
>Break away and accuse her of mind-control
>Run out of the room
>No kiss, but express interest in being her student
>Other

>>48791828
>Other
"I want him to look at me because of me, not because of succubus magic or whatever it is you're doing"

>>48791958
Is the bag near us?

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>>48791985

Here's a very scientific model

>>48792015
She turned us into a circle! The witch!
>>48791958
>Run out of the room

I'll need a tie breaker.

>>48791958
>>Run out of the room
This isn't what I'd vote for normally, but just to break the tie

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>>48792037
>>48792379

Sam pulls back her hand and stands up from the table, slapping Omegis' hand away. The redheaded woman watches her run towards the door and bust it open, running out into the hall afterwards.

'I was right! I hate being right when it's bad for everyone else!' Sam thinks. 'But what can I do? What can I---'

Suddenly, Sam is grabbed and pulled into a room by someone much stronger than she is. She struggles for a moment before a finger is placed on her mouth. "Shhh!" Vapor tells her.

Outside the closet, Takeda, Cao and Tundra run past, followed by Omegis. When the sounds of them are gone, the grey-clad Lin Kuei lets out a sigh.

"I was worried you were taken over," she says.

"You, you know?!" Sam whispers urgently.

"I believed you," she says, meeting Sam's gaze. "Nobody noticed me slip away before we entered the rec room. Not even you!"

"That's right..." Sam says, realizing that Vapor wasn't there all along. "Everyone was so focused on Omegis..."

"So how are you not one of her slaves?" Vapor asks. "There must be a reason."

"I think it really was her way of thanking me, as weird as it sounds," Sam replies after thinking. "She wanted me as a student..."

"Well, we need to find a way to stop her! She's got control of the whole team, and I don't think she'll stop there. If she meets Johnny, and the heads of the Special Forces..."

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>>48792468

"I know, I know!" Sam whispers back. "She could be controlling the entire world by the end of the week! I'm just glad she hasn't gotten to you, Vapor."

The girl looks away. "You can call me Andela... I mean, if you like."

Sam smiles. "Alright, Andela. Do you have a plan? You could probably, like, turn into fog or something and sneak the bottle right out from under her, right?"

"I don't know," Vapor admits. "She would have to be distracted... With the bottle not in her sights. If she has other people on the team guarding it, that might be difficult too..."

Sam runs a hand through her hair. "I can't believe this. My second day here, and I unleash some ancient evil woman who wants to mind control my team! I screwed up big time on this one!"

"Don't beat yourself up," Vapor tells her. "I'm sure you had a good reason..."

"Well it doesn't matter now. We need to stop her!"

"Right! So let's come up with a plan..."

>Sam pretends to submit to Omegis, Vapor will strike from behind!
>We wait until night, while she is asleep!
>We rush them in an all-out attack!
>Let's return to Shang Tsung's palace and see if we can find something that can help us!
>Other

>>48792481
>Shang Tsung's palace
Let's read his diary and see if Omegass had a weakness

>>48792481
>>Let's return to Shang Tsung's palace and see if we can find something that can help us!

>>48792539
maybe we can find an even more powerful being trapped in a bottle.

that'd solve our problems right?

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>>48792539
>read Shang's diary that's been kept for five hundred years.

>>48792586
>these Manchus are making me have this stupid braid hairstyle
>my feet hurt
>I wish I was rebelling against the Qing dynasty

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>>48792539
>>48792559
>>48792564

Sam thinks for a moment before snapping her fingers. "I've got it! They're going to be looking around the base for us, but not at Shang Tsung's palace! Maybe we could find something there to help us!"

"I can sneak us out!" Vapor says. "I could make a large cloud of fog that would obscure you and keep the others distracted!"

"How will you get out?"

"Trust me, nobody on this team could find me if I wanted it," she says, suddenly sounding a bit guilty. "Actually... Sam, before we do this, uh... There's something I have to tell you."

"What is it?" she asks, giving her a strange look. Vapor suddenly averts her eyes and nervously rubs her arm.

"I... I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"When you came into your room last night, I... I was inside of it... Reading your diary."

Slowly, Sam's eyes widen. "You... It was you?"

"When I heard the door open I set it down and turned invisible and... I wanted to say something, but you started to cry, and I felt so horrible that I... I just left and I didn't know what to do."

Vapor trembles softly as she forces herself to not make eye contact. Sam looks down at her and can only ask, "Why? Why did you read it?"

"I don't know. It was wrong of me, I was curious and I just sort of... was going through your things and..."

"But why? Why did you go into my room and go through my things and find it and unlock it and READ it?" Sam asks, trying to understand the reasoning at work here. "I mean, it's kind of an involved process!"

"I don't know!" Vapor says, her voice weak. "I just... I just did!"

>Push her more
>Forgive her
>Don't forgive her
>"We'll deal with this later, after this is all over!"
>Other

>>48792660
>"We'll deal with this later, after this is all over!"
>Other
"Thank god, I thought it was Frost"

>>48792681
this

>>48792660
>"We'll deal with this later after this is all over"
>other
Go back to calling her Vapor

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>>48792681
>>48792714
>>48792823

Sam puts a hand on her forehead. "Oh, thank god. I thought it was Frost."

"N-no... j-just me..."

Sam looks at Vapor and sighs. "I think---I think we'll deal with this later, after this is all over. Alright?"

Still uneasy, Vapor manages to look back at her and nod. "O-okay..."

"First thing's first, let's sneak out of here," Sam says. "Can you make that fog so we can get out?"

"I will," she says, a bit more confidently than before, putting her hands together. "Just cover your mouth!"

Sam closes her mouth and readies herself as Vapor puts her hands together and begins to vibrate. The entire closet fills up with grey smoke as she disappears, opening the door and flooding out into the hall. Sam stumbles out of the closet as Vapor spreads far and wide while also gently pushing Sam in the right direction.

They run past several doors as they make it to the main entrance, where they discover the door to be locked.

"Damn!" Vapor says, her voice coming from all around her. "Hang on, Sam, this is going to be a little bit... weird."

Before she can ask what it is, Sam suddenly feels herself lifting up and becoming weightless. For a moment, her entire body becomes smoke in what must be the strangest sensation she has ever felt, even stranger than stepping through the portals. She feels like butter spread too thinly across a slice of toast, all stretched and spread out and weightless...

Vapor whisks herself and Sam up into the ventilation duct, through the system and outside. They both reform in the air and end up on the beach outside, tumbling onto the sand.

Sam picks herself up and looks at her hands. "Wow... That was..."

"Weird, I know," Vapor says. "You get used to it, trust me."

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>>48792847

They stand up and begin making their way to the jungle when suddenly an arrow strikes a tree near them. They turn around and look up to see Kung Jin and Fireseed on the roof, aiming!

"Go!" Vapor says, holding up a hand and creating a gust that knocks the next arrow aside. "I'll hold them off!"

Sam looks on as Fox appears on the roof, along with Jacqui and Frost.

"You... You can't hold them all off by yourself..."

"Yes I can!" Vapor replies firmly, turning into a cloud again to obscure her. "Now GO!"

Sam doesn't look back this time as she runs through the jungle.

>1d100+10 to escape!

Rolled 26 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>48792855
Wait! we don't even have a plan!

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>48792855
BOOK

Rolled 40 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>48792855

Rolled 21 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>48792855
oh noo all these bad roles

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>>48792870
>>48792929
>>48792974

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>>48792870
>>48792929
>>48792953
>>48792974

"I have to run, I have to run, I have to run!" Sam says to herself. It is now late evening and the jungle grows darker as the sun dips lower in the sky, but she knows she can still make it!

Even though Vapor is holding off the others, however, one of them slips through.

A long, red pole slams in front of Sam, who skids to a stop in the dirt. Ling hooks the claw-head of her spear around a tree and retracts her extending pole, pulling herself in front of Sam.

She changes the head of her weapon into a spear and points it at the panting policewoman.

"Going somewhere, Sam?"

"Ling... Ling, listen to me, you're under mind control!"

"Blah, blah, blah..." she says. "Take it up with Mistress Omegis."

"Mistress? You sound like a damn comic book character, listen to yourself!"

Ling smirks. "Look, Sam, let's just make this easy on you, alright? Give up. We both know you can't beat me, not in a million years."

Slowly, Sam begins to reach for her equipment on her belt...

Ling tightens her grip on her polearm and smiles with a sinister grin. "Oh, you're about to make my day..."

>1d100 and an action!

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A quick run-down on Sam's special moves:

Shove: Sam tries her best to shove an enemy back to get some space. This does no damage.
Enhanced: Full Shove: Sam uses both hands to push an enemy back, using her full upper body. This also does no damage.

Slap: Sam rears backwards with her hand and slaps her enemy, doing a minimal amount of non-harmful damage.
Enhanced: Backhand: Sam follows up her slap with another with the back of her hand, but this hurts her as well.

Pistol: Sam draws her pistol and shakily aims it, probably missing anything that isn’t point-blank.
Enhanced: Fundamentals: Sam takes a moment to slow her breathing, steady herself, control her trigger finger and line up her sight with the target. She will probably still miss.

Baton: Sam draws her baton and attempts to use it to hit an opponent. This attack does not do much damage due to her lack of muscles and slightly weak wrists.
Enhanced: Double Slam: Sam swings twice in an attempt to beat her opponent into submission. This has a chance of hurting her wrist due to the expended and desperate effort.

Pepper Spray: Sam draws her pepper spray and aims it at her opponent, hoping to hit them in the eyes. This can stun an enemy for a follow-up attack.
Enhanced: Pepper Cloud: Sam uses much more pepper spray, creating a cloud of it that hangs around for a moment until it naturally disperses which affects all who enter it, including Sam herself.

Taser: Sam uses a personal taser against an opponent, delivering an electrical shock to them.
Enhanced: Taser Gun: Sam fires a longer-range taser cord to deliver an electrical shock to an enemy further away.

Grapple: Sam attempts to grapple with her opponent and subdue them, but cannot sustain the grapple for very long.
Enhanced: Handcuffs: Once Sam has grappled an opponent, she attempts to put them in handcuffs. This may or may not actually work, depending on how much resistance she receives.

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>48793023
BATTLECRY AND PEPPERSPRAY!

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>48793023
Wait for her to make a move, when she does lead her to a tree and grapple her against it

>>48793023
my theory is slowly going down the drain

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>48793023
TACKLE AND GRAPPLE. We knows that her weakness from the sparring

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>>48793054

Sam shouts and takes out her can of pepper spray, aiming for Ling's eyes!

The Daughter of Lao moves the head of her spear and swings it, knocking the can right out of Sam's hand.

>>48793110

As Sam scrambles to go pick it up, Ling sweeps with her staff and knocks her to her back, putting her in the dirt!

>>48793130

But Sam won't give up so easily! She gets back up and runs at Ling, grabbing her polearm and pushing her back! Using all of her weight, she tackles Ling to the ground and sends the two of them rolling down a hill, ending up in a stream of water! The river flows around them as Sam, now on top of Ling, struggles to grapple her!

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

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>48793176
Now that we're on top of her try to manevuere her into a position where we can hand cuff her wrist to her ankle

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>48793176
Knee her in ladyparts

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>>48793224

>Enhanced: Handcuffs

Focusing as hard as she can, Sam reaches for her handcuffs and manages to open them with one hand before slapping them around Ling's wrist! As the younger Kung struggles, Sam pulls back, yanking on the chain and bringing the other end to her ankle, locking it around that as well!

She then gets up and backs away as Ling swings her spear at her, just getting out of reach.

"You! YOU!" Ling says through gritted teeth. "Just WAIT until I get my hands on you!"

She changes the head of her spear into a saw and starts working on the chain as Sam runs off towards the palace.

"THIS DOESN'T COUNT AS A VICTORY! I'M STILL CHASING YOU!" Ling calls out to her.

Sam finds a cave further up and travels inside, finding herself in Goro's lair. Thankfully, it seems the team did plenty of work thinning the herd of oni, as she steps over many dead corpses of brutish, ape-like demons. Any who are still alive aren't interested in fighting.

Sam finds a path that leads up to Shang Tsung's palace, then quickly runs into the basement, where she finds all of his equipment and potions. She begins to desperately look around for something she can use, eventually finding a book.

"Okay... Okay, this will be fine," she says, flipping through the potions book. "I'm a cook, I can make potions, it's basically the same thing right?"

The only problem is that this book is written in some kind of Chinese lettering. Sam curses and slams it shut. "Damn! What am I going to do now?"

She looks around at the bottles of already-made potions, but none of them are labeled in a language she understands.

"Damn, damn, damn!" she mutters. "There must be something I can do!"

>Grab a random potion
>Mix random things together
>Drink something at random
>Leave
>Other

>>48793359
>Mix random things together
Maybe we'll make acid sriracha wine that Omegais will drink and die from!

>>48793395

Let's have a 1d100 for my random potion table to see what we end up with.

>>48793359
>>Mix random things together
Let's give it a shot

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>48793463
please gibe good roll

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>48793463
This is stupid we are likely to just make nothing. At least the already made potions are actual potions.

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>48793463
Come on Super Potion.

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>>48793533
>>48793589

>71-80 - Knock-Out Poison

'Crap, I don't know what to do!' Sam thinks to herself. '...Fuck it!'

She grabs up several of the bottles and walks over to a nearby cauldron and begins pouring them all inside.

'I really hope I don't blow up mixing all of this stuff together...'

Grabbing a large spoon, she stirs it all together until it turns into a muddy grey color. It looks terrible, like someone threw all the paint in a department store into a pot and just stirred it up.

It begins to fume a bit, and Sam inhales some of it. Immediately her head becomes woozy and she falls backwards, narrowly managing to avoid passing out.

She shakes her head and focuses through the haze. 'If that was just from a small breath of it...'

Thinking quickly, she tears up part of her shirt, exposing her midriff, and dunks it into the concoction, soaking it up into the rag!

"If I get close enough, maybe I could use this on the others..." she says aloud.

"Use what, Sam?" a voice reaches her ears. Cassie walks around the corner, pointing her glock at the girl.

Sam quickly shoves the rag into her back pocket. "This, uh... potion..."

"Yeah, right, like anyone's going to drink that. It looks like a dinosaur took a shit in that bowl." She then motions with the gun. "Come on, let's go upstairs."

Sam slowly raises her hands. "Cassie... Please, you don't have to do this..."

"Yeah, I know, total bummer isn't it?" she asks, lowering her sunglasses. "You should be glad that Ling wasn't sent down here. She's super-pissed at you. Well, time's-a-wasting dude. Let's go have a chat with Omegis."

>Try to use the rag on Cassie
>Go with her upstairs
>Stall her for time
>Try to make a break for it back to the caves
>Other

>>48793655
>Go with her upstairs

>>48793655
> give her the kool aide
It'll be much harder to make use of when there is two people watching us

>>48793655
>Stall for time
>Go wit- does this smell like chloroform to you?
Bail baiiil!

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>>48793815
>>48793836

"Y-yeah, okay," Sam says, walking up to Cassie. "Does it hurt?"

"No, not at all," Cassie shrugs. "She just kind of 'breathes' on you or something and then it all becomes a lot simpler, honestly."

"Do you know what it is?"

"Uh... I don't know. Pheremones or something. I don't know what it is. It doesn't really matter."

As she walks up to Cassie, she says, "Well, I can't take you on... So I'll go easily. Not like anything here could help me."

"That's the spirit," Cassie says, lowering her gun but keeping it in her hand. "Trust me Sam, it's easier this way."

"Yeah." Sam takes the rag out of her pocket. "Hey, Cass? Can I ask you a question? What does this smell like?"

She holds it up to Cassie, who takes a small sniff, before shoving it against her mouth.

Before Cassie can really react, she takes a deep wiff of it and immediately her eyes roll backwards as Sam pushes her up against the wall.

Completely knocked out, Cassie slides down, snoring like a champion. Sam removes the rag and shoves it back into her pocket.

"It worked!" she says, looking up the stairs. "Now, to take care of Omegis..."

She climbs up the stairs and enters Shang Tsung's throne room. Much to her dismay, she finds that the others are here... including Vapor.

Omegis herself sits upon the ruined throne, her legs crossed, an amused look on her face. Behind her, the moon shines brightly through a hole in the wall.

"Hello, Sam," she says with a smile. "It's a shame it had to come to this, isn't it?"

Sam looks around the room at her teammates. All of them---Fireseed, Takeda, Cao, Frost, even Kaito---are staring at her with somewhat blank expressions on their faces. She looks at Vapor, who is now also under Omegis' control.

"Don't feel too badly," Omegis shrugs. "I didn't want it to end like this for you, just another one of my puppets, but such can happen."

"I just want to know one thing," she says. "How? Magic? Telepathy? Pheremones?"

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>>48794080

"Neither, honestly," Omegis replies casually. "Well, I suppose the last one is the closest." She takes out a bottle of the pink liquid from earlier. "Behold, the strongest love potion in existence. A single drop can make you irresistable, and I drank the whole thing! And I've got more to spare."

"So they all... love you?"

Omegis gives her a sly smile. "Of course they do, and I love them as well. They'll be my elite warriors and protectors, my guardians and lovers when I desire. And now, you shall be as well."

"Sorry, but I don't swing that way," Sam says. "And I've got other plans than being your puppet."

Omegis shrugs. "It's not like you really have a choice, Sam. It's a pity---I would've liked to make you my apprentice. We could have ruled together and you could've had anything you ever wanted. But I promise that I'll treat you nicely, I do have such a soft spot for you."

She snaps her fingers and suddenly Sheeva moves up behind Sam, using all four arms to grab her and hold her in place.

"Hey, hey!" she protests, struggling in the shokan's grasp. "Let me go!"

"She listens to the one she loves," Omegis says. "And now, you shall as well."

She approaches Sam and puts her hands on the sides of her face, holding her still. Omegis gently blows, and a pink mist emerges. It fogs around Sam's head, and though she tries to resist, she eventually has to breathe in the flowery-scented gas.

"Don't fight it," Omegis smiles. "Become my slave, my warrior, my lover... You'll enjoy it, I promise. Just let go..."

Sam coughs and breathes more of it in. It circulates through her, reaches her brain... and nothing happens.

She's still the exact same. She knows it! She could right now tell Omegis to go fuck herself!

But then...

>Lesson One: Deceive your opponent!

>"I obey, Mistress."
>Say nothing
>"I'm sorry I acted so rashly..."
>Struggle some more
>Other

>>48794096
>other
Tear up and apologize to "our love" profusely

>>48794096
>Apologise
The others were mostly themselves right?

>>48794125
Ayy that won't be hard for Sam to do

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>>48794125
>>48794152
>>48794170

Sam thinks quickly as Omegis looks down upon her. "I... I'm sorry," she says meekly, starting to fake tears. "I didn't mean to---"

"Shhh," Omegis says with a smile. She plants a kiss on Sam's forehead, which makes her shiver. "Don't worry, Sam. I think you're always going to be my favorite." Sam remains still as Omegis runs a hand through her hair, feeling her. A wicked, sultry smile is on her face as she says, "Tonight, I'm going to treat you special, like we talked about before. Would you enjoy that?"

Her heart pounds quickly as she lies, "Y-yes! Yes please!"

"So enthusiastic... I knew you would come around." Sam freezes and tries not to react when Omegis leans down to kiss her on the lips. It lasts for several seconds as Sam is paralyzed with fear. Omegis moves her lips off of her and says, "There's no reason to be nervous, Sam. Don't worry. I'll help you come out of your coccoon and become a beautiful butterfly... Now let's go home."

Sheeva lets go of Sam and the group begins walking towards the palace exit. Sam looks around and sees that Cao is still the one carrying the bag with Omegis' things inside. She knows that she cannot grab it while everyone is here in a big group...

'I should play along...' Sam thinks. 'Maybe I can get into a position where I can free Shang Tsung!'

As she walks with the group, she realizes that nobody is mentioning Cassie. Maybe she should bring her up or go get her...

>Bring up Cassie to the group and what you did to her, act like you are confessing
>Leave Cassie here for now, continue playing along as yourself
>Break away from the group and go down to tend to Cassie
>Play up the part; act very lovingly towards Omegis
>Other

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>>48794096
>>48794080
>the mightiest heroes are all betas
Well, I didn't think that I could lose all my trust and respect for every member of the New Defenders this fast!

>>48794315
>Bring up Cassie confessional style.
Build that trust!
For later.

>>48794347
Apparently Kaito needs Milena or Trauma around to remember he's going to make them cry and then cut his cock off.
Failing that the potion itself might work on emotional confliction.

Sam doesn't quite seem to have those towards anyone but herself.

>>48794434
Gah, autocorrect is my nemesis
Regardless if that's the case it makes some sense.
>Mileena
>Taruna

>>48794434
and apparently Jin forgets that he likes guys.

>>48794315
>Leave Cassie here for now, continue playing along as yourself
If we say we drugged her Omegais would be on guard for a repeat of that to happen

>>48794468
Love potion > gay disease

>>48794468
Ah but isn't his whole arc "I am conflicted about my love of cock to the point it screws with relationships I have, sexual or otherwise!"?

>>48794378
>>48794473

I'll need a tie breaker again.

>>48794315
>>Leave Cassie here for now, continue playing along as yourself
Remember to stay shy. Even if we're in love we are still sam

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>>48794473
>>48794791

Sam decides to keep playing along. If nobody else is noticing, why should she?

Everyone chats casually as they walk back to the base. It's so strange---they all seem so normal, but underneath they're all slaves to Omegis. But why isn't Sam? Could it be that she has some kind of immunity to love potions? Or is there some other reason?

When they reach the base, Omegis turns and looks at everyone. "Get a good sleep, everyone."

Takeda whines a bit. "But I thought we were going to---"

Omegis holds up a finger and he goes quiet. "You'll get your chance soon enough, Takeda. In the meantime, enjoy your sleep."

The team begins to filter towards the barracks, but Omegis stops Sam. She gives her a smile as she leans down to whisper, "Go to your room and get ready. I'm going to send a present up soon."

Sam gulps as she walks up to her room. She takes out the rag and holds it in one hand as she thinks to herself, 'Great, now what? What am I going to do?'

After a moment, there is a knock at the door. She turns and sees Tundra opening it.

"Hello, Sam," he says with a smile. "May I enter?"

She knows he's under control, compelled to do what Omegis said. She can't exactly say no...

"Of course," she whispers, and he closes the door behind him. He takes a few steps and walks closer.

"You've had quite a day," he says in a relaxing tone. "Would you like to maybe unwind a little?"

"H-how so?"

He smiles and steps closer, putting his hand under her chin. "I can think of a few ways," he says in a husky voice, leaning down to kiss her. She watches his face grow nearer and nearer as her heart pounds in her chest.

>Shove the rag against his mouth!
>Kiss him, play along
>Pull away from him, refuse
>Stall for time
>Other

>>48794791
And insecure about our feelings for Omegais, even if we love her! This is a totally new experience and we've been told all our lives that it's wrong!

>>48794964
>Kiss him, play along
Well we should get a win somewhere

>>48794964
>Stall for time
Omegis could be using Tundra to see if Sam is plotting anything.

>>48794964
>>Kiss him, play along
then
>>Shove the rag against his mouth!
Make him do it willingly. Be as awkwardly flirty as possible, tell him we have a gift for him too and we made it ourselves

>>48795068

Any backers?

>>48795068
Go for it

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>>48795068
>>48795202

Sam gives in for a moment to the fantasy she's been dreaming of and kisses him. His lips feel cool and fresh, better than she could possibly have imagined. They're soft and he's so forward---even if he's not doing this quite of his own will---and for a moment she is lost to the world. There's nothing but her, and him, and how delightfully chilly he is. His arms find her shoulders and back, holding her close to him and she loves the way his embrace feels. He's not bitingly cold, but just right to be tingly and exciting.

But it's not just her and him, she knows this. There is a crisis going on, and his amazing lips and muscular arms and perfectly chilled tongue just scraping the outside of her lips making her knees weak---

She stops herself and pulls back. He smiles down at her. "Is everything alright? I'm not too cold, am I?" he chuckles.

"No, no, god no, you're perfect," she whispers. "Everything I ever wanted... But..."

He seems concerned. "But?"

"...I have a gift for you as well," she says, bringing up a hand. "I made it myself."

She then shoves the rag against his mouth and sends him tumbling to the floor, unconscious, after just one inhalation. Tundra ends up on the ground, his eyes closed, breathing heavily.

Sam falls back against her desk, panting a bit. 'God, I almost lost myself there...' she thinks, touching her lips. She trembles a bit as she remembers his touch. But now, looking down at him, she wonders, 'Well now what do I do?'

>Hide him in the bathroom
>Start going from room to room, knocking people out
>Wait for Omegis to come here
>Head straight to Cao's room; he might still have the lamp!
>Other

>>48795370
>Hide him
>Wait for Omegis
>H-he was having some... difficulties "performing" so.
In actuality everyone's getting drugs!

>>48795370
>Hide him in the bathroom
bathtub with curtain drawn specifically
>wait for Omegais

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>>48795416
>>48795421

Sam leans down and tries to drag him across the room.

'Damn! How much does he weigh? Oh, it's probably all muscle too, mm~'

She mentally slaps herself out of thinking about that. 'Maybe I really am losing it...' She focuses on hooking her hands under his arms and dragging him towards the bathroom. It's difficult, but eventually she manages to get him inside and into the tub before drawing the curtain.

'God, I never thought I'd be unhappy to have him unconscious in my room, but somehow even THAT is something I cannot enjoy,' she thinks. As she steps out and closes the bathroom behind her, the door to her room suddenly opens and Omegis is there, leaning up against the frame, wearing a new set of lingerie. 'Where does she keep getting that stuff?'

"Hello, Sam," Omegis says with a seductive smile. She then looks around the room. "Where is Tundra?"

"He's, uh, in the bathroom," she says. "Just... getting ready."

"Well, that's all well and good. That gives us some time to get ready ourselves, and after five hundred years I couldn't be more excited..."

Sam realizes the rag is on her desk. She doesn't look at it, lest she draw Omegis' attention to it... but how does she get it now that she's watching?

"Come here," Omegis bids her with a finger. "Let's have some fun."

She closes the door behind her.

'Oh god,' Sam thinks to herself, frozen still again. 'What do I do?'

>Go for the rag!
>Pepper spray!
>Tackle her to the ground and arrest her!
>Just... play along... for now...
>Other

>>48795597
>>Just... play along... for now...
Need the rag, handcuffs or something.

>>48795597
>Just... play along... for now...
We got a spare set of handcuffs, right?

>>48795597
>Just... play along... for now...

>>48795597
>>Just... play along... for now...
My biggest fear is as an alchemist she may be immune to a lot of shit. If we can at some point I'd like to ask her to lie down and try this new modern face wrap. Hopefully I'm wrong about her being immune

>>48795597
>just play along for now

>>48795597
>other
Thank her for sending Tundra

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>>48795706
>>48795718
>>48795719
>>48795737
>>48795746

Sam gulps and slowly walks towards Omegis, who continually beckons her with her finger and a sultry glare. 'I hope I know what I'm doing...' When she reaches the woman, Omegis wastes no time in pulling her into another kiss. This one is much fiercer than the last, with several times as much passion. Sam gives a muffled cry as the older, experienced woman's tongue is thrust into her mouth while her hands wrap around Sam's body.

'Oh god oh god oh god,' she thinks as her mind races. Omegis is going wild, pulling Sam against her body, writhing against her. The woman must be sexually starved, because the word that comes to Sam's mind is 'voracious.' She kisses her hard and with energy Sam can hardly keep up with. The lace top she is wearing is quickly discarded, and she goes to work on Sam's shirt, breaking the kiss only to yank it off her shoulders.

Sam is embarrassed and hot all over; her skin is flushed and red. Her first reaction is to cover up her chest, even though she still has her bra on, and Omegis seems to find this adorable. She pulls Sam in for another kiss, slowly pushing her hands aside to get at her chest to grope her.

She knows that she's just playing along, but it's taking every ounce of her willpower to not stop... or give in fully. The raw sexual energy she is receiving is making her mind go fuzzy; she almost wants to submit and be this woman's toy, her plaything, her way to relieve five centuries of pent-up lust.

'What the hell is wrong with you?' she thinks. 'Don't give in!'

She stops kissing her for a moment to whisper into her ear, "I'm going to make you feel things you've never felt before..." Omegis begins to push her towards the bed. She pushes Sam backwards, making her trip on the edge of the bed and fall upon it. Omegis then reaches up and discards her top fully, revealing her chest in all its bountiful glory. Sam's eyes go wide as Omegis begins to walks towards the bed.

>>48795986

>Reach for your handcuffs
>Make an excuse to grab the rag
>Shoot her in the eyes with your pepper spray
>...Keep going...
>Other

>>48796007
>Reach for your handcuffs - show them to her! "Please, I've always wanted to be in control!"

>>48796007
>Make an excuse to grab the rag

>>48796007
>Make an excuse to grab the rag

>>48796040
This might work, seconding

>>48796040
>>48796007
Yes.
Work us getting one over on her into the trist.
Then we get Shang, possibly after picking up tips.

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>>48796040
>>48796113
>>48796138

Sam holds up her hand. "Wait!" she says, panting. Omegis hesitates. "I... Let me just... I want to be comfortable?" she says, rolling off the bed. Omegis climbs onto the bed and watches her.

'Oh please, let this work,' Sam thinks as her mind goes a mile a minute. She begins to work her jeans off of herself in order to take up the handcuffs. She holds them up and looks over her shoulder. "Can I... handcuff you?"

The woman on the bed pauses. "...What?"

"It's... always been my fantasy... to be in control," Sam says, lying (well maybe not entirely) to her as best she can.

Omegis seems a bit amused by the idea. "Very well. If that is what you desire... So be it."

'I can't believe it,' she thinks as she crawls back onto the bed, nervously approaching Omegis, who is now completely nude like she was when she was getting her massage earlier. 'If I manage to defeat her like this, I'm not telling ANYONE about it. EVER.'

Slowly, she gets back into it, kissing Omegis of her own volition. Pushing aside thoughts about how this really isn't so bad, she slowly works the older woman's hands over her head, towards the headboard... before realizing she doesn't have anything to handcuff her to. The entire bed, and the room by extension, has a kind of modern aesthetic.

'Shit...' she thinks. But still she locks the handcuffs around Omegis' hands.

"I like this," Omegis says. "I had no idea you could be such a little mynx, Sam..."

"Well, we're all full of surprises..." Sam says as she...

>Goes for the rag!
>Goes for the pepperspray!
>Subdues Omegis and forces her into an arrest position!
>...continues 'playing' with her.
>Other

>>48796290
>Goes for the rag!
need a gag. For realism.

>>48796290
>>Goes for the rag!
I'm worried as she's a potion master our knock out rag will not work on her. But it's probbably the safest bet. We beed to go for Shang right after we drug her

>>48796290
>Goes for the rag! For what it's guy said. >>48796308
>...continues 'playing' with her.

>>48796308
This, be unconfident so she does not think anything is up

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>>48796308
>>48796359
>>48796387
>>48796409

Sam slowly disengages and goes for the rag. Now she has Omegis in the perfect position...

"What are you getting now?" Omegis asks.

"Uh... Just a thing to... shove in your mouth..."

"Oh, no, I don't think so," she says. "I don't mind these, but I don't like being gagged."

Sam hesitates as Omegis rattles around the cuffs. "Well, come on, let's continue. Set it down." She looks at the bathroom door. "And why haven't I heard anything from Tundra? How long does he take to..."

The woman looks back up at Sam, meeting her gaze, and immediately begins to grow suspicious.

"Drop the rag," she says, and this time it is a command.

'Shit, she's on guard now...' Sam thinks. 'I either play along or go for it now!'

>Drop it...
>Or roll 1d100 to shove it in her face!

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>48796500
ninja skillz

>>48796500

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>48796500
Please don't be shit, Sam.

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>48796500

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>48796500
PLE

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>48796500

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>>48796515
>>48796526
>>48796537
>>48796544
>>48796549

Sam dives towards Omegis, but the woman brings up a foot and kicks her back, planting a foot in her stomach.

"Damn!" she shouts as Sam hits the ground, grunting. "How?! How are you able to resist?!" Sam coughs as Omegis gets up on the bed, pulling on the handcuffs. "Well, no matter. If you won't be my slave, you will be dead!" She looks at the door. "SHEEVA!"

The massive shokan barrels through the door and looks around, focusing on Sam.

"Annhilate her!" Omegis commands.

Sam looks up as the shokan cracks all the knuckles on her four hands before advancing on the underwear-clad girl.

>Jump out the window!
>Run for the door!
>Try and shove the rag in Sheeva's face!
>Fight!
>Other

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>>48796549
so do all of the shit rolls make us trip and accidentally shove it in her mouth?

>>48796626
>>Jump out the window!

Fuck this noise

>>48796626
>Jump out the window

>>48796626
>Try and shove the rag in Sheeva's face!
wrap it around our hand

Will Sam ever catch a break?????

>>48796742
Not the way we roll, she won't.

>>48796818
I mean what the fuck is she going to do now, everyone is under her control and we have the element of surprise gone

>>48796853
Fail and die, because now there's no goddamn way we'll get the bottle.

>>48796864
Did she take the bottle into the bedroom?

>>48796933
Cao still has it I'm sure but at this point they'd all be on kill on sight mode

>>48796933
Cao has it.

>>48796942
We just have to get him to use his iron will. that he doesn't think he needs.

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>>48796659
>>48796678

Sam looks to her right and sees the open window. Before Sheeva can grab her, she scrambles for it and jumps out!

Forgetting that she is on the second floor.

She shouts as she falls, but she lands in the sand and is miraculously unharmed. She makes a break for it across the beach, but does she really even have a plan?

She stops when a rifle shot rings out and hits the ground near her. A spotlight from the base is shown down upon her.

Turning around, Sam looks and sees all of the New Defenders slowly coming out of their rooms, either by climbing out of their windows or by walking up onto the roof. Her stomach twists as Sheeva, carrying a redressed Omegis, leaps from the window and lands on the sand.

Omegis, sitting atop Sheeva's shoulder, smiles at Sam. "A nice try, but I'm afraid this is where your story ends."

Sheeva puts Omegis down as the rest of the team watches. Sam gulps nervously as the shokan's four hands start to burn.

"Do you have any last words, Sam?" Omegis asks.

Sam closes her eyes and waits for the inevitable.

Sheeva brings up all four arms, each burning with shokan fury, and she thrusts them forward in a fiery clap that sends a massive fireball hurtling towards Sam, who flinches as it hits her. The explosion is massive, lighting up the night beach for a moment and leaving only a smoking circle behind.

Omegis smiles and shrugs. "Oh well. I was really starting to like her..."

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>>48796979
And so ends Art Lean II: Lean Harder

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>>48796979
*turns PlayStation off*
*takes disc out*
*flings out window*

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>>48796979

As she turns around, the smoke clears... leaving a completely unharmed Sam behind, standing there with a look of shock on her face. Sheeva gasps and Omegis turns around to see her. Sure enough, Sam is standing in the center of blackened, scorched sand, with not so much as a scratch on her.

Omegis looks up at the shokan. "What the hell are you trying to pull? Destroy her!"

"I... That was my strongest fireball," Sheeva tells her.

"Well it can't have been if she is still alive, you idiot!" Omegis says. "Try again!"

Sam stands still as Sheeva once more creates a massive fireball and launches it at her. From her perspective, the fireball hits but she feels nothing, absolutely nothing, as the flames wash around her. She is unharmed; in fact, all she really feels is a bit of heat.

Again, when the smoke clears, Sam stands in the center of smoke.

"That's... Impossible!" Sheeva shouts.

"DESTROY HER! DESTROY HER!" Omegis orders.

Sheeva advances and winds back both of her right hands before throwing them both in a punch that could stop a train. Sam flinches again, but when these two titantic fists find her, they bounce off of her as though Sheeva had punched an unbreakable object. The shokan howls in pain as a cracking sound is heard... her hands are broken.

Everyone watches with disbelief, none more so than Sam. But amidst her amazement, she remembers the rag clutched in her hand and shoves it against the shokan’s face, knocking her out.

Omegis stares, wide-eyed, as Sam now turns her attention to her. “It… It cannot… SHOOT HER! SHOOT HER!”

Kung Jin and Fireseed both line up shots from their bows and fire. Kung Jin’s arrow hits her and bounces off without so much as a scratch done and Fireseed’s explosive arrow has all the same effect as Sheeva’s fireball. Jacqui points her gauntlet at Sam and fires, spraying a series of machine gun rounds at her, but each and every single bullet that hits her dents and falls down into the sand.

>>48797069
well this was foreshadowed nicely

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>>48797069

Sam, not knowing what is happening but knowing that she is alive, runs towards Omegis. She tackles the woman to the ground and everyone stops shooting, lest they hit her as well.

"Stop! Get off! GET OFF!" Omegis shouts, yanking on Sam's hair.

But Sam is undeterred. She shoves the rag into the other girl's face, all but burying her in it, forcing her to breathe it in. Omegis goes limp and unconscious in Sam's hands, her arms falling to the side.

Sam stands up, looking at the rest of them. All of them look at her in shock, unsure of what to do next. Without Omegis to give them orders, they slowly start to think for themselves... and realize just exactly what is going on. Slowly, one by one, they begin to snap out of it, the mental connection to Omegis severed by her unconscious mind. Everyone, from Kaito to Jin, begins to wake up.

"Sam!" Vapor shouts out, teleporting down next to her. "What... How did you...?"

"I have no idea..." Sam says, looking at her own hands. She then looks back at the ground, at the trail of bullets, shrapnel and burnt sand. "They just... didn't hurt me..."

Everyone begins to jump down and walk towards her. Embarassed, she looks for something to cover up with, but to her amazement Fireseed hands her a cloak. She covers herself as Kaito steps forward while two of the others grab Omegis and secure her.

"Sam... I think you might have something special about you... And I mean that in a 'meta-special' kind of way." He holds up his hand and instructs her to do the same. She does so and he conjures up a bit of fire, promising that he will heal her if she is harmed.

He blows fire at her, but it passes around her, not burning her skin.

Everyone watches this test, confirming what they, especially Sam, were beginning to realize:

That she has had a power all along, and never knew.

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>>48797211

After Omegis' arrest and placement in a secure quarantine chamber, waking everyone up, ensuring they were no longer mind-controlled and after getting Cassie from Shang Tsung's palace, they then freed the sorcerer from the bottle. Shang Tsung formed out of the purple smoke just like Omegis had, giving out a small cough. "Well, it's about time you figured it out."

Sam, now dressed once more, looks at him. "What? You knew?"

"Of course I knew. Your father has the same gift."

Everyone is gathered around the rec room and listens in. Shang Tsung strokes his beard. "You see, I knew that you had an immunity to magic, like your father does. I noticed it during the Earthrealm Invasion... Why was his soul not absorbed? He wasn't a great warrior or a master of powers, he was just a physically-capable officer. I began to realize he had a resistance to spells and magic, which allowed him to fight against the formidible foes of Outworld... but he never knew."

He turns to look at Sam. "But in you, it's stronger. Much stronger. You're not just immune to magic, and mind-altering effects like telepathy---"

Suddenly Takeda speaks up. "Wait, what? I can't read her mind?"

Shang looks at him. "What, you never tried?"

"No, I did! But whenever I did, there was just... nothing. So I thought... Well, I thought you were just..."

Sam blinks. "What? Out with it!"

He swallows as he says, "I thought you were just really dumb."

Sam is appauled at his words, but Shang is amused. "Ah, yes, being underestimated is another running trait in the Stryker family it seems..."

"But how can she be immune to bullets? You can't just be 'immune' to bullets," Jacqui points out.

Shang looks at Sam. "Like I said, it's stronger in her than it ever was in her father. She just never knew it. If I were to hazard a guess... I would say that high-energy is repelled. Kinetic forces, moving at high speed. This will require testing..."

>>48797359
built in dune shield. Cool.

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>>48797359

"But if she's so strong, how is she so... not strong?" Jin asks.

Shang wags a finger at him. "Silence, idiot. She is not 'strong.' Her power is not strength, but resistance! Resistance to magic, resistance to great force, like your arrows or bullets, or, in Sheeva's case..." His eyes stray over to the shokan, whose two hands are wrapped up, "...extreme strength focused."

"But how did this never come up before?" Sam asks. "I mean, I was beaten up during the exams."

"You weren't beaten up," Kaito points out. "You were grappled... If what Shang is saying is true, you can still be grabbed and pinned."

Jin snaps his fingers. "I got it! Sam's body must generate some kind of... field or something, that repels fast-moving particles with equal force in the opposite direction! That's how Sheeva broke her hands just trying to punch her!"

Takeda rolls his eyes. "Then explain my telepathy not working on her!"

Jin scratches his chin. "Hmm... Well, it might also be that the very same field acts as kind of an 'anti-magic' buffer..."

Cassie, leaning up against a nearby pillar, says, "So... Sam is unbreakable? Like, if we threw a truck at her, would she be able to stop it by just absorbing the momentum?"

"I'd rather not find out..." Sam says.

"I would!" Jin is quick to reply.

Shang holds up his hand. "The point is that Sam cannot be harmed or affected by magic. In addition, everyone's constant assumption of her being a weakling makes her the perfect surprise weapon, in some respects."

Whispers go around the room. Sam isn't sure what to make of all of this. Again she looks at her hands.

'I have a power...' she says, repeating it over and over in her head. 'I... I actually have a power!'

>>48797505
>'I have a power...' she says, repeating it over and over in her head. 'I... I actually have a power!'
She's like Fortune from MGS2. Now we just need to get her a sexy one piece and a railgun.

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>>48797505

As people talk, Kaito walks past Shang Tsung and up to Sam.

"Sam... what are you thinking? How are you feeling?"

"I don't know," she says, looking around. She meets the gazes of her teammates, trying to get a read on their reactions... Some of them are impressed, while others still remain in disbelief. But none of them are looking at her like they did before. Now they are reassessing her, looking at her in a completely new light... Even Takeda and Frost are.

Sam looks up at Kaito, finally ready to speak.

>Revel in your newfound abilities and place on the team
>Mock all of them for not believing in her
>Rub the fact that you have powers in some choice faces
>"I want to call my dad."
>Other

>>48797592
>"I want to call my dad."
If only to rub it in a little.

>>48797592
>"I want to call my dad."

>>48797592
>>Other
Go to your room and right about this in your diary.

I hate to break the pace, but I haven't gotten dinner yet. I'll be back in a bit.

The secret's finally out, but the seeds leading up to this were there all along

>>48797592
>"I want to call my dad."

>>48797592
>>48797592
>>Revel in your newfound abilities and place on the team
>"I want to call my dad."
We should be happy, but we should also call Dad. Reconciliation time

Update coming in a bit. Writing now.

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It's less than a week later when Sam finds herself back in Earthrealm, specifically Chicago. After getting back in touch with her roommate and telling her that she would be staying on the team, that left another person who had to learn.

Since the team would be going public in just a few days, and one of the primary concerns of Sam being on the team was Kurtis using his extensive influence and public image to tarnish the team's reputation, there was really only one thing left to do: talk to him.

Sam had called to let him know that she would be coming. During the ride to the family estate, she thought about all the things that had happened in the last few days. After jailing Omegis and returning Shang to his palace (with a promise from Kaito that he cleaning crews would be coming soon) the team's heads met to talk about Sam. Kaito was ecstatic; with her newfound abilities, which had of course never come up during the testing, she now had all the reason in the world to be kept in her spot. She doesn't know if it's magic, or mutation, or a divine gift, but she has it, and nobody can say she doesn't.

But they were still concerned about Kurtis, so that's why Sam is here.

Pulling up to the mansion, she gets out and walks up, opening the door. She knows where he will be and goes to the living room. A roaring fireplace is there, with two large red velvet seats. He's sitting in one of them with a glass of whiskey in one hand.

"Dad," she says, sounding firm. "We need to talk."

He nods, but keeps his eyes on the flames. He motions for her to sit, which she does.

>"I know the truth now."
>"Why didn't you ever tell me about our gift?"
>"I've decided to stay on the team."
>Wait for him to speak first
>Other

>>48798669
>Wait for him to speak first
If he waits too long then
>"Why didn't you ever tell me about our gift?"

>>48798669
>"I know the truth now."
namely Magic

>>48798759
I figured the truth of him wanting a son instead

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>>48798738
>>48798759

Sam sits and observes her father for a while. He doesn't seem like he wants to talk, so she goes ahead after a moment of silence and starts for him.

"I know the truth now. Why didn't you ever tell me about our gift?"

He brings his glass up to his mouth and drinks, swishing it around in his mouth before swallowing. He looks up from the flames at the family painting hanging over the fireplace and sighs. "Truth be told, I was hoping you didn't have it."

"Why?"

"Because I didn't want you ending up in the same situation that I was in." He drinks again. "I wanted you to be safe."

"But I am safe!" she says. "It turns out I can't hardly even be damaged! Did you know what I'm bulletproof? That magic doesn't work on me?"

"No," he admits. "Well... a little."

Sam puts her hands in her lap and takes a deep breath. "I want to be on the team. And for the first time, the team actually WANTS me, too. They all thought I was weak, and... pathetic. And for a long time I did too, because... Because that's how you made me feel."

He's about to drink when he stops and looks at her.

She goes on, "But now they want me to stay, because I have a gift and I can contribute to the team. I have a power, and you never told me about it! I went my whole life thinking I was just... That I was a normal person, and I'm not!"

"Of course you aren't," he says. "You're my daughter. That doesn't make you normal, that makes you special."

>"Then why didn't you ever be a father to me?"
>"You never made me feel special. You smothered me."
>"How can you say that when you've lied to me my entire life?"
>"I'm going to stay on the team and there's nothing you can do about it."
>Other

>>48798951
>"Then why didn't you ever be a father to me?"
now might be appropriate to bring up the son thing.

>>48798951
>Other
Then why didn't you make me feel special?

>>48799100

>Other
Then why didn't you make me feel special?

You chose other, when

>"You never made me feel special. You smothered me."

Was always an option

>>48798951
>>"Then why didn't you ever be a father to me?"
>>"You never made me feel special. You smothered me."
I'm not mad. I just want to know why.

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>>48799044
>>48799100
>>48799284

"Then why didn't you ever be a father to me? Why didn't you make me feel special if that's how you thought?"

He looks away and drinks again, staying silent. Sam sits and stares at him, determined to not let up.

"I'm going to be on the team," she says. "Soon, we'll be going public, and actively going on missions throughout the realms. They're going to train me... With my ability, all they need to do is show me how to fight and get stronger, because so far nothing else can hurt me."

He lets out a low sigh. "I didn't want this for you, this team or a life of danger."

"You mean you didn't want a daughter," she accuses him. "I know. I heard you say it, long ago."

He lowers his glass. "I've never known what I wanted. I thought I wanted a big house, and a beautiful wife, and lots of money. I thought I wanted a son." Now he looks over at her. "I thought all I wanted to do was do my job and serve a higher purpose but somewhere along the way I forgot what that was."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"I didn't think it would end up like this. I never knew what it would be like, being a father... seemed easy enough." He drinks and then pauses. "Twenty years ago, when I was fighting to save Earthrealm, I lost a friend. A lot of good friends, really. But one of them in particular hit me hard."

"He died?"

"No," he says, taking another drink. "He became something he's not. And I wanted to stop him, but I couldn't. I thought I could help him... I couldn't. Now he's something else, a monster in burnt-up human skin, and every time I think of him I think it's my fault that I didn't stop it from happening. I could've pushed him out of the way or jumped in front of it or shot that damn four-armed furry bastard in the head but I didn't."