This is a small writing exercise I did after school. It reveals a little backstory to Mortal Kombat's Most hated character; Mokap! In it, we learn of his various professions, the joke which never gets old, and even Mokap's real last name! I beg you to read it all the way to the end, because theres a nice little gag that ties it together and totally pays off, I promise. Please rate, and sorry in advance for any gramatical errors.






----------------------“The Joke that Never gets Old”--------------------


Mokap stepped out of the dressing room rather embarrassed of his get-up: a blue and black motion capture suit. It was all for the paycheck. Ironically for a man named Mokap, he did motion capture for video games rather infrequently; between the accounting, teaching martial arts, and male-stripping for extra cash. This suit was by far the tightest and thinnest he'd ever been in. It seemed as technology became more advanced, and video games became more realistic, the mocap suits became more uncomfortable and cumbersome.

He made his way to the stunt floor were the technical team was waiting.
"Nice balls.” a woman behind a laptop remarked somewhat sarcastically referring to the white ping-pong balls glued all over Mokap's suit. It was a joke that never got old.

This time he was doing motion capture for the next Johnny Cage fighting game; "Johnny Cage's Mortal Fighting Tournament 7", the latest in the series. A couple of crew member suddenly rolled a TV into the center of the large gymnasium. A man who was obviously the boss called everyone to gather round.
"Alright, as many of you know, we are about to commence work on the latest Johnny Cage Mortal Tournament game.", he said once all were in place.

"Isn't it 'Mortal Fighting Tournament'?", Mokap corrected.
"Sure", the boss replied, obviously not giving a shit. He continued, "Now Johnny Cage couldn't be here, so he has prepared a video message, and he requested that it be shown to the crew before motion capture were to begin.” a subordinate struggled with the old video cassette behind him. "So without further bullshitting...” The boss stepped to the side as the video began.
It started rather abruptly with the image of Johnny Cage's face. Breaking the fourth wall, the image of Cage looks directly at the crew and begins.
"Hi, Gang! Looks like we're starting production on "Johnny Cage's Mortal Fighting Tournament 7"! Sorry I couldn't be there at Chicago Motion Capture Studio 48-B, I'm currently filming my latest movie "Kung Fu Painter" in Taiwan," The title of the game, as well as the Studio name, had been over dubbed with a voice which in no way resembled Cage's. It continued for some while after that, Mokap didn't really pay attention since there was obviously no point. The Johnny Cage in the television droned on about safety and hard work, or something like that. Once the video wrapped up, everyone just looked more annoyed and self-loathing than before.
"Alright, you heard Cage!", said the boss stepping back in front of the monitor.

"Um, that was obviously some older footage of Johnny Cage that has been voiced over." An annoyed Mokap pointed out to the boss.
"What makes you say that?"
"Well, for one, it's a Video Cassette, and those have been out of date since like, 1999. Second, "Kung Fu Painter" came out eleven years ago; to piss poor reviews I might add. And third, I do believe this is my strongest point, Johnny Cage has been dead ever since 1994.” Mokap summed it up pretty nicely, a smirk or self-satisfaction now graced his tough face.
"That's true", remarked the woman behind the laptop.
By this point the boss was visibly furious; his face was as red as a fire truck, veins lined his forehead and neck, there was even a little visible steam rising from his ears. To no one's surprise there was an explosion. But to everyone's surprise the explosion was not from the boss, but the very center of the gymnasium/studio. An inter-dimensional portal suddenly popped into existence behind the boss. The Earth shook, the lights flickered and went out, It sounded as thought the Red Sea were parting right outside the room. The entire crew ran screaming out of the studio, except for Mokap.
A mysterious force held him in place as the portal grew larger; it looked oddly familiar to him. A leg clad in blue martial arts pants stepped through, and Mokap realized. This portal was almost exactly similar to a portal in "Johnny Cage's Mortal Fighting Tournament 6", and also a game called "Portal". Suddenly, the figure coming through was revealed to be Johnny Cage himself. Mokap was star struck.
"Mokap Jefferson", Cage walked up face to face with him. "You are one of Earth's chosen warriors"
"So?” was all Mokap could think of.
"Come with me if you want to fight for Earthrealm in the Mortal Kombat tournament.” Cage said in a very dire tone.
"It's real?!"
"Yes, except for I don't win every time, like in the game", Johnny suddenly grew frank.
"So I'll get to defend Earth?! Fight on the front lines?!", Mokap was giddy with excitement.
"Well...” Johnny digressed, "We kinda' got a full roster, we were thinkin' of you more as a 'Hidden Fighter'".
Mokap shrugged, "Good enough for me."
"Okay then, lets go", Johnny turned pack towards the portal.
Mokap began to follow, but suddenly a dark figure dropped down behind him from the ceiling and slashed at his waist with a pair of Sai. Johnny and Mokap turned around surprised to find the Outworld demon princess, Mileena, crouching down in a battle pose. Mokap suddenly prepared to fight.
"This will be your first test.", He heard Johnny behind him.

But the full effect of Mileena's cut was about to be realized, Mokap's suit had been severed at the waste, and his pants fell to the ground, fully exposing himself to Mileena.

The princess chuckled, "Nice balls", a joke which never got old. Kombat began.

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Edit: Sorry for the spaces between each paragraph, there's supposed to be indentions there, but it didn't paste from Microsoft Word right.