

"I'll stop kissing you when I no longer care about you or love you. As for the dangers facing us, I suppose we should prevent the Chaosrealmers from aiding the Netherrealm army. To do that, we should probably enlist the aid of the Seidan guardsmen."
"You can still care without kissing Marek.. Please Im asking you as a friend.."
"Do we really want Orderrealm involved? Im sure you, Ekibyogami, and I are more than enough to convince Chaosrealm otherwise!"
With excitement in her eyes she looks at Marek "We can do it!"
"I'll stop kissing you when I no longer care about you or love you. As for the dangers facing us, I suppose we should prevent the Chaosrealmers from aiding the Netherrealm army. To do that, we should probably enlist the aid of the Seidan guardsmen."
"You can still care without kissing Marek.. Please Im asking you as a friend.."
"Do we really want Orderrealm involved? Im sure you, Ekibyogami, and I are more than enough to convince Chaosrealm otherwise!"
With excitement in her eyes she looks at Marek "We can do it!"
"Very well Serenity, but only if you kiss me once. I give you my word I will keep physical affections to a bare minumum afterwards."


"Very well Serenity, but only if you kiss me once. I give you my word I will keep physical affections to a bare minumum afterwards."
Serenity sighed "Very well.."
She walks up to marek and kisses him on the cheek. Pulling back she smiles
"You didn't say where to kiss you, now did you Marek?"
Taking a few steps to assess the entire situation with everything thats going on she says
"We have to find Ekibyogami.. I know he will know what to do"
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Deon scoffed "They don't honestly think these Chaosrealmers will stick to such an alliance, a united front, whether good or evil is not what those chaos preaching clerics want. I have to make a choice either go to Outworld and fight alongside Earth's allies or disrupt and alliance that is a far greater threat than Shao Kahn alone.
His informant said, "No matter your choice, good luck the Grandmaster wants to speak with me, so I must cut our time short."
Deon used his mind's eye to see the events of the tournament and that Earthrealm was doing well, their success made his choice easy.
"I must go to Chaosrealm to reason with Havik"
As Deon created a portal to Chaosrealm using his magic, he laughed to himself, "I must truely be losing my mind, trying to reason with a cleric of Chaos, a fools errand, but one I must undertake...perhaps I can intercept Okorik and Cyrax".
Deon entered the portal into the wilds of Chaosrealm.


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Shiku has taken full advantage of being basically anonymous up until this point in the tournament. He kept his history of being Lin Kuei a secret, up until now. The entire Lin Kuei was not for the automation, and many rebels scattered through out Earthrealm, Seido, and even Outworld. This group vowed to restore honor to the Lin Kuei, and they were not against the technology-but against the taking away of freedom of choice...and making humans machine.
Shiku and Smoke devised a plan to shake up their former allies. They found shells of unfinished or unoccupied cyborgs, and took them to an unknown location. Shiku used his control over dust, and by manuevering dust particles inside the cyborgs and replacing the nano technology, he could change their programming and override their systems. Shiku had not tried it with any of the cyborgs that were already automated, but with these shells, Smoke and Shiku had enough suits to form a small specialized brigade that the Lin Kuei would know nothing about...until the time was right...
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Cyrax understood and prepared himself for the detonation. He stealthily marched through the rows of Guardsmen, his Lin Kuei training allowing him to arouse no suspicion from the Guardsmen. It took a while and some questions but eventually Cyrax managed to reach to core of the HQ. The giant room glowed with hot slag to form the weapons and armor of the Guardsmen. Cyrax was in awe of how complex and strong their armor and weapons were made. He had never seen anything like this. Cyrax stopped until Okorik yelled again to stop staring at the slag. Okorik stayed in the shadows outside the HQ and told Cyrax to prepare the bomb. Cyrax shifted his disguise to the one called Marek while no one was looking. Knowing there was security near him, Cyrax intentionally showed his Marek face to the cameras, showing that an Earthrealm ally was in fact planting the bomb. Cyrax opened his chest and removed the bomb inside the metal casing. He could feel it pulsing and crackling just ready to get out. Cyrax placed the bomb right at the center of the core and said, "It is ready. Preparing for extraction." In a flash, Cyrax cloaked himself and narrowly dodged the Guardsmen who went to investigate the bomb. Upon exiting the gates, Skyward carried Cyrax off into the shadows on the outskirts where Okorik was hiding. Okorik laughed and said, "Detonate the bomb." Cyrax handed Okorik the detonated who then pressed it. There was a sudden silence for 5 seconds until a gigantic sonic boom was heard even at the outskirts. The group watched as a gigantic mushroom cloud engulfed the location of the HQ, leaving behind a smoking crater. Okorik laughed at this development and just had to see what was going on. The group waited for a few moments as the smoke cleared until Okorik sent out Skyward to investigate the response. Okorik, though Skyward, saw as guardsmen from all over Seido gather near the crater. Most yelled, cried, or just became enraged over who would do such a crime against Seido. This went on for several minutes until a white-haired guardsmen stepped into the crater. He was recognized as the Captain, Hotaru. Skyward could barely make out what Hotaru said as he investigated the crater, saw the bomb shell and yelled, "This is Earthrealm technology. Only Earthrealm has access to this level of destruction. All guardsmen, Earthrealm has just declared war against all of Seido. Sent hit squads into Earthrealm immediately and search for a certain shadow priest aiding Earthrealm!"
Okorik laughed, knowing the plan had worked. The group quickly emerged through a portal back into Chaosrealm. Havik was there waiting for them with a toothy grin. "You did it! The chaos from this explosion managed to disrupt Seido for a while along with successfully framing Earthrealm! You have proven yourself a true ally of Chaosrealm and will have our full support whenever you want. In fact, I'll send some of my men to aid Outworld in their tournament and spread some chaos. Know that you will never have any doubt from Chaosrealm and will be our permanent allies for this great deed." "I am honored Chaotic One. Beware any Earthrealmers who seek to trick you into betraying us," warned Okorik. Havik replied, "No worries. I'll just pretend to betray you so they will be attacked by enemies instead of helped by allies. Imagine the chaos from that!" Okorik looked strangely at Havik and replied, "That will be chaotic. For now, I must bid you farewell Cleric of Chaos as I must return to the Lin Kuei temple." Just like that, Okorik, Cyrax, and Skyward went through the portal and returned to the frozen gates of the Lin Kuei temple.
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(Going to bed. Try not to have too much happen)
"More Earthrealmers today!? I didn't realize you fools thought so fondly of Chaosrealm to make it your tourist stop".
"Nice to see you're in good spirits Havik" Deon mused. " I presume Cyrax and Okorik have beat me to you."
"Very perceptive, what do you want human?" Havik said disinterested.
You know that they're playing you all don't you?" Deon said without showing emotion. " Don't you find it odd that Quan Chi's grunts want you and Hotaru both outraged at Earthrealm? They want you and Orderrealm on their sides, that seems like a contradiction to what you all stand for doesn't it?"
Havik pondered this question and then rose, losing his earlier disinterest, "Continue Deon"
"The clerics of Chaos certainly do not wish to become puppets of some supreme ruler of the universe, right? Because that is what Quan Chi and his Netherrealm thugs want, they plan to rule all realms including Chaosrealm eventually, after you have lost your convience."
Havik scoffed, "Why should I trust you?"
Deon smiled at the cleric "I don't want you to trust me, but we both want the same thing, the realms to remain as chaotic as they have always been since their creation. All of these realms collaborating together sounds like a one universal government an alliance and I know how much you all detest such stability."
Havik wanted to agree, but still had doubts "Serenity and Marek planned on using the Seidan guard against my realm, surely this hasn't changed suddenly"
Deon paused for a moment as he had not anticipated this development "I know little of Marek and the goddess Serenity...Marek is a former Shadow priest of Shang Tsung and Serenity is not an Earthrealmer, surely you will not hold a grudge against the mortals of Earth."
Havik nodded and said "Hmmm...so what are you requesting of me"
Deon smiled once more "I want you to be yourself and that means raise as much hell as possible and surely you know what that entails."
Havik laugh heartily "That much we agree on."
Deon said "Where has Okorik and Cyrax gone to now?"
Havik laughed " to Orderrealm to give those uptight fools a nice kick in the ass"
Deon thanked the cleric and bowed, "May chaos Rain forever oh gracious Cleric of Chaos."
Havik raised his mace to strike the bowing wizard, but Deon was prepared for his assault and blocked it with a psychic barrier.
"You didn't think I'd let my guard down did you Havik?" Deon said as he crossed his arms
Havik was delighted, "Finally an Earthrealmer I can tolerate, begone now before I change my mind"
Deon smiled and disappeared through a portal to Seido, the realm of Order.
Marek curses and laughs. "Raiden dammit. Fine, let's go." Marek grabs Serenity's hand and drags her with him. "I wonder where Ekiby's at?"
From afar, Annette watches the two as they leave. She sighs heavily, her personal vendetta will have to wait. Her grim expression is now wrought with mischief as she takes the shape of a man. He leaves his perch and readies himself for a journey into the depths of Outworld. The road ahead will be long, and deadly.
(Not actually involving myself here, hehe, just felt like making a dramatic exit)
"This is Seido? I've never seen this place in such an uproar, Okorik and Cyrax have already completed their mission no doubt, curse them and curse my inability to catch up to them."
Two Seidan guardsman approach Deon and grab him.
The tallest among them shouts "Idenitfy yourself! You are not authroized for portal usage at this time, we've just been the victims of a terrorist attack, you will come with us.
Deon nods, "I am Deon Bordeaux of Earthrealm and that is why I am here, I need to speak to your leader Hotaru, I have information on who the true culprits of this horrible crime are."
The Guards looks at each othe skeptically and said " I assume you have proof Earthrealmer?"
Deon reaches into his pocket to retrieve a video tape " Here you go".
The guards take possession of the tape and haul Deon off to the Seidan jail and prepare to summon Hotaru for an interview of the mysterious human visitor.
Nvm
Too late, I cannot unread that from my memory.
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Deon sat in his cold cell, waiting hours for Hotaru to arrive, Deon thought to himself. "I'm truly wasting time here, I could have already caught Okorik by now."
Deon's cell opened, revealing the leader of the Seidan guard, Hotaru.
Hotaru was a prim and proper man, who never let anything on him falter, he spoke with an air of stability "I have just reviewed our security cameras and it appears an wizard named Marek was responsible for the attacks on our base and this wizard aligns himself with Earthrealm, viewing your evidence is unnecessary. That is why you are in jail"
Deon was once again puzzled, why was this Marek fellow constantly coming up, Deon had become annoyed by all of these unforseen circumstances and wanted to confront this man who was causing him so much trouble. Deon intejected "You are a wise leader Hotaru, surely you must want to see additional evidence.
Hotaru closed his eyes for a moment and then spoke, " I will take the tape and play it now." Hotaru placed the item in VHS player that he had acquired from an Earthrealm travel in exchange for a suit of Seidan armor.
As the tape played, it showed Hotaru that the grandmaster of the Lin Kuei and Quan Chi's Netherealm allies had orchestrated this plan in hopes of turning Orderrealm against Earth.
Hotaru looked speechless as he looked at Deon "How did you get this?"
"My Order has our sources on the inside" was Deon's only answer, but he continued
"that technology was from the Lin Kuei, who have been committing acts against the interest of Earth for quite some time and now Seido. If you are to direct any revenge towards Earthrealm, they are the ones to do it against, not the innocent people of Earth".
Hotaru clenched his fists "Some of my best men died in that explosion, I will crush anyone who brings discord to my world, I should put their heads on a pike!" Hotaru grew silent for a moment and then asked "But why!?"
Quan Chi is using your realm as a puppet to do his dirty work for him, so they can eventually take over not only Earthrealm, but Seido as well and they don't plan to keep Seido the stable and prosperous land you know and love."
Hotaru had released the cuffs that bound Deon and helped him up " Aiding Seido in discovering more about these terrorists was a commendable deed Deon, you are free to go...but there is one thing...who is this Marek fellow, is affiliated with the Lin Kuei?"
Deon was perplexed "I do not know Hotaru, but I plan to find out. I am glad I could be of service."
Hotaru blocked Deon's path "In the future Earthrealmer, ask for permission to enter the realm of Seido, we are not like other realms, we want to know who is entering and leaving our domain at all times "
Deon nodded and apologized, "It will not happen again sir." Deon used his mind's eye to pick up on the location of this strange man known as Marek and discovered his location was somewhere in Outworld.
Hotaru and his Seidan guardsmen escorted Deon to the portal to Outworld and bid him farewell.
Marek and Serenity travel across the wastelands of Outworld when Marek stops dead in his tracks. "That's odd, I sense something coming. I could never do that before." A portal opens behind the shadow priest and time Goddess and a dark skinned man walks out and towards the pair. "This better not be another trick of Quan Chi's."
Deon glances around at his bleak surroundings and then notices the Time goddness with a man who looks similar to the man who planted bombs in Seido and rushes to confront them
Deon screams from a distance" You....you're that mass murderer, you killed all of those Seidan guardsmen and the two of you meddling with Orderrealm and Chaosrealm has put Earthrealm in great peril!"
Deon points at the pair "I've been realm hopping for the nearly an entire day, trying to clean up the mess that you have made for Earthrealm, I can sense you are a master of dark magic, Marek, you will come with me to answer for your crimes."
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Okorik stood in the prison in chains, bidding his time until Hotaru came into his cell. "Another uninvited guest? What are you doing here? I've heard you were the one who detonated the HQ," said Hotaru menacingly. Okorik replied, "I take it someone called Dean Bordeaux told you that. Don't believe him. Him and the Order of the Finch are the real culprits in detonating the HQ. They built the bomb and detonated it so their Lin Kuei rivals could be taken out by the Guardsmen, ensuring they remains the dominant clan in Earthrealm along with weakening any strong forces if the truth was discovered. Here is the proof." Okorik showed the video to Hotaru who then watched it. Hotaru's expression turned to one of pure anger as he yelled, "I trusted that terrorist! I had him and I let him go! You Netherrealmers aren't as bad as some say you are. For this evidence, I humbly ask for an alliance between our realms against our common enemy." "I would be honored to have such a powerful ally and fighting force against Earthrealm forces," said Okorik. Hotaru then spent a while and took out parchment which Okorik and Hotaru signed with formally declared Seido's allegiance with Netherrealm. "Thank you for this Hotaru. We will catch the people responsible for this." Hotaru replied, "Indeed. Now go friend, I have an Order to attack." With that, Hotaru took some his men through a portal into the base of the Order of the Finch to eliminate it. Okorik walked through a portal back into the Lin Kuei temple, smiling over his triumph.


Marek and Serenity travel across the wastelands of Outworld when Marek stops dead in his tracks. "That's odd, I sense something coming. I could never do that before." A portal opens behind the shadow priest and time Goddess and a dark skinned man walks out and towards the pair. "This better not be another trick of Quan Chi's."
Deon glances around at his bleak surroundings and then notices the Time goddness with a man who looks similar to the man who planted bombs in Seido and rushes to confront them
Deon screams from a distance" You....you're that mass murderer, you killed all of those Seidan guardsmen and the two of you meddling with Orderrealm and Chaosrealm has put Earthrealm in great peril!"
Deon points at the pair "I've been realm hopping for the nearly an entire day, trying to clean up the mess that you have made for Earthrealm, I can sense you are a master of dark magic, Marek, you will come with me to answer for your crimes."
"He will go no where. You will learn how to hold your accusation if you do not know of what you're talking about."
Serenity and Marek walk towards this new warrior. "Now tell us, what are you talking about?" (@ lurker, i really don't think that orderrealm will so readily join the Neatherrealm, that doesn't seem like Hotaru to jump without a really good reason. example in MKD he join onaga cause it will bring order. but here okirik just showed him a tape and he joined with neatherrealm)
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Marek and Serenity travel across the wastelands of Outworld when Marek stops dead in his tracks. "That's odd, I sense something coming. I could never do that before." A portal opens behind the shadow priest and time Goddess and a dark skinned man walks out and towards the pair. "This better not be another trick of Quan Chi's."
Deon glances around at his bleak surroundings and then notices the Time goddness with a man who looks similar to the man who planted bombs in Seido and rushes to confront them
Deon screams from a distance" You....you're that mass murderer, you killed all of those Seidan guardsmen and the two of you meddling with Orderrealm and Chaosrealm has put Earthrealm in great peril!"
Deon points at the pair "I've been realm hopping for the nearly an entire day, trying to clean up the mess that you have made for Earthrealm, I can sense you are a master of dark magic, Marek, you will come with me to answer for your crimes."
"He will go no where. You will learn how to hold your accusation if you do not know of what you're talking about."
Serenity and Marek walk towards this new warrior. "Now tell us, what are you talking about?"
(@ lurker, i really don't think that orderrealm will so readily join the Neatherrealm, that doesn't seem like Hotaru to jump without a really good reason. example in MKD he join onaga cause it will bring order. but here okirik just showed him a tape and he joined with neatherrealm)
Okorik was laughing at the how his plans had come together. Normally Orderrealm would never join Netherrealm but if being allied with Outworld, the bombing, and total peace from Nethrrealm soldiers as well as Outworld soldiers bringing total control to their respective realms, Hotaru could support that. He only prayed that the Seidan's are strong enough for their plan. (Better Ice
Marek and Serenity travel across the wastelands of Outworld when Marek stops dead in his tracks. "That's odd, I sense something coming. I could never do that before." A portal opens behind the shadow priest and time Goddess and a dark skinned man walks out and towards the pair. "This better not be another trick of Quan Chi's."
Deon glances around at his bleak surroundings and then notices the Time goddness with a man who looks similar to the man who planted bombs in Seido and rushes to confront them
Deon screams from a distance" You....you're that mass murderer, you killed all of those Seidan guardsmen and the two of you meddling with Orderrealm and Chaosrealm has put Earthrealm in great peril!"
Deon points at the pair "I've been realm hopping for the nearly an entire day, trying to clean up the mess that you have made for Earthrealm, I can sense you are a master of dark magic, Marek, you will come with me to answer for your crimes."
"He will go no where. You will learn how to hold your accusation if you do not know of what you're talking about."
Serenity and Marek walk towards this new warrior. "Now tell us, what are you talking about?"
(@ lurker, i really don't think that orderrealm will so readily join the Neatherrealm, that doesn't seem like Hotaru to jump without a really good reason. example in MKD he join onaga cause it will bring order. but here okirik just showed him a tape and he joined with neatherrealm)
"The realm of Seido has video evidence of this man planting a bomb in their headquarters!"
@ Lurker: Not telling you how to do this, but I don't believe Havik would commit to a perpetual alliance, that's too stable, too committed..having Havik play both sides seems more fitting of the character, but that's just me.