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Before you lies an incredible sight: a city made entirely of ice. The sky here is bright, even though there is a thick white mist that surrounds the city. Against the white of the fog, the ice-blue towers, spires and buildings stand out, allowing you to see the intricate details of them even from the edge of the upside-down ice mountain you are standing atop. You breathe heavily as thousands of thoughts assault your mind, wondering about what you might encounter, what it took to get here, but most importantly: that you are now alone.

Frost and Vapor are both gone, and possibly dead. You know they are both strong and capable fighters and members of the Lin Kuei, but you can't help but worry. They are your friends, your teammates, they are part of your life. But they are not here, and you are, even though they should be. They set out on this journey with you, and should be here to witness this sight with you.

The magnificent, yet quiet and seemingly abandonned, city lies before you, waiting to be explored. You close your eyes and take a deep breath as you ponder what you should do next.

>A) Walk along the perimeter of the city and attempt to signal down
>B) Explore the nearest buildings
>C) Head straight for the heart of the city
>D) Slowly take your time as you examine the buildings
>E) Other (Write-In)

>>352884
>A) Walk along the perimeter of the city and attempt to signal down

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>>352884
>>B) Explore the nearest buildings
Wasn't here for the last thread but
>that frost make our scene

>>352894
>>352927

I'll just need a tiebreaker. It's early in the thread, so if I don't get one, I'll do a toss-up.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>352894 1
>>352927 2

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>>352894

The city is large, and exploring it could take some time. Perhaps it would be best to get an idea of just how large it is, and since this glacier-like floating structure can't logically go on forever, it must be round, or at least round-like, which means you can walk around it. And while you're doing so, perhaps you can signal to the others and hope they can see you.

Taking out the magical ice-crystal that you found in the ship, you hold it aloft. Ever since you and the ice giant both used your powers on it, the glow is noticable for some distance. It's the best thing you have for a signal, outside of your own powers---but perhaps it would be best to converse energy for now.

You begin walking around the city, staying close to the edge. As you walk, you observe the buildings and the many structures, noting their differences in size, shape and other small details. No two are uniform, aside from the spires that rise above the frozen rooftops, which leads you to believe they were all built by different individuals with a common goal. The more you look, the less you think that one single architect was behind all of this; could it be that each cryomancer created their own home for their families?

Until you move in and search for more clues, you won't know, but after about a half-hour of walking around, you suddenly hear something. You pause, thinking that it just may be the wind down below the spire, but then you hear it again: shouting, faraway yet clear.

You run to the edge and carefully look down, and your heart begins to pound in your chest as your blood runs quickly when you behold Andela! Vapor is struggling to climb up the side of the mountain, as she cannot make handholds like you could out of the ice. She also appears weak, barely able to hold her smokey form together. She shouts again for help.

"Andela!" you shout from above, getting her attention.

"Zian!" she replies with a weak, but glad, cry. "I... I can't climb!"

You begin to look around for anything, when you remember that Wolf's tribe gave you some rope. Of course, you could climb down to her...

>A) Climb down to Vapor
>B) Lower a rope to her
>C) Encourage her to climb up higher
>D) Look for something in the city that may help
>E) Attempt to use your cryomancy from where you are to make handholds for her
>F) Other

>>353014
>B)
Help her ass up

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>>353143

Taking off your backpack, you quickly rifle around inside of it for the coil of rope you were provided with and waste little time in lowering it down to her. Tensing your arms once it reaches her position, you dig your feet into the ice and, with a little cryomancy, ensure that they will not budge.

When you feel her grab onto the rope, you begin pulling her up. She is surprisingly light, but that may not be a good thing, given her nature. After a few minutes, you are within grabbing range of her and reach down with your hand.

She takes your hand, and the texture of her skin feels strange---only semi-solid. You grit your teeth and gently pull her up onto the solid ground, where she collapses alongside you.

Her form is wispy and weak, constantly bleeding smoke and trying to bring it back within herself. As you try to help her back up, she collapses through your arms and reforms back on the ground.

"It took everything... just to hold onto the rope..." she gasps.

You kneel down and help turn her over. "What happened?"

"I was... scattered," she says. "The wind carried parts of me all over, I barely had enough to... to survive. Blown onto the side of... this."

"What can I do?" you ask, greatly concerned but not well-versed in her unique physiology.

"I need time..." she says. "It's like... after donating blood? You're woozy and you need... need time. Same..." Her voice trails off as her eyes flutter shut. You gently hold onto her shoulder as she breathes.

"It's alright," you nod. "You're out of the storm now."

"Where...?" she begins.

"We're here, the city of the cryomancers, just like we came to find."

"Oh... Oh, good," she says, a bit relieved. "Do they have any houses?"

"A lot," you say, looking around. "Come on. Let's get you inside."

>A) Find a smaller building
>B) Enter one of the spires
>C) Scout ahead for a comfortable building
>D) Carry her towards the center of the city
>E) Other

>>353158
>A) Find a smaller building
Man it's dead today

>>353265
>Man it's dead today

Yes, it's a bit slow indeed.

>>353158
A
We'll get her together first before preceding in, hopefully if Frost tripped her way in here she won't break anything in the meantime.

>>353297
Me here, think we should leave the ice giant in the cold?

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>>353300

Well, she's still down there, possibly looking for Frost, or she's returned to her cave.

>>353265
>>353297

Picking her up as delicately as you can, you carry her towards the nearest building. You find the entrance, a door of white, frosted-over ice, and kick it open. Surprisingly, the ice gives way and the doors slide open, allowing you access to the cool interior.

Everything, from the walls to the chairs to the furniture, is made of ice. Even the decorations.

'I suppose it would be hard to find other raw materials in abundance up here,' you think to yourself about the prevalence of the ice scultures.

Surprisingly, or perhaps not, the beds are not made out of ice. Well, their bases are, but animal pelts, skins and furs make up the blankets. You set Vapor on them to allow her to wrap herself up and warm up a bit. The furs are old and hard, but warm up quickly enough after being in contact with her warm, wispy body.

After she gets a few extra layers on, she looks up. "What are you going to do now?"

>A) Stay here with her for a while
>B) Ask her if she saw Frost at all
>C) Tell her about the giantess and how you got up here
>D) Explore the city more
>E) Other

>>353356
>>A) Stay here with her for a while
>>B) Ask her if she saw Frost at all
>>C) Tell her about the giantess and how you got up here
I'M HERE!

>>353356
>B
>C
>E: If Ice Giantess is still there we ought to get her out of the storm so....or at least give her the option.
Failing that
>A after we try to be mildly responsible.
>>353300
Still me, but this is apparently the non-phonepost version for the thread.

>>353356
>>A) Stay here with her for a while
>>B) Ask her if she saw Frost at all
>>C) Tell her about the giantess and how you got up here
We've got time while she is resting.

>>353356
>>A) Stay here with her for a while
>>B) Ask her if she saw Frost at all
>>C) Tell her about the giantess and how you got up here
We need to play catch up

>>353356
>B)
>C)

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>>353375
>>353411
>>353427
>>353474
>>353480

After checking to ensure the doors are closed so as not to let any stay winds inside while she is resting, you return to the bed chamber and sit by her side. "I'm glad I found you," you tell her. "I can't tell you how worried I was."

"I've never been torn apart like that before," she shivers. "It wasn't very fun."

"What was it like?"

"I'd... rather not," she says, shying away at describing it.

"I understand. You didn't see Frost at all, did you?"

"She's not with you?"

You shake your head. "Something separated us... I don't know what it was, all I saw was something moving under the snow. Then I was rescued by a giant woman."

Vapor stops shivering for a moment. "A giant? A giant woman? Like, a giant and a woman?"

"Yes," you say with a smile and a shrug. "She took me back to her cave, undressed me and---"

"Hang on, where is this going?" she asks, one brow raised way up.

"---and fed me soup before trying to talk to me. She's a cryomancer, or at least has some in her blood. She was blue, had blonde hair."

"She wasn't naked too, was she?" she teases.

"No! She didn't even speak english. Which, I guess makes sense, neither did Wolf's tribe. Except for that old wise woman..." You wave a hand and get back on topic. "Anyway, she helped me realize what that crystal is. We could have used it to get through the storm unscathed."

"THAT would have been nice to know," she sighs.

"Then, she took me to the base of this floating ice mountain and helped me up. I haven't seen her since."

"Me, I just ended up on the side of it. Thank the Elder Gods that I just blew up onto the side. If I had been in that storm much longer..." she trails off again, shuddering at the thought. "So, you haven't seen Frost at all?"

"No. She may still be down there."

"Are we going to go look for her?"

"YOU are going to stay here until you feel better," you tell her. "Me... I'll figure it out."

You open your pack and take out some food and water, giving them to her and making sure she drinks and eats. As a non-cryomancer, she's still at a disadvantage in this environment, and given her recent experience in the storm, she's terribly weakened as it is.

You sit back as she grows warm until she begins to close her eyes and lay back on the animal skins.

>A) Stay in here with her until she gets better
>B) Climb back down the mountain and look for Frost and the Giantess
>C) Explore the city more
>D) Take some time to barricade this home, just in case
>E) Other

>>353508
>>B) Climb back down the mountain and look for Frost and the Giantess
>>D) Take some time to barricade this home, just in case
Vapor is going to need a little more time. Let's do what we can to provide it.

>>353540
sounds good to me

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>>353555

After ensuring that Vapor is snug and safe, you give her a warm hug and a kiss on the forehead. To have lost her would have been like losing a sister---you've known her longer than you can remember, even if she wasn't visible for most of your childhood. She barely even said a word to you before your eleventh birthday.

After leaving, you close the doors and take a moment to apply a little extra fortification to them to ensure they do not open. You don't know who else may be here---the city seems abandonned, but can one ever be too safe?

From here, you approach the edge again and look back down into the maelstrom of the snowstorm that swirls about the base of the floating ice mountain. Deciding that since you have found Andela, you should find Frost as well. Perhaps that giantess discovered her and brought her back to her cave. Perhaps she should come along as well when you return?

You begin scaling down, making a path for yourself as you do. Going back down is a tricky affair, especially once you hit the storm again. Thankfully, the blue ice crystal makes this easier, as the storm blows around you, kept at bay by the magical bubble it produces. With the crystal shielding your descent, you focus on creating hand and footholds so as to make the return journey simpler.

When you reach the bottom, you leap off into the snow. You land and look around, finding no tracks. They vanish quickly in this storm, it seems. Holding the crystal high like a beacon, you think about what the next best move should be.

>A) Create a way to climb up to the bottom of the icemote
>B) Search for the giantess' cave
>C) Search the plains for Frost
>D) Wander around looking for either
>E) Other

>>353620
>>B) Search for the giantess' cave
Can we make like a straight line of thick blue ice? It would be easy to follow to and from.

>>353651

Knowing that you'll need to find your way back, and that it would be best to leave a trail for anyone else, you raise your hand and begin to walk, using your cryomancy to create a trail of elevated blue ice. Though it is quick to be covered in snow, the raised and solid nature of the short wall allows it to be easily found and followed.

You begin to search for the giantess' cave.

>Give me a 1d10 for random encounters in the frozen wilderness!

>>353620
>B)

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>353714

>>353722

Oh, this is good.

Writing.

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>>353722

As you walk along, protected from the storm and raising your wall of ice, you hear a noise out in the distance, a kind of low rumbling. You pause for a moment and look around, but the howling of the storm makes you think that nothing was there.

You resume walking after trying to see anything in the flurry and failing. After another few yards, however, you hear it again, louder and more distinct, in the background of the storm.

Turning around, you begin to see something moving in the grey distance. A mound of snow rising and then falling. Your eyes widen as you realize that this, whatever it is, is what separated you and Frost!

Before you can make out what it may be, it turns in your direction! Moving fast and under the snow, the large creature makes a line right for you, pushing aside the snow in its path! You brace yourself and dive to the side as the massive body rushes past, smashing part of your wall.

Thanks to the crystal, you catch a brief glimpse of its long, white body. It's some kind of snake or worm, or something else of a similar nature, and it's turning around for a second pass, rumbling deep under the snow! The mound that represents its head is coming right for you!

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>353821
Create an ice pillar to propel yourself into the air out of its reach

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>353821
Impale it with an ice spear!

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>>353861

Placing your hands at your feet, you shoot ice straight down, creating a crude, yet effective, pillar of ice that propels you upward and out of its reach. The creature avoids the pillar, moving around it and turning.

As it slides away, you get to see the length of it from your elevated position atop the pillar. It is longer than this pillar, much longer.

Recognizing that you have gone higher, the creature rises from the snow. You watch it as its head lifts higher, and higher, and higher even than your pillar, before turning to look at you.

The massive worm-like monstrocity opens its segmented mouth, framed by a pair of large mandables, and exhales steam. Its internal temperature must be great, but its exterior white plates are cold as ice.

The worm looks upon you and closes in!

>>353871

Bringing up your hands, you try to create a javelin of ice and hurl it towards the worm, but you miss and the ice bounces off its hide. The worm crashes its head into your pillar and smashes it to pieces, throwing you into the snowbank below amongst the shards. The worm rears its head back, not even stunned by the ramming action, and looks upon you and opens its mouth wide, preparing to slam down and eat you whole!

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>353890
Freeze its ugly head in an ice cube!

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>353890
Dodge and make another ice pillar to slam into the wurm's jaw

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>353890
hurl as much sharpened ice down its throat as possible

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>>353938
christ that was close

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>>353938
all around are familiar faces...

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>>353913

"CHEW ON THIS!" you shout, throwing up both hands and blasting a ray of cryonic energy into its face. You cover the entirety of the worm's head and mouth with ice before you roll aside, avoiding the hammer-like fall of its frozen face on the ground. Getting up on your feet, you back up a few paces as it raises its ugly head and tries to shake off the ice, eventually slamming down again until it begins to crack.

>>353923

Thinking quickly, you place your hands down on the ground and attempt to create another pillar, a sharp one that the worm would impale itself on, but unfortunately the worm stops smashing its head and drives back down into the snow. As it begins traveling again, it knocks you aside with its massive tail section and slithers off.

Unfortunately, it is not done yet. The worm rises again suddenly from another side of the field, finally free of the ice as its jaws manages to snap shut and crush it. The worm turns and sees you, opening its mouth again.

>>353938

As you think about creating a sharp projectile to shove down its throat, it turns out that it has other plans and a gladn within its mouth opens up to spew concentrated cryonic energy of its own! The blue beam cuts through the snow, turning it to ice!

"I suppose everything is part cryomancer around here!" you shout as you turn and run, but the worm manages to hit you square-on, freezing you completely solid. Though not necessarily harmful to one such as yourself, it keeps you in one place as the worm grows nearer and nearer, opening its mouth and preparing once again to swallow you whole! You desperately try to escape, or think of a way out of this!

>1d100-10 and an action!

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>353969
Have a column of ice impact it on its side to knock it off course

Rolled 94 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>353982>>353969

wait, rolled wrong

Rolled 19 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>353969
Ice spikes from the ground into its face then hightail it

Rolled 57 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>353984
goddam it>>353982

Rolled 11 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

test

>>353982
>>353984
>>353988

You alright, buddy?

Rolled 11 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>353984
Are you having trouble with this?

>>354010
Was it 1d100-10 or 1d100+10?

>>354014
Ok, so minuses are turned to pluses.

>>354014
>>354016
>>354021

Well, that's good to know.

I'll just do the subtraction myself.

>>354028

Well, so long as we can't do minuses here, instead of asking for any negative modifiers in the future, I'll just add the opposite to the number you roll against on my side of things. That'll solve that.

Rolled 41 - 10 (1d100 - 10)

dice+1d100+-10
Ice katana slice it's head off.

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>353969
Make a big ice road block. Kill this thing tremors style

>>354063
You're a fucking magician

>>352882
Hey Damashi, is Kaito still busy training? Just wondering if we're going to be able to play as him soon, also come back to /tg/ you faggot.

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>>354091

Yes, I plan for the next thread to be about Kaito, specifically him and Mileena exploring Shang Tsung's island.

>also come back to /tg/ you faggot.

I've been considering it.

>>354063
>>353982
>>353987
>>354064

Frozen as you are, you can still conjure up some cryonic energy. You close your eyes and focus intensely as the worm grows near, intent on enjoying its frozen meal, when your hands begin to glow blue.

You create a barrier of ice pillars and spikes alongside you, buying you a moment of time as they keep the worm at bay. Tightly biting down and tensing up, you manage to break your icy prison and smash yourself free, but only your upper torso. You begin to pound on the ice keeping you in place with your fists when the worm breaks through the barrier and looks at you.

As you prepare to defend yourself, you hear a new noise; a loud, long and deep war cry. A figure, twice as tall as you are, lands nearby with a burst of ice energy, sending snow flying in all directions. The giantess hefts her large axe before her and sets her sights upon the worm.

"Day deir, tranjar du eek hroar hjem iden VAARDON!"

The worm turns to look at her, exhaling and rumbling deeply. You manage to break free of the ice around your legs and roll back, away from the creature.

The giantess wastes no time in charging in, her feet stomping across the ground with heavy footfalls, and swings her axe at the worm, who recoils in pain. She cleaves into its side, tearing off a section of its white plating, exposing pink-blue flesh beneath.

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>354101
if we can't pierce its skin, we'll hold it in place for the one who can

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>354101
Throw up a bunch of spikes. Let the worm run right into them

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>354101
Spear the worm in the exposed bit!

>>354113
>>354125
Maybe Zian needs to embrace the dark side with abysmal rolls like these

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>>354113
>>354125

As the giantess attacks the worm, it writhes and attempts to twist around her. She is forced to hop back and charge in again, but again the worm repositions itself.

Putting up your hands, you attempt to freeze it in place in order to give her a better chance to attack. But when you try, the worm rolls around, out of your blast range. The giantess continues to attack it, slicing away as it is put on the run, but as you run to keep up, the worm suddenly turns around and starts heading in your direction, sliding past her legs.

>>354127

Seeing your opportunity, you kneel and focus, creating a spear of ice, much more solid than the one before. You remember how it bounced off of its white hide, but now it has exposed flesh! You watch as its body rotates in the snow, putting that side high up where the wounded flesh would have the least resistance from the ground.

The worm slides past you and you jump up, shouting as you stab the spear into the wound! The worm screams, a high-pitched and painful sound, as it stops moving and twists. The giantess charges up and buries her axe in its tail, slicing into the segmented white armor and drawing blood.

She withdraws her axe and makes her way up to the head, moving past you with a quick glance. She then steps on its neck and raises the axe high over her head before bringing it down like a woodsman, chopping cleanly into it. The head is almost entirely separated with one blow, and soon enough the body stops moving, only occasionally twitching.

She removes the axe and hefts it up before pounding on her chest and letting out a shout. Afterwards, she turns and looks at you, her expression turning soft.

"Huvorfr kom du telbocki nad, isi blod?"

You shrug, unable to understand her question. You approach her, walking along the dead worm's body, and say, "I'm glad to see you again! Thank you for the timely rescue, as always."

She tilts her head, equally unable to understand you. You hold up the crystal and invite her to come closer, into the protective bubble. She understands that and kneels down.

"Jaaghar ikee fnet deen vennar."

"Right, sure," you nod, sitting down on the worm. "I never got your name, you know." You point at your chest. "Zian. Zhee-Onn."

Her face contorts in confusion. "Du isi... Zeeon?"

You nod and point at your chest again. "Me, ice, Zian." You then point at her. "You? Er, du?"

"Bestla," she replies, pointing to her chest. "Bestla." She then points at you. "Zian."

You smile and nod. "Alright, Bestla. Got it."

Your smile fades away as you feel something moving underneath you. At first you think it may be the worm twitching again, but then you definitely feel something inside of it... moving.

>A) Cut open the worm
>B) Have Bestla carve the worm open
>C) Drag the carcass back to her cave
>D) Attempt to enter the worm's neck-hole and see if you can find out what it is
>E) Other

>>354245
>>A) Cut open the worm
Partially digested Frost?

>>354245

D

>>354245
>A) Cut the worm open
Frost.

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>>354358

With the remainder of your spear, you cut open the flesh of the worm, slicing into its intestinal lining after cutting past its muscles. There, you discover a fleshy and bulbous sack covered in thick bile that you feel something moving around in, along with a muffled cry for help.

“Frost!” you realize, and begin cutting open the stomach. You slice it open and almost immediately she climbs out, gasping for air and covered in all manner of strange and disgusting fluids from the worm’s stomach. Thankfully, the interior was warm, and despite being eaten, kept her alive. She coughs, hacking up stomach fluid before you help her to the side where she vomits it out. You gently help her to a sitting position outside of the worm as she breathes more easily.

“Zi, Zian,” she says between coughs. “Where, where is…?”

“It’s alright, you’re alright,” you assure her.

“Did I get… eaten?” she asks, wiping her face clean of slop. When you nod, she closes her eyes and shakes her head. “Gods, that was disgusting… I think I might hurl again. And I lost my mask, great.”

She then blinks a few times and looks up at Bestla.

“Uh, Zian…”

“Right, sorry, this is Bestla. She’s the giant we saw who shot down the dragon.”

“Isi blod?” Bestla asks, pointing at Frost.

“Isi blod,” you nod.

“The hell does that mean?” she asks.

“Far as I can figure, it means ice-blood. She’s like us, a cryomancer.”

“That’s one huge cryomancer,” she whispers. “And… Did she help kill this, thing?”

“She did most of the work, I’ll admit.”

“That’s two I owe her, then,” Frost says, nodding at her. “Thank you.”

"Vei bohr kominn." She stands up and looks around.

>A) Go to the giantess' cave
>B) Head towards the floating mountain
>C) Help Frost find her mask
>D) Tell Frost you found Vapor
>E) Other

>>354443
>C) Help Frost find her mask
>E) Check if she's injured

>>354443
>D
>B
>C
Regroup!

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>>354506

You look in the gaping hole of the creature and fish your arm inside, searching for her mask. Eventually you find it and pick it back up. When you lift it out of the hole, it drips with the stomach fluid.

Frost shakes her head. "Oh, no. I'll get a new one. Gah." She gingerly takes it from you and throws it off into the snow. "Definitely not wearing that one anymore."

As she stands up, she brushes herself off, trying her best to get rid of the bile. When you move to help, she stops you. "I, uh, I got it. Thanks." She pauses and sighs. "I do mean it. Thank you. I was worried I would end up wormfood, and I... I was hoping you would get me out."

"I'm just glad I found you. I found the city of the cryomancers and came back."

"What? You did?" She turns around, looking at you in surprise. "What is it like?"

"A floating mountain with the city on top of it. Ice, all of it."

"And... you came back for me?"

"Of course I did. I had found Vapor, so---"

She kneels back down and hugs you, despite this action spreading the bile onto your uniform. This is surprising---you're fairly certain, no, ENTIRELY certain she has never hugged you before.

"Thank you," she says.

"It... It wasn't a big deal, really."

Bestla then speaks up. "Dettay kon venti. Vee maa forltay!" She sounds urgent, and motions for you both to stand up. She appears to be readying herself to move back to her cave.

>A) Follow her to the cave with Frost
>B) Take Frost to the mountain while Bestla returns home
>C) Take all three of them to the mountain
>D) Attempt to communicate with Bestla
>E) Other

>>354610
>B) Take Frost to the mountain while Bestla returns home
>E) Try to tell Bestla there is a third one with us
We gotta get back to Vapor

>>354610
C
D
She's got as much right to see it I suppose and we can't bail on Vapor.

Attempt to communicate with Best as well.

>>354786
Come on phone. Stop it.

Attempt to communicate with Bestla

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>>354633
>>354786

Hopping off the worm, you start making your way towards the wall of ice you made. Bestla is about to speak up, but you interrupt her.

"I need to go back up!" you tell her, pointing to you, then Frost, then the mountain upwards. You hold up three fingers. "I have a friend there!"

She understands. You point at her and then upwards, and she shakes her head. Seems like she doesn't want to come... or cannot. She holds up a blue hand and gives you a small wave before turning. "Vhar fourshiek liet enen!" she calls back before stepping out into the storm, heading back home.

You take Frost with you and approach the wall, explaining the city, the floating mountain and more, as well as Vapor's current condition. You reach the bottom and begin to scale upwards, taking some time to make sure you and Frost both get up through some clever ice pillar generation. Once the two of you start climbing, it is slow going, as you must move together to stay within the protective influence of the crystal you possess. But thanks to your earlier efforts to make the return trip easier while you were descending, this is not very difficult, as you already have hand and footholds ready.

Once you get out of the storm, you are able to reach the top much more quickly. You make it up first, and then help up Frost. She takes a few deep breaths before turning to look at the city. "My god... It's amazing," she says in a low voice. You help her stand up. "Did you explore it?"

"No, just there---" you say as you are about to point at the building you left Vapor in, but then you realize the doors are open.

You froze them shut when you left.

>A) Run inside
>B) Carefully sneak inside
>C) Shout out for Vapor
>D) Search the ground for any signs of a struggle
>E) Other

>>354812
B and D
50% less Chinese ninja warrior action!

>>354812
>>B) Carefully sneak inside
>>D) Search the ground for any signs of a struggle

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>>354831
>>354904

You go silent and immediately sneak up to the doors, stilling your breathing and not panicing. That wouldn't do well for her if she is in danger. As you hug the wall, you look down and see signs of a struggle near the door; footprints and dragging. Something came up and opened the doors, then dragged something out.

You can guess what.

Looking inside, you see some knocked over furniture, broken in areas, and the bedroom is empty. There are particles of frost here that would indicate recent use of cryomancy.

Frost walks up behind you. "Well?"

"Vapor was here. She was frozen." You look back. "That would explain how they dragged her out of here."

"Who? Cryomancers? Are there any left?"

"We're about to find out."

>A) Follow the dragged trail
>B) Split up and search the city
>C) You follow the trail while Frost sneaks behind you, out of sight
>D) Frost follows the trail while you sneak behind her, out of sight
>E) Other

>>354944
>>C) You follow the trail while Frost sneaks behind you, out of sight
If we are going to play this with a dupe, we are obliged to be said dupe.

>>354944
>C) You follow the trail while Frost sneaks behind you, out of sight

>>354944
C

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>>354980
>>355011
>>355073

You stand up and look at her as you move towards the exit. "We're going to find her. I want you to stay behind me, out of sight, until I need you."

"Why me?"

"You're better at sneaking then I am. Better I'm the one who sets off a trap, if there is one."

After thinking it over, she nods. "Alright. Let's go."

You leave the house and begin following the trail. Frost lags behind and eventually takes another route, one that keeps her nearby but out of sight. You keep your eyes down on the ground, but occasionally have them dart around, looking for any signs of trouble. You take a deep breath and swallow any nervousness as you follow the path.

It takes you to the heart of the city. Here, the buildings grow taller and more intricate. You wonder if there is a connection to the level of detail of the buildings, their complexity and height, to their proximity to the edge of the mountain. They only grow taller the further you go, leading you to believe that these places were made by more powerful cryomancers. Perhaps confirming your theory is that, at the center of this city, sits the largest ice structure of all; more of a castle, really. The gigantic proportions of the building make you wonder how many people it took to build it. A thousand? A hundred skilled? A single master?

The trail leads up to the castle, so it appears that is your destination. A grand staircase leads up to a set of large ice doors, which are slightly parted.

Standing alongside the staircase are two large statues of ice, holding large axes. They are still, but as you look at the frosted floor, there are footprints that match the size of their feet leading from and to their position.

It wouldn't be the strangest thing you've encountered if those statues were to come to life and attack.

>A) Proceed up the stairs
>B) Run up the stairs
>C) Attack the statues
>D) Call out a challenge to the castle and anyone inside
>E) Leave and find Frost; come up with a plan with her
>F) Other

>>355133
>>A) Proceed up the stairs
>>D) Call out a challenge to the castle and anyone inside
If the statues stop us, give a quick yell.

>>355133
A
Plan hasn't changed I guess

>>355133
>>A) Proceed up the stairs
Stealthily. If we can find vapor and leave without being detected that would be ideal

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>>355166
>>355167
>>355198

Keeping a close eye on both statues, you begin to walk up the stairs. About halfway up, the statues come to life---ice given animation---and leap up to the top of the stairs, pointing their weapons at you,making you stop. The constructs are faceless and, aside from their armor, are entirely wrought of solid ice.

"Do you speak?" you ask them, but there is no reply. They stand perfectly still as they face you down. You narrow your eyes, crack your knuckles and get ready for a right if need be.

>A) Attempt to go around them
>B) Fight them
>C) Find another way inside the castle
>D) Signal Frost and have her sneak attack them
>E) Other

>>355224
>E) Ice to meet you both.

>>355224
C maybe
If we need to fight we will, but maybe a touch of nonaggressive cryomancy might be the ticket?

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>>355238
>>355252

Turning around to perhaps seek out another entrance, the golems move to attack while your back is turned! They charge forward and swing, but as you were prepared, you roll down the steps and back off onto the flat ground in front of the stairs. They move to follow, moving quickly and holding up their weapons!

Holding up your fists, you get ready to put these two... on ice!

'I need to work on my one-liners, even the ones in my head,' you think.

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>355312
Try to trick them into hitting each other.

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>355312
Freeze their weapons to the ground!

Nobody else?

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>355312
Due to lack of dudes, I guess I'll roll again if there's no complaints.
Draw them in together close, punch, kick, combo, drop back and freeze em together.

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>355312
Do an ice burst explosion. Force them back

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>>355327

As they swing, you notice their pattern of attack and think you may see a way to get them to hit each other! You dodge and then dive between them, intent on splitting them apart, but when you do one of them grabs you in the air with surprising speed and tosses you off to the side, whereupon his friend with the hammer slides over and slams it into your stomach, knocking the air out of your lungs.

>>355340

As you try to get back up, the hammerer picks you up by the leg and holds you upside-down. You gasp as he begins to spin you around before letting you go, tossing you across the frozen surface where his counterpart awaits. Holding out his arm, you slam into it face-first and fall down.

Everything is fuzzy for a moment as the two constructs close in. They both raise their weapons and you hold up your hands in an attempt to freeze them, but the blows to your stomach and head prevent you from concentrating in time.

Two knives of ice fly out and are embedded into their heads, causing small cracks. They turn and see Frost sliding up, grabbing you and pulling you out of the range of their weapons. She skids across the ground, her feet glowing blue, as she lets go of you and forms two more daggers.

Holding them up and facing the two constructs, she says, "Mind if I cut in?"

>1d100 and an action!

>>355375
>>355378

I'll include these two in the next one.

>>355385
Tag team with Frost. Trip them up and encapsulate them. Maybe iron maiden the insides. Constrict space.

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>355396
Forgot roll

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>355385
Ice spears to the head cracks!

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>>355375
>>355406
>>355396

You pick yourself back up and dust some ice off. She cocks a brow. "You alright there, tough guy?"

"I've been hit by worse," you reply, balling your fists up and getting ready to punch some ice.

"And you've hit worse, so let's kick their ass," she says, darting in with her knives.

You follow her as she attacks the one on the left, leaving the right one for you, the one with the hammer. You leap up and punch him in the face, shedding a few more crystals of ice from the cracks Frost's dagger left behind. As the golem attempts to recover, you punch him again and again, slamming your fists into his face and chest. The contruct may be made out of ice, but your fists are made of steel, in a purely metaphorical sense. You continue to punch, adding in a few kicks, moving fast and hard enough to keep it from recovering and counterattacking.

>>355455

Nearby, Frost dances around her opponent, dodging his attacks until she sees her openings, striking with precision slashes and kicks. What you lack in finesse she more than makes up for as the two of you begin to beat your opponents backwards. Frost creates a spear of ice and thrusts it into her opponent's head, cracking it even more.

Eventually, you both push them against each other.

>>355378

Frost's hands and eyes glow blue, as do yours. With them both back-to-back, the two of you put your hands together and fire simultaneous cryonic beams of energy at them, freezing them both together! After completely covering them in a solid cone of ice, you walk around and approach her. She puts up her hand and you give her a cold high-five, sending small snowflakes and bits of cryo-dust falling from your hands.

The two of you begin to walk towards the palace when you begin to hear a cracking noise. Turning back, you see the cone of ice begin to shake and then shatter. You both protect yourselves from the falling ice as you look upon what emerges from the cold coccoon; a single, unified ice golem, twice as large and strong as either statues were apart.

"Talk about coming together," Frost says as the large ice construct steps towards you. "It'd be nice to have a giant right about now!"

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>355468
Sword, bait it and use it's momentum against it while opening the joints up.

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>355468
Go for the legs. The bigger they are the harder they fall

>>355516
Maybe we should try pushing it down the stairs

Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>355468
make some slippery ice so the giant stumbles and falls on its ass Scooby doo style

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>>355479

Creating a sword in one hand, you and Frost split apart as it smashes the ground, creating splinters of ice that travel up and become large spikes where you were standing. You dart in towards it, landing lightly on your feet as you slide past and slice at its joints, but this does little to be effective. The golem stomps on the ground, making a shockwave of ice that pushes you backwards.

>>355516

Again you go for the legs, jumping over the next shockwave and sliding between them. However, when you do this, the giant constuct lifts up its foot and slams it down on you, pinning you to the floor. You shout in pain as you grab its foot and try to push it off of you, but it slowly puts more pressure on.

>>355530

Closing your eyes, you cover yourself in a sheet of protective ice as you hands and eyes glow blue. By smoothing it out, you make it slippery, which gives Frost a chance to tackle the golem's other leg from behind. This causes its center of balance to change and it slips on your icy armor, falling backwards and cracking a bit as its back hits the ground. You push the ice shield off of you as you get up, taking deep breaths as your lungs and chest readjust to the normal state of not having a giant foot stepping on them.

Nearby, Frost jumps onto the contruct's chest and ties punching him, but he remains solid. You begin to wonder if you're going about this the wrong way; to break him, perhaps you need to use something bigger than him...

Looking up nearby, you see the top of a tower. A bell tower, to be specific, complete with a frozen bell. Despite you questioning how such a thing could work, perhaps that would be heavy enough to smash this melded monster to bits...

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>355556
Bell would probably alert things but it seems preferable to continuing this fight.

Drop a bell on it.

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>355562
Pretty much this.

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>>355556
Lure the ice golem to the base of the tower, tell Frost to climb and knock the bell onto the golem once it's in position

Then say to her "Let's kick some ice"

>>355572
Thank you anon.

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>>355562
>>355567

You see the bell tower and run towards it, but the golem has other plans. It knocks Frost off of his chest and gets back up, moving to intercept you. As your leg is grabbed and you are pulled backwards, you look down at Frost.

"Frost! The bell! Smash this thing!"

"Okay! It seems to like you more, anyway!"

She runs towards the tower as you mentally and physically prepare to be a punching bag for the ice golem.

After a minute of being tossed around, the golem lets go and you fly into the wall of a nearby building, bursting clean through it. You end up in someone's frozen living room and shake your head as you pick yourself up.

The golem smashes the roof, showering you with ice shards, as it reaches down to grab you, but you leap out through the same hole you entered from and look up. Frost has made it to the top of the tower and is preparing to use the bell, but you need to lure him over first!

>>355572

Dodging the golem's stomp, you dash towards the tower, picking up bits of ice and throwing them at him, mostly to annoy. As the golem pulls its arm out of the house, he walks towards you and leans over.

You continue to taunt him. "Come on, you big waste of a popsicle! I've seen snowballs worse than you! Frosty wouldn't be caught dead giving you the time of day!"

"You really need to work on those!" Frost calls from the top of the tower.

As the golem reaches up to bring its fist slamming down on you, the trap is sprung. You slide away with a burst of cryonic energy, skidding across the courtyard as Frost pushes the bell out of the tower. The heavy sculpture falls, making first contact with the neck of the construct, severing its head. They both fall to the ground and shatter with an overwhelming noise, sending shards of ice flying in all directions.

As Frost slides down the side of the tower, you throw your fist into the air. "Yeah! We really kicked some ice, huh?"

She stops dead in her tracks and lets out a long, low sigh. "Tundra, I like you, I really do. But if you ever say that again, I'm freezing your junk solid and then I'll 'kick some ice' if you know what I mean."

You gulp as she walks past, towards the doors. Pushing them open, you and her both walk into a grand entrance hall. Everything in the room, from the ceiling to the pillars holding it up is ornate, perfectly preserved and beautiful to behold. The power that must have been used to forge this wonder is unlike any you ever imagined possible of cryomancers to possess.

"How did they make this?" Frost wonders, looking at the amazing patterns of ice dragons along one of the walls. "Who lived here?"

"I wonder where they all went," you say, tearing your eyes away from the sight to look at the ground. You know Vapor was taken here, but the trail ends and you can only wonder where to go.

>A) Explore the upper reaches of the castle
>B) Find the path leading down into the dungeons
>C) Search for some kind of library or study
>D) Call out for Vapor
>E) Other

>>355599
>D
>B
We're already maximum exposed. Might as well.
"We'll figure it out after we make sure Vapor isn't in dire straits, deal?"

>>355643
Pretty much here

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It feels like there are four people participating. Damashi, myself and two other people

>>355713
I'm here too

>>355599
>>B) Find the path leading down into the dungeons
That's were they might keep thier prisoners

>>355713
Saturday night during the summer, what are you gonna do?

>>355725
burn all bars and clubs

I feel like most people don't know /qst/ exists too

>>355713
oh, are we on role-call right now?
I'm here.

>>355752
I am here.

Sorry for the sudden pause, talking to the fiance on the phone.

Writing now.

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>>355643
>>355697
>>355723

You take a firm stance on the situation. "We'll figure it out once we find Vapor. That's the important thing. Come on, let's see if we can't find a dungeon or something..."

As you walk around, Frost continually inspects the walls, doors, furniture and more, intensely curious as to their design and what it must have taken to make them. Though you are just as curious, as this is all part of the history you came to find, you focus solely on finding your fellow Lin Kuei.

Eventually you come upon a large staircase that goes downwards. As this castle was located at the heart of the floating icemote, and this is the first downward direction you have discovered, this must travel far into the ice and lead to another level entirely, built into the mountain itself.

As you travel down its long, winding length, Frost lags behind a bit. "Come on, Frost!" you tell her and she skips up to your side.

"Sorry, this is all just so fascinating," she admits. "I never really knew or cared too much about where we came from or how we ended up like we are, but all of this... it's just making me think."

"I think that's why my father wanted you to come along," you tell her.

"Yeah... right." You look over at her and notice that the mention of your father seems to have stirred up some potentially negative feelings. What ended up happening between them so long ago? You've never spoken about it with her...

Before more thought on the matter can be spent, you reach the bottom of the stairs and find yourselves in a large, rough natural cavern. The ceiling is high above your heads, but the walls and floor all seem naturally formed, with clusters of icy crystals and clear formations in random locations throughout the massive cavern. The path from the stairs, however, is nearly laid out and leads to an entrance of sorts, to some kind of dungeon or tomb, with an archway of solid ice sharing the same level of detail as before, but beyond is darkness.

"What a cave," she says, looking around as you two walk forwards. "This must take up at least half of the interior of the entire floating mountain! It's a wonder how the whole city doesn't come crashing down in here..."

Your attention is focused solely on the entrance up ahead, and what may lie inside. You step on something suddenly, and it sticks out of the snow.

You lean down to pick it up and shake off the snow. A grey facemask.

Vapor's facemask.

You look up at the entrance as your blood runs a little bit colder, and not because of who your father is.

>A) Both go inside
>B) Frost stays here; you go in alone
>C) You go in, while Frost sneaks in behind you
>D) Send Frost in to scout around
>E) Other

>>355911
>C
>E "This feels like a trap...opinions Frost?"
Not in that order.

>>355922
Sounds like a good plan. She is more likely to be objective at this point.

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>>355922
>>355929

"This feels like a trap," you say, holding up the mask. "What should we do?"

"Spring it," she replies. "Whatever's in there is waiting for us. We won't know what it is until we go see what it is."

You grip the mask tightly and slide it onto your belt. "Stay behind me, stay hidden like before. I'll go in and be the face."

"Be careful," she says, and stays behind as you walk forward.

You pass through the carved entrance and into a long hallway that opens up to a dark chamber that glows with a dull blue hue that you can see even as you approach it. Upon entering the room itself, you find yourself staring a large blue crystal that takes up much of the mostly-circular chamber. The crystal glows and is oddly shaped, spiraling to a point upwards with jagged spikes.

Your eyes narrow as you look around the room for any sign of Vapor, but see none.

When you take a few steps closer to the large structure, a voice reaches your ears as though its owner is whispering right behind you.

"It's impressive, isn't it?" he asks. "It's a larger version of the shard you have in your pocket."

You turn around, looking for the source of the voice even as a chill terror begins to creep up your spine. You know whose voice that is.

"The ancient ones could create ice like no others. Their ice was magic, and artifacts like this allowed them to make wonders. This one is what keeps the mountain afloat, what keeps the storm from reaching them. You have a piece of it with you."

Taking a steadying breath, you speak up. "Show yourself."

His voice seems to bounce off the walls, but it always seems to end up focused right in the center of your mind. "I'm right here. I have been, all along, beside you. A part of you."

"What did you do with Andela?" you demand, looking around.

"I know what you did with her," he slyly replies. "You left her alone. She was weak, vulnerable, tired... and you left her in a strange place."

"Show yourself, you coward..."

"Come now, Zian... Between us, we both know who the coward is."

A laughter begins to fill the room, dark and low, malevolent as it is maniacal.

>A) A coward hides in the shadows.
>B) Show me what you did with Andela!
>C) How long have you been here?
>D) I'm not afraid of you.
>E) Other

>>356028
>>A) A coward hides in the shadows.
>>D) I'm not afraid of you.

>>356028
This from a guy that rejected everything he was just to keep crawling back to the Lin Kuei and snow? Still you.

>>356028
>>A) A coward hides in the shadows.
>>B) Show me what you did with Andela!

>>356028
Omae wa mo shindeiru

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>>356037
>>356065
>>356063

"A coward hides in the shadows. I'm not afraid of you."

"Hahaha... You can lie to me, Zian, but you can't lie to yourself. You can't lie to your dreams. And I know your dreams so very well..."

Shadows flicker in the corners of the room. The blue light from the crystal seems to dim a bit, and the room grows a bit darker.

"Tell me, why did you come here?"

"I'm betting you already know," you say, curling your fingers and scanning your eyes around the room, looking for him.

"I do, but I want to hear you say it."

"Maybe you should come out so I can say it to your face."

You hear footsteps, and what sounds like armor moving. You look to your left and see a figure step forth from the shadows, wearing the armor of an ancient cryomancer, like your father once described. But his skin is not white, but black as obsidian. Two blue eyes peer out at you from beneath the steel-blue helmet.

"Did you come looking for this?" he asks, reaching up and taking off the helmet. He holds it up in one hand, looking at it. "There's an old crypt nearby. The last of the cryomancers are buried there." He looks over at you again and adds, "Well... not the last."

Noob Saibot drops the helmet to the ground, whereupon he kicks it towards you, almost dismissively. The helmet rolls across the ground and ends up at your feet.

You look back up at him. "Go on. See for yourself. That's all that's left of them. Frozen corpses, empty buildings of ice, some glowing crystals---and useless armor." He holds out his arms. "But us? We are alive."

"You are not alive."

"Relatively speaking," he says, slipping back into the darkness behind him. Again his voice echoes around the chamber as more shadows dance along the walls. "We are what remains of the ancient cryomancers, too. Their blood runs in your veins, as it did in mine."

You remain silent as you keep yourself ready at any moment to defend, but Noob still seems content to talk.

"But do you know what the fundamental difference between you and I is? Between your father and I?"

>A) We never abandonned what we are to become something lesser.
>B) You are a vile thing of darkness, worthy only of contempt.
>C) Once, there was no difference, and you were Bi-Han! You were my uncle!
>D) Say nothing.
>E) Other

>>356133
>>E) Other
Enlighten me, though make it quick uncle. You might just bore me to death

>>356133
>Well, I mean, father actually beat Scorpion in a fight. For starters.

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>>356137
>>356145

"Well, for one, my father actually beat Scorpion in a fight."

Silence fills the chamber following that stinging remark. A smile comes to your lips.

"What's wrong, uncle? Have you run out of things to bore me with?"

"Scorpion," the voice returns. "Hahah... Hahahahah!" His laughter resonates throughout the chamber. "Let me tell you about Scorpion, young one. His story is not entirely different from your father's, because now both are nothing more than weak, pathetic men. Scorpion could have been so much more, but he lost sight of what truly mattered. He strayed and now thinks he can live as a man."

You look to your right as the shadowy form of Noob Saibot reappears from the wall. You maintain your composure as the figure who has haunted your dreams for a decade materializes, staring at you with his bright blue featureless eyes. "Do you think the man who calls himself Hanzo Hasashi today is any bit as powerful as he once was when his meaning was clear? What he thought was a burden of vengeance was clarity of purpose. Scorpion defeated me because his desire for revenge, misguided as it was due to his easily-fooled nature, burned hotter than the ice in my blood."

Noob clenches his fist and holds it up before him as it drips with black oil. "But even he lost his own inner flame. Scorpion died the day he became Hanzo Hasashi once more, but he was always a fool. He resented what he was... while I embrace it. I have the same conviction, the same clarity of purpose, the same power that once fueled his heart. And I have used it to defeat your father, to conquer the Netherrealm, to raise my Army of Darkness... and I will use it to destroy everything you hold dear."

You face him fully, staring at him through your one functioning eye. "When we last met, I was only a child. I'm much more now."

"I know," he nods as he lowers his hand. "For a long time, I was worried that your father would never let you leave the temple, and yet here you are, wearing blue but still green on the inside and with a belly of yellow. I know you, Zian. I have watched you. You convince yourself that you are brave, that you are worthy of the Lin Kuei, that you are not afraid---and we both know all three of those to be lies."

>A) Attack him
>B) "Since you're so keen on talking, why wait until I came here to meet with me?"
>C) "You're going to fail. Your army will fall, and you will die again."
>D) "The difference between me, my father and you is that we are Lin Kuei. You are not. Not anymore."
>E) Say nothing
>F) Signal Frost
>G) Other

>>356162

It's pretty late on my end, so we will resume right in the morning. I'll send notices out.

>>356162
>>D) "The difference between me, my father and you is that we are Lin Kuei. You are not. Not anymore."
>B) "Since you're so keen on talking, why wait until I came here to meet with me?"

>>356162
>B
>The difference between us is simple, my way is not my father's admittedly, I only realized that recently.
But it's not yours either.
>D
You did not lose it when you became a wraith. You lost it when you became Noob Saibot.

>>356168
K, night Damashi

>>356170
This.

Up and about; update coming shortly.

Writing now.

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>>356169
>>356170

"I am Lin Kuei," you firmly insist. "That's the difference between me, my father and you: we are Lin Kuei, and you are not. Not anymore."

"I care nothing for the mockery that is your new Lin Kuei. I have already seen what will happen to it, and so have you." He holds up his arms and indicates the room around you. "Behold, the legacy of the Lin Kuei: doomed to extinction, just as the cryomancers we are descended from."

"They're not extinct yet," you say, holding up your hands.

He chuckles to himself as he begins to pace around you. "Oh, but they are. You don't know what killed them, but I do."

"Since you're so keen on talking, why not tell me about it?"

"When I first died, I thought about holding onto what I was: a cryomancer. I found this place, and do you know what I found? Nothing. There was nothing left of them, for each of them had died. It all became clear to me: why hold onto the past, when all it can offer is weakness? So I let go. I let go of the cryomancer blood in my veins, I let go of the Lin Kuei, I let go of my title of Sub-Zero and I let go of Bi-Han. And I became something more than you could ever be."

"I didn't imagine our meeting to involve this much talking," you say to him.

Again he chuckles. "Well, it's giving my 'friend' time to deal with yours."

Your eyes widen as your heart beats a little more quickly. 'Frost!'

>A) Attack Noob
>B) Go and see if you can find Frost
>C) Demand to know what his plan is
>D) Put on the helmet
>E) Other

>>356162
>B) Go see if we can find Frost

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>>356466

You break immediately from Noob as he laughs and you run back to the entrance of the room. "Frost? Frost!" you call out her name. Since the wraith's arrival, the entry way has grown only darker, as though the shadows have been heightened by his arrival. You look into them, attempting to peer through as you search for Frost.

Footsteps reach your ears, ringing out on the ice. Then, a set of blue eyes open, fixed upon you from the darkness.

"Tuuuuundraaaaaa...." her voice comes, but it is twisted and not her own. "Tuuuuuundraaaaaa..."

"Frost?"

She steps out into the light. Something has taken hold of her, changed her---a dark presence lingers over her and has taken root. Her face is covered in some kind of black mask that obscures her nose and mouth, shaped like large fangs, giving her an eerie, inhuman smile. Her eyes are featureless and blue---like Noob's. Cold grows up her arms and back, creating spines of ice that add to the menacing appearance.

"Frost..." you whisper.

"Why keep up your sympathy?" she asks, stepping closer. "You never truly liked me. You never truly thought of me as a friend."

"That's not true! Frost, listen to yourself!"

"Neither you nor Sub-Zero ever truly valued me!" she says, holding up her hands and squeezing them. "You think I did not hear? You think I did not see? I did! I know what you truly think!"

You continue attempting to reason with her. "Frost, something has gotten into you! It's making you say these things! You have to fight it!"

"I don't WANT to fight it!" she says, letting out a cold, foggy breath. "For the first time since I grabbed the Dragon Medallion, I feel alive again! Like I can finally be myself---be what I was always MEANT to be! And YOU! You always hated me!"

"That's not---"

"You and Sub-Zero both! I wasn't ever good enough for either of you! He rejected me, you rejected me! You both hate me!"

"I do not! And neither does my father!"

She ignores you and goes on. "Well, I hate you! I've always hated you! I hate how you look just like him, I hate how you're his favorite, I hate how you're so simple-minded and arrogant and foolish! I hate everything about you, Tundra!"

You step back, trying to remain firm in the face of these words, but even though these may not be Frost's words, they are in her voice and still shake you. Nearby, Noob laughs again and steps into the shadows.

Frost, or whatever she has become, now points and says, "I hate you... and I'm going to kill you!"

>A) Reason with Frost
>B) Attack her with the intent to subdue
>C) Attack Noob Saibot before he can escape
>D) Search for Vapor
>E) Other

>>356517
>A) Reason with Frost
>E) If I hated you, why did I go back to look for you and bring you here with me?

>>356544
This

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>>356544
>>356554

As your uncle slips into the dark corners of the room and vanishes from sight, you focus on Frost and continue trying to reason with her. "Frost, I don't hate you, I never did. If I hated you, why did I go back to look for you and bring you here with me?"

"Oh, it would disappoint your father so," she slyly accuses as she begins to step around you. "We can't have that, can we? His approval means everything to you. We can't disappoint him or fail to live up to his expectations, now... CAN WE?!"

With those last few words, she dives towards you with a kick. You step aside as she lands on the ground and attempts to sweep your legs out from under you, but you backflip away and dodge the attack.

Low to the ground and on all fours, she looks at you with burning blue eyes. "You sicken me! The way you grovel and bow before him, you're weak! Weak like your father! You're both unfit to be cryomancers, unfit to lead the Lin Kuei!"

You hold up your hand and shout, "Frost, listen to me! I know that you're in there! This isn't you---you must fight it! I know you can!"

She stands up as she laughs. "What's the matter, Tundra? Afraid to admit to yourself that this is the real me? I'm not holding it back anymore, I'm letting it all out, and it feels... so... good!" She stretches her arms out and rolls her head backwards across her shoulders before focusing on you again. "To think, one time I wanted you... Wanted your father... Mmm, the things I would have done!" she laughs in a sultry yet sinister tone. "I would have made your cold blood run hot..."

Ignoring her attempts to put you off-guard, you continue to plead with her. "Frost... Please, fight it! You know what you truly are---this isn't it!"

"Oh, I'll fight something alright," she says, crouching low again. "...YOU!"

She springs forward, hands covered in icy claws!

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>356574
Grab one of her arms and hip toss her.

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>356574
Ice slide under her as she leaps at us and freeze her once we are behind her

Also things aren't looking good for vapor of Frost got turned into wraith. It probably going to be Enenra part 2 soon

Does Frost actually have a name that isn't her code name?

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>>356614

Not that anyone knows, she's always called herself Frost.

>>356604

As she leaps towards you, you reach up and grab hold of one of her arms, using your legs and hips to toss her to the side, taking advantage of her momentum and using it against her. She hits the ground and skids away before righting herself.

"Tundra... Why hurt me? Why would you hurt your friend?" she coos in pain, her voice no longer twisted but normal.

As you walk towards her, she springs back up. "I'll show you hurt!"

>>356611

As she leaps at you again, you attempt to slide underneath her with a trail of ice, but she reaches down and grabs you, pinning you to the floor. Now atop you, she begins to rain fists down upon your face, her hands hardened with ice so as to hurt more. Left, right, left, right, she pummels you before grabbing your blue mask and tearing it off.

"I was never good enough for you! Never!" she shouts as she resumes punching. "Even last night, you rejected me! You hate me! You hate me!"

She finishes punching and reaches around your throat. "Well, I don't need you now... and I don't need Sub-Zero! I have a new master now! And he is worthy of service, worthy of devotion! I would die for him! I would kill for him!"

You try to speak for her, but her grip tightens.

"And I'll start... with... YOU!"

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>356645
Grab that mask with both hands and pull her into a headbutt. Then yank that thing off her face

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>356645
Look her in the eyes, don't fight it just let it happen,

>>356679
I was going to suggest this but then I thought about if I rolled a one

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>>356657
>>356679

Reaching up to her face, you grab hold of her firmly and pull her down as you lean up, headbutting her and cracking the black ice of her mask. As she rears back, you then grab the remaining shards of the mask and pull them off of her face, throwing them aside and exposing her mouth.

This isn't her---you KNOW it isn't her. Something is inside of her, and it won't let go... unless it has a better host.

Maybe it's stupid, maybe it's crazy, maybe it's the wrong thing to do... but you pull her in for a kiss.

Frost goes stiff in your hands as you open yourself up, and the spirit within her leaves her body, entering yours. Frost goes numb and falls unconscious in your arms, allowing you to roll her off to the side as you try to get up, coughing. Your throat feels cold, and it spreads to your insides. Unnatural cold, deathly cold, and soon it's all you can feel. Your vision begins to swim and turn blue as your mind is granted a strange vision that begins to become more clear.

Your ears are filled with laughter. Noob Saibot's laughter. "Now you will see," he says, appearing and kneeling alongside you. "See the end of the cryomancers."

The vision is of a people, the ancient cryomancers. Images flash before your eyes of their rise, their dominance, and their fall---brought about by a curse, a dark spirit, who claimed their lives. One by one, this darkness, this soul of winter, claimed them, making them destroy themselves. The few who could escape this doom fled these lands, but those who remained attempted to fight it, until they realized that they couldn't win. And so they sacrificed themselves, here in their tomb, keeping it locked away... until today.

"I don't know its name," he says as it continues to spread to your body, "but I know that it is hungry. It has been here for so long, waiting for a true cryomancer to return so that it may leave and resume its work. It has been waiting for someone with the blood of ice... for you, Tundra. Or Frost, it doesn't matter, but I prefer that it is you. I prefer that you are the one to return to your home, to spread killing ice and cold, to murder your clan, your mother, your father... Just as I have shown you in your dreams."

You close your eyes and desperately try to hold onto your humanity as you feel it being swallowed by the cold darkness. What remains of you is slipping away, frozen and discarded as the spirit takes root.

"There's no fighting it," Noob says. "We all know you are weak... But now, you can be strong. Now, you can have purpose and meaning, like I do. You will be the arm of winter in my Army of Darkness, the vanguard of freezing death... Just let go, Tundra. You cannot win."

>1d100

>>356704
Same, after rolling that 9 up above I'll just let these 2 good roles count alone

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Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>356731
>Army of Darkness

Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>356744

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>>356762

>>356762
>Rolled 98
Love is over.... After getting a 93 and everything!

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>>356762
Rip Lin Kuai 2016

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>>356744
>>356762

>PERSPECTIVE SWITCH

You slowly open your eyes, groaning a bit. Your head is throbbing and you feel like you've been hit by a truck, then it backed up and went over you a few more times. Your muscles are sore, your eyes feel like they're jelly, and your mind is foggy---but then you hear the laughter.

You look up at Noob Saibot and you immediately shoot up to a sitting position and back up. He doesn't spare you any attention, however, for his is focused squarely upon Tundra, and now your's is as well.

Zian is changing. His skin is turning blue, and then to ice as spikes and shards of it begin to grow from his flesh. His eyes burn blue as something takes him over---the same thing that took you over, you realize, as memories of what it made you say and do come flooding back.

'Oh, oh shit...' you think as the words it made you say to him play out in your mind. What's even worse is that you remember what he did for you to get it out of your body and your guilt skyrockets.

Noob steps back as Tundra rises a changed being. The spirit has taken him over completely, overwritten him as the controller of his body, and you know all too well what it intends to to with him. While it was in control of you, you learned many things of your own: what it did to the cryomancers, how they defeated it, and what it now plans to do with its new freedom and alliance with Noob Saibot.

You also saw visions of it freezing Vapor, and where it took her---there is a tomb nearby, connected to this building, where her frozen form lies, preserved so that Noob may use her for his plans later.

But what's more, you know that Tundra is carrying the very key to seal away the dark spirit back in the large crystal at the heart of the chamber---the small blue crystal he found at the bottom of the ocean!

Noob turns his attention to you now, and so does Tundra. The wraith looks upon you with apathy. "I have no use for you as a cryomancer any longer," he says, "but I could always use another wraith."

You get up to your feet and hold up your arms. "Try it, freak, and see what happens!"

Noob laughs at the notion. "Tundra, if you would, kill her. I'll deal with what is left."

"Gladly," he says, his breath cold and white. He steps towards you. "Come, Frost, let us make this quick... We both know how tired you are of living in the shadow of my father, so living as a shadow should suit you well."

>A) Fight Tundra---get the rock
>B) Go find Vapor and free her
>C) Focus your attention on Noob Saibot
>D) Attempt to bring the spirit back into your body so that Tundra can do what needs to be done
>E) Other

>>356816
>B) Go find Vapor and free her
>A) Fight Tundra---get the rock
Secret Midnight Hero Clutch Time! Keep Tundra focused on us as we back peddle to were ever Vapor is. We break her out , then save Tundra

>>356841
Sounds like the "cool" option

>>356816
>B) Get Vapor
Two on two is certainly better odds

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>>356841
>>356851
>>356862

Tundra raises his hands and fires a volley of ice spikes at you, but you bring up your hands and create a shield in front of you to block them. They shatter upon making contact with it but the last of them breaks the shield as well, causing you to fall backwards. Tundra covers his hand in a ball of ice and leaps forward, intent on bringing it down onto you, but you roll to the side and make a run for it.

You know exactly where Vapor is, and how to break her out. Tundra is right behind you as you leap up onto the upper level and dash into the tunnel leading to the crypt of the last cryomancers. Here is where Vapor was brought and you see her immediately, frozen in a combative pose. She tried to defend herself but was unable to do so, but that might just be your lucky break, for if you can free her, she'll be combat-ready.

Tundra raises his hand and creates a slick pool of ice at your feet, making you slip and fall before you can reach Vapor. He then raises a series of spiked icicles in front of you, making a barrier between you and her.

"There's no use in running," Tundra says. "I killed every single cryomancer that ever was, and what are you? Nothing!"

You stand back up and pant a bit, looking over your shoulder at the looming ice demon.

"Give up, Frost... You know you're going to die. Accept it."

>1d100 and an action!

>>356883
Do an ice burst explosion like with the ice worms, push Tundra back and break Vapor's crystal at the same time

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>356887
Let's try that again

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>356883
Freeze an ice dome over him, need to stall

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>356883
Just because tundra can't cryoport doesn't mean we can't! Cryoport behind this sucker and stab him in the calves!

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>356883
Teleport uppercut!

>>356910
>>356911
Is this her first time actually teleporting? Cause if it is the dice really want it to happen

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>>356892
>>356887

You kneel down and place your hands on the ground, conjuring forth a burst of ice that surges outwards in all directions. It shatters the the icicles behind you, but does not break the ice encasing Vapor. Tundra is also unphased by it, as he puts up his arms and seems to absorb it. He then points both hands at you and launches two balls of ice from his hands at you, each hitting your stomach and knocking you down.

"Your ice is useless," he says, walking closer. "Just like you."

"Yeah?" you ask, gasping a bit. "Well, let's just see about that!"

>>356902

You throw your arm upwards and create a dome of ice over him, allowing it to drop down and trap him. This seems to work, allowing you to turn towards Vapor and start working on the ice covering her.

You place your hands on it the ice and begin working your power through it, weakening it and causing cracks to appear along its surface. You close your eyes and focus hard as Tundra pounds on the dome, cracking that as well. With just a little bit more time, you can---

He smashes through the dome, breaking it into pieces. He raises both hands and covers them in spikes like a morning star before charging at you, intent on slamming them down and impaling you on them.

>>356910
>>356911

With no other option, you cover yourself in a protective sheet of ice, completely encasing yourself in it. Tundra rushes forward and slams his arms down into it, completely smashing it. The ice crumbles to pieces, scattering in all directions---but you are not inside.

"What?" he says, looking around.

You slide up behind him, having successfully cryoported for the first time, and stab him in the calf with a dagger of ice! He shouts in pain and turns around, but you are ready with a powerful uppercut that sends him flying backwards---right into Vapor's frozen prison, shattering it and freeing her!

Vapor bleeds outwards in a grey fog in all directions before reforming alongside you. She shakes her head. "Urgh... What is...?" She looks over as Tundra picks himself up and turns around. "Z-Zian?"

"It's not him!" you tell her. "He's been possessed by an ancient evil that killed all of the cryomancers! He's still inside, but we need to trap the spirit in the ice again!"

"Never!" Tundra shouts, covering his arms in shards of ice again. "Never again! I will spread cold death across the realms, and there is nothing you can do to stop me!"

"Definitely an evil spirit," Vapor whispers.

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>356949
"OhmygodyoumisseditIcryoportedforthefirrsttime!" Then cryoport behind him and grab the ice from his pocket all nonchalant

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>356949
We freeze Tundra's legs and occupy his attention. Vapor snags the crystal

>>356949
Punch him in the stomach hard enough to puke out tainted nature spirits.

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>357082
>Rolling

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>>356972

Temporarily overexcited for the fact that you just cryoported for the first time, you fail to see Tundra's next move in time as he ice-slides across the room, slamming into you both and knocking you back. You and Vapor both hit the ground as he again reinforces the ice on his arms before attempting to jump on you both.

She vanishes in a cloud of smoke as you roll away, pushing yourself back up with your ice powers. "The crystal!" you shout out to Vapor. "We need to get the crystal in his pocket!"

>>356980

As Tundra faces you again, you blast his legs with cryonic energy, freezing him to the spot. He growls and prepares to break free, but not before Vapor appears behind him and reaches into his sash and finds the glowing crystal. He swipes at her, but she disappears again, carrying the glowing stone away with her.

He destroys the ice surrounding his feet and charges at you!

>>357091
>>357082

You quickly kneel and punch him in the gut, making him stop in his tracks. He looks down at you and you bring up your leg, kicking him in the face as you flip backwards, landing a few yards away. Vapor materializes nearby.

"Okay, I have it, now what?" she asks.

"We need to get back to the main chamber!" you tell her, making a break for it.

"No!" he shouts. "I won't let you! I've waited far too long to have my freedom taken away from me!"

As you both run, he glows blue and blasts a ray of ice at your backs, intent on stopping you from reaching your destination!

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>357151
Counter with ice slide propelled by a blast!

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>357151
As we run to the big crystal , seal the doorway with an ice wall to stall him. It should be a-mei-zing

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>357151
Flip him off.

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>>357160

Turning around, your feet begin to glow blue as you cover them in ice. You then blast a beam of ice to meet his, allowing the force of your own beam to push you backwards! Vapor turns to smoke again to keep up as you slide through the tomb, pushed by two ice beams in what would logically seem impossible---good thing you're not an egghead and don't give a shit.

>>357163

As you reach the main chamber once more, you stop sliding and focus your beam even harder against his own, expanding it outwards. The meeting of these two colliding beams creates a wall of ice at the entrance to the tomb, at least five feet thick, that serves to keep him trapped, at least temporarily.

>>357166

You then raise your hand and flip him off. "Haha! Fuck you, evil ice spirit! Suck my frozen dick!"

You turn around and come face-to-face with Noob Saibot, towering over you.

"Uh... hey?"

"Forgetting someone?"

He backhands you and sends you flying off to the side. Vapor appears and catches you, dragging you away and up to your feet.

Noob splits into two as the oily Saibot separates from him.

"This is where you die," he says.

"We need to rejoin the crystal to the main mass!" you tell Vapor. "Find out where it was broken off from, and put it back into place!"

"You won't get the chance," he says, sending Saibot out to attack as he teleports away.

>1d100 and an action!

>>357182
Pin Saibot to the ground with ice daggers, distract him so that Vapor can finish up.

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>357182
Maybe we have to be the one to do it... Touch your hand up the the ice crystal, maybe we'll be able to sense where the fracture is through cryomance bullshit. Vapor can run interference

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>357196
Dice for this.

>>357182
>"Haha! Fuck you, evil ice spirit! Suck my frozen dick!"
d-does frost have a dick?

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>>357217

Well, she could conceivably MAKE one out of ice, but let's not walk down this road.

>>357205
>>357196

As Saibot lunges forward, you summon two ice daggers and throw them at him, pinning his oily feet to the ground and stopping him in his tracks. This gives Vapor the opening she needs to fly over to the large crystal and start searching it for imperfections.

>>357198

you dash off to the side, leaping from the upper level and onto the massive glowing ice crystal. You feel its power radiating; it was created long ago to house the magic of this city, but also to contain the evil spirit of ice. When pieces of it were stolen, the phantom was able to escape, and the cryomancers were desperate to recover the lost pieces, but could not do so in time.

Touching your hands to the crystal, you reach out with your cryomancy and sense where the fracture is located---detecting it almost instantly!

"Vapor! It's over---"

Noob suddenly appears from the shadows and runs over, tackling you to the ground. You shout as he gets on top of you, wrapping his hands around your throat.

"Foolish girl," he mutters, squeezing down. "I'll do to you now what I should have done twenty years ago..."

Suddenly, Vapor teleports above him, landing on his back! She wraps an arm around his neck, choking him out and forcing him to let go!

"Remember me?!" she says as she tightens her arm around his neck. "Remember my father?! This is for what you and your master did to him long ago!"

She draws a knife from her gauntlet out and stabs him in the ribs, where his heart would be. Noob shouts and turns to oil in her hands, bleeding away.

Vapor falls atop you and you both help each other up. "Where's the point?" she asks.

As you are about to answer, the ice covering the tomb entrance shatters outwards as Tundra walks through. He sets his sights upon you both and jumps down.

"Frost... Andela..." he mutters. "It's time for this to end!"

"I agree," you say, taking the crystal from her hands. "Let's finish this."

>1d100 and an action!

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>357236

It puts the crystal in the hole, or else Tundra becomes too swole

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>>357254

Vapor flies forward, tackling Tundra to the ground. This gives you the chance to run around and replace the crystal in its missing slot. With lines of blue surrounding it, the crystal fuses back into place and rejoins the rest of the magical ice.

The crystal at the heart of the chamber begins to glow even brighter, pulsing as though it is a heart itself. Each pulse is accompanied by a brighter flash of light, banishing the shadows of the room.

Tundra throws Vapor off of him and stands up, now charging at you. He batters himself against you, throwing both of you to the ground as he stares into your eyes.

"No! I won't let you---I WONT'T LET YOU!"

With its purpose restored, the crystal begins to pull the spirit out of Tundra and into the central core. Black, wispy smoke begins to drift off of his skin along with the ice covering his skin, all of it twisting as it is sucked into the crystal. "No! NO! NOOOOOO!" he cries, desperately clinging onto his mortal shell. Within moments, the entirety of the spirit is dragged back into the crystal.

Tundra now falls onto you, unconscious just as you were when the spirit left. You push him off and stand up, looking around.

Noob Saibot appears on the upper level. "Congratulations," he says, folding his arms. "But now what? All I need do is break the crystal once more and free the spirit. If not today, then tomorrow. You've done nothing but delay the inevitable."

You meet his gaze and stand up as Vapor materializes at your side. Staring up at him, you make your choice.

>A) Destroy the crystal with the spirit inside of it; this will cause the city to be destroyed
>B) Attempt to defeat Noob Saibot and drive him off
>C) Syphon power from the magic ice and use it to empower yourself and Tundra
>D) Escape with Vapor and Tundra
>E) Other

>>357286
>>B) Attempt to defeat Noob Saibot and drive him off
Maybe we can use this chance to permanently seal noob saibot. Cause seriously... Fuck this guy

>>357286
>C) Syphon power from the magic ice and use it to empower yourself and Tundra
>B) Attempt to defeat Noob Saibot and drive him off
I guess you could... Though its gonna be hard to break the crystal when you are trapped inside it. Attack Noob, seal him inside the crystal as well

>>357286
A) Destroy the crystal with the spirit inside of it; this will cause the city to be destroyed
Who cares about a dead city anyway, kill the spoopy ghost

>>357303
This. Three on one with none of his faggots around to back him up. Our best shot.

Update coming in a bit. Eating dinner

>>357340
He probably has wraiths and the one girl from threads LOOOOOONG AGO that he mind raped into service

>>357403
Yeah, probably. Also he could always just teleport away into the shadows whenever he wants too. Hopefully we can catch him. But its likely it will not work

>>357403
It doesn't seem he brought them with this time around

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>>357291
>>357303
>>357340

You look down at Tundra and slap his face as Noob's laughter again fills the room. "Come on, Tundra, wake up already!"

"Yes, let him be awake for this," Noob says, several portals opening behind him at once. Wraiths begin to walk through them, in several sizes and forms. One of them hands him a black scythe and he holds it up, inspecting it. "It's time for this to end."

With one final slap, you say, "Wake up Zian, you lazy little---"

He startles into consciousness, blinking and sitting up. You inwardly cheer as you turn his face towards you. "Zian! We need to stop him!"

"What...? How?"

"You had the spirit in you too, now. You know what the magic ice can do!"

Zian looks at the glowing crystal, then up at Noob and his growing force of wraiths. "Right," he says, standing up, but stumbling. Vapor helps hold him up as you and he both put your hands on the crystal.

"Are you ready?" you ask him. He nods and you both begin focusing, putting your cryonic energy into the beacon. Vapor supports him as he does, but when Noob commands his minions to move up, the half-enenra lets go and stands between you and them.

"Whatever you're doing, make it fast!" she says as she begins to hold them off, blasting them with smoke and teleport-kicking them with rapid and fast strikes.

"This is it!" you shout at Zian. "Give it everything you got!"

He grits his teeth and continues funneling power into the crystal, but again Noob's laughter reaches your ears. "You cannot do it, Zian! You know you can't! You are full of doubt, full of weakness! You powers are nothing! Your family is nothing! Your clan is nothing! And soon, you will be nothing as well!"

You look at Zian and see him begin to buckle, struggling to keep up. You, a more powerful cryomancer, are not struggling as much as he.

"Come on, don't let him get to you!" you shout to him.

He is all but about to collapse under his own weight as the crystal demands reserves of power from him that he cannot supply. "I... I can't!" he shouts, about to break under the pressure.

>1d100 to rally Zian!

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>357646
>implying Zian hasn't been through enough to ignore noobs taunts at this point

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>357646
Think of your family, think of your friends. Let them give you strength

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>357646
(MAYBE MORE THAN) F R I E N D S H I P

Anyone else?

>>357727
I blame /qst/

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>>357727

I'm almost done writing, it's alright

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>>357661
>>357665
>>357668

You look at Zian and shake your head. "Come on, Zian! You've been through enough of his taunts to ignore them! They're just words! You can do this, I know you can!"

His arms shake as his legs begin to buckle. He is struggling, but has not fallen. His body glows blue along white along with your own as you continue to channel energy into the crystal; it has almost reached peak power needed to fuel the spell you are attempting to cast.

You've never been one for encouraging talk, but this is no time to watch him give up on himself. "Zian, listen to me! Think of your family, your clan! Think of your friends! Come on, don't give up, don't let them down! I believe in you! GODDAMNIT, DON'T LET HIM WIN!"

He is not relenting. His body is weary and drained, but he keeps his hands on the pillar. Breath does not find him as he continues to channel power he did not know he had into the crystal, but still he pushes on, past the point of his limits.

But he cannot do it alone. You take a hand off the pillar and place it on his shoulder, and now you channel energy into him as well. He looks at you, wordlessly asking if that is wise, and you nod. "We do this together," you say breathlessly.

With your combined energy, you finally completely imbue the crystal with the necessary power. It glows bright blue, but remains cold to the touch as the light becomes blinding. Vapor teleport-slams a wraith, whose eyes begin to burn from the bright light. She shields her own eyes as the room fills completely with light, banishing all shadows. Even Noob himself must protect his eyes from the sheer luminosity of the magical ice.

Then, the energy is released. Harnessing the power of the magical ice, as well as the spirit of winter within the obelisk, you and Zian unleash blue beams of cryonic energy across the room. These blast the wraiths, piercing them and cutting them in half. Vapor takes cover as the wraith she is atop is destroyed.

Noob shouts as several rays of blue light strike his chest, filling him up with light. His form begins to bloat and twist as his skin bubbles before he explodes in a shower of oil and black flesh. His dying scream fills the room, echoing through the halls as the light begins to fade.

The wraiths are gone, with only scorch marks remaining.

Zian falls down and you help him to a sitting position. Vapor pokes her head out from behind a crystal. "Uh... what happened?"

"We destroyed them," you reply, propping the barely-conscious cryomancer against the obelisk.

"For good?"

"I doubt it. He was probably sent back to the Netherrealm. But it gave him something to think about..."

"What about that spirit?" she asks.

"It was part of the spell," you tell her. "We used its power, inside the crystal, as a weapon... If it's destroyed, or just gone for now, I don't know. But it won't be bothering us for now."

You look at Zian, who sits with his eyes closed. You rub his slightly-bloody forehead and smile as you sit back.

>>357748

"Now what?" Vapor asks, walking over and inspecting Zian. "Where do we go from here?"

>A) Destroy the crystal and destroy the city, so that nobody can abuse the power here again
>B) Take armor from the tombs
>C) Leave everything here and begin your journey home
>D) Spend time here in the city and learn as much as you can
>E) Other

>>357753
>A)
Seems more in line with what Frost would do
But considering we are meta gaming
>D)
>E) check to see if Zian is okay and thank him for the sick make out sesh that saved our life

>>357753
>>B) Take armor from the tombs
>D) Spend time here in the city and learn as much as you can
It would be good to explore (and loot) the city. Tundra should call home, letting them know what happened. The Fragon wing should also be notified. Also sweet cryomancer armor for the whole team

>>357753
>>B) Take armor from the tombs
First
>>D) Spend time here in the city and learn as much as you can
For like 24hours then
>>A) Destroy the crystal and destroy the city, so that nobody can abuse the power here again
So no more ancient evil issues

>>357772
>The Fragon wing
Thanks Phone

>>357779
I think Frost should call it that

Get the name wrong constantly

>>357787
Mileena will be so pleased. She faries a bunch of ninja teenagers to ice land. They leave, then come back with fancy armor and an attitude.

>>357753
>>B) Take armor from the tombs
>>D) Spend time here in the city and learn as much as you can

>>357796
Did Frost ever not have the tude?

>>357803
I guess the armor amplified both her cryomancer powers and attitude

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damashi pls

Sorry, I meant to type that I had to drive somewhere, update coming in a bit.

>>358278

Again, sorry for how long I'm taking. It's a bad night. I usually don't run into this issue.

ALRIGHT. I'm home, now writing the update. I apologize again for the abysmal drop in pace there at a dramatic moment, but the battle is ended and I'll essentially be writing the ending from this point forward. There'll be a choice at the end, so stay tuned!

>>358656
It's alright, just excited to see what happens next

>>358682
^this.
>>358656

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>>357765
>>357772
>>357776
>>357797

>PERSPECTIVE SWITCH

You open your eyes and rub your head. You can hear Frost and Vapor talking amongst themselves nearby, but their words don't really register in your mind. Taking a deep breath, you try to focus on what just happened.

You and Frost were pouring all of your power inot the crystal. She knew what you had known, for she too had been host to the spirit and had access to the knowledge it shared with you, as though through imprintation or symbiosis or some other strange reason. On a much larger scale, just as Bestla and you had imbued the small crystal with your power, so to did you and Frost pour your energy into the larger obelisk.

But you were failing, and you let Noob's words get to you. You were about to give up when Frost encouraged you, reminded you of what was at stake, while Vapor held off the wraiths coming to attack you. Frost placed her hand on your shoulder and lended you some of her might, allowing you to keep on even after your body was ready to give out. Your powers, not as developed as her own, hindered you in ways she was not. But in the end... she was there for you.

You look over at her now as she sighs and sits up against the crystal. There's a strange feeling lingering in your mind, an odd sensation---the crystal changed you, somehow. You're not sure how, but when you and Frost both poured energy into it, something was put back into both of you.

"Frost," you say, getting her attention as you take off your hood. "Do you feel anything? Different?"

"A little," she says with a nod. "Tingly..."

"Yes," you say, "especially in my hands."

You hold them up. They appear slightly whiter than before, not unlike your father's. "Do you think..." your voice trails off, before you finish your thought: "Do you think our contact with the crystal somehow changed us?"

"I can't say for certain," she replies, inspecting her and your hands. "Do you feel more powerful?"

"I don't know, I'm too tired," you admit. "But there is definitely... something..."

>New Power Unlocked --- Choose 2 of the Following
>A) Enhanced Ice Weapon Creation - More powerful
>B) Enhanced Ice Armor and Protective Shields - Stronger and more protective
>C) Cryoportation - Teleport through ice
>D) Enhanced Ice Object Creation - Ice Clones, Walls, Spikes
>E) Enhanced Freezing Powers - Freezing enemies, the ground, etc.
>F) Ice Man from X-Men's slide generation
>G) Super ice slam - cryonic burst expanding outwards
>E) Other (Come up with your own if one is not listed)

>>358712
>Enhanced objects
> Enhanced Armor
We'll be making ghost trapping anti-spirit ice mirrors yet.

>>358712
Side note. Uncle Bi Han always has the weirdest birthday presents.

>>358712
>>D) Enhanced Ice Object Creation - Ice Clones, Walls, Spikes
>E) Enhanced Freezing Powers - Freezing enemies, the ground, etc.
Makes sense as these are the abilitys tundra used the most.
Also are we going to get to pick for frost?

>>358784
>Also are we going to get to pick for frost?

Potentially, but Frost and Zian are actually now on the same level, power-wise. The crystal caused a change in both of them, making them more powerful but balancing each other out. Their power briefly became one, then was actively disseminated equally into them both, with a little extra from the crystal itself to represent the last bit of power from the ancient cryomancers given to them.

>>358784
This is also fine. I suppose we can go full fengshui/tactician via straight up study if nobody has objections.
We should probably raid the library before we leave though if that's the case.

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After gathering armor from the tombs, you then return to the city above and explore it. The ancient cryomancers are gone, but their city remains and you can study it. There isn't much else to learn, unfortunately, but you do collect many books that are written in a script you cannot read from a library of sorts. These could provide a number of useful clues to the cryomancer's civilization and potential abilities and theories regarding cryomancy itself.

When you have some time to yourself, you sit back in one of the cryomancer's old homes on a chair of ice and think about something that is troubling you. During your time that you were controlled by the ice spirit, you learned a few facts not only about it and its history, but about the person it had controlled last: Frost. You learned that while she wasn't in control of anything she had said, it wasn't entirely unfounded.

She carries great anger. Orphaned, forced to fight to survive, never knowing her origins or the source of her Kori abilities. When she was younger, during the time of Shao Kahn's invasion, not long after she became your father's pupil, she developed feelings for him. Perhaps it was childish, perhaps it was out of some misguided notion that since they were the last of the cryomancers, they made sense as a couple, but when she saw him with Sareena, your mother, she grew jealous. It was this very same jealousy that led her to taking the Dragon Medallion---she wanted power, and to show Sub-Zero that she was better. She was foolish, she even admits this to herself---but those were her reasons.

She was frozen for a long time, out of ice that was not entirely unlike the magical cryomancer ice you've encountered on this journey. They couldn't free her, and so they left her in the Lin Kuei temple crypt until she was freed when you were only sixteen, just about four years ago. You always thought she was a bit strange, and she was rude of course, but now that you've glimpsed her mind by proxy, you begin to understand why as you see things from her perspective.

She had quite a few issues with your father already, but when she woke up, you were there. You were like a younger version of himself already, so it was all too easy to project the issues she had with him onto yourself, but to her shame, she began to once more develop the same complicated feelings towards you that she once had for Sub-Zero---or, perhaps it would be more accurate to say, she simply shifted them from him onto you. She grew jealous and spiteful towards other girls who seemed to be spending time with you, like Samantha, and that night in the cave, when your actions were not your own, when you invited her into your embrace and began to kiss her, it was something she had always wanted but had convinced herself she didn't. Your actions allowed a flood of repressed emotions from within her to surface, and when it seemed like you weren't going to return them, her spite only grew.

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>>358808

Though you managed to apologize and get her to work alongside you again, even joining powers with her at the end to fend off the wraiths and Noob Saibot, you two are still a bit distant and awkward around each other.

As you sit in this room now, thinking heavily on these thoughts, you begin to wonder what you should do. Frost isn't unattractive, by any means, but can you honestly say you return her feelings, complicated as they are? Does she even know what she truly wants? Do you? Sure, you've never thought of her as purely a friend, but romance was never on your mind either. She's a clan member, a Lin Kuei, a fellow cryomancer... there's certainly a lot you have in common, but she also has a lot of baggage. An orphan, attitude problems, and a mountain of insecurities related to you and your father...

You sigh and rub your eyes. What do you do?

>A) Attempt to pursue a relationship with Frost
>B) Frost will be friendzoned; you will not return any advances on her end
>C) Leave things as they are for now and see where they go
>D) Talk with Frost and attempt to help her get over her feelings
>E) Other

>>358790
Oh ok makes sense

>>358817
>>A) Attempt to pursue a relationship with Frost
Scratch her itch and propagate our race.

>>358817

Note that even though I wrote this one and you can vote on it, you can still cast votes for >>358712 which is just as important, as these are two key things/choices we'll be walking away from this quest with.

>>358817
> Mostly C with a side of D
I feel like Zian doesn't know what he wants in that regard and would rather have her clearer headed about the whole thing before doing anything either way.
Even if we do obviously care about her in some fashion, we're still kind of shit at the whole "women" thing at any rate.

>>358817
>>C) Leave things as they are for now and see where they go
Tundra is not the best at relationships. I feel rushing it could be just as harmful as the friend zone. Take it slow, let it be natural

>>358848
So, I'm cool with this if we get on after trying to get her to chill a little. But only if we actually get on for the most part, Tundra wouldn't be the sort to try to use her issues or be fine acting as a proxy of sorts here I don't think.
If we go for Frost I'm fine with it. I just don't want it to blow up on us, or her really, pun not intended.

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As always, I'll leave the thread up, but I'll be heading to bed soon. I'll write an ending tomorrow, likely, including them retrieving the four White Dragon eggs after meeting back up with Wolf and before returning to the Dragon Wing.

What should we do about Bestla, the last ice giant? Stop by and say goodbye?