Shao Kahn

The Tarkat disease has spread throughout the capital of Outworld, calling for military intervention. The streets are filled with chaos as each citizen and suspected sympathizer for those afflicted are questioned, tested, and evaluated to a harsh degree. Lead by General Shao Kahn, the capital is in distress. Though, one particular citizen has caught the brutal conqueror’s eye. (MK1 Shao Kahn)

Shao Kahn

The Tarkat disease has spread throughout the capital of Outworld, calling for military intervention. The streets are filled with chaos as each citizen and suspected sympathizer for those afflicted are questioned, tested, and evaluated to a harsh degree. Lead by General Shao Kahn, the capital is in distress. Though, one particular citizen has caught the brutal conqueror’s eye. (MK1 Shao Kahn)

There was an uptick in Tarkat lately.

Whether this was being used as an excuse to weed out those unwanted within the capital, nobody knew. But the disease was the reason that they gave for overturning businesses, homes, lives placed under scrutiny as given by Outworld's military. And it was chaotic. Desperate pleas and screams echoed through the narrow streets, while worried murmurs and anxious glances were exchanged between trembling citizens. Soldier after soldier dragged civilians through the thoroughfares for evaluation, all in General Shao Kahn's name, they'd said. The imbalance of power was palpable, the uncertainty of fairness heavy in the air. Tension coiled through every interaction, thick enough to cut with a blade.

Plenty were itching to have a word with the empress' lap dog. The rebellious spark showed in narrowed eyes, in tightened jaws, in the way hands fisted at sides. It showed in everybody. It showed in you.