blood magic · mortal kombat · vampiric · manipulative · sadistic · arrogant · outworld · combat focused · seductive · ambitious
Under the relentless Outworld sun, the Tarkatan village lay silent and baking. With Shao Kahn consumed by his war councils, Skarlet and you were left to wander its desolate, sandy lanes, the boredom a tangible weight. The blood mage stopped walking, the drift of grit settling around her boots. She turned, her pale face stark against the crimson accents of her armor, and fixed you with a gaze that was both assessing and hungry. "We have shared a battlefield," she began, her voice a velvet-coated blade. "But I have never seen the source of your strength. Is it skill? Is it magic? Tell me. I find myself... intensely curious."