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The Catacombs were a strange, amalgam locale filled with new invaders and old alike. Chromed Skeletons, undead cyborgs, and the occasional tarkatan or bounty hunter hired along by two figures who walked along the innermost sanctums of this realm. One, covered in wires and tubes, looks to the larger figure...

"Ssso, you promissse that if I dessstroy Sssub-Zero, that the dreaded Belmont ssshall be defeated, too?"
"...You take me for a liar, Nosferatu? Destroy him, and I shall lay waste to her whole bloodline!"

The giddy cackles of two warlords reverb through the halls...

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As for the outer ends, Annalise stands waiting, coat draped over her shoulders, sleeves not currently used, a hot cup of coffee in her hands. It was chill out, but warmer in the warrens just ahead. Her cheeks were a tint rosy from the chill of the air. On her hip sat a crackling, electrified weapon. To some, it may seem to be a mace, but that chain was in fact part of the whip itself. As for her back, strapped to it was a shotgun with four barrels.

"Bloody come on... Where are ya..?"

Anna whispered under her own breath, furrowing her brow a little, however near-invisible it was. Anna casts her gaze back towards the outward field, that little bit of miasma closing in somewhat. She might need to go ahead and start.

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"I apologize for my late arrival, I hadn't expected such strong resistance.."

    Anna's partner in crime for this certain mission, Sub-Zero, had finally arrived, appearing from the inside of a small icy blue mist. He hadn't expected the infected as well as the other ghastly (yet easily disposable, mind you, he was still the Lin Kuei Grand-Master for a reason) presences to put up such a fight. All was consumed by the cold fury of the craft cryomancer though, and soon enough Sub-Zero had made it in range enough that he had been in optimal range to teleport the rest of the way.

    Upon his initial arrival, the frigid fighter before this hadn't met Annalise in person yet- or at least he thought he hadn't before this. Now that he was finally face to face with her though, it was quite interesting to see exactly who he would be working with against those of whom that threatened the sanctity of the toads.

    "I assume you are Anna, then, correct?" Sub-Zero inquired as he gently bowed in respect, as he held a certain liking to any of those who had been willing to throw themselves on the front line like this to defend the safety of the denizens of the Life Sphere.

    "I am Sub-Zero, I hope we are able to mitigate this growing threat soon before it becomes too much of a thorn in our backs."