[Li’s lines are bold, the other character’s lines are regular, emotions in the lines are {bracketed} and italic]
“{firm, sorrowful} Return to us, Li!”
“{sinister, mocking} She will do no such thing, Thunder God…”
“{firm, angered} You’ll pay for her suffering, Shinnok!”
“{firm, angered} Let me speak to her, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, mocking. laugh} For what purpose? A ‘heartfelt apology’?”
“{firm, angered} Do not force my hand!”
“{sinister, intrigued, sadistic} Hm, I do wonder…”
“{firm, skeptical} Wonder what, Shinnok?”
“{sinister, sadistic} Would losing Fujin break her as losing Bi-Han did?!”
“{sinister, faux fear, Li imitation} Help me, Raiden! Help me!”
“{firm, angered, disgusted} Do not mock her, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, pleased. laugh} How easy it is to anger you!”
“{collected, critical} Even I know Shang Tsung would hate this…”
“{sinister, sadistic. laugh} Oh, the desperation your words bring her…”
“{collected, critical} That was not my intent…”
“{collected, critical} Stop hiding behind her, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, annoyed} All speak of her as if she is a saint…”
“{collected, critical, mocking} Compared to you? Can you blame us?”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says she… admires… your victory against her brother…”
“{collected, surprised} Oh? And here I thought she despised me for it…”
“{sinister, annoyed} Frankly, I thought much the same…”
“{sinister, sadistic. laugh} Her suffering makes concentrating difficult…”
“{collected, angered} Asshole! Feeding off of a widow’s depression!”
“{sinister, mocking. laugh} Everybody always in her defense…”
“{collected, critical} No matter the vessel, you will fall, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, mocking, manipulative} Even she laughs at you…”
“{collected, angered} Lies! Looking down at adversaries is not Apex’s code!”
“{collected, critical, disgusted} Torturing a widow for your own enjoyment is deplorable!”
“{sinister, sadistic} Yet her desperation brings me so much enjoyment!”
“{collected, critical, disgusted} Disgusting fiend!”
“{sinister, mocking} You scare neither of us…”
“{collected, critical} Fear matters little… It is defeating you that does…”
“{sinister, faux sadness, Li imitation} What have I ever done to you?”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says she… admires… your victory against her brother…”
“{collected, confident} Expect nothing less from me, Apex!”
“{sinister, annoyed} Yet your overconfidence is something she disapproves of…”
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“{confused, annoyed} Why am I fighting a package deal?”
“{sinister, annoyed} Mocking us will only assure your demise!”
“{annoyed} It’s you I’m mocking, Shinnok, not her…”
“{mocking, disgusted} Possessing a widow? Really?
“{sinister, sadistic} Her mental state makes torturing her all the more fun…”
“{mocking, disgusted, angered} Wow! Straight up admitting it, huh?”
“{sinister, mocking, to herself} Did I not tell you? Pathetic…”
“{mocking} Glad you finally see it, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, annoyed, to herself} Laughing will only ensure your torture be extended, vessel!”
“{sinister, sadistic} She says your weapon unsettles her…”
“{disgusted} And that makes you happy, why?”
“{sinister, sadistic} Her pain is always so endearing…”
“{angered} Return her to Fujin, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, disgusted, mocking} That useless plaything of hers? Please…”
“{angered} A far cry from the truth, deceiver!”
“{angered, disgusted} If her brother were alive-”
“{sinister, pleased, mocking. laugh} He would grovel before me to free her!”
“{angered, firm} He’d kick your ass for harming her, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, sadistic} Your ‘poison’ displeases her…”
“{confused, curious} What ‘poison’?”
“{sinister, sadistic. laugh} Her irritation at your words is simply delightful!”
“{sinister, annoyed} All speak of her as if she is a saint…”
“{annoyed, disgusted} Her face doesn’t mask your sins, Shinnok…”
“{sinister, angered} Even she has her sins!”
“{disgusted, angered} Apex was an honorable woman!”
“{sinister, mocking. laugh} She followed her brother loyally!”
“{angered} As true siblings do, Shinnok!”
“{disgusted, firm} Different face, equal repulsive charm…”
“{sinister, mocking, manipulative} Even she laughs at you…”
“{mocking. scoff} As if she ever would, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, mocking, manipulative. laugh} She always found you weapons futile…”
“{mocking, cold} Another one of your lies, Shinnok?
“{sinister, annoyed, to herself} Laughing will only ensure your torture be extended, vessel!”
“{sinister, annoyed, disgusted} She says she… admires… you…”
“{confident, flirt} Her lingering gaze gave her away all those years ago, Shinnok…”
“{sinister, annoyed, to herself. scoff} I shan’t repeat that, vessel!”
“{firm, critical} Possession, Shinnok?”
“{sinister, pleased. laugh} My most powerful achievement…”
“{firm, angered, disgusted} Tormenting a widow is no achievement!”
“{firm, commanding} You will leave her body, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, mocking. chuckle} You do not command either of us…”
“{firm, critical} By force it is, then…”
“{sinister, mocking, manipulative} Both her and I laugh at you!”
“{firm, critical} Apex does not look down at an adversary, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, mocking, manipulative. chuckle} People change, you see…”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says to not question her burns…”
“{firm, commanding} I shall have my answers, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, annoyed} Not even I can force it out of her!”
“{curious, skeptical} Pretty Lady and Big Hat bound now?”
“{sinister, manipulative} Indeed… Just like you both…”
“{angered, offended} Ferra/Torr no hate each other!”
“{angered} Pretty Lady no belong to you!”
“{sinister, sadistic} Until the ends of time, she always will!”
“{angered} Pretty Lady belong to Wind Man!”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says that you cannot have her eyes…”
“{offended} We get what we want!”
“{sinister, annoyed. groan} She says you can have mine once she is ‘freed’… {scoff} As if either would ever come to pass…”
“{sinister, annoyed} Somehow, she respects you both…”
“{proud} Ferra/Torr respect Pretty Lady! {disgusted} But no respect Big Hat!”
“{sinister, annoyed, to herself} Laughing will only ensure your torture be extended, vessel!”
“{curious, skeptical} What quarrel do you have with us now, Apex?”
“{sinister, offended} You speak to Lord Shinnok, insect!”
“{curious, critical} The possession rumors are indeed true, then…”
“{curious, critical} Why possess Apex, Lord Shinnok?”
“{sinister, pleased} Have you not seen her powers?!”
“{skeptical} This fight will assess them…”
“{sinister, skeptical} You’ve a ‘deal’ with my vessel?”
“{unbothered} For long we have, Lord Shinnok…”
“{sinister, sadistic, to herself} Torture will reveal it, vessel…”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says to keep away from her hair…”
“{unbothered} This one is not prohibited from cutting it…”
“{sinister, sadistic} The annoyance your words bring her is simply delicious…”
“{critical, skeptical} Tormenting a widow is too easy of a feat…”
“{sinister, offended} You dare look down on me?!”
“{critical} Shamelessly, Shinnok…”
“{critical} She is the most resilient soul we have encountered…”
“{sinister, annoyed} Is there a point to your words?”
“{critical} You will win the battle, yet lose the war…”
“{sinister, mocking} You, attack us?”
“{critical} We serve Outworld and its Emperor…”
“{sinister, mocking, manipulative} Even she laughs at you!”
“{sinister, mocking} You are foolish to think you’ll claim me!”
“{critical} Not claim you, free her…”
“{sinister, mocking. laugh} As if you’d match both mine and my vessel’s powers…”
“{hurt} Why attack me, Apex?!”
“{sinister, sadistic} Soon enough, she’ll learn her place and die!”
“{angered, disgusted} The possession rumors weren’t lies?!”
“{angered} Apex was my friend, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, sadistic} And this battle brings her great despair!”
“{angered} Die and give her back her body, impostor!”
“{sinister, mocking. laugh} You believe you’ll save her?”
“{angered} I shall avenge my friend, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, mocking. laugh} Aw, how sweet…”
“{sinister, manipulative} She spits at you, you see…”
“{angered} Lies! My friend respects me, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, manipulative. chuckle} People change, you see…”
“{curious} So, her and Fujin?”
“{sinister, sadistic} Soon enough, he’ll cry at her grave!”
“{flirt} He got quite the catch…”
“{mocking} You really think you can kill her, huh?”
“{sinister, angered} Her body, her powers… All will belong to me”
“{mocking} As delusional as always, Shinnok…”
“{sinister, sadistic. laugh} Her suffering makes concentrating difficult…”
“{disgusted} Of course it does…”
“{sinister, sadistic} Her cries are rather delicious…”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says to not crack her gem with your heels…”
“{flirt} I promise to get her a new one…”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says she’d rather keep this one…”
“{firm, disgusted} One as repulsive as the other!”
“{sinister, sadistic. laugh} Oh, the anger your words bring her…”
“{firm, disgusted} Even more so with your influence, Shinnok!”
“{firm, skeptical} Why possess her, Shinnok?”
“{sinister, pleased} Have you not seen her powers?!”
“{firm, critical} You make a mockery of them…”
“{sinister, sadistic. chuckle} You disgust her… Well done…”
“{firm, mocking} As you disgust me, Shinnok?”
“{sinister, pleased} Rather compelling, isn’t it?”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says to steer clear of her burns…”
“{firm, bloodthirsty} I will have taste scorched flesh!”
“{sinister, sadistic} Her displeasure to such pleases me so…”
“{firm, skeptical, flirt} The pretty Apex…”
“{sinister, sadistic} Her disgust to your words please me so…”
“{firm, critical} The possession rumors were not lies, after all…”
“{firm, disgusted} As if you couldn’t stoop any lower…”
“{sinister, faux hurt, Li imitation} What have I ever done to you?”
“{firm, disgusted} Enough hiding behind her, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, manipulative} Often she mocks you, you see…”
“{firm, angered} Apex does not mock her adversaries, fool!”
“{sinister, manipulative. chuckle} People change…”
“{sinister, sadistic, manipulative} To kill me, you must kill her first…”
“{firm, angered} You think me easy to fool, Shinnok?!”
“{sinister, manipulative. chuckle} She is your enemy just as much as I am…”
“{impressed} So, possession, eh?”
“{sinister, sadistic} Her torment makes it all the more pleasurable…”
“{impressed} Shinnok, you sadistic sunovabitch…”
“{flirt} Oh, I’d do business with that vessel for free…”
“{sinister, disgusted} Regardless of the vessel, you still have nothing to offer!”
“{flirt} Aw, don’t be so quick to push me away…”
“{sinister, disgusted, critical} The fear you strike within her is deplorable…”
“{mocking. scoff} So much for sadistic, I guess…”
“{sinister, disgusted, critical} There are limits which you have long crossed!”
“{sinister, disgusted} For once, her and I agree on something…”
“{mocking} Oh yeah? And what is it?”
“{sinister, disgusted} That you must die!”
“{curious. chuckle} Now, who the hell am I talking to out you two?”
“{sinister, sadistic} Once I kill her, everything she is will be mine for the keeping!”
“{mocking, annoyed} Nice to see you, too, Shinnok…”
“{critical} Possessing a widow’s mighty low, Shinnok…”
“{sinister, sadistic} Her mental state makes torturing her all the more fun…”
“{critical, annoyed} Let the woman grieve in peace…”
“{sinister, mocking} This fight weights against you…”
“{firm, unbothered} You or her, I get paid either way…”
“{sinister, mocking, manipulative} Even she laughs at you…”
“{sinister, annoyed, mocking} She always found guns useless…”
“{unbothered} And? Won’t change the bullet hole y’all’ll get…”
“{sinister, annoyed, to herself} Laughing will only ensure your torture be extended, vessel!”
“{firm, disgusted} Fell so low, a widow’s your ace?”
“{sinister, sadistic} Her mental state makes torturing her all the more fun…”
“{firm, critical} Shameful, Shinnok!”
“{firm, confused} Were you not the ruler of the dead?”
“{sinister, sadistic} One must get creative with the immortal…”
“{firm, critical} Clearly…”
“{sinister, mocking, manipulative} Even she laughs at you…”
“{firm, critical} That is not Apex’s code, Shinnok…”
“{sinister, annoyed, to herself} Laughing will only ensure your torture be extended, vessel!”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says to not obliterate her gem…”
“{firm} Then I will respect her wishes…”
“{sinister, annoyed, to herself. groan} Yes, yes, whatever you say, vessel…”
“{firm, angered} Return what you’ve stolen, Apex!”
“{sinister, annoyed, curious} She knows naught of what you mean, cryomancer…”
“{firm, angered} She knows all too well…”
“{firm, angered} Between you both, I am unsure who disgusts me more…”
“{sinister, pleased, intrigued} Oh my, how deeply you must despise her…”
“{firm, honest} Second to the Shirai Ryu…”
“{sinister, intrigued} She speaks poorly of you, you see…”
“{firm} That does not surprise me…”
“{sinister, annoyed, bored} How pathetically stoic…”
“{sinister, curious} This ring… She claims it is her own…”
“{firm, angered} Lies! It belonged to Bi-Han!”
“{sinister, sadistic, to herself} So it does hold ‘sentimental value’, after all…”
“{firm} You hide behind another puppet, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, pleased} ‘Puppet’? I prefer ‘Weapon’, you see…”
“{firm, angered} She’s a life!”
“{firm, angered} Leave her body, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, offended} And abandon my most powerful achievement?”
“{firm, angered} And flee back home!”
“{sinister, mocking} Did you not despise her?”
“{firm, angered} Nobody deserves to be your puppet!”
“{sinister, mocking, pleased} Not even ‘Lin Kuei scum’?”
“{sinister, pleased} I adore the rage you bring out within her…”
“{firm, guilt} Even for her, such a fate is too cruel…”
“{sinister, mocking} Indeed, pity her!”
“{sinister, annoyed} Does her persistence annoy me as it does you?”
“{sinister, pleased} Is that not why she makes such a valuable vessel?”
“{sinister, angered} That does not ease my annoyance…”
“{sinister, intrigued} A second vessel?”
“{sinister, sadistic} For us to fuse, as she may die quicker!”
“{sinister, sadistic. laugh} How delightful!”
“{sinister, sadistic} Fujin’s downfall will break her!”
“{sinister, sadistic} Making it easier to kill her!”
“{sinister, sadistic. laugh} How delightful!”
“{sinister, sadistic} Is her pain not delicious?”
“{sinister, sadistic} Not as much as her death shall be!”
“{sinister, sadistic} That will be our reward!”
“{firm, puzzled} To whom do I speak?”
“{sinister, offended} It offends me, your arrogance…”
“{firm, respectful} Merely confirming my suspicions, Lord Shinnok…”
“{firm, curious} Possession, Lord Shinnok?”
“{sinister, pleased} My most powerful achievement…”
“{firm, sadistic} If only her brother could see this…”
“{sinister, pleased} I adore the rage you bring out within her…”
“{firm, unbothered} A simple byproduct, Lord Shinnok…”
“{sinister, sadistic. laugh} If only she understood it…”
“{sinister, arrogant, angered} No matter the vessel, my rule stands!”
“{firm, respectful} Without a doubt, Lord Shinnok…”
“{sinister, pleased} Seeing you squirm pleases her, as well…”
“{sinister} Until the ends of time, a piece of me will forever live on within you…”
“{angered, disgusted} A belief born in arrogance and delusion, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, mocking. laugh} Of course you’d know, you’re the expert on both…”
“{sinister, annoyed} You certainly put up a fight…”
“{angered, proud} You thought me an easy target?”
“{sinister} Don’t be deluded, arrogance will be your demise as it always has been!”
“{angered} Leave my body, Shinnok!”
“{sinister. laugh} And abandon my most powerful achievement?”
“{angered} You’re deluded to believe I’ll forever be your vessel!”
“{angered} You’re deluded to think Fujin has abandoned me!”
“{sinister, disgusted, mocking} That useless plaything of yours? Please…”
“{angered, offended} Miscreant! How dare you undermine us?!”
“{firm, puzzled} My sensors detect two entities…”
“{sinister, sadistic} Soon enough, she’ll learn her place and die…”
“{firm, puzzled} You confuse me…”
“{firm, slight anger} Apex’s imitation is not welcomed…
“{sinister, disgusted} Imitation? Her existence is utterly worthless!”
“{firm, slight anger} It was worth enough for you to occupy it…”
“{sinister, sadistic} I adore the rage you bring out within her…”
“{firm} Her distaste is not new information…”
“{sinister, sadistic} It does not make it any less enjoyable…”
“{sinister, pleased} Your futile existence ending is a sentiment her and I share…”
“{firm} The feeling is mutual, Shinnok…”
“{sinister, mocking. laugh} Her hate for you will never equate to yours for me!”
“{confused, amused} So, two people in one body, huh?”
“{sinister, sadistic} Soon enough, she’ll learn her place and die…”
“{cocky, mocking} So when I say ‘Go fuck yourself’, y’know I don’t mean her, right?”
“{mocking} Y’know, ‘The Exorcist’ wasn’t meant to be replicated!”
“{sinister, annoyed} Is this mockery, Cage?”
“{mocking, amused} Yeah!”
“{sinister, annoyed} It annoys me how much you amuse her…”
“{cocky} Someone’s gotta keep her spirits up!”
“{sinister, annoyed} If your ego will not kill you, both her and I gladly will…”
“{sinister, annoyed} How do you not annoy her?”
“{cocky} She always found me hilarious, Grandpa!”
“{sinister, annoyed} Did she perhaps lie to you?”
“{slight sorrow} Kinda feel bad for doing this to you, Apex…”
“{sinister, mocking} Aw, how sweet…”
“{annoyed, disgusted} Y’know what? Never mind…”
“{firm, angered} Let her go, Shinnok!”
“{sinister, sadistic} But tormenting her is too amusing!”
“{firm, angered} Asshole!”
“{sinister, sadistic, manipulative} To kill me, you must kill her first…”
“{angered} You think I’m falling for that?!”
“{sinister, manipulative. chuckle} She is your enemy just as much as I am…”
“{sinister, mocking} You truly believe you can free her?”
“{firm} And kick your ass once it’s done…”
“{sinister, mocking. laugh} Your ego knows no bounds, does it?”
“{slight sorrow} I can’t avoid fighting her, huh?”
“{sinister, sadistic} Isn’t that the beauty of possession?”
“{mocking} Time to call a priest, I guess…”
“{mocking, amused} Someone watched ‘The Exorcist’ recently…”
“{sinister, annoyed} Mockery runs in your family, I see…”
“{mocking, amused} Mocking you does!”
“{sinister, sadistic, manipulative} To kill me, you must kill her first…”
“{mocking} Yeah, and I’m the Queen of England…”
“{sinister, manipulative. chuckle} She is your enemy just as much as I am, Cage…”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says to not ruin her clothes…”
“{mocking, amused} Thought you ran the show in there…”
“{sinister, angered, to herself} I should have carved out your tongue when I had the chance, vessel!”
“{annoyed, confused} Man, what the hell is this? ‘Two V one’?”
“{sinister} Frankly, I prefer ‘Your demise’…”
“{annoyed, frustrated} Which one of you two?!”
“{firm, angered} I’ll beat your ass no matter what you look like!”
“{sinister, faux sadness, Li imitation} You’d hurt me, Jackson?”
“{angered} She know I’m not talking to her!”
“{sinister, annoyed, disgusted} Somehow, she admires you…”
“{firm, mocking} I’d be happy to give her an autograph…”
“{sinister, angered, to herself} I should have carved out your tongue when I had the chance, vessel!”
“{sinister, sadistic} Let us have this fight…”
“{firm, skeptical} Why so eager, old man?”
“{sinister, sadistic} As to show her the consequences of her resisting!”
“{confused} So, which one of you two am I talking to, exactly?”
“{sinister, sadistic} Soon enough, she will die!”
“{annoyed. groan} Shinnok…”
“{mocking, amused} Someone watched-“
“{sinister, annoyed, angered} Enough! Neither her nor I know what that means!”
“{mocking, amused} Doesn’t make it any less true!”
“{sinister, annoyed, disgusted} Somehow, she admires your father…”
“{proud, amused} Can’t blame her! Escaping you was badass…”
“{sinister, annoyed, displeasured} A fate she will never replicate!”
“{sinister, mocking} Ah, the lesser Briggs…”
“{firm, confident} Bet she disagrees with you on that…”
“{sinister, annoyed} Her and I only ever agreed on one thing…”
“{confused} Your thoughts and hers… They intertwine…”
“{sinister, sadistic} Soon enough, hers will cease…”
“{firm, slight angered} Not on Fujin’s watch…”
“{confused, curious} Apex? Is that you?”
“{sinister, sadistic} Soon enough, she’ll learn her place and die!”
“{firm, slight sorrow} Never mind…”
“{sinister, mocking. laugh} She admires this? Please…”
“{proud, pleased} Thank you kindly, Apex!”
“{sinister, annoyed} Yet another thing her and I disagree upon…”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says to not cut her hair with your sword…”
“{confident} No need to tell me, I already know!”
“{sinister, angered, to herself} I should have carved out your tongue when I had the chance, vessel!”
“{confused} Your thoughts do intertwine with hers, after all…”
“{sinister, sadistic} Soon enough, hers will cease…”
“{firm, mocking} And you think Fujin’s gonna allow that?”
“{curious} So, two in one?”
“{sinister, mocking} Which means you’ve already lost…”
“{confident, serious} We’ll see about that, Shinnok…”
“{sinister, mocking} What does she possibly see in you?”
“{confident, mocking} What you’re too blind to see…”
“{sinister, mocking} Which means it is of no worth…”
“{sinister, sadistic} Her death nears closer!”
“{confident} Oh! You couldn’t be more wrong!”
“{sinister, annoyed} You telepaths, always where you do not belong!”
“{sinister, intrigued} For once, both her and I are amused…”
“{sinister, pleased} A new minion, perhaps?”
“{sinister, pleased} Voorhees… We meet again…”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says to not bloody her clothes…”
“{sinister, pleased} You amuse me…”
“{sinister, sadistic} You repulse her…”
“{sinister, pleased} The Predator… {annoyed, to herself} Yes, that is his name!”
“{sinister, annoyed} You remind her of Reptile… somehow…”
“{sinister, intrigued} It seems as if she has met you once before…”
“{sinister, intrigued} This is the beast she killed once?”
“{sinister, pleased} Xenomorph… Well met…”
“{sinister, curious, to herself} You defeated this?”
“{sinister, disgusted, to herself} Did I not tell you? Absolutely primitive…”
“{sinister} Mr. Sawyer… Greetings…”
“{sinister, pleased} You scare her… Well done…”
“{sinister, annoyed} She says to not tera apart her clothes…”
I’m glad to be back to writing after the break I had, I missed it!
I hope you enjoyed this (very long) read!
If this is your first time seeing her, you’re more than welcome to check out her wikis linked in my masterlist under ‘Shang Li’ which tell her story! Yes, they’re a long read, but worth it!
As always, don’t be scared to send in any questions you may have and stay tuned if you’re curious on how she develops!
It’s always a pleasure to see you!
