Mortal Kombat 1 (2023 Video Game)

Mara Junot: Sindel, Sareena, Cris

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Quotes 

• Sindel : Surely Liu Kang could've found better than you.

  Johnny Cage : Just what is your beef with me, beautiful?

• Johnny Cage : If I had a queen, she'd be just like you.

  Sindel : As if you could have one like me.

• Kung Lao : Johnny is all bruised, and he will not say why.

  Sindel : Ask him about the proposition he made me.

• Sindel : Have you any concerns about Kitana's new acquaintance?

  Tanya : Countess Jade? Not in the least.

• Sindel : As the darkness enveloped me, I took a long, last look at my family. I did not expect to see them again until their souls joined mine in the Living Forest. But miraculously my beloved husband delivered me from oblivion. Though he couldn't save my body, Jerrod had preserved my soul. Like him and countless others, I am now a part of Ermac. Yet ours is not a peaceful repose. The collected souls within Emac have their own needs and agendas. Before we can speak as one, we must fist reach consensus. I had thought as the former rulers of Outworld, I and Jerrod would hold sway. But here we are, two souls among many thousands, fighting for the right to be heard. And if there is one thing we do well together, it is fight. We will win the right to govern Ermac as we once had governed Outworld. And we will rule for the benefit of all.

• Sindel : I won't let Tarkat spread unabated.

  Baraka : Herding us into ghettos isn't the answer.

• Sindel : My past iteration sounds like a screeching harpy.

  Liu Kang : Many are thankful for the changes I made.

• Geras : Your fate has always been tragic.

  Sindel : In every single timeline?

• Sindel : I trusted you with my daughter's life!

  Shang Tsung : You aren't the first to make that mistake.

• Sindel : Surrender now, and I'll spare your followers.

  General Shao : Hah! They will prefer to die in battle.

• Shang Tsung : You judge me, but you also have unclean hands.

  Sindel : I may occasionally be ruthless, but you will be forever depraved.

• Sindel : Was Shao right, after all? Were you pulling our strings?

  Liu Kang : Despite what he believes, I am not a puppet master.

• Omni-Man : Declare me your Emperor and I'll spare your daughters.

  Sindel : My daughters' lives are not yours to leverage.

• Sindel : You have more heart than you let on.

  Omni-Man : Allow me to reset your expectations.

• Omni-Man : Perhaps I'll keep you and your daughters as pets.

  Sindel : Pets? For that, you... will die!

• Kitana : Mileena won't give up on Tanya, Mother.

  Sindel : Why did she give her heart to an Umgadi?

• Kitana : There isn't a day I don't miss Father.

  Sindel : May you find yourself as good a partner.

• [Sindel gasps in horror] 

  Sindel : How could I have so misjudged him? For Shang Tsung to indulge in such depravity. For General Shao to condone it... They are not the men I though them.

  Liu Kang : Despite my best efforts, neither man, nor Quan Chi, are who they were meant to be.

  Sindel : They're not your responsibility. They're Outworlders.

  Liu Kang : But it is I who crafted their destinies... along with those of all other beings, at the dawn of history.

  Kitana : You created the realms? Is... Is your mind addled, demi-god?

  Liu Kang : I am a mere demi-god now. But eons ago I was more powerful than all of the Elder Gods combined. I was a Titan, and the Keeper of Time.

  Liu Kang : This is Geras.

  Geras : Your Majesty. Your Highnesses.

  Liu Kang : Geras is the guardian of the Hourglass. A celestial object which lies beyond the realms, the Hourglass regulates time and destiny. When I wielded its power, it was upon me to craft all of existence. Which I did, when I restarted history.

  Sindel : Re-started?

  Geras : This timeline was preceded by billions more, though this is the first of Liu Kang's design. The others were designed by his predecessor. Kronika was obsessed with equalizing good and evil. When a timeline veered too far to one or the other, she would halt it and restart history. Tinkering with lives and events in the hope of achieving her golden balance.

  Liu Kang : In prior timelines, Kronika gave Shang Tsung and Quan Chi mastery of the most vile magics. Shao was not a general, but a tyrannical ruler, bent on conquest. You, Sindel, were his ruthless wife, who would do anything to preserve your privilege. When I took the Hourglass from Kronika, I vowed to do better. So in this timeline, the sorcerers would not gain their dark powers. Shao would be your loyal follower... and you would rule Outworld firmly, but fairly.

  Geras : But someone has interfered with Liu Kang's design. Shao, Shang Tsung, Quan Chi... all have been groomed by an unknown entity to be the villains they were in previous timelines.

  Sindel : Where to begin? Am I to kneel to my creator? Do you expect worship?

  Liu Kang : No, Your Majesty. My prior role was thrust upon me by circumstance. I am in no way divine.

  Sindel : You had power over all of creation, yet you gave it up.

  Liu Kang : Because I saw how it drove Kronika mad. I knew I would fare no better, had I kept it.

  [door slams open] 

  Sindel : You. How dare you conspire against Outworld?

  General Shao : Not against Outworld, but against your misguided rule. Your deference to him leaves us all vassals.

  Sindel : So you sanction these unspeakable horrors? Lie to me about the threats we face? Thank to you, Earthrealm blood is already on my hands. Blood shed without cause or provocation!

  General Shao : Don't! Move.

  Liu Kang : Empress. Everyone. Stay back!

  Sindel : What is it?

  Liu Kang : The Amulet of Shinnok. A weapon of terrifying power.

  Geras : It should not exist. Its maker is powerless as Liu Kang designed.

  Liu Kang : Yet more proof of foreign interference.

  General Shao : Enough prattle. You'll both bend a knee to Outworld's new emperor.

  Liu Kang : Put down the amulet. Its evil is beyond your control!

  General Shao : Ha ha ha ha ha! Do you think I'd do battle not trained with my weapons? I am more than prepared!

  [Geras, Mileena, kitana and Tanya scream as they are sucked into the amulet] 

  General Shao : [Li Mei and her constables charge the conspirators] 

  Sindel : AHH! So General Shao casts his lot with Outworld's enemies against me.

  Nitara : HISSSS

  Sindel : He's a fool to ally with you bloodsucking fiends!

• Quan Chi : Preying on your desperation was far too easy.

  Sindel : That you did proves how vile you are.

• Sindel : You will be silent about Mileena.

  Baraka : About her disease? Or her affair?

• Sindel : How was I daft enough to believe your lies?

  Shang Tsung : Don't blame yourself. I can be very convincing.

• Sindel : I've always considered Archduke Mahazzem a friend.

  Reptile : He secretly plots to turn Zaterra against you.

• Sindel : Were there other Keepers of Time before Kronika?

  Geras : There was one.

• Sindel : Both your parents were excellent fighters.

  Scorpion : I can only hope to live up to their example.

• Sindel : Today, pay the price for your failure.

  Sub-Zero : You forecast victory prematurely, Empress.

• Sindel : There can be no forgiveness, Bi-Han.

  Sub-Zero : Have I asked for any, Empress?

• Sindel : I knew your father. He was a great man.

  Sub-Zero : Yet he never understood the Lin Kuei's potential.

• Sindel : With one act, you betrayed two realms.

  Sub-Zero : Neither deserved my loyalty.

• Johnny Cage : It's what's called a reality show, okay? We follow you and the girls...

  Sindel : I won't allow Earthrealmers into my inner sanctum.

• Sindel : I won't abide rabble who screech revolution.

  Havik : Then chaos and carnage will be my solution.

• Sindel : Still you fight on? It is a pointless endeavor.

• Ashrah : Rain's change of heart is genuine.

  Sindel : It may not be enough to save him.

• Ashrah : No Netherrealmer has fought in the tournament?

  Sindel : Nor has any ever received an invitation.

• Ashrah : I am heartbroken that I could not save the Living Forest.

  Sindel : You are not responsible for Quan Chi's crimes.

• Ashrah : Why do *you* require absolution?

  Sindel : Even a good sovereign must occasionally do evil.

• [Custom AI Intros] 

  Sindel : I am skeptical about your bond with Raiden, Kitana?

  Kitana : Mother, weren't you the one who told me "May you find as good a partner"?

• [Custom AI Intros] 

  Sindel : What have you learned about previous iterations of yourself from other timelines, Kitana?

  Kitana : That both of our fates and Mileena's are tragic, Mother.

• Sindel : Why do you call me a hypocrite?

  Baraka : Because I know of your daughter's affliction.

• Sindel : Your Tarkatans are given enough to survive.

  Baraka : Only by the skin of our teeth.

• Sindel : All of Outworld knows I want them to thrive!

  Havik : A lie isn't made truth because most accept it.

• Sindel : Some days I simply do not feel *real*. Like I'm a ghost.

  Ashrah : Something is gravely wrong with your soul, Empress.

• [Kriss reacting] 

  Ashrah : Quan Chi is close. The emanations of his evil grow stronger.

  Baraka : That is a powerful weapon.

  Ashrah : And my perfect ally. As I smite the evil it finds, I am further purified.

  Johnny Cage : Now I've down steps, so I'm all for self-help. But since when does a demoness want to be less evil?

  Ashrah : I had spent eternity damned to the Netherrealm. I had assumed that's all there was to existence. But when I saw Earthrealm, saw Outworld. Saw there was a better way to live. And that to have it, I needed to cleanse my soul. My sister demons were furious at my change of heart. Kia and Jataaka were the first to hunt me.

  Reptile : Quan Chi is also a demon?

  Ashrah : Actually, he's an Outworlder. But he mastered the dark magic needed for unfettered travel to my realm.

  [insect buzzing. Reptile's tongue snaps. Crunching sounds] 

  Johnny Cage : Any idea how he buddled up with Shang Tsung?

  Ashrah : They share a common benefactor. She plucked them both from obscurity, taught them everything they know. I've never met her, but there's no question that she is a sorcererss beyond compare.

  [Kriss reacting] 

  Ashrah : Quan Chi is near.

  Quan Chi : I am ready for your contributions. Execellent, Nitara. I need yours as well.

  Havik : Darrius and I have been thinking, sorcerer...

  Quan Chi : Do not try to renegotiate, Havik.

  Havik : We need proof that you'll deliver.

  Sareena : That he's delivered for Nitara's Vaeternians is all the proof you need.

  Nitara : Sareena's right. But of Quan Chi's magic, my realm's people are no longer poisoned by sunlight. We have finally escaped the shadows.

  Quan Chi : Rest assured. The spells you will receive will bring down Orderrealm's government.

  Havik : When will we have them, Quan Chi?

  Quan Chi : After the attack on Earthrealm... which could be called off if the soul stealer's efficacy isn't demonstrated promptly.

  [Quan Chi chanting in the distance] 

  Johnny Cage : Well this plot just got thicker.

  Ashrah : Earthrealm is in grave danger. Just one soul stealer can kill hundreds of thousands. If he unleashes a battery of them...

  Baraka : Millions will die.

  Kung Lao : He must be stopped.

  Ashrah : I will deal with Quan Chi. The four of you subdue the others.

  Johnny Cage : Whoa there, big fella. This stop's where you get off.

  Kenshi : You heard her! Millions could die.

• [Custom AI Intro Dialogues from Chai Tea] 

  Reptile : Is it true that female demons have teeth in Their-uh-lady parts?

  Ashrah : What nonsensical drivel is Johnny telling you now?

  [CLASH] 

  Sareena : Soooooo... Should we tell him?

  Ashrah : I'd rather we don't.

  Jax Briggs : Some things are better left unsaid.

  Reptile : Please tell me!

• [Custom AI Intro Dialogues from Chai Tea] 

  Nitara : How does to feel to be blind, Earthrealmer?

  Kenshi : How does to feel to lack good voice acting?

  [CLASH] 

  Stryker : That was the sickest burn I've ever heard!

  Kenshi : I've got a whole lot more than that.

  Sareena : You have to admit, that was a great comeback.

  Nitara : Fuck you, Sareena!

• [Custom AI Intro Dialogues from Chai Tea] 

  Shang Tsung : Your girlfriend's soul belongs to me now.

  Sub-Zero : Don't you dare lay hands on "my" Sareena!

  [CLASH] 

  Sareena : That's really sweet of you, honey bun!

  Sub-Zero : Don't push your luck, woman!

  Sonya Blade : How cute, he said "my"!

  Shang Tsung : Hah, I got him to confess after all.

• General Shao : You think the Earthrealmers' morals are superior to ours?

  Sindel : No, I find Liu Kang's superior to yours.

• General Shao : When Jerrod died, you lost your nerve.

  Sindel : Do not invoke my husband's name!

• General Shao : Despite my many victories, you refuse to heed my counsel.

  Sindel : In matters of diplomacy, yes.

• General Shao : Once I rule, Outworld won't be submissive.

  Sindel : The throne will never be yours.

• General Shao : My family has served Outworld for generations.

  Sindel : Which is why your treason is so tragic.

• General Shao : If we don't conquer, *we* will be conquered.

  Sindel : Why must Outworld be aggressive to be strong?

• [Custom AI Intro Dialogues from Chai Tea] 

  Mileena : I need to upgrade to a new cellphone.

  Kung Lao : I can give you some recommendations, Empress.

  [CLASH] 

  Frost : How about Neck-KIA?

  Kung Lao : That's not even a phone brand!

  Sareena : No need to pan-neck, Kung Lao.

  Mileena : Maybe necks-time.

  Kung Lao : I HATE ALL OF YOU!

• Peacemaker : You want peace? I'm your man.

  Sindel : I find that highly implausible.

• Peacemaker : I bet that hair can be lots of fun.

  Sindel : If you're flirting, you're failing.

• [Custom AI Dialogues from CrimsonKnight] 

  Sindel : Mm. Liu, you look so good today, you should come over tonight.

  Liu Kang : Sindel, TAKE THE FUCKING HINT. I don't want you!

  Sindel : I'll change your mind sweetie.

• [Custom AI Dialogues from CrimsonKnight] 

  Ashrah : Stay away from my man.

  Scorpion : Are you homosexual?

  Sindel : Don't even think about talking to my sexy Liu.

  Liu Kang : I'm not hers but do stay way from me.

  Shang Tsung : Why does everyone think I'm gay?

  Sub-Zero : Try looking in the fucking mirror!

• [Custom AI Dialogues from CrimsonKnight] 

  General Shao : So cold and bitter it's pathetic.

  Sub-Zero : So big but small, it's pitiful!

  Sindel : [Offscreen]  haha, that's clever.

  General Shao : SHUT UP, WOMAN!

• [Custom AI Dialogues from CrimsonKnight] 

  Sindel : Oh my god girl, have you seen Lou?

  Ashrah : No, my eyes are only for Syzoth.

  Sindel : You mean that killer croc looking dude. Eww, what the fuck. Are you mental or something?

  Sub-Zero : [Offscreen]  Nah cause for real!

• [Custom AI Dialogues from Chhai Tea] 

  Sindel : What in the realms does "Rizz" mean?

  Kenshi : Why do you keep asking me what words mean, empress?

  [CLASH] 

  Johnny Cage : Johnny shot his mouth off again, didn't he?

  Kenshi : Every. Single. DAY!

  Motaro : Can't you just...

  Sindel : I need to you now!

• [Custom AI Intro Dialogues collab with Chhai Tea and OddgaintAF] 

  Sindel : What is a new year?

  Omni-Man : Think, Sindel! It's in the name!

  [CLASH] 

  Sektor : The term "New Year" refers to the beginning of a calendar year.

  Omni-Man : Dear god, you're all screwed.

  Sareena : You need a dictionary, empress.

  Sindel : I don't even know what that is!

• [Custom AI Dialogues from Chhai Tea] 

  Raiden : I love your shiva renatai outfit, princess.

  Kitana : Your humble compliment flatters me, Raiden.

  [CLASH] 

  Sareena : Oh so you like him now, Kitana?

  Kitana : It's not like that, Sareena.

  Sub-Zero (Kuai Lang) : Ask her out, Raiden!

  Raiden : I'm too shy.

• [Custom AI Intro Dialogues collab with Chhai Tea and OddgaintAF] 

  Mileena : New year, same bullshit?

  Tanya : No matter what happens, we will face it together.

  [CLASH] 

  Stryker : Okay, hear me out! You, me, Johnny, Kitana, and Mile...

  Tanya : If you finish that sentence, I'll bash your brains out!

  Sareena : Do you and Tanya need couples counseling too?

  Mileena : Not in the slightest.