Raiden vs Dark Raiden (Final story - Arcade mode - not Shao Kahn/Onaga/Shinnok) - instead of short banters, we have long Melty Blood-esque pre-battle banters.
Raiden: (Mmn. So, he's already here? Suppose I have no choice then.)
Nn. You have come this far to still long last farther than Shinnok and his henchmen does.
To this point on the meadow, you have had mine footsteps do a heel-turn, then, this is the end of the journey, yes?
Dark Raiden: Affirmative. Whatever goals you pursue, whatever intention you have. Even if I wish I need not to fight; then I heed mine agreement. It is the end of the road.
> given that he's a sentient and a fully human twin personality of Raiden, he is Raiden's stray remains of his enigmatic, grim. cold, apathetic, rude, moody, heartless, and highly brooding personality manifested into a new form, completely altered, sharing the same birthday, physical body age, immortality, wisdom, mentality, subconsience/conscience, connection to the Root since formation of their body billions years ago; and after Shinnok's corruption wore off him eons ago after his first self-control defeat against him to purely out of brotherly instinct.
Raiden: Then very well. To keep things short.
...Whatever it is, this night on this empty blue field is splendid like the moon itself. I could see the essence of your tainted flesh and eyes from the Jinsei easily... Agree with me, should this will be a very good opportunity for a simple little spar lesson to test our strength?
Dark Raiden: Heh. You're more dangerous than before and how you look, then I suppose, I came to an agreement with your move. Good evening. There is no little mind game to have a short introduction.
Raiden: Tch. Really. It's a pain in the ass to just know your origins. I don't need to know who the fuck are you again, nor your lack of servitude to Shinnok, or even if you're evil or not. But, we all came all way through this meadow without learning our identicality?
Dark Raiden: You're natural about your very own hidden apathy, don't you? That alone shows how much of a resilient motherfucker you are. I came all way from the other fucking realm with the same reason as you, heh. Hehe....Neither out of order for the Blunder Gods, nor even the purpose to fight for Earthrealm's existence and bring order to all realm.
Raiden: Aha! Then you are right in why I came all way in! Merely our instincts to fight for instincts, and no more shit, yes. It is destined to happen once in every three blue moons to caught up to you. So that I can strip your entire godhood, rip your bones' peristeum thoroughly, and flay your skin, rip every single nerves and your own heart until you don't exist for eternity! So that this won't happen again! *Partially widened eyes, showing a slightly crazed look.*
Tch, don't bother with mine threat. If I and you share the same purpose, responsibility, body, and power; then I suppose, you will...be my only needed prey to dismenber. *cynical look towards Dark Raiden.*
Dark Raiden: Ah-ah, I can hear that clearly from your virtuous mouth! Then, we have the same thoughts together. Heheh. I'll do the same to you, and make you cease from existence for eternity!
Both: Our demonic-like instincts is strong, and because we want to amuse replaying our fucked up fatalities...
Dark Raiden: Our mere existence, one of us will return alive to our own timeline, and you will soon be...
Raiden: *Out-of-character malignant chuckle* Exterminated and cease from existence as a whole!
Note: Whilst outside of the final boss, Raiden is the more compassionate, nice, wise, knowledgeable and devoted to the will to protect Earthrealm and humanity to the more cynical and protective to Earthrealm in a twisted and apathetic, bored manner; but he hides his highly sadistic instincts to flay an immortal and other sorts of threat in a very violent and animalistic manner very well, only he will show it if that is the threat he's going to kill today. Even if he's a really nice, benevolent god who tends to be roughly cynical, sardonic and have a snarky attitude, and a unpalatable sense of humor; Raiden also shown to hated himself and the deaths he caused for innocent people because he experienced multiple inevitable despair event horizons before the declaration of his victory against Blaze and annihilated Shao Kahn and reshaping of the entire timeline. Morality is shown within his entire life and duty to protect Earthrealm and keep the realms in order, even if he greatly fears losing Fujin.
Raiden has a very human perception, differing from whichever is good, or evil; reading one's mind spiritually without them knowing at all to knew how to act accordingly. It's two decision: "It is to trust those who show good intentions, to contribute to the good cause, to devote into protecting Earthrealm with him.", or "If it is the insolence of Shao Kahn/Onaga/Shinnok/Duo Sorcerers, a dangerous threat to disrupt order and alter Earthrealm to the worst, to shape the timeline in their own amusement, and to harm his closest human friends, allies and so on." Even so, Raiden can "still work with evil" bedgrudgingly. His profanity stems from socializing classes with Johnny Cage, and adapts it very quickly to make him more "tough and threatening".
- If so, I don't care much, Sorcerer. I just want things to end as fast as possible, so that I wouldn't fry the living fuck out of you if you draw the line of our co-operation. (to Shang Tsung - [barely tolerable])
- Mighty? What even is mighty about you, Onaga? All I see was my Doujigiri and Tonbokiri (named his bo staff after the legendary spear. In fact, it's also the real Tonbokiri concealed as a ethereal staff. Frequently fuels it with lightning and kick it to his enemy with intense force on aerial, causing a shock explosion and electrocution.) hunger to strip your heart and feed your lesion and body parts to the Jinsei! (to Onaga - [threat to the entire realms] *The Jinsei feeds on the malignant, and gets stronger and purified them swiftly to assist in better healing and resurrection rates.)
Dark Raiden is the opposite, openly showing his cynicism, and merely alone live a life of hidden grief, self-hatred, self-abuse; and an uncertain sense of living and negotiate with strangely enough patience, but may backstab you later if you're evil. Also has a strangely animalistic, yet humane perception at the same time; but mostly animalistic, living through cynicism, and kill evil if he wants to, out of boredom. Purely out of selfishness due to a half-portion of Onaga's energy blend in with Shinnok and the tainted Jinsei. Even so, his instincts to strive to save, resurrect his own Fujin, Kung Lao and Liu Kang is very strong, regardless of his cynical attitude. He simply kill, recruit them as meat shields as a meaning to not let his beloved go way, so is his Earthrealm to prepare for its reformation.
But in the end, all Dark Raiden wished secretly for the time he won the Armageddon game was to feel the re-materialization of feeling a sense of happiness of what a normal human has; and wishes to see his kins back, even if he was at his last breath against Shao Kahn. If he loses, Shao Kahn will utilize Blaze's power and enslave the defeated Raiden to do his bidding and emotionally torment him as Blaze's power was utilized. Merely his cause to protect Earthrealm was selfishness to keep it as his toy and gather men and women into contributing for his cause to make him fearsome.
So much so, their intention to kill each other are merely one-sided boredom and no heroic, and some selfish purpose to killing themselves for entertainment, neither care whoever they are, so as long they knew themselves from faraway before they went on a mirror match. Instead of co-operating and lend the power to fuse Dark Raiden with Raiden into one Raiden again, they chose not to, even if it's not out of selfishness. In the end, only Light would like people to perceive him as a person, a normal living being more than a God of Thunder, due to Fujin's influence to assist Raiden to adapt to humanity and modern life, skyrocketing his love for nature and the people around him as well.
In the end, Raiden spared Dark Raiden, knowing that even if he has selfish purposes; let him be and complimented his formidability as a twin personality that created his own timeline without Blaze's power, due to reserve amount of Jinsei Essence and Shinnok's prana stays inside of him. He answered, and referred him as "Dark I".
Raiden: "In the end, it is fun; Dark I. But, I intend not to strip your immortality. You have such formidability, even without Blaze's power. I comply."
Dark Raiden: "Why so, Light? Was it because you are a fool to not stealing my heart and crush it? Why mercy on a foolish cynic like I myself?"
Raiden: "It is because you, your own, is managing the very realm that's created without Blaze's power. I wish I want to mutilate you into 17 pieces, but I have no ill intention to do so. Or so, my intention to kill was driven because of our natural instincts of self-hatred and boredom.
...Heh. Very amusing dancing match. But, I think time runs short. You should go now, and prepare yourself for the Armageddon of your own timeline."
Dark Raiden: "...Fair enough. Even if I don't care what you objectified, nor are you going to morally reflect on my cause for ends meet on my Earthrealm, you reflect upon my fool's errand to ready. Then, if I meet you again *smirks*, let's fight once more, but bloodier and more violent than before. Until then..."
Both: "Farewell."
Raiden: "Again, hehe. It was fun."
Dark Raiden: "So is my thoughts. Very well, see you in three moons, or after I gain what I intend to strive for."
