To Be Queen

"To be Queen is more than simply claiming a throne. To be Queen is to have an ear to the ground and an eye to the sky, always remaining firmly rooted in the material needs of the commoners whilst never losing sight of the grander ambitions of one's nation. Some would say that real strategy requires cunning, but without the social bonds that hold society together, it would all unravel no matter the mind of its ruler."

Cassie, having found the rule somewhat thrust on her by some arbitrary, convoluted rules of Mortal Kombat, sneered in the stillness of her mind. While she was meant to be Queen, there had been no shortage of self-proclaimed advisors who, try as they might to hide it, wore their agendas on their sleeves.

While she had found little kinship among the nobility and others of higher societal stature, she'd found herself fostering a relation to the people instead - this with such rapidity that it had alarmed those whose stature depends on the serfs remaining just that.

Rumors echoed among the corridors of the foreign Queen's ambitions, that her clandestine meetings with commoners was her fermenting an uprising against the very societal order itself.

Stuck in their games of power and intrigue, the nobles never once considered that, mayhap, things were much, much simpler than that.

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Angle 1:
https://www.redgifs.com/watch/inferiorimmediateafricangroundhornbill

Angle 2:
https://www.redgifs.com/watch/thoroughopenhermitcrab

Angle 3:
https://www.redgifs.com/watch/idolizedwelcomewoodpecker

Angle 4:
https://www.redgifs.com/watch/uncommondarkvioletwoodpecker

Angle 5:
https://www.redgifs.com/watch/achingfavoritedassierat

Angle 6:
https://www.redgifs.com/watch/timelyoccasionalsaiga

Angle 7:
https://www.redgifs.com/watch/maturethriftyazurevasesponge

Angle 8:
https://www.redgifs.com/watch/diligenthopefulindianelephant

Downloads:
EDIT (sound, small file size, sony vegas edited)
Compilation (all angles compiled into single video file)
RAW (no sound, large file size, raw render)

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Monday Loop, featuring the ever lovely Cassie Cage! While I personally do prefer her MKX design, I've come to really like this one as well, so I hope you enjoy the piece :)

I've taken some feedback on board for the compilation video, making the loops, well, loop smoother as well as repeating them 4 times this time around, giving more time to enjoy each angle. Hopefully this does the trick!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and for all of your kind words! Work remains rough but things are easing up schedule wise at least, so got some high hopes for more time to dedicate to long-form projects in the near future. Hope you're doing well out there, wherever you are!

Take care of yourselves, and each other!
/DH