Fixing Laptops... with fire?

No time to wait for Art--he needed to seize this battle now! Hastily reengaging his ruby mantle, Arkuma bounded towards the trio of turrets, zigzagging across the terrain before leaping directly towards the nexus of the three viruses. Once there, he slammed his paws into the ground and invoked the NaviCust add-on that he had installed just for situations like this...

With a roar of "Can you take the heat?!" Arkuma threw his arms into the sky as jets of lava spewed about all around him, melting the ground away until his immediate surroundings was a swimming-pool sized lake of lava. At home in the burning bath, Arkuma began eagarly slamming the nearest Canodumb virus, trying to hasten its descent into the lava by toppling it horizontal.

Of course, given the immobility and weight of the turret viruses, he doubted that they could do much about their plunge into the molten slag...

((
1. Beary Caring - Super! (-15 HP, 25 HP Casing that heals as it gets damaged)
2. Zig-zag to center of the three Canodumbs (Move, dodge?)
3. SetLava (LavaZone)

* Passive: Beary Tough!
-Heal 5 to self
))

The bear, clad in his burning fur, unleashed literal hell upon the cannons as he initiated a terrain change, transmuting the ground into what can only be described as a fiery hellhole of death. The cannons tried to stop the bear, with one Cannon managing to hit the bear, but he was protected by his defenses. Then, the cannons overheated from the lava and instantly burst into flames.

That was easy.

CanodumbA: BURN
CanodumbB: BURN
CanodumbC: BURN

Terrain: 70% Lava, 30% Normal

Arkuma: 100 HP

Battle 2 - Victory!
Rewards: 360z

That really... was easy. Arkuma thought, as he backstroked around in the lava pool, the muffled explosions of the Canodumbs coming to him from deep below.

Done with his swim, Arkuma climbed out of the burning lake. Shaking off the lava stuck to his fur vigorously, he continued his trek on the network...

((Strong Bear will be the Strongest!))

Having finished with his lava bath, Arkuma proceeded to look around some more while his lazy-ass operator napped on the floor. He found his challenge to be in the form of a couple of cactus-like viruses, along with a duo of floating flame-heads.

Time for this bear to rock.

CactyA: 70HP
CactyB: 70HP
OldStoveA: 50HP
OldStoveB: 50HP

Arkuma: 100HP

Terrain: 100% Normal

- BATTLE THREE, START!! -

"I wonder what Master Art's up to?" Arkuma sighed, as he prepared himself for another solo fight. "I wonder, indeed." Art's voice shot over from the PET, as the bear's Operator rapped his knuckles on his desk. "Miss me, 'Kuma?"

"Right on time!" Arkuma rose, a wide grin stretching across his face. With a primal call, the Navi summoned the fiery depths once more, the land contorting and splitting as jets of molten slag rammed their way out all around him. Before the pool had settled, Arkuma was already off, leaping from sinking chunk to not-yet-sinking chunk, a long double-barrel poking out of his open mouth.

"Save those fire viruses until later." "Master?" Art's commands seemed odd to the warbear, but Arkuma didn't question his instructions. Lining up the two cactus viruses, he rained shrapnel rounds upon them before retreating back into the lava pool, landing squarely in the center of the magma to observe what his foes would do...

((
1. SetLava (LavaZone, centered around self)
2. Line up Cactys
3. Shotgun (50, Spread1), Cactys

* Passive: Beary Tough!
-Heal 5 to self
))

Arkuma set up the molten rock pool as the Cactys lined up to attack. Which, as we all know, doesn't end well for the wood-element viruses as they burst into flames upon contact with the roaring lava. Whoopee. With the change of events, instead of attempting to shoot the already-dead Cactys, Arkuma decided to take a shot at the fire viruses. One of the viruses fell to the bullets of the shotgun, but the other remained courageous and stepped into the lava, unharmed by the searing heat. It attacked Arkuma with a roaring blast of fire, heating the lava to a point that the ground beneath it cracked, leaving two separate pools of lava.

CactyA: Lava is not a good
CactyB: match for wood.
OldStoveA: Gunned down
OldStoveB: 50HP

Arkuma: 90HP

Terrain: 60% Lava, 30% Normal, 10% Cracked

That... actually hurt. Arkuma recounted the last time he had been actually hit, and came up with blanks.

This virus had actually hit him.

Hit.

Him.

With a shrill scream, Arkuma leapt into the left pool of lava, furious paws flinging him across the syrupy surface before he had a chance to sink. Ruby fur growing like wildfire where he had been struck, he hurtled towards the remaining OldStove, his right arm erupting with talons and as big as his head...

"Come on! Hit me again!" Arkuma roared, as he swung the aptly named RageClaw at the rusty crockbucket of a virus, the claws whistling as they carved through the air to sunder Arkuma's target...

((
1. Beary Caring! (20 HP Casing that heals as it takes damage)
2. Movement to get to OldStoveB, taking the left pool of lava to avoid the Cracked panels
3. RageClaw (40) OldStoveB

* Passive: Beary Tough!
-Heal 5 to self
))

Arkuma charges through the lava and emerges like a bat bear out of hell, clawing the OldStove and leaving it on its last legs. It was in no condition to counterattack at the moment, being quite disoriented and stumbling away from Arkuma.

CactyA: Lava is not a good
CactyB: match for wood.
OldStoveA: Gunned down
OldStoveB: 10HP

Terrain: 60% Lava, 30% Normal, 10% Cracked

Arkuma: 95HP

"I said," Arkuma snarled as he stomped after the fleeing virus, splashing lava everywhere in his wake.

Arriving at the crockbucket's side, the grizzly Navi reared back, bloodred fur rippling in the heat.

"HIT"
He demanded, backhanding the OldStove with the dull side of the gauntlet,

"ME"
before promptly reversing the motion, raking the metallic surface with the business end.

"AGAIN!"

(( 1. Movement to get to OldStoveB, taking the left pool of lava to avoid the Cracked panels 2. RageClaw (40) OldStoveB 3. RageClaw (40) OldStoveB * Passive: Beary Tough! -Heal 5 to self ))

That's one deleted OldStove at the hands of someone with bear claws. Of all the OldStoves I've seen deleted, that's one of them.

CactyA: Lava is not a good
CactyB: match for wood.
OldStoveA: Gunned down
OldStoveB: Not-so-gunned down

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BATTLE 3, FINISHED
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Rewards:
- Arkuma: 400z

Breathing heavily after his rampage, Arkuma winced as he realized that there was nothing salvagable from his target. He had let his pride get the best of him, and undoubtedly Art was going to be disappointed.

Tossing the scrapped virus husk aside, Arkuma trudged determinedly deeper into the area...

((Battle 4, Please!))

Arkuma soon came across more enemies. A Spikey virus was running around the area ahead of the Navi trying to chase down two Fishy viruses soaring just out of its reach. When the viruses noticed Arkuma, both Fishys started to fly towards him while the Spikey followed behind them on the ground. It appeared slightly miffed that it was slower than its flying rivals.

Spikey: 90HP
FishyA: 90HP
FishyB: 90HP

Terrain: 80% Normal, 20% Cracked (sizable patch off to Arkuma's right)

Arkuma.EXE: 100HP

Battle 4 Start!