The sound of an explosion disturbed Honoo somewhat, and she hastened her pace. Did someone get into trouble somewhere? She saw the smoke rising in the distance moments later, and recognized the tell-tale signs of arson.
"Kiri, we should check that out. Someone could be in serious trouble." Honoo said, concern in her tone. Kiri wanted to object to this sudden diversion in their course, but the Navigator was right. The road had been relatively barren and a navigator could seriously be hurt or otherwise. "Understood, but proceed with caution." She replied after a pause.
Just as Honoo was about to head off in the direction of the smoke, a metool emerged out of the tall grass between the path and the origin of the smoke. The virus was just as startled as Honoo was, but it raised its' Pickaxe staunchly. However, behind it was a number of other metools as well. They weren't armed, but Honoo noticed that they were carrying what appeared to be burned and wounded metools. They weren't an ambush on any unsuspecting navigators; these Metools were fleeing from something.
She turned her gaze away from the Metool and into the distance again. The Metools had cleared away the tall grass and now gave her a clear view of the origin of the smoke. It was a burning village. These Metools had become the victim of a stronger group of viruses. Fires blazed almost uncontrollably as the group of malicious viruses torched the Metool's huts indiscriminately. Honoo clenched her fist unconsciously, rage building within her as she saw the Virus torch the Metool village like a group uncontrolled thugs. Her honor demanded that these victims be avenged and given a chance to save the village.
The Metool leader that stared at her was certainly thinking that she was in league with these firestarters. Honoo couldn't blame it, since she shared an element with the vandalizing viruses.
"Stay out of the grass and wait. I'll take care of this," She said as she turned her gaze away from the Metool and pulled her goggles down over her eyes. She began walking slowly, methodically, towards the besieged village. "Honoo, these -are- viruses, you know," Kiri started to say, but Honoo simply ignored her operator, continuing her walk and readying her gauntlets.
Kiri sighed. She was being headstrong, and she couldn't fault her sense of justice, though she certainly did fault her for not picking battles for when it truly mattered. Still, it was a good opportunity to continue training. She prepared her battlechips for Honoo. "Just so you know, I will forcibly jack you out if I think you've taken too much," Kiri said sternly to her Navigator.
Honoo simply nodded in acknowledgement, and lifted her gauntlet arm. Kiri slotted in the first battlechips. A heat-V battlechip. If Honoo were to strike, she needed to do it now while some of the viruses were still bunched up. The cannon mounted on her right gauntlet chimed with a confirmation beep, notifying the navigator that a firedata-filled Fragmentation shell had been loaded in. She lifted her arm up, and sprinted towards the center, firing the shell straight into the miners bunched in the center. As soon as she got herself into effective range, she brought both of her gauntlets up, and focused both her fists to her front. The smaller muzzles next to the main cannon on each gauntlet ignited as it sent a gout of flame out straight into the miner viruses as a follow up from her initial attack, sending flaming vengeance upon its unfortunate target.
SUMMARY OF ACTIONS:
1: Charging towards Center of Village (Feint)
2:
Heat-VDamage: 70 + Spread 2
Accuracy: A
Description: Shoots a fireball whose explosion penetrates enemies to hit up to two other enemies behind and to the side of it, as if forming a V shape.
Duration: Once
Element: Fire
Trader Rank: C: 70 + Spread 2 (Acc: A) — Miner1, potential spread to Miner 2 — EFFECT: Spread 3 (Mass Destruction)
3: Signature:
Fire Blossom: 40 + Spread2 — Miner1, potential spread to Miner 2
FireHit1Damage: 60 + Impact + Double Attack
FireBurner1Damage: 50 + Line Attack(3)