Shakedown One

Running low on options and ammunition, Seafoam found herself falling back on her own power as a navi, with no more augmenting chip data incoming for now. The big-hatted virus approached slowly, shuffling in its coat for something, while Seafoam focused on eliminating the smaller of the two threats. Her first harpoon struck the ghost cleanly, and set it reeling backwards, before it righted itself and warped with sudden speed right up close. With a manic grin and a ghastly giggle, it attempted to slap Seafoam with its slobbery tongue, but the navi wasn't licked yet; she dodged it and hammered in a second harpoon before the virus warped back to where it started, hurting.

The other virus finished rummaging and produced a small spherical explosive, tossing it into the middle of the field with an unhurried nonchalance. It rolled to a stop and stayed where it was, though a low whine began to build towards a peak, coming from the device.

Across the way, the Spooky grabbed its elongated tongue in its hands and looked as though it was about to scrub its own face with it, perhaps trying to freshen up before continuing, but Seafoam's third speak managed to strike true before it could do, eliminating the virus before it could heal itself.

That seemed to be the end of the good news, though; from the same direction that the other viruses had emerged from, more movement continued and it seemed as though whatever was drawing them to this place wasn't letting up. On on side of the BigHat, an electric crackle heralded the emergence of a Billy virus with a mean expression and sharp prongs crackling with electricity. On the other side, the bulky, imposing shape of a Quaker virus, heavyset and solid made the ground tremble as it landed just behind. The BigHat seemed to chuckle, and nodded its hat in the direction of Seafoam and her companions. The trio, stirred by the navi's own determination to fight, seemed to have found some courage briefly, but it was clear that they were all intimidated by the hostile viruses, and their pixckaxes wavered a little even as they brandished them.

The flashbang in the middle of the space between them began to flash as its whine reached an ear-splitting pitch, but a blur of motion shot in suddenly from the edge of Seafoam's view, and the sound of ripping metal cut the shriek off at the last moment. It was the figure of another metool... or at least it looked like one. This one was a little smaller than the other mets following Seafoam, but it wore a ragged-edged blue cape about its shoulders and moved with a speed an surety very unlike other metools. As its first strike destroyed the BigHat's flashbomb, it spiralled in place, swinging its weapon twice more and unleashing a pair of extra shockwaves that struck the the BigHat and knocked it onto its back for a moment. The other two arrivals looked down at their boss while it made indignant, irate sounds.

The caped metool glanced back towards Seafoam and her companions.
“Meep?” The tone was firm and serious, but contra to this, the trio of metools with Seafoam began to chatter and meep amongst themselves with sudden glee and excitement. The map metool was even jumping up and down, unable to contain itself. They were quieted suddenly as the caped one spoke again, this time with a former leading 'meep', followed by a brief garble of unintelligible viral cahtter. The trio responded, tumbling over each other to answer, before the caped one nodded and looked to seafoam. It appraised her, then seemed to focus, as though it was concentrating. A small text bubble appeared beside it, filled briefly with viral symbols, then resolved into legible language.
“Met Friend?” As it asked, the BigHat struggled to its feet, helped up by the Billy, who glared at the group as it did. The caped metool looked towards them again, then back to Seafoam and her followers.
“Meep! Meep!” No time for language, it waved its pickaxe towards a side alley that led on much in the same direction that she had been leading her troupe before, before turning back to the trio of viruses and readying its pickaxe again. She had a way out, it seemed, and the chance to get her charges to safety without being followed, if she wanted to take it. The trio of other mets seemed torn between being excited to see this other figure, and doing what he said, which apparently involved leaving. They looked up to Seafoam to follow her lead.

-=Data-Hungry Fiends=-
DarkProgDarkProg (DarkProg)

DarkProgs are Mr. Progs cruelly corrupted and warped to become expendable soldiers. They appear mostly as normal Mr. Progs, but their face is much more darkly colored, and have glowing white eyes, as well as missing their left arm. They attack by emitting static around themselves. While they are fairly strong attackers, especially in groups, they have poor endurance, which is only exacerbated by the fact their attacks harm themselves. They very rarely dodge, but will often try to move close to the enemy before attacking.

Area: SciLab, Netopia, NAXA

HP: 60
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 20 Elec + Nova 2
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Emits some of its life energy as a static field.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: Damage x 2, Self-Sacrifice x 2
Secondary Attack Accuracy: S
Secondary Attack Description: Charges up energy within itself. On its next turn, all of this virus's attacks deal +100% Source Damage, and deal twice as much damage to itself. This effect does not stack with itself.
Element: Elec
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): RingZap1 (Rare), Zenny
Special: ElecBody: This virus takes no damage from Elec elemental attacks.
Special: Self-Sacrifice: Every time this virus uses its Primary Attack, it loses 5 HP.
Special: Can use PanelGrab once.: DELETED (Ping!)
WingerWinger (Winger)

Winger viruses drop down from way up high, execute a breath attack, and rise back up. Dropping and attacking is an action, while moving back upward is a second action. They may also adjust where on the battlefield they drop next while in High Altitude as a free action. These are the only actions this virus family performs.

Area: Netopia, NAXA

HP: 80
Attack Damage/Effect: 20 Elec + Small Solar Terrain Change + Cone Attack
Attack Accuracy: C
Attack Description: Uses a plasma breath weapon to give the enemy and the ground an unhealthy glow.
Element: Elec
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): ElecShock1, Zenny
Special: Has High Altitude every other action. This virus cannot attack while in High Altitude, but may adjust its positioning as a free action.: DELETED (Ping!)
MolokoMoloko (Moloko)

Moloko are simple... They charge at the enemy, and don't bother dodging the attacks of their target. Moloko are protected by a fleece that is essentially a regenerating defence. They avoid broken, missing, and liquid terrain types, but otherwise charge their enemies with supreme confidence in their invincibility.

Area: Netopia

HP: 60
Attack Damage/Effect: 20 Null + Impact + Ground Attack
Attack Accuracy: C
Attack Description: Charges at Enemy. 'Nuff said.
Element: None
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): MokoRush1, Zenny
Special: 10 HP Fleece prevents damage. Fleece regens every turn. Slashing attacks deal double damage to the Fleece, and may break through to deal damage if it is destroyed.: DELETED
Twin A: DELETED
Twin B: DELETED (Ping!)

BigHatBigHat (BigHat)

BigHats only attack a max of once per turn. The rest of their remaining actions are spent moving or dodging, a skill in which they are only average at best. BigHats only attack a second time if the FlashBomb they threw on that turn is somehow destroyed before the end of the turn, and they have an action remaining for the turn. FlashBombs thrown by BigHats do not harm viruses at all when they explode. The effect of FlashBomb cannot be dodged, but it can be blocked by defenses you can take cover behind, such as objects and Guards. Chip generated barriers and auras also prevent the effect, but signature generated defenses of these types will not. As FlashBomb is a light based attack, it has slashing to pierce Shadow, and Seeking to pierce Invis (note that dodging alone does nothing, so Invis will not help here anyway).

Area: Kotobuki Town, Netopia, NetVegas

HP: 100
Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Blind + Slashing + Seeking + Stun + To-All-Clause
Attack Accuracy: S
Attack Description: Throws bomb that explodes in one turn in a flash.
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): FlashBomb1, Zenny
Special: 20 HP Bomb used in attack explodes at the end of the following turn. They fizzle harmlessly if destroyed.: 10Hp [Normal] (glaring daggers at the caped metool, but looking very rough)
SpookySpooky (Spooky)

Area: ACDC, Yoka, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Netopia

HP: 30
Attack: 10 Null
Attack Accuracy: B
Attack Description: Teleports up to the opponent and slaps with its long tongue.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Recover10, Recover30 (Rare), Invis1 (Rare), Zenny
Special: Can teleport at will.
- Can use Recover 30 on any virus below 1/2 HP: DELETED (Ping!)

QuakerQuaker (Quaker)

Area: Netopia, Hades Isle, NetVegas

HP: 80
Attack Damage/Effect: 20 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack + Chain(2) + Earthquake
Attack Accuracy: B
Attack Description: Jumps high into the air, then slams its wrecking ball onto the ground when it lands, making the ground shake, and forming a shock wave that zeroes in on enemies.
Element: None
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): WaveArm1, RockArm1, Zenny
Special: High Altitude Status while Jumping.
Special: If underground or in a building, it can break through ceilings or cause a rock-fall.
Special: Earthquake: Whenever this virus lands when using its attack, all enemies touching the ground have their evasion reduced by 1 rank until the end of the next turn. This effect does not stack with other Earthquake instances, and does not affect allies of this virus.
Special: Chain 3: This attack, upon striking a target, may change directions towards a new target. This may be done up to 3 times in one attack.: 80Hp [Normal] (Beside and behind the BigHat's left)
BillyBilly (Billy)

Billy viruses move and dodge at average rates. They attack by shooting electricity from their lightning-rod-like arms, either in the form of a homing thunderball or a pair of lightning bolts. They cannot attack while moving.

Area: SciLab, Electown, Netopia

HP: 80
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 15 Elec + Stun 1 + Homing
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Generates a Thunderball, and fires it at the enemy. The thunderball travels slowly, but it homes in on the target. Causes stun on contact
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Elec + Seeking x 2 targets.
Secondary Accuracy: B
Secondary Description: Fires a lightning bolt from each lightning rod arm that pierces Invis. It cannot target the same enemy with both bolts.
Element: Elec
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Thunder1, ThunderBeam1 (Rare), Zenny: 80Hp [Normal] (Beside the BigHat, to its right)

-=Lost And Confused=-
Map-Wielding Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Following Sefoam's lead]
Sculptor Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Following Sefoam's lead]
Nervous Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Following Sefoam's lead]

-=A Challenger Appears=-
Caped Metool: 120Hp [Normal] (Facing off against the virus trio) [BreakGuard (2)]

-=Giving Guided Tours=-
Seafoam.Exe: 110Hp [Normal]

-=A Netopian Road Less Travelled=-
80% Normal
20% Solar (A cone shaped space just to the side of the metool group)

-=Contested Prize=-
GMD: 30Hp [Normal] (Embedded in the sculptor's little statue, shrunk down, currently on the ground, in front of the Sculptor Met)

-=Battle Mode: MD Defence!=-
Protect the Mystery Data!
Victory Condition Met! Escape at any point to win the battle!

Failure Condition: Battle is lost if the MD is destroyed at any point.

"Thank you!" Seafoam shouted as she dashed to the alleyway entrance, examining the escape route for any obstruction. If the alleyway proved clear, the netnavi would then proceed to wait for the mets following her to arrive at the alley entrance, before proceeding at a pace that they would be able to follow more easily.

((Escaping!))

In the midst of the dangerous situation, Seafoam took the opportunity afforded her and decided to put the safety of her charges first, quickly shepherding the trio out and away from the conflict while the mysterious caped met bought them time. With the sounds of combat fading behind them, she managed to bring the following line of metools safely away from danger and into a quieter section of the network at last.

Still following, the trio behind her hadn't stopped their excited chattering, and it almost seemed like there might be some sort of vague hero-worship going on amongst them. Once there was room to stop and catch their collective breaths, however, the sculptor metool approached Seafoam directly, and looked up her with a small 'Meep!' to get her attention.

It appeared that this one had scooped up the little statuette again as they had fled and it now held it up to Seafoam herself seemingly like some sort of offering or thanks. The statue itself, it was clear now, bore a resemblance to the figure they'd briefly met – with its flowing cape and pickaxe raised high. The gem crystal in the centre of the sculpture's helmet glinted and glowed, and up close to it now, if she examined it, Seafoam would be able work out that it was a repository for data of some kind, though exactly what was in it would be impossible to tell unless she accessed it.

-=Fiends Fought=-
DarkProgDarkProg (DarkProg)

DarkProgs are Mr. Progs cruelly corrupted and warped to become expendable soldiers. They appear mostly as normal Mr. Progs, but their face is much more darkly colored, and have glowing white eyes, as well as missing their left arm. They attack by emitting static around themselves. While they are fairly strong attackers, especially in groups, they have poor endurance, which is only exacerbated by the fact their attacks harm themselves. They very rarely dodge, but will often try to move close to the enemy before attacking.

Area: SciLab, Netopia, NAXA

HP: 60
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 20 Elec + Nova 2
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Emits some of its life energy as a static field.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: Damage x 2, Self-Sacrifice x 2
Secondary Attack Accuracy: S
Secondary Attack Description: Charges up energy within itself. On its next turn, all of this virus's attacks deal +100% Source Damage, and deal twice as much damage to itself. This effect does not stack with itself.
Element: Elec
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): RingZap1 (Rare), Zenny
Special: ElecBody: This virus takes no damage from Elec elemental attacks.
Special: Self-Sacrifice: Every time this virus uses its Primary Attack, it loses 5 HP.
Special: Can use PanelGrab once.: DELETED (Ping!)
WingerWinger (Winger)

Winger viruses drop down from way up high, execute a breath attack, and rise back up. Dropping and attacking is an action, while moving back upward is a second action. They may also adjust where on the battlefield they drop next while in High Altitude as a free action. These are the only actions this virus family performs.

Area: Netopia, NAXA

HP: 80
Attack Damage/Effect: 20 Elec + Small Solar Terrain Change + Cone Attack
Attack Accuracy: C
Attack Description: Uses a plasma breath weapon to give the enemy and the ground an unhealthy glow.
Element: Elec
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): ElecShock1, Zenny
Special: Has High Altitude every other action. This virus cannot attack while in High Altitude, but may adjust its positioning as a free action.: DELETED (Ping!)
MolokoMoloko (Moloko)

Moloko are simple... They charge at the enemy, and don't bother dodging the attacks of their target. Moloko are protected by a fleece that is essentially a regenerating defence. They avoid broken, missing, and liquid terrain types, but otherwise charge their enemies with supreme confidence in their invincibility.

Area: Netopia

HP: 60
Attack Damage/Effect: 20 Null + Impact + Ground Attack
Attack Accuracy: C
Attack Description: Charges at Enemy. 'Nuff said.
Element: None
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): MokoRush1, Zenny
Special: 10 HP Fleece prevents damage. Fleece regens every turn. Slashing attacks deal double damage to the Fleece, and may break through to deal damage if it is destroyed.: DELETED
Twin A: DELETED
Twin B: DELETED (Ping!)
SpookySpooky (Spooky)

Area: ACDC, Yoka, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Netopia

HP: 30
Attack: 10 Null
Attack Accuracy: B
Attack Description: Teleports up to the opponent and slaps with its long tongue.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Recover10, Recover30 (Rare), Invis1 (Rare), Zenny
Special: Can teleport at will.
- Can use Recover 30 on any virus below 1/2 HP: DELETED (Ping!)

-=Pals Preserved=-
Map-Wielding Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Following Sefoam's lead]
Sculptor Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Following Sefoam's lead]
Nervous Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Following Sefoam's lead]

-=Getting out of Dodge=-
Seafoam.Exe: 110Hp [Normal]

-=Prize Protected=-
GMD: 30Hp [Normal]

-=Battle 2, Victory!=-
Spoils: 960z, 26 BugFrags, RingZap1Damage: 30
Accuracy: B
Description: Two sparks spin around the user, which damages anything foolish enough to draw near.
Duration: One turn
Element: Elec
Special: Damages anyone that gets within melee range of the user, regardless of why they're that close.
Special: This chip automatically attacks every action, starting with the action the user first uses it.
Trader Rank: D

Open GMD?

"Oh! Thank you!" Seafoam happily accepted the gift, examining the sculpture to admire it. While she recognized the gem embedded in the statue as a mystery data, the navi wasn't confident that opening it wouldn't destroy the art piece.

((ITEM GET: GMD Met Hero Sculpture))

Looking around now that the group was out of immediate danger, Seafoam brushed herself off...only for the action to displace a significant amount of Zenny, over two dozen BugFrags, and a battlechip. "...what."

Coral, at least, had some idea of what was going on. "I think that some of the data from deleted viruses must've stuck to you in that fight. Not a bad haul."

Seafoam didn't let her surprise stop her from collecting the rewards, before looking around to get her bearings.

((540z -> 1500z))
((0 -> 26 'Frags))
((Battlechip GET: RingZap1Damage: 30
Accuracy: B
Description: Two sparks spin around the user, which damages anything foolish enough to draw near.
Duration: One turn
Element: Elec
Special: Damages anyone that gets within melee range of the user, regardless of why they're that close.
Special: This chip automatically attacks every action, starting with the action the user first uses it.
Trader Rank: D))

It didn't take long for the navi to figure out which way the group should go next, "Okay...this way!" she exclaimed, making sure to stay at a pace that the mets could keep up with as she started moving again.

((Feel free to add the Statuette of the Metool Protector to your signature as a key item! (He's not the Metool Hero yet – many things, good and ill, often come again in different forms and with different names, but at their core the same; this is true of terrible threats, great monsters, even cybeasts... and it's true of Heroes, both great and small... this little metool is still just beginning his journey to defend and protect peaceful metools everywhere, but maybe with the help of others on his path, there might be great heroism in his future ^.^)

If you wish to use the statuette at any point, it counts as an untrapped and safe Green Mystery Data. Metools may recognise the figure, if they're friendly.))
==

Seafoam gathered her followers and pushed on with her trek through the Neoptian net, seeking a way to bring her errant charges home. The path was clear enough, though they still had a little way to go before they would reach a safe transit point that she could use let viruses through safely. The general excitement of encountering the mysterious caped metool settled down after a little while, and the quietly curious chatter of the metools following her returned to the more general sounds of bright-eyed curiosity at the many interesting sights they were getting to see all around them.

In this particular case, the temperature had started to rise slowly, to a more humid feeling, and the landscape shifted to one of stone and rock. Still, it seemed safe enough, until Seafoam led the small group across a space that formed a broad oval of open ground, covered over by a gantry that looked like some sort of stage lighting array; many heavy-looking metal blocks with shutters and lenses on them hung from the metal mesh. The floor remained rocky, but nestled in between four circular pools of lava in the centre, Seafoam caught sight of flaming red spherical virus, made of heavy metal and with a heavy cannon muzzle in its open 'mouth'. The metools behind her quieted and huddled closer as two of the larger piles of craggy stone shifted and slid forward slightly, rousing themselves into the bulky shapes of Craggers, at the far end of the field.

The nervousness of her followers was palpable these were breaking viruses, some of the most dangerous natural enemies to mettools... their normally impervious helms wouldn't save them from these foes, if their guide couldn't keep the hostiles away from them. They didn't look too fast, or too precise, as far as enemies went, but even one solid hit from one of these viruses might be disastrous.

-=Rocky Residents=-
CraggerCragger (Cragger)

Craggers are pretty easy targets, given their size. They also move very rarely, and when they do they move slowly. Their dodge rate is abysmal. They generally rely on their HardBody defense, which reduces non-break damage by half, but doubles break damage. They have high attack power and AoE, but their accuracy is generally bad as their attacks are easy to follow and take time to deliver. Their attack is executed as a Drop Attack, and thus attacks from above, and not head-on. Targets caught underground within this attack's AoE range take an additional 50 Null damage that ignores all defenses.

Area: Netopia, Sharo, Hades Isle

HP: 120
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Null + Break + Panel Break + WideAttack
Attack Accuracy: D
Attack Description: Slams the enemy and surrounding area with fist. This is executed as a Drop Attack, and is more damaging to targets below ground (IE: Submerged or burrowed).
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): GolemHit1, Zenny
Special: Hardbody. A: 120Hp [Normal] [Far left end of the area]
CraggerCragger (Cragger)

Craggers are pretty easy targets, given their size. They also move very rarely, and when they do they move slowly. Their dodge rate is abysmal. They generally rely on their HardBody defense, which reduces non-break damage by half, but doubles break damage. They have high attack power and AoE, but their accuracy is generally bad as their attacks are easy to follow and take time to deliver. Their attack is executed as a Drop Attack, and thus attacks from above, and not head-on. Targets caught underground within this attack's AoE range take an additional 50 Null damage that ignores all defenses.

Area: Netopia, Sharo, Hades Isle

HP: 120
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Null + Break + Panel Break + WideAttack
Attack Accuracy: D
Attack Description: Slams the enemy and surrounding area with fist. This is executed as a Drop Attack, and is more damaging to targets below ground (IE: Submerged or burrowed).
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): GolemHit1, Zenny
Special: Hardbody. B: 120Hp [Normal] [Far right end of the area]
HotHeadHotHead (HotHead)

HotHeads alternate actions between attacking and guarding. These are the only actions HotHeads may perform, and the first action of every battle is always guarding. HotHeads will not break from this pattern unless forced to by status effects. HotHeads cannot be lifted or thrown, even with Rageclaw.

Area: Netopia, Hades Isle, Kotobuki Town

HP: 60
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Fire + Break + Small Lava Terrain Change
Attack Accuracy: C
Attack Description: Fires Cannonball. Breaking. Creates Lava Terrain.
Element: Fire
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): LavaBall1, Zenny
Special: Immobile.
- Iron Body when not attacking.: 60Hp [Normal] [Centre of the field]

-=Pathfinding Party=-
Map-Wielding Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Huddled behind Seafoam]
Sculptor Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Huddled behind Seafoam]
Nervous Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Huddled behind Seafoam]

-=Marshal of Meandering Metools=-
Seafoam.Exe: 110Hp [Normal]

-=Surely Getting Closer Now?=-
50% Normal

• No effects.

[Most of the terrain]
20% Holy

• Halves Final Damage.
• Cannot be in Sigs.
• PanelShot: Converts attack to Life Drain.

[Four patches, two at Seafoam's end, two at the opposite end]
20% Lava

• Non-Fire Elementals lose 5 HP/action standing, 10 HP/action submerged. Doubled for Wood Elementals, nullified for Fire Elementals.
• Aqua attacks: Panel explodes, +100% Source Aqua Damage, change terrain hit to Normal.
• PanelShot: Imbue Fire.

[Four small puddles; circles of lava on each side of the HotHead in the centre]
10% Metal

• Cannot be Broken or Cracked except with Geddon/PanelShot, cannot be Burrowed into.
• Elec attacks: +100% Source Damage.
• 100 Damage Aqua attacks: Change terrain hit to Cracked.
• 100 Damage Fire attacks: Change terrain hit to Furnace.
• PanelShot: Imbue Elec + Break.

[Two points on the sides of the area, halfway down, with ladders that lead upwards]

Area is a broad, oval shaped space, surrounded by metallic structures, with mesh gantries running overhead. Many heavy-looking objects are affixed the upper gantry, but could be knocked down. The ground has several small lava pools scattered about it, along with four patches of holy panelling, two at either end.

It takes a movement, or a feint to position yourself beneath a hanging object or to get out from under one; disturbed objects may fall at the end of the turn they are damaged, and will deal 30 Break damage to any target, navi or virus, underneath them when they fall.

-=Battle 3, Start!=-

Seafoam stopped when she saw the viruses, taken aback by how tough they looked. "Coral...do you recognize those viruses?" Something about the foes on this battlefield gave the netnavi a bad feeling, even if she wasn't sure why.

"Can't say I do...the mets look kinda nervous though." Examining the viruses, Coral noted that they appeared to be made of stone or thick slabs of metal...

Seafoam finally came to a decision, gesturing to send a wave crashing over the terrain in a line towards the Fire element virus in the middle of the area. Hopefully that would be sufficient to eliminate at least one threat...

((Turn Splice))

Seafoam took her shot at the hardhead quickly, the water crashing against it's open body and deleted it on the spot (80!), the virus' body falling in on itself as the heat faded from it's form and metal crumpled in from the sudden change in temperature. The Craggers turned to Seafoam, immediately focused as they began to lift their heavy arms up. The Mets would begin to scatter about the field in panic as far as their tiny little legs would take them, a couple landing on one of the patches of Holy, but the last would be scattered away from Seafoam...but with the Craggers suddenly on her, she just needed to keep up their attention and, maybe, they would stay around long enough where they were at to get some of that detris to fall on them.

-=Rocky Residents=-
CraggerCragger (Cragger)

Craggers are pretty easy targets, given their size. They also move very rarely, and when they do they move slowly. Their dodge rate is abysmal. They generally rely on their HardBody defense, which reduces non-break damage by half, but doubles break damage. They have high attack power and AoE, but their accuracy is generally bad as their attacks are easy to follow and take time to deliver. Their attack is executed as a Drop Attack, and thus attacks from above, and not head-on. Targets caught underground within this attack's AoE range take an additional 50 Null damage that ignores all defenses.

Area: Netopia, Sharo, Hades Isle

HP: 120
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Null + Break + Panel Break + WideAttack
Attack Accuracy: D
Attack Description: Slams the enemy and surrounding area with fist. This is executed as a Drop Attack, and is more damaging to targets below ground (IE: Submerged or burrowed).
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): GolemHit1, Zenny
Special: Hardbody. A: 120Hp [Normal] [Far left end of the area] (Readying to attack Seafoam)
CraggerCragger (Cragger)

Craggers are pretty easy targets, given their size. They also move very rarely, and when they do they move slowly. Their dodge rate is abysmal. They generally rely on their HardBody defense, which reduces non-break damage by half, but doubles break damage. They have high attack power and AoE, but their accuracy is generally bad as their attacks are easy to follow and take time to deliver. Their attack is executed as a Drop Attack, and thus attacks from above, and not head-on. Targets caught underground within this attack's AoE range take an additional 50 Null damage that ignores all defenses.

Area: Netopia, Sharo, Hades Isle

HP: 120
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Null + Break + Panel Break + WideAttack
Attack Accuracy: D
Attack Description: Slams the enemy and surrounding area with fist. This is executed as a Drop Attack, and is more damaging to targets below ground (IE: Submerged or burrowed).
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): GolemHit1, Zenny
Special: Hardbody. B: 120Hp [Normal] [Far right end of the area] (Preparing to attack Seafoam)
HotHeadHotHead (HotHead)

HotHeads alternate actions between attacking and guarding. These are the only actions HotHeads may perform, and the first action of every battle is always guarding. HotHeads will not break from this pattern unless forced to by status effects. HotHeads cannot be lifted or thrown, even with Rageclaw.

Area: Netopia, Hades Isle, Kotobuki Town

HP: 60
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Fire + Break + Small Lava Terrain Change
Attack Accuracy: C
Attack Description: Fires Cannonball. Breaking. Creates Lava Terrain.
Element: Fire
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): LavaBall1, Zenny
Special: Immobile.
- Iron Body when not attacking.: DELETED

-=Pathfinding Party=-
Map-Wielding MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Holy] [A bit of distance away from Seafoam]
Sculptor MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Holy] [A bit of distance away from Seafoam]
Nervous MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Normal] [Away from Seafoam, but in the other direction]

-=Marshal of Meandering Metools=-
Seafoam.Exe: 110Hp [Normal] (5 Actions remain)

-=Surely Getting Closer Now?=-
50% Normal

• No effects.

[Most of the terrain]
20% Holy

• Halves Final Damage.
• Cannot be in Sigs.
• PanelShot: Converts attack to Life Drain.

[Four patches, two at Seafoam's end, two at the opposite end]
20% Lava

• Non-Fire Elementals lose 5 HP/action standing, 10 HP/action submerged. Doubled for Wood Elementals, nullified for Fire Elementals.
• Aqua attacks: Panel explodes, +100% Source Aqua Damage, change terrain hit to Normal.
• PanelShot: Imbue Fire.

[Four small puddles; circles of lava on each side of the HotHead in the centre]
10% Metal

• Cannot be Broken or Cracked except with Geddon/PanelShot, cannot be Burrowed into.
• Elec attacks: +100% Source Damage.
• 100 Damage Aqua attacks: Change terrain hit to Cracked.
• 100 Damage Fire attacks: Change terrain hit to Furnace.
• PanelShot: Imbue Elec + Break.

[Two points on the sides of the area, halfway down, with ladders that lead upwards]

Area is a broad, oval shaped space, surrounded by metallic structures, with mesh gantries running overhead. Many heavy-looking objects are affixed the upper gantry, but could be knocked down. The ground has several small lava pools scattered about it, along with four patches of holy panelling, two at either end.

It takes a movement, or a feint to position yourself beneath a hanging object or to get out from under one; disturbed objects may fall at the end of the turn they are damaged, and will deal 30 Break damage to any target, navi or virus, underneath them when they fall.

((Turn Splice))
Emboldened by the destruction of one of the viruses, Seafoam continued her assault. A pair of Harpoons appeared in her hands, only to be flung at the stage lights above each of the remaining viruses. The netnavi prepared herself to dodge any incoming attacks, examining her opponents as she did so. "Cannon, please."

"On its way."

Seafoam smiled even as the weapon appeared in her hands. Taking aim at one of the mobile statues, she fired, sending an iron ball towards the unfortunate virus. Once again, the navigator prepared herself to leap aside and hopefully avoid an enemy attack.

With the remaining viruses focused on her, Seafoam was swift to leverage her better agility against the pair of heavy-hitters, taking two quick shots at the hanging fixtures above her targets instead of attacking head on. Each spear found its mark and set two heavy, dense-looking lighting fixtures swinging with a creak as their attachment points began to warp and snap.

The two craggers didn't appear to pay much attention to this action, for the time being; they were more focused on seafoam herself and seemed confident that her puny attacks couldn't really hurt them too badly. The first slammed its raised fist downwards, and the strike almost seemed o phase through the air as it did; a much larger version of its already large stony fist faded in and crashed down onto the space where its target had been a moment before, cracking the ground for several panels around it and making the ground shake. Fortunately, Seafoam's quick reflexes had let her get clear of the space just in time, avoiding the crushing blow. A second or two later, a second fist phased through the air, slamming into the same spot, despite the fact that Seafoam wasn't there any more; this one shattered the already cracked panels and rent a broad hole in the ground; at least they were slow and their aim seemed poor; it definitely wouldn't do to get caught by one of those strikes.

In the clear for a moment, Seafoam was able to counter with a cannon shot of her own, though luck wasn't with her this time; her shot went wide and punched into one of the more inanimate masses of rock instead. Her efforts did seem to rally the panicked mets slightly, however, and a moment after her own cannon shot missed, a volley of thrown pickaxes spun across the space towards the same cragger accompanied by a scattering of scared-but-trying 'meeps'. Most of them missed as well, or clanged ineffectively off the creature's stone body, but one of them at least seemed to strike well and do some damage.

There was a moment of stillness as the assaulted cragger seemed to turn its attention to the other viruses attacking it, but then a shrill creaking of thin metal giving way heralded the sudden crash of objects overhead falling. The solid, heavy fixtures slammed down to the lower level, crashing into both cragger viruses and knocking them flat for a second or two. As the pair of viruses picked themselves up, Seafoam could see heavy cracks spreading out across their bodies here the objects had struck them; as resilient to normal damage as they were, it seemed like this pair were masters of dishing out breaking damage, but not very good at taking it – the rock hard nature of their bodes make the particularly susceptible to the very damage type they liked to levy upon others.

-=Rocky Residents=-
CraggerCragger (Cragger)

Craggers are pretty easy targets, given their size. They also move very rarely, and when they do they move slowly. Their dodge rate is abysmal. They generally rely on their HardBody defense, which reduces non-break damage by half, but doubles break damage. They have high attack power and AoE, but their accuracy is generally bad as their attacks are easy to follow and take time to deliver. Their attack is executed as a Drop Attack, and thus attacks from above, and not head-on. Targets caught underground within this attack's AoE range take an additional 50 Null damage that ignores all defenses.

Area: Netopia, Sharo, Hades Isle

HP: 120
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Null + Break + Panel Break + WideAttack
Attack Accuracy: D
Attack Description: Slams the enemy and surrounding area with fist. This is executed as a Drop Attack, and is more damaging to targets below ground (IE: Submerged or burrowed).
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): GolemHit1, Zenny
Special: Hardbody. A: 50Hp [Normal] [Far left end of the area]
CraggerCragger (Cragger)

Craggers are pretty easy targets, given their size. They also move very rarely, and when they do they move slowly. Their dodge rate is abysmal. They generally rely on their HardBody defense, which reduces non-break damage by half, but doubles break damage. They have high attack power and AoE, but their accuracy is generally bad as their attacks are easy to follow and take time to deliver. Their attack is executed as a Drop Attack, and thus attacks from above, and not head-on. Targets caught underground within this attack's AoE range take an additional 50 Null damage that ignores all defenses.

Area: Netopia, Sharo, Hades Isle

HP: 120
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Null + Break + Panel Break + WideAttack
Attack Accuracy: D
Attack Description: Slams the enemy and surrounding area with fist. This is executed as a Drop Attack, and is more damaging to targets below ground (IE: Submerged or burrowed).
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): GolemHit1, Zenny
Special: Hardbody. B: 60Hp [Normal] [Far right end of the area]
HotHeadHotHead (HotHead)

HotHeads alternate actions between attacking and guarding. These are the only actions HotHeads may perform, and the first action of every battle is always guarding. HotHeads will not break from this pattern unless forced to by status effects. HotHeads cannot be lifted or thrown, even with Rageclaw.

Area: Netopia, Hades Isle, Kotobuki Town

HP: 60
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Fire + Break + Small Lava Terrain Change
Attack Accuracy: C
Attack Description: Fires Cannonball. Breaking. Creates Lava Terrain.
Element: Fire
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): LavaBall1, Zenny
Special: Immobile.
- Iron Body when not attacking.: DELETED

-=Pathfinding Party=-
Map-Wielding MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Holy] [A bit of distance away from Seafoam]
Sculptor MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Holy] [A bit of distance away from Seafoam]
Nervous MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Normal] [Away from Seafoam, but in the other direction]

-=Marshal of Meandering Metools=-
Seafoam.Exe: 110Hp [Normal]

-=Surely Getting Closer Now?=-
40% Normal

• No effects.

[Most of the terrain]
20% Holy

• Halves Final Damage.
• Cannot be in Sigs.
• PanelShot: Converts attack to Life Drain.

[Four patches, two at Seafoam's end, two at the opposite end]
20% Lava

• Non-Fire Elementals lose 5 HP/action standing, 10 HP/action submerged. Doubled for Wood Elementals, nullified for Fire Elementals.
• Aqua attacks: Panel explodes, +100% Source Aqua Damage, change terrain hit to Normal.
• PanelShot: Imbue Fire.

[Four small puddles; circles of lava on each side of the HotHead in the centre]
10% Metal

• Cannot be Broken or Cracked except with Geddon/PanelShot, cannot be Burrowed into.
• Elec attacks: +100% Source Damage.
• 100 Damage Aqua attacks: Change terrain hit to Cracked.
• 100 Damage Fire attacks: Change terrain hit to Furnace.
• PanelShot: Imbue Elec + Break.

[Two points on the sides of the area, halfway down, with ladders that lead upwards]
10% Broken

• Not bottomless.
• Reverts to Normal after a time, if no one is inside.
• Doubles dodge penalties for bad RP.
• 1-4 Movements actions to climb back out depending on method.

[Broken hole where the Craggers attacked Seafoam in the first round]

Area is a broad, oval shaped space, surrounded by metallic structures, with mesh gantries running overhead. Many heavy-looking objects are affixed the upper gantry, but could be knocked down. The ground has several small lava pools scattered about it, along with four patches of holy panelling, two at either end.

It takes a movement, or a feint to position yourself beneath a hanging object or to get out from under one; disturbed objects may fall at the end of the turn they are damaged, and will deal 30 Break damage to any target, navi or virus, underneath them when they fall.

Seafoam grinned on seeing just how effective the falling objects had been, and examined the gantries trying to determine whether there were any more objects above the craggers that could be used to eliminate the viruses. Swiftly, the netnavi pulled out another harpoon and hurled it at a stage light that she figured was in about the right position.

Leaping from panel to panel, Seafoam maneuvered away from the mets, even as she lined up another harpoon throw, this one aimed to knock another of the heavy stage lights down onto the other wounded virus. Throwing the harpoon, she shouted, "HEY! OVER HERE!"

With most of what she could do done, the netnavi readied herself to avoid any retaliation.

Seafoam was making headway against the two rock-solid targets, but they didn't seem like they were ready to give up just yet. Neither of the two seemed inclined to move, but instead just raised their fists again, trying to crush everyone in front of them to pulp. As Seafoam made a quick scan of the ceiling gantry, however, it didn't seem like there were any more useful objects directly above either of her targets. The nearest ones she'd have to strike and hope for a lucky swing before they fell.

Her first shot struck a nearby fixture and set it swinging as the thing strip of metal connecting it warped. The craggers swung again, unheeding, but thankfully their slow, ponderous aim didn't connect with either Seafoam, or any of her met friends. Each time the ground shook as the fists smashed down and sent more cracks through the surrounding panels; there was plenty of solid terrain left, but falling into one of the broken gaps would certainly make avoiding the heavy attacks that much harder.

Her second shot struck another piece of overhead equipment, while the metools all tried their best to harry the foes directly – two more picks struck one of the Craggers, though they didn't seem able to make too much impact against their hardened bodies. Seafoam was forced to throw herself out of the way as another slamming fist struck down much closer to her, but still managed to avoid a direct hit. Cracks spread out in a wide area around where the fist struck, not just where she had been standing, but several panels around the space as well.

As the repeated attacks from her opponents hammered down, the swinging fixtures above final snapped their connections and fell; one managed to swing close enough to clip one of the Craggers, but the other didn't fall close enough. It seemed as though, unless she could get the viruses to move, there weren't any more objects close enough above them to be of use. If she could find some other way to hit the viruses with something heavy and destructive, she might be able to end the fight quickly, otherwise it might take a bit more effort to fight through their rock hard defences.

-=Rocky Residents=-
CraggerCragger (Cragger)

Craggers are pretty easy targets, given their size. They also move very rarely, and when they do they move slowly. Their dodge rate is abysmal. They generally rely on their HardBody defense, which reduces non-break damage by half, but doubles break damage. They have high attack power and AoE, but their accuracy is generally bad as their attacks are easy to follow and take time to deliver. Their attack is executed as a Drop Attack, and thus attacks from above, and not head-on. Targets caught underground within this attack's AoE range take an additional 50 Null damage that ignores all defenses.

Area: Netopia, Sharo, Hades Isle

HP: 120
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Null + Break + Panel Break + WideAttack
Attack Accuracy: D
Attack Description: Slams the enemy and surrounding area with fist. This is executed as a Drop Attack, and is more damaging to targets below ground (IE: Submerged or burrowed).
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): GolemHit1, Zenny
Special: Hardbody. A: 40Hp [Normal] [Far left end of the area]
CraggerCragger (Cragger)

Craggers are pretty easy targets, given their size. They also move very rarely, and when they do they move slowly. Their dodge rate is abysmal. They generally rely on their HardBody defense, which reduces non-break damage by half, but doubles break damage. They have high attack power and AoE, but their accuracy is generally bad as their attacks are easy to follow and take time to deliver. Their attack is executed as a Drop Attack, and thus attacks from above, and not head-on. Targets caught underground within this attack's AoE range take an additional 50 Null damage that ignores all defenses.

Area: Netopia, Sharo, Hades Isle

HP: 120
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Null + Break + Panel Break + WideAttack
Attack Accuracy: D
Attack Description: Slams the enemy and surrounding area with fist. This is executed as a Drop Attack, and is more damaging to targets below ground (IE: Submerged or burrowed).
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): GolemHit1, Zenny
Special: Hardbody. B: 40Hp [Normal] [Far right end of the area]
HotHeadHotHead (HotHead)

HotHeads alternate actions between attacking and guarding. These are the only actions HotHeads may perform, and the first action of every battle is always guarding. HotHeads will not break from this pattern unless forced to by status effects. HotHeads cannot be lifted or thrown, even with Rageclaw.

Area: Netopia, Hades Isle, Kotobuki Town

HP: 60
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Fire + Break + Small Lava Terrain Change
Attack Accuracy: C
Attack Description: Fires Cannonball. Breaking. Creates Lava Terrain.
Element: Fire
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): LavaBall1, Zenny
Special: Immobile.
- Iron Body when not attacking.: DELETED

-=Pathfinding Party=-
Map-Wielding MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Holy] [A bit of distance away from Seafoam]
Sculptor MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Holy] [A bit of distance away from Seafoam]
Nervous MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Normal] [Away from Seafoam, but in the other direction]

-=Marshal of Meandering Metools=-
Seafoam.Exe: 110Hp [Cracked]

-=Surely Getting Closer Now?=-
30% Normal

• No effects.

[Most of the terrain]
20% Holy

• Halves Final Damage.
• Cannot be in Sigs.
• PanelShot: Converts attack to Life Drain.

[Four patches, two at Seafoam's end, two at the opposite end]
10% Lava

• Non-Fire Elementals lose 5 HP/action standing, 10 HP/action submerged. Doubled for Wood Elementals, nullified for Fire Elementals.
• Aqua attacks: Panel explodes, +100% Source Aqua Damage, change terrain hit to Normal.
• PanelShot: Imbue Fire.

[Four small puddles; circles of lava on each side of the HotHead in the centre]
20% Broken

• Not bottomless.
• Reverts to Normal after a time, if no one is inside.
• Doubles dodge penalties for bad RP.
• 1-4 Movements actions to climb back out depending on method.

[Broken hole where the Craggers attacked Seafoam in the first round, as well as another section where their attacks overlapped]
10% Cracked

• Changes to Broken when stepped on, chance to fall in when triggered.
• Burrow: Change terrain to Broken, Null 50 to burrower.
• Panel Crack attacks, >100 Damage Break/Impact/Drop attacks: Change terrain hit to Broken.
• PanelShot: Splash1.

[Mid-field area where some of the Craggers other attacks damaged the ground]
10% Metal

• Cannot be Broken or Cracked except with Geddon/PanelShot, cannot be Burrowed into.
• Elec attacks: +100% Source Damage.
• 100 Damage Aqua attacks: Change terrain hit to Cracked.
• 100 Damage Fire attacks: Change terrain hit to Furnace.
• PanelShot: Imbue Elec + Break.

[Two points on the sides of the area, halfway down, with ladders that lead upwards]



Area is a broad, oval shaped space, surrounded by metallic structures, with mesh gantries running overhead. Many heavy-looking objects are affixed the upper gantry, but could be knocked down. The ground has several small lava pools scattered about it, along with four patches of holy panelling, two at either end.

It takes a movement, or a feint to position yourself beneath a hanging object or to get out from under one; disturbed objects may fall at the end of the turn they are damaged, and will deal 30 Break damage to any target, navi or virus, underneath them when they fall.

"...fluff." was Seafoam's only response to seeing the falling objects miss her targets entirely. Conjuring a harpoon, the netnavi focused, channeling energy into the weapon. It took some time, but eventually the weapon lit up with a soft, flickering blue glow. Pulling back her arm, Seafoam hurled the weapon, this time aiming directly for one of the viruses instead of trying to dislodge another object.

Following up on her charged harpoon, Seafoam lifted her other hand, sending a wave crashing across terrain towards her target. After that, the netnavi readied herself to avoid any attacks from either of the remaining viruses.

Deciding to not bother with the hanging implements this time around, Seafoam would begin to charge her buster up in defiance of maneuvering the rocky golems out of their little hole and under some more of the hanging implements. This would cause the two to look at one another before charging up their fists again for another strike at the navi, almost in unison they would quickly slam their fists down as the rocky fists would attempt to crush Seafoam this time...unfortunately, their fists went way overhead of the navi and crashed down behind her, destroying part of the field in tandem, one cracking, the other smashing through the paneling and beginning to block off any hope of a retreat should it come to that.

But regardless, Seafoam finished her charge and let her lance fly, the navi's spear cracking a chunk off the virus where it impacted, as her followup wave attack would actually strike true against the virus' body from underneath, causing it to collapse into a heap of rubble and not get back up (40+40=80/2=40 total) from the attack. The virus' friend was DEEPLY angry at this, gritting it's jumbled teeth and narrowing it's eyes at her and her alone. Any thoughts of crushing the mets would fade away as the trio of metools would swing their picks in unison, cheering on Seafoam with reckless abandon. This only further angered the virus as it slammed it's fist down again...and again, missing, going behind her before she could move and into the hole made just a moment ago. There was little left to do, she could easily chip this one down and hopefully get these mets to a portal.

-=Rocky Residents=-
CraggerCragger (Cragger)

Craggers are pretty easy targets, given their size. They also move very rarely, and when they do they move slowly. Their dodge rate is abysmal. They generally rely on their HardBody defense, which reduces non-break damage by half, but doubles break damage. They have high attack power and AoE, but their accuracy is generally bad as their attacks are easy to follow and take time to deliver. Their attack is executed as a Drop Attack, and thus attacks from above, and not head-on. Targets caught underground within this attack's AoE range take an additional 50 Null damage that ignores all defenses.

Area: Netopia, Sharo, Hades Isle

HP: 120
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Null + Break + Panel Break + WideAttack
Attack Accuracy: D
Attack Description: Slams the enemy and surrounding area with fist. This is executed as a Drop Attack, and is more damaging to targets below ground (IE: Submerged or burrowed).
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): GolemHit1, Zenny
Special: Hardbody. A: RUBBLE (PING)
CraggerCragger (Cragger)

Craggers are pretty easy targets, given their size. They also move very rarely, and when they do they move slowly. Their dodge rate is abysmal. They generally rely on their HardBody defense, which reduces non-break damage by half, but doubles break damage. They have high attack power and AoE, but their accuracy is generally bad as their attacks are easy to follow and take time to deliver. Their attack is executed as a Drop Attack, and thus attacks from above, and not head-on. Targets caught underground within this attack's AoE range take an additional 50 Null damage that ignores all defenses.

Area: Netopia, Sharo, Hades Isle

HP: 120
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Null + Break + Panel Break + WideAttack
Attack Accuracy: D
Attack Description: Slams the enemy and surrounding area with fist. This is executed as a Drop Attack, and is more damaging to targets below ground (IE: Submerged or burrowed).
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): GolemHit1, Zenny
Special: Hardbody. B: 40Hp [Normal] [Far right end of the area]
HotHeadHotHead (HotHead)

HotHeads alternate actions between attacking and guarding. These are the only actions HotHeads may perform, and the first action of every battle is always guarding. HotHeads will not break from this pattern unless forced to by status effects. HotHeads cannot be lifted or thrown, even with Rageclaw.

Area: Netopia, Hades Isle, Kotobuki Town

HP: 60
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Fire + Break + Small Lava Terrain Change
Attack Accuracy: C
Attack Description: Fires Cannonball. Breaking. Creates Lava Terrain.
Element: Fire
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): LavaBall1, Zenny
Special: Immobile.
- Iron Body when not attacking.: DELETED

-=Pathfinding Party=-
Map-Wielding MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Holy] [A bit of distance away from Seafoam]
Sculptor MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Holy] [A bit of distance away from Seafoam]
Nervous MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Normal] [Away from Seafoam, but in the other direction]

-=Marshal of Meandering Metools=-
Seafoam.Exe: 110Hp [Cracked]

-=Surely Getting Closer Now?=-
20% Normal

• No effects.

[Part of the terrain, mostly in front of Seafoam and where the mets were at]
20% Holy

• Halves Final Damage.
• Cannot be in Sigs.
• PanelShot: Converts attack to Life Drain.

[Four patches, two at Seafoam's end, two at the opposite end]
10% Lava

• Non-Fire Elementals lose 5 HP/action standing, 10 HP/action submerged. Doubled for Wood Elementals, nullified for Fire Elementals.
• Aqua attacks: Panel explodes, +100% Source Aqua Damage, change terrain hit to Normal.
• PanelShot: Imbue Fire.

[Four small puddles; circles of lava on each side of the HotHead in the centre]
30% Broken

• Not bottomless.
• Reverts to Normal after a time, if no one is inside.
• Doubles dodge penalties for bad RP.
• 1-4 Movements actions to climb back out depending on method.

[Broken hole where the Craggers attacked Seafoam in the first round, as well as another section where their attacks overlapped, as well as a gaping hole behind Seafoam]
10% Cracked

• Changes to Broken when stepped on, chance to fall in when triggered.
• Burrow: Change terrain to Broken, Null 50 to burrower.
• Panel Crack attacks, >100 Damage Break/Impact/Drop attacks: Change terrain hit to Broken.
• PanelShot: Splash1.

[Mid-field area where some of the Craggers other attacks damaged the ground]
10% Metal

• Cannot be Broken or Cracked except with Geddon/PanelShot, cannot be Burrowed into.
• Elec attacks: +100% Source Damage.
• 100 Damage Aqua attacks: Change terrain hit to Cracked.
• 100 Damage Fire attacks: Change terrain hit to Furnace.
• PanelShot: Imbue Elec + Break.

[Two points on the sides of the area, halfway down, with ladders that lead upwards]



Area is a broad, oval shaped space, surrounded by metallic structures, with mesh gantries running overhead. Many heavy-looking objects are affixed the upper gantry, but could be knocked down. The ground has several small lava pools scattered about it, along with four patches of holy panelling, two at either end.

It takes a movement, or a feint to position yourself beneath a hanging object or to get out from under one; disturbed objects may fall at the end of the turn they are damaged, and will deal 30 Break damage to any target, navi or virus, underneath them when they fall.

Seafoam laughed as she began charging another harpoon, "That's more like it!" As the weapon began glowing, the netnavi hurled it at the remaining virus, before Coral spoke up.

"Shotgun on its way. Don't think that you have to end this with your buster."

"Thanks Coral," Seafoam said, lifting a blunderbuss that formed from the incoming chip data to point at the virus before pulling the trigger to send a blast of shot downrange. The navi would then flip herself to the side in a cartwheel, her enthusiasm being shown in an acrobatic display. Finally, she would take one more step to the side, the additional movement hopefully helping to throw off her enemy's aim.

Standing her ground as she charged up another of her harpoons, the angry Cragger would do much the same, fist glowing softly as it threw another punch at the navi...missing entirely again, miraculously as her charge shot went off, sending cracks into the Cragger's body (40/2). The virus seemingly was uninterested in the damage, more that it's attack had missed yet again, but before it got the chance to ruin Seafoam's day, it was blasted in the chest and deleted outright (50/2), the virus crumpling into another massive heap of rubble, the battle finally over. The Mets cheering happily as the monsters were finally gone and finally, the group could potentially escape from this hellhole. Though inbetween the zenny she earned, a massive fist from one of the craggers could be seen...maybe enough data existed for chip data...

-=Rocky Residents=-
CraggerCragger (Cragger)

Craggers are pretty easy targets, given their size. They also move very rarely, and when they do they move slowly. Their dodge rate is abysmal. They generally rely on their HardBody defense, which reduces non-break damage by half, but doubles break damage. They have high attack power and AoE, but their accuracy is generally bad as their attacks are easy to follow and take time to deliver. Their attack is executed as a Drop Attack, and thus attacks from above, and not head-on. Targets caught underground within this attack's AoE range take an additional 50 Null damage that ignores all defenses.

Area: Netopia, Sharo, Hades Isle

HP: 120
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Null + Break + Panel Break + WideAttack
Attack Accuracy: D
Attack Description: Slams the enemy and surrounding area with fist. This is executed as a Drop Attack, and is more damaging to targets below ground (IE: Submerged or burrowed).
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): GolemHit1, Zenny
Special: Hardbody. A: RUBBLE (PING)
CraggerCragger (Cragger)

Craggers are pretty easy targets, given their size. They also move very rarely, and when they do they move slowly. Their dodge rate is abysmal. They generally rely on their HardBody defense, which reduces non-break damage by half, but doubles break damage. They have high attack power and AoE, but their accuracy is generally bad as their attacks are easy to follow and take time to deliver. Their attack is executed as a Drop Attack, and thus attacks from above, and not head-on. Targets caught underground within this attack's AoE range take an additional 50 Null damage that ignores all defenses.

Area: Netopia, Sharo, Hades Isle

HP: 120
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Null + Break + Panel Break + WideAttack
Attack Accuracy: D
Attack Description: Slams the enemy and surrounding area with fist. This is executed as a Drop Attack, and is more damaging to targets below ground (IE: Submerged or burrowed).
Element: None.
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): GolemHit1, Zenny
Special: Hardbody. B: DOUBLE RUBBLE
HotHeadHotHead (HotHead)

HotHeads alternate actions between attacking and guarding. These are the only actions HotHeads may perform, and the first action of every battle is always guarding. HotHeads will not break from this pattern unless forced to by status effects. HotHeads cannot be lifted or thrown, even with Rageclaw.

Area: Netopia, Hades Isle, Kotobuki Town

HP: 60
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 Fire + Break + Small Lava Terrain Change
Attack Accuracy: C
Attack Description: Fires Cannonball. Breaking. Creates Lava Terrain.
Element: Fire
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): LavaBall1, Zenny
Special: Immobile.
- Iron Body when not attacking.: DELETED

-=Pathfinding Party=-
Map-Wielding MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Holy] [A bit of distance away from Seafoam]
Sculptor MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Holy] [A bit of distance away from Seafoam]
Nervous MetoolMetool (Metool)

Metools not currently attacking will guard. Entering guard mode requires an action. Exiting guard mode does not require an action.

Area: ACDC, Electown, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Dentech, Beach

HP: 40
Primary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null + Piercing + Ground Attack
Primary Attack Accuracy: C
Primary Attack Description: Whacks ground with pickaxe, sending forth a shockwave.
Secondary Attack Damage/Effect: 10 Null
Secondary Attack Accuracy: B
Secondary Attack Description: Throws a mattock at an enemy.
Element: Null
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Guard1, ShockWave, Zenny
Special: Can hide in its helmet to negate damage.: 40Hp [Normal] [Away from Seafoam, but in the other direction]

-=Marshal of Meandering Metools=-
Seafoam.Exe: 110Hp [Cracked]

-=Surely Getting Closer Now?=-
20% Normal

• No effects.

[Part of the terrain, mostly in front of Seafoam and where the mets were at]
20% Holy

• Halves Final Damage.
• Cannot be in Sigs.
• PanelShot: Converts attack to Life Drain.

[Four patches, two at Seafoam's end, two at the opposite end]
10% Lava

• Non-Fire Elementals lose 5 HP/action standing, 10 HP/action submerged. Doubled for Wood Elementals, nullified for Fire Elementals.
• Aqua attacks: Panel explodes, +100% Source Aqua Damage, change terrain hit to Normal.
• PanelShot: Imbue Fire.

[Four small puddles; circles of lava on each side of the HotHead in the centre]
30% Broken

• Not bottomless.
• Reverts to Normal after a time, if no one is inside.
• Doubles dodge penalties for bad RP.
• 1-4 Movements actions to climb back out depending on method.

[Broken hole where the Craggers attacked Seafoam in the first round, as well as another section where their attacks overlapped, as well as a gaping hole behind Seafoam]
10% Cracked

• Changes to Broken when stepped on, chance to fall in when triggered.
• Burrow: Change terrain to Broken, Null 50 to burrower.
• Panel Crack attacks, >100 Damage Break/Impact/Drop attacks: Change terrain hit to Broken.
• PanelShot: Splash1.

[Mid-field area where some of the Craggers other attacks damaged the ground]
10% Metal

• Cannot be Broken or Cracked except with Geddon/PanelShot, cannot be Burrowed into.
• Elec attacks: +100% Source Damage.
• 100 Damage Aqua attacks: Change terrain hit to Cracked.
• 100 Damage Fire attacks: Change terrain hit to Furnace.
• PanelShot: Imbue Elec + Break.

[Two points on the sides of the area, halfway down, with ladders that lead upwards]



Area is a broad, oval shaped space, surrounded by metallic structures, with mesh gantries running overhead. Many heavy-looking objects are affixed the upper gantry, but could be knocked down. The ground has several small lava pools scattered about it, along with four patches of holy panelling, two at either end.

It takes a movement, or a feint to position yourself beneath a hanging object or to get out from under one; disturbed objects may fall at the end of the turn they are damaged, and will deal 30 Break damage to any target, navi or virus, underneath them when they fall.

Battle 4 victory!
Rewards: 720z, GolemHit1Damage: 140 + Break + Panel Crack + Wide Attack
Accuracy: C
Description: A fist of stone falls from the sky to smash an enemy, and create a shock wave that hits two nearby enemies. The area affected by the fist becomes Cracked terrain.
Duration: Once
Element: Null
Trader Rank: D

((Where'd that 30 HP go? I had 110, and I didn't get hit?))
((1500z -> 2220z))
((GET: GolemHit1Damage: 140 + Break + Panel Crack + Wide Attack
Accuracy: C
Description: A fist of stone falls from the sky to smash an enemy, and create a shock wave that hits two nearby enemies. The area affected by the fist becomes Cracked terrain.
Duration: Once
Element: Null
Trader Rank: D))

It took Seafoam a few moments to relax after the last virus collapsed into rubble. Noticing that one of the fists seemed to be intact, the curious netnavi approached and picked up the stone appendage and inspecting it closely, before putting it away...somewhere. "Coral, did my PET get that data?"

Coral leaned back in her seat before answering, "Yeah, a GolemHit chip." She didn't continue, still thinking over the encounter that the pair had just had.

Meanwhile, Seafoam had started collecting the Zenny from the battle, sending it to the pair's PET in the same manner. For a while, the navi worked in silence, but it wasn't long before she finished collecting everything that they could use, and turned her attention towards moving forward. Looking upward, something clicked. "Y'know...I bet that I could navigate better if I got higher."

Coral wasn't quite sure what her navi was talking about for a moment, before remembering the gantries. "Is there even a way to get up there safely?"

Seafoam hummed noncommitally as she turned to examine the surrounding structures. Finally, she started moving towards one, probably hoping to find a ladder on the other side.

((Look for a way to get up onto the gantries, or even higher if possible.))

While it seemed like her metool wards were taking a few extra moments to relish their victory over viruses that were normally a major danger to them (and whack at the remaining chunks of broken rubble that were still breaking down), Seafoam decided to get a better vantage point and confirm her location. Fortunately enough, the pair of metal ladders halfway along the enclosed space, on either side that seemed to lead upwards into the structures above, had survived the recent battle undamaged so climbing one was easy enough for her.

The ladder led up into the nest of metallic lighting equipment and though it did crest at a walkable gantry that latticed out above the ground below, it swiftly became clear that the structure holding all of the various stage equipment went onward and upward for several more levels overhead. The metal felt hot to the touch, but it was hard to tell right away whether it was from the bright sun and dry heat bearing down on everything in this part of the netopian nets, or whether some part of the machinery and equipment was generating the heat itself. The lights didn't seem to be on right now, but the nest was strung with cables and cords and the quiet whirring of fans, amidst quieter electronic sounds, could be heard as an ambient undertone to everything.

One odd element that became immediately apparent to Seafoam once she had climbed the ladder and got her footing on the walkway, was that this volume of structure climbing up and up sure hadn't seemed to be visible here when she had approached from the outside. It seemed like there was a whole lot more space and distance up here that it looked like from the ground, or from outside the structure.

It took Seafoam and extra few moments to pick her way across the walkway, moving hanging cables aside and ducking around protruding lighting apparatus, until she broke out into open space again and looked out over the local Netopian net space – hard rocky terrain baking in the sunny hat. A glance behind her showed only a thin, single layer of stage lights, covered over by heavy, sun-reflective tarps, but ducking back under the curtain of hanging wires and cords was a return to that strange theatre-tech jungle within.

Rgardless, she had a good chance here to survey the surrounding network and make sure they were on course for the transition she was aiming for. The hard, rocky area of the net continued on in two directions, and Seafoam could see several more similar structures to the one she was standing on top of dotted erratically across the landscape in the distance. In another direction, the network seemed to slide into a slightly more hospitable-looking landscape, with more greenery and what looked like occasional radio signal towers. As it turned out, she'd gotten ever so slightly off-course, but the higher vantage point made it much easier for her to correct mentally and chart the course she'd need to take to get her charges to the transition safely.

A couple of curious 'meeps' from below drew Seafoam's attention back to the present, where, down below, the trio of exploring metools had decided to come and see what their guide was up to – they were now industriously climbing the ladder up towards the gantry, pulling themselves up one step at a time with their pickaxes and seemingly in good spirits. The first one was just about to disappear from her line of sight as it neared the top of the ladder.

((Choice of exploration is up to you ^.^ There are no wrong directions – just remember to state your battle ready whenever you want to start your next combat encounter.))