Suburban Surfing

((From Netopia Net: Shakedown One))

Popping out of the portal, Seafoam gave her surroundings a quick once-over; this did indeed seem to be a much different network than the one that she had been exploring. She couldn't...well okay, she COULD wait, for the mets that she had been escorting to get back to their home network.

((Wait for mets to come through to ACDC; Ready for battle one))
The tansit left Seafoam catching her bearing for a moment as she emerged into the usually much better maintained ACDC network. Due to the route she'd taken to get here, though, the navi emerged in the darkened back of what looked like some kind of craggy cave. Further ahead, between jutting stalactites and oddly shaped stalagmites, she could see the light of a bright and sunny network peeking in the cave entrance.

It was only a few moments before the trio of following metools arrived behind her, appearing tentative and cautious at first, but rapidly perking up with excited and relieved 'meeps' as they seemed to recognise the feeling of the network as one more familiar to them. One of them began to pick at one of the nearby stalagmites with experimental curiosity.

Before she could lead her charges out of the cave and into the sunlight, however, Seafoam's senses picked up a series of shrill, almost super-sonic squeaks of sound and the flittering of wings above. Their arrival seemed to have agitated a group of PulseBats, and unlike her met friends this trio of viruses rapidly moved to assault both Seafoam and her charges for daring to intrude upon them. The stalactites on the ceiling formed a dense obfuscation of rocks, making the bats harder to reach with weapons while they were up high, but one swooped down immediately, emitting a sonic blast that cracked a nearby stalagmite and sent shards of rock flying in every direction; it looked like it was moving to wing back up into the obscured roof area between blasts, while the other two were preparing to swoop down and make attacks of their own.

-=Cavern Cravens=-
PulseBatPulseBat (PulseBat)

Area: ACDC, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Sharo, NetVegas

HP: 80
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 + Seeking
Attack Accuracy: A
Attack Description: Uses a sonic screech to damage its opponents.
Secondary Attack Effect: EchoLocation
Secondary Attack Description: Launches a sonic pulse to reveal hidden or illusory targets.
Element: None
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Pulsar1, EchoLocation, Zenny.
Special: Airshoes. If PulseBat hits an object, its attack spreads to up to 8 other targets at half damage while dealing full damage to that object. Every other turn, this virus enters High Altitude (dropdown) status and does not attack.
A: 80Hp [Normal][High Altitude]
PulseBatPulseBat (PulseBat)

Area: ACDC, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Sharo, NetVegas

HP: 80
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 + Seeking
Attack Accuracy: A
Attack Description: Uses a sonic screech to damage its opponents.
Secondary Attack Effect: EchoLocation
Secondary Attack Description: Launches a sonic pulse to reveal hidden or illusory targets.
Element: None
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Pulsar1, EchoLocation, Zenny.
Special: Airshoes. If PulseBat hits an object, its attack spreads to up to 8 other targets at half damage while dealing full damage to that object. Every other turn, this virus enters High Altitude (dropdown) status and does not attack.
B: 80Hp [Normal]
PulseBatPulseBat (PulseBat)

Area: ACDC, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Sharo, NetVegas

HP: 80
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 + Seeking
Attack Accuracy: A
Attack Description: Uses a sonic screech to damage its opponents.
Secondary Attack Effect: EchoLocation
Secondary Attack Description: Launches a sonic pulse to reveal hidden or illusory targets.
Element: None
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Pulsar1, EchoLocation, Zenny.
Special: Airshoes. If PulseBat hits an object, its attack spreads to up to 8 other targets at half damage while dealing full damage to that object. Every other turn, this virus enters High Altitude (dropdown) status and does not attack.
C: 80Hp [Normal][High Altitude]

-=Hopefully Home=-
Map-Wielding Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Just behind Seafoam]
Sculptor Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [behind Seafoam, to her left]
Substantially-Less-Nervous Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [behind Seafoam, to her right]

-=Met Protector=-
Seafoam.Exe: 110Hp [Normal]

-=Are we back in Kansas now? =-
100% Normal
  • No effects.


-=Battle 1, Start!=-
Unhindered by confusing body language (and let's be real, at least one inflicted illusion), Seafoam didn't hesitate to respond to the sonic blast by returning the favor. Crouching down, the aqua element navi swept one hand forward along the ground, water rising from the panel to follow her fingers. As the hand lifted from the panel it had been brushing, the water kept moving, growing swiftly until it was a wave the reached the netnavi's knees. As the wave approached the bat that had swooped down to attack, it grew further, until it towered over the virus for a moment before breaking and crashing down upon the nautical navi's foe. "Looks like we have a welcoming party! Bring out the chips!"

"Cannon incoming."

Hoisting the newly-formed weapon, Seafoam wasted no time following up her previous attack by pointing it at the unlucky bat and firing, the recoil of the blast shoving the weapon back for a moment before it vanished, it's power spent.

For a moment, the netnavi stood ready to sidestep any further sonic attacks, before pulling out a harpoon and allowing energy to flow into the weapon. After a few moments, the now glowing spear was hurled at another of the shrieking viruses, exploding into a blast of water upon impact.

Turn Summary
1) Wave Strike: 40 Aqua, Ground (Acc B/D) @ PulseBat B
2) CannonDamage: 60 + Knockback
Accuracy: A
Description: A decent sized cannon with a single shot.
Duration: Once
Element: Null
Trader Rank: E
: 60 + Knockback (Acc: A) @ PulseBat B
3) Dodge
4) Charge
5) Charge
6) Full Charged Attack: 40 Aqua (Acc A) @ PulseBat A
Status:
110/180 HP
Wave Strike On Cooldown 1/1
High Tide Ready
Chips used: Cannon
On surer footing, Seafoam led off the assault with a rising wave as she attempted to douse the nearest bat. Despite the difficulty of lifting her wave up high enough to reach the airborne foe, she was still able to push the attack to crash over her target before it could escape any higher. Sodden and disoriented, the PulseBat twisted in the air, seeking upwards towards the sheltering spikes of the ceiling, but Seafoam's cannon shot chased it and connected with enough impact to remove the foe from competition.

As she dealt with the first aggressor, the other two bats swooped down, each releasing sonic blasts from their mouths loud enough to make the rocky structures in the cave shudder and crack. Seafoam was able to throw herself to one side in time to avoid one of the blasts, but the other clipped her and sent a heavy, uncomfortable vibration through her body. Even so, the navi was able to focus on charging up a stronger attack and returned fire, striking one of the two remaining bats with her harpoon and damaging it badly.

“Meep!” Beside Seafoam, one of her small metool charges had stepped forward – while the map-wielding met had taken cover behind one of the stalagmites to examine his chart for a moment, and the more artistically inclined of the trio had started to chip away at another spire of stone, the formerly more nervous of the three took the opportunity to arc a pickaxe up towards the other bat that had struck Seafoam, winging it. It ducked under its helmet after confirming the throw, hiding from any potential retaliation. The two remaining Pulsebats seemed shaken by the strong response to their attacks and seemed like they might retreat to the upper reaches of the cavern, at least for a moment or two.

-=Cavern Cravens=-
PulseBatPulseBat (PulseBat)

Area: ACDC, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Sharo, NetVegas

HP: 80
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 + Seeking
Attack Accuracy: A
Attack Description: Uses a sonic screech to damage its opponents.
Secondary Attack Effect: EchoLocation
Secondary Attack Description: Launches a sonic pulse to reveal hidden or illusory targets.
Element: None
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Pulsar1, EchoLocation, Zenny.
Special: Airshoes. If PulseBat hits an object, its attack spreads to up to 8 other targets at half damage while dealing full damage to that object. Every other turn, this virus enters High Altitude (dropdown) status and does not attack.
A: 40Hp [Normal]
PulseBatPulseBat (PulseBat)

Area: ACDC, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Sharo, NetVegas

HP: 80
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 + Seeking
Attack Accuracy: A
Attack Description: Uses a sonic screech to damage its opponents.
Secondary Attack Effect: EchoLocation
Secondary Attack Description: Launches a sonic pulse to reveal hidden or illusory targets.
Element: None
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Pulsar1, EchoLocation, Zenny.
Special: Airshoes. If PulseBat hits an object, its attack spreads to up to 8 other targets at half damage while dealing full damage to that object. Every other turn, this virus enters High Altitude (dropdown) status and does not attack.
B: DELETED
PulseBatPulseBat (PulseBat)

Area: ACDC, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Sharo, NetVegas

HP: 80
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 + Seeking
Attack Accuracy: A
Attack Description: Uses a sonic screech to damage its opponents.
Secondary Attack Effect: EchoLocation
Secondary Attack Description: Launches a sonic pulse to reveal hidden or illusory targets.
Element: None
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Pulsar1, EchoLocation, Zenny.
Special: Airshoes. If PulseBat hits an object, its attack spreads to up to 8 other targets at half damage while dealing full damage to that object. Every other turn, this virus enters High Altitude (dropdown) status and does not attack.
C: 70Hp [Normal]

-=Hopefully Home=-
Map-Wielding Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Cover behind a stalagmite, checking his map]
Sculptor Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Cover behind a stalagmite, mining gently at it]
Substantially-Less-Nervous Metool: 40Hp [Guarding] [Beside Seafoam, on her right]

-=Met Protector=-
Seafoam.Exe: 80Hp [Normal]

-=Are we back in Kansas now? =-
100% Normal
  • No effects.
Seafoam dashed to the side, circling the bats until they were lined up. Seeing her navi change position, Carol pulled out one of the duos battlechips. "Shotgun, slot in!"

Seafoam raised the blunderbuss as it formed, the recoil shoving the weapon back into her arms as she fired a shot aimed to strike both of the remaining viruses. A moment later, she was moving again, zigzagging in evasive movement.

A moment after that, however, her nails on one hand transformed into claws, and she charged, swinging the now weaponized hand at the remaining bat.

With that, Seafoam danced away from her opponent, then towards the Mets.

Turn Summary
1) Movement to put Pulsebat C behind Pulsebat A.
2) ShotgunDamage: 50 + Spread 1
Accuracy: A
Description: A gun whose shot penetrates an enemy to hit another one directly behind it.
Duration: Once
Element: Null
Trader Rank: E
: 50 + Spread 1 (Acc: A) @ Pulsebat A + Pulsebat C
3) Dodge.
4) RageClaw1Damage: 40 + Slashing (Attack) OR 20 + Impacting (Throw)
Accuracy: B / B then B
Description: Creates an impressive bear claw. Can be used to slash or throw enemies or objects.
Duration: Until Overridden/Broken. Breaks automatically after 6 uses.
Element: Null
Special: Throw: The wielder must first grab the target to be thrown, then the target is thrown in the direction/area indicated. A second check is made if against another object/enemy. Throw deals damage to both thrown object/enemy and the second object/enemy. Damage occurs at point of collision with the ground/wall/ceiling/etc. or an object/enemy, not during initial grab attempt. Objects deal their max HP in damage (instead of the chip's damage) if they hit an object/enemy, then break. If they miss, the object just takes the chip's damage. This chip has a variety of uses.
Trader Rank: D
: 40 + Slashing (Attack) OR 20 + Impacting (Throw) (Acc: B / B then B) @ PulsebatC
5) Dodge (away from PulsebatC)
6) Dodge (towards mets)
Status:
80/150 HP (Left Arm: Rageclaw {%%%%%_})
Wave Strike on Cooldown 0/1
High Tide Ready
Chips used: Cannon, Shotgun, Rageclaw1
Capitalising on the momentary hesitation of her foes, Seafoam manoeuvred swiftly to line up the two remaining bats as they each swooped upward to take cover amongst the hanging stalactites. Her shotgun rang out, buckshot scattering across the jagged rock of the ceiling as the main burst of the shot eliminated one of the two bats before it could get out of the way. The piercing round blasted through more of the stalactites but amongst them the second bat wove away from the blast, avoiding it.

With the remaining bat lurking up high, Seafoam attempted to reach it with a swing from her newly formed claws, but her opponent was just too high to reach for now. Two more pickaxes flew up towards the target from her allies, followed by annoyed 'Meep's as they deflected off the hanging stalactites. No luck for now, but as the PulseBat emerged from the higher sections of the cave and prepared to swoop down again it seemed that Seafoam would get another chance to nail the irksome virus.

-=Cavern Cravens=-
PulseBatPulseBat (PulseBat)

Area: ACDC, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Sharo, NetVegas

HP: 80
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 + Seeking
Attack Accuracy: A
Attack Description: Uses a sonic screech to damage its opponents.
Secondary Attack Effect: EchoLocation
Secondary Attack Description: Launches a sonic pulse to reveal hidden or illusory targets.
Element: None
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Pulsar1, EchoLocation, Zenny.
Special: Airshoes. If PulseBat hits an object, its attack spreads to up to 8 other targets at half damage while dealing full damage to that object. Every other turn, this virus enters High Altitude (dropdown) status and does not attack.
A: DELETED
PulseBatPulseBat (PulseBat)

Area: ACDC, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Sharo, NetVegas

HP: 80
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 + Seeking
Attack Accuracy: A
Attack Description: Uses a sonic screech to damage its opponents.
Secondary Attack Effect: EchoLocation
Secondary Attack Description: Launches a sonic pulse to reveal hidden or illusory targets.
Element: None
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Pulsar1, EchoLocation, Zenny.
Special: Airshoes. If PulseBat hits an object, its attack spreads to up to 8 other targets at half damage while dealing full damage to that object. Every other turn, this virus enters High Altitude (dropdown) status and does not attack.
B: DELETED
PulseBatPulseBat (PulseBat)

Area: ACDC, Okuden Valley, Kotobuki Town, Sharo, NetVegas

HP: 80
Attack Damage/Effect: 30 + Seeking
Attack Accuracy: A
Attack Description: Uses a sonic screech to damage its opponents.
Secondary Attack Effect: EchoLocation
Secondary Attack Description: Launches a sonic pulse to reveal hidden or illusory targets.
Element: None
Possible Rewards (Per Virus): Pulsar1, EchoLocation, Zenny.
Special: Airshoes. If PulseBat hits an object, its attack spreads to up to 8 other targets at half damage while dealing full damage to that object. Every other turn, this virus enters High Altitude (dropdown) status and does not attack.
C: 70Hp [High Altitude]

-=Hopefully Home=-
Map-Wielding Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Cover behind a stalagmite, checking his map]
Sculptor Metool: 40Hp [Normal] [Cover behind a stalagmite, mining gently at it]
Substantially-Less-Nervous Metool: 40Hp [Guarding] [Beside Seafoam, on her right]

-=Met Protector=-
Seafoam.Exe: 80Hp [Normal][RageClaw: 5/6]

-=Are we back in Kansas now? =-
100% Normal
  • No effects.