3-Chip Trader Machine

And lo and behold...a Chip Trader. Hector knew it was there already, though...he scouted the chip shop some time ago. "Well, SharpMan, feeling lucky?"

"Go for it. But if you get a CornShot, I quit NetBattling forever!"

"The odds are against that happening...but who knows?" Grabbing three chips he was reasonably sure his Navi didn't care for, he placed them in the appropriate slots, then activated the machine...

[Try: Shotgun, ShockWave, RageClaw1]

*Ka-thunk*

Hector LOSE: Shotgun, ShockWave, RageClaw1
Hector GET: AquaNeedle1

Almost immediately, the Whazzapian removed the acquired chip, and briefly inspected it. "So, how do you feel about AquaNeedle?"

"Meh. So long as you stuck to junk I don't care about, I'll live with it."

"Of course. I'm not stupid." Now, to make a little trip to the local park across the street...

On his way away from the store, Na'im came across the chip trader and figured it couldn't hurt to give his luck a try. He had met some new friends recently and maybe luck had more in store for him. Sliding his fingers through his pack of chips, he took 3 out and inserted them one by one into the machine.

[Inserted: 1x MachineGun1; 1x Pulsar1; 1x FireBomb1]

*whirrrrr* Clang! ...Crud.

Na'im LOSE: MachineGun1, Pulsar1, FireBomb1
Na'im GET: Cannon

Flicking the chip through his fingers, turning it around a few times, Na'im eventually shrugged and put it by the rest of his chips. Apparently his luck was only available when it came to finding new people to hang out with.

Doo doo doo...well, her day's plans were wrecked. But the Chip Trader was always good for a little entertainment. With that in mind, Sabrina put in a trio of chips, and pulled the lever...

[Order of Insertion:
1-ShockWave
2-TreeBomb1
3-FireBomb1]

Vweeeeeee.

Plonk.

Sabrina GET: [SnakeEgg2] Battlechip
Sabrina LOSE: [Shockwave] [TreeBomb1] [FireBomb1] Battlechips

"Woo!" Well, one good try deserved another...or something. Put three more chips in, and...

[Order of Insertion:
1-AirHockey1
2-Mole1
3-IronShield1]

... out comes another!

Sabrina GET: [Lock-On1] Battlechip
Sabrina LOSE: [AirHockey1] [Mole1] [IronShield1] Battlechips

Man, she was on a roll. Might as well keep going...

[Order of Insertion:
1-FireBurn1
2-LineOut1
3-QuickBoomerang1]

More whirring and plonking.

Sabrina GET: [ElecSword] Battlechip
Sabrina LOSE: [FireBurn1] [LineOut1] [QuickBoomerang1] Battlechips

Well, at the very least, even if the streak ended, she'd still have a passing grade against the trader. And at best? Aw yeah. Definitely worth another shot. And thus Sabrina gave it another whirl.

[Order of Insertion:
1-Attack+10
2-Cannon
3-Cannon
PROGRAM ADVANCE - GIGACANNON1
...I mean, chip trader go!]

Plonk, plonk, plonk.

Whirrrrrrr, kchunk.

Oh, guess Soryu did fix the trader.

Sabrina GET: [Shotgun] Battlechip
Sabrina LOSE: [Attack+10] [Cannon] x2 Battlechips

...Well, if he actually did fix the trader, Soryu just set some kind of speed record, because she was pretty sure he never left the counter. Oh well. 3 for 4...hmm. 3 for 5 was still 60%, so she'd still leave with a passing grade...okay, one last try. But first, Sabrina appeared to fiddle with her PET, which soon coughed up a pair of chips, which were in turn placed into the trader, along with that Shotgun. Now, let's see if her grade was going up to a B, or down to a D...

[Order of Insertion:
1-SnowFort1
2-IronShield1
3-Shotgun]

Last plonking of the day.

Sabrina GET: [LavaSeed] Battlechip
Sabrina LOSE: [SnowFort1] [IronShield1] [Shotgun] Battlechips

4 for 5...she was officially the luckiest girl in the world today. Sabrina quickly did a pirouette, stopping in the direction of Soryu to give a bow, before pocketing her latest triumph and leaving the store, off to make one more purchase for the day...

Rei shuffled over towards the chip trader, a little skeptical and a little nervous. while he had known about the existence of the machine he rarely ever used it for fear he would get shortchanged somehow. This time around however, he had a few chips he believed wouldn't sell and they were just taking up space. the last time he tried he got something better than what he put in, so it couldn't hurt to try a second or third time.

Picking out three chips which were fairly out dated, he rolled them around in his hand for a moment before swallowing hard. [Here goes nothing...] His hand shook slightly as he tossed the chips into the machine.

*insert 2x fireburn1, 1x rageclaw1 *

There went nothing...and there came something!

Rei LOSE: FireBurn1, FireBurn1, RageClaw1
Rei GET: ElecKnife

[huh... not bad] Rei Mused, as he looked at the new chip. It was certainly useful if they ever had to take on water enemies, even if that didn't happen often. Thinking on it, he decided it couldnt hurt to try one more time.

Selecting another set of chips he didn't think were worth much, Rei tossed them into the trader in hopes for a good return.

*insert: firehit1, rageclaw1, lineout1*