Rania Hits the Beach

"It's done? So I guess that means Pianissimo lost..." Mill shared Anyis's opinion of "you beat me, so beat everyone", so it was a bit of a disappointment to hear of his defeat. "As for Sanctuary, hold on a moment..." Even while his Navi was battling, there were certain parts of the Net that were always accessible at any given moment. Conveniently, one of those parts was the Battlechip database.

While he was navigating through the pages, Mill came to a realization in the back of his mind. For however reluctant she was willing to admit it, Rania had a problematic Navi in MeleeMan. For better or worse, Anyis wasn't much different to Mill. Her mischievous streak seemed to have no end at times, and more often than not he had to be the one on the receiving of her pranks. However, Mill might have been able to take solace in the fact that he was not alone in his Navi problems.

"... Oh, here it is." announced Mill as his discovery jogged his mind back to reality. "It's a terrain changer, apparently, that creates... Holy panels? Wow, that is rare." Mill slid his PET over to Rania so she could see the info on the screen. Meanwhile, he marveled at the fact that people could hand out stuff like that as prizes.
Sighing and counting her winnings, Rania mused that the venture had been altogether rather successful. Her mind was already abuzz with all sorts of things that would be neat to give MeleeMan as a support program, but she couldn't decide on just one thing... Before she could give the matter any more thought, however, her PET began ringing, indicating that she had a call. Surprised, she answered the PET quickly, not knowing who could be on the other end.

Rania nodded, talking quietly. "Uh, sorry guys, it's Sensei. Er, my grandpa, that is. He says he's got something he needs to show me and that I need to get home immediately. It was lots of fun though! We should hang out and bust again some time," she smiled, getting up from her seat and stretching casually. "I'll send you guys a link with my e-mail in case you ever want to get back together."

MeleeMan, busy communicating with the GNA mission board, looked up at Rania skeptically. "If you can send them the link, doesn't that mean you already have their e-mails?" he asked, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Nah, we can do it because we're in the area together. Once our navis and PETs all seperate, though, calling or e-mail will be the most efficient way to do it. And uh..." pausing, she bent down to the PET and whispered, looking very silly but accomplishing her goal of making it so that the others couldn't hear. "I don't want to give out my call number unless he asks..." she muttered, hiding her red face as she spoke.

"Oh wow. That's too old-fashioned. I mean it," he scoffed, turning his attention back to the GNA board.

Dismissing her navi's opinion, Rania sent the e-mail link to the others. "Alright. See you later!" she called cheerfully, putting back on her outfit quickly and topping it off with her fabled back-up dragon shirt. She left the sweatshirt off, as it was a little hot for that still. Tying up her sneakers, Rania jogged up the beach to head for the metroline.

((Heading to Electown))
However abuzz Rania's mind was, Mill's was fairly blank. The payout for winning the tournament was good, but he really had no clue what they even accepted this mission for. Rania seemed excited, though, so Mill figured it had to be at least somewhat cool. Maybe a new upgrade or something.

As Rania address the phone call she got, Mill got a message from the GNA with the mission reward attached. "Support Program Base?" said Mill curiously as he read the filename.

"It's an SP tool kit, maybe? I've never had an SP before, but after seeing Voulge's, MachMan's, and Seraphim's lately, it could be fun to get one of my own." suggested Anyis as she unpacked the SP Base from the message.

"Yeah, might as well. We've already seen a really wide range of what SPs could be, so I'll need to think for a while before I figure out what to make." replied Mill as he uploaded the program to his PET's harddrive.

"If it's all the same to you, I'd rather not have magic clothes like Seraphim does. Something more Navi-ish, like Aera." suggested Anyis in a do-it-or-else type of manner.

"Navi-like..." pondered Mill as his mind fished back to recent memory for inspiration. He thought of the GolemHit he had just received, and something there made it click. "Golem... Hey, Anyis. Do you think if we used the core data you saved, we could...?"

"Core data? You mean... Oh! Maybe? I don't know how well it'd work in something as confined as a PET, but it's worth a try." answered Anyis. "I'll take any chance to pay back that favor I owe."

With the prospect that was now in front of him, Mill was finally excited about this mission reward. He suddenly jumped out of his seat and said, "Sorry, I need to go too! I can go ahead and trade emails, but there's something I absolutely have to do as soon as possible!" As soon as emails were exchanged, Mill dashed off without another word in a mad sprint for the Metroline.

(Moving to ACDC)
Erin sat there for a minute, pursing her lips as she looked for something in her chip bag as her rewards came through.

"Ergh. I'm going to need to ask that nurse to get some more stuff for us--- and that means I'll need to promise to behave. For at least a couple days." The small girl shrugged with some mix of frustration and exasperation as she tried to wheel herself further out of the sand. She may have coughed once or twice, but she was fine. at least, that's what she told herself as she rolled into the hospital, whereupon at least three nurses set on her, exclaiming their horror at the sand everywhere on her.

"Did you have fun?" a skeptical voice asked. Erin knew her name, what was it, what was it-

"I suppose you could say that... Janine?" Was that it? It sounded something like that, anyway.

"My name is Jamie. You sound like you're trying to get me to do something for you again. What is it this time?" The nurse groaned, looking at Erin with her head slightly tilted.

"Well, I just did a little thing for some of Seraphim's friends, you know how he is. So they gave him some program for the favor- I was wondering if you could buy some of the stuff he needs in order to install it." Erin said in a voice that she hoped did not betray any of the fun she had with Mill and Rania.

Jamie wasn't fooled in the least. "This time, I want an actual list. Last time your navi went on about upgrades but didn't know what he was supposed to get. It was like he didn't even know about chips or anything."

"Ah, right. Yeah he can be that way." Erin said quickly, cutting off any more conversation as she made some notes and handed over the PET
[Meleeman/Seraphim - 8FXP]
[Meleeman/Anyis - 6FXP]
[Anyis/Seraphim - 6FXP]