"Seems like this part of the area's fairly clear from the lava."
"Almost makes it seem like some kind of park."
Moving further through the area, the two stumbled upon what appeared to be a rather benign area of cooled lava-base soil. The black soil seemed to spread out for a good while, a welcome respite from the volatile explosions of the island's network. Eternalis walked side-by-side with Aurora as the recovery patch restored the damage done by the earlier burst of fire. With the patch in full force, it was easy enough for Aurora to move about unabated, and even add a small spring to her step as she reminisced.
"Hm... Alright, where were we? Right, my old partner. So he was Serena's old Navi, employed for Sharo's 'internal logistics', with me as support. The job wasn't easy, but it was decent enough. We had a bunch of slip-ups, him and me both, but we always managed to pull each other out of it somehow. Of course, that is, until we didn't," said Aurora, looking off into the smoke-filled skies with a wistful air. "Serena brought in a new upgrade one day, told us that it was some kind of new 'detection system' for him. Our work tended to be a bit on the secretive side, we had to do some 'permanent removal' a few times on witnesses. Still, it's never at all possible to catch every witness, and the cleanup work after those kinds of incidents nearly got both of us 'removed' ourselves by the higher-ups. That upgrade was supposed to... eliminate that problem. Essentially, it detected any attempt at resolving his identity data as a hostile threat. If the data wasn't scrambled in time, it immediately boosted his statistics in order to intercept the data and eliminate the threat."
Aurora cleared her throat. "Basically, if you managed to look at his face, it turned him into a cruise missile."
Harke's expression turned into an incredulous confusion. "W-What? But won't that just delete everything in sight?"
"His internal code normally had an execute-permission setup that didn't allow him to access any network that wasn't thoroughly checked and authorized for, and the upgrade itself had an extensive whitelist. Like I said, we were involved in internal logistics, not external, so the area we were operating in was tiny. But, well..." Aurora hesitated, clutching at her chest with a pained expression.
"Aurora..."
Eternalis had a similarly pained expression on his face, though likely more out of concern than painful memories. He hesitantly reached out for her shoulder, but before he could do so, a loud thump demanded their attention. As they had been walking about, it seemed like a horde of viruses had materialized out of thin air.
Jettisoned out of her reminiscing time, Aurora shook her head to clear it, and sighed. "These viruses really don't know how to read the mood, it seems."
"No kidding. You guys sure you don't want to do this in the PET or anything?" said Harke. "Well, here's the usual. Anything else? AquaTower looks decent here." A set of four chips inserted itself as the operator gave the command through his floating touchscreen.
"Yeah, that and MediumCloud. I'll wipe 'em out nice and easy," said Eternalis, readying himself as the chips came into their processing queues.
Aurora had already put her hand forward, activating the first of the chips. The familiar red Trumpy floated into existence in front of her. It let out a few viral toots before it set to work on playing its melody, this time going for a powerfully patriotic rendition of the Sharo anthem. While Aurora's summoned virus set to loudly extolling the virtues of the military nation, Eternalis summoned his own little helper, with the KillerEye virus hopping in with a cheerful beep of its own as it scouted forward for intruders.
He then held back his arm, gathering a small blob of slime in his hand before pitching it hard towards the viruses. The blob landed with a wet smack and sprouted a pair of iridescent blue eyes, looking around with wonderment at its surroundings. Unfortunately, it wouldn't have much of a time to appreciate them as the ground beneath it crackled open and a powerful geyser shot forth, slicing apart anything caught in its path.
The Sharoan duo then blinked out of the way before the Little Boiler could do its work, with Eternalis reappearing high above the sky. As they hovered briefly, the ground rumbled loudly, and another geyser appeared to wreak havoc on the viral ranks. This one covered a much larger area than the previous one, but its spread was also much slower. Observing the battlefield from high above, Eternalis waved his arm to separate a part of it from him. The separated blob halted in midair before it turned a murky grey and expelling a stormy rain towards the enemies below.
// Summary
[Et.*] Sig: Influx Aegis: Heal 18x4 @ Aurora, 18 @ Self
[Ar.1] Chip: 
TimpaniHP: 50
Properties: Heavy
Object Damage: 50 + Impact
Damage Method: Throw, Telekinesis
Status Effect: Hold + To-All-Clause(Enemies)
Accuracy: S
Description: Stops all enemies from moving with a powerful sonic wave.
Duration: 1 turn or until destroyed.
Element: Null
Trader Rank: C: 50HP Heavy Object, 1-Turn: Hold + To-All-Enemy (Acc: S) @ In front
[Et.1] Chip: 
Sensor2HP: 100
Properties: Anchored, ElecBody
Object Damage: 100 + Impact
Damage Method: Telekinesis
Attack Damage: 130 Elec + Beam Attack + Stun 1
Accuracy: S
Description: Summons a Killereye to search for enemies. Fires an eye-beam when it detects them. It can see through invisibility.
Duration: Until destroyed or until it attacks.
Element: Elec
Special: ElecBody: Immune to Elec damage. Special: Laser TAG: Attack triggers when something moves through the targeting laser beam, no matter who or what that may be.
Trader Rank: C: 100HP Anchored ElecBody Object: (130 + Beam Attack + Stun + Self-Destruct): Laser TAG (Acc: S) @ In front, pointed to MetalCragger (Beam: +100%*SrcAtk)
[Ar.2] Sig: Infiltration Module: Invisibility + Self-Slow @ Self
[Et.2] Chip: 
LittleBoiler1HP: 1
Properties: Light
Object Damage: (100 Aqua + Damage Absorbed) + Blast 3
Damage Method: Throw, Knockback, Microburst, Telekinesis, Gust
Attack Damage: (100 Aqua + Damage Absorbed) + Blast 3
Accuracy: E (thrown) / B (trigger)
Description: Throws a boiling kettle 3 panels ahead that boils over when hit once, dealing aqua damage to everything around it without regard to who or what that may be. The damage of the attack that strikes it is added to the blast.
Duration: Until destroyed.
Element: Wood
Special: Time Delay: Upon taking damage, there is a 2 action time delay before the attack triggers.
Special: For the purposes of Elemental Bonuses, this chip is counts as Aqua Element.
Trader Rank: D: 1HP Light Object: (100 + Damage-Absorb + Blast3 + Delay-Action(2)): On-Hit (Acc: E (thrown) / B (trigger)) @ Middle of virus horde (Aqua: Atk+15, Fire: +100%*SrcAtk)
[Et.3] Chip: 
WaterLine2Damage: 130 + Ground Attack + Wide Attack
Accuracy: B
Description: A wall of water gushes from the ground, drowning up to 3 targets.
Duration: Once
Element: Aqua
Trader Rank: C: 130 + Ground Attack + Wide Attack (Acc: B) @ LittleBoiler1/MetalCragger/Momogro (Aqua: Atk+15, Fire: +100%SrcAtk)
[Et.4] Sig: Rapid Sublimation: Teleport @ High Alt above Virus Horde, out of LittleBoiler's Blast range (Tag Along: Aurora)
[Et.5] Chip: 
AquaTower1Damage: 100 + Piercing + Ground Attack + Line-Chain
Accuracy: D
Description: Geysers of water march across the field.
Duration: Once
Element: Aqua
Special: Line-Chain: This attack moves forward in a rough line, but may shift side to side slightly as it advances to engage more targets in its general path. The attack cannot ever stray more than 45 degrees from its original path, and cannot make greater than a 45 degree turn at any given time.
Trader Rank: D: 100 + Piercing + Ground Attack + Line-Chain (Acc: D) @ Virus Horde (Aqua: Atk+15, Fire: +100%*SrcAtk, Teleport: Acc+)
[Ar.3] Act: Evade incoming attacks (Dodge)
[Et.6] Chip: 
MediumCloudDamage: 90 + Wide Attack + Drop Attack
Accuracy: C
Description: Cloud moves up and down three enemies, raining on them for two turns. Enemies can move out from under it if possible.
Duration: Two turns
Element: Aqua
Special: Drop Attack: This attack originates above the battlefield, and falls to the ground. It gains one rank of accuracy against High Altitude targets.
Trader Rank: C: 90 + Wide Attack + Drop Attack + 2-Turn (Acc: C) @ Lizegg/Megalian-F2/Breaker (Aqua: Atk+15, Fire: +100%*SrcAtk)
[Et.*] Act: Panacea: Status Cure @ Self (Subtype)
Blizzard2Damage: 100 + Medium Ice Terrain Change + Cone Attack
