Lockpicking - The Violent Way!

(Bomber casts Life! Topic is revived!)

The cannon round crashed right into Magna's temple, creating a loud metallic ring that echoed through the purple giant's non-existant ears. Even with his metal skull, that sharp blow to the head sent Magna reeling, forcing him to stumble backwards as he tried to recover himself. Interestingly, though, that slight concussion seemed to have jogged Magna's programming a bit, causing his thoughts to straighten out into fully-formed sentences.

Those damned Canondumbs... Every time I get hit, it's one of them. They can't even move, but they still hit me! I am sick of it! I'm going to grab that virus and rip it apart...

Magna raised his RageClaw up in preparation to strike, but...

"Wait up... Mag... na..." grunted Mill, clearly exhausted and ready to fall asleep. "You... should go after the... Champus. They're the bigger... threat..."

Magna paused for a moment, then replied, "... Fine. Just send me another chip." Mill, too tired to even notice Magna's change of demeanor, managed to sloppily send a Shotgun to his Navi before promptly slumping to the floor and falling asleep.

With the Shotgun now formed on his free hand, Magna sighed at his half-dead operator and then launched into action. With a boom, the purple golem Navi bursted into the air, flying high into the air before plummeting back down and trying to crush one of the Champus in a Piston Dive. Trying to strike before the viruses had time to react, Magna took a swipe at another Champu with his RageClaw, trying to knock it into the third firey virus. With the two Champus hopefully jumbled together, Magna raised up his Shotgun and attempted to blast the pair into oblivion.

Actions:
1. Piston Dive (60 damage, 2TCD) @ ChampuA
2. RageClaw (20 damage, Impact) @ ChampuB/ChampuC
3. Shotgun (50 damage, splash) @ ChampuB/ChampuC
Magna slammed into the Champu, taking it down. He then chucks its neighbor into one of the other boxers and then blasts them both when they make contact. The last virus decides to attack the windbox rather than the navi.

ChampuA: DELETED!
ChampuB: DELETED!
ChampuC: DELETED!
ShrubbyA: DELETED
ShrubbyB: DELETED
ShrubbyC: DELETED
CanondumbA: DELETED
CanondumbB: 50 HP

Terrain: 100% Normal

Wind: 80 HP (2/3)
Magna.exe: 80 HP
As the flaming trio disintegrated into nothingness, Magna turned to face the last Canondumb. The giant Navi tossed aside his RageClaw and Shotgun as he called out, "Operator, give me another chip."

... Nothing. "Operator! I said send me a chip!" shouted Magna, starting to get irritated. After not getting a response still, Magna, frustrated, opened up a window to see just what the hell Mill was doing. Imagine Magna's annoyance to find his operator dead asleep on the floor. "Tch... Useless. Guess I'm doing things my way. Might as well test that new attack he installed before..."

Magna then charged forward, left hand extended forward and ready to grab the virus by the neck. Before he even got there, the shutter on his palm spun open and began pulling in data, signalling the start of the Shutter Vacuum attack. For whatever husk of a virus was left, Magna prepared to finish it off with his buster.

Actions:
1. Shutter Vacuum (40 Life Drain, -15 HP Sacrifice, 2TCD) @ CanondumbB
2. Buster shot (8 damage) @ CanondumbB
3. Buster shot (8 damage) @ CanondumbB
By draining it and using buster shots to finish the opposition, Magna deals the final humiliation. Finishing the virus without even his operator.

Current HP: 105
Reward: 560z, Firehit1


As the last bits of the Canondumb disappared into Manga's palm, his arm suddenly began twitching as a surge of electricity shot through it. "Argh... What the hell? There's a recoil on this? Operator's such an amateur programmer..." sighed Magna as he glanced over to the window through the PET which depicted Mill sleeping rather soundly.

"Well... I can't jack out until he wakes up... Might as well see if there are still viruses running around."

(Battle 4 Start)
Virus Attack!

PowieA: 60
PowieB: 60
PowieC: 60
FishyA: 90
FishyB: 90
FishyC: 90
PulsebatA: 80
PulsebatB: 80
PulsebatC: 80
PulsebatEX: 120

Magna: 105

Terrein: 100% Normal
10 viruses... and they're all stronger than the last ones. Magna couldn't deny that he was nervous, but he really didn't have much choice other than to fight. "Alright... Operator, send me... Ugh." grunted Magna as he remembered his Operator was totally incapacitated. As he scanned the line of viruses with his expressionless eyes, Magna contemplated his first move. I need to wake up Operator somehow... The alarm clock is in the PET, which I can't get to until I'm jacked out. I guess... I just need to make noise. Hopefully something will go through the speakers loud enough to wake him up, since I doubt I can win here without any chips...

With his thoughts sorted out, Magna looked back at the viruses to pick a target. The Powies look like the weakest here... I should thin out their numbers a bit if I want to survive long. As a first course of action, Magna bursted to the side, trying to strafe the virus pack and get out of their firing ranges. Once he felt like he was in a good spot, Magna planted his body and screeched to a halt. Not wasting a moment, Magna quickly sprung up into the air as his piston crashed into the ground with a loud thump. As he reached the apex of his jump, Magna twisted his massive body around to fall down towards the group of Powies. With a thunderous impact, Magna slammed into the ground where he thought a Powie was, delivering a strong Piston Dive. Not wanting to overstay his welcome, Magna then quickly blasted back up into the air, hoping to escape whatever attacks might be launched his way.

Actions:
1. Strafe viruses (Tactical Movement)
2. Piston Dive (60 damage) @ PowieA
3. Jump (Dodge)
A Fishy charges, but Magna strafes to the right, and leaps! The giant robot slams down on the powie, deleting it, then barrel-rolled-I mean, LEAPED upward to avoid another Fishy charge. Two Pulsebats fly up to his height, but don't attack. Magna lands back on the ground, safe, for now.

PowieA: DELETED
PowieB: 60
PowieC: 60
FishyA: 90
FishyB: 90
FishyC: 90
PulsebatA: 80 (high altitude)
PulsebatB: 80
PulsebatC: 80 (high altitude)
PulsebatEX: 120

Magna: 105

Terrein: 100% Normal
1 down, 9 to go... This isn't going to work. Mill needed to wake up now. Magna was hoping that the battle noises would be enough, but the sleeping operator didn't budge. Magna could only think of one thing louder, and he was running out of ideas as the swarm of viruses closed in. So, left with no other option, Magna screamed.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH!"

His robotic voice pierced through the battlefield, sending a shiver up the spine of whoever heard it. Having no time to wait and see if Mill woke up, Magna lunged forward, flying again into the air towards one of the airborne Pulsebats. With a swipe of his mighty arm, Manga tried to grab the virus in his left and suck out its energy with the Shutter Vacuum. As soon as he landed, Magna took to the air again, trying to create some distance between him and the viruses.

... While this was going, Mill had curled up into a ball at the foot of his door, still sleeping. His PET was still clutched in his hand, though, and resting against the side of his head. This was lucky for Magna, as the PET's speaker was less than an inch from Mill's ear. As a result, when Magna let loose his roar, Mill flinched backwards, causing him to club the back of his head against the door. With a pained moan, Mill started to phase back into reality...

Actions:
1. RAAAGE (Intimidation tactic?)
2. Shutter Vacuum (40 HP drain, -15 HP sacrifice, 2TCD) @ PulsebatA
3. Jump (Dodge)

Cooldowns:
Piston Dive - 1 turn
Shutter Vacuum - 2 turns
(Bump.)
Admittedly, it probably wasn't the best idea for Magna to continue on without his net op, but it was probably the only option he had. However, the viruses didn't see it that way. Or- they wouldn't have, if they'd been given a chance. Magna's roar of 'raeg' caused some of the viruses to hesitate as he sucked life from one of the pulsebats, somehow managing to hit it as it dropped back to the ground. One of the pulsebats soared back up, and the fishies and powies made their attacks... but none quite managed to hit.

PowieA: DELETED
PowieB: 60
PowieC: 60
FishyA: 90
FishyB: 90
FishyC: 90
PulsebatA: 40
PulsebatB: 80 (High altitude)
PulsebatC: 80
PulsebatEX: 120

Magna: 130

(TERRAIN IS SPELLED TERRAIN.)
Terrain: 100% Normal
(I certainly appreciate the generousity, but Magna's HP caps at 120. <__<)

"Ugh... Why is my ear hurting?" groaned Mill as he slowly pushed himself up off the floor. Still being half-asleep, Mill only just realized that his PET was clutched in his hand, so he took a look at the screen out of curiosity. Suprisingly, Magna was fighting by himself, and Mill had looked just in time to see his Navi's lucky aerial maneuver as he grabbed a Seedbat while it was flying through the air.

"Magna's fighting by himself? Am I still asleep?" questioned Mill mindlessly. This stupid question echoed across the battlefield, causing Magna to spin around and look at the window to the PET.

"You're awake? Finally! Operator, I need some chips!" shouted Magna, half relieved and half exasperated.

Mill paused for a moment, and... "Yeah, I'm dreaming. There's no way Magna's talking properly." His half-functioning mind convinced of the truth, Mill started to lie back down.

"Don't be stupid!" yelled Magna loudly, making Mill flinch at the noise coming through the PET's speakers.

"Fine, fine... Dream or not, I guess I should entertain you." mumbled Mill as he fingered through his chip folder. "Lesse... Lots of viruses, so the Wind would help... Minibomb should be able to get rid of something, and... Huh? When'd I get this Firehit1? Meh, I guess I shouldn't ask questions." Having picked his arsenal, Mill slotted each chip in one by one, making a clicking sound as each chip locked into place.

Fresh data poured into Magna's system, and he couldn't have been more relieved. "Whew... It hasn't been long, but I really missed this feeling..." sighed Magna. Now fully armed, the purple Navi was starting to get his fighting spirit back. "There may be a lot of you, but let's see if you can handle this!" shouted Magna, prompting the creation of his Windbox. After a sputter or two, the mechanical fan roared to life and started blasting heavy gusts of wind towards the packs of viruses.

While this was going on, Mill, who had now figured out he was awake, was flipping through pages of Magna's coding to see just what the hell straightened out Magna's head. Mill stopped once he reached a portion of Magna's central processing driver. "Huh... This code is scrambled from the way I had it... Yet it's working better? Maybe I should try experimenting with this..."

Back in the Net, Magna spawned his new weapons, creating a Minibomb in his left palm as his free hand ignited into flames. After looking around for a moment, Magna decided to finish off the Powies he had started with earlier. So, with a heave, Magna chucked the Minibomb over the Windbox and into the crowd of viruses, aiming for one of the Powies.

Mill, meanwhile, had begun tinkering with Magna's vocal program. After changing a few lines, Mill thought he had figured it out. "Alright, let's see what this does..."

With a clenched fist, Magna raised his flaming arm into the air, yelling, "GFASG329B32 F98H32RJ-TSIOJF!" ... Wait, what? Mill sighed in defeat, then dove back into Magna's coding. Not noticing any difference, Magna shouted another garbled mess and thrusted his fist forward, causing a ball of fire to burst from his hand and towards the targetted Powie.

Actions:
1. Wind @ All
2. Minibomb (60 damage) @ PowieB
3. Firehit1 (60 damage, Fire) @ PowieC
Magna starts up by summoning a wind bos. He then whips a bomb at a Powie which takes it out and sends a flaming punch to take out the other heavy virus. THe bat that had been high up then flew down and sent a soundwave at the windbox, which spread to hit Magna as well. Another two bats then took shelter in the sky while one Fishy charged at the windbox, though the flow of air from it causes it to go off course.

PowieA: DELETED
PowieB: DELETED!
PowieC: DELETED!
FishyA: 90
FishyB: 90
FishyC: 90
PulsebatA: 40 (In the air)
PulsebatB: 80
PulsebatC: 80
PulsebatEX: 120 (in the air)

Magna: 90
Wind: 70 (turn1/3)

Terrain: 100% Normal
The Pulsebat's screech ripped through the battlefield until it focused into the Windbox, causing it to shake violently until some superficial damage began appearing on it. To both Mill and Magna's suprise, though, the soundwave wasn't finished, as it then poured out of the object and flew straight into Magna. The Navi's entire metal body began resonating to the soundwave, causing him to writhe in pain until the vibrating subsiding.

"27G8H0..." groaned Magna in his incomprehensible garble, still reeling from the aural attack. Mill too was phased by the attack due to the soundwave actually shaking up Magna's coding as Mill was reworking it.

"Damn, that attack is strong... Magna, shift all priorities to eliminating the Pulsebats. Those pests are too dangerous to leave alone." commanded Mill as he inserted the Shotgun and RageClaw chips. With that done, Mill went back into Magna's coding to try and fix his messed up voice...

Magna charged forward as his hands morphed into their respective weapons, leaping over the Windbox and into the fray. With a vicious thrust, Magna lunged his RageClaw at PulsebatB, trying to grab it and throw it at PulsebatC. For good measure, Magna repeated the action, this time making a swipe at PulsebatC, trying to slam it into its B brethren. With both viruses hopefully suffering from a concussion, Magna readied his Shotgun, trying to lock both winged enemies in is sights before firing.

Actions:
1. RageClaw throw (20 damage, Impact) @ PulsebatB/PulsebatC
2. RageClaw throw (20 damage, Impact) @ PulsebatC/PulsebatB
3. Shotgun (50 damage, splash) @ PulsebatB/PulsebatC

Cooldowns (forgot them last turn):
Piston Dive - Ready
Shutter Vacuum - Ready
Magna takes down the Pulsebats with ease. Another Fishy tries to crash into him, but the wind is too strong! Seeing the problem, the other Pulsebats descend and quickly fire off at the Windbox, deleting it instantly with their two sonic attacks. Another Fishy takes this opportunity and rams straight into Magna.

PowieA: DELETED
PowieB: DELETED!
PowieC: DELETED!
FishyA: 90
FishyB: 90
FishyC: 90
PulsebatA: 40
PulsebatB: DELETED
PulsebatC: DELETED
PulsebatEX: 120

Magna: 75 [Rageclaw]
Wind: DELETED

Terrain: 100% Normal
The Fishy slammed into Magna's back, but the blow was so light that Magna outright ignored it. It's not like he could say anything about it anyway; Mill had just accidently muted Magna in his experimenting with the Navi's audio codecs. Completely oblivious of this, Mill kept fiddling with the coding, figuring that Magna would say something if he wanted chips.

...

Magna sighed... or he wanted to, anyway. At least he had the RageClaw this time, Magna thought as he glanced at his fanged right hand. A small signal went off in his head to notify him that the signature attack programs had finished rebooting, as well. Feeling a little better, Magna thought maybe he could pull something off. There were still some Pulsebats left... including that enhanced monstrosity. Target acquired?

Without any warning, Magna bursted into the air, gaining some serious alititude before crashing back into the ground where the PulsebatEX was floating. Not satisfied with just that, Magna hopped off and to the side before trying to grab the virus in his free hand and sucking the life out of it with the Shutter Vacuum. And, for a finale, Magna swiped at it with the RageClaw, trying to hurl into into the other remaining Pulsebat, who was already looking a bit ragged from Magna's earlier attack.

Actions:
1. Piston Dive (60 damage) @ PulsebatEX
2. Shutter Vacuum (40 Life drain, -15 lifeburn) @ PulsebatEX
3. RageClaw throw (20 damage, Impact) @ PulsebatEX/PulsebatA
Magna divebombs the EX virus, then drains its life. He takes a bit of damage in the process, however. He then attempts to throw the virus into another bat, though it misses the other target and just slams into the ground instead. Two fishy then slam into him, one right after the other.

PowieA: DELETED
PowieB: DELETED!
PowieC: DELETED!
FishyA: 90
FishyB: 90
FishyC: 90
PulsebatA: 40
PulsebatB: DELETED
PulsebatC: DELETED
PulsebatEX: DELETED!

Magna: 70 [Rageclaw]
Wind: DELETED

Terrain: 100% Normal
Alright, maybe those Fishys are tougher that Magna gave them credit for. He pretty much had to think that way after receiving a vicious double-tackle from two of them. There would've been a grunt of pain coming from Magna as all the energy he had taken from the PulsebatEX was erased just as quickly, if it weren't for the fact that he was still completely mute. Knowing that he couldn't take on those Fishys with only a probably worn-out RageClaw, Magna began trying to signal Mill by any means possible: waving his arms frantically, creating noise, getting right up into the PET's window, etc.

... Of course, all of this was in vain as Mill had minimized the battle screen on his PET to focus on his little coding experiment. Having failed to grab his operator's attention, Magna paused for a moment before succumbing to his frustration. He pivoted around to face the Fishy group and launched forward, his left fist balled up and ready to beat the goddamn source code out of those stupid fish!

---

"... There. That should do it." said Mill as he uploaded the new changes to Magna's programming. Mill paused for a moment, almost forgetting what he was doing, before realizing something. "... Damnit! I haven't been sending Magna chips!" Without even reopening the battle window, Mill snatched up his two remaining attack chips and jammed them into his PET, hoping to compensate in some way for his lack of action.

---

"GUUURAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" roared Magna abruptly, having already reached the nearest Fishy and was in mid-swing. He didn't even notice the tiny popup notice in the corner of his eye notifying him of his coding change or that he was even yelling; Magna was just that annoyed. Before he had a chance to dig his knuckles into the virus's face, though, his arm suddenly morphed into a flamethrower, having just arrived from the Fireburn1 chip Mill uploaded. Inertia wasn't about to let that change anything, though; Magna's now blunt arm flew right towards the Fishy before exploding in a wave of fire, fully ready to turn its targets into deep-fried fishsticks.

Like Hell was Magna going to stop there, though. As soon as the last lick of flame left the flamethrower, it immediately rearranged itself into the ever-familiar form of a Cannon. Now armed with gun and claw in hand, Magna dove into the sea of flames himself, ready to toe-to-fin with those scaly demons. Only the System Administrator himself could tell what was going on in there, the only clues being a loud bang and the sound ripping and tearing...

After the flames started dying down, the shadowy and, quite frankly, terrifying form of a charred Magna emerged, slowly moving himself out of the wreckage. After removing himself far enough, and with a heavy sigh and a deep breath to follow, Magna lowered his weapons and waited to see what his impromptu barbeque had wrought...

Actions:
1. FireBurn1 (50 damage, Fire, Line Attack) @ Fishy group
2. Cannon (40 damage) @ Fishy?
3. RageClaw (40 damage) @ Fishy?

Cooldowns:
Piston Dive - 1 turn
Shutter Vacuum - 1 turn
Two down, two to go. The Pulsebat retreated into the air in fear of Magna's power. The Fishy is too exhausted to move at the moment.

PowieA: DELETED
PowieB: DELETED!
PowieC: DELETED!
FishyA: DELETED
FishyB: DELETED
FishyC: 40
PulsebatA: 40 (high altitude)
PulsebatB: DELETED
PulsebatC: DELETED
PulsebatEX: DELETED!

Terrain: 100% Normal

Magna: 70 [Rageclaw]
(Invisionfree ate my post, so here I am writing it a SECOND time...)

The Fishy was exhausted and the Pulsebat terrified... Yessir, that's quality busting. Of course, it wasn't over yet. Magna slid up to the charred Aqua virus and raised his RageClaw into the air, his soot-encrusted form projecting the image of some horrifying black demon. Magna then thrusted his weapon downwards, ready to run it straight through his target. The RageClaw, having proven its worth in this long battle, promptly shattered into pieces after Magna's attempted skewering. Magna then turned around and looked skyward to face the runaway Pulsebat.

Before Magna could give chase, though, Mill intervened, saying, "Hey Magna, I still have this Recov10 chip left. Might as well use it and clean you up a little." With a single click, the chip slid into the PET, creating a small wave of data that washed over Magna. As if he was going through a car wash, the white energy of the Battlechip swallowed up each part of the metallic Navi one by one, removing every speck of soot from his body. After the healing energies dissapated, Mill closed up his chip folder, now empty and void of use. "I'm out of ammo, Magna, so it's up to you to wrap this up." Magna nodded, acknowledging the go-ahead, and rocketed into the air, trying to rip that winged nuisance out of the sky once and for all.

Actions:
1. RageClaw (40 damage) @ FishyC
2. Recov10 (Heal 10 HP) @ Self
3. WRASSLE PulsebatA out of the sky (0 damage, restraining?)