The Assigment

"Alright Miss, exactly how much time are we going to be spend on this part of that assignment?" Tetra asked, patting the bottom of his coat to get any dirt off.

"Um... It said busting run... so however long that takes." Mary answered.

"...Alright, I'll let you know when the run should be over. In the mean time, I think I'll head off in that direction." The man said, heading north.

((Battle 1))
Foraging forth into the ACDC network for a busting run, Tetra immediately ran into a small group of Metools, which would probably be quite easy for him, as they would be for anyone else. Nevertheless, the hard-hatted viruses had their equipped pickaxes at the ready, whirling them about their heads in readiness for battle.

-- ENEMIES --
Metool A: 40 HP
Metool B: 40 HP
Metool C: 40 HP

-- NAVIGATOR --
Lord Tetra: 100 HP

-- TERRAIN --
100% Normal

-- BATTLE 01, READY? START!! --
"Just three mets... I would have liked to run into more than just three, but this is alright." The lord said, fixing the ends of his sleeves. "Alright miss, if I remember correctly that little starter pack of yours had a cannon or shotgun or what not?" He asked his netop.

"Both actually, I'll send them to you now." Mary said, grabbing and slotting in the two chips. In the air in front of the navi a rather strange object appeared. It looked like for blocks fused together to look like an L, and it was just floating there. The navi grabbed the short part with one hand, able to grip it good enough to hold it, and pointed the elongated end at one of the metools. 'Thanks' he said as he grabbed the weapon. Then, with but a thought and little recoil, a blast of energy appeared at the tip of the block and flew towards the metool.

Then the navi started to move, the block still in his hand but this time aiming it at a different metool. He moved around his foes, trying to get them lined up. And once they were lined up...

((1 Cannon MetoolA: 40
2 Move to line up
3 Shotgun Metool C: 50 + Spread1(MetoolB)
))

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And once they were lined up...


They moved out of the way.

The first Cannon fire was a success as it blew the metools into chunks, but Tetra wasn't able to get the perfect alignment with his shotgun, only going far as to taking down one virus with the weapon's wide range. The lone Metool swung its pickaxe to send out a shockwave, but the navi was lucky enough to have the attack miss completely.

-- ENEMIES --
Metool A: DELETED
Metool B: 40 HP
Metool C: DELETED

-- NAVIGATOR --
Lord Tetra: 100 HP

-- TERRAIN --
100% Normal
"Seems I was rustier then I thought." The lord said, the L block dematerializing. He has hoping to finish this with those two chips, but since he managed to miss one of the met because it moved... it seems he might need to work on firing sooner or something along those lines. "No matter. Mary, are there any more cannons in that pack of yours?" he asked, straighten the ends of his sleeves.

"Er... no. The only thing left in the pack is a Rageclaw 1. I'll go on and send you it." Mary replied, slotting in her last chip.

Each of his fingers on his right hand started to become blockier and straighter. In the end, each of his fingers became a line of four small blocks, still connected to the knuckle. T put his hand out in front of his face and looked at his fingers. "This is a first." He said, wiggling the blocks around. He looked at the metool trough his blocky fingers. Bringing his hand back to his side, he charged at the metool. His hand ready to slash the virus.

((1-3 Rageclaw Metool B: 40 slashing))
Tetra's blocky yet sharp triple strike at the Metool was more than enough to finish off the virus and end the battle.

-- ENEMIES --
Metool A: DELETED
Metool B: DELETED
Metool C: DELETED

-- TERRAIN --
100% Normal

Battle 1 Complete!

-- NAVIGATOR --
Lord Tetra: 100 HP

Rewards: 300z

"Now that that is over, it is time to see what they left behind." T said, his fingers slowly returning to normal. He gathered all the remaining bits of data and processed it.

"Just 300... And here I was hoping for something else as well." He said, straightening up his coat after getting the reward.

"300 zenny? That really doesn't seem like much." Mary said, noting the small amount. "In fact, can you even buy something with that small of an amount?"

"It's not much, but it's a good starting point for beginners. Especially since most low end upgrades and chips around around one to two thousand zenny. Anyway, I do believe it is time for me to continue onward." He responded, heading further into the ACDC network.

((Requesting Battle 2))
Walking along the calm, quiet neighborhood of the ACDC network, Lord Tetra was able to find some peace between battle. With the nice scenery of virtual trees, virtual shrubs, and virtual cacti...Cacti?

The viruses' short lived camouflage was given away by their awkward presence and immediately revealed themselves to Lord Tetra. However, a pair of Shrubbies who were much better in concealing themselves also took the initiative, but placed themselves behind the Cactys.

-Front-
CactyA: 70 HP
CactyB: 70 HP

-Behind Cacty group-
ShrubbyA: 50 HP
ShrubbyB: 50 HP

Terrain: 90% Normal, 10% Grass

Lord Tetra: 100 HP

-BATTLE TWO, START!-
"Flora..." Tetra said, as the shrubs moved to behind the cacti. It made him wish he had a fire chip, but he had a feeling that the starter pack didn't come with any. No matter, this amount of viruses can still be easily dealt with with the small amount of chips his netop has, and since the shrubs seem to have gone behind the cactuses...

"Mary, the shotgun please." The lord asked, looking at the four viruses. Since the cactus looks... rooted into the ground, there was a good chance he wouldn't miss with this attack.

"Since you asked so nicely." Mary said, grabbing the requested chip and slotting the chip in. She grabbed the cannon chip afterward, thinking that Tetra might need it next.

Tetra opened his hand, and the L block from the previous battle materialized under it, the one block sticking out closet to his hands. He grabbed the block, and quickly aimed it at one of the two cactuses. With but a thought, he fired a blast of energy out of the block at the virus, one powerful enough to go through one target and hit another.

"Mary, I'm going to try and summon something to take care of that plant. So you might want to prep yourself." Tetra said, his hand returning to his side. He moved his left hand out in front of him, and readied to snap his fingers.

"Er... What?" Mary said, somewhat confused by what her navi just said. If he was just going to summon an object, why would she need to prepare for it...

Tetra snapped his fingers, and out of thin air three women appeared. Two of them look quite similar, having the same slim and curvy figure and dressed in the same style of black business suits. They both have the same long brown hair and hazel eyes, and the same kind of face. The only real differences between the two would be one was 5' 8, while the other was 5'10. The taller of the two dons a black fedora and keeps her hair more free; while the shorter of the two has hers tied up in a ponytail. The third women stood at 5' 7, but unlike the other two she wears the traditional garb of a Catholic nun. All three of them were wielding some kind of Prohibition era rifles,

"A-ah! P-p-peop-ple!" Mary nearly shouted, dropping the cannon chip in her hand and quickly getting up. She rushed to the corner of her room, hiding behind a rather modern lamp.

"..." Tetra just sighed, sadly expecting that kind of reaction from his netop. "...I guess I better make sure to give her more time to prepare next time..." he said softly, looking towards the tallest of the three women. He snapped his fingers once more, and made the tallest much sturdier then before. It looks like her better try and get Mary to come back.

"No Mary, they aren't people. They are only objects that look a lot like real people." The lord said loud enough for Mary to hear, moments before the three people like objects opened fire on the cactus. "Beside, they can't talk, so you won't have to worry about them trying to start a conversation with you. So you don't need to be hiding behind... the dresser?" He added, using his left hand to motion for something to come towards him. The fedora wearing woman moved from her place, while the other two objects remained where they were, still looking towards the viruses. She moved over to Tetra, standing between him and the viruses. Even though the women in front of him should be able to absorb most of the attacks that could come his way, there was still the chance that the viruses could still hit him. So Tetra readied himself to move out of the way of any attacks, just in case.

"O-oh, right. U-Uncle said something about you summoning things when he gave you to me. I-I just wasn't expecting... w-well, that." Mary said, crouching up behind the chair while holding the top of it. She moved her head up above the top of the chair, abet not by much, and looked down at the PET screen. Nervously she moved from behind the chair, and sat back down. "R-r-right, just o-objects..." she said to herself, looking at the three women. Looking at them, something just wasn't clicking for Mary. It wasn't exactly the fact they were objects, but something else...

"U-um... is th-that a Nun?"

((1 Shotgun CactyA: 50 +Spread at one of the Shrubby
2 L Gunwomen
-Mobilize: Each L Gunwomen has a free one time move
-Masterwork L Gunwomen B: +20 hp
-L Gunwomen A-C attack CactyA: 5 each
-L Gunwomen B Use mobliize's free move: Move between Lord Tetra and viruses
3 Dodge))
Bang went the L-Block, and bang went one of the Shrubby. The Cacty protecting it was severely damaged, but otherwise alive. Then, summoning some ladies to his aid, Lord Tetra had one block the attacks directed towards him, with the Cacty damaging the sturdiest one slightly, and the Shrubby behind it throwing a log to hit the one beside it alongside, destroying the summoned object.

-Front-
CactyA: 10 HP
CactyB: 70 HP

-Behind Cacty group-
ShrubbyA: DELETED
ShrubbyB: 50 HP

Terrain: 90% Normal, 10% Grass

Lord Tetra: 100 HP
Gunwoman B: 5 HP
Gunwoman C: 5 HP
"...Yes, yes it is." Tetra said, noting all that was going on around him. The one that moved in front of him managed to take a Cacty's attack rather well, and it even took on a log that was thrown by what he assumed was a bush. Unfortunately, one of the other two got hit by the same log and was destroyed, its figure vanishing in a mist of... blocks.

"Lost one..." Tetra said, looking at where the woman once stood. It seems that they can't survive anything unless he gives them more vitality. "Better make the Nun stronger." Tetra said, turning his head to look towards the nun, who was reloading its rifle much like the object in front of him is doing. He snapped the fingers in his free hand, and the nun became much studier then before.

"Mary, the cannon and rageclaw please." The navi asked, as the two remaining women fired their rifles at the Cacty. Tetra turned towards the untouched viruses, and looked right at him.

"Ca-cannon. Right, hold on a s-second." Mary said, looking around the table to see where she had dropped the chip. She managed to find it resting right at the table's edge. She quickly grabbed it, and slotted the chip in. "There you go." Mary told her navi, before reaching for the second chip he asked for.

Tetra pointed his gun at the cactus, and fired a single shot of energy at it. Next he looked towards the nun, and made a motion with his free hand. The nun looked at the other cacty. The object prepared itself to move forward, to move in the way of whatever attack was going to head towards its boss.

"Got the rageclaw." Mary said, slotting the chip in.

The L block vanished, and Tetra's fingers transformed into the long blocks from the previous fight. He looked towards the Cacty he had fired and, and charged forward. He was ready to dig his blocky fingers into the plant. And on the way there, he was ready to avoid any attacks that it and the virus behind it would send at him.

((-Masterwork L Gunwomen C: +20 hp
L GunwomenB attack CactyA: 5
L GunwomenC attack CactyA: 5
1 Cannon CactyB: 40
L GunwomenC Free move: Intercept virus' next attack.
2 Move towards Cacty, preparing to avoid an attack if need be.
3 Rageclaw CactyB: 40 slashing))
As the Cactys were receiving fire, the Shrubby in the back cowered in fear as it watched its comrade get deleted one by one. In a desperate fit, the virus threw a giant log straight towards Tetra's direction. Though the log didn't hit the navi exactly, it crashed against the navi's protege and managed to delete one in one hit...

-Front-
CactyA: DELETED
CactyB: DELETED

-Behind Cacty group-
ShrubbyA: DELETED
ShrubbyB: 50 HP

Terrain: 90% Normal, 10% Grass

Lord Tetra: 100 HP
Gunwoman B: DESTROYED
Gunwoman C: 15 HP
The log rolled into both the nun and the mafioso woman, dealing both of them damage. The Nun, thanks to the heath granted by Lord Tetra, managed to strung off the attack; unfortunately, the other wasn't that well off, as the log went straight trough her abdomen, and she fell to pieces.

The nun just fired a third shot at the Shruby, for it was all it can do, and all it needed to do.

"Just one bush left." Tetra said, straightening himself and looking right at the plant. The fact that only one of his women survived so far meant he couldn't end it with a single swing of the claw, but that didn't matter that much at this point.

"Just a few more swings and..." Tetra said quietly, moving towards the last virus. He quickly swiped at his target multiple times once he got close enough to it.

((L Gunwoman: attack Shruby: 5
1-3 Rageclaw Shrubby: 40 slashing))
The poor sap never stood a chance...

-Front-
CactyA: DELETED
CactyB: DELETED

-Behind Cacty group-
ShrubbyA: DELETED
ShrubbyB: 50 HP

Terrain: 90% Normal, 10% Grass

Lord Tetra: 100 HP
Gunwoman B: DESTROYED
Gunwoman C: 15 HP

-BATTLE WON!-
[RollingLog] Battlechip + 250zRollingLog1
Damage: 50 + Ground Attack + Wide Attack (2) + Double Attack
Accuracy: C
Description: Rolls a log at enemies. Can hit up to two enemies at once per log.
Duration: Up to 2 uses before the end of the turn.
Element: Wood
Special: Double Attack: After spending an action to attack with this chip, you may choose to spend a second action and attack with it again before the end of the turn.
"Last one down." Tetra said, after defeating the last of the viruses. The object that he summoned dematerialize in a mist of blocks. The man gathered what little data remained on the battle field, and compiled it. "It seems we got less Zenny then last time... But we did actually get a chip from it." Tetra told his netop.

"Um, yea. A ringlog or something. Lets see... To get it out of the PET I just insert a blank chip and..." Mary responding, grabbing a blank chip from her folder. She inserted it into the PET, and it popped out with the new chip data on it. "Alright, got it. So I guess it's time to keep going then?" She asked her navi, who responded with a simple 'yes'. After straightening up his clothing, he headed deeper into the network.


((On to battle 3)).
As he continued on, Tetra was eventually drawn to the sound of periodic explosions from far off. Moving to locate the source of the explosions, he soon found a trio of Kabutank viruses launching bombs at some Champus. The fire viruses were apparently practicing their dodging skills. When they noticed Tetra the viruses ceased fire and focused on him instead, the Kabutanks forming into a row and the Champus remaining where they were to size up the competition.

Champu A: 60HP (Off to the left)
Champu B: 60HP (Off to the left)
Kabutank A: 50HP (In row)
Kabutank B: 50HP (In row)
Kabutank C: 50HP (In row)

Terrain:
100% Normal

Lord Tetra: 100HP

Battle 3 Start!
"Plants and now... tanks." Tetra said, looking at the viruses. From what he knew about the two types of viruses he is facing, summing his objects isn't going to be the best move right now. Since the tanks' attacks are indirect, they would just go over the objects and hit Tetra. Plus, there was a good chance that those Champus would have to worry about the objects getting in their way.... With their numbers, it seems that Tetra might want to take out a good amount of them fast... and he might just have the chip to do that.

"Mary, the Rollinglog1 chip please." Tetra asked, turning his attention towards the tanks. "Pretty sure it's one of those chips that can hit more than one at once."

"Alright, but wouldn't you also like a chip that you know can hit more than one?" Mary asked, taking the log chip and slotting it into the PET. "

"Just the log will be fine for now." Tetra said responding, downloading the chip data.

Some kind of... green object materialized at Tetra's feet. It was about as long as he was tall, and it seemed to be made up of 4 blocks of the same size. It was just laying at his feet, on its side and parallel to the tanks. "...Should have expected this." He said, placing his foot on the side of the block. When the foot came in contact, the block moved an inch or two rather easily. "...Seems like I have to get it moving myself." Tetra said; bring his foot back and... giving the block a rather good kick. The block slide across the ground rapidly, towards the direction of the viruses. It should have enough velocity to reach the viruses, but will it actually hit them...

"Wow, that... totally looked like a log and look at how great it is at rolling. What an excellent misnomer chip that was." Mary said, before another green block appeared at Tetra's feet. The navi looked at it, then back towards the viruses. It seemed that he got another attack out of this chip, and he decided not to waste it. "...Yes." He said, kicking this block like the last, and it slide across the battle field at the other end of the tanks. If the first one didn't smack two of them, maybe this one will.

After the second attack, Tetra prepped himself to move out of the way. Since there wasn't any chance that the virus wouldn't retaliate against his attacks.

((1 Rollinglog1 KabutankA: 50 + wideattack(Getting KabutankB hopefully) + Double action
2 Rollinglog1 Kabutank C: 50 + wideattack(Getting KabutankB hopefully)
3 Dodge))
Tetra successfully rolled his logs with utter precision that it knocked out the row of Kabutanks in one try, leaving the second log go to waste. However, while the navi was focused on the tanks, the Champu from the side took this chance to land a solid one-two punch!

Champu A: 60HP (Front)
Champu B: 60HP (Off to the left)
Kabutank A: DELETED
Kabutank B: DELETED
Kabutank C: DELETED

Terrain:
100% Normal

Lord Tetra: 80HP
"That's right... they teleport..." Tetra said, receiving the champu's blow. Yap, it seems his objects wouldn't be able to block these viruses at all. Atleast he took out three of the five before he got smacked.

"Um, I'm going to send you all the chips that are left... So, just use whatever you think you need to use." Mary told him, slotting three chips in. The fingers on Tetra's right hand became line blocks, and an L shaped block appeared in his left. With any luck, he could end this with two chips...

All he had to do was grab the virus and throw it at the other one, then shoot at the two with the L block. That was all that was needed to end this battle, but just in case Tetra was going to use the cannon chip if he missed with something. Tetra reached out at the champu with his right hand and...

((1Rageclaw throw ChampuA at B: 20 each
2Shotgun ChampuA: 50+spread1 (hitting ChampuB hopfully)
3Cannon ChampuB))
Reaching out to one of the Champu, Tetra flung the virus at the other for a paltry bit of damage, then executed them both with a larger blast of damage from his L-Block. They then exploded into money.

Champu A: DELETED
Champu B: DELETED
Kabutank A: DELETED
Kabutank B: DELETED
Kabutank C: DELETED

Terrain:
100% Normal

Lord Tetra: 80HP

-- BATTLE 03, VICTORY!! --

-- REWARDS --

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