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Valkyrie flickered into existence as usual, this time in the Scilabs network. She surveyed her surrounding before posing the obvious question.

- What the hell am I doing here?
- As you may have already noticed, your performance is... lacking. You kind of overdid it against your last foe... so we need some funds for your repairs.
- I'm fine! Besides, you'd really send me out to fend for myself if I was damaged?
- Errr... yes? You like to have a bit of a handicap against lesser foes anyway.
- How gallant. Hah! Let's find some "lesser foes" then.

And with that, she begun searching for some viruses to pummel for money.

<<BATTLE PLZ!>>

Status: -1 action (afterburner)

As Valkyrie was walking along the Scilab network, she suddenly felt an unpleasant feeling behind her back. She quickly turned to see nothing there, but heard a low humming noise just above her! It was the remote controlled Twisty, attempting to preemptively attack the navi! Even before the navi could react, the lightning rod tip of the virus emitted a loud crackle as it charged for its attack!

TwistyA: 80 HP [Attacking]
TwistyB: 80 HP
TwistyC: 80 HP
MagTectA: 90 HP
MagTectB: 90 HP

Terrain: 100% Normal

Valkyrie: 120 HP

-BATTLE ONE, START!-

Valkyrie hissed as she heard the crackling of the electrically charged virus. Without thinking, she took a dive to the side to dodge it's attack, but for some reason, she wasn't as quick on the uptake as usual...

-Sword!

By the time she rolled onto her feet, the energy blade was in her hand, ready to slash the closest Twisty. She did, swinging the sword in a wide arc while on half knee, before rising up and lunging at another one of the Twistys. She brought down the sword from above, ending her jump with a vertical slash.

That leaves the Magtects. They were out of her reach, but that quick glance at them apparently tipped off her operator enough to send some... kunais.

The daggers were held awkwardly in her right hand, trying to get a feel for the deadly throwing weapons. For a while anyway. Then she decided to just go with it and lob the three at the closest Magtect, trying to get the edges to hit the virii. It can't be that hard, other navis are using Kunai all the time... right?

<<ACTIONS>>
1. Dodge
2. Sword(80) TwistyB
3. Sword(80) TwistyC
4. Kunai (3x30) MagtectA

The lightning crashed down to the ground, creating a gigantic explosion that destroyed the panel underneath, not Valkyrie! The navi immediately retaliated with her swords and kunais, but things weren't as it should be. The first swing destroyed the immobile Twisty base, but the second swing was deflected by one of the Twisty's remotebit. Valkyrie's try with the Kunai also didn't go perfect as only some hit the target and a stray knife hit the enemy next to it! The MagTects tried to pull the navi towards it, but she BARELY escaped the pull and found herself unharmed for the moment.

TwistyA: 80 HP
TwistyB: DELETED
TwistyC: 80 HP
MagTectA: 30 HP
MagTectB: 60 HP

Terrain: 95% Normal, 5% Broken

Valkyrie: 120 HP

With the kunais gone from her hands, Valkyrie could hold her sword two handed to make sure that she delivers a killing blow to the persistent Twisty. Swinging the sword wildly, she tried to split the electric virus in half for the second time... when she felt the pull of the MagTects. Cursing her bad aim with throwing weapons, she decided that for now the farther away from the magnetic viruses, the better. Who knows how will they continue to interfere if she stays in their reach.

But just running away to pick them off from afar was both dull and cowardly, so instead she dashed to the Twisty that thought it'd be a good idea to get a drop on Valkyrie. The flames from her boosters didn't even die by the time the sword flashed into action, aiming to bisect yet another of the viral menace.

Then turning to the MagTects, she pondered on what to do when the ringlog data arrived.

-Hurry up. Do you really want to spend so much time on these?
- Tsk, if we had some more time...

Valkyrie sighed, raised both hands above her head and activated the chip. The log appeared on her hands like a huge weight for weightlifters, ready to be thrown. And so she did, trying to nail both with the large piece of blunt wood. Interestingly enough, the log rolled backwards after landing, totally defying physics but opening up the interesting prospect for the viruses to not only to get knocked down by a flying log, but then get road killed by it as well.

Lobbing heavy things to squish maggots like these isn't that bad... there is something savagely satisfying in it. Still not as personal as close combat, but at least beats kunais in enjoyment value.

<<ACTIONS>>

1. Sword(80) TwistyC
2. Valkyrie Ride (Teleport to TwistyA)
3. Sword(80+ 30strengthen from Ride) TwistyA
4. Ringlog (50 Wood) MagTectA&B
5. Ringlog (50 Wood) MagTectA&B

Valkryie twirls her blade with ferocious might, cutting down the first Twisty, before escaping toward the second with her signature attack. As she swung down once more, the Twisty flashed a blinding light in her direction before being cut in half.

The angel of death realized she was temporarily blinded from the Twisty's last ditch attempt, but fortunately for her, so were the Magtects. Thus she decided to throw Ringlogs until she hit something, and she did, but it was just one.

Her vision started to clear up immediately. Just one more to go.

TwistyA: DELETED
TwistyB: DELETED
TwistyC: DELETED
MagTectA: DELETED
MagTectB: 60 HP

Terrain: 95% Normal, 5% Broken

Valkyrie: 120 HP

A curse escaped Valkyrie's lips as she regained her vision, only to see that one of the MagTects was still alive. She immediately dismissed her sword and summoned her lance instead; she decided that a stubborn foe like that deserves to be finished by her own weapon.

Cautiously strolling towards the last remiaing virus, she channeled strength into her arms to empower the final blow she was (hopefully) about to deliver.

There was a certain ritual to it; walking up, pulling the lance back, then lunging out to skewer the virus in one straight motion. As if it was a kind of sacrifice, or a ceremony... Whatever it was, Valkyrie was probably pleased by it, as for just one moment, as the MagTect's electricity flashed, it illuminated a satisfied smile under the shade of her helmet.

<<ACTIONS>>
1-2. Dodge/move to MagTectB
2-4. Charge
5. Charge Attack (160) MagTectB

The last Magtect fell before it finished executing its attack, impaled by Valkyrie's lance. The battle ended and some zenny was earned. All in all, a good battle.

TwistyA: DELETED
TwistyB: DELETED
TwistyC: DELETED
MagTectA: DELETED
MagTectB: DELETED

Terrain: 95% Normal, 5% Broken

Valkyrie: 120 HP

[Battle 1 - Victory!]

Get: 480z + Remotebit1

Valkyrie collected the spoils of war. She didn't really pay attention to them, but judging from Sieg's happy humming it must've been... adequate. Still, there is much more to be done before their next round, and time is running short. Valkyrie went ahead looking for further foes to slay.

((BATTLE 2 POR FAVOR))

Turning around a corner, Valkyrie stumbled into an enormous swarm of Ratty viruses. They were nibbling on exposed wiring, crawling over one another and generally being very disgusting. At her approach, the majority of the viruses scattered and escaped but a few of the larger ones stayed behind to defend themselves.

RattyA: 60 HP
RattyB: 60 HP
RattyC: 60 HP
RattyD: 60 HP
RattyE: 60 HP
RattyF: 60 HP
RattyG: 60 HP
RattyH: 60 HP
RattyI: 60 HP

Terrain: 85% Normal, 15% Cracked

Valkyrie: 120 HP

[Battle 2 - Begin!]

- I knew that viruses are like vermin, but this is getting ridiculous!

Valkyrie gazed upon the horde of rats, slightly fazed. Deleting viruses? Fine. Deleting hordes of viruses? Finer. But this is like... extermination. Being a rat catcher was never in her profile and she'd rather not start it now. However, a fight is a fight... And her first chip arrived.

- On a second thought... Mmmmm, fried rats. Put this down somewhere, will you?

Valkyrie sighed and decided to use the chip right away, summoning the remotebit with a quick gesture. As the satelite like thing started it's orbit, it rained lightning on one of the unlucky rattys.

She didn't like these kind of chips, not by a long shot. Guns at least used your own perception, your own ability to aim, even though they were still inferior to weapons that were propelled by muscle power. But summons... it's like someone somewhere thought "It'd be so good if I didn't have to fight for myself! Let's make something that fights for me instead!". The very idea sickened her. Still, "everything goes" is the veteran fighter's mantra, and she did insist on winning enough fights to earn title.

Sieg sent the sword chip, so it was about to start participating. She couldn't let a damn tower get more kills than her, could she now? Valkyrie jumped into action, literally, making good use of her height advantage by using overhead slices.

The rattys attack plan is basically running into her; which suited her fine, it's less time spent to move around and more time spent stabbing. To demonstrate, she tried piercing through a nearby one's outer shell, followed by a quick circular slash to get the sneaky ones that tried to attack from the sides.

It's all fun and games, but getting overwhelmed by these rodents would be quite a blunder. Valkyrie took a couple steps back, to evade getting surrounded and ambushed by the remaining rattys. It pays to be a bit cautious against a foe that makes a living by being a sneaky rat.

<<Actions>>
1. Use RemoteBit1
+ Remotebit Lightning (80+panel break) RattyA
2. Sword(80) RattyB
3. Sword(80) RattyC
4. Sword(80) RattyD
5. Dodge

After setting up a tower and Remotebit, Valkyrie dove into action, hacking and slashing through the Rattys one at a time. A lightning bolt from the satellite destroyed of one of them as well as the panel beneath it. Their tightly packed formation made them easier to strike down, but rather than going completely berserk and abandonning strategy, she backed up and moved away from the group. That turned out to be a smart move as three of the viruses retaliated with mice shaped missiles. One of them exploded against the tower she had set up but the other two continued to chase her as she dashed backwards.

RattyA: DELETED
RattyB: DELETED
RattyC: DELETED
RattyD: DELETED
RattyE: 60 HP
RattyF: 60 HP
RattyG: 60 HP
RattyH: 60 HP
RattyI: 60 HP

RattymissileE: 50 HP [chasing Valkyrie]
RattymissileG: 50 HP [chasing Valkyrie]

Terrain: 80% Normal, 15% Cracked, 5% Broken

Valkyrie: 120 HP [sword: 3 uses remaining]
Remotebit: 50HP

Those rats shot out mice rockets. One of which went kamikaze and exploded into a portable satellite station. This would probably strike a person with ordinary expectations as a surreal experience, but when you have no frame of reference... in retrospect, expecting that a rat-like virus would attack with it's rodent teeth was a kind of wishful thinking on Valkyrie's behalf.

It pays in this business to be down to earth. So Valkyrie decided that she will help these rats by making them... downer to earth. With a log. She had thrown the piece of lumber at the two advancing mice-missile, aiming to flatten them both. Then she heaved again, and threw another of nature's steamrollers, just for good measure. And to flatten some more virii, of course.

In the mean time, the remotebit sent another bolt of electrifying judgment at the remaining viruses with thunderous rambling.

With the Rattys in disarray, Valkyrie considered using the throwing daggers again. There was a good chance of hitting something in there. And why not? She snapped her fingers (harder than you think when you are wearing gauntlets), and the kunais appeared in her hand on cue, to be thrown rather haphazardly at whatever was remaining.

Itching to see some good ole' melee action again, Valkyrie threw herself ather foes, armed with her last remaining offensive chip...literally, her arm transformed into a drill, spinning, yearning for piercing action.

Leaping into action, she mercilessly punched forward with the drillarm, impaling whatever was in her way, pushing through regardless what resistance it encountered.

Oh yes... that's more like it. I could definetly get used to this.

<<Actions>>
+ Remotebit lightning(80+break) at RattyF
1. Ringlog(50 wood) at RatMissileE&G
2. Ringlog(50 wood) at (if remaining) RatMissileE&G or RattyE&G respectively
3. Kunai(30x3) RattyE&G&H
4. Drillarm (60+knockback+breaking+piercing) RattyI(twice) RattyH(once)
5. Drillarm (60+knockback+breaking+piercing) Ratty... err... whichever is remaining, if any.

The first log acted as the perfect defence against the mice missiles as it set off both of them simultaneously, clearing a path for the second log. Lightning struck another Ratty, deleting it instantly and also making another hole in the terrain. The second log rolled over the lightning-induced pits and crashed into two of the Rattys, heavily damaging them. However, that seemed to enrage them and they began to scurry at twice their normal speed. Their docile expressions quickly warped into angry glares as they moved. Vlakyrie tossed a few Kunais at them but with only half of the Rattys remaining, there was suddenly a lot more space to maneuver. The two angry viruses dodged the daggers meant for them but a third Ratty was injured. It too grew a malicious look on its face and began to speed up as well. Valkyrie finished the normal looking Ratty off in one blow but had to chase down the other one to finish it off. However, the two survivors launched a tandem attack, one striking Valkyrie and the other destroying the Remotebit tower. The satellite that had been raining death from above suddenly lost power and crashed to the ground.

RattyA: DELETED
RattyB: DELETED
RattyC: DELETED
RattyD: DELETED
RattyE: 10 HP
RattyF: DELETED
RattyG: 10 HP
RattyH: DELETED
RattyI: DELETED

Terrain: 80% Normal, 10% Cracked, 10% Broken

Valkyrie: 70 HP
Remotebit: DELETED

Valkyrie shrugged off the effects of the explosive rodent. She was caught off guard by their increased fervor, but this battle had dragged on for far too long. Out of offensive chips, she was forced to revert to her basic weaponry; but that was just as well, the lance was in need of an airing anyway.

She dashed in, the tip of the lance carving a deep gash into the ground while being dragged along. The tip left the ground still sparking from the friction when she reached the wounded Ratty, as the spear came around to sweep the virii away. But that would be hardly enough to deal with even a single virus as wounded as they might be. At least not without focusing much power into the weapon, and these... rats clearly weren't worthy of the effort. So the weapon stroke again, this time more in line with it's original purpose of getting the pointy end into the softer bits.

Deciding that that should be enough attention for one of these pests, she quickly half-turned to the other Ratty, kicking out with her heel in an attempt to introduce the metal plating of her boots to its nose. Unsatisfied with the intiial results, she bought the aforementioned boots down again with a panel shattering stomp in an attempt to further enhance the relationship between virii and metallic footwear.

<<ACTIONS>>
1. Valkyrie Ride(teleport) to RattyE
2. Buster attack (8) RattyE
3. Buster attack (8) RattyE
4. Buster attack (8) RattyG
5. Buster attack (8) RattyG

((You have a passive healing sig I knew about since last turn. If you want to use it, you have to declare it in the summary. Additionally, it would be good if you described it as well. A lot of people don't seem to want to.))

One of the remaining Rattys was deleted by the highly effective busting method of putting pointy objects into your opponent until it died while the other one was crushed underfoot. With all the viruses deleted, Valkyrie spotted a grimy cache of zenny and some coveted battlechip data partially hidden amongst their collection of junk. Whether or not she was willing to collect it from their filthy nest was an entirely different matter.

RattyA: DELETED
RattyB: DELETED
RattyC: DELETED
RattyD: DELETED
RattyE: DELETED
RattyF: DELETED
RattyG: DELETED
RattyH: DELETED
RattyI: DELETED

Terrain: 80% Normal, 10% Cracked, 10% Broken

Valkyrie: 70 HP

[Battle 2 - Victory!]

Get: 720z + Ratton1 battlechip

((It is not... "active" yet. Further details here :P))

Valkyrie gathered the spoils of war, not at all bothered by the less than sterile surroundings. After all, she still had some bits of virii stuck to her boots, not to mention the general aura of roast rat ala lightning (for some reason she noticed Sieg drooling... silly humans), so a bit of smelly junk wasn't really intimidating.

- Look for some more. We need to gather as much as possible between rounds
- If this goes on we will have enough supplies for a war.

<<NEXT!>>

Valkyrie happened upon a break between the normal panels she had been traversing and a sudden shift to a large metallic plain. Guarding this border was a small army of yellow Swordys backed up by a RedUfo and two Hardheads, spaced on opposite sides of the Swordy group. A few of the viruses, threatened by Valkyrie's approach, stepped off the steel field and moved in to engage her. Two of them cautiously stayed behind to keep the RedUfo company.

HardheadA: 60 HP [ironbody] [metal]
SwordyEA: 80 HP
SwordyEB: 80 HP
SwordyEC: 80 HP
SwordyED: 80 HP [metal]
SwordyEE: 80 HP [metal]
RedUfo: 80 HP [metal]
HardheadB: 60 HP [ironbody] [metal]

Terrain: 50% Normal, 50% Metal

Valkyrie: 70 HP

[Battle 3 - Begin!]

Now that's more like it!

Valkyrie's grin was somehow transcending the boundries of her facial features and projecting itslef ahead, like lightning before the storm.

Warriors, finally!

Three of the swordsmen were already advancing, and her heart was overjoyed at the sight of such eagerness on the viral side. Now the only question was where to strike... right until she noticed the few swordys and the hardheads hanging around with the red UFO behind the line. The hardy's smooth round head was still closed, the polished armor reflecting the shine of whatever was illuminating the Scilab network. It was like a challenge, as if someone printed "crack me open" and a large bullseye on their humongous forehead.

She charged head on, quite explosively, breaking the sound barrier in the span of the second it took to reach the back line, darting through between the yellow fencers without much worry. Non less faster was the transformation of her lance; by the time she was raising it to skewer the Swordy standing in front of the bomb virii, it turned into something more... mechanical, a bit shorter but stockier, with parts resembling cogs spinning in every imaginable direction, threathening to shred into bits anything that touches the buzzing wheels.

Valkyrie struck out, putting all the momentum of her mad dash into the blow to rend the swordy standing in her way into half. She didn't stop for even a moment, plowing herself through the opposition to skewer the hard headed virus with the same strike, finally pulling the weapon aside to leave a gashing wound.

Slightly panting, but finally regaining her balance (the drill-lance was heavier than she thought, and the speed at which she moved didn't help...), she could feel an enemy (maybe the Red UFO from above?) preparing to strike. Valkyrie spun away with a (not too graceful) piruette, dragging the horrible atrocity of a lance around in a wide crescent.

With a croaked battlecry she stroke again, with the same intent as last time; only now her weapon came from the side, trying to smash the viral swordsman into the side of the hardhead, then mince and crush both of them under the spinning wheels.

Her arms hurt from handling the "weapon", and she knew she couldn't go on using it any longer, so Valkyrie let go of the handle and jumped away now unburdened, just to give herself some more room to play around with before her next move.

<<ACTIONS>>
1. Valkyrie ride (Teleport+30 strengthen) to the back row
2. Drillarm (60 dmg+knockback+break+impact twice to primary target and once to secondary) SwordyED(60x2+30 strengthen), HardHeadA(60)
3. Dodge/move to SwordyEE/HardHeadB
4. Drillarm (60 dmg+knockback+break+impact twice to primary target and once to secondary) SwordyEE(60x2), HardHeadB(60)
5. Dodge

Instantly teleporting behind the viruses, Valkyrie drilled through the Hardhead and a Swordy without a problem and turned to her next target. However, as soon as he approached the next Hardheads, the UFO quickly came down on the navi and fired a tractor beam straight down, absorbing the DrillArm right off her arm! Without anything to attack with, Valkyrie was forced to dodge the all out attacks from the Swordys!

HardheadA: DELETED
SwordyEA: 80 HP
SwordyEB: 80 HP
SwordyEC: 80 HP
SwordyED: DELETED
SwordyEE: 80 HP [Metal]
RedUFO: 80 HP [Metal] [Stolen [DrillArm1] Battlechip for the battle!]
HardheadB: 60 HP [IronBody] [Metal]

Terrain: 50% Normal, 50% Metal

Valkyrie: 70 HP