Firestarting Shenanigans

Deep in a quiet part of Scilab's community area, a swirl of embers suddenly materialized. The embers suddenly multiplied and in it's place a massive fire broke out. Yet despite the roaring flames, it seemed to leave no damage behind at all. As the flames grew larger, a silhoutte stepped out of the raging inferno, and the flames subsided, leaving no trace of burn marks at it's origin.

A female navi, clad in a crimson breasplate and leg armor stepped out. She looked at her gauntlets and adjusted a small dial on it's side, which suddenly caused a small gout of flame to erupt from a barrel. The navi then grinned. "Honoo.exe here. I've arrived."

"And in Scilabs too, I see. Well, we're better off starting you with the basics first. Don't want you to get into trouble with the viruses back in Yoka."

"Huhhhh?! C'mon. Don't tell me you think I can't handle myself in Yoka?"

Kiri only chuckled. "Would you like to face enemies that are 80% water based?"

Honoo went silent for a while, before grumbling. "Point taken."

[[Heading into Scilabs, Battle 1 ready.]]

Rather than coming across some formidable opponents, Honoo came across the usual, starter Metool-trios. Though they weren't much of a pushover, the Metools wildly swung their mattocks and charged at Honoo at full speed!

MetoolA: 40 HP [Charging!]
MetoolB: 40 HP [Charging!]
MetoolC: 40 HP [Charging!]

Terrain:
100% Normal

Honoo.EXE: 100 HP

-BATTLE ONE, START!-

It didn't take long for trouble to find Honoo, in the form of the three helmet-wearing, pick-axe swinging metools charging towards her. She briefly wondered if these viruses had a death-wish, but the thought was completely overwritten as she simply grinned back and readied her gauntlets, switching to a boxing-styled stance, her battle adrenaline rushing to the surface of her thoughts.

"Play nice, Honoo. Try not to make them suffer too long." Kiri chirped. Honoo snorted at that remark. Oh, this'll be quick alright. she thought to herself as her right gauntlet hissed and made a dull thud. The grenade launcher extended itself as she aimed it at the metool in the middle with a small guiding laser. As she squeezed her fist, the weapon fired, launching a solid round from the grenade launcher.

She immediately followed up her initial counter-attack, her right gauntlet suddenly erupting into flames, and she swung the augmented weapon into the metool with an uppercut. Using the momentum gained, the fire in Honoo's right gauntlet died off with a hiss, and her left gauntlet flared up in response. "One, two, three. Bing!" She whispered to herself with a wolfish grin, as she brought the fist of fiery death down onto the third metool.

SUMMARY:
1. Cannon - MetoolA - 40dmg
2. Firehit - MetoolB - 60 dmg
3. Firehit - MetoolC - 60 dmg

Normally when someone saw three rampaging viruses flailing a pickaxe with the intent to bring bodily hard, they'd run. But not Honoo, she not only stood her ground but went so far as to ready herself for the assault, then kicked things off by bringing the pain to them first! Lobbing a blast from her grenade launcher it'd quickly slam into the first charging Metool, bursting with a blast strong enough to nearly vaporize it in its tracks. The attack seemed to catch the others by surprise as their charging halted and instead each started to ready their own attacks. Only to be hit as those burning fists brought the pain to them, quickly, if not very mercifully ending the brave little virus' attack, before it could even begin.

The Bold
Metool A: Deleted
Metool B: Deleted
Metool C: Deleted

The Brave
Honoo.EXE: 100 HP

The Place
100% Normal

The Battle's End
Honoo.EXE: 241 Zenny, Guard1

As Honoo's fist smashed into the last metool, sending it flying away before disappearing into bits of data, the gauntlet vented heavy steam as it began to cooldown after the fiery attack. When the gauntlet returned to a tolerable temperature, the vents on the side of the gauntlet shut tight, and the weapons extended themselves once more, ready to use again. "Well, that was fun."

"I'm glad you're enjoying yourself, Honoo." Kiri said, smiling at her navi's progress. Honoo just scratched the back of her head. "Aw, these things aren't enough though. Can we stick around a little longer?"

Kiri sighed. Still, it would provide good training for Honoo. She relented and allowed the navi to continue onwards. "Remember though, I want you to defend yourself. Restrain yourself from wanton destruction, okay?"

Honoo replied with a grunt, although it was with a expression of disappointment rather than annoyance.

[[Battle 2, ready]]

Making her way through the SciLab network, Honoo forged onwards in search of more viruses to train herself against. The search led her to a glowing main road, where some viruses were blocking her path forward. A Canodumb was stationed in the middle of the road, while a couple of Bunny flanked it from its sides. They didn't look particularly happy to see the Navi.

-- ENEMIES --
Canodumb: 50 HP (Solar)
Bunny A: 50 HP (Metal)
Bunny B: 50 HP (Metal)

-- NAVIGATOR --
Honoo.EXE: 100 HP (Solar)

-- TERRAIN --
40% Solar
60% Metal

-- BATTLE 02, READY? START!! --

"Oh dear, they don't seem pleased at your entrance, do they?"

"Well, I'm not giving them the chance to hit me first!" Honoo simply said before she charged forwards. Kiri shook her head. How barbaric. she simply sighed before proceeding with her duties as she inserted a rageclaw chip. "I hope you're still good in close combat, Honoo."

The fire navi simply smiled as her hand in the right gauntlet sharpened into a massive clawed hand. "Are you kidding me? I'm made to dish out damage in close proximity!" she said as she kept a close eye on the first bunny and crossed the distance between her and the first bunny, and swiped a backhand it, trying to send it flying to the cannon to throw off it's aim. She proceeded to immediately sidestep out of the way and into the second bunny, and slammed her fist into the bunny as well, trying to send it to the cannon as well, hoping to catch all three of the viruses in a pile.

Immediately after swiping, she used her momentum from the swing to spin away from the virus, keeping herself mobile before they could get a bead on her.

SUMMARY OF ATTACKS:
1. Rageclaw - BunnyA - 20 Damage - Impact - Throw into Canodumb.
2. Rageclaw - BunnyB - 20 Damage - Impact - Throw into Canodumb.
3. Dodge

Attempting to close up the gap between each viruses, Honoo moved in with her chip-powered fist to do the bidding. The first Bunny was quick on its feet as it leaped away from the navi's backhand to dodge it, but the second Bunny...Not so much.

As the fluffy, electric Bunny crashed into the turret virus, they began to prepare for their counterattack. The Cannondumb lined up its shot, while the two Bunnies threw their electric ring all at once. Honoo was able to dodge the first one by the width of a hair, but the second one...Not so much.

The electric current surged through the navi's body and temporarily paralyzed her in place, leaving her open for possible attacks!

-- ENEMIES --
Canodumb: 30 HP (Solar) [Taking Aim...]
Bunny A: 50 HP (Metal)
Bunny B: 30 HP (Solar)

-- NAVIGATOR --
Honoo.EXE: 80 HP (Solar) [Stunned!]

-- TERRAIN --
40% Solar
60% Metal

Honoo continued her pace, constantly shifting around the field to avoid getting locked on by the cannon. She had missed one of the bunnies, but she slammed the other one into the cannon as planned. She deftly sidestepped as the bunny launched a retaliatory attack... only to be hit by another ring from the other bunny. Her entire body went numb as electricity pulsed through her entire body, shutting down her body functions, paralyzing her.

"Oh dear, that's not good." Kiri simply said as Honoo shot a dirty look in the direction of her navigator. her body immediately underwent a full refresh as her red armor's pulses increased, fighting off the paralysis inflicting upon her body. As soon as the paralysis wore off, Honoo's right cannon fired off a flak shell, fragmenting into numerous smaller shots, aimed at the Canodumb and Bunny.

Immediately upon firing the weapon, Honoo started moving again. her body stumbled for the first few steps, still feeling the effects of the shock, but she forced herself to start moving again. Especially when the stun effect almost shut off her entire processing functions. "Yes. Don't get hit by rabbit rings. That's a good rule to remember in the future." She mumbled to herself as kept an eye on the last remaining bunny.

SUMMARY:
1 - Shake off Stunned effect
2 - Shotgun - 50 Damage - Canodumb/BunnyB
3 - Dodge

Stun was definitely the bane of many navis, and Honoo was no different, while locked down by the Bunny's stun the Canodumb had the perfect opportunity to fire, and did just that, smacking the navi head on(-20). But she'd at least get her revenge because as she drew that cannon up to fire, that scatter shot easily smashed through the gathered viruses leaving her in a head to head combat with the remaining Bunny. And while it was none too happy about watching its friends die, the wildly flung spark ring was easily avoided by the nimble navi.

Viruses
Canodumb: Deleted
Bunny A: 50HP (Metal)
Bunny B: Deleted

Navi
Honoo.EXE: 60HP (Solar)

Terrain
40% Solar
60% Metal

The Canodumb's shell struck Honoo at the head, leaving her dazed and temporarily disoriented, but she quickly regained her focus and grinned as her sotgun shell took out two viruses in one go. With the last bunny in her sights, she bared her teeth and sprinted toward the last bunny, her eyes fixated on the virus like a hunter on its prey.

She immediately slung her goggles over her eyes with her free hand, before leaping into the air to throw the bunny's aim off. She brought her rageclaw out, claws extended and hungering for it's quarry as she gripped her arm tightly, the flamethrower on her free gauntlet letting loose a tongue of flame that spread outwards like a serpent, spreading her forwards vision with an inferno.

If anything, the bunny was about to be roasted, and served.

SUMMARY:
1 - Dodge
2 - Rageclaw - direct - BunnyA - 40dmg
3 - Fire Blossom - BunnyA - 40 Dmg + fire

With one victim left Honoo took the fight to it, and in a truly terrifying combination of cutting it to ribbons then roasting the remains, she easily finished off the long eared virus.

Viruses
Canodumb: Deleted
Bunny A: Deleted
Bunny B: Deleted

Terrain
40% Solar
60% Metal

Navi
Honoo.EXE: 60HP (Solar)

—Battle 2, Victory—

Honoo.EXE: 285 Zenny

As the data remnants of the dead bunny virus scattered to the winds, Honoo found herself breathing rather heavily as she pulled her gauntlet up, giving it a quick check as it cooled down from it's attack. When she caught her breath, she removed her goggles, dust from the fire's smoke obviously leaving a mark on her face as two goggle patches at her eyes remained clean. A window popped up in front of her with Kiri's calm, smiling face.

"Oh dear, you seem to have taken quite a bit of damage..." Kiri said, her smile suddenly fading away as a sense of worry replaced it. Honoo simply shook her face and waved her hand. "Meh, it's fine. I can handle some damage." She said. A goofy grin beaming from her face as she tried to hide the bruise from the cannon which struck her head.

"Well, one last fight. Then we're retreating before you get yourself seriously injured." Kiri said, her smile returning.

((Battle 4, gooooo.))

Honoo would soon find herself coming upon a peculiar game a group of viruses seemed to have come up with. Ahead was a large metal circle, with three different color sets of space within. It seems a spinning virus would start to twirl about, as a rat and two Metools picked one of the two types of terrain, once the panel stopped on a color, the winners hopped about while the rat seemed upset it having picked the wrong color. Though before the next round could begin, they spotted the navi, and quickly decided to attack!

Viruses
DBLCUBE: 100HP (Red Side)
Metool A: 40HP (Normal)
Metool B: 40HP (Normal)
Ratty: 60HP (Solar)

Terrain
20% Normal (box on Right half)
60% Metal (Main area)
20% Solar (Box on Left half)

Navi
Honoo: 60HP

—Battle 3, Start!—

Honoo's interruption seemed to have sent the viruses into an alerted state, as they quickly moved into position to engage her. So much for viral R&R. she mused to herself as she prepared her gauntlets for combat. A soft humming, followed by a hard "Tchunk" sound replied as the weapon primed itself to prepare for combat. Honoo ran an immediate analysis of her targets. Two metools fought from earlier, and one rat-like virus she hadn't seen before yet. Rather than finding out the capabilities of the rat, she decided to immediately take it out before it could do anything else. However, there was also the issue of the strange, double sided cube in the field.

That thing wasn't very clear on it's purpose, and the viruses had been simply using it as a reference point, so she opted to ignore it for now. Chipdata from Kiri was inserted into the PET as Honoo's gauntlets responded with a confirmation chirp. With a light tap, she activated the chipdata, sending her into close range with the ratty, her right gauntlet flaring with burning fire as she brought her fist smashing into the ratty's face. She twisted her body after the first attack, and set her eyes on the second target, one of the metools. A quick tap on her feet like earlier flung herself into close proximity with the metool. And a looming shadow which was her right arm's metal fist that glowed with a bright flame descended upon the unfortunate metool, but she wasn't done yet.

She brought her free arm, still smoking from the first hit, up as a cannon chip inserted the data into her cannon. She aimed the weapon at the last remaining metool, as the weapon's hum played a crescendo, the muzzle of the weapon glowing a bright yellow, before a cannon shell was sent flying out of it, aimed at the metool.

SUMMARY:
1. Firehit1 - Ratty - 60 dmg
2. Firehit1 - MetoolA - 60dmg
3. Cannon - MetoolB - 40dmg

Kicking things off, Honoo went right into offense and in a surprising bout managed to catch both the Ratty and first Metool completely flat footed to knock them out with a fiery fist. Though as she turned that large cannon on the last Metool, its shock caused it to drop down under its helmet, which as that blast was fired, bounced off it harmlessly, giving it the chance to hide out and recover from that sudden shock.

Still ignoring that floating cube seemed to be a bad idea, as it started to light up brightly and sudden shot out a glowing red beam, which struck the navi, dealing a painful shock(-20).

Enemies
DBLCUBE: 100HP (Red Side)
Metool A: Deleted
Metool B: 40HP (Normal) (Under Helmet)
Ratty: Deleted

Terrain
20% Normal (Box on Right half)
60% Metal (Main area)
20% Solar(Box on Left half)

Ally
Honoo: 40HP

Honoo let out an exasperated grunt as the cannon shell bounced off harmlessly from the metool. And then the cube that she had been ignoring eventually revealed it's purpose, in the form of frickin' laser beams as one slammed into Honoo's side, throwing her to the ground. She immediately recovered from her fall but she noticed that a small part of her suit had been ripped, and her gauntlet was beginning to show signs of wear as the smoke from the firehit cleared.

"Alright. Playtime's over." Honoo growled as she brought her goggles down. Kiri slotted in a rageclaw chip, knowing that Honoo probably wanted to dismember the remaining viruses with her bare hands. The navi simply replied thanks before charging straight for metool. With a glint in her eyes, she brought the claw sweeping down like a golf club, while yelling "FORE!" as she aimed the her swing to send the metool flying towards the cube she had ignored earlier. Kiri immediately followed up her attack by inserting a guard chip.

In an instant, her free gauntlet's plate enlarged itself into a tower shield that covered almost all of her body. She lifted the shield with a slight grunt and planted it facing the cube, as she positioned her feet into a bracing position for the inevitable second barrage of frickin' laser beams from the cube.

SUMMARY:
1. Take Aim
2. FORE! - Rageclaw - MetoolA - Impact - Throw towards DBLCUBE - 10 dmg
3. Guard

The Metool went flying a-ways into the DBLCUBE, comically getting them all a-tumblin' towards the paneling. The cube flipped its active side into the shimmering blue, and recovered part of its damage, along with the Metool's. (+10) (+10) The Metool just sort of flopped around on its helmet, its little feet flailing in the air.

Enemies
DBLCUBE: 90HP (Blue Side)
Metool A: Deleted
Metool B: 30HP (Normal)
Ratty: Deleted

Terrain
20% Normal (Box on Right half)
60% Metal (Main area)
20% Solar(Box on Left half)

Ally
Honoo: 40HP (Guard1 1/1)

As she braced for the impact that never came, she peeked out to discover that the strange, double colored virus had shifted it's stance. Whatever damage that the impact from the thrown metool Honoo had thrown at it had suddenly healed itself, showing little visible signs of damage. So the thing regenerates, does it? Let's fix that. Honoo mused to herself as she lifted her guard upwards. The viruses were probably in a non-aggressive stance, so she took the opportunity to throw in an all out attack.

Kiri had the same exact thoughts. Strike while the iron is hot, and make sure it leaves a permanent mark on your opponent. Honoo immediately charged, closing the distance between her and the metool. The guard disappearing as its operational time expired. No matter, she wouldn't need it anyway for the next blow. Her clawed arm poised to strike, she attacked the Dblcube virus with a powerful sideswipe, followed by a piercing thrust into the virus. She immediately followed up with a small backwards jump, and brought both her gauntlets up front, muzzles pointed at the two viruses.

She thumbed a stud inside her gauntlet, a trigger for the flamethrower, and a massive gout of flame erupted from her weapon, poised to burn the remaining virii alive.

SUMMARY OF ACTIONS:
1. Rageclaw - DblCube - 40 dmg
2. Rageclaw - DblCube - 40 dmg
3. Sig Attack - Fire Blossom - Metool, spread to DBLCube - 40 dmg + splash 2

The first swipe damaged the DBLCUBE and flipped it over to a red side. The act of flipping moved the virus enough to cause the second swipe by Honoo to miss by a hairsbreadth. The red side lit up right as Honoo jumped backward, sending out a crimson beam at the Navi. The beam reflected off her tower shield, searing the virus with its own attack. The action flipped it back to one of its blue sides.

Then Honoo unleashed a stream of liquid fire, melting the remaining Metool as it flailed helplessly upright and severely damaging the DBLCUBE. Which flipped over to a evil-looking red side again.

Enemies
DBLCUBE: 10HP (Red Side)
Metool A: Deleted
Metool B: Deleted
Ratty: Deleted

Terrain
20% Normal (Box on Right half)
60% Metal (Main area)
20% Solar(Box on Left half)

Ally
Honoo: 40HP