Mission: Document Delivery

What..

..the..

HELL.

Both operator and navigator watched on with gaping mouths as the plane of golden shine flew overhead, causing Eternalis to flinch back at the shine reflected off of its gleaming surface. Then, a status window appeared just as suddenly in his visuals, confirming his new upgrades were in effect. He checked his recovery systems, and he found that they were doubled in power, plus he had gained some sort of damage barrier. Sweet.

Harke, you did these upgrades really well. Thanks a lot, he said through a private link, as he directed most of the repair into his systems, fuelling the excess into Quell. Now, what to do with the guy?

Well, you can always just jump up there, the operator replied nonchalantly.

What? Eternalis replied, dumbstruck by the seemingly insane suggestion.

Vapor process, Et. You forgot about it already? Harke asked.

Oh, that, the Navi replied, nearly kicking himself. Any ideas for when I get up there?

A ZapRing chip and your cannon should suffice for now. I'll also send in a Guard, since I don't see much space to dodge any attacks up there, the operator said before grabbing the chips for the plan. Objections?

None.

Okay then! Battlechips, ZapRing1, Guard1, slot in! Harke slid the chips in with unerring accuracy into the input slot. Then, he opened a private message window, sending a short request.

[Ashley, my Navi is going to try and subdue the guy from up there. Could you cover with ground support? Thanks, Harke.]

Eternalis went straight to work as he activated the vapor process, turning him instantly into superheated steam, diffusing into the surrounding air. Then, he blasted towards the top of the plane, re-materializing behind the stocky gentleman-styled Navi. Stretching his reassimilated body for a moment, he lunged towards the plump Navi. His arm began to spark and crackle with yellow shocks as he opened his right palm towards the Navi's turned back. Basically at point blank range, he sent the ZapRing process through his arm, sending out a short blast of stunning electrical energy towards the Navi. Then, he quickly changed the arm into his trademark Force Cannon and set the pressure setting to full blast.

The cannon quickly assumed the task, whirring to life as water began to flow into the arm-output by force, and fired another blast of energy, this time of a watery element, towards the fully-dressed Navi. Afterwards, his left arm whipped in front of him. A yellow wireframe flowed freely out of the outstretched arm and formed a giant yellow shield, supplementing the defense he'd acquired earlier through the upgrade.

= Eternalis.EXE =
(*) Aegean Water: Self (Heal 30) + Quell (Heal 10)
(*) Aquatic Defense: Self (10HP Barrier)
(1) Vapor Reassimilation: Self (Teleport) to top of Golden Plane, behind Fully-Dressed Guy
(2) ZapRing1: Fully-Dressed Guy (Elec 40 + Stun1) +Teleport Accuracy
(3) Force Cannon: Fully-Dressed Guy (Aqua 100)
(4) Guard1: Self (Reflect Max 60)
"DOHO!? NO MORE TALKING!"

With another tap, the gun barrels open fired down onto Eternalis and Quell with an unrelenting barrage. "GAH! Quell, Dodge them all and attack if you can! Eternalis will need your help!" The watery navi slithered here to there to dodge all the attack, while trying to throw some attack at the golden plane.

While Quell was giving support from the ground, Eternalis recovered fully with the help of his new upgrade and appeared just a few feet behind the dressed navi. "Not afraid to do things dirty? DOHOHO, I won't accept anything like this!" The navi didn't even move an inch as the electrified palm was heading towards him. Eternalis struck his palm, but it wasn't the navi, but a reinforced barrier of some sort that completely halted the attack. "YOU'RE!..." Tapping the end of the cane against the plane again, a golden barrel popped out just beneath Eternalis and blew him sky high! "FIRED!! DOHOHOHO~"

As Eternalis was falling down from the sky, it quickly blasted the surge of water at the Golden Plane, inflicting heavy damage on the over all hull and crash landed with the Guard absorbing the full impact. Kachū Sōryō no Rūi! An unknown voice came out within the battlefield, and the next thing Eternalis and Harke saw was a enigmatic water dragon, soaring upwards in a spiral and literally punched a hole through the plane without a problem. "Alright Quell! That should've sent it cra-" However...The plane was still flying steadily despite the damage and fired a specified shot at the navi to chip off a chunk of the navi's body. "I'M ENJOYING THE FIGHT, GENTLEMAN! LETS SEE HOW LONG YOU CAN LAST! DOHOHOHOHO!!" The dressed navi moved back in, possibly trying to avoid what just happened before with Eternalis, and the plane began to soar higher than it was before, barely noticeable thanks to its shiny exterior.

"Golden Plane": 50 HP [Higher-Altitude]

Terrain: 100% Normal

Eternalis: 90 HP [Guard Destroyed]
Quell: 125 HP
Tch, Eternalis snapped, as his enemy flew far, far overhead. His recovery processes were left unedited, with the same configuration of flow capacity directed to himself and a bit to Quell. His damage barrier re-formed as well, though he couldn't figure how the cannon blast earlier got through it. Maybe it had some sort of barrier-piercing effect or something, he thought. The watery warrior looked up at the gleaming little dot in the sky and groaned. How the hell was he supposed to get up there? His vapor process was just used and needed a refresher, and one of his techinques in the past, the Guard-launching maneuver, was useless as he saw his yellow Met-shield dissipate into used chip data.

This is... bad. We have no means of making it way up there, his Operator commented, reiterating the obvious.

Eternalis stood at the ready in a defensive position while he thought about the possibilities. He looked at his ally by his side. That water dragon move was powerful, but it was a good chance that Quell had nothing as powerful as that, and was as clueless as he was. Also contributing to the assumption was that Ashley would have wanted in on the action during his vaporising move. However, they had no means of doing so, and thus stayed grounded before. Otherwise, her brazen attitude would've prompted her to send in Quell up anyway, disregarding Harke's plan.

Harke was also thinking hard, trying to figure out another way. One possibility was to throw one of them up with a RageClaw throw, which gave the bearer immense amounts of strength, as they had found earlier. However, he wasn't entirely comfortable with throwing either Eternalis or Quell, since it hadn't been tried before. Thoroughly stumped, he shuffled through his chip selection, desperate to find an alternative route to the predicament.

Shotgun, Binder, Boomerang, Recover10, WideShot, Spice.... he flipped through quickly, dismissing each useless chip as they went by his sight. Then, he chanced upon the one chip. It was the one that had a green Canodumb imprinted on its display, shooting a cannon blast. His mind went into overdrive, considering the possibility of rocketing up to the golden plane. His rational mind shot down the idea by considering that the cannon wasn't nearly as powerful, and didn't have enough muscle in it to heft a particularly heavy Eternalis up into the sky. Plus, the plane wasn't anything but a dot in the sky at this stage. He continued going through the chip line, and saw the FireHit. The chip had a Champu with fiery fists on it. It gave him an idea.

Et, I've got something in mind. he said, sliding in the two chips into the input slot. Battlechips, Cannon, FireHit, slot in!

Back in the net, Eternalis received the cannon, and the fire chip was in storage. He looked at his operator's choices, then chuckled. Harke gave him exactly what he needed. Cracking his knuckles, he analyzed the two chips' data, and found them quite compatible with each other. Satisfied, he fueled the FireHit data into the Cannon, which didn't take long. The result couldn't make him happier. He loaded the spliced data into his hands, and the chips materialized into existence, taking the shape of a short Cannon body imprinted with shining orange flame patterns, and a nozzle that narrowed towards its mouth. A manly combination that would bring tears to the strongest of warriors, he thought, as he latched it onto his back and initiated a graphical override.

His body began to shine with a blue glow that enveloped his features, which then swiftly dissipated. The light subsided from his head down, revealing a newer, human-form Eternalis, with his sky-blue watery composition replaced with fair synthetic skin, his head taking on yellow eyes and spiky dark blue hair swept back from it, and his muscular armor-plated form changed into a slim body. His armor was exchanged for a long black shirt, with his emblem on its back, and black pants and dark blue sneakers. He grinned at his operator, requesting one final chip.

Sword, please, Eternalis said.

Harke smiled back at his Navi, picking out the Sword from the line-up with relative ease, and slotting it in. Then, he realized something. Hey, why'd you change into Implicity? he asked.

Eternalis chortled. No reason. It just looks damn good on me.

The Navi received the sword, and held it in his right hand. He then took out the document file from his pocket. Reading the front, it said 'WBPV.DOC', indicating the filename. This document... it had caused him grief, pain, not to mention embarrassment, that he was going to get rid of it, no matter what the cost. He glared at the plane overhead, and quickly attached the document to the sword. He looked towards Quell, and grinned mischievously. Take care, Quell, Ashley. I'm going on a ride, he said. With that, he looked up, and activated the cannon combination.

The rocket let out a whir, similar to a jet engine, then blasted out a roar of fire as it propelled the watery warrior skyward. The Navi's blue hair billowed in the thin air as he rocketed up, gleaming blue energy sword in hand. The rocket quickly lost its initial punch, but not for long, as it launched its second stage, providing an extra boost of acceleration to the already high velocity Eternalis was experiencing. He then gripped the sword in his hand tightly as the second stage wore off bit by bit. Swinging back his arm, he threw the shining sword mightily towards the golden plane, roaring with a blazing aura of confidence as large as a thousand suns,

WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I AM?!

= Eternalis.EXE =
(*) Aegean Water: Self (Heal 30) + Quell (Heal 10)
(*) Aquatic Defense: Self (10HP Barrier)
(1) Cannon: Sacrifice
(2) FireHit: Sacrifice x2
(*) GMO Change: Implicity
(*) Put Document <WBPV.doc> on Sword
(3) Combine! Rocket Blaster!: Launch Self to Golden Plane
(4) Throw Sword to Golden Plane (Slash 80, Sacrifice Chip)
Eternalis rocketed straight towards the Golden Plane with the help of the initial cannon fire, but it still wasn't enough to reach the Golden Plane. "DOHOHOHO! I LOVE YOUR DETERMINATION, SHOW ME SOME MORE!" The navi, whose name is yet to be revealed, became excited when he saw how far Eternalis was going in order to defeat him. The gun barrels beneath the plane aimed towards Eternalis and began to fire rapidly, at least trying to stop the navi from getting close. At this time, the 2nd stage of the rocket kicked in and the navi came closer to the plane with his sword ready in hand. The speed was able to catch the plane turret in a surprise as most of the shots missed, but a single penetrating shot was something Eternalis had it coming, breaking through the barrier and landing a clear shot on his torso. The shots that was evaded was heading right at Quell, who was still earthbound, and began to focus solely on dodging. "Crap, that navi of yours better do the job!"

Eternalis threw the Document attached Sword right through the Plane, sending it into a critical state and began to nosedive straight into the ground. "DOHO, DOHOHOHO! THI-THIS IS UNEXPECTED!" As the navi panicked, he hesitated and jumped out of the plane before it crashlanded. Fluttering down with its parachute, the navi looked surprisingly calm as it fiddled with its Cane as he landed onto the ground. "Oh dear...Maybe I should've gone with more armor than firepower...OH WELL, DOHOHOHO!" As soon as the navi landed, the parachute behind fell to the ground as well...but it was covering something...something that was shaped like a Tank?!

"THIS IS THE FINAL-FINAL TEST! DOHOHOHOHOHO~" Lifting the parachute, it indeed revealed a sizable tank, completely plated with gold from top to bottom. Quickly entering the vehicle, the tank head spun around and aimed the barrel straight towards Quell. "I haven't seen you do anything noteworthy...THIS IS A TEST, SONNY!"

"Golden Plane": DESTROYED
"Golden Tank": 500 HP

Terrain: 40% Normal, 60% Break

Eternalis: 70 HP [Barrier Destroyed]
Quell: 135 HP
That went well, Eternalis thought. This guy is nuts. Maybe he has some sort of obsession for gold-plated artillery or something. That tank looks mean, though. I might have to bring out something a lot more substantial to damage it properly.

As he prepared his plan, the makeshift rocket Eternalis made slowly dissipated into residual data as its purpose was served and its fuel was drained. Suddenly, Eternalis felt himself go weightless for a moment, then drop down. Whoops, there was that problem.

Harke, I'm, uh, falling here. Got anything for a landing? Eternalis said as he looked towards the slowly approaching ground, now accelerating downwards.

No worries, Et. The damage barrier I programmed into your systems should be able to withstand the fall. If not, well, we can count on your recovery processes, Harke assured his Navi.

Alright, fine. Hm, what do I do? Oh. Harke, we still have that Binder chip or did you trade it away or something? he inquired.

Binder? Hm, yeah, I still have it in here. Why? he said as he picked up the chip, a Melody's visage staring back at him.

Yeah, could you send me that with the RageClaw2? The little virus could be useful if I want to break through that armored gold, and those claws have been useful more than once, he explained.

Fair enough, Harke replied, as he inserted the two chips in succession. Battlechips, Binder, RageClaw, slot in!

Eternalis went straight to work, his targeting systems initiating swiftly and analyzing the position of the golden tank, so as to not miss it by some freak of miscalculation. His eyes glowed green as the calculations ran through his head on the bounce potential of the Melody, how much it would deviate from its path, and the integrity it would have to break through. All the data went into the chip, already in his process queue. Activating it, the Melody materialized in front of him, speeding downwards in a destructive spree.

Then, Eternalis braced himself for impact as he landed smack into the ground, creating a shockwave that rattled the ground and created a moderately large plume of dust. The dust cleared to reveal the watery warrior, crouching in a crater. All notions of pain left his mind as claws appeared to extend themselves from his right hand. Lunging towards the tank, he howled with fury as his claws delivered a swift horizontal slice. Then, he leapt backwards smoothly in a somersault, prepared to dodge the attacks that the tank might have in store.

= Eternalis.EXE =
(*) Aegean Water: Self (40 Heal)
(*) Aquatic Defense: Self (10HP Barrier) - Receive impact of landing
(1) Take Aim
(2) Binder1: Golden Tank (60x4 Random)
(3) RageClaw2: Golden Tank (70 Slash)
(4) Dodge
"AHSHIT! GET A MOVE ON, QUELL!"

Quell quickly deformed into a puddle of water and began to run away, trying to avoid the tank fire. It took a few seconds to charge up its attack as the barrel was slowly heating up orange and fired a single shot at Quell's general direction. Though the shot it self was slow enough for the navi to escape, it couldn't have foresaw the massive explosion that swallowed the navi entirely. "DOHOHO! Do you like it? These Blast Casings cost me a few pretty penny, but at least it makes a pretty firework!"

Eternalis crash landed into the ground, safe thanks to his barrier, while letting his Melody do its work for him. The summoned virus crashed head on against the golden tank, leaving a nice dent on the middle but it didn't affect its performance one bit. Hopping around the tank for a while, it finally landed another hit before it disappeared into thin air, leaving Eternalis to go in for the attack.

"AquaKnife, set!"

Just before Eternalis could set his claw into the tank, Quell appeared besides him with a watery blade. "I won't let you have all the fun! I want a piece of this bag of fat!" Both navis began to circle around the target, making things much harder for the tank to get a solid lock, and began to chip off pieces after pieces of the tank. "W-Well! This isn't going as planned, Doho..."

Fed up with the running, the tank pushed reverse and darted away from Eternalis and Quell. However, it wasn't going to run away, it readied its barrel and fire yet another shell. Eternalis was caught in a surprise and immediately backed away, but the radius of the explosion was far too wide and inflicted heavy damage onto the navi!

"Golden Plane": DESTROYED
"Golden Tank": 190 HP

Terrain: 40% Normal, 60% Break

Eternalis: 60 HP [Barrier Destroyed] [RageClaw: 5/6]
Quell: 85 HP [AquaKnife: 4/6]
((Question. What's 60% Break? Is it Break terrain, where Blast is increased in 1 radius? :3))

Tch. Your puny weapons... Eternalis started as the wound from the giant explosive round closed in on itself, initiating a self-repair routine rapidly and leaving it seemingly unscathed by the blast. ...are useless against my POWER!

Eternalis turned to his ally, his yellow eyes burning with seething rage. Quell. You're all right, I hope. Think you've got enough for one last push, eh?

In his human form, Eternalis flashed Quell as large a grin as he could muster. Then, he addressed his operator through a direct link. Harke, I don't think I'll call for any more chips. Quell and I are gonna tag team this bitch and send it straight to la-la land.

Roger that, Harke said. He still kept his chips around, of course, for any major emergency. Careful, don't do anything stupid.

You're talking to the watery warrior right here, Harke. No worries, the Navi replied. He then turned to Quell once again. Giving a quick, rather informal 'salute' of sorts, he activated his vapor processes. As he began to change into the familiar steamy form, he turned towards the tank, and had one last thing to say.

Don't get left behind~

Fully transformed, Eternalis rapidly accelerated towards the tank, completely invincible and phasing right through the large vehicle. He saw the smug, annoying little squirt that was the driver, and suddenly thought of a better idea than before. Stopping dead in his tracks, he re-materialized... right inside the tank itself.

Howling furiously to announce his arrival, Eternalis bared his teeth, showing the fangs that accompanied the feral spirit of the RageClaw series chips. He then fueled the chip's output into his left hand as well, allowing him to do double the damage as before. He then twisted his body around a bit unnaturally, and started to spin around like a hell-bent death whirlwind. His acceleration began to pick increase, and Eternalis whirled around in a maniacal frenzy, slashing at the tank's internal machinery, laughing crazily all the while.

HAAHAAHAHAHAHA!!!!

= Eternalis.EXE =
(*) Aegean Water: Self (40 Heal)
(*) Aquatic Defense: Self (10HP Barrier)
(1) Vapor Reassimilation: Self (Teleport)
- Inside Golden Tank
(2) Triple RageClaw2 Whirlwind: Golden Tank (70 Slash x3)
- +Teleport Accuracy
- 2 Uses Left
Eternalis teleported inside the tank, finding himself covered with wires, gears, and mechanical things. Though he would've preferred a full swing of his claw, the navi simply changed his tactics to ripping and tearing anything that he could see. "STINKING PEST!" The driving navi popped out from his tank and transformed his cane into a sharp sword, constantly stabbing his own vehicle to get rid of his 'pest'. Due to his limited movement, Eternalis could only stay still and deal with the constant stabbing. The initial stab was blocked off by the barrier, but the rest simply cut through the navi's body and sent it into a critical state.

"THIS IS THE END, BOY! DOHOHOHOH-"

Just when it was about lay down the last strike on Eternalis, Quell appeared just behind the plump navi and stopped him from his track with three swift slashes. "How the hell were we gonna catch up if he was gonna turn into mist!" The fat navi dropped it sword in pain and quickly backed away from the two navis. "You Gentleman did a great job defeating me...but...I-I think I'll hire someone else for this job." Immediately leaving the area in a golden beam of light, Quell and Eternalis defeated the navi who requested this mission...

"Golden Plane": DESTROYED
"Golden Tank": DESTROYED
?Navi: EJO

Terrain: 40% Normal, 60% Break

Eternalis: 1 HP [Barrier Destroyed] [RageClaw: 5/6]
Quell: 85 HP [AquaKnife: 4/6]

-BATTLE WON!-
2,500z
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"Ok...So...Umm..." Ashley tried to think through what just happened while Quell bore through the tank's armor to get Eternalis out. "Since he was the one who had the mission...does...does that mean our mission isn't complete and we don't get the rewards?! OH GOD!"
Good point... hm. That is quite the problem. Though, really it wasn't a real mission, since the guy was just messing with us. Plus, in our mission briefing, it WAS the GNA that promised us the reward. No mention anywhere of the client providing the reward. So, uh, I dunno, I guess we get the stuff? Harke tried to explain, but only ended up confusing himself more. Eternalis couldn't get it either, but didn't show it.

What the heck, Harke. Let's just jack out and show what we've got to those higher-up guys. Maybe they'll understand, Eternalis replied. Turning to his allies, he said, Well, Quell, Ashley. S'been fun. Thanks for all of it. Hope to see you guys soon.

With that, Eternalis glowed with the familiar jack-out yellow incandescence and left the area.
"I see...Well, I gue--"

Ashley looked around, finding nobody but Quell and the silent net. "The nerve of that guy! Leaving before we could share each others email..."