Bonding

The Powie is destroyed. The Melody leaps up into the air as Lavaman is above him, sending him flying but at the same time digging the claw into itself.

PowieA: DELETED!
PowieB: DELETED!
MelodyEXA: DELETED
MelodyEXB: 70

Lavaman: 50
Rafael winces once again as he watches Lavaman get hurt. "If we get too much more damage," he said nervously. "Then we'll have to do something about it."

"We went this far, and only lost 50 HP," replied Lavaman. "We might be able to take on antoher round of virii."

"Okay, well, let's finish this one off first. Lavabind!"

Lavaman performed the ritual once again as the glowing red arms shot from the ground and held his only opponent on the floor. Lavaman charged and sliced as hard as he could with his Rageclaw wildly.

[Summary
Lavabind (40) (Bind)
Rageclaw (40)
Rageclaw(40)]
The Melody bounces away from the groping hands but is swatted by the Rageclaw. It jumps back, landing on Lavaman again before he smacks it again, deleting it.

PowieA: DELETED!
PowieB: DELETED!
MelodyEXA: DELETED
MelodyEXB: DELETED!

Lavaman: 20

Rewards: 750z
Lavaman panted in pain, and laughed in triumph. Rafael was just as ecstatic at the reward, and at their fighting ability.

"We rock, Lavaman!" he exclaimed excitedly, and jumped around.

"We don't rock Rafael, we totally own," replied Lavaman. "But, I need to heal, or else we can't keep fighting. One bad attack and we could lose all that we've won."

"Agreed," said Rafael.

[[ Is there a way to heal without jacking out or buying anything? ]]
<nope>

EONEDIT: Actually, you could drag a recovery type along with you. There's like 3 on the forum, and like two are taken.
[[ Dangit ]]

Rafael sighed and removed the jack from the port. He walked back to his house and decided with Lavaman that they would go virusbusting in a more crowded area next.
The next day Rafael and Lavaman returned. All the ports in ACDC were full, and so they just came back. Rafael was wondering where he could plug in, when he heard someone grunt in frustration. When he rounded the corner, he found someone bashing a coke machine.

"What's wrong?" said Rafael.

"Stupid thing ate my money!" said the stranger, and kicked hard again.

"Don't!" exclaimed Rafael. "I'll fix it."

Rafael walked up to the port and jacked in. Lavaman commented on the small amount of viruses, but he added it was enough to stop the machine from doing anything but take money.
Lavaman finds more viruses!

MelodyEXA 110HP
MelodyEXB 110HP
MelodyEXC 110HP

LavaMan 100HP

BATTLEROUTINE...SET>>>EXECUTE
Lavaman is seriously taken aback by the power of these viruses. Inside his programming, something clicked and he was sent into a sense of fear. Then another clicked in and he tried to control himself.

"We'll need to save our battlechips," noted Rafael. Lavaman agreed, and in his hand a sword with a red, glowing blade materialized. Swinging it into position, he rushed towards MelodyEXA and sliced with total precision, then dived forward and rolled behind it. Again he slashed, then readied himself to dodge.

[Summary:
Custom Weapon at MelodyEXA (Don't you decide how much damage this does?)
Custom Weapon at MelodyEXA (Don't you decide how much damage this does?)
Dodge]
[Your custom weapon does Attack x Rapid + 5. Not very much, unfortunately.]

Both of the shots hit the selected Melody, but it hardly seemed to faze the virus. One of its buddies leapt toward Lavaman, intending to do some serious damage, but the Navi ducked out of the way just in time to avoid the hit.

MelodyEXA: 92 HP
MelodyEXB: 110 HP
MelodyEXC: 110 HP

LavaMan.EXE: 100 HP
[[ So, what are the amounts of Attack and Rapid? ]]

Lavaman, barly dodging the attack, spoke in an urgent voice to Rafael.

"Rafael, I don't care what you say, give me a battlechip, now!" he said.

"Okay! Okay! Uh... Rageclaw!"

Lavaman was barely an inch away from MelodyEXA when the Rageclaw kicked in. His hand, which was now a claw, swiped furiously. When he was done, he leapt away as fast as possible.

[Summary:
Rageclaw at MelodyEXA (40)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXA (40)
Dodge]
[You start with scores of 1 for both Attack and Rapid. Those are boosted to 2 when you equip those Rapid+1 and Attack+1 that you have in your starting NaviCust pack. Add 5 points to that, and you get a total standard attack of 9 points.]

The Rageclaw cut into the MelodyEX twice. The other two, in a fit of bloodlust, leapt toward Lavaman. He dodged out of the way of one, but the other managed to land right on top of him.

MelodyEXA: 12 HP
MelodyEXB: 110 HP
MelodyEXC: 110 HP

LavaMan.EXE: 70 HP
Lavaman let out a cry of pain, then rolled away. Without waiting for Rafael's instruction, he slashed at MelodyEXA again, and darted back. He was panting hard, and something was wrong. He shared his feelings with Rafael.

"I know what you mean, Lavaman," said Rafael. "These viruses shouldn't be so hard in a vending machine. I'm sending in Canon to help you."

Lavaman's other arm became an explosive gun which he promptly fired once he had entered the cluster of MelodyEX's again.

[Summary:
Rageclaw at MelodyEXA (40)
Canon at Melody EXB (50)
Dodge]
MelodyEXA: Deleted!
MelodyEXB: 60 HP
MelodyEXC: 110 HP

LavaMan.EXE: 70 HP

Lucky lavaman, the melodyEXA is killed!!! okay not so much aim, but the fact that he knocked it down a few notches with his pea shooter of a buster.

MelodyEXB is nailed with the cannon in mid-air!!! AWESOME AIMING!!! Bonus: The knowledge that you aren't completly sucky with guns of any nature!

MelodyEXC Slams down, leaving a crack in the net where lavaman WAS! YOU DODGED! Bonus: Knowing that you don't suck at this thing we call.... Dodging.... yea...
[[ Have you had your tablets this morning? ]]

Lavaman looked questioningly at the camera angle Rafael had. Rafael nodded, and Lavaman's arms rose above his head. From the ground spurted two red-hot arms, attempting to strangle MelodyEXB to the ground. Lavaman Used a nice cartwheel motion to whizz past MelodyEXB, swiping hard at its face.

[Summary:
Lavabind at MelodyEXB (40) (Bind)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXB (40)
Dodge]
Lavaman manages to snag the virus and then finish it off. He jumps out of the way as the other foe advances.

MelodyEXA: Deleted!
MelodyEXB: DELETED!
MelodyEXC: 110 HP

LavaMan.EXE: 70 HP
Rafael laughed through hte speaker. Lavaman heard him say to the girl who kicked the machine, "Almost done." After that, he spoke into the PET.

"Lavaman, I want you to relay a message to our little friend; BRING IT ON!"

Lavaman sighed and only replied with "Pighead."

Nevertheless, he ran towards the last virus and slid around next to it, swiping hard. As soon as he was on his feet, he jumped over it so that his feet were in the air and his head was closest to the ground, then swiped again. Finally, he landed with grace and struck out hard.

[Summary:
Rageclaw at MelodyEXC (40)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXC (40)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXC (40)]
The first attack hits, but the Melody dodges the second. Lavaman manages to catch the foe to deleiver another blow, and then it proceeds to jump on him.

MelodyEXA: Deleted!
MelodyEXB: DELETED!
MelodyEXC: 30 HP

LavaMan.EXE: 40 HP
Rafael winced.

"We shouldn't have been so rash."

"Agreed," replied Lavaman. "But I think we can allow for it this time."

At that, he launched himself at the Melody like a long cannon ball and swiped at it's face. He whizzed past it, and then as he was an inch from the ground he turned himself face-up. When he hit the ground, he rolled back so he was back on his feet. Moving evasively, he came right up close and sent a stab straight to its gut, twice. Afterwards, he did two flips back.

[Summary:
Rageclaw at MelodyEXC (40)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXC (40)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXC (40)]
And the battle ends.

MelodyEXA: Deleted!
MelodyEXB: DELETED!
MelodyEXC: DELETED!

LavaMan.EXE: 40 HP

Rewards: 550z