Sylk and Mach's adventures in Yumland

Sylk quickly gathered up some of the data for herself, a little dissapointed in herself as she began to feel she didn't pull her own weight in the last battle. She was also a bit annoyed as she rubbed her jaw with one of her many left arms, the pain starting to die down finally after being struck with the boomerang to the face. It would serve as a reminder to pick her meal targets a little more carefully.

Sylk's eyes began to wander in the direction of mach, wondering if there was a way she could try to keep up with the navi's talent. Her upper right hand fiddled with her hair as she contemplated what she could do to better her own performance, but the ideas fell short of anything useful. in the end, the spider decided to just watch a bit more, and hopefully she would be inspired by something.

Shall we keep going? She called out, as she focused on Mach once more, putting her own thoughts aside for the moment.

*ready for battle 8*
As Mach gathered up the leftover data and Vector absorbed a good amount of bugfrags, he turned to Sylk and responded.

Sure. Let's continue.

((Ready for Battle #8))
Moving further into Yumland, they came across a swampy area, with deadly-looking venom peat rotting in some places, and the place generally looking slightly unpleasant. Then, as they trekked through the growth of the swamp, they came across a small clearing, where the vines of the trees were rampant, mushrooms, well, mushroomed everywhere, and some rather strange-looking indigenous folk with gigantic masks were huddled together. They spotted the trio venturing into their private spot, and turned violent!

PuffBallEX A: 190HP [Poison]
PuffBallEX B: 190HP [Poison]
PuffBallEX C: 190HP [Poison]
PuffBallEX D: 190HP [Poison]
VineyA: 80HP [Grass]
VineyB: 80HP [Grass]
VineyC: 80HP [Grass]
VineyD: 80HP [Grass]
VineyE: 80HP [Grass]
VineyF: 80HP [Grass]
MushyA: 80HP [Grass]
MushyB: 80HP [Grass]
MushyC: 80HP [Grass]
MushyD: 80HP [Grass]

Terrain: 60% Grass, 40% Poison

MachMan: 120 HP
Vector: 100 HP
Sylk: 95 HP [Grass]

-BATTLE EIGHT, FIGHT!!-
Sylk came to a halt as she noticed some familiar virii, as well as two groups she hadn't seen before. The one's with the masks were definitely the more terrifying of the group, reminding the young spider of the need to be cautious around enemies with frontal guards, her mouth still a bit sore from the last battle. Before rushing out ahead and getting into trouble, the spiders many eyes gazed over the battlefield and noticed the difference in terrain. A large ammount of rotting panels similar to their battle with Masa and Mune.

You know what i need, right Rei? The arachnid chimed to her OP, in a slightly teasing and seductive tone, as her eye's fixated on the groups standing upon the grass.

Getting a good idea of the layout and numbers before her, Sylk took action and led with something she new worked well. Yellow clouds of data began to form out all around her 6 arms, growing larger and larger as the chip initialized itself. The clouds pulsed as Sylk brought each arm crashing to the ground, sending forth the shockwave of data destroying spores in all directions from her own location. A little different this time however, Sylk kept her hands on the ground at the panel before her, as a different chip data was loaded in for the navi. She began to raise her arms, almost as if she was shaping the air around her, as a white data began to appear and take form before her. A nice warmth could be felt as she bathed in the glow of the chips light, taking her hands from the object as the candle now stood tall and cemented to the panel.

Let's see what this thing can do, Heehee~

Finally, the spider took up a defensive stance, slowly getting into a better visual position for her future assaults as she summoned a shield into her middle pair of arms, the other two pairs re-enforcing the shield from behind making it easier to lift and move for defending herself.

summary:

1) Spice1 (80dmg Wood + Confusion + To-All-Grass) @ all applicable

2) Candle1 ( regen5 @ all allies, 100 hp, 3 turns)

3) Guard1 (reflect attack, up to 60 dmg)
As Sylk decided to blanket the area with spores, Mach shifted his focus to the masked viruses. His plasma shield raised, and some of Vector's body plates reinforced the shield.

[We've seen these before, break through their masks and finish them off.]

Roger that.

Mach pointed his right arm towards the viruses as a large, triple-barreled cannon materialized on top. Each of the barrels were concealed by a rectangular slide, which moved to the rear position as the armor-piercing magnum slugs were loaded into each chamber. The slides returned to their normal positions with a trio of metal clangs as the Magnum's targeting system came into view. Three cross-hairs appeared in Mach's vision, and as he moved the cannon, the cross-hairs moved and stopped on 3 of the PuffBallEXs.

With all three of their positions locked in, the cannon automatically aimed towards the first virus and fired with a flash of fire and a rumbling boom. The slide was driven back by the force of the blast, which not only expelled the large metal casing of the shell, but also absorbed some of the recoil. He then aimed the weapon towards the other two targets and sent a round towards each one. Smoke oozed out of the cannons' barrels as it quickly disappeared. As the Magnum completely disappeared, Machman gripped a newly formed iron ball in his hand. He took aim towards the final Puffball and drew his arm back. But before he attempted to throw the cannonball, he blurred out of sight.

He nearly instantly reappeared behind the PuffBall, and then he threw the heavy iron orb towards the virus's back. Hoping to at least distract the virus, Mach's right arm started to become coated with bulky yellow armor, from his shoulder all the way down to his fingertips. With his GutFist fully formed, he clenched his steel fist and prepared to deliver a smashing blow to anything that attempted to attack.


ACTIONS:
-[Plasma Shield: Facing Forward]-
Vector: Reinforce Plasma Shield (+1 Hit)
Charge Magnum
Charge Magnum
Magnum1: PuffBallEXA,B,C (240dmg Fire + Break + Panel Break)
SCRAM Boost: Teleport Behind PuffBallEXD (Teleport + 2TCD)
CannonBall: PuffBallEXD (150dmg + Break)
Counter1: PuffBallEXD (Counter attack with GutPunch for 70dmg + Break + Impact)
Going all-out, Sylk immediately turned the soggy swamp into an even more hellish experience as she released the spores of the Mushroom on the viruses, which most couldn't evade, except for a lucky few. Those that survived immediately went on the offensive with her, with one lone Mushy moving up to her and releasing clouds of the earlier spores. Unfortunately for it, the spores bounced off and hit its own body instead! However, the spores did spread out quite a bit, and hit Machman, who was thankfully shielded from the attack by his shield. The Viney released their vines around Sylk, wrapping around her for some constriction! (20x2)

The PuffBalls, meanwhile, stuck their masks into the ground and released their clouds of miasma into the soil, impregnating it further with toxins. (40 To-All) Machman easily took care of them with his assault of fire, cannonball, and fist. Then, the candle's light began to shine, healing some of the damage the viruses did.

PuffBallEX A: DELETED [Machman]
PuffBallEX B: DELETED [Machman]
PuffBallEX C: DELETED [Machman]
PuffBallEX D: DELETED [Machman]
VineyA: DELETED [Sylk]
VineyB: 80HP [Grass] [Binding Sylk]
VineyC: 80HP [Grass] [Binding Sylk]
VineyD: DELETED [Sylk]
VineyE: DELETED [Sylk]
VineyF: DELETED [Sylk]
MushyA: DELETED [Sylk]
MushyB: DELETED [Sylk]
MushyC: DELETED [Sylk]
MushyD: 60HP [Grass]

Terrain: 40% Grass, 20% Normal, 40% Poison

MachMan: 110 HP (1HitPlasmaShield)
Vector: 70 HP
Sylk: 30 HP [Grass] [Bound! x2]
Candle: 100HP [HeatBody] [Regen 5]
Sylk was suddenly in pretty bad shape, her new candle whip was the only thing that kept her from being even more devastated as she found herself bound by two vines from the surviving virii squad. The spider navi struggled, trying to get free of the virii's grasp desperately, her expression was quite frantic not exactly knowing what to do in this situation. She had been way to over-confident and this is how it returned to her, like a spider getting caught by anothers web, it was a great deal foolish.

REI! the Navi cried out to her OP, hoping for assistance but all she had gotten was silence. The fool of a man was having a bit of an episode, flashing back to losing one navi and going crazy thinking about losing another. Of course there was a chance sylk would safely EJO, but that was never a sure bet. As horrid thoughts of worse case scenario's played out through his mind, the navi's voice cried out to him once more.

Her voice finally seemed to make it to his ears as his hand shakely grabbed at this chips, trying to figure out what could help. If he gave her something to burn the vines with, it could put her in more danger. In the end, he grabbed one of the chips they hadn't used yet, and hoped it would be enough. If it wasn't he'd have to try something else quickly. On sylk's end the data downloaded, and within three of her hands, she now held some sharp kunai which might be able to free her. Without hesitation, the spider tried to use the three blades to cut the the vines upon her body; Praying it would work all the while.

-------------------Turn Splice-----------------------------

Summary:

1) Kunai1 to destroy the vines

2/3) ???
Machman easily shrugged off the damage, but noticed his ally was literally in a bind.

Vector, attack those vineys, see if you can shift their attention away from Sylk.

Yes sire!

A large metal plate floated away from Mach's body and stopped a foot or two behind him before it pointed towards the closest viney and hurled itself forward like a knife. Vector was careful to aim a bit wide, since he did not wish to inadvertently strike Sylk.

Meanwhile, Mach turned towards the Mushy virus as his triple-barreled vulcan chaingun appeared under his right arm. He pointed the weapon towards the lone mushy as the trigger assembly swung up into his palm. The drum started to spin rapidly with a high-pitched whine before being completely drowned out by the roar of bullets erupting from his vulcan, which streamed towards the Mushy. Machman was quickly depleting his ammunition, but he started to strafe backwards to get himself closer to the viney viruses and provide better assistance from there.


Turn Splice

ACTIONS:
Vector: Attack VineyB (10dmg Aqua)
Rising Barrage: MushyD (25dmg x4 + Multihit + Break + Strategic Action + 4TCD)
-[Strategic Action: Move closer to Sylk, not within melee range]-
The vines were easily cut with Sylk's quick Kunai-work, while Vector tried to attack some of the Viney to distract them. However, Vector's attack didn't hit, but it did attract the attention needed to release Sylk. Unfortunately, one of them seems to see Vector as an easier target, and let loose vines on him instead! (20) Meanwhile, Mach decided that the Mushy would be trouble if not dealt with promptly, and thus deleted it quickly. The lit candle continued to flicker and burn, its healing properties still active.

PuffBallEX A: DELETED [Machman]
PuffBallEX B: DELETED [Machman]
PuffBallEX C: DELETED [Machman]
PuffBallEX D: DELETED [Machman]
VineyA: DELETED [Sylk]
VineyB: 80HP [Grass]
VineyC: 80HP [Grass]
VineyD: DELETED [Sylk]
VineyE: DELETED [Sylk]
VineyF: DELETED [Sylk]
MushyA: DELETED [Sylk]
MushyB: DELETED [Sylk]
MushyC: DELETED [Sylk]
MushyD: DELETED [Machman]

Terrain: 40% Grass, 20% Normal, 40% Poison

MachMan: 115 HP (1HitPlasmaShield) (5ActionsLeft)
Vector: 55 HP (1ActionLeft) (Bound!)
Sylk: 35 HP [Grass] (2ActionsLeft)
Candle: 100HP [HeatBody] [Regen 5]
Sylk finally free of the viney oppression, was both rather frazzled, worked up and extremely pissed off. She was actually fearing what might have happened next had she not broken free, and frankly it wasnt a pleasent feeling at all. She had never experienced not being able to do anything, nor had she been damaged that much yet. It was a painful experience both mentally and physically. It was time she got even.

Quickly Sylk began a quick dash towards one of the vineys which had previously held her down, her razor sharp fangs beared, and ready to tear through her target with ease. Not only would it give her the satisfaction of revenge, but she could both fill her stomach and replenish her body at the same time. As long as it connected, it was a win win situation. This was of course, providing she didnt get tied down yet again. The spider kept her eye's and body alert, ready to dodge at a moments notice whilst closing in on the target, dreading the thought of having a repeat of earlier.

The moment she got close enough, the spider dashed forward at the virii, jaw open and ready to clamp down on it's victem.

summary:

2) dodge

3) Blazing fang (40 drain fire, break, self slow - 2 tcd) @ VineyB
The viney grabbed Vector's armor ((with Mach still inside)) and tried to hold them both in place. However, the pair wouldn't be held back for long, and Mach's thrusters started to burn brightly in an attempt to tear away from the vines. The sheer force of his thrusters should have been enough to snap the vines' grasp, so as soon as the pair could have broken away, Vector's armored plates floated away from Machman's body, and reconfigured to repair damaged plates and reform back into his separate entity.

As Vector reconfigured himself, Mach counter attacked with a pair of flaming punches towards the virus as Sylk attempted to take down the other.


/turn split

ACTIONS:

DashAttack: Vines (90dmg + Impact) [Tear away from vines]
Vector: Disengage Armor Junction
-[[color=006666]Reconfigure:[/color] Passive 15HP Heal]-
Strategic Action: Move into range of VineyC
Firehit1: VineyC (120dmg Fire x2 + Impact + Double Attack)
Firehit1: VineyC (120dmg Fire x2 + Impact + Double Attack)
Dodge
Lunging towards the Viney that trapped her earlier, Sylk bared her fangs and ate the virus. The squishy insides of the Viney gave way to a sweet, almost jelly-like mush. Tasty. Meanwhile, Machman struggled to break free of the vines with his thrusters while Vector disengaged as armor. Machman then proceeded to kill things with fire.

PuffBallEX A: DELETED [Machman]
PuffBallEX B: DELETED [Machman]
PuffBallEX C: DELETED [Machman]
PuffBallEX D: DELETED [Machman]
VineyA: DELETED [Sylk]
VineyB: DELETED [Sylk]
VineyC: DELETED [Machman]
VineyD: DELETED [Sylk]
VineyE: DELETED [Sylk]
VineyF: DELETED [Sylk]
MushyA: DELETED [Sylk]
MushyB: DELETED [Sylk]
MushyC: DELETED [Sylk]
MushyD: DELETED [Machman]

Terrain: 40% Grass, 20% Normal, 40% Poison

MachMan: 120 HP (1HitPlasmaShield)
Vector: 75 HP
Sylk: 85 HP [Grass]
Candle: 100HP [HeatBody] [Regen 5]

-BATTLE EIGHT, VICTORY!!-

Rewards:
Machman:
- 750z
- [PoisMask] Battlechip
- 48 BugFrags
- +7FXP (+1 Knight in Shining Armor!)

Sylk:
- 840z
- [Rope1] Battlechip
- +7FXP
((Bugfrags?))

The viney viruses were burned away with ease, and the battle was over. Mach and Vector touched down and started to gather up leftover data from the battle. They were in the middle of their search as Mazer spoke up.

[Good work, you three. I fixed Aera's programming, and gave her a few protective upgrades, so I'll send her in now.]

A glowing cyan circle appeared on the ground before a beam of light crashed down on that spot, and quickly faded as Aera came into view. She opened her eyes to see Mach, Vector, and Sylk in front of her. She waved slightly and smiled.

Sorry for taking so long, everyone.

Machman walked up to her and gently put his hand on her shoulder.
I'm just glad you're alright.

Aera smiled again, but looked over Mach's shoulder as Vector approached. The robotic mass of metal plates prostrated itself on one knee, his single eye looked down towards the ground.

M'lady, I failed you as a knight, and brought dishonor to those who follow the chivalrous way of the knight. I ask for your forgiveness, but be assured I will never let it happen again.

Aera walked up to Vector; he looked up slightly before staring down at the floor. He glanced up one last time, and was surprised to see Aera squatted in front of him, her arms around her shins. She then placed her hand on his shoulder plate and rubbed warmly.

Hey, don't feel like you've failed or brought dishonor to yourself. You took care of my Mach, didn't you? Mazer was watching, and told me how you bravely faced masses of viruses with Mach, and protected him with your own body. I'm so proud of you, Vector.

Vector didn't show it, but he was nearly bursting with pride in response to Aera's statement, and felt honored to be serving under one of great power, and another of unwavering compassion. Vector's single red eye closed.

Thank you, M'lady. My armor is no match to your kindness.

Mach and Mazer looked on, both of them had the warm-n-fuzzies from seeing Aera and Vector's exchange, but Mazer's attention shifted as his PET beeped.

[Huh, looks like I got an email... It's from Aunt Julie!]

Aera and Vector looked at eachother, both of them had no idea who this person was. They turned to Mach, who decided to fill them in.

Julie Patrovski is Mazer's father's youngest sister. She works as a secretary for a company in Electopia. Mazer helped program her Navi, so she sometimes sends emails asking questions and such. How is Julie, Mazer?

[She says she's doing fine, she recently got a pay raise for organizing a team-building getaway for her office. She says she saw our matches in the tournament, and says she's proud we made it to the quarter-finals. hm... "If you haven't heard already, the final match ended a few days ago. The winner was a little Navi named..." ... You aren't gonna believe this, y'all.]

What? Who won?
Mazer continued reading.
["... a little Navi named Red_Riding_Hood.EXE."]

Mach and Aera stood there, dumbfounded as Vector looked around confused.
Excuse me, sire, but who is this "Red_Riding_Hood.EXE?"
Aera started to smile and giggled in surprise.
We've gone busting with her before, she's a little girl Navi with a bunny SP...
Wow, I saw she had some good busting skills, but I had no idea she was that strong!

["Never judge a book by it's cover," to the extreme, huh?]
No kidding.

Mach, Aera, and Vector chatted with Mazer as they prepared for another battle, if Sylk wanted to go along as well.

((Ready for Battle #9))
((PS, is anyone rolling for Mystery Data?))
As sylk collected the Data, the spiders grin radiated as she saw the image of aera appear once more before the group, all fixed up and ready to go. Sylk was happier then expected, maybe because she valued aera as her only female friend, or maybe it was something she didnt completely understand yet. Either way, it was a happy moment. A moment full of restraining the urge to pounce on the poor SP and hug her to death. that however, would probably ruin the mood that had seemed to set in as aera, mach and vector began a huge conversation about things she knew nothing about. Half confused by the words, and just satisfied knowing aera was ok, sylk didnt say much at all. Atleast, not in a tone the others could hear.

Welcome back aera... I missed you. The arachnid hid her words under her own breath as a playful look arose on Sylk's face. She didn't need to bug the three of them, and disrupt their chat. Not this time, anyways.

*ready for battle 9*
The group exited the swampy area and got back on dry ground. The soil was a bit infertile for a bit, but after a while, the grass started coming back, and the viruses as well! Seems they were having a little gathering or something. Bagworms hung from Kilby bamboo, Teddies pruned Shrubbies with their claws in boredom, all clustered around a central point: a shiny green diamond, or mystery data to be exact. One of them spotted the traveling group and warned the others, causing them to form a large circle around the mystery data, protecting it.

BagWormEX A: 120HP [Grass]
BagWormEX B: 120HP [Grass]
BagWormEX C: 120HP
BagWormEX D: 120HP
KilbyA: 90HP [Grass]
KilbyB: 90HP [Grass]
KilbyC: 90HP
KilbyD: 90HP
TeddyA: 100HP [Grass]
TeddyB: 100HP [Grass]
TeddyC: 100HP
TeddyD: 100HP
ShrubbyA: 50HP [Grass] [Hide behind KilbyA]
ShrubbyB: 50HP [Grass] [Hide behind KilbyB]
ShrubbyC: 50HP [Grass] [Hide behind TeddyA]
ShrubbyD: 50HP [Hide behind TeddyC]
ShrubbyE: 50HP [Hide behind TeddyD]

Mystery Data: 85HP [Grass]

Terrain: 60% Normal, 40% Grass

MachMan: 120 HP
Aera: 70HP
Vector: 75 HP
Sylk: 85 HP

-BATTLE NINE, FIGHT!!-
Sylk's many eyes took note of the imminent threat which had amassed around a shiny little diamond, floating amongst the grass , as they had made their way out of the swamp. The fact that the virii were crowded around the object, and the object itself had Sylk's curiosity peaking. Even rei had encountered one of the objects before with curseman, so it was a new sight to both of them. New things however were never a good thing when Sylk was around; it always seemed to cause problems. The spider navi Slowly began to stretch her limbs as she formulated a sneaky little plot, or rather a poorly thrown together idea to be accurate, as she stared onward towards her new target.

So um... I know this may be selfish, buuuuuut~ Sylk paused for a moment as she slowly began to walk closer toward the ground, gaining a bit of speed each second. Think you can cover me while I check things out? heehee~

The Navi's fiery passion for battle and excitement exploaded, along with her speed and movements, her whole body just itching to cause some damage and find out more about the new virii and the new object hovering before her eyes. As she went into battle mode, her oh-so-silent Op took note of the fight beginning and prepared her offense. When the arachnid got like this, it was quite clear she was going all out offensive. As chips flew into the PET, sylk's legs hit the ground hard as she lept into the air.

As the dark colored navi's body felt the wind against it, her eye's gazed down at the virii below her. Energy began to course through her entire body, as the temperature around her began to rise. Slowly the flames began to swirl and shape itself, the form of a bird surrounding her like a cloak as her arms extended forward, her palms facing her targets; The bagworm and kilby pairs. Though her body was covered in a dense blaze, what emmited from her hands was a simple white energy, slowly taking an orb-like visage. The ball of power grew larger by the second, pulsing as it gathered it's strength, before bursting forth with a giant ray of ferocity. As the attack dropped down upon the kilbys, Sylk's body decended towards the bagworms below her, as she now pulled her arms back and clenching her fists. The fiery form of the pheonix that had surrounded her was now being drawn into each of her six fists as she motioned her body into a position to attack. Getting nearer to her targets, the navi's hands struck out in a punch, all six simultaniously releasing the burning force of the Pheonixshot2 in the form of a giant and deadly straight. It's sheer size was more then a simple strike, as the flames spread out like a pair of wings, divebombing the enemy.

Sylk quickly jumped back after landing, but her body's temperature kept rising as she turned her attention towards a nearby cluster of virii. Slowly her jaws began to open as she took anothe quick step towards her new focus, a flicker of red escaping her teeth, like a caged beast trying to break free from a prison. Her body twisted into firing position, after pivoting her foot to face the enemies into a line before her, only to exhale. Her breath shot forth a raging blast of crimson destruction, aiming to swallow up and engulf all before it, as the spider held her ground firmly. Within her eye's the dancing flame reflected, as she watched on intently to what would soon hope to be a smouldering pile of destroyed data.

Summary:

1) elemental rage 2 (90 dmg, null element?) @ kilbyA, B, C

2) Pheonix... PAUNCH! (pheonixshot 2 - 90 + 5 fire, wide) @ bagworm A, B, C

3) Fireburn1 (50+5 fire, line attack) @ KilbyD+ Teddy A, B
The trio saw the shimmering object in the center of the viral mob, and Mach immediately recognized what it was. He had seen them before, and filled in his allies.

Mystery data. The trick is to take out those viruses without destroying the data, since it can contain some valuable programs inside. Mazer, requesting battlechips, and approval for use of MachFighter.

[Battlechips on their way; request approved. Mop them up and provide support for Sylk.]

Understood.

As Mach confirmed the chips coming in, Aera created a regenerative "IV Patch" and walked up to Sylk before placing it on the small of her back. Aera responded to Sylk's request.
Sure thing, we'll provide support.

Aera turned back to see Machman float up into the air and start to rotate as his body started to transform. Large metal plates emerged from his body before they swung and folded into position in a flurry of mechanical whirs, clicks, and scrapes. In less than a few seconds, Mach completed his transformation, and opened his cockpit hatch invitingly. Aera's wing thrusters kicked on as she jumped into the air and flew over to Mach before gently floating down and inside the cockpit to the seat below. She sat down on the surprisingly comfortable seat as black safety harnesses crossed over her chest and waist like ribbons and secured her. The cockpit displays came to life as the full-view display lit up. Vector watched in amazement as he saw Machman undergo his transformation, and was still slightly stunned as he watched Mach's engines warm up and test his control surfaces. Several small pods jettisoned from his frame and paused in the air before they darted off into different areas on the battlefield and activated their sensory equipment.

[Vector, engage active armor program]

Vector snapped out of his gaze and nodded before his entire series of body plates moved apart and flew towards Mach before they fastened into place. Though Mach's body was significantly bigger, Vector's armored body reinforced some of the more vulnerable areas on Mach's frame. The joints of his sweep wings, cockpit, engine housings, and underside were reinforced with Vector's navy blue plating, and a single red eye appeared over the cockpit armor.

Armor junction complete, sire.

Confirmed. Engaging.

A pair of protective energy shields formed over Mach's frame, and Vector provided some of his own body plates to reinforce the outer shield. Mach's thrust vents pointed downwards and lifted his frame off the ground as his landing gear retracted. He continued to hover and rotated slightly as he brought the remaining BagWorm into range.

Mach targeted the suspended virus as his right weapon blister hatch slid open and revealed a triple-tubed rocket pod. Aera watched intently as several windows opened up on the projection screen, all showing different angles of the Bagworm virus. Mach had accessed his Overwatch drone network and accurately plotted the Bagworm's position in a 3D space, so he knew exactly where he needed to shoot. With that information in mind, he adjusted his position slightly before he fired a salvo of high-explosive rockets. The rockets made a loud hissing sound as they streaked towards the Bagworm, leaving white smoke trails as they went. The weapon blister hatch closed as two large missiles materialized under his wings.

Two green square-shaped targeting indicators appeared in the HUD-like overlay of the projections inside the cockpit, and they sweeped the field before landing on a pair of Teddy viruses. The indicators stopped over the images of the viruses and turned red as a diamond shape appeared over the square, indicating a lock. A continuous tone also indicated Mach had a lock on the targets, so he prepared to fire. Aera looked down at a weapon indicator screen connected to the arm of her seat, which showed two green images indicating the pair of missiles under his wings. Two blips indicating the "hard-points" connecting the missiles to Mach's frame disappeared as Mach released one of the missiles. The large, finned missile dropped a foot or so before it's solid-fuel engine ignited and sent the missile rocketing towards it's target. As soon as the first missile exploded in a ball of fire, Mach launched the second in a similar fashion.

As Sylk delivered an airborne barrage above the viruses, Mach shifted his frame to face down one side of the ring of viruses.
[[i]Get ready, I'm going to try and sweep up the remaining viruses surrounding the data. Brace yourselves.[/i]]

Mach's four plasma-thrust engines slammed to full throttle and caused him to burst forward like a shot from a cannon. He continued to accelerate as a protective veil of energy stretched over his frame and banked to make a wide turn. He attempted to literally shred the ring of viruses to pieces with his large frame reaching sub-sonic speeds. He would have continued to accelerate beyond the speed of sound, but the amount of stress on his wings brought by such a high speed turn would cause his frame to break apart. Aera was pressed into the back of her seat as Mach accelerated, and downwards as he made his backing turn. Aera moaned under her breath as she felt the strain of the near double-digit Gs being exherted on her body. Vector was also feeling the strain as he struggled to keep his body from being torn away from Mach's frame.

Mach made it halfway around the circle before he decelerated as the battlechip's power depleted. He had a second ready to go, but he took that moment to adjust his angle of attack so he wouldn't miss as he went to full throttle again. His engines burned bright cyan as he ripped through the turn and faced back to where he started. He spotted Sylk as she finished her fiery attack and quickly decelerated as he flared his control surfaces out like air brakes. He slowed to a more manageable speed as he approached Sylk before he spun 180degrees in the air and faced back towards the viruses ahead. He hovered just above the ground and about 3 or 4 feet in front of Sylk.

[[i]Stay behind me, Sylk![/i]]

A large metal shield started to form in front of Mach's frame, and after fully forming, it stretched across his entire wingspan, more than enough protection for all of them. The shield was curved and trimmed with spikes; a fierce-looking pair of eyes and toothy grin was painted on the surface of the shield, so it looked more like an armored mask than a protective plate. Though the mask looked intimidating, what was truly menacing was what happens to enemies that actually have the courage to attack it.



ACTIONS:

Aera: IV to Sylk.EXE (Heals 5HP per action)
-[Activate MachFighter.GMO]-
Aera: Mobility Junction
-[[color=006666]Reconfigure[/color] (Passive Heal 15HP)]-
Vector: Armor Junction
-[Plasma/[color=ff6600]Repulsion[/color] Shields: Double Front]-
Vector: Reinforce Plasma Shield (+1 Hit)
FireHit1: BagwormEXD (120dmg Fire + Impact + Double Attack)
Charge Magnum
Magnum1: TeddyC,D (120dmg Fire + Break + Panel Break)
DashAttack: KillbyA,B, ShrubbyA,B,C (90dmg + Impact)
DashAttack: KillbyC,D, TeddyA, ShrubbyD,E (90dmg + Impact) [Go full circle and return to Sylk's position]
Aera: Attack TeddyB (35dmg Elec)
PoisonMask: Machman & Team, Sylk (Deflect 1 Non-break attack for 50dmg Poison)
Readying herself for a tough battle, Sylk charged headlong into the virus circle, firing a deadly combination of energy and fire, decimating most of the opposition. Meanwhile, Machman wasn't unprepared either, as he changed into the MachFighter and launched a hail of missiles towards the enemy, blasting them to kingdom come, deleting the Bagworms and Teddy, leaving three terrified little viruses crying for their mommies. Well, at least they're not destined for much. A couple of them did try to launch a few attacks, but they bounced off harmlessly on the jet fighter's shields. One even knocked against the poisonous beast of a mask, and there was much pain and sorrow.

As the dust and smoke cleared, they found the one thing that was against them: the mystery data was shredded to pieces. Whoopsie.

BagWormEX A: DELETED [Sylk]
BagWormEX B: DELETED [Sylk]
BagWormEX C: DELETED [Sylk]
BagWormEX D: DELETED [Mach]
KilbyA: DELETED [Sylk]
KilbyB: DELETED [Mach]
KilbyC: DELETED [Sylk]
KilbyD: DELETED [Sylk]
TeddyA: 100HP [Normal]
TeddyB: DELETED [Sylk]
TeddyC: DELETED [Mach]
TeddyD: DELETED [Mach]
ShrubbyA: DELETED
ShrubbyB: DELETED
ShrubbyC: 50HP [Normal] [Hide behind TeddyA]
ShrubbyD: DELETED
ShrubbyE: DELETED

Mystery Data: Whoops, 'sploded.

Terrain: So much fire, I don't even care anymore. 90% Normal, 10% Broken

MachMan: 120/120 HP [2HitPlasma] [PoisonMask Used]
Aera: 70/70HP [RepulsionBroken]
Vector: 90/100 HP
Sylk: 100/140 HP
[[i]Hrm... the data was destroyed. We got a bit carried away I guess.[/i]]

Well, there were a lot of viruses around it, and we took em out without a scratch, so I say we did well.

[[i]Good point. We still have 2 targets remaining, I'll neutralize them.[/i]]

[Alright then, battlechips on the way. Mop 'em up!]

Mach confirmed the presence of two battlechips uploaded to his programming, and prepared to attack. The enemy: A single teddy with a Shrubby cowering behind it. Piece of cake. Mach's engines kicked on and sent him flying towards the pair of remaining viruses. He strafed from side to side as he approached, and both of his weapon blisters opened up to bear a pair of rocket launchers. One launcher carried a trio of electrical rockets, while the other was armed with rockets carrying liquid nitrogen-filled warheads. The rockets were built in such a way to veer away from eachother while launched, so instead of a stream of rockets, it would be more like a shotgun blast.

Mach bore down on the viruses, and as soon as he got close, he fired 2 salvos of rockets simultaneously and effectively blanketed the area with electricity and extreme cold. He then climbed and performed a Split-S maneuver to point himself back towards his arachnid ally. He then descended and hovered to a stop a few feet above the ground. Mach's cockpit hatch opened, and Aera poked her head out before speaking to Sylk.

Don't worry about that mystery data, Sylk. We'll find another one eventually, ne?


ACTIONS:
1. Strategic Action: Move into close range of TeddyA
2. Blizzard: TeddyA, ShrubbyC (100dmg Aqua + Ice Panel Change + Cone Attack)
3. ElecPulse: TeddyA, ShrubbyC (100dmg Elec + Seeking + Glitch + Cone Attack)
4. Dodge
5. Dodge
6. Strategic Action: Move back to Sylk
Aera: Reassure Sylk ((Cheer Action))
After demolishing everything Sylk took the free moment to toss out the same candle chip that had given her a calming warmth from the previous battle. It was the perfect time to use it since the group didnt have to worry about too many virii attacking at this point. As the chip data entered sylk's coding, her hands began to glow a soft white as she sculpted the figure of the wax like fixture, it's form starting to take shape out of thin air as its size began to grow in height reaching as high as the navi's chest.

Sylk looked on over at the Mach team, seeing them doing their best to defeat the last of the virii, Sylk felt the growing urge to cheer them on since mach said he would deal with them. Channeling the energy of yet another chip, Sylk took a deep breath and concentrated on the form and abilities of the power she had installed into herself.Tilting her head upward slightly, she began to exhale while moving her body and mouth from side to side. Electrical sparks flew out past Sylk's lips as the current took form in the air, the navi writing words with the shocking powers of the chip she had yet to use. As she quickly finished her mid air drawing, these words flashed in the sky, a bright crackling golden message which was called out by sylk shortly after.

GO, MACH!

it was only shortly after this that the arachnid noticed something amiss on the battle field.

Nooooo.... my shiny thing....

The spider whimpered as she noticed the casualty of their success. Her pretty blue diamond was now a smouldering crater like all the virii she had just killed. It was a dissapointing moment in Sylk's life, that was for sure. Her mood wasn't down for too long however, as aera began to speak to her upon the groups return. Her pout slowly started to fade only to be followed by a slight smile as she stood next to the sp, crossing her arms as she looked over the scenery.

Summary:

1) candle1 (regen 5 @ team)

2) ElecShock air writing "Go Mach!"

3) Cheer Machman on