Hell on Skates

Beatnik snorted. "Lamers. This the best they got around here?"

She turned hard and scooped up the chip data on a skate-by. Once it had resolved in her system, she cursed and hurled it up the chute to Toni's PET. Figures she'd get the crappy-ass time bomb. All it'd be good for was for bashing viruses' heads in, because by the time it actually got around to exploding, she'd have already deleted everything herself.

"On ahead? Hey, you get back here!"

Beatnik put her head down and kicked off like an Olympic skater. No way in hell she was going to let someone else get ahead of her. If the hologram guy couldn't keep up, that was his fault.

[go go battle 2]
Both Holos leaped into the air, giving themselves a self indulgent high five. As their hands collided with a loud SMACK!, the decoy blinked out of existence. With a pleasant shiver as his projectors reintegrated with each other, he walked up to the remaining fragments of floating data and send them zooming up the tubes to his PeT.

While remotely admiring his new Heatshot, he noticed that the others were leaving him behind. He sprouted a motorcycle from his legs and raced off after them, popping a wheelie as he did so.

((Battle 2))
((2 days, 1 bump))
As the three navis continued through the Hades net, they realized that something was strange about the floor they were running/skating/driving on...With its strange, plush feeling, the floor broke off into a platform while a stream of lava suddenly swept across, trapping the navis onto the comfy platform (Except for Arc).

Not so far from where they were, the same exact platform was drifting towards them, only it was filled with viruses that was ready to attack. More viruses began to emerge out from the lava and things was starting to look grim for the trios. Now that the floors were nothing but lavas, they could only rely on these cushion-like platforms!

-Cushion Battalion (PlatformB)-
CatackA: 120 HP
CatackB: 120 HP
DrixolA: 90 HP
DrixolB: 90 HP

-Hot Stuff-
Puffy-F A: 100 HP
Puffy-F B: 100 HP
VolgearA: 80 HP
VolgearB: 80 HP
VolgearC: 80 HP

Terrain: 30% Normal (PlatformA), 40% Lava, 30% Normal (PlatformB)

Holoß.NET: 140 HP (PlatformA)
Второй_Arc.EXE: 125 HP (PlatformA)
Beatnik.EXE: 100 HP (PlatformA)

-TEAM BATTLE TWO, START!-
"Ok... we are on a platform surround by lava..." Arc commented about her surroundings, before spotting another platform filled with viruses, and more in the lava itself. "And we have hostiles it seems." She said, watching the viruses. "Vik, you going to send the bombs again or am I to try something new?" Arc asked, tapping the side of her visor with her finger.

"Why don't you do a repeat of the last battle, they seem stuck on that platform so you should be able to get most if not all of them with just two bombs." Viktoryia said, slotting in the two energybombs.

"Blow up the ones on the platform, roger." Arc said, putting her hand back on her gun and aiming it towards the viruses on the platform. As the first of her bombs appeared in her launcher, the data being displayed on her visor became more accurate as she pushed some of her systems for a bit. Arc corrected her aim, and with the pull of the trigger launched the first of her deadly bombs.

Arc stopped pushing her targeting systems before they start to overheat, and her second explosive appeared in the launcher. She reaimed her gun before pulling the trigger, sending her second attacks arching through the air and hopefully hitting the platform and catching something in its blast.

The navi also prepped herself in case something survived the three navi's onslaught, ready to move out of the way of any incoming attack.

((Smash action1: add break to attack
Arc Targeting System: Passive take Aim action1
1 Energybomb CatackB: 3 hits of 40 + break + blast 2, B accuracy
2 Energybomb DrixolA: 3 hits of 40 + Blast 2, C accuracy
3 dodge))
"Hmm...." Aelieth murmured to himself, taking a moment from his conversation (dead though it may be) to think on the Navis' current situation. "That lava is going to cause some problems if you need to leave the platform... Sending something to help," he told Holo, slotting in some chips before returning his attentions to his fellow operators.

One by one, the data uploaded itself into Holo's registers, ready to be activated immediately and without hesitation the nanosecond the Navi needed them. He happened to need one of them right then, as it happened, and activated the first of his chips. A refresh bar rose from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head and a second later Holo was standing there in a heavy, metal suit. He was completely enclosed, with a glass dome around his head, goggles over his eyes, cold vapour streaming out of vents in the suit, and a large, menacing rifle hooked up to twin canisters on his back. Though he could only show shades of green, the suit gave impressions of blues and blacks were he in color. Hefting the rifle, he aimed for the gap right in the middle of the lava flow between his group and the other platform and pulled the trigger. A globule of... something... propelled itself out of the gun, a stream of frozen vapour tracing its path through the air.

Before it finished it's arc, Holo refreshed once again, this time appearing in his normal form save for the large, sloshing bucket he held in his right hand. He hefted it up, supporting the bottom of the weighty container with his free hand, then flung its contents out across the battle field in a wide, sweeping arc. Trailing behind the vanguard of the attack were another two streams of liquid, both of which seemed reluctant to move forward if the strange, jerky way they jumped after the initial attack was any indication.

Down to two chips, the projector Navi decided it would be as good a time as ever to fall back on his most frequently used maneuver. This, of course, meant pulling out a rather large shield and hunkering behind it until his enemies attacked. "Thay shield must be incredibly heavy," a casual observer might remark, because while he was holding it between him and the viruses with the practiced ease of one who did this frequently, he appeared to be sweating profusely. Which, now that our observing friend thought of it, was a rather strange thing for a pile of electronics to do...

==Summary==
--HLR: 20 HP barrier
1. Ice Seed (10 + Aqua + one Ice Panel on direct hit. Else, thrown seed creates a medium Ice area.)
2. Wideshot (Targeting VolgearA with possible hits to Volgear B and C. 60 + Aqua + Wide Attack.)
--VHP: MI: 20 Elec Damage to Puffy-F A
--VHP: MII: 20 Elec Damage to Puffy -F B
3. Guard (reflects up to 60 damage)
4. TrainArrow (Adds +30 Aqua to Buster Shot next turn. Lasts 1 turn.)
Shit! She was last off the mark again! If it kept up like this, these two losers were going to make a fool out of her.

"CHIPS!" Beatnik screamed up the pipe. She wasn't sure if Toni had the sound on or not, but either way, the chips came down. Beatnik skimmed what she'd got and dropped them into a battle order in her head. She was more than a little proud of herself. The plan was actually smart for once.

First, she slammed down a scarecrow on her left. She knew what would come next: a blast of electricity straight down the battlefield. That was just a distraction, though. The threat of the lightning would shove the viruses over into a clump on one side of the platform, where they turned into easy pickings. Before the Dollthunder could spit out its lightning, though, Beatnik was going to have to get up in their faces to maximize the damage.

And that meant skating right over lava.

Shit, she was losing valuable seconds as the Dollthunder's mouth stretched open. Come on, it was just a little lava, what was it going to do? She could fly, for crap's sake. Beatnik adopted a speed-skater's crouch, eyeing the bubbling lava nervously. I really hope this doesn't burn my feet right off.

Lightning crackled in the scarecrow's mouth. Time was up. She had to go.

With a furious scream that came right from her gut, Beatnik kicked off into the lava.

Except nothing caught fire.

Because Holo had just changed it into ice.

Instead, she skittered wildly to one side, surprised by the sudden change in terrain. She got herself back under control and tilted a bit to line herself right up with the viruses on the other platform. A bolt of lightning ripped by on her left, just singing her neon green hair. She snapped her fingers, and her orbital plates formed up into a wedge.

And then it was drive-by chaos.

Beatnik crashed into the line of viruses and then wheeled and slid around on the ice like a moron and crashed into them again, swinging her plate-wedge around like a cow-catcher. On her fifth and final pass, she flung out a hand behind her and fired off a trio of sonic rings. they plunged right into the heart of the viruses, and the resulting explosion would mess them right up. She skidded to a halt and pulled up an Elecreel in the shape of a sky-blue gauntlet that buzzed with electrical charge. Beatnik eyed the wreckage of the platform, just daring one of the viruses to stick their stupid heads out so she could sock it up its ass.

1. Dollthunder1 @ Puffy-F A and whoever else is in range (80 + 5 = 85 ELEC dmg
+ Line Attack 5)
2. DashAttack @ Puffy-F A, Puffy-F B, Drixol B, Drixol A, Catack B (90 NORMAL dmg + Impact)
3. Pulsar1 @ Catack B (70 + 15 Flamenco Overdrive = 85 NORMAL dmg + Spread 6)
4. ElecReel1 @ remaining (80 + 5 same-element = 85 ELEC dmg + Spread 3)
Arc decided to lead with a barrage of Energybombs at the platformed viruses, blowing up the tanks brilliantly while only beating down one of the Drixols due to the other deciding to make a beeline for Arc. She managed to dodge the attack, only to have the virus to warp through time-space and attack all of party in a line as Holo blew up the Volgears after fucking up the lava with an ice change.

Beatnik and Holo blasted up the Puffys together, before the former decided to bumrush everything and throw sonic blasts at anything else.

All clear.

-Cushion Battalion (PlatformB)-
CatackA: BLOWED UP
CatackB: SONIC'D
DrixolA: BLOWED UP
DrixolB: CRASHED

-Hot Stuff-
Puffy-F A: ZAPPED
Puffy-F B: ZAPPED
VolgearA: DROWNED
VolgearB: DROWNED
VolgearC: DROWNED

Terrain: 20% Normal (PlatformA), 50% Ice, 30% Normal (PlatformB)

Holoß.NET: 140 HP (PlatformA)
Второй_Arc.EXE: 125 HP (PlatformA)
Beatnik.EXE: 100 HP (PlatformA)

-VICTORY-
Holo GET: Flameline1, 1400z
Arc GET: 1440z
Beat GET: Spreader1, 1400z
FXP: 4 Static
1 for some actually ridiculous teamwork that's not too evident
Arc looked at the battle field after the battle had ended. Ice now connected the two platforms, and for some reason the lava stream that hit them no longer seemed to be there. Arc started to move towards the other platform, sliding along the ice panels with more skill then a non aqua navi probably should have, and started to collect the spoils of war after getting there. "Wow, a lot of zenny." she commented, having a sum that was more then she had gotten in Net Vegas from a single fight, probably double or triple the amount. She looked at the two navis, about to ask something when suddenly...

"Wait, Arc, I just remembered something." Her netop said, shifting her PET's connections and whatnot to look at the internet city BBS. "We forgot to try 'that' mission before we headed back to Sharo. So we might acually get to chose what 'that' was going to be." She said, making Arc sigh. "Arn't we a bit low powered to beable to do that right now?" Arc asked her netop. "Yes, expect we should be having enough zenny to get that last level, if we hurry back to ACDC and then Scilab for that upgrade." Vik responded, causing Arc to look at her two companions. "Well, it looks like I will have to leave." Vik said, dismissing her weapon. "Busting with both of you allowed me to learn at least something new... Oh, and Beatnik? If we team up again, you might want to not rush towards the viruses. I don't think either of us want you to get caught in the blast radius of my chips." She informed the two, before standing at attention, saluting, and then jacking out.
Holo watched as Arc zapped away, waving at the beam of light she left behind, then flung himself forward onto the ice. He suddenly had metal tines running along his stomach, and he slid towards the loot on a belly resembling a sled. That worked to ferry him to his destination until he hit the other side of the frozen river and flipped head over heels as friction reminded the Navi that it was still the boss around here. After he stood and dusted himself off, he walked over to the the data pile and claimed his prizes before uploading them to the PET.

After gathering buku zenny and an awesome new toy, he waved to Beatnik, and did what he did best: copy others. As in, he GTFO'd.