Seafoam stepped forward, reaching out towards the dancing...cactus worm with both hands, "Catchy beat there! Are you holding a shindig?"

At this point, Coral spoke up for the first time in a while, "Seafoam...this feels like a trap. As...festive as that thing looks, there's something offputting about it."

Seafoam's enthusiasm wasn't deterred in the slightest by her NetOp's caution. Still, the warning did remind the NetNavi that she was on a mission. "Oh don't worry about it...Mister Cacty, I can stay and dance for a bit, but I do have to get these mets back to ACDC net...I can't stay too long," she said, trying to reason with the eerily grinning virus.

((Attempt to join the festivities for a bit.))

Delta hadn't really taken notice when the Mushy had fragged the Skeeter swarm, given that he had been hit with the same cloud of spores, but he noticed the Needler go down to another cloud...and picked up on the pattern. "That Mushy is killing the other viruses?"

Henry slotted in a FireHit as he responded, "Yeah, I was vaguely aware that something like that could happen, but this is definitely the first time that I've seen it. FireHit one incoming."

Delta didn't wait for Henry to finish speaking, shifting his footing even as he threw a punch, sending a flaming fist hurtling towards the offending virus. Unfortunately for it, the Mushy's own aggression had left Delta with only it and the Momogra for targets...the Momogra which had yet to so much as fire upon the navi, and was burrowed deep enough that most attacks would miss anyway.

Delta followed up by dancing to the side, hopefully avoiding any more confusion inducing spores from what was seemingly the only hostile virus remaining.

((Turn Splice))

Delta's arm shook as he raised his buster, the navi attempting to steady his shot with his other hand after a moment. With his vision shaking as much as it was, he couldn't be sure that taking aim was doing much good, but he didn't have a way of more effectively fighting the spores.

His head swam as he fired on the now exposed needler. As irritating as it was to be chipping away at his foes with his buster, the netnavi wasn't sure that he could afford to risk wasting battlechips while he was so discombobulated. Ste...well, okay, stumbling to the side might maybe help avoid an attack, but it could just as well send the navi in to one.

As he mostly regained his balance, Delta attempted to activate the shield program again, hoping that the defensive option would help him to avoid an attack or two even while he was unsteady on his feet. Shifting his right arm to more firmly plant the barrier between himself and the viruses, the netnavi raised his buster and opened fire on the needler with a barrage of shots, hoping to make up for inaccuracy with volume of fire.

It took Seafoam only a few minutes to mentally chart a course to the transition. Happily, the fastest way to said transition looked to be going through greener terrain, something the navi appreciated. "Alright then, let's get you back to Netopia," she said, turning to head back down the structure. This was slower going then the ascent, as Seafoam was taking pains to make sure that the metools relying on her as a guide weren't left behind; still, it wasn't more than perhaps 5 minutes before the group was back on ground level, and headed for the greenery that Seafoam had spotted from on top of the strange structure.

((Heading for the greener area. Ready for Battle 5))

Delta examined the quartet of viruses before him, but swiftly decided on a course of action. Raising his hand, the netnavi formed his buster, aimed straight towards his bounty target. Firing twice towards the swarm of insects, before his netop called out.

"Let's try one of the new chips, WoodTower in."

Delta nodded in assent before allowing his buster to vanish, the navi's hand starting to glow slightly with a green light. Lifting his hand slightly before dropping to slam his fist into the ground of the battlefield. As his knuckles impacted the grass, a massive stake emerged from the ground in front of Delta...and then another, and a third, and so on, marching towards the mushroom.

Standing up, Delta activated his shield program, shifting his other arm to hold the defensive measure in front of him. A moment later, his left arm came up, the buster already covering it again as it was raised to fire towards one of the bushes. The netnavi shifted on his feet, ready to move out of the path of an attack or two that might come in retaliation.

((Where'd that 30 HP go? I had 110, and I didn't get hit?))
((1500z -> 2220z))
((GET: GolemHit1Damage: 140 + Break + Panel Crack + Wide Attack
Accuracy: C
Description: A fist of stone falls from the sky to smash an enemy, and create a shock wave that hits two nearby enemies. The area affected by the fist becomes Cracked terrain.
Duration: Once
Element: Null
Trader Rank: D))

It took Seafoam a few moments to relax after the last virus collapsed into rubble. Noticing that one of the fists seemed to be intact, the curious netnavi approached and picked up the stone appendage and inspecting it closely, before putting it away...somewhere. "Coral, did my PET get that data?"

Coral leaned back in her seat before answering, "Yeah, a GolemHit chip." She didn't continue, still thinking over the encounter that the pair had just had.

Meanwhile, Seafoam had started collecting the Zenny from the battle, sending it to the pair's PET in the same manner. For a while, the navi worked in silence, but it wasn't long before she finished collecting everything that they could use, and turned her attention towards moving forward. Looking upward, something clicked. "Y'know...I bet that I could navigate better if I got higher."

Coral wasn't quite sure what her navi was talking about for a moment, before remembering the gantries. "Is there even a way to get up there safely?"

Seafoam hummed noncommitally as she turned to examine the surrounding structures. Finally, she started moving towards one, probably hoping to find a ladder on the other side.

((Look for a way to get up onto the gantries, or even higher if possible.))

Seafoam laughed as she began charging another harpoon, "That's more like it!" As the weapon began glowing, the netnavi hurled it at the remaining virus, before Coral spoke up.

"Shotgun on its way. Don't think that you have to end this with your buster."

"Thanks Coral," Seafoam said, lifting a blunderbuss that formed from the incoming chip data to point at the virus before pulling the trigger to send a blast of shot downrange. The navi would then flip herself to the side in a cartwheel, her enthusiasm being shown in an acrobatic display. Finally, she would take one more step to the side, the additional movement hopefully helping to throw off her enemy's aim.

((GET: WoodTower1Damage: 100 + Piercing + Ground Attack + Line-Chain
Accuracy: D
Description: Spires of wood march across the field.
Duration: Once
Element: Wood
Special: Line-Chain: This attack moves forward in a rough line, but may shift side to side slightly as it advances to engage more targets in its general path. The attack cannot ever stray more than 45 degrees from its original path, and cannot make greater than a 45 degree turn at any given time.
Trader Rank: D))
((USED: 1x Untrap))

"Oh I like this one..." Delta grinned as he saw the contents of the GMD. "Wood Tower battlechip." Still smiling, the netnavi started searching for the next group of viruses.

((Searching for Battle 4))

"...fluff." was Seafoam's only response to seeing the falling objects miss her targets entirely. Conjuring a harpoon, the netnavi focused, channeling energy into the weapon. It took some time, but eventually the weapon lit up with a soft, flickering blue glow. Pulling back her arm, Seafoam hurled the weapon, this time aiming directly for one of the viruses instead of trying to dislodge another object.

Following up on her charged harpoon, Seafoam lifted her other hand, sending a wave crashing across terrain towards her target. After that, the netnavi readied herself to avoid any attacks from either of the remaining viruses.

Delta pondered the quite frankly suspicious looking GMD in front of him for a few moments, then pulled out an untrap chip and pushed on the surface of the mystery data with it.

((Attempt to use Untrap on GMD))