Where then? sorry to nag like this, I jsut want to make sure I get it right the first time.

Thanks. So what do I need to do next? do I just link to this page in my sig, or do I have to repost it somewhere else?

Name: 8-Ball.sp
Sex: Female
Appearance: (I'm still working on the sprite picture)
Relatively tall for a female navi, if I had to ballpark it she'd be around 6'1". Athletic build, green hair in a tomboy-ish cut, gold eye color. 8-ball's face seems to resemble Kasumi's "Aunt" Terra, though when she was a bit younger. Her uniform resembles XIII's style, except the jacket is green and the pants are forest camouflage pattern. Also has a green helmet with visor that she wears when in combat. Like XIII, 8-ball also has a marking, though in her case its a tattoo of an 8-ball on her right hand. Her weapon is a rifle very similar to the M1-Garand, though with a slightly more futureistic color and pattern, and a cord comes out of the stock to attack into her helmet, turning the helmet visor into both a HUD and an electronic sniper scope.
Personality: Energetic (with workaholic undertones) and talkative, the kind of person who tends to take responsibility for others upon herself; a sort of energetic "older sister" personality, which greatly compliments XIII's usually relaxed and reckless nature. However, when the heat of combat sets in and 8-ball is focusing on the fight, she becomes a much more serious and intense person altogether.
Element: Wood
Subtype: Cursor

((alright, i think I covered everything at this point. If I'm missing something or did something wrong, please let me know.))

Kasumi Misumaru, reporting in. Mission was successfully accomplished, though my partner XIII seems to have some emotional scarring from everything he was forced to go through. Please be sure that the kind doctor locks away that horrible virus. Kami-sama help us should it ever actually reach a wide open network.

--Misumaru, Kasumi

"Thank you so much!" Kasumi called back to him as she jogged towards the doorway. The sounds of running water and scrubbing (as well as a bit of XIII's grunts thrown in) were emanating from her PET, but it didn't matter right now. It had been a long day, and she could certainly wait to update on the BBS until she got home.

((Continued from the end of the Net-side mission))

Kasumi felt like she had been at that terminal forever, and the longer this mission went on, the worse things turned up until the very end. It was like she couldn't hit the Jack-out button fast enough.

The Package.DAT arrived back in her PET along with the Navi XIII, and she immediately started trying to upload it to a blank chip so she could hand it over to the client. "I do not want this thing on my PET for any longer than it needs to be, so please, take it..." The blank chip popped out after having received the data, and she passed it along to the doctor. "XIII, run a cleaning program in the PET."
"But, Remi, the virus was just a contained core. It wouldn't have infected anything."
His operator shook her head at the screen. "No, I mean you. I don't want you tracking any of that goop into the PET. I want it to be scoured in there, got it."

((Sorry for the delay. Family issues and internet troubles))

XIII immediately broke his cool pose, threw his hands up in the air, and shouted "Woooooooo!"

Kasumi wiped her brow too. It was finally over. "Wow, we did it, finally. And thank you very much Enigma and Ceres. We really couldn't have done it without you."

The navi ran up and grabbed the captured data, and without a moment's hesitation, Kasumi hit the jack out button. Normally the transmission of data between the PET and the net is nearly instantaneous when a navi is jacking in and jacking out, but in all honesty XIII couldn't leave that place fast enough. He had been knee deep in and almost killed by disgusting muck, and if he ever saw slime again it would be too soon.

(to be continued in Dentech university thread))

The emergency shut down to the berserker program activated, and XIII found himself staring down the destroyed remains surrounding the core, feeling exhausted and injured.
"XIII!" Kasumi yelled into the microphone. "We can't give it a chance to escape or reform itself!" The jammed the Netsword module into the open slot on her PET.

The Netsword formed up in his hands, and the navi mustered up the remaining ounces of his strength to surge forward, blurring in the air as he went.
"'To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee'!" He yelled at the core, and thrust the tip of the Netsword through the core with surgical accuracy. XIII landed behind the core after the jumping lunge, striking an awesome and dramatic pose.

His operator blinked a couple of times. "That thing you said XIII, that was Herman Melville wasn't it?"
XIII relaxed and slumped down to the floor. "Yeah, Moby Dick. I thought it seemed rather appropriate, considering the circumstances."

Summary
Dramatic quotation of 1800's American novelist
Netsword attack (capture) to the Core
Dramatic finishing pose!

Enigma's words seemed to be lost on XIII at this point. Its wasn't that he was incapable of hearing the other navi, its was more the fact that XIII was completely unfazed by anything other than his target. Kasumi was eyeing the gauge on the side of her screen with increasing worry.
"Crap...." She muttered to herself. "The risk of corruption is rising faster than I expected. In a few moments, the fail safe I programmed in will activate; probably about enough time for one more good attack."

She reached into her battle-chip pack, but much to her chagrin, there were really no more chips for her to use. Basically just a counter, a rock cube, and a rage claw. The rage claw was too dangerous, since it could risk bringing the already damaged XIII deeper into harm's way, so she might as well prepare the other two. "XIII, hit him with a charged shot! Make it count!"

XIII just nodded, his bloodthirsty gaze never leaving his target as he slid the two energy blades back into each other. Once again, they appeared to be as a single sword residing in its sheath, the navi holding it at his side as his right arm hovered over the handle. It wasn't very visable normally, but due to the focused boost from the mode he was in, the charging energy managed to encase the entire sword in a sort of weird aura of fluctuating light.

It happened in what seemed like an instant, not even long enough to blink completely. XIII drew the first sword from its "sheath" to land a lightning fast slash across the enemy, and immediately after the second blade (the "sheath") flew across the same path, the energy blade extended out from it.

"Counter1, Slot in!" His operator cried, sliding the chip into the side slots. This was more a precautionary measure, since due to a combination of the nature of that attack and the jarring from the berserker mode wearing off, XIII would have been wide open to attack otherwise.

Summary:
Charge
Charge
Charge attack (Mach 13 AT style)(32 + 20 berserker damage Normal/Sword) to Rampaging Snorgmorphophage
Counter1 (70 + Impact + Break) activated
Dodge
Dodge

((Berserkr Gester Ljos wears off next turn))

XIII clutched his side. He was hurting bad, and whatever wasn't hurting was going rather numb. There was even a little blood trickling down his side, and the navi couldn't help but look at it and once again find it kind of odd that his programmer input this realistic looking bump-mapping for damage. "Remi, I think the time to play this safe is gone. Enigma is starting to pull out the stops... I'm going to use one of the crosses..."

His operator nodded and selected the function on the screen, transmitting the data into the net. The navi was standing to receive it, letting go of his side. the space around him started distorting, and the energy surging through him was partially reviving him somewhat, regardless of his immense damage. "Mach 13, Another type!" he yelled, the last bit of the transformation taking hold when the wil'o'whisp flames popped up around him. "Thanks Remi. This might not be enough, but I'm going to give it my all!"

"Wait, XIII... not yet..." His operator stopped his movement forward immediately. It wasn't necessarily that she told him to stop that made him halt so quickly, but rather her voice betrayed a hesitation to mention something to him.
"what... what is it Remi?"
His operator was silent for a second. "Umm, there's something else we can do... I finished putting in a special program last night, it could help you guys win, but...."
"But what?" the navi was a little bit confused. Usually when Kasumi had an ace up he sleeve, she'd use it when ever the chance seemed good. Rarely did she ever hold back on a job, especially like this.

"well XIII" Kasumi responded, "Its a program that can up your defense and attack concentration... but the code is far too over powered for your standard function; it causes a potentially dangerous shock to your system."
XIII was still not entirely clear on it. "What's that supposed to mean? Why don't we just use it?"
"It means that by using it, you might go crazy for a little while, and with each subsequent use without defraging your data afterward, you risk corrupting a portion of your data."

there was silence on the communication line for a moment. Then XIII said, "Kasumi, just use it." He used her real name instead of her usual nickname. "I trust your programming skill."
"A-alright XIII. I'm also giving you a Cannon chip." She slid the chip inside the slot and XIII's arm changed to the projectile's barrel. Her finger hesitated over the sig-command icon though. "XIII... be careful..."
"Don't worry, Remi..."

Her finger hit the button, and a sudden jolt went through XIII's body. The navi crest located on his chest started emitting a high pitched noise and this cold blue luminescence that seemed to flood the area with its icy light. XIII's eyes were vacant to the point of looking emotionless, and his gaze was locked directly on the main body of the enemy. All that his mind was processing was the most direct, undeterred course of action for utterly destroying the pile of snotty data infront. Even the pain and hesitation that had been coursing through his body was gone now; not numbed or reduced, just plain missing, like he was unable to process data in that fashion.
"XIII?" Kasumi tried to get his attention. "XIII, are you... ok?"
"... delete...."

He lifted his cannon arm, and the power started charging through it as the special mode focused the power beyond its usual limits.
".... DELETE!....."
The navi yelled a blood-curdling cry into the air as he let loos the powered cannon shot at the giant monster. XIII charged forward, drawing the double energy blades at his side the moment his hands reverted back to normal. Even without the command from his operator, he started performing his upgraded sig attack, the Legendary Cross. The double power strikes wipped across his target, the cold efficiency of his movements guiding the blades with a surgeon's precision and an assassin's mercilessness.

Summary
Activate Soul Cross: Mach 13, Another Type.
Activated Sig: Berserkr Gester Ljós (hardbody, strengthen, last for 2 turns, 2 turn cooldown)
Cannon (40 + 20 dmg + 15 to normal) to Rampaging Snorgmorphophage
Signature Attack 2: Legendary Cross (2hits/30 damage, Normal/Sword) to Rampaging Snorgmorphophage
Dodge