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A race is fine too!

- Say, are you familiar with the expression "gravity sling?"
-Of course.

What a silly thing to ask. Of she wasn't not. Not before Sieg mentioned it anyway. She always liked expressions where you know where you are standing with exactly.

Valkyrie crouched down and leaped, but not in the direction the boogie did. Quite the opposite, in fact. She leaped "down", aiming for the stars, the ones that shot her up here in the first place.

She "fell" accelerating for a while, but when she reached the panels her descend slowed before stopping altogether, until it stopped. And then, much like jumping on a trampoline she shot back up.

Steering with her thrusters she maneuvered around the planetoid (spinning round like a top a few times until she got the hang of low grav thrusting) and sailed through space propelled by momentum alone.

To be fair this little performance probably just barely took less time and effort than worth it, but hell if it wasn't sending a clear message of the game being SO on, mah man Boogieboy!

-Deal!
-Oh god.

Valkyrie struck a pose. She was toyed with. She was riled up. She was going to get that data one way or another.

She really hoped the guy was using boogie as a metaphore for fighting.

-Oh dear god...

- Actually yes, I'm looking for a fi-...
-Figment of data. Supposed to be dance routines. You don't know anything, perchance?
-Tsk.

Lone guy. On top of a planet. All alone. If this is not a setup for a showdown, she's going to be disappointed. Oh, Sieg may try to weasel themselves out of this, but the slimy little runt can't go against the natural Law.

- Okay, that was really goddamn neat actually.
-You tell me.

Valkyrie knew what flight was like, but not like this. The landing was soft and floaty, not frantic and, well, destructive like it usually is. Not to mention that it gives her the perfect point to spy on whoever is making the music. Based on recent experiences, things dancing and making music are looking for a fight, and she felt like a good fight would crown the experience right now.

So she walked over to the other side of the planet to look down... err... up... in the general direction of the noise.

-Whoah.
-That's... kinda neat actually.

Valkyrie looked around, marveling at the artificial beauty of this micro-cosm. Reminds you how small you are... but then again, it also reminds you that being at the center is all the matter of perspective. And that from where she's standing, all the stars can be within her grasp. The universe is out there, one just needs to go out and grab it by the throat.

No sign of the data though. Somewhat at a loss at what to do next, Valkyrie tried gingerly touching a rising star...

Valkyrie grabbed the data and started running. There's a portal, you grabbed the shiny, and things are going to blow. It was an almost pavlovian response.

-ohfortheloveof....
-Once I'm done, I'm going to show him the dance of my people.

She was picking up the pace while chatting. Sieg could almost hear the nonexistant countdown as she neared the portal.

- Does it involve shoving the dance routine down his throat?
-Not down his throat, and not the data, but that's the idea.

She made the last steps in few huge leaps as she inside the portal head first, arms extended, ready to roll.

-Groovy.

-Found it yet?
-Nope.

After searching the ashes for what looked like an eternity (albeit a short one, morelike an... eternette), and not finding that blasted data, there was one last track to pursue. A track made of ash, and smelling of burnt hair.

Poor guy, got so far. Valkyrie felt disgust, and also a bit of pity looking at it. But a job's a job and a fight is a fight, and there's still a mission to fulfill. And it seems like he's the one holding that last item. It seems like there's only one way this can end.

So Valkyrie ended it with a slash.

<<ACTIONS>>
1.) Slash remaining virus

Valkyrie let go of the end of the broken handle still held in her hands. It hit the ground with a clang before dissipating. The multiple eruptions of flames, ending with the whole room being scorched, along with all her opposition was quite... satisfying.

-Go for the shinies!

Valkyrie hesitated. On one hand, her primary instinct was to finish the fight right now. On the other hand, it's not like finishing off that whelp would be all that fun. Really, without its hair the boogie looked quite pitiful. On the other hand, the valuables were burning up. She'd have hated to return empty handed; she was obligated to succeed not because of loyalty to her funky employer or anything like that but through pride. If these guys had his data, and now it was burning up along with them...

So decide to quickly search the ashes she did.


<<grab the loot>>

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-I just arrived and I already messed up someones mood.
- Right on schedule!

The landing luckily did not take a toll on her. Seems like heights in cyberspace aren't all what they are made out to be. That is not to say it was a safe landing though, but that was corrected with a quick sidestep before the panel she was standing on went up in a blaze, along with all other panels with "X" markings on them.

Now, some may think that Valkyrie is a mindless brute, and from the point of view of an everyday observer, this seems undeniably true. Little more than a thug with short temper and a penchant for poking things with something big and metallic. Sieg, on the other hand, prefers to think of her as an extremely efficient thug with a short temper. That beating things up until they stop moving is the fastest way of obtaining their goals is not really her fault. And hey, enjoying and being proud of your job is completely natural, isn't it?

Considering all that, he had a pretty good idea about what Valkyrie was going to do.

-Gonna make people dance?
-Good guess.

Valkyrie flashed a smile before almost exploding towards the boogie handling the Tic-Toe switch, only leaving some white sparks swirling like dust in her wake. She arrived almost instantly in front of the virus but yet somehow still had time to transform her lance into a drill-like appliance. Little known fact that such instruments of destruction are perfect for shoving people away who are standing in your spot. It seems like she intended to use it for such purpose as she tried to ram the mechanical marvel into the ball of hair that was tasked with operating the lever, that in turn decided when the panels would switch, fireworks included free of charge.

It kinda seemed like the other viruses didn't really like the hairball either. No wonder. His rhythm was far too slow. Valkyrie's hand grabbed the lever, fingers gripping like vice. It was time to pick up the pace.

Her arm moved in a blur, pulling the lever over and over again as fast as she could. Unless these virii had hidden depths and talents, such as being immune to getting incinerated, or being part time step dancers when not running amok the nets, the fried virus quota should be filling up rather rapidly with each pull. Some people just can't take the heat of the dance floor.

<<ACTIONS>>
1.) Ride of the Valkyrie (2 turn haste, teleport) to switch panel
+ Speedburst
-Drillarm (60 + Break+ Knockback + Long Attack) Switchin' Boogie off the panel
2.) SWITCH
3.) SWITCHSWITCH
4.) SWITCHSWITCHSWITCH
5.) SWITCHSWITCHSWITCHSWITCH

+ First barrier

I have a feeling... you deleted javaw, didn't you?

For the record, the correct method of uninstalling spiral knights is:
control panel->add or remove programs->remove programs->spiral knights

Worked for me at least. You can do the same to remove java and then just reinstall it.

Okay , a few things.

One

Two, I got a Wolver cap recipe and am ready to make caps for everyone.

Three, Magneto isn't going to play (much) and gave his account to me, which I'm now offering as a communal account for keeping stuff. We could use his char as a crafter/trader/inventory guy as well (so we could have it learn all the recipes from now on so if you want to craft something you can just log on with him).

So yeah. You are probably already playing/part of the RERN guild.

I've started a googledocs spreadsheet so we can keep track of who has which mat/recipe.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Au...uthkey=CNSV9ukI

Please add your stuff for the good of everyone involved.

A quick note in case you don't want to go through all this: you can still drag and drop, regardless of java version. So just c/p the thing you want to paste into your address bar, then drag it into the chat.

- My recently piqued interest in this era of funk has suddenly dropped significantly.
- Hey, if you dance, you may as well go all out in a fiery destruction of seaside property, you know what I mean?
- Look, you know that most people don't destroy buildings while having a good time, right?
- They just don't know how to have a really good time.
-... unlike you.
-Yep.
-Well, I bet there's a pretty dull party waiting just on the other side of that portal, waiting for you to turn the heat up.
- Groovy.

>ENTER PORTAL