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One last one

...Also, Happy General Friendship Day for Aim

TO: NeoChipTrader@SoryusChipShop.com
FROM: desmond@tennis.net
SUBJECT: Merry Christmas
MESSAGE:
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Down to my second last Heatshot. I used to have so many of these. Just shows how long I've been doing this. Well, let's see how lady luck feels about me tonight... Happy holidays btw!

-Des

[Attached: Heatshot]

TO: NeoChipTrader@SoryusChipShop.com
FROM: weathergurlXX@ACDCmail.net
SUBJECT: Merry Christmas
MESSAGE:
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Heyyy! Merry Christmas! Thanks for doing this! I still have a lot to learn about virus smashing or whatever. Let's hope I get something good! xoxo

-Gale

[Attached: Cannon]

TO: NeoChipTrader@SoryusChipShop.com
FROM: RogerGoldman@SciLab.net
SUBJECT: Merry Christmas
MESSAGE:
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YO HO HO HO! MERRY LUBBERMAS!

-DubloonMan

[Attached: Bubbler]

The viruses froze up suddenly as if whatever was commanding their actions stopped caring. The GigaCorn fell over on its side and the AppleSamu's stalwart guard sort of... deflated. Voulge wasted no time in crushing their viruses and claiming his rewards.

---RICH IN VITAMINS VIRUSES---
AppleSamu3A: DELETED
AppleSamu3B: DELETED
GigaCornA: DELETED
GigaCornB: DELETED

---RICH IN NUTRIENTS TERRAIN---
20% Soil (Area around Voulge)
75% Mud (Everywhere else)
5% Broken (Not everywhere else)

---POOR IN OBJECTIVENESS OBJECT---
Totem2 (Voulge): 100 HP (Mud, near viruses)

---RICH IN HURTYNESS NAVI---
Voulge: 500 HP [1-hit Shield]
Ignis: 180 HP
Licht: 150 HP

[Battle 2 - Victory!]

Get: 1900z + 52 Bugfrags

Tennisman: PanelGrab
DubloonMan: Bubbler
Tempest: AquaNeedle

((Sorry for neglecting this thread))

DubloonMan was about to leave the engine room and continue towards the cargo hold. He didn't much care for the noises coming from the engine and suspected more ghosts lurked within. However, since Cambiare had decided to use an Aquawhirl on it, DubloonMan's curiosity was piqued. The slightest chance of their being a cache of hidden treasure inside kept him from fleeing the scene.

He stroked his beard and quipped, "Yar, this better be worth it..."

After advancing higher, ForgeMan channeled some chip data through the mountainous wall and caused the area beneath the Mettfires to erupt in flames. Only one of them was caught in the attack (70). He followed up by pounding the wall with his hammer, sending up a Shockwave to finish the job (60). M-Angel.213 didn't have a clear line of sight to the remaining Mettfire but released a homing bonemerang to circle around the cliff before ambitiously scaling past ForgeMan and taking a breather on some crumbling rocks. She knew she had miscalculated when the panel beneath her exploded with lava (20), blasting her off her the wall. A gloved hand grasped her forearm before she fell out of reach.

"WHOA! I GOTCHA!" ForgeMan shouted, dropping her harshly into the fresh river of lava under him (10). M-Angel.213's armour was holding up against the environmental strain though it was on the verge of falling apart.

The surviving Mettfire added to the stress by dropping a cluster of random meteors from the sky. One of them struck ForgeMan hard, causing his grip to loosen (30) though he was quick to recover. All around them, the terrestrial conditions continued to worsen. To add insult to injury, two Cattacks rolled in to investigate the rumbling.

"Well... Crap." ForgeMan said, "There's a large gap up ahead. I'm going to hunker down up there and drop a rock on our new arrivals."

MettfireA: 100 HP [hiding behind cliff edge] [homing skully1]
MettfireB: DELETED
CattackA: 120 HP
CattackB: 120 HP

Vertical Terrain: 45% Normal, 25% Cracked [2][6][13][14][17], 20% Lava [2][7][9][11], 10% Broken [10][15]

M-Angel.213.EXE: 175 HP [10 HP Casing] [Passive Climb Remaining: 3] [7]
ForgeMan.EXE: 250 HP [85 HP equipped object] [8]

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ForgeMan action summary
1 - Climb
2 - Climb
3 - Take Aim
4 - RockCube
* - Mobilize (passive movement) Rockcube to land on CattackA

The threats of the garden were no longer an issue and the area itself didn't lead anywhere so the only place left to go was back inside. There were still some unexplored areas including the eerie den and the two unexplored doors in the foyer; the crumbly wooden door upstairs and the rusty metal door on the ground level.

The navis were making good time on their climb. ForgeMan looked up to their goal and saw two Mettfires peeking back over the edge at them. They quickly retreated behind the safety of the cliff before he could attack. They were out of sight but not out of mind.

"This is bad." ForgeMan said, "Mettfires; two of them at the top of the cliff. I don't think I can delete them both before they start 'makin it rain'. Not too big on indirect combat, but I CAN use a Flameline and Shockwave to mayyyyybe reach them. I hope. That's about all my operator's got in his folder. Other than that, I don't exactly have any great plans over here..."

With the added threat of the hidden viruses, three new fissures burst open with lava jets from the previously cracked spots, while the existing lava pools cooled down rather quickly. Several new cracks formed along the wall, one directly above ForgeMan. He noticed it forming and cursed, "Shoot! I'm gonna need to get past this before it blows."

MettfireA: 100 HP [hiding behind cliff edge]
MettfireB: 100 HP [hiding behind cliff edge]

Vertical Terrain: 55% Normal, 20% Cracked [2][7][9][11], 15% Lava [3][14][17], 10% Broken [10][15]

M-Angel.213.EXE: 175 HP [40 HP Casing] [Passive Climb Remaining: 5] [5]
ForgeMan.EXE: 250 HP [115 HP equipped object] [6]

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ForgeMan action summary
1 - Climb
2 - Climb
3 - Flameline1 MettfireA, MettfireB (70 damage)
4 - Shockwave MettfireB (40 damage) + 20 passive strengthen

The Skarabs were deleted before they could use their chips and the Spidys were blasted away with things before they could get away. The totem also performed one last heal on Trent before succumbing to some kind of self-destruct mechanism.

SkarabA: DELETED
SkarabB: DELETED
SkarabC: DELETED
SkarabD: DELETED
SkarabE: DELETED
SkarabF: DELETED
SpidyA: DELETED
SpidyB: DELETED
SpidyC: DELETED
SpidyD: DELETED
SpidyE: DELETED
MomograA: DELETED
MomograB: DELETED
Rush: ESCAPED

Terrain: 40% Lava (Pool), 15% Normal (Path), 30% Normal (L/R Graves), 15% Normal (Empty Fountain)
Terrain Coating: 10% Webbing (Around Lava)

Terra.EXE: 135 HP [lava]
Carbide: 70 HP [2-hit shield]
Trent.EXE: 150 HP
Sasha.SP: 40 HP

Terra get: 1375z + Whiteweb1 Battlechip + 31 bugfrags + 7 FXP
Trent get: 1375z + Whiteweb1 Battlechip + 31 bugfrags + 7 FXP

"Aw, it's more of those cute Bunnies and... Some really creepy looking Scarecrow things. Let's kill those." Gale suggested.

The Bunnies were a welcome sight to Tempest as well, seeing as how they were the weakest viruses on this network. She had not seen anything weaker and she was starting to grasp their attack patterns. Fairly confident she would be able to dispatch them with ease, only the Scarecrows were throwing her off. She would have to figure out a way to deal with them later, but for now she focused on deleting the Bunnies. She cracked her knuckles and got to work, drawing up a wispy barrier to protect herself.

"I think... A Shotgun would work here." Gale said, slotting in the chip.

Tempest complimented, "You're getting the hang of this now," charging a cloud as she spoke.

She wanted to use the chip to its full potential and right before releasing the pent-up energy within the cloud, summoned a draft of wind to draw a virus into her line of sight before releasing the piercing bolt at the viruses.

"Gale, can I get the Wideshot next?" Tempest requested.

"Wideshot... Wideshot... Is that the one with- No wait, I think I have it here!" Gale fumbled with her chips, displacing and digging through her purse contents like a mole.

The chip was slotted in allowing Tempest to condense a ball of moisture from the air. Sweeping it in front of her, the liquid spread out into a long wave that splashed out at the remaining Bunnies.



1 - Cloud Cover (90 HP barrier + self-slow)
* - Gust BunnyA in front of BunnyB (Pull)
2 - Shotgun BunnyA (50 damage + Spread1)
3 - Wideshot BunnyB, BunnyC (60 damage + WideAttack)

M-Angel.213.EXE allowed ForgeMan to go on ahead in order to support him from behind. His rock climbing technique seemed very refined as he went from ledge to ledge with a practiced ease, even while donning his bulky looking armour. It soon became apparent that his pace was also steadily increasing. Her Rageclaw would probably come in handy soon if she wanted to keep the distance between them to a minimum.

The cracked panels much higher up erupted with jets of lava that spewed out. A few patches along the wall, including one directly ahead of ForgeMan, began to crack and show signs of glowing red stress. Meanwhile, pre-existing lava geysers cooled down to tolerable levels, hardening back into stable rock. ForgeMan didn't seem at all bothered by the volatile nature of their climb and headed straight for the fresh lava jet that was dying down in intensity.

Vertical Terrain: 65% Normal, 15% Cracked [3][14][17], 10% Lava [6][12], 10% Broken [10][15]

M-Angel.213.EXE: 175 HP [40 HP Casing] [Passive Climb Remaining: 6] [1]
ForgeMan.EXE: 250 HP [115 HP equipped object] [2]

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ForgeMan action summary
1 - Climb
2 - Climb
3 - Climb
4 - Climb

Despite her handicap, Terra was able to convert the ground beneath her into lava just as the Momogras attacked. The viruses were surrounded by magma and were deleting before they could find their way behind her again. As an added effect, the lava also incinerated most of the webbing around them (-10%) and scorched the Spidys (10)(10). She was able to form a red barrier around herself again but found herself unable to maintain it with her confusion still in effect. Trent was in a similar bind, unable to control his actions. Though he believed himself to be taking cover, his body moved directly onto the last remaining patch of webbing that bounded him up (20 + slow + dodge poison). The pain temporarily sobered him up enough to relay orders to Sasha, who grazed the Totem (1) just enough to activate its healing effect on Terra (+50). The navis then attempted to rely on their support programs by sending them chip data, but unfortunately, the data didn't go where it was intended and somehow ended up in the Skarabs' hands. The skeletons, now armed with new weapons, quickly reconstituted themselves while Sasha and Carbide executed their default attacks instead. Sasha managed to bite the Spidy (15) while Carbide launched a pebble that put the other Spidy into critical condition (10). The Spidys reacted by attempting to escape up the walls to try and get away from the spreading lava and angry SPs. Things were going poorly though on the bright side, the confusion wore off.

SkarabA: 60 HP [mistconv get]
SkarabB: DELETED
SkarabC: 60 HP [wavearm get]
SkarabD: DELETED
SkarabE: DELETED
SkarabF: DELETED
SpidyA: DELETED
SpidyB: DELETED
SpidyC: DELETED
SpidyD: 10 HP [up left wall]
SpidyE: 55 HP [up right wall]
MomograA: DELETED
MomograB: DELETED
Rush: ESCAPED

Terrain: 40% Lava (Pool), 15% Normal (Path), 30% Normal (L/R Graves), 15% Normal (Empty Fountain)
Terrain Coating: 10% Webbing (Around Lava)

Totem: 69 HP [wood face] [1 turn remaining]

Terra.EXE: 135 HP [lava]
Carbide: 70 HP [2-hit shield]
Trent.EXE: 100 HP [slow] [5 damage per dodge]
Sasha.SP: 40 HP

Eternalis blasted past the giant cubes without much effort and shot a bolt of lightning down the row of CannonGuards before they could properly rotate, deleting all three at once. The two DBLCUBES were deleted with a quick sweep from Aurora's Windracket while the Boomerang cut through empty space.

-Front Roadblocks-
DBLCUBE A: DELETED
DBLCUBE B: DELETED

-Back Roadblocks-
CannonGuard EX A: DELETED
CannonGuard EX B: DELETED
CannonGuard EX C: DELETED

Terrain:
100% Metal

Eternalis.EXE: 160 HP
Aurora.SP: 60 HP

[Battle 2 - Victory!]

Get: 1000z + 28 bugfrags

Tempest descended back down to street level and stared at where the Momogras had been. She was still heartbroken about having to delete them. It was the first time she had felt any remorse about deleting a virus and it made her question if they were really as mindless as she originally thought.

"560 zenny and a new chipcard is alright, but let's keep going." urged Gale.

Tempest nodded solemnly and pressed on, trying to get her mind off of it.

((Battle 4))

Cupping her mouth in shock, Tempest could only blurt out, "OHMYGODI'MSOSORRY!"

But it was too late, her temporary alliance had been broken and while there was no longer any moral ambiguity about her situation, she still felt awful about having instigated the betrayal. Fortunately, at this point, she had seen how the Momogras attacked and felt she had come up with a suitable counter-strategy. She leapt up, flying high into the air with the help of a jet of wind and held her position in the sky over the street.

A single droplet of rain landing on the metal sidewalk heralded the coming of millions as a sudden downpour commenced on Tempest's command. Rain flooded the streets while Tempest watched and said, "Gale, I need Magbombs."

"Oh. I thought those little mole things were friendly." Gale said.

"...Were." Tempest emphasized wistfully.

Gale slotted in the chips, forming an electrical aura around Tempest. The energy field condensed tighter around her body until it finally compacted into two separate points of light in her hands. She bid her furry friends good-bye before releasing the sparks below and watching them explode back to their original sizes.



1 - Airstep (high alt jump)
* - SetSea Momogras (large sea terrain)
2 - Magbomb Momogra C (35 damage + Blast 2 + stun) x2 from terrain {D}
3 - Magbomb Momogra A (35 damage + Blast 2 + stun) x2 from terrain {D}

For some reason, DubloonMan had been lagging behind Cambiare, leaving the helmeted navi to act first and take charge. Despite his big show, the Megalians were still throwing him off his game. When Cambiare sent the ball of glowing energy at him, he was angered by the display though the surge of power was more than welcome.

"YAR! WHAT WITCHCRAFT BE THIS?" DubloonMan howled, "I'LL NOT ABIDE BY ANY BLACK MAGICKS WHILE YER UNDER ME WATCH!"

While he wasn't entirely sure what had been done to him, he saw the Megalians as too big a threat to stop and wonder about his own condition. He was a man of action and just standing around didn't suit him.

He tried to laugh himself into the mood, "YO HO HO! It's time fer ye ghost-faced bottom feeders t' meet Betty..."

Reaching into his coat as Roger took the cue to slot in the Shotgun, DubloonMan retrieved an elegant version of the usual blunderbuss he had been using. It looked upgraded with the finest gold trim and etched with intricate designs that practically glowed with Cambiare's energy boost. DubloonMan didn't know what to make of it and simply quipped, "Ahh Betty... A fine lass ye've blossomed into."

Pointing the empowered weapon at the strongest looking of the bunch, he pulled the trigger and unleashed an attack unlike any he had fired before. The gun reverberated with the sheer strength of the blast, like a contained stick of dynamite. The Shotgun itself lost most of its finer qualities, as if the shot was so powerful the quality of the weapon had been discharged as well.

"Betty! Restrain yerself!" DubloonMan said with feigned shock before pointing it to the Lark and unloading another round of buckshot at the weakened virus. There was less recoil and felt more normal this time, though it was still stronger than he was used to. He polished the barrel of the gun and smiled, "Aye, Betty. Ye did good."

"Let's make sure those ghosts don't have a chance to come back after you put them down." Roger said, slotting in another Machinegun.

"Lad, ye read me mind." DubloonMan said with a sly grin, replacing Betty with his flintlock.

DubloonMan sprayed the lead shot everywhere just to make sure he landed a shot to finish the job. Primarily focussing the shots around the Megalian he had fired the superpowered Shotgun at, he could hear the shots ringing off the metal engine parts and a few sinking into the rotten wood. They almost sounded like a barbaric dinner chime, which might as well have been what it was since Cannonball was drawn to it and swooped down at the weakest virus she could find to devour what remained of it.

DubloonMan left the rest to his parrot and waited for the last virus to show itself.

"Roger! Me powder keg!" DubloonMan requested.

The red cask appeared at his side shortly after. He hoisted it up under his arm and retrieved a matchstick and lit it in anticipation. A thin trail of black powder spilled out from the small opening in the lid. Once he could douse the virus in the gunpowder, he could finally move onto the next section of the boat.



1 - Shotgun Megalian-A1 (50 damage + Spread 2) + 80 Strengthen
2 - Shotgun LarkD (50 damage + Spread 1) + 16 Strengthen
3 - Machinegun Megalian-A1 (9 x 30 damage + Spray-Fire)
Cannonball - Dig In Megalian-A3 (40 drain)
Cannonball - Attack Megalian-A1 (20 damage)
4 - Wait for Bagworm to return
5 - Fireburn2 BagwormC (90 damage + line3)

Terra was able to change the panels beneath herself to soil but the Rush was quick to undo that change as well. Her attempt to create an elemental barrier backfired as she was standing on a plain white tile though the confusion made it close to impossible to focus. Carbide covered her rear with another shield and fired a beam at the two Skarabs, causing them to crumble into inert piles. Trent created a totem to delete/distract the Momogras. However, the moles were able able to burrow underground after being targetted and struck the totem from behind twice (15)(15). The fire did clear up some of the webbing the Spidys had laid down (-5%).

Trent took Terra's Sonicboom and deleted the three Skarabs on one side of the field at the cost of allowing the spinning bones chasing him and Terra to persist. Terra tried her hardest to dodge but her confusion made it impossible to move in the way she wanted. The bone chasing her struck her in the head again (20), extending the duration of her dizziness. Trent also tried to dodge but with the remaining webbing resticting his movements and his focus being drawn more to the Rush than anything else, he was also hit in the back of the head by the bone (20). The spidys continued to reinforce their webbing (+10%), making it incredibly difficult for the navis to move or dodge without tripping over one of the sticky traps. Sasha braved the gooey mess, letting it strip her barrier in order to lunge at the Rush (-5%). Trent also tried to get close but stepped in some webbing, causing it to snap free from its anchor points and ensnare him (20 + slow + dodge poison). Trying to pincer the virus with his dog, Trent slashed his Moonblade at the virus while Sasha attacked again. The Rush was far too nible for their combined efforts and avoided everything the pair could throw at it, including the follow up metagel, though it did delete one of the Spidys (90).

The Rush could see its forces were being decimated. While the navis were looking fairly haggard as well, it decided to flee instead of trying to take advantage of their situation. It slipped into a portal in the ground and disappeared, leaving the Momogras staring at each other wondering what to do.

SkarabA: 60 HP [invincible]
SkarabB: DELETED
SkarabC: 60 HP [invincible]
SkarabD: DELETED
SkarabE: DELETED
SkarabF: DELETED
SpidyA: DELETED
SpidyB: DELETED
SpidyC: DELETED
SpidyD: 30 HP
SpidyE: 80 HP
MomograA: 30 HP
MomograB: 30 HP
Rush: ESCAPED

Terrain: 20% Normal (Path), 65% Normal, 15% Normal (Empty Fountain)
Terrain Coating: 15% Webbing (around navis)

Totem: 70 HP [fire face] [2 turns remaining]

Terra.EXE: 85 HP [confused]
Carbide: 70 HP [2-hit rear shield]
Trent.EXE: 120 HP [confused] [slow] [5 damage per dodge]
Sasha.SP: 40 HP