Rafael talks to his Navi, Lavaman, before jacking into the port closest to him. He hopes that nothing will go wrong.

"I'm in, Rafael," says Lavaman as he appears in the middle of a plain.

"Now we just have to wait for some action," replied Rafael. "Don't slash yourself this time."

"Don't download Canon and say Shotgun this time," says Lavaman cheekily. "I get ready for a little shot and get blasted against the wall."

"Touche," admits Rafael, and waits.

As LavaMan stood there, talking to Rafael, a trio of fire virii snuck up on the Navi.

Virus Attack:

ChampuA: 60
ChampuB: 60
ChamouC: 60

Lavaman: 100

Battle 1. Start!

"Ah!" says Lavaman as he notices the virii seemingly appear from nowhere. "Looks like we have company!"

"Victims, more like," replied Rafael. "I'm sending in Rageclaw. And yes, I'm sure it's rageclaw."

Lavaman raised his left arm as a furry bear's claw appeared there, looking very out of place next to his armour. Lavaman ran hard and swiped at the first Champu, in a very dramatic way. First, he began to run, then he jumped quite high, and then came down like a ton of bricks on the virii. (Trying not to make this sound like an autohit)

Afterwards, he ran a little and then jumped, laying down on his stomach with his claw aimed directly at the next Champu, and sliding. As soon as he could he rolled out of his line of sliding and readied himself to dodge any attacks.

[Summary:
Rageclaw at ChampuA (40)
Rageclaw at ChampuB (40)
Dodge]

The rageclaw connected with both of its targets, who reeled back in pain from the hits. The remaining one threw a punch, but LavaMan was ready to get out of the way. The flame showed in the Champus' eyes as well as on their fists: they wouldn't let LavaMan get away with it again.

ChampuA: 20
ChampuB: 20
ChampuC: 60

Lavaman: 100

Lavaman's digital eyes shined with glory as he watched the claws sig into his victims, then grunted in triumph as he dodged an attack. Rafael's words sent Lavaman's body into motion.

"Throw them," he said. Lavaman rushed towards Champu A and gripped the little thing severely and painfully hard with his bear claw, launching it towards ChampuB.

"Now, Lavaman, Lavabind!" Rafael said enthusiastically from the real world. Lavaman stood stock still and raised his arms, and at the same time red, glowing arms reached up from the ground and grabbed ChampuC, slamming it into the ground. Without being told, Lavaman jumped towards ChampuC and slashed with all his might, still with his Rageclaw.

[Summary:
Throw ChampuA at ChampuB (20)
Signature Attack - Lavabind at ChampuC (40)(Bind)
Rageclaw at ChampuC (40)

((I know it's tough with Rageclaw, but try not to say you're attacks hit immediately in your post. I'll ignore it this time.))

The Champus seemed to be looking out for Number One: as its ally was chucked, the targeted Champu drew back and uppercutted the incoming virus before it could connect. The unscathed Champu was bound, but the Rageclaw seemed to be to dulled to do any more damage and broke upon impact.

ChampuA: DELETED!
ChampuB: 20
ChampuC: 20 (bound)

Lavaman: 100

(( I tried to make it sound like it was an attempt, sorry. And the bind only lasted a turn, it's gone now ))

Lavaman looked in horror as his rageclaw exploded and the bind was undead, and then grinned as he saw ChampuA was destroyed. Rafael spoke to Lavaman through the PET.

"Throw him, and this time, it's OVERKILL!"

Lavaman reached towards the small virus in front of him and again, launched him across the ground in the direction of ChampuB. Without looking if they connected, Rafael downloaded a battlechip.

"Shotgun!"

Lavaman ran towards his targets, head down. He let off two shots in quick succession, hoping they would land if his throw was off.

[Summary:
Throw ChampuC to ChampuB (20)
Shotgun in the direction of ChampuC and B, alive or deleted. (40)
Shotgun in the direction of ChampuC and B, alive or deleted. (40)]

Both are destroyed.

ChampuA: DELETED!
ChampuB: DELETED!
ChampuC:DELETED!

Lavaman: 100

Rewards: 500z

((Also, Shotguns can only be used once in a battle, unless you have duplicates, of course.))

(( I'll remember that. ))

"Ohh..." said Lavaman. "That felt good. You have time for another round, Rafael?"

Rafael was kicking himself for overusing the RageClaw, but he got over it pretty quickly.

"Bingo," he said. "We can take anything! Bring it on!"

Virus Attack!

PowieA: 60
PowieB: 60
MelodyEXA: 110
MelodyEXB: 110

Lavaman: 100

Battle 2 Start!

"Whoa," said Lavaman as he surveyed his new enemies. "Tough ones."

"We can take 'em!" said Rafael enthusiastically. "Rageclaw!"

Lavaman watched his arm trandsform into a massive bear's claw again. He flexed his new nails abd imagined them ripping virii to shreds.

"Now, take on the big one!" said Rafael with a brand new lust for deletion.

Lavaman ran evasively in the direction of MelodyEXA, swiping hard before moving back and listening to Rafael's directions.

"Maybe Lavabind can help?" suggested Lavaman.

"I was just thinking that," replied Rafael. He watched through his PET as Lavaman performed the same ritual as the previous group of virii. The same virus he had swiped at was instantly bound to the ground. Lavaman used his last action to swipe once more at the binded virus.

[Summary
Rageclaw MelodyEXA (40)
Lavabind MelodyEXA (40) (Bind)
Rageclaw MelodyExa (40)]

The Melody hoppes out of the way of the first attack, but suddenly two arms reach out of the ground, holding it in place for a follow-up move. Its partner then attacks, jumping on Lavaman.

PowieA: 60
PowieB: 60
MelodyEXA: 30
MelodyEXB: 110

Lavaman: 70

"Dammit!" shrieked Rafael from the real-world Yumland. "I hate it when they hit us."

"We should have done that in a different order, Rafael," said Lavaman. "Let's get it right this time."

"Alright, Lavaman. Try and take that thing down, then we'll go for the other biggy."

Obeying his owner's commands without doubt, Lavaman stalked up btowards MelodyEXA with a very angry look on his face and swiped extremely hard. Whether he hit or not was a different story.

"Canon!" said Rafael, and Lavaman's other arm formed in the shape of a canon which he used very explosively onto PowieB. He then readied himself to move in case of an attack.

[Summary:
Rageclaw on MelodyEXA (40)
Canon on PowieB(50)
Dodge]

Both of Lavaman's attacks strike a virus, deleting the Melody and wounding a Powie. Another Powie attempts to crush Lavaman, but the Navi leaps out of the way just in time. Lavaman was safe for now, but all of the virii had moved into range for a devastating onslaught.

PowieA: 60
PowieB: 10
MelodyEXA: DELETED
MelodyEXB: 110

Lavaman: 70

[[ Oh my god. If you were a real life girl, I'd kiss you. TWO MODS IN ONE DAY! WOO! ]]

Lavaman watched as the remaining virii made themelves into a kind of formation, ready to strike. He ran forward and swiped at PowieB, before running back after he saw the looks on their digital faces.

"Whoa, Lavaman, they look ticked," said Rafael. "Take out the little ones and then we can worry about big dude."

Lavaman nodded in agreement and run right up close to PowieA, held the canon on his left arm in the direction of his head and let loose, but before he could see if he managed to hit or not he ran back and readied himself to dodge yet again.

[Summary:
Rageclaw at PowieB (40)
Canon at PowieA (50)
Dodge]

((Needs a summery. Also, only melee weapons can be used more than once and you've already fired the cannon.))

[[ Editing now.

And I used the shotgun this time, this one is the canon, so I won't be editing that one ]]

Whilst waiting for the virii to move, Lavaman thought very carefully about his next manuevres. He could go in there, maybe behind there... He flexed his hand and waited.

Both Powies are struck. One appears over top of Lavaman, but he manages to jump to the side.

PowieA: 10
PowieB: DELETED!
MelodyEXA: DELETED
MelodyEXB: 110

Lavaman: 70

Lavaman jumped to the left, narrowly evading the aerial attack. Trying to keep up speed, he struck out in a stab with his claw towards the midair Powie, then backflipped towards MelodyEXB. About halfway he kicked off from the floor as hard as possible, then waited until his head was directly above MelodyEXB's, and swiped as hard as possible. When he landed he readied for another evasive backflip.

[Summary:
Rageclaw at PowieA (40)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXB (40)
Dodge]

The Powie is destroyed. The Melody leaps up into the air as Lavaman is above him, sending him flying but at the same time digging the claw into itself.

PowieA: DELETED!
PowieB: DELETED!
MelodyEXA: DELETED
MelodyEXB: 70

Lavaman: 50

Rafael winces once again as he watches Lavaman get hurt. "If we get too much more damage," he said nervously. "Then we'll have to do something about it."

"We went this far, and only lost 50 HP," replied Lavaman. "We might be able to take on antoher round of virii."

"Okay, well, let's finish this one off first. Lavabind!"

Lavaman performed the ritual once again as the glowing red arms shot from the ground and held his only opponent on the floor. Lavaman charged and sliced as hard as he could with his Rageclaw wildly.

[Summary
Lavabind (40) (Bind)
Rageclaw (40)
Rageclaw(40)]

The Melody bounces away from the groping hands but is swatted by the Rageclaw. It jumps back, landing on Lavaman again before he smacks it again, deleting it.

PowieA: DELETED!
PowieB: DELETED!
MelodyEXA: DELETED
MelodyEXB: DELETED!

Lavaman: 20

Rewards: 750z

Lavaman panted in pain, and laughed in triumph. Rafael was just as ecstatic at the reward, and at their fighting ability.

"We rock, Lavaman!" he exclaimed excitedly, and jumped around.

"We don't rock Rafael, we totally own," replied Lavaman. "But, I need to heal, or else we can't keep fighting. One bad attack and we could lose all that we've won."

"Agreed," said Rafael.

[[ Is there a way to heal without jacking out or buying anything? ]]

<nope>

EONEDIT: Actually, you could drag a recovery type along with you. There's like 3 on the forum, and like two are taken.

[[ Dangit ]]

Rafael sighed and removed the jack from the port. He walked back to his house and decided with Lavaman that they would go virusbusting in a more crowded area next.

The next day Rafael and Lavaman returned. All the ports in ACDC were full, and so they just came back. Rafael was wondering where he could plug in, when he heard someone grunt in frustration. When he rounded the corner, he found someone bashing a coke machine.

"What's wrong?" said Rafael.

"Stupid thing ate my money!" said the stranger, and kicked hard again.

"Don't!" exclaimed Rafael. "I'll fix it."

Rafael walked up to the port and jacked in. Lavaman commented on the small amount of viruses, but he added it was enough to stop the machine from doing anything but take money.

Lavaman finds more viruses!

MelodyEXA 110HP
MelodyEXB 110HP
MelodyEXC 110HP

LavaMan 100HP

BATTLEROUTINE...SET>>>EXECUTE

Lavaman is seriously taken aback by the power of these viruses. Inside his programming, something clicked and he was sent into a sense of fear. Then another clicked in and he tried to control himself.

"We'll need to save our battlechips," noted Rafael. Lavaman agreed, and in his hand a sword with a red, glowing blade materialized. Swinging it into position, he rushed towards MelodyEXA and sliced with total precision, then dived forward and rolled behind it. Again he slashed, then readied himself to dodge.

[Summary:
Custom Weapon at MelodyEXA (Don't you decide how much damage this does?)
Custom Weapon at MelodyEXA (Don't you decide how much damage this does?)
Dodge]

[Your custom weapon does Attack x Rapid + 5. Not very much, unfortunately.]

Both of the shots hit the selected Melody, but it hardly seemed to faze the virus. One of its buddies leapt toward Lavaman, intending to do some serious damage, but the Navi ducked out of the way just in time to avoid the hit.

MelodyEXA: 92 HP
MelodyEXB: 110 HP
MelodyEXC: 110 HP

LavaMan.EXE: 100 HP

[[ So, what are the amounts of Attack and Rapid? ]]

Lavaman, barly dodging the attack, spoke in an urgent voice to Rafael.

"Rafael, I don't care what you say, give me a battlechip, now!" he said.

"Okay! Okay! Uh... Rageclaw!"

Lavaman was barely an inch away from MelodyEXA when the Rageclaw kicked in. His hand, which was now a claw, swiped furiously. When he was done, he leapt away as fast as possible.

[Summary:
Rageclaw at MelodyEXA (40)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXA (40)
Dodge]

[You start with scores of 1 for both Attack and Rapid. Those are boosted to 2 when you equip those Rapid+1 and Attack+1 that you have in your starting NaviCust pack. Add 5 points to that, and you get a total standard attack of 9 points.]

The Rageclaw cut into the MelodyEX twice. The other two, in a fit of bloodlust, leapt toward Lavaman. He dodged out of the way of one, but the other managed to land right on top of him.

MelodyEXA: 12 HP
MelodyEXB: 110 HP
MelodyEXC: 110 HP

LavaMan.EXE: 70 HP

Lavaman let out a cry of pain, then rolled away. Without waiting for Rafael's instruction, he slashed at MelodyEXA again, and darted back. He was panting hard, and something was wrong. He shared his feelings with Rafael.

"I know what you mean, Lavaman," said Rafael. "These viruses shouldn't be so hard in a vending machine. I'm sending in Canon to help you."

Lavaman's other arm became an explosive gun which he promptly fired once he had entered the cluster of MelodyEX's again.

[Summary:
Rageclaw at MelodyEXA (40)
Canon at Melody EXB (50)
Dodge]

MelodyEXA: Deleted!
MelodyEXB: 60 HP
MelodyEXC: 110 HP

LavaMan.EXE: 70 HP

Lucky lavaman, the melodyEXA is killed!!! okay not so much aim, but the fact that he knocked it down a few notches with his pea shooter of a buster.

MelodyEXB is nailed with the cannon in mid-air!!! AWESOME AIMING!!! Bonus: The knowledge that you aren't completly sucky with guns of any nature!

MelodyEXC Slams down, leaving a crack in the net where lavaman WAS! YOU DODGED! Bonus: Knowing that you don't suck at this thing we call.... Dodging.... yea...

[[ Have you had your tablets this morning? ]]

Lavaman looked questioningly at the camera angle Rafael had. Rafael nodded, and Lavaman's arms rose above his head. From the ground spurted two red-hot arms, attempting to strangle MelodyEXB to the ground. Lavaman Used a nice cartwheel motion to whizz past MelodyEXB, swiping hard at its face.

[Summary:
Lavabind at MelodyEXB (40) (Bind)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXB (40)
Dodge]

Lavaman manages to snag the virus and then finish it off. He jumps out of the way as the other foe advances.

MelodyEXA: Deleted!
MelodyEXB: DELETED!
MelodyEXC: 110 HP

LavaMan.EXE: 70 HP

Rafael laughed through hte speaker. Lavaman heard him say to the girl who kicked the machine, "Almost done." After that, he spoke into the PET.

"Lavaman, I want you to relay a message to our little friend; BRING IT ON!"

Lavaman sighed and only replied with "Pighead."

Nevertheless, he ran towards the last virus and slid around next to it, swiping hard. As soon as he was on his feet, he jumped over it so that his feet were in the air and his head was closest to the ground, then swiped again. Finally, he landed with grace and struck out hard.

[Summary:
Rageclaw at MelodyEXC (40)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXC (40)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXC (40)]

The first attack hits, but the Melody dodges the second. Lavaman manages to catch the foe to deleiver another blow, and then it proceeds to jump on him.

MelodyEXA: Deleted!
MelodyEXB: DELETED!
MelodyEXC: 30 HP

LavaMan.EXE: 40 HP

Rafael winced.

"We shouldn't have been so rash."

"Agreed," replied Lavaman. "But I think we can allow for it this time."

At that, he launched himself at the Melody like a long cannon ball and swiped at it's face. He whizzed past it, and then as he was an inch from the ground he turned himself face-up. When he hit the ground, he rolled back so he was back on his feet. Moving evasively, he came right up close and sent a stab straight to its gut, twice. Afterwards, he did two flips back.

[Summary:
Rageclaw at MelodyEXC (40)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXC (40)
Rageclaw at MelodyEXC (40)]

And the battle ends.

MelodyEXA: Deleted!
MelodyEXB: DELETED!
MelodyEXC: DELETED!

LavaMan.EXE: 40 HP

Rewards: 550z