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| Rogan | Oct 19 2017, 04:15 AM Post #181 |
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Tale-weaver
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With the field mostly cleaned up, Terra was ready to finish off the remaining viruses and ear a well deserved moment's respite. the first order of business, as her defences refreshed, was to sear the irritating bagworm into ash before it could cause any further annoyances. It tried, vainly, to whisk away on its thread and escape, but Terra wasn't letting it go this time, and the burning fires of her elemental rage were too quick for it. The Rapidfire was all that was left now, and it blasted another stream of fire down the ramp at Terra as she darted up to it. The grass, already singed once, ignited swiftly and then withered into cracked and damaged terrain that sapped Terra's planar protectives, but the terraformer had other protection in place for the time being, and the flames failed to take on her shadowed form. Once she was close enough, her newest field transformation set the platform awash, and sent water running in streams over the sides of the ledge. The Rapidfire skirted back a few more panels splashing and churning the water as it did, and tried to blast Terra again, with a second violent jet of burning flames, but as before she shadowy body slipped around an through the attack without harm. -=Deep Titans=- [virus]Mushy EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Shellgeek EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Spooky EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Bagworm EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]RapidFire V2[/virus]: 375Hp [60Hp Aura (Fire)][Square Platform][Sea] [virus]Scuttler-2[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Knightmare V2[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Anaconda-W EX[/virus]: DELETED -=Deep Terraformer=- Terra.Exe: 110Hp [Shadow][Sea] -=Deep Terrain=- 35% Sea [Square Platform, and the near surrounds of it at ground level] 15% Lava [Ground level around the near end of the area] 25% Normal [Back of the area, and two of the platforms] 10% Grass [Far part of the central strip] 15% Missing [Deep holes, several scattered, some now look like sink-holes in the lava] 5% Mine Trap (Somewhere in the middle of the field) Terrain is a series of uneven ledges of various elevations, with flat tops, but slanted angles. Treating Terra's start point as ground level, a square platform is forward and left of her, raised more than a body-length above her head on the high side, and about her own height on the low side, with sheer sides, and sloping inwards towards the centre. A longer, L-shaped platform occupies much of the right side of the cave, tilted away from Terra, her own height at the high point, and close to ground level at the far end. A third, ovular section thrusts up from the back centre of the area, about two body heights in total, and tilted only slightly towards Terra. Other minor obstructions make the floor uneven and awkward to travel over easily, but aren't severe enough to note. |
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| Frelia | Oct 19 2017, 08:48 AM Post #182 |
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With the strongest virus now isolated in front of her, Terra was ready for one last showdown. This time around, the defenses that surrounded her were distinctly more blue than red, absorbing energy from the waters that had spread about beneath her feet. Staring down the robot-like virus, the shadowy Terra also began to patch up her wounds from before. Beneath her inky exterior, her injuries became nearly imperceptible, and she was back to full fighting condition. The black waters swirled around her once more, creating a thin layer of defense. "Strike this one down and let's move on," said Scarlet, sending in the last few chips for the final part of the battle. Terra drew her hands to her side, rapidly charging up energy in her palms into a spherical mass. The sound of rushing water could be heard as the artificial whirlpool became more and more dense, before she thrust her arms forward, letting the orb of water loose towards the RapidFire. Her gleaming bluish-green eyes kept their focus on the virus as she then hopped to the side to avoid any retaliating attacks, her body melding with the water underneath her and making her effectively intangible. Then, as the next couple of chips came in, Terra spread her arms to her side, and the waters flowed about in response to her movement. Her open palms made subtle little circular movements in the air, creating a pair of whirlpools at her sides. Unlike her previous attack, the noise of water was now no longer limited to her hands; the whole cavern filled itself and reverberated with the sounds of an impending flood. Then, from somewhere behind her, a little creature crept up to her shadowy form, though she didn't flinch when it did. The reason was that the creature was her own Bandcoon; the trusty sidekick had provided her with many a share of extra loot, and this instance wouldn't be any different. This time, its bandana was gone, and an overly bright flower-print T-shirt took its place. It still kept its eyepatch, but over it, the Bandcoon was now wearing a pair of sunglasses, which was a strange choice to be made indoors. Rattling off a brief chattering noise, it nuzzled itself on Terra's cheek before leaping forward with a belly flop into the water. Then, Terra's attack began, as the whirlpools suddenly collapsed inwards on themselves, before exploding into a huge wave that expanded outwards from Terra's feet. This allowed the Bandcoon to propel itself forward, using its tail as a rudder to steer itself as it rushed towards the RapidFire virus with its arms outstretched in preparation. // Summary [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Armor: 20 HP Planar Casing @ Self (Sea: Aqua) [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Barrier: 20 HP Planar Barrier @ Self (Sea: Aqua) [Te.1] Sig: Terraforce: Savior of Nature: Heal 60 @ Self [Te.2] Chip: [chip=ElementalRage2] @ RapidFire V2 (Sea: Aqua, Fire: +100%*SrcAtk) [Te.3] Act: Evade incoming attacks: Dodge (Shadow: BaseEva=100%) [Te.4] Chip: [chip=Pickpocket] @ RapidFire V2 [Te.5] Chip: [chip=Wave1] (Sea: SrcAtk+50, Fire: +100%*SrcAtk) |
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| Rogan | Oct 20 2017, 02:42 AM Post #183 |
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Tale-weaver
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Ready to finish up, Terra restored her protectives and healed her wounds as she closed the last distance to her target and prepared to blast it from her sight. As she drew up the watery sphere, however, the virus was preparing as well, and she could see the same ports on its front that it had used previously to emit its close range flame thrower igniting again. Terra managed to strike first, her orb of water crashing through the red-hued aura effortlessly and causing some heavy damage to the meta's equipment. As she darted to the side afterwards, the roar of blasting flame released; as before her shadowed form protected her from harm and caused the raging attack to pass all around her without hurting, however, she realised a moment too late that harming Terra directly may not have been the machine's goal. The panels beneath her began to drain suddenly, water slipping away through fresh formed cracks, from the tiles that had already tasted the damaging flame thrower once already. Unable to resist its heat a second time, the damaged cracks showed through and with them, Terra's armour flickered and faded away, leaving just her dark and shadowed form as a measure of protection. Nevertheless, Terra remained resolute and sent her furry ally in to run interference while she prepared for her next attack. The beach-dressed critter made the jump to the water easily, even if he landed with an ungraceful splash, and quickly made his way to the very large, very dangerous mechanical viral menace. Terra would be able to see occasional flashed of its bright shirt as it scrambled over the virus searching, but it seemed to be having trouble finding anything that it could actually steal. She wouldn't be able to tell how it had fared until later. Regardless, she released her out-rushing wave with as much ferocity as she could muster, though the overall strength of the attack was a little less than she might have hoped, if she'd had a proper body of water under her feet rather than the damaged terrain that she'd been left on for the moment. The wave hit the RapidFire, rocking it badly and pushing it back while it struggled to stabilise, kicking up water all around it. There was a hissing sound as the droplets steamed on its heated parts. As it steadied, a second blast of close range flame washed over Terra, and this time she didn't manage to avoid the scalding heat (-60). The cracked tiles beneath her ruptured further, but the sudden inrush of water flowing into the new hole looked like it would fill quickly enough. Terra was able, just barely, to keep herself from tumbling into the gap, ending up on the opposite side of the hole to the virus, while water flowed inwards. Her Bandcoon ally washed by, squeaking with indignation, and managed to catch onto her leg with one paw, before pulling itself out of the water and up to her shoulder, shaking off quickly and then fussing at its shirt and sunglasses with tiny, nimble paws. It had tucked something under its shirt, but the situation was a bit too busy now to ask him what. Opposite her, the waters eddied around the RapidFire as its flame aura reasserted itself again and it wheeled back sightly from her. -=Deep Titans=- [virus]Mushy EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Shellgeek EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Spooky EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Bagworm EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]RapidFire V2[/virus]: 70Hp [60Hp Aura (Fire)][Square Platform][Sea] [virus]Scuttler-2[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Knightmare V2[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Anaconda-W EX[/virus]: DELETED -=Deep Terraformer=- Terra.Exe: 110Hp [Sea][Edge of the Broken Hole] -=Deep Terrain=- 25% Sea [Square Platform, and the near surrounds of it at ground level] 5% Cracked [Around the Broken section, on the Square Platform] 5% Broken [Two panels near the top of the ramp to the Square Platform – rapidly filling with water] 15% Lava [Ground level around the near end of the area] 25% Normal [Back of the area, and two of the platforms] 10% Grass [Far part of the central strip] 15% Missing [Deep holes, several scattered, some now look like sink-holes in the lava] 5% Mine Trap (Somewhere in the middle of the field) Terrain is a series of uneven ledges of various elevations, with flat tops, but slanted angles. Treating Terra's start point as ground level, a square platform is forward and left of her, raised more than a body-length above her head on the high side, and about her own height on the low side, with sheer sides, and sloping inwards towards the centre. A longer, L-shaped platform occupies much of the right side of the cave, tilted away from Terra, her own height at the high point, and close to ground level at the far end. A third, ovular section thrusts up from the back centre of the area, about two body heights in total, and tilted only slightly towards Terra. Other minor obstructions make the floor uneven and awkward to travel over easily, but aren't severe enough to note. Edited by Rogan, Oct 20 2017, 02:49 AM.
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| Frelia | Oct 20 2017, 03:16 AM Post #184 |
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"!!" Nearly knocked off of her balance, Terra managed to regain her footing quickly, stepping forward into sturdier ground before she clicked her tongue. Her enemy had unfortunately resisted her attacks well, learning that she was drawing energy from the ground and targeting that instead of directly attacking her. While the waters began to swirl about her yet again-- the telltale sign that she was about to re-establish her defenses, they surprisingly merely halted at that, while Terra widened her stance and lowered her center of gravity. "... Sword," she requested, her tone prompt, impatient. A very attentive Scarlet responded to the request quickly, and sent in the requested chip without delay. However, as soon as her request went through, the operator's screen was mysteriously lacking in its primary occupant. The viewport quickly readjusted itself--it now showed Terra with her full defenses reestablished. Rematerializing behind the RapidFire virus, she was wielding a gleaming blue sword made of water, already in mid-swing. The blade would find itself horizontally swung, its newly bestowed elemental properties aimed at cleaving through the virus's fire-aligned defenses and into the heart of its heavily-damaged body. // Summary [Te.1] Sig: Terraforce: Spirit of Nature: Teleport @ Behind RapidFire V2 [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Armor: 20 HP Planar Casing @ Self (Sea: Aqua) [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Barrier: 20 HP Planar Barrier @ Self (Sea: Aqua) [Te.2] Chip: [chip=Sword] @ RapidFire V2 (Geomancer (Sea): Aqua, Fire: +100%*SrcAtk) -- Turn Splice: 3/5 Actions Remaining |
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| Kemix1006 | Oct 20 2017, 03:54 AM Post #185 |
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Fuck you, my cheese, I'm no dumb rat!
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The amalgamation of a virus watched Terra disappear into the ether, nervously looking back and forth hurriedly before finally turning around. A look of dread on it's face as it was cut in half by the water powered sword Terra wielded in her hand. Cutting through the barrier it had like a hot knife through butter, it's two halves parting to either side and disappearing. As soon as her battle system shut down, she could collect a hefty sum of zenny from her fallen foes, as well as a gleaming piece of data in the wreckage that was in the core of the RapidFire's corpse, still somehow usable even after being cut cleanly through. And after, a little pocket of data was thrown Terra's way, probably from her pickpocket steal. -=Deep Titans=- [virus]Mushy EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Shellgeek EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Spooky EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Bagworm EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]RapidFire V2[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Scuttler-2[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Knightmare V2[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Anaconda-W EX[/virus]: DELETED -=Deep Terraformer=- Terra.Exe: 110Hp [Sea][Edge of the Broken Hole] -=Deep Terrain=- 25% Sea [Square Platform, and the near surrounds of it at ground level] 5% Cracked [Around the Broken section, on the Square Platform] 5% Broken [Two panels near the top of the ramp to the Square Platform – rapidly filling with water] 15% Lava [Ground level around the near end of the area] 25% Normal [Back of the area, and two of the platforms] 10% Grass [Far part of the central strip] 15% Missing [Deep holes, several scattered, some now look like sink-holes in the lava] 5% Mine Trap (Somewhere in the middle of the field) Terrain is a series of uneven ledges of various elevations, with flat tops, but slanted angles. Treating Terra's start point as ground level, a square platform is forward and left of her, raised more than a body-length above her head on the high side, and about her own height on the low side, with sheer sides, and sloping inwards towards the centre. A longer, L-shaped platform occupies much of the right side of the cave, tilted away from Terra, her own height at the high point, and close to ground level at the far end. A third, ovular section thrusts up from the back centre of the area, about two body heights in total, and tilted only slightly towards Terra. Other minor obstructions make the floor uneven and awkward to travel over easily, but aren't severe enough to note. Rewards 3600z, [chip=CircleGun1,f], 99 Bugfrags Pickpocket reward: 230z |
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| Frelia | Oct 22 2017, 11:59 PM Post #186 |
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With the last of the viruses finally defeated, Terra stood stock-still, the sword in her hand still at the end of her swing. Her eyes were closed and her breath was held. Then, the blue sword began to lose its glow, and turned back into its usual form, which was a slab of rock with a sharp edge. She then exhaled, and slowly returned to full height, allowing the sword to disintegrate. As she opened her eyes, her sight met the Bandcoon's, which was sopping wet from the ride it had just taken, and something beneath its shirt. It was revealed to be a small zenny cache that dropped out of the flower-print shirt, which the summoned virus proudly presented to its master with a small toss. She caught it deftly, and knelt down to give it a small pat on the head, which it responded to with a happy chitter before disappearing into the ether. She also noted the piece of data inside the RapidFire, which quickly resolved into chip data that made its way to Scarlet's PET. "Good work," said Scarlet. Terra smiled a little. "... Mm," she replied, looking around at the cacophony of terrain that she had created, before walking off towards the source of her search. Behind her, the earth warped together, before subsuming into each other into ordinary fertile soil. [Z > 7575 > 1575, BF > 849, ExF > 11 > 12.] [Battle 18 - Ready.] [Terra.EXE: 110 HP.] |
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| Rogan | Oct 23 2017, 07:43 AM Post #187 |
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Tale-weaver
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Terra left the upturned cave behind. She had more important matters to deal with. It was close now; her senses could tell her that much without doubt. The underground felt dark and damp, and turn by turn, fork by fork, and one passageway after another, Terra found her steps climbing upwards again. The hard packed ground gave way to solid stone, smooth underfoot and cool, while the faint sounds of natural creatures began, gradually, to return. The sense of the creature was growing stronger in her awareness; it was like a glowing beacon of permanence that felt like more earth and land than everything else around her, yet all in a single point. The smooth stone softened again, and Terra began to see the signs she'd likely been hoping to discover as she traced her determined path. Grass, and Moss, growing strongly in the earth and climbing up the walls, beginning to cover rocky formations and reaching upwards with uncurling fronds and spreading mushroom caps. Quite large mushroom caps, actually. Two in particular, on a high shelf, stepped against the upward-climbing tunnel, seemed particularly vivacious, bobbing up and down and starting to shake spores everywhere. A more distracting appearance made itself known a moment later, as two sets of barking growls sounded from further up the tunnel, and what might have first been mistaken for the glow of far off sunlight was soon revealed to be the burning, rolling forms of two truly massive Spikeys. The travelled by rolling, spreading fire in their wake as they did, and uncurled into aggressive stances when they drew closer to Terra, coming the other way. The pair of them completely filled the tunnel when they stood side by side, and were sounding like they meant either to fight, or to bowl Terra over as they passed. Possibly both. A small collection of other viruses that had been in the tunnel ahead of her quickly scattered up onto some of the stepped ledges that jutted out from the sides of the rising incline, but one that didn't was a small bandcoon that looked between Terra, and the new, angry arrivals, and chittered to itself with glee, rubbing tiny, nimble paws together. The flames from the two giant Spikeys cast eerie shadows about the dim stretch of tunnel, and it felt a little like it might be making Terra's eyes play tricks on her – for a moment she could swear she had caught a glint of dazzling blue, from just behind the duo, but then it was gone again, and her attention was distracted by another grumbling, rising roar. this one was much closer. It came from the other side of a circular cluster of stalagmites that she had just been passing by, and a sleepy, now very agitated teddy sat up, then stood to its full impressive height, unhappy about being woken. -=Viruses=- [virus]GrabBandit V2[/virus]: 310Hp [Moss][Hidden near the far end] [virus]AlphaSpikey V2[/virus] A: 430Hp [Moss][Far end of tunnel, right side] [virus]AlphaSpikey V2[/virus] B: 430Hp [Moss][Far end of tunnel, left side] [virus]Teddy EX[/virus]: 140Hp [Normal][close to Terra, on the right, inside the ring of stalagmites] [virus]BandcoonEX[/virus]: 90Hp [Soil][Close to Terra, on the left] [virus]Mushy EX[/virus] A: 110Hp [Grass][On Step Nearest Terra, on the left] [virus]Mushy EX[/virus] B: 110Hp [Grass][On Step Nearest Terra, on the left] [virus]SpidyEX[/virus]: 110Hp [Grass][On Step near the back, on the left] [virus]KillPlant EX[/virus]: 130Hp [Grass][On Step halfway up the tunnel, on the right] -=Navis=- Terra.Exe: 110Hp [Normal] -=Objects=- Stalagmite Patch: 60Hp Each, in a ring around Teddy (About 12) Stalactites A-E: 40Hp Each, evenly scattered along the centre of the ceiling -=Terrain=- 40% Moss [Most of the far end of the tunnel] 25% Normal [Most of the near end, where Terra is] 20% Grass [Patches in the mid section, and on most of the side ledges] 15% Soil [Transitional section between the stone and the grass] Moss is Wood-aligned terrain that bears all the same properties as Grass, and will count as grass for any other effect or trigger that requires it, with the exception that it does not amplify fire damage if burned. Terrain is a long, narrow tunnel, about five metres across, inclined upwards away from Terra. the ceiling is dotted with stalactites in the middle, while rough-hewn steps jut out from the side walls at regular intervals. Ground attacks moving up the tunnel generally won't reach these, however ground attacks originating from higher up, moving back down the tunnel, may. -=Battle 18, Start!=- |
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| Frelia | Oct 24 2017, 05:06 AM Post #188 |
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"... It's definitely getting closer," said Terra, as her dampened footsteps provided an additional rhythm to the quiet sounds of the underground. The beat of the earth was growing ever stronger, except instead of an all-encompassing faint thrum of the world's heart that spread throughout the network, this was more as if she was inside of one of its main arteries, feeling the flow of its lifeforce passing by her with every beat. Her hair stood on end as she dialed down her senses slightly to cope with the change. Suddenly, a squeaky voice echoed in the back of her head. "What's getting closer?" The voice wasn't at all unfamiliar, yet Terra stopped in her tracks anyway. "... Carbide?" she said. "Yep! All rested up, and ready to go!" the voice replied enthusiastically. In her head, Terra could see the diminutive Support Program pumping her fist into the air in excitement. However, that image was not projected in front of her in reality--she had rejected the summoning request from Scarlet's PET. "Eh?" Carbide said, a hint of confusion mixed into her voice. "Terra? Something on your end? Carbide can't port over," said Scarlet, though she figured it wasn't likely to be some technical issue, as she saw Terra begin walking once more, with her pace slightly quickened now. "... Not yet." "Awww, why not?" pouted Carbide, her face showing up in a smaller popup in Scarlet's view. "... I want you to save your strength for when I get to what I'm looking for. I need you to be at 100% when we face it," said Terra, her boots rustling against the soft ground, before halting in her tracks once more. Her senses detected disturbances further in, and they were confirmed when the fiery forms of the AlphaSpikeys revealed themselves. The noise that the enormous wolves made seemed to have woken quite a few friends around the area as well, causing Terra to draw back slightly. Her mind worked quickly, recalling the events of her previous fight. From the lay of the land, she was unlikely to hit anything further up the tunnel or on the sides if she activated her attacks where she stood. However, there was definitely a point of attack, but it would be equivalent to leaping into the mouth of the dragon. Still, if she wanted to eliminate a good bit of her adversaries with overwhelming offense before they could do the same to her, it was the best course of action. Before she made her request, Terra took a deep breath as her body leaned forward and she placed her spread-out fingers over the land in front of her. She had to make it quick, before more of her enemies had a chance to act. "... RedWaves, please," she muttered. "Got it." Then, in a flash, she took off. Despite her stance making it look like she was about to sprint forward, she instead instantly vanished, before her body dropped down behind the two Spikey viruses. At that point, her eyes went wide as she saw one of her dreaded enemies. However, she continued with her motions, as her palms slammed down onto the mossy ground as a green light enveloped her body, wrapping around it to form her under-armor and barrier. From her hands, cracks formed around the ground, and they split open with a roar, belching out unrestrained gouts of lava from the depths of the earth. The lava poured down from the top of the tunnel down towards the unsuspecting viruses below as the volcanic instigator continued her attack. Three waves of magma flowed through the tunnel before the cracks closed back up. Only a pool of lava was left at the top of the tunnel where the artificial volcano originated from, the Navi in the middle of it standing up as the glow of the molten rock illuminated her features. // Summary [Te.1] Sig: Terraforce: Spirit of Nature: Teleport @ Far end of tunnel [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Armor: 20 HP Planar Casing @ Self (Moss: Wood) [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Barrier: 20 HP Planar Barrier @ Self (Moss: Wood) [Te.2] Sig: Terraform: Violent Magma: Large Lava Terrain Change @ Self [Te.3] Chip: [chip=RedWave1] (Lava: SrcAtk+50, Wood: +100%*SrcAtk) [Te.4] Chip: [chip=RedWave1] (Lava: SrcAtk+50, Wood: +100%*SrcAtk) [Te.5] Chip: [chip=RedWave1] (Lava: SrcAtk+50, Wood: +100%*SrcAtk) |
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| Rogan | Oct 25 2017, 03:48 AM Post #189 |
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Tale-weaver
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With the arrival of more hostiles, Terra took a quick lay of the land and determined that the increased risk of taking the higher point of the tunnel was worth the better offence it would afford her. As she prepared to warp through the earth to her new location, one of the two mushrooms popped down next to her, expelling a cloud of noxious spores, but Terra was already away and escaped its attack. Appearing at the far end of the inclined tunnel, however, was fraught with risks of its own, and as soon as she arrive, the two aggressive alpha Spikey viruses barked and growled, spinning to face her. They immediately belched a salvo of burning fire bolts at her at close range, and it swiftly became an desperate rush for her to raise her defences and attempt to shift the ground beneath her into something that would help weaken their attacks. By rights, it looked like she wasn't going to make it; it was too many things to take care of at once, before the stream of fire bolts made contact, but at the last moment she managed to spread enough lave to send the protective red infusion through her still forming defences, and the barrage hammered in a fraction of a moment later. Despite managing to get her armour aligned, the number and power of the shots wore through both layers, leaving just the barest flimsy remains of her elemental armour underneath still intact. Terra had to be aware that if she's been even a fraction slower, and hadn't managed both functions in time, that the force of that volley may well have been her doom; if the defences had still been earthen, they would have barely lasted a shot, and her own body would not have fared any better... but there was little time to count her blessings while the other viruses were also starting to make their moves. Her first wave assault washed back down the tunnel the way she had come, rushing to meet them; the molten lava was a game ender for most of the other viruses in the passage, but it only seemed to aggravate the two spikes near her, and made the Teddy, at the far end, roar in rage and pain while most of its surrounding bed of spikes was melted away. the only other survivors of the first wave were the small bandcoon that leaped and darted as it raced up the tunnel towards her, half climbing the wall and bouncing off one of the protruding steps, over the main body of the wave, and, by sheer chance, the other mushroom virus that had just teleported a moment after she attacked, appearing beside her beyond the wave, and emitting a second cloud of spores. There was a moment where the air around Terra smelled like cooking mushrooms, the virus toasting lightly in the lava before it returned to its position... however more worrisome was the spore cloud that she couldn't help but inhale. The spores tickled and itched in her lungs, and a borderline psychedelic wash of confusion rolled across her senses, seeking to take root in her mind while the remains of her armour corroded and dropped away from her body. The spikeys also seemed to catch a face-full of the spores, and snuffled in the middle of their growls. As Terra stumbled from the confusing agent, it may have been her suddenly uncoordinated steps that saved her from the unexpected burst of black, shadowy tendrils that exploded up from the lava beneath her. They reached, trying to grab and restrain the navi, but though several of them managed temporary grasps about her limbs, none got a good enough hold to keep her in place, and Terra managed to stumble from of them, while the feelers reached all around trying to find her again. One thing that her momentary disorientation couldn't save her from, however, was the angry assault by the wounded bear at the far end of the tunnel. It had grabbed one of the few remaining stalagmites that hadn't been melted, broken it off, and now flung it back up the slope at Terra, where it connected with a sharp, piercing impact. Terra responded with a second wave, just as vicious as the first, and once again made the two alphas yelp in sudden shock. this one washed over the remaining smaller viruses, eliminating them for good, with only the larger targets surviving now. The tendrils that had attempted to restrain Terra took a bad scorching as well, and swiftly withdrew back into the dark portal, with once again returned to an intangible shadow on the lava flow. Meanwhile, the two Spikey viruses were far less subtle. thoroughly enraged by the repeated burns, now, the pair threw their heads up in unison and howled, their bodies exploding in bright novas of flame that burned and scorched Terra badly from both sides. Despite her lucky escape earlier, the twin blasts of fire that rapidly ravaged her body were still enough to send that ominous sensation of her undershirt triggering across her senses. Barely standing, her third wave crashed against the pair – though it seemed to have no effect on the virus hiding in its portal – but even that still wasn't enough to finish the two oversized canines off. -=Viruses=- [virus]GrabBandit V2[/virus]: 200Hp [Lava][In portal near Terra] [virus]AlphaSpikey V2[/virus] A: 100Hp [Lava][Right of Terra][Confused!] [virus]AlphaSpikey V2[/virus] B: 100Hp [Lava][Left of Terra][Confused!] [virus]Teddy EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]BandcoonEX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Mushy EX[/virus] A: DELETED [virus]Mushy EX[/virus] B: DELETED [virus]SpidyEX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]KillPlant EX[/virus]: DELETED -=Navis=- Terra.Exe: 1Hp [Lava][Confused!] -=Objects=- Stalagmite Patch: ALL MELTED Stalactites A-E: 40Hp Each, evenly scattered along the centre of the ceiling -=Terrain=- 40% Lava [Most of the higher end of the tunnel] 25% Normal [Most of the lower end] 20% Grass [Patches in the mid section, and on most of the side ledges] 15% Soil [Transitional section between the stone and the grass] Moss is Wood-aligned terrain that bears all the same properties as Grass, and will count as grass for any other effect or trigger that requires it, with the exception that it does not amplify fire damage if burned. 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| Frelia | Oct 26 2017, 05:13 AM Post #190 |
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“Terra!” exclaimed Scarlet and Carbide as they both saw Terra come under heavy fire from the Spikey duo, reducing her program integrity to dangerously low levels, triggering her Undershirt program. However, that wasn’t all, as the screen in front of her flashed a bright red, obscuring the viewport screen as it was drowned in a haze of static. “ERROR 0x000045e1: Protocols compromised: NativeAttackHandler, ChipAttackHandler, RepairHandler, SupportProgramHandler. To protect the System, protocols will be reloaded.” “W-What the heck does that mean?” said Carbide. “I can’t get in to help her, either! Scarlet, what’s going on?!” The operator’s face darkened as she read out the error, and her hand hesitated. If the error meant what she thought it would, then it would be a difficult thing to even assist Terra in any manner. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Scarlet’s mind froze up, and so did her body--up until she felt her wrist gripped by something. “Luke? What’re you--” she said, realizing that her partner had been the one to take hold of her hand. Her finger was manually pointed towards one of the chips in her folder screen, and forced to upload it into Terra’s chip queue. Her eyes stared at the name of the chip that had been uploaded, as she realized what had been done. “There we go. Now it’s up to her,” said Luke, as the screen began to clear up from the static. In the network, Terra’s body recoiled hard against the attacks that she had suffered from. Her senses were covered in a haze of static as she failed to recognize her automatic defenses forming around her body. Feeling as if she had been dunked into a pile of needles, with a head-splitting migraine assaulting her mental faculties, she croaked out a tense groan as she struggled to keep herself sane. Then, suddenly, her form began to melt once again into the shadowy form that had been bestowed upon her several times before, and everything was as if it had been washed away by a thick layer of slime. Her body felt more fluid, and all traces of her headache had gone. In return, her mind was given a single directive, overriding all other conscious thoughts, which was to survive at all costs. Exactly how she managed to do so was unclear, but her body darted here and there rapidly above the pool of lava that she had created, eerily sharp in her reactions towards the attacks flung in her direction, as if some entity had taken over her movements for her. // Summary [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Armor: 20 HP Planar Casing @ Self (Lava: Fire) [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Barrier: 20 HP Planar Barrier @ Self (Lava: Fire) [Te.1] Chip: [chip=Shadow2] [Te.2] Act: Evade incoming attacks: Dodge (Shadow: BaseEva=100%) [Te.3] Act: Evade incoming attacks: Dodge (Shadow: BaseEva=100%) [Te.4] Act: Evade incoming attacks: Dodge (Shadow: BaseEva=100%) [Te.5] Act: Evade incoming attacks: Dodge (Shadow: BaseEva=100%) |
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| Rogan | Oct 26 2017, 07:58 AM Post #191 |
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In the desperate aftermath of the lava-washed opening moments, the remaining combatants on the field all reeled equally from the confusing agent that had affected them. All except the dark patch of shadow on the ground. Terra was able to see the shadow on the ground as her defences were restored. It was a silly shadow on the ground. Shadow on the ground. Shadow on the ground? As the chip activated, something went amiss and though it seemed to Terra for a moment like the shadows were embracing her again, what she really ended up doing was applying a liberal dose of shadow effect all over the floor of the lava, making it harder than ever to see the portal shadow that lurked beneath. Even so, Terra thought she had done it right, and that was what mattered surely? She dodged away with sharp, erratic motions. Fortunately, neither of the two Spikey viruses were having any better a time of it. They looked around, losing sight of their quarry for a moment, and being equally confused by the spreading ground shadows as they were the pollen in the air. One of them snuffled and yelp, then curled up suddenly, the spikes on its fur jutting out sharp as it spun in place, then started to shred down the corridor. It ground hard along the left wall of the passage, dislodging dirt and kicking up lava everywhere, though it didn't particularly seem to be aimed at anything other than moving to the end of the corridor. It uncurled on the spot where Terra had started this ill-fated encounter, and looked around in a circle, growling and barking fervently. The other Spikey was just angry as well as confused and it howled again, expelling another violent burst of wrathful flames. The inferno blasted against Terra's barrier despite her efforts to avoid it, and the ethereal field collapsed under the raw strength of the fire, but otherwise she was fine. As she backed off from the creature though, she heard a different sound, this one more like a snarl of a smaller, lither creature. The gouts of flame had somehow pierced the shadowy entity's hidden portal and ejected it, very suddenly, back into the normal net space, leaving it tossed to the ground and scrambling to pick itself up. Before Terra could look away, it gave a deeper, more furious roar and both of it blue eyes suddenly flared into painfully bright light that bathed the tunnel and set her vision dancing. The two Spikeys also howled in shock and pain, but as she blinked, Terra's impaired vision couldn't find the dark creature any more. It seemed to have slipped away again. At the far end of the corridor, the other alpha barked and began to spit another series of fire balls up the passage, but strangely, the shots didn't go towards Terra. Instead, they each impacted with the other Spikey, who growled back in equal irritation, and launched a return volley of four more shots. Neither attack actually seemed to have any effect on the two Spikey creatures, though, and if anyone with a clear mind was watching, they might have noticed that the explosive fire novas they'd used before also hadn't hurt each other either. Amidst this, Terra was still dig her best to dodge attacks that weren't being directed at her, and it was an effort for her not to accidentally slam face-first into the wall of the tunnel or trip over her own feet... but after a few moments the disorienting confusion passed completely and her senses swiftly recovered... to the realisation that she couldn't see clearly at all, and the blinding flash from the GrabBandit had left her with a lingering difficulty. -=Viruses=- [virus]GrabBandit V2[/virus]: 140Hp [Lava][In portal near Terra][Shadow] [virus]AlphaSpikey V2[/virus] A: 100Hp [Lava][Far end of tunnel to Terra][Blind!] [virus]AlphaSpikey V2[/virus] B: 85Hp [Lava][Left of Terra][Blind!] [virus]Teddy EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]BandcoonEX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Mushy EX[/virus] A: DELETED [virus]Mushy EX[/virus] B: DELETED [virus]SpidyEX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]KillPlant EX[/virus]: DELETED -=Navis=- Terra.Exe: 1Hp [Lava][20Hp Planar Casing (Fire)][Blind!] -=Objects=- Stalagmite Patch: ALL MELTED Stalactites A-E: 40Hp Each, evenly scattered along the centre of the ceiling -=Terrain=- 40% Lava [Most of the higher end of the tunnel] 25% Normal [Most of the lower end] 20% Grass [Patches in the mid section, and on most of the side ledges] 15% Soil [Transitional section between the stone and the grass] Moss is Wood-aligned terrain that bears all the same properties as Grass, and will count as grass for any other effect or trigger that requires it, with the exception that it does not amplify fire damage if burned. Terrain is a long, narrow tunnel, about five metres across, inclined upwards away from Terra. the ceiling is dotted with stalactites in the middle, while rough-hewn steps jut out from the side walls at regular intervals. Ground attacks moving up the tunnel generally won't reach these, however ground attacks originating from higher up, moving back down the tunnel, may. Edited by Rogan, Oct 26 2017, 08:03 AM.
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| Frelia | Oct 26 2017, 05:45 PM Post #192 |
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After some time of autonomous self-preservation, Terra could feel her senses and thoughts returning to her. The murky feeling that had washed over her moments before cleared up. Strangely enough, her sight was still blacked out, but her innate 'senses' were enough to vaguely feel out the combatants around her. Three of the viruses remained around her, and two of them seemed heavily disoriented. The searing heat of the molten rock beneath her feet was only a dim warmth to her as it enveloped her in a cocoon of light, protecting her from further harm and restoring some of her wounds. However, patching herself up was no reason to keep herself as an easy target; her legs also still felt light enough to keep herself moving. As her weakness was slowly supplanted by her self-repair functions, her vision naturally began to clear up as well, and she was able to see the state of the battlefield for herself. Around the area, the two Spikeys seemed heavily wounded, and the last virus was... nearby, but her eyes couldn't see it anywhere. Wary of her sensory information conflicting within herself, she kept herself aware as her under-armor reinforced itself with a cracking sound. She was far and away still from optimal fighting condition, but it was something. "NOTE: NativeAttackHandler, ChipAttackHandler, RepairHandler, SupportProgramHandler reloaded successfully. Resume normal operation." As soon as the sentence appeared appeared on her screen, and the green-tinted notice disappeared from view, Scarlet breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks, Luke, you saved our bacon," she said. Luke only responded with a chuckle and a bright smile, which she returned in kind, before turning back to her PET. "Terra, can you hear me? Are you all right?" "... Yes. More or less." "That's a relief... I'm going to send you the RedWave again. Don't push yourself, let's try to keep it clean," she continued, lightly swiping over the folder to send in the fourth copy of the chip that she had mentioned. "... Understood," responded Terra. Soon, the lava under her feet began to churn once more with the quick activation of the chip, and Terra readied herself to hop out of the way, before the ground around her erupted once more with the power of cleansing fire, washing over the battlefield with its purifying immolation. // Summary [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Barrier: 20 HP Planar Barrier @ Self (Lava: Fire) [Te.1] Sig: Terraforce: Savior of Nature: Heal 60 @ Self [Te.2] Act: Evade incoming attacks: Dodge [Te.3] Sig: Terraforce: Blessing of Nature: Status Cure @ Self (Blind) [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Armor: 20 HP Planar Casing @ Self (Lava: Fire) [Te.4] Act: Evade incoming attacks: Dodge [Te.5] Chip: [chip=RedWave1] (Lava: SrcAtk+50) Edited by Frelia, Oct 26 2017, 06:02 PM.
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| Rogan | Oct 29 2017, 11:33 PM Post #193 |
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Coming to her senses, Terra quickly set about restoring her sight and patching some of her burns, but the large viruses still harrying her weren't letting up in their aggression. The one that had moved away down the tunnel, upon shaking off its own confusion, curled up again and rolled back, spikes shredding through the lava and flinging it up in its wake. It uncurled just as it reached Terra herself, lashing out with a pair of clawed swipes, but she was able to step aside and away from the attack. The other launched its familiar salvo of fire blasts, focused on Terra and spreading out from her in a number of directions. Between her own movements and its hampered vision, however, only one of the four blasts managed to strike her – and even it scattered harmlessly off her defences. Just when it seemed like she might be in the clear, however, her quick back-step put her right on the spot where another burst of tentacles and tendrils erupted from the shadow on the ground. Try as she might, Terra couldn't escape all of them this time, and they swiftly coiled up and around her body, binding limbs and beginning to worm their way uncomfortably beneath her clothing and armour. Her barrier collapsed as the tendrils hugged tighter, but her casing, at least, held firm. A moment later, infuriated by its inability to hit her, the first Spikey virus howled again, releasing another explosive nova of fire. The tentacles holding her in place made trying to dodge hard, and adding insult to the effect, they all shuffled with remarkable speed to slip around to Terra's back, pushing her ahead of them like a shield, and only resuming their groping grip once the blast wave had passed. Terra's casing crumbled away under the inferno, before she refreshed it right away, but as the tentacles binding her returned to frisking her with an awkward level of familiarity, it seemed almost like the near miss had distracted them from their true intent – they spent far more time fondling and squeezing her various curves and grooves than actually seeking chip data, and so Terra was able to keep the chip she planned to use from them for now. The distraction, however, allowed the remaining spikey to line up another attack while she was restrained, and it curled up to roll to the far end of the tunnel, in the same place that the first one had gone to earlier. As its slashing spikes barrelled past, neither Terra, nor the vines holding her, escaped the burning slices. The bad news was that the overbearing burning was enough to cut clean through her new casing, despite sharing its elemental affinity. The good news was that, with a sharp hiss and yowl of pain, Terra found herself free of the tendrils. The writhed on the ground near her, rapidly disintegrating into shadow after the rolling spikey severed them from the creature in the portal below. The black void closed back to an incorporeal shadow just moment before Terra lashed out with her lava waves, and finally scorched both of the fire meta-viruses off the playing field. Hidden in its shadow, the GrabBandit remained, licking its wounds, but Terra had seen that it posed a relatively low direct threat compared to some of the other adversaries she had faced so far, so it seemed like she might be able to catch her breath at last. -=Viruses=- [virus]GrabBandit V2[/virus]: 90Hp [Lava][In portal near Terra][Tentacles Severed!] [virus]AlphaSpikey V2[/virus] A: DELETED [virus]AlphaSpikey V2[/virus] B: DELETED [virus]Teddy EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]BandcoonEX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Mushy EX[/virus] A: DELETED [virus]Mushy EX[/virus] B: DELETED [virus]SpidyEX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]KillPlant EX[/virus]: DELETED -=Navis=- Terra.Exe: 61Hp [Lava] -=Objects=- Stalagmite Patch: ALL MELTED Stalactites A-E: 40Hp Each, evenly scattered along the centre of the ceiling -=Terrain=- 40% Lava [Most of the higher end of the tunnel] 25% Normal [Most of the lower end] 20% Grass [Patches in the mid section, and on most of the side ledges] 15% Soil [Transitional section between the stone and the grass] Moss is Wood-aligned terrain that bears all the same properties as Grass, and will count as grass for any other effect or trigger that requires it, with the exception that it does not amplify fire damage if burned. Terrain is a long, narrow tunnel, about five metres across, inclined upwards away from Terra. The ceiling is dotted with stalactites in the middle, while rough-hewn steps jut out from the side walls at regular intervals. Ground attacks moving up the tunnel generally won't reach these, however ground attacks originating from higher up, moving back down the tunnel, may. Edited by Rogan, Oct 29 2017, 11:35 PM.
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| Frelia | Oct 30 2017, 03:35 AM Post #194 |
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Dropped from the shadow tentacles thanks to the fireworks they had just received, Terra caught her breath as she recovered from the frisky bondage that she had just received from them. After determining that she didn't have anything wrong, her automated defenses flashed to life upon her body, ready to protect her from further attacks. With the remaining virus count down to one, they would surely be sufficient. "This last one's pretty hardy," commented Scarlet, noting that the last virus still hadn't kicked the bucket just yet. It seemed to have sunk itself into the ground into a murky shadow pool, which looked eerily similar to that of Terra's Shadow chip. As she had heard, the defensive chip was strongly favored for its ability to allow the user to become mostly intangible, except against bladed attacks. Still, it was also possible that the shadow part was a diversion, and that its true body simply lay elsewhere; their most recent battlechip acquisition would be perfect against deceptions of that type. She had seen how it acted beforehand, with its chip-stealing capabilities displayed quite prominently, being a bit of a nuisance to deal with as had been displayed only a few encounters earlier. However, just like what happened prior, what she had to do was simple; she just had to overwhelm it with choices, and hide the most critical part in a pile of supporting chips. Selecting a spread of four chips, she uploaded them with a tap of her screen. "Okay, this should be the last one. I'll patch you up afterwards," said Scarlet, as the chips arrived into Terra's processing queue. The first of four required no manual activation, as it was simply a way to expand Terra's senses, providing her with accurate targeting information of the elusive tendril-wielding virus. Sure enough, it indicated its position in a strange pocket dimension slightly ahead, which made it appear as if it was hiding in the ground. The second apparated her oft-summoned familiar, the one-eyed Bandcoon. As it appeared on her shoulder, it appeared to be in the middle of drying itself off from its previous adventure, holding a miniature red hair-dryer in one of its paws. The little virus quickly realized where it was, and chittered briefly before throwing the hairdryer into the lava, and bounding off towards the GrabBandit, its fluffy dried fur making it look about twice as big as usual. Watching her furry companion set off, Terra had a small smile on her face as she, too, prepared to head in, activating the remaining two of her arsenal. Clumps of molten rock from around her flew upwards towards her palms, revolving around her wrist as they rapidly cooled down into a sooty black. Eventually, they coalesced into a curved one-handed sword and a hand-held arm cannon, with both of the earthen-made weapons readily wielded in her hands. She then darted forward towards the last survivor, and struck at it with her blade in a downwards smash. Then, she drew back slightly to allow the arm to whine to life, before firing a black explosive shell towards the shadow. For good measure, she then darted back in with an upwards diagonal slash that aimed to bisect it, in case it somehow avoided her two previous attacks. // Summary [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Barrier: 20 HP Planar Barrier @ Self (Lava: Fire) [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Armor: 20 HP Planar Casing @ Self (Lava: Fire) [Te.1] Chip: [chip=PanelGrab] [Te.2] Chip: [chip=Pickpocket] @ GrabBandit V2 (PanelGrab: Acc+) [Te.3] Chip: [chip=Sword] @ GrabBandit V2 (Use 1/6, PanelGrab: Acc+) [Te.4] Chip: [chip=CircleGun1] @ GrabBandit V2 (Use 1/4) [Te.5] Chip: [chip=Sword] @ GrabBandit V2 (Use 2/6, PanelGrab: Acc+) |
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| Rogan | Oct 30 2017, 07:25 AM Post #195 |
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With just one more elusive foe on the field, Terra resorted to the tactic she'd learned when fighting her first pair of these unusual creatures, and loaded up an excessive number of chips to make sure some of them would get through. As her senses expanded and grew in detail, however, she noticed the dark shadow zip away from her, up on wall and onto one of the raised ledges in the corridor. Its tentacles had been severed a moment ago, and if she remembered correctly, it wouldn't be able to use them again right away. Sure enough, when it emerged from its portal, perched on the ledge and glaring down at her with a growl, she could see the ragged, cut stumps of its back tendrils slowly regrowing themselves. Her bandcoon ally was already en route, however, and before the creature could act, the intrepid little guy had scampered up and launched itself onto the larger beast's face. A tussle ensued, amidst growls and snarls and hisses, the lithe, dark creature shook its head and reared, slashing at the air in front of it, then leapt down from the ledge closer to Terra again in an effort to dislodge the furry clinger. At last, it planted its feet and arched upwards with a roar, its eyes flashing with a blinding light that filled the cavern, dazzling Terra into seeing spots again, and throwing the little bandcoon off it... but its yowls didn't stop, and as Terra's ally tumbled away clutching something bright and blue, the larger beast writhed and thrashed, rolling over on the ground and crashing into the wall nearby. For a brief instant, Terra might notice that only one brilliant blue glow remained on its face, before the whole creature darkened with shadow completely and grew difficult to see. A moment later it was gone, slipping back into its own shadow and closing the portal behind it. The virus didn't wait long, however, and in a blink the portal flowed across the ground to a spot just behind Terra, and the beast leap out, tackling her to the ground with its body and pinning her as it started trying to search for more chips to steal. Terra had pulled a sword from her arsenal, and the beast tore it from her hand, however, the sword had been a ploy and a moment later, her other arm, bearing a wicked arm cannon, rose and fired, blasting the virus in its midsection and blowing it off her and away. By the time Terra had picked herself up, the last remaining enemy in the area had expired and she was free to rest and claim her spoils. The lava around her had cooled substantially, and already fresh growths of moss were beginning to creep over the edges of it. Nearby, her little bandcoon hadn't returned right away. Instead it had its back to Terra and seemed to be doing something with the glittering trophy it had acquired... alternately chittering at it, blowing on it, and attempting to rub it meaningfully on its armband. After a few moments, it peeked over its shoulder to her and continued its work, chittering more and fiddling with the glittering eye gem. Something shifted while it hid what it was doing from her, but before long it grew excited. When at least it seemed to be finished, it peeked back at Terra... and a second eye-patched face peeked around the first. This one looked similar to the first, save a few minor differences, but its eye patch and arm band were on the opposite side. The pair ran back to Terra and nuzzled her as if nothing unusual had happened. -=Viruses=- [virus]GrabBandit V2[/virus]: DELETED [virus]AlphaSpikey V2[/virus] A: DELETED [virus]AlphaSpikey V2[/virus] B: DELETED [virus]Teddy EX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]BandcoonEX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]Mushy EX[/virus] A: DELETED [virus]Mushy EX[/virus] B: DELETED [virus]SpidyEX[/virus]: DELETED [virus]KillPlant EX[/virus]: DELETED -=Navis=- Terra.Exe: 61Hp [Cooled Lava] -=Objects=- Stalagmite Patch: ALL MELTED Stalactites A-E: 40Hp Each, evenly scattered along the centre of the ceiling -=Battle 18, Victory!=- Spoils: 2900 PickPocket: [chip=Pickpocket,f] Edited by Rogan, Oct 30 2017, 07:26 AM.
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| Frelia | Oct 30 2017, 03:11 PM Post #196 |
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Terra raised her eyebrows as the Bandcoon brought itself a new friend, and she knelt down to greet them with a liberal amount of petting; they seemed quite excited as they rushed around her arms and legs and nuzzled themselves against her. Eventually, after a minute or so of frisking about, the Bandcoons suddenly disappeared after running around her, vanishing at the next turn. She then stood back up, which was when she felt a quick stream of healing wash over her, just as it did after the fight with Pronus and Fortuna. Terra looked up at the communication screen where Scarlet was watching over her, and gave her operator a quick nod of gratitude before moving further up into the area. What she was looking for was close now. Almost unbearably so, she felt, as she quickened her pace to follow the pounding beat of lifeforce once more. [Z > 4475, BF > 945, ExF > 14.] [Terra.EXE: Use MiniEnergyPack. 111 HP.] [Battle 19 - Ready.] |
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| Rogan | Oct 31 2017, 12:23 AM Post #197 |
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Nearly there; the feeling was like a heartbeat, deep and slow, that pulsed in all of Terra's extra senses. Most navis in her position would see the growing plant life, and other visible, natural signs, but few would have been able to feel it like Terra could. She was almost there. The tunnel climbed steadily, coming out from under the deep, and as her steps carried her across life-filled soil and vigorous moss, the first small hints of natural sunlight began to filter back down. somewhere up ahead, the underground would end, and that was where it waited. The tunnel ceiling rose up and the walls widened, and the sense of air flow increased, blowing one way for many long minutes, then curling and coming back again. The darkness began to feel less like shadows, and more simply like... shade. There was a warmth in the air that hadn't been there, deeper down, and a freshness to the breeze. For a moment there was even a hint of pollen and sap. Then, light. It wasn't a lot, but a single shaft that filtered down from above, the first real sunlight she'd seen in these tunnels in far too long. It was hard to pinpoint where it came from, other than from between the craggy rocks far above, but the sense of it grew as she moved forward. It began to feel less like Terra was in a tunnel, and more that she was simply in a ravine of some kind, with tall cliffs. They had pinched in again, now, and she wove through narrow crags in the rock; outcrops bore mossy growths, and occasionally small long-stemmed plants that clung to the stone and grew happily. The rock here felt.. softer, in a way. Less compacted than further back. The ravine continued, and gradually more slim shafts of light made their way through to the ground, raising the ambient light further. It really was just a cool shadow that she walked through now, with the feeling the bright day light was just beyond the cliff sides, or perhaps... up ahead, between the meandering curves of the ravine, a patch of bright light peeked out. Just a little further on, the cliffs opened up, into daylight,and whatever lay beyond. If she looked up, Terra began to see glimpses of blue sky between the rocky crags, and after such along journey underground the sight of it might even have been slightly overwhelming. Of course, if she looked up, Terra would also see that, amongst the tall cliff-like crags of rock, plant life was indeed growing with great vigour and life, and a lot of it was the potentially dangerous kind tat might want to eat her, or generally be a nuisance. KillPlants, Mushrooms, Vineys, Bagworms and even a slightly out-of-place cactus perched overhead, scattered as they grew into and from the walls of the ravine. Many of them were watching her move, and their body language changed subtly when they realised she'd seen them watching her. At ground level, Other shapes moved through the narrow ravine; and armoured armadillo rooted against one rock wall but looked up at her groggily, and further, another one of those scuttling many-legged virus behemoths. Of all the creatures present, this one looked to be the most actually aggressive. The others were more.. curious. Watching. They weren't exactly peaceful, and they certainly didn't seem friendly... but for now they just watched her. The presence was so close... The immensity of it in her senses couldn't' be ignored now. It had to be aware of her, surely... while the other viruses watched and decided what to do about this curious visitor, the Scuttzer shrieked and stamped its front legs a few times, then came scuttling towards her in a clear fury. -=Increasingly Effulgent Life=- [virus]Fishy EX[/virus]: 120Hp [Normal][In the ravine, behind the Scuttzer] [virus]Mushy EX[/virus]: 110Hp [Moss][Low on the right cliff wall, near Terra] [virus]Viney EX[/virus]: 120Hp [Moss][Mid height on the left cliff, towards the grassy area] [virus]PulseBat EX[/virus]: 120Hp [Above Soil][Just behind Terra] [virus]Armadill EX[/virus]: 130Hp [Grass][Behind the Scuttzer, ground] [virus]Spooky EX[/virus]: 50Hp [Floating mid field] [virus]KillPlant EX[/virus] A: 130Hp [Moss][high on the right cliff Side][Above the grassy area] [virus]KillPlant EX[/virus] B: 130Hp [Moss][High on the the left Cliff Side, almost directly above Terra] [virus]KillPlant EX[/virus] C: 130Hp [Moss][High on the right cliff side, about halfway] [virus]Cacty EX[/virus]: 110Hp [Normal][High on the left cliff side] [virus]Swordy-W EX[/virus]: 120Hp [Grass][Further down the ravine] [virus]Bagworm EX[/virus] A: 120Hp [Over Soil, about one movement Up] [virus]Bagworm EX[/virus] B: 120Hp [Over Moss, about one movement Up] [virus]Scuttzer-2[/virus]: 520Hp [Moss][In front of Terra] -=Climbing out of the Dark=- Terra.Exe: 111Hp [Soil] -=Terrain=- 40% Moss [Mid section of the ravine area, and much of the cliff walls] 25% Grass [Far end of the ravine, where the sunlight is more prevalent] 20% Normal [Scattered hard stone patches, both on the walls and the ground] 15% Soil [Ground nearest Terra] Moss is Wood-aligned terrain that bears all the same properties as Grass, and will count as grass for any other effect or trigger that requires it, with the exception that it does not amplify fire damage if burned. Terrain is along, narrow ravine with craggy uneven walls. Many plant-like viruses have taken purchase on the walls of the cliffs, rather than on the ground. There is not a lot of side to side movement available, but the ravine itself is several movements long -=Battle 19, Begin!=- |
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| Frelia | Oct 31 2017, 04:04 PM Post #198 |
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As she progressed through the tunnels, Terra’s innate senses were gradually picking up ever stronger signals of life. Even others who didn’t share her view could see that the greenery around her was growing more lush and varied, with the copious amounts of moss from earlier being the most prevalent sign. Strangely enough, however, even with the oppressive overflow of sensory information, after a little while of not encountering anything in her path, she became more and more relaxed, with the only sound she could hear for a while being the occasional drop of water and the scraping of her boots against the soil. Eventually, however, the silence was broken. “Seems like you’re almost about to head back to the surface,” said Scarlet. “Mm. I’m almost there--I can feel it,” responded Terra. “Do I get to come in yeeeeet?” groaned Carbide. Terra chuckled. “... In a little bit,” she said. Then, the air noticeably changed, from the dank humidity of the underground to something more akin to fresh air. Terra’s pace had already been subtly quickened before, but it was now that it turned into a power walk, just barely below breaking into a jog. She only stopped once she noticed something had changed about the way the surroundings looked, as well. Looking upwards, she saw some of the nooks being illuminated by some diffused light. The distraction was brief, and she continued forging onwards. Further and further, the cave opened up, until finally, the first patch of blue sky peeked out at her, blinding her in the eye. She drew back slightly, before realizing that she had walked into a viral den, with flora and fauna alike staring at the new visitor to their lush ravine. However, none of them looked particularly willing to act against her just yet--none of them, that is, except one. Terra held her breath as the bug-like virus reared up slightly. A very brief standstill ensued as the atmosphere froze, the staredown between trespasser and ruler being the culprit. “...?” Scarlet noticed a small text window appearing within her screen, listing out three chip names within her folder. Curiously, she noted, none of them were directly offensive. What was Terra planning to do, Scarlet thought, as she loaded up the silently-requested chips without further delay before going back to observing what seemed to be an imminent fight. Indeed, imminent it was, as the Scuttzer’s terrifying call shook the area, heralding its rapid approach. Terra, however, stood her ground, as her automated defensive setup came online. The soil under her feet glowed green as the circuitry of energy embedded into her body came to life, materializing her usual hardy underarmor. Her barrier likewise appeared as a subtle green aura that enveloped her. Suddenly, the barrier then turned extremely bright, and a pseudo-tessellated hexagonal pattern appeared to spread all over it. The pattern looked almost like a beehive pattern, except that each individual node looked more like a leaf, with its requisite veins, encompassing all of Terra’s body. Her body itself dissolved into a silhouette of its former shape, as it left behind afterimages of itself, quickly swerving to the side to avoid the Scuttzer’s attack. The observant might have noticed that she specifically took care to avoid the viruses closest to her as well in her evasion, primarily the PulseBat and the Mushy. It also appeared that she wasn’t quite alone--her furry little Bandcoon friend appeared from behind her, squeaking valiantly as it leapt towards the Dream-replicant virus. Its master watched quietly from behind, still light on her feet to avoid any further counterattack. // Summary [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Armor: 20 HP Planar Casing @ Self (Soil: Wood) [Te.1] Chip: [chip=LeafShield] [Te.2] Chip: [chip=Shadow2] [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Barrier: 20 HP Planar Barrier @ Self (Soil: Wood) [Te.3] Act: Sidestep incoming attack, aim to lure attacks away from other viruses: Dodge (Shadow/Soil: BaseEva=110%) [Te.4] Chip: [chip=Pickpocket] @ Scuttzer-2 [Te.5] Act: Sidestep incoming attack, aim to lure attacks away from other viruses: Dodge (Shadow/Soil: BaseEva=110%) |
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| Rogan | Nov 1 2017, 03:09 AM Post #199 |
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In light of her current location, Terra opted to take a slightly more cautious approach with the surrounding viruses, and waited, first, to see what they were going to do. She prepared some defences, but the Scuttling meta-virus had already made its intentions clear, at least, and it charged her, slashing with a brutal amount of power. Even her best efforts to dodge back quickly didn't avail Terra as the limbs sliced effortlessly through her shadows, dispelling them. what did work, however, was her leafy barrier that caught the attack and sent a portion of the heavy hit back to Terra, restoring some more of her lingering injuries... enough that she'd be glad the shield had caught the attack, and not her body. The mushroom virus above, bobbed and watched on, curious, while the Swordy warped in quickly behind the meta-virus. Its intentions weren't entirely clear; it was drawing back its sword, though, for a long thrust that would almost certainly catch Terra as well, even if it successfully stabbed the virus. Dangling above,the two worms flexed in their cocoons and raised leafy barriers, not unlike the one Terra herself had used, but didn't do much else for now. The Fish virus made a rush down the narrow ravine, blasting past the sedated armadill, and careening off to the side of the Swordy, the Scuttzer, and Terra. It very nearly ground one side of its face against the rocky wall, but didn't actually hit anything else in the ravine on its journey. It would be a very hard guess to work out what it had been aiming for, but either way it was now well past Terra's starting location, and was rotating in place to look back the other way. More clear in its decision was the bat, flapping overhead. It dived slightly and blasted out a sonic shriek that reverberated off the cliff walls and forced Terra to cover her ears for a moment. Ducking temporarily behind a particularly broad outcrop dulled the sound enough that it didn't hurt her, but the brunt of the shock wave had clearly been meant for her. Perched variously on the cliffs above, the Viney wiggled a little bit from the sound, but didn't react, while the three KillPlants each shuddered and launched heavy-looking seeds around the canyon. One lodged on another crevice of the cliff wall, while the other two landed on the ravine floor. These didn't look to have been specifically aimed at anyone, but in the tight space, Terra's knowledge of the virus would let her know that the actual opening of the seeds would be hard for anyone on the ground to avoid, once they did open. Still... it didn't seem like a deliberately malicious act, just a neutral one. Speaking of neutral, the armadill ambled forward slowly, rooting further along the wall of the cliff looking for snacks. It cast an eye at the angry virus trying to rake Terra, but then looked back to its foraging. It seemed to be trusting its hard shell to keep it from danger. The Cacty, out of place and far from any desert, wiggled back and forth. Chances were, no-one noticed. The Scuttzer, however, reared slightly and blew a thick stream of noxious pollen over Terra, in a cone that filled her section of the ravine and made the soil beneath her feet burst into thick growing grass quite suddenly. It also collapsed her armour casing, just a moment before she restored her outer barrier. Her Bandcoon did its beast with the plant-like Scuttler, but seemed to struggle to find anything of note. When it returned, it was with a small flower, which it held up with a soft squeak, then tucked it into Terra's hair. She'd have to wait until after the battle to see if it had anything more than sentimental value. -=Increasingly Effulgent Life=- [virus]Fishy EX[/virus]: 120Hp [Grass][In the ravine, behind Terra] [virus]Mushy EX[/virus]: 110Hp [Moss][Low on the right cliff wall, near Terra] [virus]Viney EX[/virus]: 120Hp [Moss][Mid height on the left cliff, towards the grassy area] [virus]PulseBat EX[/virus]: 120Hp [Above Grass][Just behind Terra] [virus]Armadill EX[/virus]: 130Hp [Grass][Close behind Scuttzer and Swordy, ground] [virus]Spooky EX[/virus]: 50Hp [Floating mid field] [virus]KillPlant EX[/virus] A: 130Hp [Moss][high on the right cliff Side][Above the grassy area] [virus]KillPlant EX[/virus] B: 130Hp [Moss][High on the the left Cliff Side, almost directly above Terra] [virus]KillPlant EX[/virus] C: 130Hp [Moss][High on the right cliff side, about halfway] [virus]Cacty EX[/virus]: 110Hp [Normal][High on the left cliff side] [virus]Swordy-W EX[/virus]: 120Hp [Grass][Just behind Scuttzer] [virus]Bagworm EX[/virus] A: 120Hp [Over Grass, about one movement Up][LeafShield] [virus]Bagworm EX[/virus] B: 120Hp [Over Moss, about one movement Up][LeafShield] [virus]Scuttzer-2[/virus]: 520Hp [Moss][40hp Wood aura][In front of Terra] -=Climbing out of the Dark=- Terra.Exe: 146Hp [Grass][Planar Barrier (Wood): 20Hp] -=Terrain=- 35% Moss [Mid section of the ravine area, and much of the cliff walls] 40% Grass [Far end of the ravine, where the sunlight is more prevalent, as well as much of the near patch as well, thanks to the Scuttzer] 15% Normal [Scattered hard stone patches, both on the walls and the ground] Moss is Wood-aligned terrain that bears all the same properties as Grass, and will count as grass for any other effect or trigger that requires it, with the exception that it does not amplify fire damage if burned. Terrain is along, narrow ravine with craggy uneven walls. Many plant-like viruses have taken purchase on the walls of the cliffs, rather than on the ground. There is not a lot of side to side movement available, but the ravine itself is several movements long. -=Objects=- PlantSeedA: ??Hp [Immobile][Wedged on right cliff wall][Moss] PlantSeedB: ??Hp [Immobile][Ground Near Terra, to the left][Grass] PlantSeedC: ??Hp [Immobile][Ground at the far end of the ravine][Grass] Edited by Rogan, Nov 1 2017, 03:15 AM.
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| Frelia | Nov 1 2017, 01:41 PM Post #200 |
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Though Terra’s eyes seemed solely focused on the Scuttzer in front of her, her peripheral vision constantly kept the viruses around it in her immediate attention as well. For the moment, at least, it appeared that they were somewhat hesitant to attack her directly, opting to merely have the appearance of being hostile towards her. The most "damage" done at the moment was the PulseBat's shrieking, though all that did was cause her ears to sting slightly. Some other notables were the seeds that the flytrap-like virus had spat out all over the area, though those were still dormant for the moment. She had a brief window of time before they would release their payload. “... WhiteWeb, FlameLine, Rope,” the small text window in Scarlet's screen read out, which she obliged quickly. She didn't exactly understand why, but it seemed like she was somehow avoiding the ire of the horde of viruses around her. Her silence seemed to have something to it, so she continued to keep to herself as well. The operator glanced towards another small area of her screen, which showed an anxiously attentive Carbide, seemingly too transfixed to have any of her usual loud comments. Still in the midst of her staredown, Terra lowered her body as she reformed her armor, readying herself to take on the Scuttzer. Her figure flickered in and out before vanishing entirely, her body's data transferring through the ground before reappearing directly behind the insectoid metavirus. Placed in front the Swordy virus, the place where she exited causing the moss to rot rapidly into enriched soil. Her emerald barrier glowed strongly as she initiated her salvo of attacks. The ground beneath the Scuttzer started to melt into a bed of peat-filled bog, before sprouting a mess of roots that strongly entangled anything that came into contact with them. The roots continued to grow at a frighteningly rapid rate as clusters of reddish seeds began to emerge from the peat. If the Scuttzer wasn't shrieking by this point, one would be able to hear subtle cracking sounds from the seeds as they began to grow explosively into bulbous red fruits. Eventually, the fruits reached their limit, and released their payload, which turned out to be a napalm-like substance that coated the immediate area in blazing fire. Fueled by the peat, the flames burned brightly, yet the roots somehow kept on growing, eventually expanding into individual little trunks that combined into a monolithic mangrove tree, weaving and entangling among themselves into an elaborate networked plant. // Summary (Grass/Moss: Heal 5/Act) [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Armor: 20 HP Planar Casing @ Self (Grass: Wood) [Te.1] Sig: Terraforce: Spirit of Nature: Teleport @ Between Swordy-W EX and Scuttzer-2 [Te.2] Sig: Terraform: Fertile Soil: Large Soil Terrain Change @ Mossy Area (Preserver) [Te.*] Sig: Terraskill: Earthen Barrier: 20 HP Planar Barrier @ Self (Soil: Wood) [Te.3] Chip: [chip=WhiteWeb1] @ Scuttzer-2 (Teleport: Acc+, Innate: Wood+20, Soil: Wood+SrcAtk*100%, Preserver) [Te.4] Chip: [chip=FlameLine2] @ Scuttzer-2 (EnemyInnate/Grass/Snare: Fire+SrcAtk*300%, Preserver: Prevent Normal Terrain) [Te.5] Chip: [chip=Rope1] @ Scuttzer-2 (Innate: Wood+20) |
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