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Post by gantzgun74 on Mar 4, 2010 10:24:20 GMT -5
Juno winced as Harpuia's electric sword grazed the armor, before countering with another blast from the Anti-Virus cannon. It looked like the attack hurt, but one 'healing chip' later, and Harpuia was back on his feet. "Hmph! So you would destroy your own way out." A frown formed on his face; for some reason he found it hard to believe, but it was best to take Infi-FF's word for it. Upon recovering from Clown-man's 'Thunder Carnival' chip, he was quick to get out of the way of Infi-FF's attack. "Your crazier then I thought."
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As the gang continued their fight against Juno, Ark likely caught Shantotto's scent mere inches after he ran out the door. It appeared to jump up to the top floor window of the decrepit old hotel.
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What could she be doing up there?
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"M Cannon chip! Slot in!" Starman barely said this, before his hand was replaced by a cannon looking weapon, that definately looked powerful enough to puncture a hole in a tank. Firing it off, Juno was hit broadside, though it looked like it did minimal damage.
The navi grinned broadly. "Nice try, next time use something that's more of a threat." That was all he said before his arm took on the form of an M Cannon itself… The shot however, seemed a lot stronger then Starman’s and the navi barely had time to get out of the way. “You really need to pick your battles more carefully. You aren’t even a challenge.”
“SINGE!!”
Juno never had time to respond before a powerful fire attack slammed him in the back.
“SHIVER!”
Which was quickly followed by what felt like multiple hits from an… Ice element attack?! Turning around he was quick to find out who it was.
Standing there, wearing an armor that looked like something out of Tron, with black plates and brown streaks, there stood Shantotto, grinning sadistically. Juno was, at first, taken aback by the tiny assailant. “Wha-”
“ZAP!!”
At least before Shantotto’s thunder spell zapped him front and center, sending Juno flying backward, and crashing into a wall.
“Shantotto?!?!? What are you doing here?!?” Starman yelled his eyes wide.
“Oh please don’t be a worrywart, at all you navi, I’m here to help you fight against this ninny.”
She brought out her rod having said that.
“Should be an interesting battle, given all of the digital fuss, I shall handle this thick armored wearing fool as thus.
“ZAP!! AIR!!! STONE!!!”
Juno was just about to get up when he felt that Thundaga spell slam into him, hiting him before he could regain his balance. The Aeroga Spell followed, slicing the armor multiple times, and turning him over in midair, and lastly the Stone spell hitting him with magical boulders from the ground beneath him while he was trying to turn himself back over. What was more, the Chain-speller was using the elements as thus going for maximum damage, by using each spell after another, turning Juno into the element of the spell that followed before. With that in mind, she was doing a decent amount of damage.
“What a special battle, though the opponent is just so and so, Talk about pathetically droll; Ohohohoho!”
Oh yeah, she was definitely showing no mercy and loving every moment of it.
Juno meanwhile was getting pissed, so he quickly returned fire, only for everyone to get out of the way; Harpuia by his abilities of flight, Shantotto, showing great agility, jumping and doing a front flip right over the Anti-Virus cannon’s blast; the show-offy front flip was enough to get Juno REALLY mad. “DON’T LOOK DOWN ON ME, DAMN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!”
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Post by nutcase17133 on Mar 4, 2010 14:17:50 GMT -5
"Hehehehehehehehahahahah!!!!!!!!!" Nutcase cackled as he watched what went on. You know guys, I beleive Shantoto's got this wrapped up. Perhaps we should just let her handle things from here."
Slimer was also laughing, as the sight he saw was very similar to a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
"Hey Infi-FF," Nutcase said as he turned back to the screen. "You can go ahead and come to te real world since Shantotto's pretty much got this covered. And I'm sorry for the stuff I said before. As I said before we generally preffer to be told by possible allies what our new team mate's intentions are."
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Mar 9, 2010 22:47:31 GMT -5
Ark looked up at where Shantotto's scent had gone to. The top of the decripit old hotel. He scoffed. He could wait here for her. It wasn't worth it to follow her up there, especially when he was still having trouble with his flight bands. He held up one hand so he could examine the gold band around his wrist. Oh, he could always just use his doom god powers to summon more wings but nooooooooo he had to be under punishment. Jerks.
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"Well, whaddya know, she wasn't another stinking traitor after all," Tree said. She smirked. "Nice to have something go our way for once."
"Agreed, foo."
"Indeed."
"Yeah, what the gerbil said."
"Goddammit, can we just get this fucking over with, please!?" Beatrice complained. "I dunno 'bout you guys, but I really just wanna get the obligatory 'get the Face Heel Turned party member back on our side' and 'New Party Member Get' thing over with so I can go buy some nachos real quick."
Tree flinched as Nutcase suggested that Infi-FF just go ahead and go through the portal. Inside the other world, Infi-FF looked back toward Shantotto, who was handleing Juno pretty well from the looks of things, and smirked toward Juno one last time. She mouthed something to him before addressing Nutcase again.
"Don't mind if I do."
A large bolt of electricity shot from Gene's laptop and appeared to land behind Gene before forming into a humanlike shape that was a good foot taller than Tree. The electricity began to shape itself into more detailed binary, and it began to be revealed that the good extra foot of height was due to a large protrusion of hair sticking up from the figure's head. If it weren't for that giant cowlick that would not stay down, this figure would have been exactly Tree's height.
Eventually, the electricity faded as the solid figure appeared and pushed her glasses up. She looked toward Tree with her bright red eyes and grinned. Once again, Tree would have paled if it weren't for the fur on her face hiding any particular emotion that would have shown.
"Sorry I couldn't be much help. Conventional weapons weren't working too well on him and I can't use magic. I'm a bit of a spiritual rock, if you want to put it that way," Infi-FF stated. She shrugged. She could have defeated Juno on her own, but there was only one thing that had stopped her from doing so, and it was the fact that she needed to stay on this group's good side. Oh, she loved a good plan in the morning. Night, whenever it was.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Mar 10, 2010 11:00:48 GMT -5
Back in the cyber world, Juno was furious. No forget that, he was beyond furious. That little psycho had just managed to do what he had set out to do, and left him to fend off these warriors by himself. Dammit all, it pissed him off. “STONE! AIR! SHIVER!!!” Shantotto’s magical attacks slammed Juno broadside and caused him to crash into the wall. As Juno regained his wits, Shantotto started laughing sadistically, as the renegade navi pushed himself to his feet.
“Talk about pathetically weak, over armored freak; This battle is not yet over and you’re up a creek! Looks like it will still stand; my unbeatable winning streak!”
Shantotto laughed some more at this, while Juno appeared to seethe thoroughly. Starman, Leviathan, and Shantotto were quick to jump out of the way, as the navi anti-virus fired a powerful burst of energy.
---------------------------------------- “We still need to find some way to incapacitate Juno long enough that I can reaarange his data.” Gene said with a grimace, as he put in another healing battle chip, getting Harpuia back on his feet. “Shantotto, can you find some way to incapacitate him?”
Lilia slid in a M Cannon battle chip quickly. “Gene, can’t you just freeze him up with your computer?!”
“It doesn’t work like that, and besides, I doubt he’ll fall for the same trick twice.” As he said this, Harpuia attacked Juno quickly with an elec-sword. “We need to think of something else, otherwise we’ll get nowh-”
The computer screen’s stereo system was taken up by a loud boom… As well as a feral roar.
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The Net Navi’s looked surprised when they saw a power they had never seen before flowing out of Juno’s systems like a fountain… And he looked MAD. “INFI… INFI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Shantotto reacted to it first, pulling out her staff once more, and firing more spells, but even her spells seemed to bounce off of the Navi now. “GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!” The Tarutaru woman felt her eyes widen when Juno rushed forward and slammed her aside. “OUT OF… MY WAY!!!!!!!!!”
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Everyone else’s eyes widened at this as well. Metal was the first to appear to make some connection. “Stop him!! He’s making a bee-line for the machine!!!”
[Just so you guys know, there’s no stopping Juno at this point. But don’t worry, I have an idea in mind that’ll stop a fight from breaking out in the real world, even though he’ll crossover there in my next post.]
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Mar 10, 2010 14:30:56 GMT -5
Most of Tree's group's eyes widened, including the normally stoic Snowy, at that news. Infi-FF still looked the same. She materialized an earpiece in midair and caught it easily before placing it in her ear.
"Oh, stop throwing a fit, Juno. I told you, I fight for myself. And you completed your purpose. I needed to get out of the digital world, and you led me to a portal out. Not my fault you decided to take my intentions the wrong way," Infi-FF said. She shrugged before materializing her Banhammer. She had a feeling that once Juno got out of the computer, he'd be making a beeline for her. Fine, let him come. She'd have an excuse to kill him then. Self-defense and all that. No one can complain if she killed him in "self defense."
Tree still didn't like Infi-FF, but she had to admit that the creepy human doppelganger of her was thinking the right thing. Tree grabbed Todd, Taffy grabbed No-Name, Snowy grabbed her Scythe, and Beatrice took up a battle position. If Juno came through, they were confident they could handle things.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Mar 10, 2010 14:56:59 GMT -5
Back in the computer, everyone watched as Shantotto hit the far off wall HARD. Before they could react however, Juno turned on them and fired a Guts shot at the navi’s. It came at such furious and unbelievable speed that not even Clownman was given time to react. “SHUT UP!!!!!” Juno roared, as he walked up to the machine himself. He raised a hand to the machine…
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Meanwhile elsewhere, it shows someone, wearing a pair of gloves, tapping some kind of item on a touch screen.
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Unaware of this, Juno worked the controls with maximum precision, before finally…
ZAAAAAAAAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He vanished from the Cyber World completely.
“No! Gene!!” Harpuia struggled to stand back up. Starman was the first to stand back up, due to his ability to float. Looking at where Juno vanished, he could only say one thing.
“This is not good…”
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Much like Infi FF before, a large bolt of electricity shot out of Gene’s laptop, as the boy quickly backed away from it. When it landed on the floor, it widened out until it too the shape of a thick human looking figure. Before too long, Juno was standing there, looking as alive as one could credit him to being. “No!!” Gene was thoroughly panicked at this point as he looked back to his computer and saw Shantotto getting back up herself. Shantotto was easily their toughest party member, and she had yet to get out of the computer herself.
“Hehehehehehehehehe…” Slowly, like testing out a new machine, Juno took in his surroundings. Much to the net-battlers horror, the first thing he saw was Gene. “Ah Gene… Nice to see you… My-my, I didn’t think you would be so much shorter then myself.” A sadistic grin appeared on his face, “Now where was I? Oh yes!” He then pulled out his anti-virus cannon, which now served the purpose of a fully functioning proton cannon. As he did this, his eye fell on Infi-FF. “Well, let’s not lose time. Let’s get cracking shall we?” He then whirled the cannon around to face the once been computer avatar.
“Take not another step and pull that trigger, oh gullible one, after all, the moment you stepped through that portal, your fate had been undone.”
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Slowly… Painfully… Everyone turned to the stairs…
And there stood Shantotto, grinning rather evilly.
“No-one bother to attack. Not even one lifted finger. I can now end this fight with one movement, and no need to linger.”
……………………….. “What… But…” Gene turned back to his computer, but was surprised to see… Another Shantotto still inside the computer.
[To understand this FF, you only need to know one thing... The machine works like the scanners in 'Code Lyoko'. If you've never watched the show, don't worry, I'll illustrate it in my next post.]
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Post by nutcase17133 on Mar 10, 2010 15:04:12 GMT -5
Nutcase's head exploded, scattering confetti everywhere. When it grew back, he said, "Ok just what in the Samule Langhorn Hell is going on!?!?!?!?!?!"
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Mar 13, 2010 8:00:09 GMT -5
(OOC: Obviously not completely like them, though, since Shantotto's still fighting in the digital world and has appeared in the real world as well.)
Infi-FF didn't flinch as Juno wheeled his cannon toward her. She just crossed her arms and grinned. "So hasty! Oh come on, Juno, I said no hard feelings. Obviously you don't believe in that, do you? Oh well."
She'd been ready to defend herself when Shantotto had appeared. Infi-FF just smirked.
"She's right, y'know, Juno. I seem to recall her 'epixly pwning' you inside that computer," Infi-FF goaded.
Tree just let Infi-FF do the talking. Stupid creepy human doppelgangers of her.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Mar 23, 2010 19:36:12 GMT -5
Everything was silent a moment.
"Shantotto?" Talim looked reasonably confused, knowing quite well that the Tarutaru woman couldn't possibly be in two places at once. "How... How is it that you are not only here... But in the computer as well?"
Juno raised the Anti-Virus cannon at the mage, looking enraged. "And what do you mean, you can end this in one move?!?"
Shantotto let out her signature laugh at the questions.
"Allow me to answer that with a simple lecture Forgive me if my explanation is filled with conjecture. But I believe Gene can help fill the gap So there will be no need to draw a map."
She turned to the cyborg boy after saying that.
"Answer me Gene, Tell me how your machine works Tell me how data can be turned into DNA and vice-versa, what are the quirks?"
Gene jumpd into attention having heard that. He took a moment to consider this... "Well... The machine was originally designed so I could enter the computer myself. To do this, I had to put in a sample of my own DNA, so that I could return to the real world, after I got in." Slowly, realization seemed to cross his face. "The only way anything of data could get out, would be to use the DNA samples placed in the machine and take it as their own."
It took a moment for Kosumu to figure out what he meant. "So... Infi and Juno... Use Gene DNA... To get out?"
However, at the revelation, Shantotto grinned widely.
"Not exactly, though your close. It's true they do need a DNA Dose. However, you thought wrong when you thought it was Gene's they took."
She motioned to Infi-FF.
"While I was upstairs, I made sure our new friend here took DNA of our resident Schnook."
She pointed to Gene, whom wondered if he should be insulted by that name or not. As he did this, Shantotto motioned back to Infi.
"While it will not affect her physical appearance and what-not, The same cannot be said for our friend, the arrogant bot."
She grinned sadistically at Juno.
"For his crossover, I made sure he took MY DNA you see... OR rather the DNA of the me on the screen which will fee."
At the confused looks she held up her right hand, her fingers held in such a fashion that it looked like she was going to snap her fingers... Which she did, in the next second...
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"Ohohohohohohoho...."
Turning to the computer screen, everyone saw the Shantotto on screen suddenly start laughing loudly.
"OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!!!!! OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!!!!!"
"What going on, Talim?" Talim was every bit as confused as Kosumu was.
Suddenly at that moment...
"Ohohohohohohohohohoho." The laugh suddenly sounded mechanical, losing every last tone it had.
POOF!!!!!
The reason as to why was revealed when the Shantotto in the computer screen suddenly transformed into a doll baring Shantotto's visage, that was made of straw, and fall to the ground.
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"Wh-wha-?" Juno looked VERY confused right there.
"THAT... Is the DNA you took my friend. Now do you see why I claimed this, your end?"
Juno slowly turned back to Shantotto, whom was grinning sadistically.
"Tell me Juno, if that is the DNA you took as your very, unquestioned own, What do you think will happen if I snap my fingers again? Though I clearly shown?"
It took a few seconds for Juno to realize what the Tarutaru meant.
"YOU... YOU..!!!! YOU EVIL LITTLE BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Juno had just attempted to jump her, when Shantotto snapped her fingers again...
POOF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When the dust settled, all that remained of Juno was a doll made of straw that bore his visage, lying on the ground.
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Post by nutcase17133 on Mar 23, 2010 19:40:47 GMT -5
Nutcase looked at the doll Juno closely, then picked him up. "Not bad. Not bad at all."
Slimer nodded and said, "Yeah, not bad!"
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Mar 23, 2010 21:13:23 GMT -5
Infi-FF actually seemed a bit repulsed as the subject of her having appeared in the real world due to Gene's DNA came up. She looked down at her now-physical form, made a face, and made several "ew" sounds. She certainly seemed rather squicked by that revelation. She managed to compose herself in time for Juno to be turned into a straw doll.
"...Alas, poor Juno. He died a fool," Infi-FF said. "...He is dead, correct?"
"Well, the stupid idiot's a straw doll. If he ain't dead now, we could always set 'im on fire or something," Beatrice said. Taffy raised his hand.
"I approve of that plan," Taffy stated.
"Well there we go. I propose we burn the fucker," Beatrice said.
"Seconded, foo," Todd said.
"Language, please, Beatrice. There are children in the room," Snowy said.
Infi-FF looked toward Gene. "Are they always like this? Because I personally don't see myself staying sane around them, and I'm a data being."
Tree, of course, was staying quiet. Infi-FF just weirded her out, but now wasn't the time to interrogate her.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Mar 31, 2010 16:51:37 GMT -5
Metal groaned when Gene's gaze broadcasted the same question to him, "You get used to it."
Talim walked over to Nutcase and took the doll. "Is he dead, Shantotto?"
The Tarutaru walked up and grabbed the doll.
"Not quite, though it will be before too long,"
She tittered to herself sarcastically.
"Regardless, I shall dispense of this one, so nothing goes wrong."
"Shantotto, wait..."
The Tarutaru stopped before she could take a step. Gene was up on his feet, looking almost sad. "M-May I?"
Shantotto rolled her eyes, but complied, handing Gene the doll.
The boy held the doll up to eye level, almost imagining Juno screaming indignantly from whereever he was... After a moment, he lowered it down, "I'm sorry Juno..." He handed the doll to Shantotto, before sighing a little. “Gah… I feel like I could’ve done something… … … I don’t even know why he went berserk in the first place…”
Lilia looked away, whilst Climber looked at him confused. “Forgive me for saying this, but, wasn’t Juno the one trying to kill us? Why would you care about him?”
Gene shook his head. “Psycho or not, he’s still my creation… Plus, you should’ve seen him before this whole mess started. There was barely any navi that was more dedicated to his work then he was. Then that virus attacked the laptop and… And I don’t know what happened…”
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Post by nutcase17133 on Mar 31, 2010 16:59:57 GMT -5
Nutcase thought and said, "You know, maybe the virus made him loopy. Think about it' he was fine until that point. Maybe it wasn't really Juno who attacked us."
Slimer figured Nutcase had a point. He's seen enough cases of possession to know that would be a possibility. "Maybe Nutcase right! Maybe Juno not bad at all!" Slimer said as he looked at the doll that was once Juno.
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Mar 31, 2010 22:04:58 GMT -5
Infi-FF stepped forward. "If I may. As a data being myself, I've dealt with situations involving corrupted data such as what happened to Juno here. And most of them... aren't repairable." She looked somewhat regretful at that. Even the more observant members of the group would be more inclined to think she was being genuinely regretful. "It would be... more merciful to kill him now."
She shook her head. "I'll do it. It's my fault he lost it again anyways. Gene, he may have been a navi, but he can be reprogrammed. Replaced. This is only a temporary setback."
Tree looked over at Infi-FF. "...Hey. People can't just be 'replaced.' That's just stupid."
"Be as it may, it's the truth. Data beings are just that. Data," Infi-FF said. She could feel the sympathy and disbelief. Damn she was good at this.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Apr 3, 2010 21:38:41 GMT -5
Metal looked at Infi-FF a moment before nodding in agreement. "Be that as it may, Infi, Net-navi's are still people in their own right. It wouldn't be right to just make a replacement to Juno, as their can only be one real one."
Gene nodded in agreement. "Regardless, I agree with her... I've already tried to reconfigure Juno's data, to find out what the problem is... But no matter how many times I've checked, the data is the same. Strictly speaking, with how the data looks, Juno hadn't changed at all. But we all know that's not true."
The mannequin of the gang looked confused at this. "What does that mean?"
"You tell us." After cleaning out her pistol, and putting away Leviathan's P.E.T., Lilia was now standing up, looking to Gene regretfully. "Either way it only means one thing; There's nothing we can do to help him. The Computer Super Genius here has already tried and failed."
This appeared to help Talim fully understand the situation. "I... I see..." She sighed a little. "Well... I suppose if it can't be helped..." She looked to Infi, almost curious. "How will we handle Juno then?"
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