Den Area 1, Central DenTown's Net

[OmegaMan]

Den Area 1 connects homes, businesses, and other computers in Central DenTown to the net. Of notable interest are access to the Theater's and Florist's homepages. The homepage for Noire Investigation Services is also accessible here. The Cyber Metro that connects most areas of the Net in Electopia has a station here. The ACDC Areas are within walking distance.

[From Noire Investigation Service's Homepage]

Omicron appeared in beam of light. He set foot onto the green, digital streets from the homepage's warp panel. Omicron knew where the Cyber Metro was. The Navi detective immediately burst into a run.

The digital streets were full of Navi's and Mr. Progs today. Navi's... Although they were artificial, digital beings, they possessed the same traits as humans. The same wants, desires, and affections. Omicron had been pondering this for quite a while after his rebirth. As a human, he couldn't quite appreciate the cyber world for it's uncanny emulation of the real one. But as a Navi, he finally could understand this existence on a new level.

But now wasn't the time for thinking about such things. He had a potential client... or trap... to meet in Sky Area.

He ran through the streets on his way to the Cyber Metro.

[OmegaMan]

Omicron ran across streets and stairs until he arrived at the Cyber Metro Station. Several, hovering trains were already stopped and ready to go. Omicron huffed and walked up to the conductor. This conductor was a stout, hovering, green program with a gleeful expression. A conductor's hat sat firmly on its head.

"Greetings!" the Mr. Prog spoke. It's antennae leaped in interest.

"I need to head to Central Area, in Cyber City's Network," Omicron explained while catching his breath.

"Ah! So many people are going from here to Central Area once that station was set up there. Quite convenient! You're right on time too. The train for Central Area is about to head off." The Mr. Prog looked over in the direction of the indicated cyber train. Omicron broke into a run again as the train began to move.

"Oh no you don't!" Omicron yelled! He leaped from the station and grasped the rear handlebars of the floating train as it took off! The detective pulled himself onto the train and walked into the car right as it picked up speed!

[To Central Area 3]

[White-Jet]

[From Den Area 3]

Heatnix lands near the entrance of Cyber Metro, thankfully barren of wandering Navis that might have perceived his appearance as a threat. He looks around before heading inside and checking out its cybernetic design.

It was slightly different from the metro stations he was used to seeing in the real world. Navis hardly have to pay in order to take transportation to another area, and there appeared to be more trains cyber trains coming and going than the safety limit of its original counterparts.

Heatnix contemplates which train he should get on only to hear a godly shriek from one of the docking panels near a boarding train. Looking towards it, he sees a small pack of three Ratty scurrying around the boarding Navis' feet, spitting out smaller mice that moved up and down before either falling off the platform or ramming into whichever Navi didn't dodge fast enough.

The more competent Navis began firing and swatting their weapons at the Ratties, destroying them almost instantly.

Before everyone could brush off the skirmish as a minor hiccup in the Metro Station's security, another trio of Ratty showed up at the docking platform Heatnix was heading towards which, by then, had recently boarded the Navis waiting there and taken off with another train due in approximately two minutes.

While it may not be that long before the Ratties in this area make some other Net Op rich sporting a new Battle Chip, Heatnix wasn't about to stand around and dodge their scurrying projectiles.

He doesn't want to use any of his default attacks or weapons that might damage any system controlling the station's trains. He presses his clawed finger against the side of his head, causing a screen to pop up in front of him, displaying the PET terminal as Ryuta's gloved hand begins bringing up a Sword Battle Chip, which he downloads into the terminal.

The screen returns to the docking platform as the Ratties began swarming around him seemingly attracted to his burning armor, but at the same time threatened by his presence, gearing up to fire mice projectiles at him. Heatnix activates the Sword Chip, causing his right arm to morph into a glowing sword which he uses to slice into one of the more eager to fire Ratties, causing minor explosions that only resulted in a circular soot replacing its presence.

The other two Ratties became more agitated and began firing their mice projectiles at him, forcing him to jump out of the way to avoid their L-shaped turns, which started slamming into nearby pillars and causing minor shake ups that startled other Navis once oblivious to the situation going on around him.

[White-Jet]

With the Sword's durability lasting four more swipes, Heatnix takes full advantage of it to swipe at the other two Ratties, only managing to swat away their mice projectiles as they were moving quicker than he can calculate.

He grabs one of the feathered tails with his free hands and pulls it in front of him, causing it to stretch out and ignite into flames. He then flings the feather towards one of the Ratties, causing it to develop a mind of its own as it slaps the closest of the two scurrying viruses, unleashing a small burst of fire that scorches it a few seconds before disintegrating into fragmented pixels.

The second tail reacts as it bursts into flames and slaps in the opposite direction of the first, burning the other Ratty to fragmented ash before all three reformat into diamond-shaped pieces of data. Having known what they are, Heatnix reaches down and picks them up to examine them, all three contained a digital amount of 100 zenny, pocket change in today's economy.

There was only one problem; because the Navi armor is connected to the VI system, there was no way to add the currency to Ryuta's account without transferring it through a PET. He would have to take the data to his bank in order to complete the transfer. Thankfully, one of the clerks and his Net Navi are a trusting friends who won't reveal the secret of the publicly rumored autonomous vigilante.

Keeping the data hidden within his cape, he leaves Cyber Metro back into the interconnecting bridges in search of the net to his bank.

[OmegaMan]

[300 Zenny Acquisition Approved]

[Revamp]

[from Metro Area 1]

Walking through the gate he found himself in the area of the Den Net, the central area called Den Area. He'd been coming here for so long it was almost maddening, but thankfully they redecorated it often enough that it didn't get boring. "Ok, Lets introduce our contestants. First up we have a mister..." He said, looking around. "hm. We don't seem to have the contestants ready yet. Cut camera one and we'll roll tape when we have a couple of people." With that he sauntered forward, trying to find something to do.

[White-Jet]

Heatnix returns to the digital streets of Den Area 1, looking around until he sees the bank in the second area of the network. He prepares to fly off in that direction only to notice some nutcase Net Navi trying to stage some kind of game show in the middle of the area.

He decides not to question whether he had any right to disrupt the public and moves down the street towards Den Area 2, finding the bank not too far from where he stood.

[Revamp]

As he looked around Puzzleman saw a navi looking his way, but he quickly turned and walked away. "Hm. Perhaps he's shy? Well, don't worry about that, we welcome all comers!" He stated as he began walking after that person. "Excuse me sir, might I ask you to take part in the quiz? If you win you might get wonderful prizes! Of course, you might not, really depends on the network." With that he ran a bit faster, trying to catch up the person who was running away. The main reason for chasing was of course because he was running away, and that seemed like fun.

[White-Jet]

Heatnix tried to ignore the pestering Navi, but it didn't seem as though he was going to go away anytime soon. And the last thing he wants is to reveal the truth behind his reason for existing.

He stores the three diamond-shaped data files in a compartment in his cape as he turns to face the Navi, hoping to get this so-called game show out of the way so he can transfer his collection without complications.

[Revamp]

When the navi turned and faced him he was very glad, because if nothing else he could get some fun out of him. Of course, that meant the chasing was also over, so he was slightly disappointed. "Greetings, and welcome to our show! Roll camera, and lets get the lights going." He said as he stuck his hand out to greet the navi. "My name is Puzzleman, and I'd just like to thank you for playing. Might I ask your name?" He said, not wanting to be rude.

[White-Jet]

Heatnix doesn't accept the handshake, unsure of whether this Navi was designed to hack into his data and uncover more than just his name.

"Heatnix," he said rather bluntly.

[Revamp]

"Heatnix it is then!" He said with a a joyful tone, taking back his hand and doing a pirouette, ending with a deep bow. "Welcome to our show! For this episode the game is All or Nothing, based on the hit show of the earlier years! What you do is chose what amount to bet on your initial bet. After that you can continue to bet it all and double your money or..." With this his voice trailed off, and he stood up rigidly straight, as though blank for moment. "Ahem. The sponsors have just informed me that we don't have the budget to pay you for the game, but feel free to participate gratis, and we'll provide something of some sort at a later date. That said, we begin!"

With that he sat upon the air in the fashion of a mime and made a gesture for him to do the same, though he knew he probably couldn't. "Now then, first question! If johnny has two apples and a pear, and his friend wants half of them, how many apples will Johnny have left?"

[White-Jet]

Any normal person, or Navi for that matter, would have called "shenanigans" and walked off; Heatnix, though he knew it would have been a better choice than drawing attention to himself, decides it was best to humor him just to get him off his back.

"One and a half apples, and a pear," he said bluntly.

[Revamp]

"Oh, i'm sorry. The correct answer was One apple and half a pear. Don't forget to use your lifelines, you can ask a friend to help or ask a stranger! Anyway, that's only one of your three chances. Next question!" He said, drawing an X on the ground with his foot. "For this one, a riddle! "In spring i built a dome, four pillars supported; in Summer i built a tower, supported by only two, in fall i repaired the dome, one pillar fell away; in winter I built nothing, for it had all fallen to dust. What was i building?

[White-Jet]

Heatnix wanted to call foul on Puzzleman for not mentioning the pear in his question, or changed the word "apples" to "fruits", but he had already moved onto the next question. He was in no mood for another quiz that was just asking for another incorrect answer, especially when he knew the guy wasn't going to pay up anytime soon.

He turns and begins to walk away without saying anything, not caring if the Navi decides to attack him or continue following him until he gets what he wants.

[Revamp]

When the Navi walked of with out answering, Puzzleman gave a slight sigh. "Director, the man's a diva. Can't we get any normal players?" He said, Hisashi giving a laugh. "You were just too forceful, and he didn't really have an incentive to play along. Maybe next time we'll give a prize?" He said, an announcement coming from the speakers:

<Beach Street next stop, next stop Beach Street!>

Hearing this, Hisashi took a hold of the cord and stated to Puzzleman "We're jacking out, this is our stop." Puzzleman nodded and bowed to the masses, stating "See you again next week, same channel and time!" before he disappeared in a cylinder of light.

[To Beach Street]

[White-Jet]

With the Navi no longer interested in him, Heatnix can thankfully continue onward to the banking website in the second area of Dentown's network without any further intrusions.

[Leaves Den Area 1]

[Buzzkill]

[From Torian Residence]
Aegis appeared in a green flash of light. He just came from Cyrus's homepage, and was glad to see that the passcode lock was still engaged. He entered the passcode, and the cube disappeared. Aegis took a few steps forward, then re-engaged the passcode lock. "Well, what do we think Cyrus?" Aegis said, excited to finally have some fun. "Sure. Let's go find some viruses!" Aegis smiled brightly, and headed out.

[White-Jet]

[From Suzaku Dojo Homepage]

Nosferatu appears from one of the teleportation pads randomly generated from the homepage. He wonders if it was a good idea to have no fixed destination to and from the homepage as there may be a rare, but grim chance that one of the Navis might end up in the Undernet when he should be in one of the Metro Areas.

He had been in that area on some occasions, but never stuck around despite being able to hold his own with a few fierce viruses. The main reason mainly due to his appearance and the way most strangers, both Navi and Op, tend to mistake, oftentimes treat him, like some lone surviving Darkloid that should be put out of his misery before he starts finding a way to bring back the existence of Dark Chips.

Nosferatu eventually shrugs it off, figuring there may not be anything Ryuta could have done to fix this problem without some sort of permission from the Dentown security network, and considering the reputation he was still mending it was likely they would refuse his request under the blind assumption he might use his squad to hack into SciLab and steal more stuff regardless of whether they would have detected it or not. He then heads deeper into the area in search of some easy cash.

[Buzzkill]

Aegis slows pace. "It doesn't look like anything is here Cyrus." Aegis looked around. Off in the distance, he could see a Navi teleport down. "Nope, nothing." Cyrus sighed. "Well, what're we going to do Aegis?" He thought for a second, and then Aegis said"We can NetBattle...". Cyrus sighed. "Alright, you may find a Navi and ask it to fight, okay?" Aegis smiled. "Of course!" He took off towards the Navi in the distance.