Meh... It's a bad pic. If I could still use SN I would show what he REALLY looks like...
hgvndrfaebn.....
Freakin' SN...

(Unwilling to give up so easily, he trys again.
This time an armored hand reaches out, his old arm. The grabs at the edges of Shruikan with bothe hands and pulls up his top half, he managed to form half of his old body and is try to re-form his bottom half.
Shruikan is in quiet a bit of pain right now, the sigil is burning him a bit on the inside.)

(Phobos struggles with all his might, but he can't pull himself out any further...)
Phobos: "...da.mn it..."

Phobos: "Bah... look at me... I can't even do this... I'm a failure... I failed my people... my home... my world... how could this happen...?"
Zaydn: "Go 'insane' and get locked up, that's how it is..."
Shruikan: "........."

Phobos: "I'm not insane! ...at least not anymore.... let's just say someone dear to me was hurt. I thought she died and I lost it, ok?! I shouldn't have snapped at the time... If I didn't Altima may not be in ruins right now..."

Phobos: "....Talon X...."
Shruikan: "hmmm.... I can summon her here is you want."

Phobos: "Why not? ...Talon X... activate..."
*a woman, covered in tech armor appears next to Shruikan.*
[It you've ever played Blazblue, she's like Eleven and Thirteen.]
Talon X: "ACTIVATION COMPLETE_ INPUT RESPONSE_"
Phobos: "Initiate Historical File No. 247."
Talon X: "INITIALIZING_ INITIALIZATION COMPLETE_ ANALYZING FILE FOR ERRORS_ ANALYZATION COMPLETE_ NO ERRORS FOUND_ PROCEDING TO BEGIN SEQUENCE__"

Talon X: "ACCORDING TO RECORD FILE TWO-FOUR-SEVEN, SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS AFTER THE OUTWORLDERS VISITED ALTIMA, THE WORLD WAS INFECTED WITH A VIRUS_
THIS VIRUS WAS MADE TO TARGET MY CENTRAL NETWORKING SYSTEM, CAUSING COMPLETE SHUT-DOWN OF THE WORLD NETWORKING SYSTEM_
THE VIRUS SUCCEDED IN ACCESSING MY CENTRAL NETWORK, HOWEVER MY SECURITY SYSTEMS CAUGHT IT AND DESTROYED IT WITHOUT CAUSING PERMANENT DAMAGE_
COMMANDER PHOBOS, HOWEVER WAS NOT AWARE I WAS STILL FUNCTIONING AND BECAME THE STATE HE IS NOW IN_
I WAS UNCONSIOUS, BUT ALIVE_
END OF RECORD FILE 247_

Phobos: "She controlled all of Altima. She was the core. The central nervous system of the planet. If she died, the planet would perish... it still perished anyways..." *sigh*

Talon X: "ERROR_
ERROR_
UNKNOWN USER ACCESS_
ERROR_
NEGATING USER ACCESS_
ERROR_
NEGATION FAILURE_
RECALCULATING_
REDIRECTING_
ERROR_
USER ACCESSING FILES_
EXPELLING USER_
EXPULSION FAILURE_
ERROR ERROR ERROR_
CALCULATING POINT OF ORIGIN_
ERROR_
USER ACCESS GRANTED_
SHUTTING DOWN ALL NETWORKS_
ERROR_
SHUTDOWN FAILURE_
FINAL OPTION: DELETE ALL FILES_
DELETING_
DELETING_
ERROR_
DELETING_
DELETION COMPLETE_
USER FORCED LOGOUT_
SHUTTING DOWN_
SHUTDOWN COMPLETE_
RESTARTING__"
(she goes slack, unconsious, but remains standing)
Phobos & Shruikan: "...?!"

Shruikan: "Someone just forced their way into her central network.... someone of considerable power... She deleted all of her memory to expell the hacker and is now re-booting.... was it...?"
Phobos: "......this doesn't bode well...."

Shruikan: "The only person I can think of is the End Master... only the Master how to force into her network like that..."
Talon X: "REBOOT COMPLETE_ SERCHING FOR FILES_ NO FILES FOUND_ ACCESSING BACK-UP DATA__"
(she takes out a flash-drive like object and puts it in her back)
Talon X: "ANALYZING_ COPYING_ COPY COMPLETE_"
*she removes the flashdrive*
Talon X: "BEGIN SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC__"

Shruikan: "The End Master is someone you will HOPEFULLY never have to cross paths with... if you do, she may drag you to the End and make you her little puppet... ugh... I'm so tired...
I keep myself looking this young and handsom, but... It's just another lie...."
(he lets his body convert into a form that he really is...
His hair is streaked with gray
His back is hunched and worn
He has terrible bags under hus sullen eyes...
His hair is messed up and frazzled from stress
He looks slightly thinner
He is very pale, almost like he's sick)
Shruikan: "I'm over-worked... Always another thing for me to do... and not nessecarily a good thing, at that... I return, only to have to put on a show with Dustin... then I can get a bit of rest or 'play' with Dustin.... Maybe an hour or two, then I have to go again... it's starting to run me ragged..."

Shruikan: "Horrifying? ....maybe, but not the word I'm looking for to describe her.... I suppose she is what she is. She was the first one banished. The original End. The End dimension was originally created JUST for her. It's nit nearly enough, however. She can easily escape anytime. She has devised special sigils for that..."
Zaydn: "Ha! ...you look kinda like me now... all worn out and tired..."
Shruikan: "Except my eyes aren't dead like yours!"
Zaydn: "Whatever... You still are just getting what you deserve, demon."
Shruikan: "......."
(Phobos decides to return to Shruikan, the sigil hurts him.)
Phobos: "I guess this is good-bye... at least for now..."

(phobos nods in agreement, then returns to Shruikan.)
Talon X: "I HAVE DETECTED A STRONG ENERGY SIGNATURE TELEPORTING HERE_ HYPOTHESIS: END MASTER IS COMING_ REASON: UNKNOWN__"
Shruikan: "Great... wonder what SHE wants... ugh... I'm tired of being her little puppet..."

(A sigil appears... a dark mass exits and stands. The portal disappears. The figure is wearing a black cloak and has long, silver hair. You can't see the figure's body.)
End Master: "Well... isn't this lovely."

[let's continue on my very first pic of Caelia]