Not long after his argument with Nnoitora, Hellmaster Phibrizzo had decided to go check on their guest. As he walked down the hallway leading to Frahlah's room he couldn't help but smirk at the information he had been given during his prior chat with the 'prince'.<span style="font-style: italic">~A girl! HA! that still makes me laugh. Still, I wonder if she even knows where she is... or what exactly happened.~</span>he thought as he turned the key in the lock and entered her room, not bothering to knock. when he saw the cards in Frahlah's hand, he was moderately surprised that she had mastered the abilities of her new form so quickly.<br/><br/>"You seem to be progressing faster than I thought you would." he didn't pay attention to her reaction, but rather kept speaking as if he was mentioning the weather. "Sooo... given any thought to whose side you're on? You know you've got a choice, right?" he asked, raising an eyebrow quizzically. "And you might want to decide<span style="font-style: italic">before</span>someone decides to kill you." then his trademark sadistic smile came back.<br/>________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>Back in what had been revealed to the group as Srunoli, Masahide wasn't doing very well. he had several cuts across his chest and was breathing heavily. he had been trying to fend off Protoman.EXE's attacks and had been getting thrashed. In addition, he had forgotten that not only was the part of him that was still JDizzle horrible at sword fighting, but Masahide excelled at kido, not weaponry. By the time he remembered kido would give him an advantage, he was near the point of fainting from blood loss. Protoman.EXE seemed to notice this, and while still in a battle stance, said in a very matter of fact way, "You're at the end of your rope, sir. give up and it doesn't get any messier."<br/><br/>For a moment there was no answer. then a small smile seemed to grace his lips before a small laugh that was slightly sadistic was heard. when he spoke, there was no doubt he wasn't himself. especially since his left arm now suddenly looked as though it was being transformed into a bone like representation of it's former state. "he he... you really... he he Ha Ha... shouldn't have tried... Ha Ha Ha... to kill ME!" then he went completely Lethal as his shoulder blade was now in the shape of a hollow's mask and his fingernails on his left hand grew to a point and turned jet black, as if they were claws. His small laugh had grown to a full cackle of pure hollofied bloodlust.<br/><br/>When Protoman.EXE's body hit the ground, Rukia was trembling. She hadn't been expecting this, but she couldn't look away. the NetNavi was soon transported to wherever it came from. As it had been sliced in half, it was no longer useful to whoever had sent it. As soon as it left, Masahide was back to being sane. You could tell because he was breathing hard, like he had been through hell and back. His sword was back to it's regular katana shape, but when he looked up from the ground at Rukia and saw her shaking with fear, he knew it had happened. He hadn't been able to stop the process. His arm alone proved that, as it was still hollofied.<br/><br/>"I-I tried to stop it." was all he could think to say, but she just shook her head. "you don't need to explain. Your grandfather went through something similar, so I should have guessed this would happen to you at some point." then the two turned to the south and resumed walking toward a small town that seemed to be filled with characters that JDizzle recognized all too well, along with some he didn't. "Where do I know these people from?" he mumbled just loud enough for the members of the group to hear.