[auntslappy282]

((48 hours))

Terezi sat down with a huff. "Stupid humans," She muttered to herself, a rather angry tone in her voice. She wasn't really happy with the whole situation, but was happy when at least one of them was sensible enough to not think that war was the right decision. She sighed and then looked over at Double H as he shot his opinions around. She really wanted to just go home. She wanted to be with Karkat and just be able to be held by him. She hated feeling so helpless.

Eridan shifted slightly uncomfortable in his seat. He looked around. Why was he stuck here? The only thing he was was an embarrassment to his whole race. He sighed as he tightened his hands into a fist and looked down at them. He wouldn't state his opinion here, it wasn't needed. I just needed to focus on getting back, before Terezi flipped or anyone else here. He needed to be strong.

((Derp, I don't really know... XD;; *shrugs* Feel free to shoot me. XD;;))

[zapdragon555]

Eddie laughed dryly at Cora's question. "Didn't ya hear me, lass? They have everything they need there. Why leave and come back to Harvest Town?" he asked rhetorically. "But... there is that one boy..." Tavros blinked and looked at the baker quizzically. "He acts a somewhat of a messenger between the Town and the City. Maybe you've seen him around?"

Clive raised an eyebrow. "If you don't mind me asking, what does this boy look like?" he asked.

"Hm? Oh! Of course... If I remember correctly, his hair is about as light as it gets. Like the color of sand. And he always carries a knife around with him, poor boy. He seems so jittery sometimes..."

"Johnathan," Clive said aloud, eyes widening. "Yes, we ran into him on the way here! Mr. Pane, did this boy have red eyes?"

"That's the one!" Eddie exclaimed, slapping a hand on his knee triumphantly. "As far as information about the Capitol, Johnny boy's yer best bet."

"If, uh, you guys need help finding him, I-I think I could help," Tavros spoke up. "I know the route he takes... I uh, watch from that window a lot, and uh... after awhile, I start memorizing people's manners of walking,"he said, pointing to the window where he spotted Terezi and Eridan. Eddie and Clive both looked at the boy strangely.

"Uh! I'm not, s-spying on them or anything, I just like to talk with the, uh, birds outside, and I see people walking and..." He trailed off and fell silent, realizing how stupid he was sounding. But since his friends were here, he wanted to help, and he obviously wouldn't do very well in the ways of fighting.

"Actually a guide would be very helpful," Clive said gently, patting Tavros on the shoulder. Although he was sure they could find Johnathan themselves, he just couldn't crush the paraplegic boy's feelings. "That is... if Mr. Pane would let you go with us."

"Call me Eddie, boy," the baker said gruffly. "'Mr. Pane' is just too formal for me," he added with a smile. "I think I can hold the fort down for the time being without ya, Nitram." He winked at the troll, who grinned in response. Eddie returned his gaze to the whole group and gestured to the shelves behind his counter, which were full of bread (some loaves fresher than others). "Take some bread with ya. My treat."

[Freezair]

"I knew that kid was suspicious!" Cora thrust herself out of her seat with a stomp, and slammed her hands into the wall. She radiated intensity. "Knew it, knew it, knew it! We have to chase him down! But away from his boss," she said. "We've gotta get him someplace he won't have to worry about that guy. He's probably terrified."

"Indeed," Double H agreed. "Thank you very much for your help, young man!" He beamed at Tavros. "We should try to catch him in Harvest Town--unless you suspect there are spies even here. Allies hear far, and enemies farther. Carlson and Peeters, Opus 4!"

"Yeah, you tell 'em. Carlson and... whatever," Cora halfheartedly agreed.

"What do you think?" Double H asked Tavros. "You're the one with the intelligence in this situation."

[auntslappy282]

((Talcen dropped out. :c Want me to open slots again? Or do you guys just wanna add more characters? XD))

Terezi eyed the crowd. She didn't really enjoy having Tavros take them places, especially if he was to get hurt or something. She sighed, noticing that Cora was pretty much all over this idea. Something about her gave Terezi the chills. She looked around. "Well if we get to see Johnathan again, I get to mock him for his beautiful red eyes~ Just like Dave!" She let out a slightly dreamy sigh at this, and Eridan rolled his eyes.

"Well if he try's to attack us or whatever, then I'm sure we can take him down. Are you guys ready? Tav, do you feel comfortable with this?" Eridan asked, really wanting to ditch the cripple, but he would probably have no choice in the matter.

Terezi smiled at the baker when he offered them the bread. It really was kind of him. "Why thank you kind man~ I guess not all humans are stuck up brats!" She said, a chuckle following. "We'll need to figure out how to fit this everywhere though," Terezi said, a slight frown playing on her face.

[zapdragon555]

(I guess introducing more characters could work~ I'm up for either really. xD)

"Huh? Oh, uh, y-yeah, I'm totally ready!" Tavros said, shivering a bit at the thought of Johnathan actually attacking them. He hadn't really thought about that. But there was no way he was backing down now. Tavros narrowed his eyes at Terezi's comment about humans being 'brats.' "Actually, Terezi, I think most humans are, uh, pretty nice," he defended, in an almost annoyed tone. "At least in everyday life. Over the internet they can be, uh, pretty nasty... b-but not, uh, all of them." Maybe he only had Jade to base that assumption off of, but he wasn't about to let Terezi offend anyone while they were here. He sighed inwardly at the thought of the kind Jade human, then shook his head to bring himself back to reality.

"It's quite alright, Tavros," Eddie laughed, not wanting the boy to get worked up over the blind girl's little joke. "As fer carryin' the bread..." The baker trotted, quickly for a man of his age, into the back of the store, most likely where the ovens were. He came out with a worn out, roomy delivery bag. "I used this to deliver orders m'self before Tavros came along. I'm sure I can find another one somewhere; you all take this one." He handed it to the troll boy and patted him on the shoulder, and in turn Tavros wrapped his arms around Eddie's neck in a farewell hug. "You be good, Nitram." Tavros, his face mostly hidden in the baker's shoulder nodded and whimpered something unintelligible, probably a soft goodbye to the man who saved him.

Clive smiled sympathetically. He supposed this baker had become something like a father to the troll in the short time he'd been here. Had Tavros arrived here before them? He would have to inquire about this later. For now, thanks were in order. "The information you provided us was a huge help. Thank you sir," he said politely, offering his hand to shake. Eddie pumped Clive's hand up and down a few times, smiling all the way.

"It was nothin', boy. It's about time someone stood up to that Distant Capitol," Eddie added with a wink. "Now come, come! Fill up that there bag and get on yer way."

Clive nodded and looked over at Tavros to see him looking rather downcast. He walked over and patted him on the shoulder, then wheeled him over to the rows of shelves full of bread. "Here, you can pick the first loaf... which type do you like the best?"

The old baker smiled. Tavros seemed to be in good hands. He walked up to the shelves as well and picked out some hearty bread, full of dried fruit or seeds that would be useful in restoring energy. He dropped them in Tavros' bag on top of the loaves that had already been placed inside. "I'd save these for when you really need 'em," Eddie added, prodding one of the fruit-filled loaves with a long, bony index finger. "They'll fill yer stomach faster'n the others."

After a final exchange of nearly-tearful goodbyes (both seemed to hold off on crying, most likely for each other's benefit) between Tavros and Eddie, Tavros led the group out the front door of the shop. He turned to Double H, a rather confused expression on his face. "Uhh, Carlson and Peeters?" he asked, suddenly remembering what the man had said in the shop. "Uhh... w-well I don't know who those people are... but as for spies," he began, a sly smile sneaking over his mouth. "Well. I have, uh, my own little spies."

"Spies?" Clive echoed. "What do you mean by--" As if on cue, something flew past his vision and landed on the arm of Tavros' wheelchair. Upon closer inspection, it was a small bird, resembling a common sparrow, but it had a more curved beak and orange-hued feathers.

"Hello, uh, little bird," Tavros said to the tiny feathered creature.

"Hello! Hello!" the bird chirped back, hopping up and down as it did.

Tavros smiled triumphantly and pointed to the bird. "I call them sparrots. Uhh, I don't really have any idea what they're, uh, really called... but they can, uh, mimic sounds and voices. Short conversations, too." The 'sparrot' fluttered up suddenly and perched itself in Tavros' hair. "A-and they also make great, uh, navigators. They know where a lot of things are. I usually ask them to, uh, help me find addresses of the people who have ordered bread from the shop, but, uh... I-I think they might be able to lead us to where Johnathan is!"

"Johnathan! Johnathan!" the sparrot said, suddenly taking flight. It flew off to the right, high over the heads of those in the crowd, towards the southern part of Harvest Town.

(Uber long post. xD;; Sorry~)

[Freezair]

((I can add some new characters. Shall I post my signup with the next RP post I make?))

Cora was kind of creeped out by the sparrot, to be honest. They reminded her a bit too strongly of the sparalds: The creepy, tattered birdlike creations her old archnemesis Arabesque used to make to watch her. After that time she'd been swarmed by several hundred of them, suspended in the stormy skies, she had to admit that small birds put her on edge. But these looked like they were alive, at least. She rocked in her uncomfortable memories while the troll-boy sent off his airborne spies.

Double H nibbled the last remnants of his bread while he waited for the birds to return. He didn't think he was looking forward to seeing Jonathan again. He was not overtly fond of those who used force at a moment's notice. True, he was known among his friends and compatriots for his somewhat... destructive style of problem-solving. But while he was ruthless against barriers, living things were another matter entirely. He would break down a wall without a second thought, but he wouldn't harm a person unless they gave him a darn good reason to.

[auntslappy282]

((Feel free to add it whenever you feel like it. XD I may or may not add another charterer. XD -shot- I'll just leave it to us to work it out since we are all replying in a steady stream, and I think I'll still leave the 48 hour preference, but we kinda all need each other to reply, so whenever you can reply, and we wont skip you unless you take like a week. How does that sound? Does that even make sense? XD;; I'd still like the replies to be posted ASAP. -notanexampleofthismybad-))

Terezi scoffed slightly at Tavros. Has he gotten soft? Or is he just stupid? She sighed and then grabbed her cane which previously had fallen to the ground and then walked out the door with the others. She smiled slightly at Tavros getting the bird and communicating with it. "First imps, now earth birds," She said with a smile and a pat on Tavroses head. She always thought it was amusing when he communicated with the creatures.

Eridan followed silently, thinking about this Johnathan character. Ever since Clive mentioned him, the air had gotten thick with tension. Eridan grabbed his scarf and loosened it around his neck, starting to get rather uncomfortable. He sighed and kept walking, right behind Terezi. He didn't feel very comfortable around the others, except Double H who seemed like a fairly nice man.

As they made there way deeper on the journey, they finally made it to the outskirts of Harvest Town, where a large field of just corn and wheat and other assorted foods grew. There were small little farm houses next to them, and some animals, but mostly crops. Terezi gasped slightly. "What a rather large field of food!" She said with a snicker. Right in front of there path was a young boy, rather familiar, running with a large package and his knife in it's sheath. He looked around nervously, missing over the group. Terezi smirked.

She rand forward and tackled the boy to the ground before he could even react, causing a rather high pitched squeak to come from him mouth. "W-W-What do you want from me?!?! I don't have any money! Please spare me!" Johnathan sat cowering under Terezi with his eyes closed. He finally looked up to see is attacker and relaxed slightly but then tensed up again. "What do you want?! I haven't d-done anything w-wrong!" He shouted, trying to wriggle from Terezi's grasp.

[zapdragon555]

(I might introduce another character soon, as well~)

Following the path of the bird had been easy enough, as it was straight to the south with seemingly no turns. And, lo and behold, there was Johnathan, sneaking around a corn field in the more rural part of town. "Uh, w-well don't, uh, hurt him, Terezi!" Tavros shouted as the blind girl tackled the boy to the ground.

"Oh dear," Clive sighed, pressing a hand against his forehead. He hurried to the scene and considered removing Terezi, but figured Johnathan might make a run for it if he did. So he let her be. "Listen, Johnathan, we have some questions," Clive said, motioning for Cora, Double H, and Tavros to come closer. Tavros nodded and wheeled up to the boy.

"Questions, have some questions!" The same sparrot spiraled down from the sky and landed on Tavros' shoulder, bobbing its head up and down as it surveyed Johnathan.

[Freezair]

((NOO CHARACTA in this post! Well, the bio for one, anyway. I'll probably introduce him at a later post. ))

"Nice going!" Cora punched the air victoriously. "Now! We've got the skinny on your past, kid. We know something funny's going on up in the city. Your boss has contracted us to try and work for him, but we know there's more to it than that. We need to know what it's really like, living in that city. And what you're really doing--now that your boss can't hear."

"We're sorry for jumping you like this," Double H said, "but we absolutely must know. We won't use force unless you attempt to harm us. But we've heard some things about your city, and need to know if they're true. Is it true, for example, that people there have everything they need delivered to their homes? And that they're kept very well, despite doing very little? You are, as far as we know, the only defector from that city. Unless, of course, you know of others..."

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NEW BIO!

Name: Calvin
Gender: Male
Age: Not known, but he's called a "young man" in-game. So probably around 21-25?
Franchise from: Harvest Moon; specifically HM: Tree of Tranquility and HM: Animal Parade.
Setting of said franchise: A small village on an island. It's sort of a blend of rural and modern day, where people get around mostly on horse-drawn carts, then go home to watch their bigscreen TVs. Oh, and there's gods and fairies always lingering somewhere nearby, so there's a touch of magic in everything.
General facts on characters: He's an archaeologist extraordinaire! He knows everything there is to know about ancient languages, past cultures, and (his personal favorite subject) ruins and artifacts. He's very smart, and gets really worked up over things that stimulate his curiosity. He's also a bit of a romantic at heart, and enjoys things like playing the guitar and flattering pretty girls. ;D He has a very gentlemanly nature, and treats everyone with respect... unless they threaten the artifacts that he's examining! He can get very nervous, though, when it comes to things he really cares about--he suddenly becomes quite awkward, and not nearly the dashing adventurer he seems on the surface!

Interesting fact about him--since he's a "Bachelor" character from the HM series, it's possible for him to be married and have children... but he can be married either to the player's character or a girl named Phoebe! And he can either have two kids, with no default names, in any combination of boys and girls, or a son named Heath! Since I think it's great drama, the version of him I'll be playing will have a family he's eager to get back to, but to allow for the flexibility of canon, I won't be stating who he's married to or what his kid(s) is/are named. Although he'll probably describe them in vague terms that can fit either the PC or Phoebe, and the PC kids or Heath.
Image: Oh yeah, he's bringin' sexy back.

[auntslappy282]

((Oh I love that man. <33 I love those games! <33 He IS bringing sexy back! I'll be throwing in a BIO right now, and he will be appearing... RIGHT NOW -shot-)

Name: BLU Spy (He never tells his real name)
Gender: Male
Age: Oh man. I have no clue. Late 20-30's?
Franchise from: Team Fortress 2
Setting of said franchise: A bagillion of different places, including an icy place, a place with a river, a haunted pumpkin patch, and many other places! XD

General facts on characters:  Spy is a hired mercenary working for something that involves killing people on a different team that look identical to the people on your own team. (Including yourself) Whenever he's on the selected battle fields, and he dies, he just repawns at the respawn point. His weapons are a butterfly knife, a disguise kit (Makes him look identical to the people on the other team or here, the group), a sapper, (No use loser. Destroys Engineers Sentrys) and an Ambassador (revolver((gun))). He can turn invisible with a watch where he automatically has his knife out. He's a rather good spy. He also has a French accent. Oh, and he smokes... A LOT. XD;;
Image: Hello Ladies.
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Johnathan looked around the group, a sign of slight fear on his face, but it slowly dissolved into a smirk. "Just because this... THING.. Is on top of me doesn't mean that I have to answer your questions!" He said, looking far to confident. Terezi smirked a rather evil grin and cackled. She licked her lips. "Terezi don't!" Eridan said, taking a step forward, but Terezi's tongue was already on Johnathan, licking up his face as he wiggled underneath her grasp. When she pulled off, Johnathon's eyes were wide and as if he was freaking out. Eridan face palmed and sighed.

"O-o-okay. I-I-I'll tell you if you don't l-l-lick me again," He stammered. "Aww~ But your red blood tastes so... Delicious," She said with another cackle. Terezi allowed Johnathan to sit up, but she still had a tight grasp on his wrist. "O-o-okay. I'll tell you the s-s-secrets of the capital," He said, a frown on his face.

The sound of a sizzle of smoke came from behind Eridan as a man in a Blue pin stripe suit, and blue mask came up behind Eridan, who was slightly behind everyone else in the group. A knife quickly weaved it's way over the boys neck, and he was pulled back with the mans gloved hand, a smirk on his face, and a cigarette in his mouth. "Johnathan," A thick French accent on his words. "I zwear! Watching you iz like watching a baby," He said as he made a few steps forward, dragging Eridan with him.

"I zuggezt, little girl, you let go of the boy before I kill your little friend 'ere," He said. He pushed towards the front of the group, still being in front of Terezi and Johnathan. He looked around the group and laughed slightly. "Are we not from zes world? I guezz I'm not zhe only one," He muttered with a slight cough. He knew all to well that if someone pulled a gun on him, and he was shot, he wouldn't respawn. He'd be dead meat. Terezi watched him with intense dead eyes, tightening her grasp on Johnathan.

((DERP. I suck at French accents. MAH BAD. ;3;))

[zapdragon555]

(I'll introduce this character later, but I'll post the signup now~
Name: 7
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown, adult-ish
Franchise from: 9 (movie)
Setting of said franchise: A post-apocalyptic area on Earth where there are no living humans
General facts on characters: Only a foot tall, but fiercely protective and fearless in a fight. She uses a small knife as a weapon, along with really anything she can get her hands on, and wears a bird skull on her head. She is very adamant and quick to anger.
Image: Here, here in the middle, here on the left.)

Clive grimaced, a bit disturbed by Terezi's strange ways of 'interrogation.' Was this some form of torture in her world? He would probably never know, and he didn't exactly want to. A smile passed over his face at Johnathan's agreement to divulge information. "Excellent, so if you'll just--" The smell of smoke wafted past Clive's nose suddenly, and he turned to the source, a man in blue, holding a knife to Eridan's neck. "Blimey!" Clive shouted, leaping backwards at the sight of the masked man.

Tavros let out a frightened cry. The man had appeared so suddenly! And now he was going to hurt Eridan! "L-let him go!" he said in the most tough voice he could... which, again, wasn't very impressive. He then turned to Terezi with wide, frightened eyes. "I-I think you b-b-better, uh, d-do what he says."

Clive wanted to object, but he stopped himself. And we were so bloody close to getting answers, too! he thought angrily, narrowing his eyes at the newcomer.

(Hehe, I love Harvest Moon, Freezie~ xD  Isn't he from Tree of Tranquility? Or was it Animal Parade...? xD)

[Freezair]

((Tree of Tranquility and Animal Parade have the same character pool, with a few additions in Animal Parade. But the gameplay mechanics are significantly different in each. Also, Harvest Moon fan fistbumps!))

Cora jumped back. "Who the heck is this sap?! Some kind of sentry for the boss?"
Double H suddenly said something in rapid-fire French. Cora glanced away from the trouble at hand to glance at him. If she'd paid attention in French class, she might have grasped that he'd said "<<I have never heard anyone speak French with that accent before.>>" But he switched over to English to address the man directly. "Excuse me, sir! If you're going to threaten us, we may be forced to take action!" He whipped out his shield, and a blue glow spread from his arm to form a circle in front of him.

"Hey! He's right, you know. Unhand him!" Cora yelled. "I may not look like it, but I'm a powerful sorceress. You'll listen if you know what's good for her!" Inwardly, of course, Cora knew she was mostly just bragging. But they'd suddenly been jumped by this man out of nowhere. She hardly knew how to react. She fumbled in her magic bag and pulled out her staff. If only she could remember an immobilzation spell!

Over in the distance, a man with dark blonde hair paced awkwardly through a field of corn. He fanned his sweaty face with his dark brown cowboy hat. His face was moody and lost. His eyes gazed unfixedly into the distance.

Suddenly, however, it seemed to occur to him that the meeting he was watching was a scuffle. Suddenly, he was galvanized. He dashed toward the alteraction with purpose in his blue eyes. "Hey! Hey! HEY! What's going on?!"

((Bad joke is bad. XD And if you're wondering why Double H suddenly speaks French, it's because he's from a French series... I thought it would be fun, then, if he spoke French too. XD))

[auntslappy282]

((/fist bump I haven't managed to play any of the Harvest Moon Games all the way through. Maybe I should do that. XD))

Spy seemed slightly surprised to hear the large man, who reminded him of Heavy, talk in French. He replied back, in French. "<<Well Its always nice to know someone studied French in school. Congrats large man,>>" The Spy said, a smile on his face. He watched as everyone took action, only Terezi not making a noticeable move. Eridan sighed, being kept in this kind of confinement made him a little angry. Thats when he remembered that he did indeed have a Science Wand in his pocket. If he could play this right....

The Spy tightened his grip on Eridan, causing a rich purple blood to ooze out of his neck, the same color as the symbol on his shirt. Eridan tightened slightly, moving his hand down to his pocket where his wand stood. He held it in his hands. If he could pull a simple dummy spell and a teleportation spell at the same time, he would be set. Terezi looked over at Eridan and obviously caught onto the plan, and then nodded slightly. She had her faith and trust that he could pull it off.

"Do what you want. Kill him for all I care. He's worthless to us anyways," Terezi said, turning from the scene. The BLU Spy blinked in confusion. He opened his mouth and closed his mouth again to gather his words. "Your zeriouz? I can juzt kill thiz boy?" He said, a slight look of astonishment on his face. Terezi nodded. "Do as you will. Slit his throat, for all I care," She said, a slight smile playing on her face, that the Spy couldn't see, due to the angle.

The Spy shrugged. "Well, if he'z so uzlezz to you, then I might as well put the boy out of hiz mizery," He said with a shrug. He stroked the knife casually across the boys neck, making him fall to the ground, lifeless. The Spy sighed, taking a handkerchief and cleaning off his knife. After it was clean he flipped it back into its normal position and put it in his pocket. He sighed slightly, not really knowing exactly what to do now. He killed his hostage, which probably wasn't the smartest idea, but he knew something about these kids seemed... Important, and he wanted to know what.

[zapdragon555]

(Agh sorry I'm so late. D: My muse died and school started, so I've been pretty busy. xD)

Clive winced as Eridan's purplish blood trickled down his neck. They were at somewhat of a stalemate, it seemed. He stared at the masked man through narrowed eyes. Oh, if only he had some kind of weapon! At least then he could help, perhaps... Terezi's words shocked him; weren't these two whatever-they-weres friends? Was this some sort of alien culture to abandon your friend when it seemed hopeless? Then he saw it. A sly smile slinking across Terezi's face. And an almost knowing one, at that. Surely something was amiss, surely Eridan was about to escape... but all of those considerations fell as the blue masked man sliced his weapon across the boy's neck. Clive started, but remained rooted to the ground as he stared in horror at Eridan's lifeless body.

Tavros was not taking it as well. "T-t-t-t-terezi!" he exclaimed, wheeling immediately over to where Eridan had fallen. "H-how c-c-could you?!" he shouted in a mixture of shock and sadness, tinted with queasiness from the sight of blood. He suddenly wished he had never left Eddie's bakery. If there had been some secret plan going on between the other two trolls, Tavros was definitely not aware of it. He looked genuinely shaken by Terezi's dismissal of Eridan's death like it was nothing to worry about.

(Heh, sorry they're kind of ignoring Calvin right now. They'll notice him once he gets closer~)

[Freezair]

Cora and Double H gaped, shocked and appalled at the enormity of the man's actions. Cora's heart seemed to slow itself down, as if her blood were turning to ice. Double H, on the other hand, seemed to have the opposite reaction. With barely a second to move himself, he'd thrown his helmet on over his head. More noticibly, he produced a hammer of startling size--one side was a traditional bludgeon, but the other was curved to a wicked point and sharply bladed. It was like some kind of scary hammer-axe hybrid. And as if Double H couldn't look any more outrageously muscled, he wielded the weapon with one hand.

"CARLSOOOON AAAAND PEETERSSSSS!" He bellowed, and charged at the spy like an eruption. Even though she'd only known him for a little while, Cora felt quite grateful that the large man was wearing heavy armor. She'd hate for the Spy to knife him. She probably would have felt even better if she knew that he carried Personal Accelerator 1's--futuristic technology that greatly increased the human body's natural capabilities, making him extremely tough even without the armor.

The blonde man with the cowboy hat began to run at full tilt, toward them. He did not know what he was witnessing, but he knew he'd just seen a boy's throat get slit. He could too easily picture his own child in that boy's place. With tears streaming from his eyes, just from the mental image alone, he got ready to fight that masked man in any manner necessary.