While she watched, Ragdoll had been looking through the costumes on the rack. He knew he'd seen a few things that may fit his purposes, and finally pulled off a black, hooded cape, tossing it over his shoulder as he went to find one of the Phantom half-masks he knew Billy owned.

"Why, if hippies are hiring assassins, we're all in more trouble than we thought!"

Yes, the robes could mean hippies, or pagans. The bowing, on the other hand, and the attempts on his life, and his stolen mask, and the fact that Meister had gone with them after some short conversation... Well, that last part was still strange. 'The hell did they say to him?' was a good question, really.

He snagged the iPod from her hand again after she'd finished watching the whole scene, not bothering to give warning for it. "Excuse me, thank you! I'm afraid I really must be going now!"