John Doe's expression changed at that.  He still didn't believe it, but all of a sudden things were slightly more serious.  Five people assembled on the running end of the line.  Alison almost laughed.  He'd known that was how it was done, but hadn't quite expected the skipper to go that far…
The final touch was the black hood.  Riley turned the prisoner to face aft toward Alison and his friend - there was another reason, as well - before surprising him with it.  And finally it got through to Mr! Their stoppers were fashioned in the shapes of the animal-headed gods: Anubis the jackal, Sobeth the crocodile, Thoth the ibis-headed, Sekhmet with the head of a lioness?