He turned off his light table and swiveled his 17-inch flat panel computer monitor into view. It was from a user he didn't recognize, and while it called him by name, that was no great trick, since his username was "JohnMath." Assuming the message was some instant message version of spam he was about to add the address to his filter list, but something suddenly clicked. Aethlrd: John? Oh yeah? The Celt. His spoken reply was instantly translated into text and sent. "Text mode. Is this the mad Celt? Send." JohnMath: Is this the mad Celt? Aethlrd: LOL. Yeah. Sean (Aethelred), the axe murderer from the party on Friday. So maybe I'm going to have to fight after all, he thought, wondering why Sean would be contacting him. He continued before John had a chance to reply.
