Friar Tuck, whose name shud not b mangled, is a Good man, Virtuous n Sincere. He is also, however, an unfortunate victim of the low ends of most of the other Scales of Attributes that constitute that which makes a functional Human Being, including the Scales of Courage, Intelligence, Physical Conditioning, n Paying Attention to What's Going On.

Tuck's iniquities seem even more inadequate when compared to the extraordinary cunning of an immediately local criminal named Buster. Tuck had known Buster for many years, but only had recently become aware of the man's evil n intelligence. Tuck was so impressed with Buster's Brains, he was tempted to classify him as Supernatural.

Despite having a stranglehold on the highest levels of politics, law, n the media, Buster, for unknown reasons, chose to live in poverty, having apparently convinced all the local goofs that he was one of them, a Slow-Witted Nobody of Any Particular Consequence. So powerful were his strategies that no one, until Tuck just now, was aware they were being manipulated. So evil was his intent, that Tuck felt many people were in extreme danger. Tuck does not know whether Buster knows that he knows. This is the situation to the best of Tuck's reckoning.

The friar is passionate re serving the cause of Good, as well as all the Virtues he sees as defining the concept of Good. The ingredients he includes in his Good recipe include Love, Truth, Faith, Compassion, Patience, Generosity, Happiness, Humor, Courage, Tolerance, Forgiveness, Peace, n Understanding. He imagines there r prolly other ingredients he shud include, but he doesn't think it thru quite that deeply. He reluctantly omits Justice from the list, bcuz it seems too closely associated with Punishment, which seems too closely associated with Revenge. Having dealt with his own Anger issues, Tuck abhors Revenge.

Tuck feels emboldened n wants to safeguard the innocents, but, aware of his own idiocy, has little Confidence in his ability to appropriately initiate a Wise response to the situation. Also, he feels irritated by this thought: "What if my Courage fails me at a bad moment?" He doesn't trust his gut bcuz it doesn't seem like his instincts have served him very well when making fuzzy decisions in the past. Further complicating the issue, he defines Faith as "rejection of the Logical in favor of the Spiritual".

Friar Tuck has a finite amount of time to Think, weigh his options, ie, struggle to gather together his disobedient ability to Focus. He imagines what wud happen shud he find himself in a position to seize a golden opportunity, but at the cost of making heavy Spiritual decisions. He wishes to quickly gear his mind for dealing with the unexpected.

Desperate Questions swirl thru our hero's smoky mind. Which ones shud he grab onto most eagerly?

Shud he tell someone? If so, whom shud he tell? What risks wud he b taking blabbing his mouth in an environment controlled to an unknown extent by a madman? Is it ever acceptable to kill? If so, r some lives worth more than others? At what point shud a man risk his status as a Spiritual warrior by being a Physical warrior? If a plan occurs to him that involves increased risk to--or even sacrifice of--innocents, wud the ends justify the means? How shud self-preservation b factored? Live to fight another day or strike a mighty blow? Is it Good to take up an anti-Buster position or is Tuck being tricked by his own demons of Anger, still haunting his own heart, desiring Violence? What re lying? When does deceit become acceptable? Shud he have Faith that a power higher than Buster is decently concerned n has a plan that will work out just fine in the end? Shud he just go home, get drunk n forget re it? What if he must to choose between condemning Buster or taking an opportunity to save the evil man's soul? Cud that decision make him Regret having Faith? Where to draw the line between having Faith n being an effective Guardian? At what point shud making Spiritually-based decisions b considered reckless gambling? When shud he take a gamble on his unpredictable sense of Courage? How shud a Physical Life b valued vs a Spiritual one? Shud it b viewed as a simple numbers game? Just pick the option with the smallest body count? What important Questions haven't been asked yet? When shud he stop looking for the precisely correct Question n start looking for practical Answers to the best Questions he's gathered thus far?

What's the most immediate issue?

A gauntlet's been dropped.
Take it up, those who will