[real shame he's not looking behind him to know he's supposed to duck.]
GYAH--!
[Manabu staggers a few steps, flinching when fire bites at his neck and scalp. also a real shame he doesn't have his hunter's jacket on for that, but it's summer - it's too hot! so he'll just have to deal with the searing.
he hops a tilted, iron fence into an abandoned potter's field, relieved to see buildings spacing out as a sign of low population, but...that's less cover for him! he has to keep his eyes on the prize - namely, his dog banking out of the field and toward the dim glow of an incoming lantern. this emboldens him to whirl around and fire a few wild laser potshots before hopping the other side of the fence and veering down the street after Magnet.
with the lantern in sight, Manabu drops to a trot to turn back around and take a couple more precise shots, aiming for shoulders, for legs...]
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GYAH--!
[Manabu staggers a few steps, flinching when fire bites at his neck and scalp. also a real shame he doesn't have his hunter's jacket on for that, but it's summer - it's too hot! so he'll just have to deal with the searing.
he hops a tilted, iron fence into an abandoned potter's field, relieved to see buildings spacing out as a sign of low population, but...that's less cover for him! he has to keep his eyes on the prize - namely, his dog banking out of the field and toward the dim glow of an incoming lantern. this emboldens him to whirl around and fire a few wild laser potshots before hopping the other side of the fence and veering down the street after Magnet.
with the lantern in sight, Manabu drops to a trot to turn back around and take a couple more precise shots, aiming for shoulders, for legs...]