recognize_an_opportunity: (hiding)
Meyer Lansky ([personal profile] recognize_an_opportunity) wrote in [community profile] kore_logs 2013-08-28 06:54 pm (UTC)

He'd yell out, try to tell Riley to keep her head above the water and to stop moving for long enough that he could get off a shot without endangering her, but yelling doesn't seem like it'll do any good. With Balthazar and the other rescuers in the water, he's well aware that if his aim is off by even a little, he could injure someone other than the sea monster. It's a risk he'll have to take, though; he's not wading into the melee himself, and it's better to have some of the rescuers back on the beach in case the situation turns even less in favor of the rescuers and more in favor of the sea monster.

So he lines up his shot, hands steady, eyes narrowed and focused, and makes sure to take his time before firing. As soon as Balthazar swings his sword -- impressive, he thinks vaguely, he'll have to find out just where that weapon came from later -- he fires, once, at one of the tentacles that's holding Riley. He makes sure to aim as far away from her as possible, as far away from the other desperate, struggling people as possible, and the shot is clean. Exhaling a sigh of relief, he lowers his gun for a moment to study the situation. If they were back home, he'd keep firing until the job was done, but he's down to only four bullets now, and they need to approach this intelligently.

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