Suddenly, that creepy vibe he'd been getting by the dumpster intensified, lightning racing down his spine and into his limbs.His expression froze in place just before he hopped forward and spun one hundred and eighty degrees around, arms raising to defend himself with the Force just as the explosive went off behind the dumpster. His little defense only stopped a few bits of smoking rubbish, however, the explosive frankly doing more damage to the wall, floor, and pile of garbage than anything else. A shaped explosive? He'd misinterpreted, damnit! Whipping back around, lightsaber hilt finding its way into his left hand and stun-set pistol into his right, green leather coat unceremoniously piling on the floor of the alley. He immediately discovered that the robed man was gone, replaced by the distinctive sound of a lightsaber igniting and cutting it's way through something or other.
Yelling, "I'm fine! Catch him!", by way of answer to Ash's question, the young Jedi Knight rushed forward, left arm curled inward to keep the lightsaber from being too obvious. The Force was speeding him up, his boots skidding along the ground as he rounded the corner. In passing he noticed the fallen guard, reaching down to his belt and tapping his commlink three times, a message to Ego that there was a problem and the ship should be readied in case of emergency. Allowing the Force to invigorate himself he ran inside, noting quickly that several criminal types had already met the business end of a lightsaber. Shouting out, "Evacuate, he's planting explosives!", as well as variants of, "I'm on your side!", as he ran through. His general appearance, stormy expression, and the simple fact he wasn't brandishing an ignited lightsaber versus the other guy wearing flashy robes and wielding one openly fairly well ensured their aggressive attentions weren't directed toward the young man. Hannibal didn't intend to to use his lightsaber unless he had to in here, knowing there were probably cameras around to catch the action.
Instead he just continued to rush forward through the halls of the building, following the sound and sense of combat. He would fire a duo of stun bolts from his pistol at the masked man once he was within sight range, joining the shots of any of the thugs and attempting to move closer and force the other individual to engage him, at which point he would happily get to the saberwork. He was trying to at least keep masky mcdude in his sight, continuing to yell at the people inside to leave, both so they wouldn't get blown up and, frankly, so they wouldn't witness or interfere if a duel broke out. Besides, if explodey mcbang decided to leave, Hannibal should probably do the same considering the man's apparent intentions. He hadn't noticed many, but he did catch some explosive charges in the place. Maybe the criminal types would at least slow the guy down so Hannibal could get within a better combat range, or at least within sight.
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Yelling, "I'm fine! Catch him!", by way of answer to Ash's question, the young Jedi Knight rushed forward, left arm curled inward to keep the lightsaber from being too obvious. The Force was speeding him up, his boots skidding along the ground as he rounded the corner. In passing he noticed the fallen guard, reaching down to his belt and tapping his commlink three times, a message to Ego that there was a problem and the ship should be readied in case of emergency. Allowing the Force to invigorate himself he ran inside, noting quickly that several criminal types had already met the business end of a lightsaber. Shouting out, "Evacuate, he's planting explosives!", as well as variants of, "I'm on your side!", as he ran through. His general appearance, stormy expression, and the simple fact he wasn't brandishing an ignited lightsaber versus the other guy wearing flashy robes and wielding one openly fairly well ensured their aggressive attentions weren't directed toward the young man. Hannibal didn't intend to to use his lightsaber unless he had to in here, knowing there were probably cameras around to catch the action.
Instead he just continued to rush forward through the halls of the building, following the sound and sense of combat. He would fire a duo of stun bolts from his pistol at the masked man once he was within sight range, joining the shots of any of the thugs and attempting to move closer and force the other individual to engage him, at which point he would happily get to the saberwork. He was trying to at least keep masky mcdude in his sight, continuing to yell at the people inside to leave, both so they wouldn't get blown up and, frankly, so they wouldn't witness or interfere if a duel broke out. Besides, if explodey mcbang decided to leave, Hannibal should probably do the same considering the man's apparent intentions. He hadn't noticed many, but he did catch some explosive charges in the place. Maybe the criminal types would at least slow the guy down so Hannibal could get within a better combat range, or at least within sight.
@Phoenix @TWD26 @Shax @
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