RP:My Aid

Tyler stands alone at the end of the way. The pale human is decorated in a torn pair of ragged pants complimented by a heavy fur coast hanging from his shoulders with the hood tugged around his neck. Those cold caramel hues pierces through the freezing air to lock with those who pass by him. He doesn't seem distraught but rather distracted despite constantly moving his attention about. His posture proves more 'correct' than usual as he stands proud and erect though his arms are crossed around his midsection. He waits patiently. His mind far away from the body it calls home.

Skylei moves along the way, head down low looking at the paving stones. She dodges people almost instinctively, moving this way and that as various bodies come in her direction. Still the dark-haired half-blood doesn't lift her head until she reaches the unmoving figure that stands alone at the end of the way. With a shiver, thanks to the cold weather that Kelay had been experiencing of late, the girl would lift her head to look at Tyler and offer him a greeting, "Hi." She doesn't speak loudly, nor does she know if he will hear. He doesn't appear entirely with it today.

Tyler remains in silent vigilance during his look out down the way until a single figure approaches and mutters before him. It takes a moment for the sound to click in his mind as being addressed, though upon it's recognition he eyes snap from the back of a draconian to fix on the woman before him. As he looks to her, his expression remains dull, eventually confused as he appears lost. His tongue makes an appearance to slide from his left canine to the right as his mind works furiously to digest the scene before him. Finally, it clicks and the rest of his teeth become visable as a wide smile spreads. "Sky!" He exclaims, opening his arms to move in for a hug causing the jacket around him to fall open revealing a very malnourished torso, complete with an protruding ribcage and all.

Skylei doesn't like what she sees. Malnourished, dull expression and eyes with none of the usual spark behind them; Tyler is not himself. She could have sworn that it had taken him much too long to recognise her face. It had, those eyes had looked upon her visage for minutes longer than it should have taken him to recognise her. She doesn't question or berate the human, instead simply wrapping her arms around the human as tightly as can. She could swear that she can feel his ribs through his coat but in spite of the fact that that makes her shudder in horror, she keeps her arms wrapped tightly around him and rests her head on his shoulder.

Tyler maintains the smile as Skylei embraces him. His cheek falling to rest on her head as his eye close allowing the moment to last if only just a second. Once he pulls away from the woman he moves slender hands to take hold of the coat ends and pull them back together covering his body though his eyes stick to Skylei and he shows no sign of acknowledgement to his condition. "Where've you been?" The question begins enthusiastically but rings off at the end. A sound of hopelessness calling out as he beckons for an answer from his fiancee.

Skylei would have kept hold of Tyler for many moments longer if he had let her. But, once he moves away and moves to cover that broken body she has no option but to keep her distance and instead answers his question, "Frostmaw. There was an incident… and Hildegarde took me there for safety." A hand would move to her side, pushing hair and cloak out her way before lifting the bottom of her shirt for only a few seconds to show two clear wounds. One is in between two ribs; the other is on her lower back. Though they've clearly received medical and magical attention the outline of the wounds is still clear and Tyler would recognise, if he has the mental acuity to do so, that they are the marks of arrows. As soon as she has ensured he has seen her injuries, she would drop the fabric and move to take hold of one of his hands before asking the same question, "And you, love?"

Tyler's smile remains present even as Skylei lifts her blouse to showcase the two fresh wounds. A ticking twitch present upon his left cheek is the only sign of distress at the thought of bodily harm happening to Skylei. Before he is able to question an explanation of this "attack" he finds his hand in hers and he can't help but let out a fierce, rapid chuckle as his eyes lock with hers. "Heh, uhm... hah." Closing his mouth he swallows then licks his lips before offering an explanation. "In the woods actually. Freezing. My rent ran out a the tavern. Uhm. My things were stolen when I tried to sleep inside by the fire to avoid paying said rent, and well... two weeks later. Here we are!" The smile returns even as his heart is seen beating through is chest even cloaked by the coat snug around his torso.

Skylei wants to hit him as she offers him that terrible explanation. She wants to curl her fists into balls and pummel that already broken body in punishment for his own stupidity. But she doesn't. Instead she presses her head against his chest for a few seconds, the pummelling of his heart ever-so obvious thanks to her closeness. "Tyler…" Moving her head and placing the hand that isn't engaged with his hand against his chest, Sky lets out a sigh, "Why didn't you tell me that had happened? You know I have money, it's not much but it's enough for food and rent and… oh, Tyler!" Skylei is filled with a sense of guilt like no other as she looks at his malnourished form. For some reason, she believes that it is her fault that he has ended up in this state.

Tyler's eyes shift at an alarming rate as he examines the wood elf before him, fearful that she might lash out at him and cause another incident like the one previous. Though as she instead prefers offer him a form of physical comfort he relaxes a bit. The odd grin never falling from his face. At the mention of her own money the human let's out an odd cackle and shakes his head. "That won't be necessary my love." His hand unleashes a light blue stream of mana that coils around their locked palms and continues down her arm, up her neck and eventually to her ears - squirming inside to allow the light to take over, even changing the whites of her eyes. "There is a woman. She is alone. Sketching away on some worthless pad no more than thirty feet behind you. There is a brick and some rope in my bag. You will follow my lead. You will listen to me. You -will- attack her." Tyler's hand falls from Skylei's as the light eventually settles into her mind and would fade from view. The human brushing his palm up through his hair and shaking it about to cause a messy appearance before tossing some dirt on his face and taking a deep breath. He then sprints full speed to the woman he had mentioned and trips over her legs that stretch out over the way falling to his stomach. As the woman begins to scold him for his foolishness he cries out and pleads with her. "You have to help me! It's after me! Please! PLEASE! It's going to kill me!" He ensures her attention stays on him, allowing Skylei the opportunity to advance and knock the woman unconscious. The keen of sight would notice the black veil falling to surround the trio, an illusion at work to block them from view from the rest of the world.

Skylei loses control of her being for the moments that Tyler takes control of her entire being. His instructions permeate her brain and overtake what rational sense she possesses. As he drops her hand and the mana disappears from visible sight, the half-elf blinks once and then looks at him as though she's not entirely sure what happened. But as he begins to dirty his face, she picks up his bag, taking the brick from within and slipping the straps over her body so that it rests behind her. Within seconds, Tyler is gone, tripping and causing a distraction and ensuring, for once, that all attention is on her and none is on her. Half-blood heritage makes her naturally light on her feet and with Tyler causing that ruckus and distracting the woman who seems so intent on scolding him, it takes little effort for the girl to sneak up behind the woman who is waving her arms in the direction of Tyler trying to make the man talk some sense. Over and over she questions him as to what is trying to kill him, why he is running and what his problem is. Until Skylei silences her. Hand holds the brick high and, almost without thought, brings it down against the back of the woman's head. Two strong, deft strikes, one immediately after the other is all that it takes to knock the woman out. Sky stands next to the woman's unconscious body, with slightly bloodied brick in her hand and looks to Tyler as though she is waiting for more instructions. She wears a strangely proud smile as she gazes in his direction, like a child who is waiting for praise.

Tyler would fall silent just as Skylei arrived behind the woman. His eyes narrowing as a massive grin takes form. His eyes then lock with the woman's and he even provides a quick wink before the brick collides with the back of her skull. He flinches with each hit though a laugh is given as he moves to brush his index finger across the gash, collecting her blood on his fingertip. "Oh goodness... My, my, my." He raises the finger to examine it before wiping it on his pants and moving to his feet. Skylei becomes the prime source his attention as he pushes to her and knocks the brick from her hand and pins her against the tree the woman had been resting upon. "Good girl." He whispers before offering her a hard bite to the neck in some kinky form of appreciation. He follows it up by kissing her cheek three times before moving to get the rope of which he begins tying up the woman. "There is a house south-west of here. I've scoped it out and it seems well enough abandoned. Upstairs there is a closet." Silence falls as Tyler finishes restraining the woman. Another second given to appreciate his work before turning to Skylei. "Take the woman there and secure the home. Be. -SURE-. to barricade the door. Then, come back here... and let me take you somewhere warm." His voice is excited as he bites at his lower lip before slapping another kiss on Skylei's forehead. He leans against the tree and rubs his palms together, chuckling to himself as he maintains the veiled illusion, allowing Skylei to move the body without being seen.

Skylei receives the reward that she desires as that brick is knocked from her hand and falls to the floor of the way. She allows Tyler to push her up against that tree and 'reward' her for obeying his orders, not that she has much say in the matter anymore. She listens diligently as Tyler explains the next part of this plot of his and, whilst he ties the woman up, Sky moves to retrieve that bloodied brink and puts it back in Tyler's bag that still rests on her back. Receiving her instructions, Sky looks at Tyler and blinks again once more. And so she does as she's told. First she takes the woman into her arms and, with a slight struggle at her weight takes her into the house and up the stairs. There she spies the closet that Tyler had mentioned. After dropping the woman, with little care, into the closet, she closes the door and moves various items of furniture around the room so that they are piled up against the door. The rug on the bedroom floor is taken and shoved against the crack below the door of the closet to block out whatever sound the woman might make. These preparations continue to the letter of Tyler's word; doors are barricaded, furniture is moved in the subtlest way possible and the half-elf ensures that there is little chance that anyone who enters the property would realise that there is an unconscious woman tied up in the closet upstairs. Eventually she leaves, having ensured that everything would be up to the standards of her beloved. Sky knows how to follow instructions, if nothing else. The last things she does, before leaving the property is to deposit the bloodied brick beneath a floorboard. She's just that good. She would reach Tyler and pass him the bag, minus brick and rope and look up to him lovingly. Having followed her instructions, Sky is happy to allow her fiancé to take her to wherever he so pleases.