What did you do?! ((Theldyn - Shuran))

"I don't know," Theldyn answered honestly. He knew when he was being followed, but he had no clue why this man would be doing it. His instincts told him it must've had something to do with the drugs, but how would he even know about them? "Listen, if we make it to the end of the street and he's still on us, we have to go past the house. I don't wanna tip him off if he's with the guards, or some other organization."

Theldyn was hesitant to suggest the next part, since he still didn't even know the other elf's name. "I, uh, think it might be a good idea to split up," he said, "Like, I'll turn right, you turn left. Who ever this guy doesn't follow can double back once they're out of sight, you know, to keep an eye on the one who's being followed," he explained quietly. "I wanna find out what this guy's up to before we do anything else."

"Fine, fine," Theldyn answered quickly, flipping open his satchel. Of course, the prospect of ditching the other elf altogether crossed his mind, now that he had the herbs back, but this shadow they had was a little disconcerting. Pulling one over on the city guard was one thing, dealing with whoever this guy was - and who he might be with, was another.

At the mildest end of the spectrum, Theldyn was curious. He wouldn't admit to the cautious suspicion that was beginning to jab at the back of his mind. "Yeah. You go left," he answered, turning off onto the next road as his companion did the same.

Theldyn waited about 15 paces before he chanced a nonchalant look over his shoulder to see who their shadow had chosen to follow. Oddly enough, Theldyn felt a small, highly uncalled for pang of indignation when he saw the shadow had turned after the other elf. Though, that did make the most sense; the last time he'd had a clear look, he had been the one with the bag. Which means they had pulled off the switch covertly after all.

Once again, Theldyn thought hard about ditching the other elf and skipping town. However, his curiosity got the best of him in the end, and he jogged down a side street once he was confident he was out of sight of the shadow, and doubled-back towards the pair. He moved silently down side-roads and kept an eye on the two, but he could only let this go on so far. Theldyn would have to do something if the shadow didn't make a move first. He wasn't about to follow him around all day, especially if the guards were still on the hunt as well.

Theldyn narrowed his eyes as the other elf suddenly turned down a side road, walking stiffly. "Oh, s**t, no you're not," he cursed under his breath, picking up his own pace considerably. He desperately wanted to avoid a scene if possible, he already finished his job in this city, and he wasn't looking for any overtime. Theldyn slipped onto a side street himself, breaking out into a sprint now that he was out of sight. He just hoped the road Shuran had chosen connected to this one.

Of course it didn't, he thought exasperatedly, looking around for another way. There was a wall... He backed up, took a few long strides and managed to catch the top of the stone divider, gritting his teeth as he pulled himself over it. He swung his legs over the top and spotted the other elf, armed with some kind of spear. "Hey! What are you doing?" he questioned, trying to keep his voice down. Theldyn dropped onto the ground below, reaching for his blades, "Who ever told you fighting backed up in an alley is the best way to go about things?" he accused.

Theldyn didn't even bother explaining that a back room shoved into the rear of an alley was about as much of an escape route as the wall he'd just had to hoist himself over, and just shook his head. "Yeah, you're just gonna wait for him to mosey around the corner?" he asked in annoyance. For all they knew this guy could be a wizard, or have backup ready right around the block.

At least this elf looked like he knew what he was doing, should they have to fight their way out of the alley. He cringed as he stuck his head around the corner; that was a good way to get a knife in the throat. But, he ducked back in with all his appendages, so Theldyn just shook his head again. "Is he coming, or did he ditch the main road?"

"If he does decide to take your obvious bait, and come down here, he probably won't be expecting both of us." Or, maybe he would be. If one of his marks suddenly turned off a main road into an alley, Theldyn would 110% expect that he'd been made, and that they were making a last ditch effort to save their tail.

"Ugh," huffing a sigh, Theldyn swung one of is blades in a small arc, trying to figure a way out of this that wouldn't end with them dying in an alleyway. He glared at the cobbled stones underfoot, and shook his head, "I don't know," he stated flatly, "We could wait." Theldyn wasn't fond of that option at all, but it was an option nonetheless. "You could put that... spear? away, walk back onto the street and I could try to blitz the guy when he walks past, if he hasn't backed off already," he offered, shrugging and sighing again. "Or, we could check out that door. Maybe it leads to a house, or some building with another exit. A little B and E seems to be the least of our worries right now; might be worth a shot." Theldyn glanced at the head of the alleyway, then back to the other elf, "Decide on something before he decides for us."

Theldyn almost let himself relax a fraction when Shuran returned the spear to its strap. Maybe he was finally seeing reason, and they wouldn't die in an alleyway after all. He nodded along as the other elf laid out the fault of confronting someone whilst backed between two buildings, until he moved onto his next thought. Theldyn stilled himself real quick after that, and opened his mouth to protest, but Shuran had already turned his back on him and was running towards the main street.

So they were gonna die, just not in an alley.

He drew his blades again and ran after the shouting elf, who looked like he was hoping for a fist-fight. Theldyn have a quick look around, but by some miracle they seemed to be free of potential witnesses for the moment. Shuran, however, was barreling towards their tag-along seemingly without hesitation. Not at all how Theldyn would've chosen to handle things, but there was no getting out of this now, so he ran after the guy too, but kept his swords out.

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The shadow bristled as one of the elves came charging out of the alley, fists bared, and headed straight for him. He was shocked into stillness for a moment; after all, he was just a scout, and in no way was he prepared to take on two armed elves. His boss just wanted him to find out where they ended up stashing the drugs, or who they took them back to. That's why they'd killed their dealer anyway, wasn't it, to get the drugs? 

Either way, this wasn't in his job description. He was a look-out, not a brawler. Quickly, he pulled the small dagger he kept mostly for aesthetic reasons out of his coat, and turned tail to run, hoping he could lost the elves before they caught up to him.