Tyler Phero
Castelia City
Well, that went better then expected. Tyler mused as Nolan took the cigarette and told him to follow. Flipping the pack closed, he slid the cigarette pack into his left breast pocket. Although, Nolan's predatory smile was far from comforting; it remined him of those small time thugs who would 'visit' his mother and give him that same damn smile before patting his head, 'good lad,' At least, if this goes tits up; he could do something besides stand there and shiver.
Pushing himself to his feet, Tyler fell in step behind Nolan and besides Lily. The man's smile had put him on edge. That damn smile. This damn city. That damn deli. How he hated this fucking city and everyone in it, but the Deli had served it's purpose. It established a connection, a weak one, but enough of one to get him past the strip searching.
Bone-deep Castelia kid? A good phrase. This place never left; it sank into the bones like an infection that couldn't be cleaned; Tyler took another deep drag, filling his lungs full of the sweet nicotine using it to help calm his nerves. Being on guard was one thing, being so tense he did something stupid was another.
Tyler took this moment of quiet to glance back at his two team members who were keeping a good ways behind him. Wonderful, as if they got ambushed; he was on his own. Not that he expected much help from Ren, maybe the guy would roast some marshmallows over his burning corpse, but at least he would have been a meat shield to hide behind. As for Coriander, she didn't seem like the type to stand on stage anyways, but did his comment sting that much that she had to be that far back from him? It was a shame he had missed her reaction to his comment cause he wanted to see if that indifferent facade fell, but there would always be next time.
Glancing down to his side at his ninetails they shared a look before turning back ahead of them, occasionally scanning the spots where he had seen muggings take place, prepared for whatever was to come, which hopefully was just a normal negotiation followed by a quick victory. With those two content to keep their distance, it was just Tyler and Lily against the world... just like always.