Aleena could hear the blue-skinned elf as she replied to her, the accent sounding bizarre and perhaps a bit comical to her, but there was no time to stop and chat about specific regional elfish dialects… By the time she reached the top steps the elf had joined her in the opening. Her short sword had been tucked away and she loaded a perfectly rounded steel ball into her sling and she started to twirl it with some experience.<br/><br/>She then noticed the silver haired elf with the bow moving through the ruins in their direction… “Over here!” She called, before realizing she might be telling all the orcs where they were… She pretended not to notice her potential gaff as she fired the sling bullet as hard as she could and she grinned as she watched the projectile fly through the air at amazing speeds… Only to bounce off a large orc’s chest armor without noticing he’d actually been hit and Aleena frowned.<br/><br/>She quickly peered at the blue-skin to see if she’d noticed her feeble attack, then she shrugged as she tucked the sling away… “It works great on rabbits…” She mumbled as she drew her sword again. Another orc broke through the mess of bodies and brambles and she tumbled low and out of the entrance, her curved blade slicing at his abdomen with impressive speed, just beneath where the chain armor ended and suddenly parts of his interiors started to spill onto the mossy stones as he fell first to his knees, then onto his face… Aleena could see more of the orcs charging at them so she was quickly back into the cover of the entrance.<br/><br/>She heard the howl and the thundering of rapid footfalls approaching as she spotted a rather large wolf and rider coming… “There, big doggie” she said pointing, her eyes quite wide as it was the biggest dog she’d ever seen… Of course there were no wolves in the deep jungles. She quickly started to think of her abjuration glyphs and she figured if she could have a minute she could ward the entrance against entry for a short period of time…<br/><br/>“I need minute…” she said to the blue-skinned elf, sheathing her sword and pulling a few items from the component pouch at her belt. The components were not easy to come by and she’d only have one casting… She whispered the initial incantation and she blew on a small stick of incense and it immediately lit up, with the tip becoming a bright red ember that gave off a strong, and somewhat unpleasant smell. She then started a low arcane chant as she started to spread a glittering powder on the top step… She could only hope the combined elves would be able to keep the orcs from killing her as she completed the ritual…