Locien unsheathed his sword. Dodging an arrow he jumped into the trees on the left, slightly arching he was soom in the wood on the opposite side of the orcs. With keen elven eyes, he spyed one, and was soon on it. Just as it shot an arrow, it's head fell to the ground.

Another was up in a tree, so Locien put the hilt in his mouth, and started to climb....

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Swearing quite violently as an orc arrow found its target in his left side, Aradan quickly cut down the one that had shot him, and backed up against a tree to keep from falling. Elwen saw this and quickly picked up his slack, cutting down several orcs in quick unison.

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As the fighting lulled slightly, Meleth snapped off the arrow in her shoulder, leaving a stump and the embedded arrowhead. Her knives were still scything lethally but her right arm was now noticeably slower than her left.

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The fighting continued to lessen for a few minutes, until the orcs all lay dead or dying, and the rest had retreated.

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(('Bout time. I never find fighting very interesting. ))

Meleth sagged against a tree, her knife falling from her numb right hand. She cradled her arm, wincing a little and refusing adamantly to look at the blood that stained the sleeve of her tunic red. "Odd, that," she said a little absently. "I never heard them at all. Usually orcs make such a noise comign through Mirkwood."

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"They're either becoming more clever, or more cautious.." Aradan said through gritted teeth, as he worked on pulling the arrow out of his side, as carefully as possible.

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Meleth looked unhappily at the severely trampled fire, and knelt down to blow it back to life. She succeeded in making a small spark that spread into a passably-sized blaze, and seated herself. "Clever - very unlikely." She said in response to Aradan. "Cautious, equally so. There must be someone smarted behind them. Or in front, as the case may be."

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"Most like behi-ow.." Aradan began, then broke off with a soft hiss as he succeeded in pulling the arrow out, intact. "Behind them.."

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Meleth smiled painfully. A bloody arrowhead already lay beside her, and she looked as though she were having difficulty with the uncomfortably deep wound in her shoulder. "Aye, I suppose so," she managed to reply, her face creased with pain as her tunic sleeve turned increasingly red.

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Glancing at Meleth and noting how bloody her sleeve was, Aradan sighed and looked for sign of Elwen, who hadn't been seen since the battle began. "Never around when she's needed.." he muttered, then looked at the arrow he had pulled out of his side, and took note of some sort of black liquid dripping from it lazily...and it hit him: poison. Before the complete implications had time to formulate in his mind, he heard two pairs of footsteps approaching and vainly reached for his sword, then let go of it, seeing it was just Elwen and Thalion.

"I take it you got rid of the corpses?" he asked Elwen, who nodded with a slight grimace. "Aye..and looks like my medical skills are needed.."

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The two siblings dismounted imidiately when they saw the wreckage and the bodies lying strew about. Leaving the two horses with his sister, Sadron picked his way through the corpses, glancing back uncertainly.
Rhavaniel moved forward, tugging the two reluctant steeds behind her.
"By Eru-! Meleth!" he called out, his voice splitting the dense air. He dropped his cautions, and ran over, his long limbs making short word of the distance. Nodding to Aradan his knelt beside her.
Rhavaniel followed, a mass of shining black locks and pale skin. She smiled wearily at those gathered there, and let the reins fall from her hands.

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"Sadron!" exclaimed Meleth in surprise, smiling a little. "What an unexpected surprise!"
She saw him looking at her shoulder and assured him quickly, "It's nothing - just a few orcs we failed to hear come upon us." It was quite obviously a lie, but in true Meleth fashion she was doing her best to make light of it.

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Surprised by the sudden appearance of Rhavaniel and Sadron, coupled with hearing Meleth's untrue statement, Elwen snorted softly, as a result. "I counted more than a few when we burned them.."

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Turwaithiel came back out of the shadows of th trees. During battle she had jumped into the forest trees to try and kill some more quickly and see how the moved so sliently. She ran back, almost breathless, and anonced, "Aradan! I found or really didn't find something very unusual."

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Sadron held Elwings gaze for a moment, before breaking it off abruptly to watch Turwaithiel approach. he suddenly felt rather uncompfatable here...
Rhavaniel smiled sadly down at Meleth, gently touching her wound "I would help if I could..."
Confused her slender form rightend itsself again as the young elf neared. the staement went through her head once, then again. She seemed slightly confused.
"Did you or did you not?" she smiled slowly.

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