Aela was still waiting at the entrance of the ruins. Kathryn told her to keep watch and stop any potential threats coming down after her. That was several hours ago. This was supposed to be a simple job: get in, get the stone, get out. Two or three hours max.
Ten minutes after Kat entered the cave a small bandit party of three men turned up. Aela assumed that they had either had followed them here, or saw the smoke from the camp fire she had lit. Aela heard them coming. They were careless and talking noisily; it gave her time to duck down into the long grass and notch an arrow before they even entered the clearing. She knew that she could deal more damage with her bow if she struck before they detected her so she waited until they had passed her and had their back to her before standing up and letting her first arrow fly. It smashed through the back of the first man's head and she had a second arrow notched as he hit the floor. The second bandit received an arrow in his face as he span around to face her. Instant death. The last of the three wielded two deadly looking war axes and began jogging towards Aela. She dropped her bow to the floor and ran towards her attacker. When she was within two meters of the man, she threw herself to the floor in a roll and tugged on his feet as she passed him. The bandit collapsed to the floor before he realised what had happened. Aela unsheathed a dagger from her belt and was on top of the man before he could react, slitting is throat. Since then, she had made a meal for when Kat returned and read up a bit about Dwemer machinery. Apparently you could shut down almost anything if you shouted 'stop' in the old language. Unfortunately, she had no idea how to say it.
A different type of Dwemer machinery. 3a / 3
Ten minutes after Kat entered the cave a small bandit party of three men turned up. Aela assumed that they had either had followed them here, or saw the smoke from the camp fire she had lit. Aela heard them coming. They were careless and talking noisily; it gave her time to duck down into the long grass and notch an arrow before they even entered the clearing. She knew that she could deal more damage with her bow if she struck before they detected her so she waited until they had passed her and had their back to her before standing up and letting her first arrow fly. It smashed through the back of the first man's head and she had a second arrow notched as he hit the floor. The second bandit received an arrow in his face as he span around to face her. Instant death. The last of the three wielded two deadly looking war axes and began jogging towards Aela. She dropped her bow to the floor and ran towards her attacker. When she was within two meters of the man, she threw herself to the floor in a roll and tugged on his feet as she passed him. The bandit collapsed to the floor before he realised what had happened. Aela unsheathed a dagger from her belt and was on top of the man before he could react, slitting is throat. Since then, she had made a meal for when Kat returned and read up a bit about Dwemer machinery. Apparently you could shut down almost anything if you shouted 'stop' in the old language. Unfortunately, she had no idea how to say it.