<strong>Felina</strong>was trying to concentrate on the task of untying the hangman noose but Louise's actions were becoming increasingly disruptive. First, she had begun to swing back and forth, rubbing and bouncing into her own body, causing her to swing as well. This was putting more pressure on her midriff and forced her to concentrate more on keeping her abs clenched in order not get strangled by the suspension rope. Moreover, as she spun madly at the end of her rope, she was totally disoriented. Still, her body was so tightly bound that, except for her arms, there was nothing she could move to stop her opponent. And she needed her hands to complete the vital task of releasing her suspension. And thus she was forced to live with Louise's wider and wider movements.<br/><br/>But then Lou began to actively kick her knees into her butt. This not only caused moderate pain, it also often made her fingers lose contact with the knot they were trying to untie. Felina tried to fend off the attacks but being blinded, she could rarely guess where they were coming from.<br/><br/><em>The bitch is helpless and she only found this cheap trick to prevent me from making progress!</em>she thought angrily.<br/><br/>By now, Felina's distended nostrils were dripping abundantly over her blindfold and forming bubbles of snot in a most ugly way. Her body was covered with a sheen of perspiration. Because of Lou's attacks, freeing her midriff took longer than she had expected. But still she was making headway.<br/><br/>And finally she felt the free end of the noose pass under the last coil of rope. Immediately, she clenched her bound hands on the rope as the knot unwrapped itself. She let it go slowly, supporting almost her entire weight with her hands. This was something she had trained to do and in normal circumstances would not cause any problem. Like free climbers, she could hold her entire body on a few knuckles if needed. However, in the present situation, her arms were behind her and as more and more of her weight was transferred from the waist rope to her arms, her body tilted into an increasingly severe strappado. Felina could not just hold herself on the rope and instead she let it run between her palm.<br/><br/>It was a delicate operation. If the rope ran too slow, the strappado would hurt her shoulders, or even disjoint them if stopped too brutally. If the rope ran too fast, it would burn the skin of her palms, and she would crash on the ground too hard. Without any visual reference point, it was a tricky part. She did not even know exactly how high above the floor she was. About 50 cm, that was all she knew.<br/><br/>Her toes touch the floor first and immediately her over-trained proprioceptive senses brought a perfect mental image of her situation to Felina's mind. She put more of her weight on her feet and let herself slide down as gently as she could, until she landed on the floor with a loud thump. She had even managed to land on her butt, with her upper body on top of her legs.<br/><br/>She allowed herself a few seconds to breathe and to collect her bearings. She could still hear Louise's laboured grunts above her. She was probably stuck. Felina could not imagine how Louise could free herself from the bondage Audrey and her had devised. She would probably soon call for the replacement rule. This was giving her some freedom of action.<br/><br/>Felina's strategic mind had intensely reflected upon the challenge rules. It was all about timing. Freeing oneself from a restraint allowed one's opponent to use stricter devices, so if one's opponent was close to release herself, it was better to wait a little. But in the present situation, Felina was pretty sure it would take 10 ro 15 more minutes before Louise would be able to release herself. Which was not the redhead's case. She expected to be able to free herself entirely in less than 10 minutes, now that she was on the floor.<br/><br/>It was now time to prove to the World who the Queen of Escape really was. Felina stretched her arms as far down as she could and began to press them against her buttocks. Alternating moves left and right, twisting her arms, pulling on the wrist bondage, she began to push her hands below her buttocks. It took some straining as her torso was almost entirely immobilised. However, the sweat that was covering her body was helping her by lubricating her limbs.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the lime juice kept penetrating her eyes, burning them and causing her nose to fill with mucus. She was midway in her action when she suddenly felt the urge to sneeze. It felt like an explosion. It blew her brains out. Snot was sprayed all over her ankles and feet and she was left dazzled for long seconds. And again she sneezed even more violently. As her body contracted under the effort, her arms slid over her butt and came on her front, as if she were hugging her own legs.<br/><br/>It took her some seconds to recover from the second sneeze. And only then did she realise that her arms were now almost completely free to move. Her nose was free from snot now, although she could feel it building up again. Rolling her left flank, she reached for her ankle rope, which was the key to her whole bondage. Deftly, her fingers found the main knot and attacked it. The twine linking the coils to her face were in the way but there she was able to use her specially reinforced and sharp nails. The regular twine did not offer much resistance against them, and as the tiny knots were hidden under the coils of rope, she was able to cut them out of sight of any camera. Soon, her ankles rope loosened. Felina passed her bound hands over her feet and pulled on the loose rope, unfolding her body as the rope uncoiled from her legs. In a roar of applauses, Felina's athletic body stretched itself as she rolled on her back.<br/><br/>Her torso was covered with thick rivulets of perspiration. She was slightly panting but she was smiling brightly under her blindfold, certain as she was to have acquired an unbeatable headway over her helpless opponent. With her hands bound in front of her, it was obvious she could soon rid herself from her other restraints. And the first to go was this infernally painful blindfold...<br/><br/>But first, Marion would have the opportunity to make Louise's life even more miserable.