Escaping allowed Mia to fill her lungs with precious sweet air, inhaling the incense deeply and conjuring up memories of her training days, tumbling and rolling free unhindered, like the life wasn't nearly choked from her a second ago. As she bounced to her feet with momentum, facing her attacker, the assassin's visage wasn't the only thing revealed, as he luscious tits also jumped with their enticing fullness and resilience, her top undone during her escape.<br/><br/>In fact, her attacker, a man wearing nothing but loose black pants and sandals, as well as a black wrap over his head and face, now not only held the silk wrap that was nearly her demise, but also her missing garment, spinning it in hand and wrapping it up for another makeshift weapon. His upper body was bare, but covered by a hundred if not more tattoos, all melding into a mass of shapes and lines, observing which would be dangerously distracting in a fight. He was completely silent and wordless, his amber eyes unobscured, measuring her, not as the men who desired her body were looking at her, this shadow warrior was assessing her as an opponent, his features hidden but his look betrayed his feelings, that he was impressed with her ability to escape his initial strike. The momentary reprieve she enjoyed might have very well been a salute to her, a brief moment of mutual, shared respect as she didn't scream either, though that might have been the burning around her neck. The silent, deadly attacker went into motion again, attempting to wrap her up and once again and choke the life out of her.<br/><br/>Her missing garment fluttered before her vision, distracting for a fraction of a second, allowing the man to step past her and find footing on top of the table, leaping from it and twisting his body acrobatically, while reaching for her slender neck once again. The executioner's silk noose slid lovingly around her throat then as his feet hit the ground again, Mia could feel her weight being pulled again, the same constriction sealing her windpipe!<br/><br/>Before oblivion took her, Mia heard the whisper of her killer, almost like a gentle lover before going to sleep.<br/>"I'm sorry you failed. You should have noticed me."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Attack 1: 6 damage and Mia is once again grappled with the garrote (escape DC 15)<br/>Attack 2 (sneak attack): 23 damage. Upon reducing Mia to 0 hit point, the assassin chooses to knock her out instead of a killing attack.<br/><br/>Mia will wake up with 1 hp in about an hour or so, in a different location.</div></div>