Lina took a breath to respond to the weapons trainer, but before she could do anything, she was pushed into the other room. She let out the breath in a bit of a huff, shaking her head, then gathered her gear to step into the main room.<br/><br/>Seeing the orc, though, her eyes widened slightly, and she spoke quietly under her breath. "Oh, shit."<br/><br/>Taking the moment she had, she lunged behind one of the pillars, taking cover as best she could to keep the orc from guessing where she was. She readied her dagger to stab the orc when he got close, and waited with baited breath. She heard one footstep, then another. Then he came in sight, and she lunged to attack the orc. But even as she lunged, the orc spun, taking only a light scrape as he turned to face her, and her eyes went wide as his blade came around.<br/><br/>The first blow was on the downstroke, and a bit of blood went flying as a nasty scrape appeared on her arm, his blow sapping an enormous amount of her vitality in a single stroke, and then he came back with a nasty hook that hit her square across the midriff. Lina nearly blacked out, the air blasted from her lungs as she was thrown back nearly four feet, but she regained her feet without a pause, dazed but not out of it yet, stars in her eyes. Taking a breath, she dropped a dagger and moved more cautiously, feinting toward his throat before going for his gut and striking as best she could...but she barely nicked the orc.<br/><br/>Dropping his greatsword, the orc bellowed and grabbed her by her injured arm, making Lina hiss as she twisted free...but only for a moment. The next thing she knew, he grabbed her by both wrists, almost raising her up into the air, the dagger uselessly in the air. She struggled for a moment desperately, trying to break free, and he simply snarled. She barely saw his fist come around and hit her so hard in the gut that the air was knocked from her lungs again. And this time, no matter what she did, she couldn't seem to regain her breath, her eyes slowly rolling back in her head as darkness overcame her at last, her body going limp.