The sword play left Natalia with a cocky smirk on her lips, and she giggled as the bandits bled and stumbled. The first attack as a miss bummed her a bit, but now she had just given out twice what she got, and they weren't even in bed.<strong>"Time to go down!"</strong>She said, preparing to move forward before she heard the shout from behind her.<em>Close my eyes?</em>She wondered, stalling for a moment with her shield raised as she blinked a few times.<strong>"Rake, what are you- ah!"</strong>The words were broken by a squeal as a blast of fascinating color assaulted her senses.<br/><br/>Natlia lolled in place at that point, her had spinning as she muttered beneath her breath.<strong>"Sroloc Ytterp"</strong>The backwards speech came out just before she felt another jolt of pain, this time it sent her stumbling back as she felt an ache upon her flesh. Despite the rush of pain, she couldn't orient herself, all she could see was the dazzling colors, though she could fainlty hear a crash from behind her.<em>What's going on?</em>She echoed in her mind, now cursing her weak will for how vulnerable it had left her. She was for sure to be bound by the bandits now!