An unseen mechanism is triggered

(What happens: [JC] Protect (physical) | Involving: [KD] A Faction (technical) )

Winded and seeing double from the staggering hit, Lux can do little as the bandit grabs hold of her. She can’t even get enough air in her lungs to shout – not that shouting would be a great idea, since the only people who might hear are other bandits just down the hall…

His big hand closes around her throat, cutting off her **** attempts to breathe. She stares up at his snarling face, every thought of what he might be about to do to her worse than the one before.

Then there’s a metallic click, and a loud hissing sound. The bandit and the whole room vanish into a dense green cloud. Gas – some kind of poison? But Lux has no breath to hold; all she can do as she feels the pressure on her throat lessen is to gasp in lungful of whatever this is. The bandit loses his grip on her; she hears him stumbling, coughing. Sound and sight fade away, and she drifts off…