As she lasheed out, the interface seemed to guide her, lighting up the vectors of her swing, leaving a brief trail of white light behind her kama as if it were a comet. But although she lunged for the sky, she couldn't seem to land a hit on the enemy, the interface declaring two<em><strong>Miss!</strong></em>es – though her second swing was just an inch shy of opening a long cut along the imp's thigh. "I'll be paying you back for that later," Zetaz promised her.<br/><br/>"Not on your life," Suzaku growled, ever valiant and eager to defend his beloved.<br/><br/>Rather than cloak himself with invisibility again, however, the devil dived down toward Suzaku, determined to get past his defenses this time – though in the process, there was a gap in his own defenses Mei-Li might be able to take advantage of.<br/><br/>This time, the barb left a long, shallow scratch along Suzaku's cheek. Mei-Li could see Suzaku's health bar inch down – it would take more than half a dozen more hits like that for Zetaz to fell Suzaku – but what was more worrying was how Suzaku's avatar seemed to be slowing down...<br/><br/>What Suzaku did next, however, clearly shocked the devil. He didn't try to take another swing at the devil with his sword, but instead lunged as if to grab the smaller Zetaz by the tail and drag him down. "No!" The devil all but flailed to try to avoid the paladin grappling him, wings flapping desperately, only barely scrambling out of the paladin's grasp.<br/><br/>"Mei-Li! He's smaller than us! He's easier to grapple and pin than someone our size!"<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">Zetaz charged, so his AC is temporarily lower than it was last turn. Suzaku attempted to grapple him, and though his attempt failed, Zetaz expended his AoO for the turn, which means Mei-Li can act freely without fear of any reprisal from Zetaz.</div></div>