"I'm a soilder," Cody boasted with a sly grin on his face. This was probably the only time when he'd pretend to say that proudly, normally it wasn't that big of a deal to him. The world was filled with all kinds of soilders afterall. "I was trained for war."

The girl jumped into the cool water. He perked up an eyebrow over the situation--surely she realized the water was cold from when she splashed him and when he splashed her. Perhaps she got caught up in the moment and didn't think her plan over too well. Maze tried to act calm about it, but he could tell that it was a tad chilly there.

Despite the fact that the water was cold, Maze did her best to coax Cody into the water. Sweetly she smiled at him after a dose of splashing. Cody was not going to fall for this though--instead he took a couple step backwards to be out of reach. "You forgot I felt the water earlier--didn't you?" he asked. He ran his finger through his wet brown hair. Yep, it was still cold water.

Shucks, he was too smart! With a laugh, she splashed around a little bit, trying to accustom herself to the water's brutal temperatures. Not that it seemed to be working overly well, but she refused to give up so easily. "Well, maybe I did," she said with a smile, seemingly oblivious to the fact that she was the only one dumb enough to get into water at that temperature. "But, I'm only in up to my knees - I didn't drench my head like you did. I won't be the one to get sick ~"

Though such a thing was only a rumor, she assumed, it was better safe than sorry. So, she continued to splash around in the unbelievably cold waters, backing out into the water as it rose higher and higher, brushing and soaking the hems of her pants. "Besides, now you're running away... don't you want to beat me?" But, as she got caught up in her tormenting of Cody, she failed to notice that there was a slight dip in the sand - a small drop off where the river got suddenly deeper.

Stepping back to such a spot, she lost her balance completely. With a shrill yelp in a mess of flailing arms, she fell backwards into the river. Luckily, it wasn't too deep - her head got drenched from the splash itself, but the water was only really just below her shoulders in her current almost-crab walk position. "Aw! That's not fair!" she complained loudly, quite childishly. Somehow, the thoughts of cold temperatures vanished from her mind as she was only upset over the fact that she pretty much lost their water war, now completely drenched. "That really isn't fair! I can't believe this!"

So much for not being the one to get sick! She hated her lack of attention and grace sometimes. But, among her mocked pouting and complaints, she grinned. "Well, are you going to help me or not?"

"My hair is short," he commented. It'd dry quick enough for him. Luckily, his hair wasn't nearly as long as Mazie's--which would clearly suck more if it got wet. The weather wasn't too cold aswell, so he didn't have to worry about that as much. "I doubt I'd really get sick, now if it was winter then I'd be fretting over it," he chuckled.

Cody couldn't help but feel like he jinxed Maze when she fell backwards into the cool water. He was just thinking how it would suck for her hair to get wet since it was relativly long afterall. Atleast drowning was out of the picture. Her arms and legs wer enough to hold her head above the water. "Retreating isn't running away," he stated smiling at the mess Maze got herself in. "It's a tactic that works wonderfully when used correnctly, like now for example."

She complained like his younger brother used to when he'd prove him wrong. It was nolstagic and somewhat cute at the same time. Ah, memories. Nothing like this ever happened between him and his brother though. "You're lucky you aren't my brother," he stated walking into the crisp water. It was colder than he thought it was. He held out his hand for Maze to grap. "Otherwise, I'd tell you to get out of it yourself."

"Haha, you're unlucky that I'm not your brother," she said with a sweet smile before splashing as much water as she could at the man who had come to rescue her - he'd fallen for it. She almost ended up falling backwards completely with the support of her arms gone, but she managed to splash enough water - by her means, anyway - at Cody before finally catching herself again. "I bet your brother wouldn't have tricked you ~"

But, she laughed as she splashed Cody the best she could. Of course, being in such an awkward and unstable position, it wasn't much, but it was better than having him not get wet at all. That wouldn't be any fun! "Haha, I'm sorry, I'm sorry ~ I took advantage of your good nature there, didn't I?" With her bright grin still in place, she reached out again for his hand, despite having probably chased him away with her water attack. "Alright, I really am sorry, that was a mean trick ~"

Of course, by this point she didn't even care if she got sick afterward. That would be a small price to pay for the fun she was having with the new guy in town, Cody. She couldn't remember the last time someone had been willing to play with her so long without getting annoyed and fleeing. "Truce?"

"Actually, he would have," he laughed. Certainly he was duped by Maze, just because she was in an awkward situation didn't mean she wasn't defenseless. So he splashed back at her, hoping to throw her off balance and send her tumbling into the water. It was his way of revenge. "That's why I didn't help him in the first place," he explained looking down at the wet girl.

"All is fair in war, isn't it?" he asked. Ofcourse it was true, by any means nessicary one wanted to bring down their enemy. Taking advantage of people's behavior has been done before, so by no means Cody was surprized by it. He was however, a tad displeased that he was more wet than before though. By no means did he intend to get soaked on his so called 'run' today. Life was sure full of weird surprizes.

"For now," he playfully teased the girl, offering her a hand up from her awkward possition. By now surely she must have be uncomfortable balancing herself like that.

Of course, this worked quite well. Instead of thinking clearly, she brought both hands up to defend herself from his splashing only to find she was no longer supporting herself. She gave a shrill cry before falling backwards, landing in the water and soaking herself completely. Surfacing rather fast, she took a deep breath - she hadn't been expecting to go under like that. "Well, that was refreshing!"

But, she was a little surprised that he actually accepted her truce. She intended to keep it for the day, but she couldn't promise for any future meetings. He had been a lot of fun, she was sure that it wasn't just a stroke of luck or a good day - he was the kind of person who got her kind of humor.

Though, what surprised her even more was he offered his hand once again. Surely something like what just happened, despite her being a complete stranger, would have scared anyone else away. "Thank you, kind sir ~" she said sweetly, grasping his hand firmly.

"You're welcome my lady," he winked talking all knightly. It may have been weird since this wasn't the sort of moment a person wouldn't act poliet like that. He pulled her up out of the water gently, so she wouldn't feel like he was trying to rip out her arm. As soon as she was up he used it as an exuse to get out of the water. Yes--he had been in colder water before. That didn't mean he was fond of it and intened to stay in it for more that a moment.

For all he knew Maze might call him a chicken or something, it did seem like something she would do from what he understood about her so far. Maybe she'd just follow him out without bugging him about it. Afterall, the water was cool and her small stature ment that she'd get colder faster than him.

"Well, now we both are soaked," he stated feeling the urge to go home and change. He looked at the wet girl and smiled, "It was nice meeting you Maze, but I want to go home and get cleaned up and blah. I'm guessing you wouldn't mind getting some dry clothes on too."

Being pulled out of the water, she smiled brightly as his reply. It was the first time anyone had played along to a line like that, instead of just giving her a strange look and walking off - she liked it. However, after getting out of the water, the once nice air suddenly felt extremely cold and she began to shiver. The reality of the temperature came back to her in that instant.

Quickly, she followed after Cody as he headed out of the river. She was too cold to make any sort of remark - it was just a lucky break for Cody, of course. Instead, she wrapped her arms around herself and shivered harshly, though she didn't stop smiling. "Actually," she said through chattering teeth, "I was thinking of staying like this for the rest of the day."

Naturally her remark had been sarcastic. "And it was fantastic meeting you, too, Cody. So, let's do it again sometime - next time, I won't lose, though ~" With a laugh, she offered out her hand to Cody for a friendly handshake. "And don't forget about our promise to go fishing, okay? I'll be looking forward to it ~"

Mazie shivered. It was quite evident that she was cold, for her teeth chatterered as she said a sarcastic comment. The temperature didn't hit Cody as bad, probably due to the fact he didn't get as wet as her. His military training also may have helped him with it a bit as well, but he doubted it. There he learned to ignore the cold, not be resistant to it.

"You are an admirable opponent," Cody said shaking Mazie's hand. Running was particulary fun today--he was glad that he went instead of unpacking his stuff. All he knew, he could meet her again the next time he ran or something. It'd be nice to talk to her when he wasn't sweating for once. To Mazie right now he could smell like a man's locker, which wasn't the most pleasant smell in the world. It probably was really close to the rankings of a garbage dump for worst smell.

"I'll see you around," he said letting go of her hand. Smiling he stretched his arms and legs preparing to run back. "I live at the inn right now, so feel free to come and visit."

And then he ran again.

She gave a sweet smile, retreating her hand once it was released. She rubbed her arms roughly, trying to create a little bit of friction and heat to keep her warm enough to reach somewhere warm - whether or not that would be home, she hadn't quite decided yet. "You shouldn't be so careless about invitations," she said with a sly grin. "I'll certainly be sure to come by and visit sometime ~"

As he took off, she watched him go. Over all, it was a great experience - finally, someone came to town who was worth playing with. With a smile, a sudden breeze made her recall her main goal as of that moment: warm clothes. So, with that, she headed off her own self. Surely, she would meet Cody again in the near future.