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"Hey, no fair!"

Sophie giggled, her energy boosted with the change as if she'd never even stopped taking her medication. Taking a breath, she dived downwards as well, blindly swimming around with her eyes shut, only daring enough to look underwater after her second try. She felt clumsy and slow in comparison to Cody, but at the moment, she didn't care: it was just a nice day and a fun swim, and by this point there was little else on her mind.

Surfacing again, she kept herself afloat, wondering if perhaps they could start a game of some kind. A game sounded fun right about now: if only they had a beach ball, they could play volleyball, or she could swim after a stick if he threw it...wait. Had she just thought of playing fetch? Her nose wrinkled in distate at the idea, only for her to sneeze a moment later, the new smells still a bit much to her.

When the idea finally came to her, a mischevious grin sprouted from her muzzle, and her legs started kicking slower, as if she were preparing for something. When she got the chance, she beat her hand against the water, sending a wide splash in an arc around her as she giggled again, though the chittering now seemed to resemble a fox's bark. "Tag, you're it!" she yelled, tapping his shoulder and diving down in a feeble attempt at escape. She knew she had no chance, but all it did was make her kick harder to swim away, her awkward body not meant for water. Whether or not she won or lost, it was fun, and that's all that mattered.

Sophie's body arched in response to the tag, and she swiveled to reorient herself in the water so that she could tag him in return. However, before she even had the chance to, a sharp tug pulled her under, causing a moment of panic before she realized it was Cody. Then, it was all fun and games for her: in the small window before she had to let go for air, she enjoyed the feeling of having water rushing past her, wondering how great it must be to be able to enjoy this every day.

"Wow, that was awesome!" Sophie said once she had surfaced, wiping the hair that had clung to her face. With a splash or two, she continued swimming around, and let out yet another yipping noise similar to a bark: it simply seemed right to do. However, it didn't occur to her that perhaps the commotion could attract others: it seemed to her that she and the dolphin boy were entirely secluded, and had she been asked, she would have preferred things that way.

Oz's brain had just sort of switched off for the afternoon. He'd felt the need to go for a walk. A very long walk, and had travelled in a lazy circle through the village, on the skirts of the jungle for fear of the monsters that lurked within, and was now following the river down to the lake. He'd started with a determination to walk like a man.

But willpower gave way to gravity.

Oz just couldn't fight his top-heaviness and after the sixth or seventh stop to catch his breath, he just resigned himself to walking on his knuckles, as much as it pained him. Physically. And mentally.

As he approached the lake shore, he was vaguely aware of the sound of splashing and voices, but assumed it to be a water-bound Islander. He reached the edge and kneeled down low, cupping one large hand and sipping the water he collected in it. His first drink all day.

With a very heavy sigh, he looked about the shore, spotting something crumpled up. He ambled over and inspected the fabric, which turned out to be a pair of jeans. Girl's jeans.

Oz looked at them quite baffled, wondering where a single pair of girl's jeans could have come from. They were still warm.

Cody was about to put up another performance when he saw what caught Sophie's attention
He might not have a use for clothes anymore, but he still had an attachment to the things that belonged to him. And if someone was messing with something that wasn't theirs, it certainly didn't suit him right

He followed the fox girl as far as he dared to go, letting out a lecture of angry whistles, cliks and moans. They didn't really had any meaning, it was just a serie of sounds that expressed how annoyed he was about this. Messing with his new friend is messing with him

Sophie took the jeans with a weak gesture, looking back at the rather annoyed Cody before finally returning her gaze to the rather large ape man. "I didn't get any memos about pant-thieves, but I'll believe just about anything these days," she replied, her ears still flat against her head, more apologetic than irritated.

"It's okay, Cody, he didn't do anything wrong," Sophie said, looking back to her dolphin friend as hung her jeans over a branch so that they'd be safer, having to stand on the tips of her paw-like toes to reach. Once they were secure, she looked back to Oz, wondering why she'd never noticed the man before. He was just so...big. She wondered if he had been thin as a human, and it then occured to her that there'd been an ape with a british accent in George of the Jungle, and she forced herself to not so much as even giggle, despite the irony.

"So...what brings you out here?" Sophie asked, blinking as she still stared at the man, new and insignificant questions popping up every moment in her head. She wondered if maybe she should return to the water to make Cody feel more comfortable, but finally determined that he would be okay for a little while at least.

Oz flared his nostrils and huffed slightly at the sight of Cody in the water, the boy's angry clicks putting him on the defensive straight away. He chewed his tongue idly and then diverted his attentions back to Sophie, who was starting a conversation despite his fearful appearance.

And yes. His eyes did wander over her bottom as she hung up her jeans. Almost like a reflex action for him now. It was the first nice female bum he'd seen since meeting Aislinn when he, and she, were still human. As she turned around, he averted his eyes quickly to his hands. Which he was still standing on.

Embarrassed, he moved quickly to stand on two legs, grunting painfully and fighting back a yelp. Oz wobbled unsteadily like this, but at least he looked less animal. Of course, he now towered over poor Sophie.

"Errrggh...I was out...walking...came for a drink," he mumbled, some words inaudible because of his deep voice.

Cody put his tongue out at Oz's huff, a little pink in the middle of all that grey, but he too got defensive when he saw the man's full stature
If it was up to him he would have prefered to resume his play with Sophie and stay as far away as possible from that mountain of bulk. But seeing the fox girl smilling he couldn't really say no. He nodded, but it was clear he didn't completely trusted Oz yet