SHIELD-BASH HIM INTO THE POOL

You lift up your targe shield, and in a last-ditch effort you attempt to use it to essentially shoulder tackle Jace into the pool.

Roaring as you make your charge, you impact into Jace with all of your might.... but it's only enough to send him one step back, before he's pushing back against you from the other side of your shield. Oh no! Okay, don't freak out, it's not all bad -- he isn't using the crossbow anymore, so.... Eep!

Jace's hands leave the front of your shield, and instead wrap around your waist as he hoists you up and into the air. N-no fair! You're about to start smacking his head in from up here, before you notice that you probably shouldn't be smacking his head in, because he's holding you right above the pool.

{if Armour == 2}Before you can even think about bargaining, his arms unravel from around your waist and you feel yourself falling downwards, soon plunged completely below the pool's water. Before your head's covered with water, you manage to get out "YOU VILLAI-". Hopefully he can figure out what you meant.

With a gasp of air you resurface, pouty-lipped and altogether not too happy about the goings on. Your bullets had better be waterproof, because if this ruined a whole pocketful of gunpowder you're not going to be happy for up to minutes. Undignified, you swim to the edge of the pool and (with some effort) pull yourself up and out, completely soaked.

Jace is smiling still, but a bit smaller now. Now you've gotta get changed out of your school uniform! What kind of absolute criminal would send somebody into the pool in a sparring match?{if RobberCaught == 0} Wait, that's right, Jace is an actual criminal who robbed a bank with a painted water pistol.{endif}

{else}"....Let's pretend that I dropped you in and won." He says, turning his torso and setting you down on your feet next to him. "I don't think it's easy to swim in {if@ Armour == 1}a steel chestplate.{elseif Armour == 3}fully-body chainmail.{endif}"{endif}

Well, you might grumble, but at the very least he's good enough to not rub it in. So that's something, at least.{if Armour == 2} You hair is very wet though, so it might take more than that to make up for it.{endif} The two of you each go about doffing and packing up your equipment, and Jace is surprisingly complimentary about your tactics.

Hey, if nothing else, at least now you know what you need to work on and what to expect from combat. {if Strength >11}You're a bit annoyed, because you feel like you'd normally have been strong enough to push him in, but with the extra weight of your equipment you just weren't able to do it. Rats, you were so close!{endif} Live and learn, right?