himagsikan | she spreads her wings and takes to the skies.

[She raises her hand to her mouth, the picture of a chuckling, demure young lady...for about a second.]

Nothing, I just imagined you having pockets in your swimming trunks and pulling your prosecutor's badge from there.

You'd almost look like you were on vacation when a case popped up for you to solve!

Mmph. (As though a case hasn't already materialized under just such a circumstance.) Unfortunately, my badge is far too valuable to risk losing by placing it in the pocket of anything I intend to swim in.

[Edgeworth finally hands the choker to Kay.]

Then pin it inside your pocket.

[She takes the choker and stashes it into her bag before sprinting toward the water, taking the time to splash in the shallows for a bit like a kid.]

Since you're probably gonna be taking on cases dressed like that more often.

Hmph. The very idea...! (Nevertheless, she has a point. Given that I may need to present it to merpeople in the future, I should find a safe way to transport it while swimming.)

[Even as he ponders this, Edgeworth follows Kay into the water, though seems more intent on making it to the rock. He spares Kay a brief disapproving glance as he begins to wade past her.]

What are you gonna do then, have a waterproof version of your suit made? That'd still be hard to swim in, though.

[Kay bends down to pick something up from the shallows and she brightens up.]

Hey, this is a really nice shell!

[...distraction nation.]

Do you intend to help or not?

[Edgeworth has already reached the edge of the shallows himself, after all. And the dolphins are already chirping at him.]

[She straightens up after putting the shell in her bag, then hurries after Edgeworth.]

Sorry, sorry!

[Kay then surges past him into the deeper water, transforming as she does. As soon as she is among the dolphins, she gestures for them to swim aside.]

Okay, guys, break it up. I know you wanna play, but Mr. Edgeworth's got serious business. Why don't you come back later?

[The dolphins stop and stare at her, then scatter, many of them leaving through the tunnel.]

[Edgeworth blinks at this particular approach to telling the dolphins what to do.]

Huh. I had expected you to speak more like they do, given that you often do the same with your seagull.

[The prosecutor wastes no time in taking to the water after saying this, however.]

Talking to dolphins is easier compared to seagulls.

[Kay shrugs, like that makes sense. She outpaces Edgeworth soon enough, and once she's ahead, she flips over onto her back to talk to him properly, doing the mermaid equivalent of a backstroke.]

So, are you gonna start investing in a waterproof suit and cravat now?

[It doesn't seem to make sense to Edgeworth, given the perplexed look on his face.]

[As for the repeated assertion... Kay, you're making him have to stop swimming to speak again. At least it's not as big a setback when the water isn't full of dolphins trying to play with him.]

One would think that even a cravat made of materials suited for the water would be far more prone to fluttering to an inconvenient degree beneath the waves, particularly given that swimming people aren't consistently upright as walking and sitting people are.

[It's not that hard to talk while swimming as long as you stay on the surface...right? Right?]

Boy, you think of everything.

Speaking of thinking of everything, I could be your Ace Coach along the way, and see how far you can swim without coming up for a breath!

[Kay, is this really the right time to be Edgeworth's Ace Life Coach?]

[Not for humans using a stroke much more advanced than a dog paddle, alas.]

Thinking of everything is merely one part of what I strive for.

[As for Kay's reply:]

You're rather intent on this, aren't you?

[Unless it's the backstroke, in which case talking shouldn't be a problem at all.]

I promised I'd help, didn't I? [She's just casually floating on her back right now. Almost like a show-off (again).] We'd be...catching two fish with one net! [That was an attempt to change a figure of speech around.]

[Yeah, about that backstroke...

In any case, Edgeworth simply sighs.]

Over my protests, I should note. I still believe this is a matter I can address on my own, urgent though it may have become. Also, are nets not designed to catch multiple fish at once in the first place?

You gotta admit, whether I promised or not, this is a good time to give it a shot.

[She suddenly straightens up, faces forward, and dives with an extra flourish of that fish tail. Kay manages to cover a good distance pretty quickly so that when she surfaces again, she waves over to Edgeworth and has to raise her voice a bit to be heard.]

Come on!

(Admittedly, she has a point.)

[With that internal admission, Edgeworth takes a deep breath, then turns and dives considerably less gracefully than Kay — not that any ordinary human has much chance of matching a mermaid's grace in the water in the first place. He swims towards the rock fully underwater for about fifteen seconds before deep unease begins setting in and he hurries to gasp for breath on the surface.]

[When he dives, Kay dives down as well to watch his progress underwater, her arms folded across her chest casually. Mentally she counts the seconds, and when she gets to fifteen, he surfaces, and she does the same, pushing some of her wet bangs away from her face.]

Not bad. [She nods.] Next time, try for twenty seconds.

(The rock isn't much farther. Perhaps I can reach it within that timeframe.)

[Edgeworth pauses to calm his nerves, then takes another deep breath and dives to just below the surface again. Once more, he does his best to focus on simply moving forward while submerged...]

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[...but he only stays down for seventeen seconds before he scrambles the mere foot or two upward necessary to catch his breath, looking disturbed.]

[This time, Kay swims alongside him. In her point of view, it's kind of odd how someone who's a pretty good swimmer has a problem with holding his breath. More of a fear, actually.

When he rises to the surface, she joins him yet again, looking rather concerned as she stays at his side. Noting the look on his face, she places a gentle hand on his shoulder.]

Mr. Edgeworth, are you okay? [Uh.]

That's none of your business!

[The verbal snap is more reflexive on Edgeworth's part than anything, as is his lurch away from Kay's touch. The latter reflex is more adapted to land than water, however, and so leaves the prosecutor facing Kay more fully than he'd prefer.]

[That...honestly scares her a bit. She backs away with a small fearful sound, raising her hands as if in surrender, eyes wide.

Kay is not sure if telling him to calm down will have the opposite effect and agitate him further.]

[Edgeworth takes on the air of a cat who just missed a jump even as he dog-paddles the rest of the way to the rock.]

I don't care for exposing my belly to others.

Open Post: The Kay Faraday Edition
This is my permanent Kay Faraday open post. Spam me with prompts, picture prompts, AUs, and the like. Indicate canon point or universe when necessary. Please note that I don't do slash, smut, anything sexual or anything overly and excessively violent.
Canon	Future AU
Choose a canon point, any canon point! Even from AAI2, why not.	7-8 years later, AJ/DD era. Prosecutor who studied under Miles Edgeworth. Still hyper and makes thief jokes. Still the Yatagarasu.
Somarium	Mask or Menace
Lived with Edgeworth and Stitch. Recruited Ema, Trucy and Maya into the Yatagarasu. 19 years old. Had college plans.	Can command and talk to crows, replicate voices and sounds perfectly, and use Charter Magic. Juror for Teen Court.

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Because this HAD to have happened to him during the Jerkworth years...

I don't dispute this, I would accept it as headcanon

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