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

[Edgeworth dives again briefly in order to watch where the dolphins are going... but those trying to nudge him to start playing prove to be distractions to be shoved away as best he can while swimming. Fortunately, enough dolphins are demonstrating the route to be taken that several scattered distractions aren't enough to prevent him from seeing which way to go. He surfaces again, then begins swimming towards the lagoon visible in the distance.]

[Her tail swishing in the water, Kay turns to watch the entrance to the lagoon from above the water. Two, three more dolphins enter, and if Edgeworth has been following them, there was no way he'd get lost.

She chirps cheerily to Gumshoe on the phone:] I hope he can hold his breath long enough!

[...yes, she was partly doing this to troll him a little. But he wouldn't come to any harm with those dolphins around, anyway. And she was there too, just in case maybe he stubbed a toe on a sea urchin or something.

Some of them, upon swimming through the opening, linger around in the cavern, which is spacious enough for them to keep on playing. The others keep moving into the second cavern.]

[Edgeworth, while not a stranger to swimming, is no Olympic champion by any stretch of the imagination. The dolphins outpace him easily; on top of that, once he's near the lagoon, he has to stop and tread water in order to catch his breath. It's a slower process than catching his breath after running, thanks to his having to exert himself lightly just to stay afloat, but fortunately light exertion is something he's used enough to that he does eventually regain his energy.

Once he's ready, Edgeworth takes a deep breath and dives again to get a clearer look at where he's supposed to go. It did seem like the dolphins were heading towards some spot under the water... and sure enough, even as ill-adapted to the ocean as his eyes are, he can vaguely make out a tunnel entrance under the water. He resurfaces yet again, then swims a bit closer to the lagoon.]

(The very idea of having to hold my breath for that long is... disconcerting.)

[Edgeworth shakes his head and firms himself, however.]

(What are you thinking, Miles?! You can't allow such weaknesses to rule you! The past is long gone and resolved; it's time to act like an adult instead of a nine-year-old boy!)

[That internal resolution having been made, Edgeworth swims as close to the entrance as he can while still remaining on the surface, takes as deep a breath as he can muster, and twists within the water in order to swim down towards the tunnel he's been directed to.]

Are you sure it's okay to be on the phone while working?

[Kay is oblivious to the returning dolphins already frolicking in the lagoon, and doesn't even flinch when they splash her. She has been out of the water for a long enough time that her pink top has dried out quite a bit - that is, until the dolphins did their work.

On the bright side, Edgeworth has a lot to look at while in the completely submerged cave, apart from the lingering dolphins that seem to be waiting for him - or possibly watching him. There are starfish, sea urchins, the occasional fish staying out of sight in rock crevices because there are dolphins around (then again, the dolphins aren't even hunting for food)...

If he only knew that Kay sometimes mimicked naturalists and marine biologists in that cave...]

[A pity that Edgeworth is far more focused on reaching the wavering light at the end of the watery tunnel than on the scenery. The quicker he can get to the far end, the less chance there is that he'll be down here for a few seconds too long to keep his composure. For that matter, the more he can hold himself together, the quicker he can make it —

And before he knows it, he's out of the tunnel and frantically scrambling to the surface. It doesn't even matter to him that he's reaching up to grab a dolphin instead of heading over to the actual stable land, just that he gets a chance to breathe.]

[Kay was about to end her call when she notices a shape that is definitely not a dolphin emerge from the tunnel and hurriedly surface, clinging to...well, a real dolphin that doesn't even mind and thinks it's a game. Enjoy the ride around Kay's little rock, Edgeworth.

She gasps and covers the phone's mouthpiece. Wow, was it really that hard to get through the tunnel? Edgeworth looked rather...panicked.]

Mr. Edgeworth?!

[She speaks into the phone again.]

I know you're in trouble, Gummy, but Mr. Edgeworth is here if you wanna talk to him!

[This time, without even bothering to cover the mouthpiece, she calls out to Edgeworth:] Hey, Gummy's on the phone! You can play with the dolphins later!

[At first, the fact that he's being carried around by the dolphin he's clinging to and the words he's hearing Kay say matter less than the fact that he's getting fresh air in his lungs. He's safe. Nothing will go terribly, tragically wrong.]

[It only takes a few seconds, however, for Edgeworth's eyes to narrow back down to their normal width and the prosecutor to realize that he's being taken for a ride and Kay seems to think he's going along for the fun of it; how mortifying! Only Kay, however, gets to hear Gumshoe's laughter over the phone at the same time that Edgeworth lets go of the dolphin and starts treading water on his own. Finally, the prosecutor swims over to where Kay is and climbs out of the water.]

[It's only at this point that Edgeworth pulls himself together enough to neatly suppress what unnecessary feelings remain and look to Kay disapprovingly — the more proper reaction for a man of his stature.]

"Playing" is hardly how I'd describe it, Kay.

[This declaration is quite loud, in order to make sure that the detective hears it as well.]

You...you should see it, Gummy! I thought he was freaking out or something but then...

[Kay had been laughing along with Gumshoe; his laughter was infectious and he seemed to have forgotten that he was in trouble. Either that, or maybe now he's out of trouble.

She watches Edgeworth let go of the dolphin and swim over to her as her laughter is reduced to giggles, although there are tears in her eyes from laughing. Thankfully the rock is big enough for both of them to sit - and small enough that Kay doesn't have to exert a lot of effort if she wants to push him back into the water.

It's that thought that keeps her smiling despite his stare. At least the giggles are gone, and since the other line has gone quiet, Gumshoe has heard Edgeworth loud and clear.

She offers him the waterproof cellphone and has to stifle another giggle when she looks at him. Come on, it's almost comical, how serious he looks while dripping wet and after his fun dolphin ride.]

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[Honestly, Edgeworth has no idea how absurd his extremes of seriousness can get.

In any case, the prosecutor is quick to take the offered cellphone and begin speaking to Gumshoe.]

Aren't you supposed to be on duty, Detective?

...

The dolphin was the nearest object on the surface, nothing more. I couldn't risk sinking while I was catching my breath.

...

Absolutely not, Detective! If you breathe a single word of this to anyone, it is your salary which runs the risk of drowning. Do I make myself clear?!

...

...Very good. Now, return to your work.

[Don't mind Edgeworth as he hangs up your phone for you, Kay.]

[Kay was going to hang up herself anyway after Gumshoe got to talk to Edgeworth, so she doesn't mind.

She turns to the prosecutor with a cheerful smile, but on the bright side, she's not giggling anymore.]

So, how was your trip through the Faraday Cave?

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I hardly had time to reflect on the experience, Kay. You know full well that a human can only hold his or her breath for so long.

[That's true enough, isn't it?]

You can reflect now. And y'know, I think the dolphins like you.

[She nods toward a couple of dolphins swimming closer to them, more precisely to Edgeworth's side of the rock.]

Getting to this side was the sole thing I was trying to focus on. Hurrying through a dark tunnel while resisting one's instincts is not a pleasant experience.

[...Well, all that's technically true...]

But you did it, and I was right - you didn't need the ring!

[For some reason Kay looks immensely proud of that. Almost as if she's praising him more instead of the fact that she's correct.]

Nrrrgh...

(Blast! I can't refute that without exposing one of my weaknesses!)

...I concede that I technically made it into this place without it.

[...That admission is slow, pained, and said through gritted teeth.]

[Kay notices the unease in his expression and how he says it.]

...What's wrong? Are you okay? [She was probably wrong in assuming Edgeworth was done freaking out by the time the dolphin gave him a thrill ride.]

Wh— o-of course I'm fine!

[...That protest was just a bit too loud.]

[It's so loud that even the dolphins look a bit surprised. Kay looks slightly shaken. That was...unexpected.

Normally Kay would respond by mimicking his objecting, but this seemed like an inopportune time for joking. She raises a tentative hand.]

Uh...you don't sound fine to me. C'mon, we're the only two people here, no one else'd know.

And yes, I know it's technically one human and one mermaid, okay?

What point would there be in sharing — so you could laugh?!

[She gapes at him in disbelief.]

What? No! [Kay stops herself, and sighs, running a hand through her bangs. She raises both hands and adopts a calmer, more serious tone.] I promise I won't laugh.

Hmph. I don't see why anyone wouldn't laugh at the weak prosecutor who can't withstand stale air in his lungs!

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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