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Once the two were airborne, the pounding in her ears wasn't quite so bad. The tingling feeling she got as feedback from the way Flit propelled himself would never get old. The noise and rippling water scared small water-types away, but Shalin wasn't looking for something small. She was looking for something bigger.

As Flit looped around the northern part of the delta and toward the grass-covered part of the Route, his rider caught sight of a bug-type native to her home region: Ledian. While she liked many bug-types, this was not one she cared to add to her team. Not to say she was going to let this opportunity go to waste; she was going to at least entertain herself doing so.

Shalin grabbed Flit's back frill and pulled back, causing the Yanmega to rapidly gain altitude before reversing course. His droning became higher pitched as he picked up a lot of speed, Shalin using both her knees at her mount's sides and her hands on his back frill as practice for manually guiding the green insect.

The Ledian was nimble, but could not match Flit's agility or speed. "Alright Flit, use your Supersonic!" Shalin cried, bracing herself. Spreading his mandibles wide, the Yanmega violently churned his wings for a few seconds. Shalin had both lost her sense of touch and was only able to hear their loud drone until the attack ceased. The two happily circled the wild, Shalin chuckling at how it couldn't tell up from down. Ultimately, the Ledian was an amusing distraction for the two, but she wanted something different on her team. And something bigger.
NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Flit          Yanmega        Good
Kiara         Litleo         Good
Jugan         Snivy          Good
Prance        Stantler       Good
{WC: 271}
{PC: 2}

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As much fun as it was having Flit rattle Shalin about with the sheer force behind his Supersonic attack, it wore her out. Even well after the cacophony of droning wings stopped and her sense of touch technically came back, she still felt a strong tingling sensation in her extremities. The speed at which the surrounding air was displaced made waves that caused the river to overflow low banks locally and even beach a couple of Pokémon, including a newly-evolved Gastrodon that appeared to be struggling with the tall brush around the delta.

Feeling awful for what she had done, Shalin guided Flit to the river's bank so she could dismount and help it get back toward the water. Knowing the species was designed for marine life, and never ventured beyond sandy environments was the giveaway that this Pokémon was in trouble. Once she was off the bug-type's back, she leaned down toward the wild, who was quick to turn away from her and start inching toward the shore. It quickly got stuck, lacking the strength to uproot the tall reeds its slime had gotten it stuck on!

"It's okay! I'm going to get you back to the river," Shalin gently assured the Pokémon like a mother would talk to their crying child. "Now just hold still..." The explorer girl used a small clipping tool to cut the brush ensnaring the wild Pokémon before she picked it up by the shell. Though it was small for her size, it was heavy - around half her weight! It also didn't help that the Ground-type was instinctively squirming, either.

Shalin lurched in a couple of different directions before her arms gave out. She was able to at least get the wild close enough to the sandy shore that it was able to get the rest of the way. With that misadventure out of the way, she sat next to Flit for a while, catching her breath.

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Flit          Yanmega        Good
Kiara         Litleo         Good
Jugan         Snivy          Good
Prance        Stantler       Good

{WC: 327}
{PC: 3}

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Once Shalin had done her good deed and saved the Gastrodon from becoming an easy meal for a larger Pokémon, she felt she had caused enough trouble for one day. "C'mon, Flit, we should probably head back to Petalburg Woods." Nodding in agreement, he would chide her if the two spoke the same language.

With her search for a new team member to end empty-handed, Shalim climbed into Flit's saddle, popped her earplugs back in, and secured herself - the dragonfly's takeoff was always jarring. By the time his wings got up to speed, only the tall reeds near him stood; there was an oval-shaped hole in the grass below where the Yanmega flew.

During takeoff, Flit had displaced a red bug-type Pokémon his rider had never seen, and it was not happy! It flung its long, burning body toward the Yanmega, Shalin bracing herself for impact. Flit's tremendous agility turned the lashing attack into a glancing blow, but it still stung! While that was not what she was expecting to happen, she still maintained her brace position.

Being one of her closest Pokémon, she knew how the dragonfly would follow up, and it was going to be a rough and tumble ride. When she first caught Flit, even being close enough to watch him battle using this move was terrifying. She was a lot more comfortable with the move now, but being in the saddle while he used the move was still scary due to its sheer intensity.

Flit thrust his legs into the dirt, then started churning his wings so rapidly and violently that the buzzing noise could be heard a mile away. A vortex of air blades surrounded the unidentified Pokémon, inflicting both external damage from the blades themselves, and internal damage from being at the converging point of both wings' shock waves. The intense vibration rocked Shalin to the point of mild to moderate disorientation, and the sound was so loud that it felt like she was at a rock concert, even with her earplugs on.

Most of the disorientation subsided the moment the buzzing ended. Once she felt she could throw a Poké Ball with reasonable accuracy, she tossed one the Sizzlipede's way. Who knows? Maybe it would evolve into a Pokémon that would suit her much better.

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Flit          Yanmega        Fair
Kiara         Litleo         Good
Jugan         Snivy          Good
Prance        Stantler       Good

{WC: 387}
{PC: 4}