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The sea of darkness engulfs Airi's body. Her warm, radiant aura often has enough light to brighten up an entire room. However, in this starless universe, her alluring charm is nothing more than a dull glint. Without any visual signals, the darkness surrounding her produces an atmosphere where details, colors, and shapes are all hard to discern from one another. There is a sense of loneliness that creeps into her heart for a moment until her deep cerulean orbs manage to take in the silhouette of the tall and muscular cowboy accompanying her. Immediately, she feels her stress and anxiety leveling out a bit. Navy has warned her about the dangers of exploring the Ultra Deep Sea at various times. Still, she was not expecting the sinister environment to cause this much self-doubt in herself. At this point, she can only hope she does not become a hindrance to Navy, and that the two of them are able to make it back above the surface after completing their objectives.

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His words are not encouraging. She feels the tightness in her chest returning, along with the challenges of breathing in such tense air. "Yeah, thank you for the heads up," she tells him, her voice lacking in zeal. She nods her head at his words, withdrawing an Ultra Ball from around her waist to release Jade, her Iron Leaves, and Navy's former companion. The metallic antelope, coated in precious shades of juniper and amaranth, acknowledges its trainer by performing a graceful bow as it lowers itself a bit for her to climb on top of it. Its glowing eyes soon shift over to Navy as it greets him with a mechanical head nod. Airi carefully grabs onto Jade's saddle, then pulls herself up to mount it. She then takes notice of Navy's firearm. She is unsure if she ever noticed him carrying a firearm around or not, or if this is just another indication of just how rough and rugged this journey is going to be for them. 

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"Someone is feeling a little risky today, huh?" She teases him a bit, trying her best to lighten up the mood a bit. If not for Navy, then for herself. "Whatever it is that you want to show me, better be worth it, Mayor," she adds, glancing over at him with a small smirk. The little bit of light around them gave her piercing eyes a moment to make contact with his as the two of them started to move along the path. Her eyes then glance up to notice the eerie shadows floating effortlessly around them in the dark abyss.


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Swimming around in the deep blues, Airi and her Pokémon decides to make a quick dive to search for more items.

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So far, she has failed to land the Magikarp Splash over and over again. She debated on if she wanted to give it another shot or not, but after a few minutes she decided to let it go for now and to return her focus back on another move that she feels a lot more comfortable preforming for the crowd. The Primarina Twist.


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Airi's piercing azure eyes slowly moves towards the Rainbow Feather, a warm smile spreads across her face as she admires the iridescent feather. "That is beautiful! Did you encounter a Ho-Oh?" She asks him as her smile widens a little bit more. "So, it is kind of common for humans to befriend legendary Pokémon? Or are you preferring those who have a shard?" She asks him. She remembers meeting Elise Calcifet and her Calyrex, Charles, who she mentioned she received from a shard or something along those lines.


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"After six weeks? You must be quite the talented trainer, huh?" She speaks out to him. She has had thoughts about challenging Josh at some point, but she wonders if he may be too strong for her to challenge as her first gym. "Umm, do you have any recommendations for a first gym for trainers, who do not have any badges at the moment?" she asks him, hoping that he will be able to give her some advice.


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Ginseng, the Slowbro, decides to make a slow dive underwater to search for shiny objects for his trainer.

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The last trick did not go over too well for Airi. Perhaps, some would say that her overconfidence caused her to wipe out during the last event. Perhaps those assumptions are somewhat true. Either way, Airi finds herself approaching the waves a lot more level-minded. She hopes that she will be able to land the Magikarp Splash this time!


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A deep sigh of relief escapes from Airi's ruby-red lips as she watches the exhausted spirits vanish right before her deep azure orbs. She did not want to waste any time fighting them off and it seems that she will not have to engage in war. At least, not this time. She thanks her Blissey for her assistance, then returns her back to her Poke Ball.

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"There are a lot of Pokémon in my possession that you have not had the pleasure of meeting yet," she tells him with a soft smile spread across her lips. Her warm smile soon fading away as she takes notice of the sadness twinkling through his eyes for moment. The expression gleaming within his eyes softly telling her everything that she needed to know right then and there. "It sounds like your brother has good taste in Pokémon," she smiles, attempting to shift the focus towards a lighter topic.

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Now that the civilians were no longer in close proximity to the electrical wires, Airi's Gardevoir uses her psychic energy to carefully place the poles back inside of the ground. The electrical wires still hanging slightly in some angles. The hanging wires should not be too difficult for a trained professional to prepare in due time. Airi smiles at Latte, thanking her for her hard work before returning her back to her orb, too.

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"Thanks, Navy. I have put in a lot of work building up a solid team of Pokémon. Those fit for combat and those fit for medical emergencies, too," she shares with him, giving him a tender smile. "Me? A captain? I do not know about all of that, Navy. But you are not the first one who has made a similar comment to me," she laughs a bit and shakes her head. Perhaps, those around her are able to see more in her than she sees in herself at the moment. "Do you really think that I have want it takes to become a Captain," she asks him, confident that he will give her his honest opinion.

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At this point, Bean has made his way out of the water, and he stood next to his trainer, watching the unique experience happening right before their eyes. To be honest, Airi feels slightly impressed by Shalin's ability stay on the Talonflame's body without being knocked off just yet. However, she is still pretty worried that the Captain Ranger could end up in a dangerous situation if she is not being careful. She is an experienced Ranger. Therefore, she should be fine, right? Airi thinks to herself as she continues to keep an eye on Shalin and the fiery bird.


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She knew that this was not a good idea! "SHALIN!" Airi calls out, watching Shalin get knocked off from the Talonflame's body. She was about to release her Dragonite to rescue her, but the Beedrill jets pass her to catch her trainer. A couple of deep sighs escapes from both Airi and Bean's mouth, pleased that neither of them will have to witness Shalin fall down from the air to her end. "Goodness Shalin, you're laughing, but you almost gave us a heart attack! Did you do stuff like this all of the time?!" She asks her.

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As expected, Josh and Captain Annalise due to seem to spend a decent amount of time together tending to the needs of Mauville City. "Nothing wrong with being a little stict, as long as one knows how to make time for fun, too." Airi responds with a few giggles following behind her words. She takes her career quite serious, too. However, she also manages to make time for a little bit of self-care. The perfect balance of business and pleasure is always a common goal for her.


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"That is pretty epic story, Josh. The former Counselwoman must have thought pretty highly of you and your abilities if she encouraged you to become a ranger," Airi smiles at her new friend. Unfortunately, her story is not too exciting compared to Josh's unique experience. "I wouldn't mind meeting encountering a Legendary Pokémon of my own someday... As long as it is a friendly one that is," she adds, taking a few seconds to think about the various Legendary Pokémon that she would love to meet in the future. "I have some knowledge of the Minor League Program. One step before becoming an official Gym Leader, right?" she questions, testing her knowledge a bit. "Did you go through the Minor League Program before becoming the Mauville City Gym?" she asks, slightly curious to learn a little bit more the Minor League Program. [break][break]

Oddly enough, it seems that Airi is quite the magnet for adorable Pokémon encounters today. She giggles softly as she watches a cute Slurpuff moving towards her. Apparently, the Slurpuff must have noticed Airi sharing some of her sweets with the Deerling. "Ah, I bet you that you're looking for sweets, too, huh?" She laughs, kneeling down a bit to get a better look at the Slurpuff. She then slides her hand inside of her bag to pull out a treat to share with the Slurpuff. The Pokémon lets out a cheerful cry before gently nuzzling her body against's Airi's leg. "Looks lik I've made another friend," she giggles, glancing over to look at Josh.


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Airi was wading through the water with a tracking device in her head. According to the soft beeping noise and the glowing red and green dots flashing across the screen there is a trapped Pokémon not too far away from her. Her deep azure eyes scan over the slightly murky water for a few more seconds until her keen eyes take notice of a Mantyke with her wings caught between two pieces of metal. The debris floating around in the water almost making it impossible to notice the smaller Pokémon swimming around inside of the large ocean. Airi signals for her Swampert, Bean, to swim over to assist with freeing the Mantyke from the metal trap. The Swampert makes his way over quickly, using his powerful muscles to free the Mantyke.

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Airi giggles and shakes her head at her partner's question. "I am not here to judge you, Porter. Do whatever you feel like is going to take to help you get them somewhere safe. I do not care if you have to perform you all Rain Dance or something," she teases him, a few more giggles escaping from her full lips as she gently picks up the Mantyke and carries it inside of her caring arms. Bean grabs the two pieces of metal and drags them towards the shore to discard them in the contains that the ranger had prepared for the materials that needs to be removed from the ocean.


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"See, it looks like you are getting the hang of it! Good job, Porter," she smiles at him. She then walks the Mantyke over to the examine table that she was able to set up a few minutes ago. "Bean, keep helping Porter and Ermensande remove the debris from the ocecan and I will join you all once I am done examining this cutie-pie," she tells her Swampert. Bean nods his head before walking back towards the water to assist the Empoleon with removing even bigger piece of metal from the ocean.

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