[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan's pleasantly surprised when the combee return with honey. He bottles it and thanks the combee, and the two bees join him and the 4 other pokemon in just relaxing. Eventually, they find themselves just outside town, looking down route 02 and at the beautiful waterfall that's close to its entrance.. "Heh. Didn't think I'd have a full party of six this quickly. We've barely begun this journey, and Ralts and I have already made so many new friends..." He looks around at his pokemon as they socialize. Ralts is over with Swiftfire and Staryu, laughing as Staryu playfully shoots Water Guns at Swiftfire. Swiftfire will have none of it, of course, and fires some flames back, which Staryu promptly extinguishes. The combee duo is zipping around from flower to flower, and doing all sorts of aerial maneuvers as they chase each other around in what Nathan can only assume is some sort of game of tag. Porygon is by Nathan, just kinda sitting there. "Ah, come on, Porygon. You should go and join them, get to know them a little better. I know emotions are probably a bit of a foreign concept to you, but you should still try to enjoy yourself. Go on, no harm in some good fun." Porygon looks up at Nathan, looks back at Ralts and company, and then heads over to the pokemon. They happily let him join in their fun! In fact, Porygon starts changing colors, showing off to the other pokemon! (though it can only hold each color for a brief period of time) Ralts and Swiftfire seem to enjoy the display, and Staryu starts flashing a light in its gem in response.

'Those four look like they're having fun, that's for sure. Hmmm...' Nathan looks up at the combee as they buzz around in the air above. 'Ya know, it doesn't feel right just calling him Combee...he's a unique one, just like Princess is. Something special...what nickname could I give him though...'

Nathan calls out to the bees a moment later. "Hey, you two! Come here for a moment!" They fly over, curious about what Nathan wants. "So, I've been thinking. Princess, you're something special, and we've been calling you Princess since we met you in the hive because of that. Combee, you're also special, but I don't think it's fair to just call you that like you're any other combee. You're something special too, and not just because you're small. How would you like it if I started calling you...Zippy? What do you think of that? You're dexterous, and practically a blur when you're flying around. If you don't like the nickname, I can think of another one. Or if you'd rather just be called Combee still, that's fine too." (@Iron So, what does Combee think?)

Once it starts getting dark, Nathan recalls his pokemon and heads back to the Pokemon Center. After that training and the rest, he felt ready for Zamboni. He could do this. He also has two shots at it if he fails the first time. He was going to get this badge. He'd better tell everyone about his plan for tomorrow when they all get back to the Center...though the thought of seeing Shiva there brought back a little of that nervousness from last night. She wasn't still cross with him for asking about the egg, was she? He'd just have to tread carefully...Ralts is emulating this nervousness, too. He didn't want Nathan to make someone noticeably angry again...