[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

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Since Shiva asked him earlier about the bugs and there's an opportunity now when swapping shifts, he's ready and able to give her a brief snippet on them (even though she's not asking right now).  He doesn't want to leave the question from earlier hanging.

"Smore and Firoke, Sponee and Sponaree, and Tricwe and Harylect. Those are the ones you encountered earlier.  Fire, Water, and Electric.  Tandor has a lot of bugs with weird types.  Nimflora is a Fairy, the terrifying Frosthra is Ice, the speedy Harptera is the typical Flying type...I've heard of a few more...unnerving and dangerous ones existing as well, but know almost nothing about them.  Maybe Seikamater's existence is why Tandor has so many bugs with weird type combinations in the same region..."

...he's lost in thought for a moment, and then looks like he remembered something.  "Oh, and, uh...here's your boots back.  Thanks for lending them..."

...though he is going to miss just how much warmer those boots were compared to his shoes...

"...anyways...that's...all I really have to say...you can...go get some rest now..."

Yeah, he's definitely getting a little awkward around Shiva again.

Oh! Pleasantly suprising it was for Shiva that she didn't need to remind Nathan of her request to inform her about these unknown bugs, she briefly frowned before she turned to him with an interested look, curious to listen. She also drew her cell to rename the picture of each bug with the respective name of the species; once or twice she had to ask for clarification, but in the end every single one of the six pictures featured the correct name! Now she can't forget them anymore. 

"T...Thanks, Nathan! Glad you were able to help me on it.... Look, some of them I even managed to catch. Not all, but at least the small fireant - 'Smore' - *coy chuckling because she's still amused how this bug is named after the campingsnack*, thise one with lightbulb as a tail - 'Harylect' - and my favorite, the smaller version of it, this 'Tricwe'. Such a cutie, and from the whiff of pheromones I got when I got close it, it's pretty likely a female exemplar. Of Nimflora I already heard somewhere, it can pollinate and nourish plants which the Cubbug offsprings then use as a food source, aww!"

She was just about to admire this bugfairy a little more, when the handing-back of her boots stopped that train of thoughts. She wordlessly accepted them back, quick-examinated them for any damage or remaining hive gunk *ugh*, before........shoving them back into Nathan's hands without really looking him in the eye. "W-wear them for a little longer if you....like. You're freezing, and might catch a cold if you're not keeping yourself warm." She perked up and mildly crossed her arms, probably to try overplaying her own awkwardness. "I do want them back sometime though please! The wool cost me 800$ at the store, if you break the boots you're owing me just that much."

Azumarill tilted her head curiously as Shiva then made attempts to leave. "Let us get some rest then, Azu... Eh, yes, we'll see one another in the morning then."