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[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Day 21--Second Chance


"I need to see it...the future..." Turo murmured, the last thing he knew before losing consciousness.

He expected to know nothing after that. Surely his wounds were too grievous.

So the dim hum of machinery and feeling of a bed beneath him, ebbing around his awareness, came as a dull surprise.

Slowly, weakly, he opened his eyes.

"Good to see you!" chirped a voice that seemed to come from a mechanical being beside him, the accented Paldean indicating it wasn't the thing's native language. "You're fortunate. They couldn't have healed you in your era."

His dying wish was a beginning.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Day 22--Expedition



There was so much more to explore. What was behind those crystals around the Zero Lab? What was in that cave to the side, before the central cavern? What was the source of that water on the lowest layer? WAS it the lowest? That crystal thing from the Scarlet Book had to be around somewhere.

Heck, Florian hadn't seen many of the creatures in the book. And he hadn't found any Herba Mystica despite the book saying it originated from the crater.

As he packed for a few days of exploration, he wondered if this was how Sada had been.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Day 23--Academy Life


Everyone else had already graduated. It had taken a while to make up the credits they had missed during the year and a half of Team Star, but one by one, they had claimed their diplomas and left Ortega further and further behind.

At first it had stung, and he didn't understand why. It had been obvious to everyone else, and even later he struggled to put his emotions into words.

But they weren't really leaving him. Their own lives were unfolding, and so would his.

His phone rang, one of his new friends. "Meet you in the library, Ortie!"

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Day 24--Youthful Heart





Many things delighted Kofu. The boisterous chef had a strong passion for everything from a perfectly plated dish to a lovely flowerpatch.

But his favorite sight, what captured his glee better than anything else, was when he would take his pokémon out to the lake and let them swim around. If he didn't need to be anywhere for the next day, he would leap in and join them.

They must have made a wild sight, he figured, the group of them out there splashing away.

"Oh, to vault like a Veluza..." he sighed wistfully as the fish lept in joy.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Day 25--Free Adventurers



AI Sada had been productive. Her loneliness had sparked creativity, and though her new companions were nowhere near as scientifically advanced as her, they were beautiful and curious and magnificent and more.

Everything she ever could have wanted in her children, for that was how she viewed them.

And like any children, it was time for them to leave home.

The first Golurk to fly was at the head of the pack. Eventually they would all leave, as there were no wild Golett in Paldea in the era she'd come from.

She watched them embark on their adventures with pride.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Day 26--Two Books


She would know that cover anywhere.

It had been years since Sada had last seen the Scarlet Book. Ever since handing it off to the mysterious child in what she thought at the time was an otherworldly vision, she had remained content with her obtained white volume.

She knew the school was in possession of a copy. It had been the one that sparked her interest so long ago, prompting her to spend her pennies on her own copy, one she scrawled her name in before pouring over every word.

She reached out for it, hand shaking. Was this fate?

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Day 27--Corrupt Authority

There was nothing he could do. The files were gone, every last one of them. Everything that could have salvaged the reputations for hundreds of children, all wiped out.

His deputy had erased it all, but the real blame was on Harrington. He sat back, staring blankly at the ceiling above. Every complaint, every incident report, everything that spoke of the mass bullying going on under his administration had gone ignored in perhaps the worst miscarriage of justice in academy history. He had let hundreds of students suffer and permitted others to do the same.

He knew what came next.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Day 28--Pounding Heart


A strange place, so bright and sterile. It was terrifying.

The young beast slunk back but there was nowhere to hide. The cavern, more radiant than the burning sun, was smooth, with only a small outcropping in the center.

Some... creature approached, covered in white, upper appendages extended. It was like nothing the beast had ever seen in its short life. The creature was making sounds, soft, breathy, and reached out an appendage.

The beast shrank back. It was barely a hatchling, and this creature was much taller.

"--raidon--" the creature repeated, gesturing to the beast. "Professor--" gesturing to itself.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Day 29--Paradox



Returning to Area Zero was unable to recharge AI Sada any more. That was acceptable. She had lived an excellent life, a free one.

Existence around her faded, and she smiled softly.

But. How were there human voices? Humans wouldn't exist for millions more years.

When she opened her eyes, she was in a different place. Her sensors told her nothing, but her memory told her that the weight on her chest was the vaunted Soul-Heart.

A person was speaking Kalosian, a language she didn't speak, but she made out "AZ".

The era of the immortal king. The future awaited.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Day 30--Greatest Treasure​

Terapagos was fortunate.

He had known so many friends in his long life. Humans had been kind to him, and their descendants had rediscovered that kindness on their return.

The impossible had happened, with the arrival of more Terapagos from distant lands. He and the AI had thought such a thing impossible.

The AI was long gone, though he had lived a joyful life as well. Humans tended to believe in an afterlife, and Terapagos hoped his friend would be as happy there.

To think of old friends, to live among new friends, that was the greatest treasure of all.

The end. Thank you for reading.​