Baimu woke from his dream.
The first thing he saw was not Hydreigon's enormous head, but the Simulator's glowing screen.
"The Simulator is updating..."
Another update!
The last one had happened in the Valley of Origin. This time, he hadn't even gone there. He'd gone to sleep and woken up the next day to an update!
Was it because of the "direct connection"?
He glanced at the gleaming Space-Time Wristband on his bedside table, eager to see what the updated Simulator had in store.
"Happy?"
Blissey murmured softly.
She was usually the second to wake. The other Pokémon would stir at her clear call.
Hydreigon lazily stretched his neck upward, then shook himself like a huge dog, his petal-like mane spiraling through the air.
"Shaaa!"
He let out a howl for no apparent reason.
Smack!
A cute plush toy struck his chin like a bolt of lightning. Hydreigon jerked his head back in fright.
Shiny Gengar deftly caught it, rubbed his eyes, and handed it to the two Dreepy, who returned it to Mawile, the one in a foul mood after waking.
"Hee-yah~"
"Hee..."
The Dreepy Siblings carefully set it down, then darted out through the floor-to-ceiling window Porygon2 had opened.
The sea was theirs to swim, the sky was theirs to soar!
Good morning, Platinum Silver Mountain!
The two Dreepy were bursting with energy, nothing like Ghost Pokémon that slept by day and came out at night.
Unlike Dragapult.
He had done absolutely nothing but stare into space until morning. Now that everyone was up, he was ready to go into his Poké Ball and sleep.
By comparison, even Galarian Corsola, who slept for ages, seemed perfectly normal.
"Sha-saa?"
"I'm going to play on my phone for a while. Let me sleep in on the first day after the