Veilstone City.
A city with a thriving commercial scene and a well-developed warehousing industry.
The familiar night seemed to hold a special magic, reviving the Hex Maniac when she should have been exhausted.
[You coaxed Gengar and the others into going to the Veilstone Game Corner with you.]
Gengar's pixelated face was full of shock. Mismagius and Drifblim looked at each other as if they were still half-asleep. Only the newly joined Rotom flew wildly about.
Then...
The Hex Maniac gave them a demonstration of what it meant to come alive at night. She played at the all-night Game Corner until dawn before returning to the Pokémon Center, leaving Miss Joy to assume she was a trainer who had traveled through the night to reach Veilstone City.
[Miss Joy gave you a lecture. She said traveling through the wilderness at night was very dangerous, especially for a young girl like you.]
The Hex Maniac apparently didn't dare admit she had spent the whole night playing. She hurried off to catch up on sleep.
The Ghost Pokémon that had stayed up with her settled down to rest as well.
"Sounds kind of fun..."
Baimu rubbed his chin against Shiny Gengar's head. In the games, Game Corners had only appeared through the fourth generation. They had disappeared entirely from the fifth onward.
Maybe he could try one sometime.
Of course, there were Game Corners in plenty of places, including Pyrite Town. But this was about reliving a childhood experience.
The simulation shifted.
Refreshed, the Hex Maniac began her challenge at Veilstone Gym.
To Baimu's surprise...
The Gym Leader wasn't Bea, the pink-haired Fighting-type girl he knew, but a dispirited middle-aged man.
Wait!
Did that mean this story took place before Ash arrived in Sinnoh?
Baimu thought back over the story and suddenly