The Airfield
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"Following the roads, Joseph soon discovered the ruins of an airfield. Various aircraft laid scattered around the open space. The buildings stood crumbling, and like the vehicles that the surrounded the structures, it was all covered in overgrowth, visibly rusted and worn from the time spent exposed to the elements. Upon recognising the ruins, his suspicions where cemented, they had crash landed on Risorse Island. Recalling what he had learned when he was a child, the islands seemingly disappeared after a massive cyclone during The Great War. At the time of the island’s disappearance, a population of about fifty thousand scientists, engineers, security personnel and their Pokémon where present. Another three thousand military soldiers along with their Pokémon were also on the island, whom were deployed here after an unspecified “incident” occurred. Whatever happened on the island all those decades ago, resulted in every single person and Pokémon vanishing without a trace.

One of those scientists that was on the island when it disappeared was Joseph’s father. Although being seven years old, Joseph was able to remember the final conversation he had with his father before he boarded the cargo plane due for Risorse Island. “I’m going back to the island son. Dr Jefferson found the source of the anomaly I told you about. Turns out, it was in one of the copper mines. He thinks it might be a very rare Pokémon no one has ever seen before. He needs my help to make what he calls ‘first contact’, I think he's just scared of the dark, and wants me to be there to keep him company”. “Will you take lots of pictures? Please bring back something!” “Don’t worry camp, I’ll make sure to bring back a souvenir of some kind. Perhaps if you be good to your mother while I’m gone, I can convince Dr Jefferson to allow you to come with me next time, how does that sound?” “Oh Yeah, that’s awesome, I’ll be on my best behavior, you’ll see”. “I’m sure you will be. Be safe, I’ll see you in a month’s time”.

A tear come down Joseph’s eye as he snapped back to reality. While he needed to find Karasu and Jay, he knew he needed closure as to what happed to his father, and what events transpired on the island all those decades ago. Being turned into a Noctowl may have been a sign as to what the fate of these lost souls may have been, but one thing is for certain, Joseph was going to use his new-found abilities to get to the bottom of this mystery.

- The forgotten islands -
Chapter 3
More than just an island of trees

Part of the 2017 collection

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