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The ship is wormhole to alternate dimension timeline where guests on the ship never return to the pokemon universe. Bill knew about this and gave you and gary special tickets that when touched mentally forces the first person that touches it to leave ship before departing. The anime covers this reality by bringing up a storm. Truth was, the storm was the alternate timeline trap where ash became a shitty trainer and doesnt age, hence why he is in later anime episodes.
