ToT | Sparkly Dust of Fury!

    "Why?! Cleaning is so boring!" yells Ian. The dark typed fox would much rather be getting his portrait done by Frankie then dusting out a lab for the nerds of Tabira.

    "It's be super quick! Who knows? Maybe we'll get lucky and Chandra will be there. If she thinks we're working well together, she'll let me into her guild!" chirps Faye as she walks up to the doors of the research lab. She almost reaches the handle but a certain zorua interrupted.

    "And what do I get out of that?!" inquires Ian, quite loudly I might add.

    "If I get in, then you get out."

    "What?"

    "If I get into the guild, then I'll give you the pink slip and let you go. Then you can go run off with the Artisans like you wanted."

    "Why can't I just go and you do this by yourself?"

    "Because until Chandra sees that we can work together, I won't be able to join the Scholars and we're gonna be stuck as teammates. Don't tell me you forgot what she said..."

    "Oh no, I remember. Ugh... I remember it as if it were yesterday."

    "That's because it was yesterday! And we wouldn't be in this mess if you didn't pull that trick on the Scholars!"

    "They were rubbing their intelligence in my face! They were practically asking for it!"

    "Maybe they were trying to rub off on you so you would gain a few IQ points... Speaking of that, isn't this the lab you trashed in your little escapade?" asks Faye as she walks in. Only half of the room was clean. One side looked like paradise, the other looked like a tornado hit it.

    "Maybe..." Ian replies. "So how are we gonna get this done?"

    "I don't know. Alice and Ginger probably left to take a break so we have to do this ourselves." Faye then pauses to take a look around the room. She then looks at Ian with a huge, creepy grin on her face. "You're gonna do this."

    "What?!"

    "You heard me. It'll be simple. Use your ability to change into a minccino! They're expert cleaners! We'll be done in 15 minutes flat!"

    "But I don't how to fully control it yet! Sometimes I'll be stuck in my ability for days, maybe even weeks at a time!"

    "Well, you won't get better if you don't practice! Consider this practice!" The glare in the pichu's eyes told stories of no refusal. She must have been spoiled as a younger child.

    "Fine," replies Ian. After a few tries, he nails a minccino illusion perfectly. "What must I do, master?" asks Ian in a mocking tone.

    "Clean, duh. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go demonstrate some of my talents for Chandra!"

    "Talents? I didn't know you had any of those," says Ian with a smirk. This earns a huff from Faye before she stomps out the door only to run into Chandra herself.

    "What's this I heard about demonstrating for me?" questions the lanturn.

    "Yeah Faye. Show Chandra that amazing ability you have!" says Ian sarcastically before muttering, "Oh wait, you don't have one."

    Of course the pichu was just bluffing. Unique abilities didn't really run in her blood but she can't keep this propaganda going if she didn't do something.
   
    "O-okay," the pichu replies. Faye takes a stance.... and then freezes up. This blunder causes Ian to be sent into an upheaval of laughter. "S-shut up, Ian!" stutters Faye as she pounds her paws onto the ground. A green shockwave travels through the lab floor before sprouts and roots pop out of the ground to deliver a grass knot attack. Or at least attempt to. Ian, who's still a minccino, swings his tail to dish out a devastating dark pulse. The two moves clash together and explode, sending shiny clouds of green and purple dust all over the room to the point that the room was clouded. Ian, not yet used to his minccino senses, uses his tail to feel around the room, unknown to him that he was cleaning it along with the shiny dust clouds. He ends up bumping into Faye and this frightens her to the point that she shocks him. The electricity causes Ian's illusion ability to start "glitching" into different pokemon and it stops when he turns back into a zorua, who's crouched on the floor in pain. Faye on the other hand was still discharging electricity. The currents that were being sent through the floor were buffering it, making the wood look shiny and new. By the time the sparkly dust settles down, the chaos is over and the lab is nice and clean.

    "Wow..." says Chandra. "You two did spectacular! Keep up work like that and you'll be part of the Scholars in no time!"

    "B-but-" stammers Ian.

    "I'll make sure to add you to the roster for potential recruits to the Scholars!"

    "Wait, Chandra!"

    "Good bye!"

    "........."

    "So..." says Faye awkwardly.

    "I'm gonna go," says Ian with a huff as he storms out of the lab towards Frankie's place of business. Way to ruin his mood Faye.

    "Well, I'm no happier either! I'm still stuck with you!" yells Faye as she turns in the opposite direction towards... wherever.