One morning at the Clover Guild, Team Moonshine woke up early to find a mission on the job board. After many days of practicing as a Flareon, Adrian regained enough of his skills to return to guild work. The one thing he hadn't been able to fix yet was his sleep schedule. Waking up early was still exhausting for him. So, this morning, he went to find a chesto berry around the kitchen to keep himself awake.

While Adrian was away, his team scanned the job board for any missions they could handle. Vilepume was reading aloud the missions he was looking at.

“Here's one from a zoroark. ‘I need a tough pokemon to help me!’”

“A zoroark?” Bellossom asked. “Don’t those guys make really powerful illusions?”

“Yeah, they do,” Vileplume confirmed. “They're pretty dangerous from what I’ve heard. Very tricky, too.”

“And handsome,” Enny added.

“And dangerous,” Vileplume reemphasized.

“Sounds like my type.”

Vileplume sighed as he reached for another mission. “Here's a bounty. ‘Buizel the swift: Last seen at Fogbound Lake.’”

“That's pretty far away,” Bellossom pointed out.

Vileplume shrugged. “That's what Adrian asked for.”

Enny chimed in, saying, “I don't know if Addy will want to go to a dungeon like that right now. Fogbound Lake isn't a walk in the park.”

“Plus the target’s a water type,” Bellossom added.

“You're right,” Vileplume agreed as he put the mission back and grabbed a third. “Huh, this mission’s been translated to your language. Can you read this Enny?”

“Sure thing,” Enny said as he took the paper from Vileplume. ”Ahem. ‘My stepbrother got me stuck and I don't know what he’s do’… oh boy.”

“So where's it at?”

Enny stifled a giggle as he looked up from the paper at Vilepume. “I don't think this one's a real job, Viley.”

“Is this another human joke?”

Enny looked back down at the mission he held in his ribbons while holding back laughter. “Yep. I don't think I should explain it, though.”

“Why not?”

“Trust me, you don't wanna know.”

“No, I do. Tell me!”

The two went back and forth, with Vileplume trying to get some sort of explanation and Enny refusing to give even the slightest hint as to what it could mean. Bellossom shook her head and looked at the job board herself. She scanned the board for anything that stood out to her.

Eventually, she found one post that caught her by surprise. She took the job off the board and stared at it, reading through it twice to make sure it said what she thought it said.

“Viley!”

Vileplume paused his conversation with Enny and turned to her. “What is it?”

“Look at this job!” She said as he held the paper for her brother.

Vileplume took the mission from her and started reading. “‘A thief made off with my husband's necklace. I need someone to get it back.’ What's the big deal?”

“Look who sent it!”

“Alright, let's see- oh my god.” Vileplume stuttered with his mouth agape.

Enny looked at the two of them, confused. “What’s the big deal? Who's the client?”

Vileplume turned to Enny. “Oh, sorry dude. It's just… this job’s from-”

“You three find a job yet?”

Adrian's voice grabbed their attention. He approached his team slowly. The bags under his eyes were still visible, but his movements were less sluggish than when he’d woken up.

“We did find one,” Bellossom answered.

“Let me see it,” Adrian said. Vileplume laid the paper on the ground, and Adrian caught it with his paw. He read through the page carefully. “Vileplume, I told you yesterday we're going somewhere far away. This is just past Cotton Valley.”

Vileplume stared down at Adrian. “Your antisocial expedition can wait. We're making the collective decision to take this job.”

Adrian returned Vileplume's look with a glare. The air started to heat up around him. “What makes you think you can just override my decisions like that?”

“This job is way more important,” Vileplume said while crossing his arms. “The client for this job is-”

“I don't give a fuck who it is. Last fucker barely paid us. Plus, there are serious criminals out there for us to deal with. Not petty home invaders. I’m not about to do another fetch quest for a wealthy bitch in the middle of nowhere for a meaningless necklace.”

Vileplume growled, “You don't even know who you're saying that about.”

“Doesn’t matter who I’m saying it about, it’s fucking true,” Adrian said. “I know you want me to be professional and all, but I really do not give a fuck about these pricks we work for. While evil bastards are running loose, they’re posting guild jobs about worthless family trinkets-”

“It's our mother, Adrian!” Bellossom cried, cutting off Adrian's rant. She then grabbed him by his mane and stared him down. “Someone’s stolen our father’s necklace. It’s all we have left of him since he disappeared! Please, don't argue with Vileplume! I know you wanted to do another job, but we need to do this one!”

The team went silent as the awkwardness of the situation set in. Vileplume and Enny watched as Adrian and Bellossom stared at each other for a moment. His angered look disappeared, and he tugged away from Bellossom’s grip.

“Careful with the mane. You’ll burn yourself.”

“So what's the plan?” Vileplume asked. “Are we doing this job?”

“Looks like it,” Adrian replied with a softer tone. “I’m not stupid enough to get between family matters. We're leaving immediately after breakfast so be ready. I’m gonna get some more chesto berries from the shop before we go.”

He then turned away from them and left towards the guild. The rest of his team let out a sigh of relief before going to the cafeteria to eat.