Sniffles' Sneezing Powder part 1 (HTF)

Sniffles the anteater was hard at work, as he almost always was. Earlier today, he had received a letter from the science facility, which was asking him to deliver a fresh order of sneezing powder. Sniffles was skilled at experimenting with various powders, so he accepted and immediately went to work.

Sniffles put a gas mask over his face to keep from inhaling any powder, retrieved a few mixing containers, and filled each one with a different, sneeze-causing substance. He used a hard, wooden stick to ground up all of the substances and reduce them to dust so that they could be used in the sneezing powder.

There were two important things that Sniffles had to remember when he was making the sneezing powder. This powder had to be created entirely by hand, and it also had to have an extremely small amount of pepper inside. Most people who created sneezing powder used pepper as the main ingredient, in the largest amount. As a result, most customers who purchased these powders complained about having burning sensations in their noses.

To solve this problem, Sniffles made an important plan to add as little pepper as possible to his sneezing powder, so that users would sneeze more from the other ingredients used. This included a good amount of pollen, extracted directly from goldenrods, ragweed and other allergenic flowers. He also added some stone-ground flour that could cause users to sneeze relatively quickly, if not immediately.

After all of the ingredients were perfectly ground up, Sniffles mixed them together to create the sneezing powder. He took several empty spice shakers and filled them with the powder. Then he filled a small box with several shakers, and delivered the box to the post office to ship it to the science facility.

Now that he was done with his task, Sniffles decided to take the rest of the night off. He exited his lab and went into his bedroom, where he turned on the ceiling fan and sat down on his bed. Laying down, he sighed contentedly, and leaned over to the short bookshelf to retrieve a math book. He opened the book, removed a pencil from his pocket, and began to work on some math.

He solved a few problems, but the end of his pencil snapped off, revealing what looked like a crater. Removing the pencil from the book, Sniffles absentmindedly reached to the pencil sharpener on the end table and inserted the pencil. He heard a loud whirring sound as the sharpener did its work, but he also felt something metal tipping over. Sniffles looked to the side to see one of the shakers of sneezing powder, which he had toppled over. A small amount of sneezing powder began to float from the lid, and the wind from the fan pushed it towards Sniffles. He cringed as he inhaled the powder and then needed to sneeze.

"Ah... AHHH..." Sniffles began to inhale, letting go of the pencil and moving the book away from his face to avoid sneezing on it. As he inhaled, he tilted his head farther and farther back, waiting for the sneeze to come forth. "AAAAAAHHH... AAAAAAAAHHHHH! CHOOOOOOOO!"

Sniffles sneezed, throwing his head forwards and blowing his spray into the air. Since he was an anteater, he couldn't cover his mouth when he sneezed. This sneeze was much louder than he was used to, but his snout wasn't satisfied from just one sneeze. He tilted his head back again, with his trunk twitching ever so slightly. "Aaah... AAAAHHH! AH-CHOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"What in the name of... Ahhh..." Sniffles tried to say, but was quickly interrupted when another sneeze began to build. He began to rub his snout with both of his hands, but it barely seemed to work at all. He quickly stopped rubbing, and then squeezed his trunk to keep from inhaling any more powder. "AH... AHHHH... AAAAAHHHHH!"

"CHOOOOOOoooooo! AAAAHH-CHOOOOOoooooooo!" After sneezing twice more, Sniffles rubbed his nose with a finger and reached over to the shaker with his free hand. Picking it up, he got off his bed and headed off to the lab. He sneezed a few times, but didn't care. The scent of the sneezing powder was still causing him to sneeze, and it was annoying. He needed to get rid of this powder before it was too late.

By the time Sniffles had made it to the lab, his snout was still itching and twitching like crazy. Maybe one last good sneeze would help. "AAH... AAAHHH... AH-CHOOOOOOOOOOO!" After sneezing again, Sniffles approached his collection of chemicals in vials, and placed the shaker of sneezing powder on the table. However, a cloud of sneezing powder rose from it, and Sniffles accidentally inhaled it, which caused him to sneeze without warning. "AAAAAAHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOOO! AAAHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOOOOO! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOO!"

"AH-Chooooooooo!" Even when Sniffles had sneezed out all of the powder from his trunk, he could still smell it, and thus continued to sneeze. "Ah... Aahh... AAAAHHHHHH..." Sniffles inhaled to sneeze again, but then there was a long pause. He sniffed a few times, but the sneeze wouldn't release. His trunk was still itching, but didn't need to sneeze. He looked up at the ceiling light, thinking it would help him sneeze, but the only result was that his trunk still itched. Finally, Sniffles turned back to the shaker of sneezing powder, pressed his mouth to the lid and sniffed deeply. He immediately pulled his trunk away as the sneeze made it out. "AAH... AAAHH! Ah-choooooooooo!"

After releasing a more normal sneeze compared to his last ones, Sniffles' trunk was no longer itchy. He sniffled gingerly, and rubbed his snout with a finger. Happy that he didn't have to sneeze again, he went back to his bedroom to resume his free time. The sneezing powder worked wonders, but he was in no mood to test it himself again. He would need to hire a test subject in the morning.