[CENTER][h1][color=00746b][u]Skobeloff[/u][/color][/h1][/CENTER]

[color=ffab72]"Suuure,"[/color] Kyte said after a long pause. [color=ffab72]"Just so long as it doesn't end with me in a sick bed for an extended period of time."[/color]

[color=00746b]"Efforts will be made to avoid this outcome."[/color] Skobeloff said playfully. [color=00746b]"More than that I cannot promise."[/color]

"Well, if that's decided," Echo says with a clap. "We should get you out of here and back to your... [i]cantankerous[/i] yellow friend. If you would all please step out onto the water..."

[color=00746b]"Step [i]onto[/i] the water?"[/color] Skobeloff asked before watching the rest of his clutch stand on the water as if it were solid ground. [color=00746b]"Well this should be interesting."[/color] Skobeloff joined his clutchmates on the water, eager to see what mode of transportation would bring them back to the surface. [color=00746b]"Whoa!"[/color] Skobeloff exclaimed in surprise as he was pulled into the bubble. [color=00746b]"Whoa."[/color] Skobeloff then said in wonder as he recovered from the initial shock and took in the sight as the bubble moved slowly beneath the water. [color=00746b]"What a sight."[/color]

The bubble eventually deposited the clutch outside the cave, where a very grumpy Garrock was waiting. Despite his harsh initial words, the big tsundere's true nature eventually shone through as he noticed Skobeloff's return and asked after the state of the stronghold. [color=00746b]"I found many things and did many things more!"[/color] Skobeloff declared. [color=00746b]"I outwitted a mischievous pixie. I faced down a bearded dragon who had fallen to her Shadowself. I figured out what it is that we are up against. And I did it all with little more that my quick wit and a bowl of porridge!"[/color]

Skobeloff then went on to recount his adventures in the island away from the rest of the clutch. It was a faithful retelling for the most part, with only a few minor tweaks and changes here and there to make for a better story. Once he was done Skobeloff took in Garrock's reaction expectantly. The Trickster had went off on his own in the first place to showcase his ability to get things done without his clutchmates to impress Garrock into a mood that secrets could be extracted from. Skobeloff felt that he had done that well enough, but what he felt wouldn't mean much if Garrock didn't feel the same.