Someone asked me to do a bit with Clarabelle in so i tried to fix that in here. Sorry if shes not very good. :P
I think i might try and carry on with this story and change it into something eles...
Erskine and Valkyrie left them at Kenspeckles and drove back to sanctuary. Valkyrie said that she would send Fletcher along later on to pick them up. They walked hand in hand up through the seats and through the screen to the medical facility.
They walked past Clarabelle wandering through one of the corridors. "Oh hey there guys, did you get beat up? You look like you've been beaten up, I hope you have been beaten up otherwise those bruises would be rather strange..."
"...Thanks... I guess..." Skulduggery and Charade shared the same confused expression. It was an expression often shared around Clarabelle.
"Can you really turn into anyone? I remember the professor telling me but, I might not have been listening, or he could have been talking about squid. But why would he be talking about squid? That would be a strange thing for him to be talking about, not as strange as talking about balloons though..." Clarabelle trailed off, looking lost in her own conversation and she mumbled something about green eggs and ham and looked off into the distance, then turned sharply back to Charade, "so? Can you?"
Charade looked startled and had completely forgotten what Clarabelle had asked her, "I'm sorry I think you lost me, can I what?"
"Turn into any one? What else would I be talking about?"
Charade was about to answer back squid, when Skulduggery leant down and mumbled in her ear, "please dear god just say yes or we will be here all night!" Charade then chuckled and said,
"Yes I can, do you want me to show you?" Clarabelle nodded enthusiastically and Charade let go of skulduggery's hand and blinked, her features melting away to become the same ditzy yet excited ones of Clarabelle in front of her. Clarabelle frowned and then said, "how do I know I'm not just looking in a mirror?" Charade stood there looking confused and then said,
"Ahh but can your mirror do this?" she then changed and shifted to look exactly like professor grouse.
Clarabelle's features lit up and she said "oh hello professor! I was just talking to Charade a moment ago, I don't know where she went but I think she wanted to talk to you." She then wandered off down the corridor.
Charade stood there with her mouth open slightly and changed back into herself. "She did mean that as a joke right, I mean she knew I wasn't really Kenspeckle, right?" she looked worriedly to Skulduggery and he just chuckled and shook his head slowly.
"Sadly no, I don't think she meant it as a joke."
"In that case she is slightly peculiar..."
"That she is." Skulduggery said whilst retaking Charades hand and leading her to the professor.