Editing Left in the Dust 16.8

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| work       = Pale
| book       = Left in the Dust
| number     = 16.8
| dateposted = 8/1/2022 
| link       = [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/01/08/left-in-the-dust-16-8/ {{PAGENAME}}]
| previous   = [[Left in the Dust 16.7]] 
| next       = [[Left in the Dust 16.9]] 
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the eight chapter of [[Left in the Dust]].

==Plot==
[[Snowdrop]] signals [[Avery Kelly|Avery]] and she uses city magic to move to her location. She finds her observing [[Florin Pesch|Florin]] as he hosts a large party. She see several influential people that Florin has been holding regular meetings with, this includes the Scobie family. The people inside seem to have been taken over by [[Doppelgänger|doppelgängers]].

As the two of them go to climb down the fire escape they find a women their, she talks with Florin’s voice. He says he’s not working for [[Abraham Musser|Musser]] but would consider selling [[Thunder Bay Council|Thunderbay]] to him.

[[Nora]] phones and asks if Avery want to hang out, Avery says she’s busy and they’ll talk later.

Florin tries to compromise and says he could put [[Raquel Musser|Raquel]] in charge, with himself acting as regent. He lets her leave and promises that if she does nothing that he’ll let her stay in Thunder Bay and protect her family. He says the only people he hasn’t planned for are Avery and [[Franky Reiber|Franky]].

She asks [[Florin Pesch|Florin]] to wait but he says he can’t, he has to act now whilst [[Abraham Musser|Musser's]] occupied.

Avery gets [[Ashumare Ashumare]] to contact the Lord then dials [[Nora]].

Avery joins [[Nora]] looking after her two brothers, Luke and Henry.

Ashumare appears and Avery tells him that Florin is making his move, she also asks if he of the [[She Who Drowns in Moonlight|Lord]] could get her a folding table.

[[Avery Kelly|Avery]] and [[Nora]] go out for a walk, picking up cookies, when they get back Avery kisses her out of sight from her family then says she might be out of town for a while.

During training [[Jeanine]] is complaining about the lack of cute girls in her life. She continues dramatically complaining until [[Coach Artrip]] makes her run laps, Avery and [[Hui]] are also made to run laps. As they run Jeanine tries to suggest Nora might be a serial killer, Avery reacts angrily and tells her to stop.

Suddenly Avery receives [[Verona Hayward|Verona’s]] text she also gets one warning of storms over [[Thunder Bay]]. She calls The [[Car Song]] to pick her up.

[[Ann Wint|Ann]] and [[Deborah Cloutier|Deb]] are already with the Lord, Avery tells them what’s happening as other members of the council start arriving.

Deb says that [[Florin Pesch|Florin]] has brought in allies and that a false storm  created by [[Mrs. Ferguson]] is approaching that is interfering with the Lords sanctum, damaging it’s integrity, the Lord ejects everyone.

Many of the more minor practitioners decide to stay on the sidelines and not get involved, including the Gleners, [[Franky Reiber|Franky]], Harless and the Childs.

[[Deborah Cloutier|Deb]] and [[Aze]] start fighting against [[Mrs. Ferguson|Ferguson]] whilst Avery moves closer. She uses the Jounce to materialise a metal beam which is whirled around by the wind and distracts [[Mrs. Ferguson|Mrs Ferguson]].

Odis starts creating soldiers from the [[Vestige|Vestiges]] of his victims.

Avery uses her ability to see connections provided by her sight to find Florin, Avery pings [[She Who Drowns in Moonlight|She who Drowns by Moonlight]] who sends her a ping pong table.

Avery actives her shoes by shouting “deer takes king”, dodges Florin’s puppets and lunges for him. She rolls of a window ledge and grabs a curtain, using it to get into a vacant office then charges at [[Florin Pesch|Florin]] again. She pulls the charms off her bracelet, throws them then charges Florin into the table transporting him to the Bound to the Party [[The Paths|Path]].

[[Avery Kelly|Avery]] says she intends to try him before the council, that she’ll get him back to earth but she’ll be gone for a few days but that she’ll let her friends know he’s here in case something happens to her.

She walks off and a rat says she doesn’t need to worry about the rules of the path due to [[Hazel|Hazel’s]] rule of pursuit. He also informs her Mr Snipe is armed and that she won’t get any boon from this.

==Major Events==

*[[Florin Pesch|Florin]] makes his attempt to take over the [[Lord|Lordship]] of [[Thunder Bay]]
*[[Avery Kelly|Avery]] hangs out with [[Nora]]
*[[Florin Pesch|Florin]] is trapped on the Bound for the Party Path
*[[Avery Kelly|Avery]] heads to [[Kennet]] to back up [[Verona Hayward|Verona]]

==Characters==
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
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===Kennet trio===

*[[Avery]] & [[Snowdrop]]

===Thunder Bay===

* [[Nicole Scobie]]
* [[Natasha Scobie]]
* Naomi Scobie
* Dave Scobie
* Sean Scobie
* [[Florin Pesch|Florin]]
* [[Ashumare Ashumare]]
* [[The Car Song]]
* [[Ann Wint|Ann]]
* [[Deborah Cloutier|Deb]]
* [[Odis Saulsbury]]
* [[Sebastian Harless]]
* [[Aze]]
* [[Theodora Knight|Theodora]]
* [[Franky Reiber|Franky]]
* Franky’s goat
* Child’s family
* [[Nadine]]
* [[Dav]]

=== Blue Heron Institute ===

* [[Mrs. Ferguson|Mrs Ferguson]]

===Innocents===

* Andre “Biff” Belov
* Martin Dunton
* Dianna Holder
* Lloyd Cloninger
* [[Nora]]
*Nora's mom
*Nora's dad
*Henry
*Luke
*[[Jeanine]]
*Sophy
*[[Coach Artrip]]
*Hui

|}

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