Editing One After Another 10.b

{{infobox chapter
| work       = Pale
| book       = [[One After Another]]
| number     = 10.b
| dateposted = 4 April 2021
| link       = [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/04/03 {{PAGENAME}}]
| previous   = [[One After Another 10.a]]
| next       = [[One After Another 10.c]]
}}
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the third chapter and the second [[Interlude]] of [[One After Another]]. Melissa makes major moves, a brave cigarette goes on patrol. Problems are dealt with until a [[Witch Hunter]] arrives.
==Plot==
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Melissa is discovered smoking gets in trouble try's to rid a cigarette but it stays around. Her mom walks into the room and realizes her daughter has been endangering her heath and covering it up so long. They have a long dragged out argument about it.

Calls Louise about the situation and ends up in a meeting with Lucy, Avery and Snowdrop about her options in the world. They lay out roughly four options with one having dule Louise calls back

Cig goes on his rounds alerting Edith of various problems. Checking in on an elders grief counseling group he hears about one man having a recurrent nightmare. A hurt girl desperately searches for a new heart attacking another girl to get the material only for Edith, alerted by Cig, to attack and kill her. Melissa overdoses on her pain killers to try to dull her [[aware]]ness.

A witch hunter shows up wanting to hear about stories, he changes his appearance expertly as he heads out. Lis and Cig need to hide from him and are told by Edith to let others handle him. Regardless of who gets hurt.

==Major Events==
*Melissa chooses
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==Characters==
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[[Cig]]
===People===
*[[Melissa Oakham]]
*Mrs. Oakham
*[[Avery]] & [[Snowdrop|weird little kid]]
*[[Lucy]]
*[[Matthew Moss]] and [[Edith James]]
*[[Louise Bayer]]
===Interlopers===
*Clockwork Mouse Girl
*[[Raphael Tindall|Lone Witch-Hunter Guy]]
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==Trivia==

*Though Melissa's mother ''is'' annoyed with her behavior this chapter showcases a much healthier parent child relationship then between Verona and her dad.


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