Editing Wild Abandon 18.z

{{infobox chapter
| work       = Pale
| book       = Wild Abandon
| number     = 18.z
| dateposted =25/5/2022 
| link       = [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/05/25 {{PAGENAME}}]
| previous   =[[Wild Abandon 18.y]] 
| next       =[[Crossed with Silver 19.1]]}}
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the fourteenth chapter of [[Wild Abandon]]. Following a time skip, Brie and Zed investigate a ritual with ten friends, Halloween parties happen, Zed finally gets his shit together.

==Plot==
[[Brie Callie|Brie]] with her boyfriend [[Zed Sadler|Zed]] call a halt are exploring the emerging ritual that turns people into places, named the [[Placement Test]]. The girls have sent their masks, hats and cloaks instead of attending in person, in addition [[Lucy]] has her earring. So the duo has ten pseudo practitioners for backup while also having to deal with complex group dynamics and clashing personalities.

They see an over-packed car pass into the ritual territory, the item becomes a place, a moving train; the boxes and materials strapped to the car become people; the drives presumably become unseen items. An Other utterly festooned with magical objects swoops in and steals some of the object that became people. [[Zed Sadler|Zed]] manages to identify this Other as a [[Grasping]], a collector who’s practice has back fired.

They make a plan and move deeper into the ritual. [[Brie Callie|Brie]] notices one area smells differently and Zed uses that knowledge to create a map to help track the larger ritual.

They spot a doll, no matter how they move it always faces towards them,

They approach the centre and twelve others appear, one for each of them. There’s a woman in green who can tamper with their escape ropes, the Grasping says that she’ll deal with the ropes before they can stop her.

Brie unleashes fire and lightning at the women in green, hitting her and [[Gainsay]]ing the Grasping, [[Zed Sadler|Zed]] asks for a magic item as payment and gets a mirror.

They all pull their escape ropes, returning to where the girls are stuck as various places, [[Avery]] a playing field, [[Verona]] a book store and [[Lucy]] a graveyard filled with swords. They consider the mission a success and head back, the first snow of the year comes down as the month of November gets ready to start. 

Seemingly a short time later, [[Ann Wint|Ann]] is hosting a Halloween party. Part way though she takes her daughter to meet the [[Thunder Bay Council]] practitioners and various local and visiting Others. She argues with Avery about how the girl is dressed and how they treat [[Other|Others]]. Ann only comes away from the conversation thinking she is in the right.

Roughly a month later [[Nicolette]] through the snow with [[Seth]] in her car. He takes the last part of his journey alone, visiting the [[Alabaster Doe|Alabaster]] to appeal his forswearing, an appeal she rejects.

However the [[Charles Abrams|Carmine Exile]] appears and Seth successfully appeals to him instead. Behind [[Charles Abrams|Charles]] are other previous forsworn that have joined him, Seth asks if he can join as well. Charles tells him to go back and inform Nicolette that he’s staying and to wish her a happy Christmas.

== Major Events ==
* [[Zed Sadler|Zed]], [[Brie Callie|Brie]] and the girls items investigate the [[Placement Test]]
* [[Ann Wint]] hosts a Halloween party
* [[Charles Abrams|'''<span style="color:#960018;">The Carmine Exile</span>''']] reverses [[Seth|Seth's]] forswearing.
* Three months pass, finishing near Christmas

==Characters==
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===[[Kennet Trio]]===
*[[Lucy]]
**Fox
**Dog Hat
**Smoke
**[[Eavesdropper's Earring|Earring girl]]
*[[Avery]] & [[Snowdrop]]
**Deer
**Antlers
**Rake
*[[Verona]]
**Cat
**Wicked Hat
**Shadow Cloak
=== [[Placement Test]] Others and residents===
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** Unidentified Grasping
* Numerous people, places and things twisted around.
=== Thunder Bay Halloween party ===
*[[Ann Wint]]
*[[Nicole Scobie]]
*[[Justine Child|Justine]]
*[[Zed Sadler|Zed]]
*[[Brie Callie|Brie]]
*Rhecas
* [[Odis]]
* [[Sourvay Evens]]

=== Blue Heron Institute ===
* [[Seth Belanger]]
* [[Nicolette Belanger]]

=== Judges ===
* [[Alabaster Doe]]
* [[The Carmine Exile]]
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