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The stealth part of the journey felt miles and hours longer than it actually was.  Stress and anxiety levels ran high, blood ran fast, but under the temporary command of Fenna, along with the support of Second Chance's might, magic and intellect, they made it to the walls of Valhiem.  After a nod from the other Ranger, MacKensie fired her grapplehook up to the battlements, then scaled the wall with quiet speed, her feet occasionally touching the stones as she went up.  With agility and ease, the popped up onto the walls on her feet and hopped down from the battlements to rendezvous with Silver Arrow.

"Second Chance."

MacKensie nodded in affirmation. [Colour=Pink]"How do you do?"[/colour]

"I'm Wulrick and we are Silver Arrow.  We've been sent by Lucy."

[Colour=Pink]"My team are down by the riverside.  How should we proceed?"[/colour]

"We can lift the water grate," Wulrick answered, then moved to act quickly.

Once regrouped with her friends at street-level, everyone followed Wulrick's lead.  MacKensie was walking by Fenna, but also close to one of Silver Arrow's members who wore a hat that reminded the frenchwoman of Lillianna.  Perhaps it was this that prompted her to speak to the mage.  [Colour=Pink]"Thank you again, for your assistance,"[/colour] MacKensie said, getting the mage's attention.

"A pleasure," she replied warmly.  The tall elf introduced herself as Vaella.  MacKensie reciprocated and they shared a smile.  "You have been busy, that much is clear," she said, looking at the Ranger's torn clothes.

MacKensie combed a hand over head to get her wet hair out of her face.  [Colour=Pink]"We were returning from the nearby Temple of Hades after cleansing it of a Greater Wraith.  We did not know the city was under attack."[/colour]

"The Greater Wraith?" Vaella recalled seeing the mission on the Open Jobs List at the Guildhouse.  "I thought you were a Bronze Ranked party."

[Colour=Pink]"Yes,"[/colour] MacKensie said, embracing an air of humility.  [Colour=Pink]"We had good reason to step above our grade and take on a Gold Mission.  It was not easy but worth it, in the end."[/colour]

"Wow," Vaella was a little stunned.  MacKensie understood.  It was one hell of a risk.  The frenchwoman went on to explain that they were lucky enough to have an experienced and ascended Paladin join their party and that without him, they would not have been successful.  "That is still quite the feat."

MacKensie spoke with Vaella a little longer before having her attention drawn by the words, [i]'Bronze Tier trash.'[/i]  Her temper flared as she saw the owner of the voice, a gnome, speaking with venom to Adam.  There was not even a question in MacKensie's mind that Adam had done anything to deserve such vitriol - it wasn't in his nature to provoke animosity.  Of course, it wasn't in his nature to stand up for himself either, as she'd seen back when they were up at the hermit shapeshifter, Gilligan's house.  Gilligan was all kinds of awful, but Adam's only response to the hermit's attitude was a calm and measured attempt to defend MacKensie's honour, when Gilligan had shot one of his many barbs at the frenchwoman.  And so; the gnome did not get a rise out of Adam, but he'd certainly gotten a rise out of MacKensie, who was about to march ahead and intervene - unable to stop herself from being offended by something so unjust happening in front of her.

Barracker and Zell beat her to it, approaching the situation not with moral outrage - rather; bullying the bully.  It was justice, most certainly, but MacKensie was worried about the potential fight about to happen, so when Wulrick demanded a stop to the situation, MacKensie stepped in also with the intention to de-escalate.  Fortunately no one was interested in fighting and the matter resolved itself.  MacKensie shot a brief glance at Barracker and Zell, a slight smirk on her face, pride in her eyes.  She was glad that Second Chance were so defensive of eachother.  They'd been through a lot in their short time together, so it was no surprise, but the moment still made her proud to be a part of their family-like party.  And Barracker had fit in seamlessly, his values aligning with the rest of them, in spite of not being from another world.  She went ahead and checked on Adam as they walked into the hospital, finding him to not be overly bothered by the gnome's words and so all was well.

This was her first experience in Valhiem's hospital, missing out on the first time Second Chance had visited.  She and Joji had split off from the party to go and bury Clive's body.  And so she was in awe of the technology, the cleanliness and the other similarities to Earth's hospitals.  It was similar except the computer systems were laced with magical components, making them seem both more ancient and advanced than anything she'd seen in a hospital before.  Her Source Crystal was linked to the computers and her body was healed fully and thoroughly within an extremely short period of time.  It felt almost too easy, prompting her surprise and hesitation when she was told that she was done and could go back to the waiting area.

She smiled and nodded at whoever beat her to the waiting room, then greeted each member as they came after her.  When Zell entered and gave her a pat on the back, she returned his touch on his lumbar spine. [Colour=Pink]"Good as new,"[/colour] she noted, a pointed glance at his previously injured leg.

While everyone gathered to exit to the hospital, she stayed close to James and Zell, interested in hearing James' answer to Zell's inquiry.  Knowing more about Zigmund the ninja had brought about a morbid curiosity.  [Colour=Pink][i]What [b]was[/b] he?[/i][/colour]  He seemed humanoid, at least.  He was intelligent, that was for sure.  [Colour=Pink][i]Why be evil?[/i][/colour]  All these things, she found herself wondering as she anticipated James' words on the matter.