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She'd been so set on training for dual-wield action, she hadn't yet experienced the full prowess of the Drow-invented technology,[i]'Repeater Action.'[/i]  But with her original weapon smashed to smithereens, back on the wall, she now had two hands for her one ranged weapon.

[Colour=Pink][i]Sacre bleu![/i][/colour]

It might well have been faster, on its own, than using it in tandem with a regular bolt-action counterpart.

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From the wing of Second Chance's formation, MacKensie peppered the enemy as they advanced, running through the remainder of the enchanted bolts Fenna had prepped for her.  Like coloured fireworks - red marking fire and blue marking ice - her ammunition zinged across the bridge in rapid succession, hitting ogre, orc and knight as MacKensie pushed to see just how fast she could fire this vastly superior weapon of hers.  She worked the repeating, lever-action with lightning dexterity, and the enhanced cables and firing string glowed blue or red to match the enchantment of the respective bolt in the firing mechanism.  Five bolts flew, then in a flash she'd dropped another five into magically-compressed space, inside the thin magazine fitted atop the crossbow.  It was staggering just how much of a difference upgraded weaponry could make in this world.  It was almost like having a permanent [i]Deadly Flurry[/i] activated.  She only wished that she actually had some of her daily powers left, so that she might see what a real [i]Deadly Flurry[/i] would now look like with this new weapon in hand.

The ogres clashed with the front lines, followed shortly by the Heavies and Knights, at which point the fighting truly began.  The formations of the Adventurer parties were well-spread, giving everyone liberal space to work with.  From her position on the wing, she had adequate cover from Barracker in front and the adventurers of Evermere to her side, and was able to continue firing.  Whatever enemies charged into her space, she nimbly evaded with excellent upper-body movement and speedy footwork - her would-be attackers ending up plugged with close-range shots from her quickfire crossbow.

When MacKensie spotted Zell going for the finish on one ogre, but being closed in on by knights in the process, MacKensie pointed her gauntlet and fired her grapplehook in that direction.  It was just as she started moving that she heard Barracker's call for assistance, but she was already gone.  She could only hope that Alison or Fenna would answer the call.

With blinding acceleration she zoomed towards Zell and the ogre, her grapplehook releasing from the monster's stomach, sending MacKensie baseball sliding through its legs.  Her sudden skidding appearance startled the knights closing in on Zell and kicked up dust and gravel into their faces.  Before even coming to a halt, she fired her grapplehook, once more, behind her at the back of the ogres head, causing her to slingshot like a rubberband, back the way she came.  With a wide-open pathway to her target - and the ogre in no position to dodge - her dagger hit the monster's skull with her full bodyweight and speed behind it, penetrating the tough skull with ease and bringing the titan down.

MacKensie left her dagger lodged in the dead ogres skull for the present moment, rising up with her crossbow and providing cover-fire until Zell could free his sword.  Once he did, she allowed him to cover her while she retrieved her dagger which took two strong tugs to pull from the corpse.

[Colour=Pink]"Are you okay?"[/colour] she asked Zell while she strafed from side to side, keeping the fighter between her and the Knights, firing shots over his shoulders.  She lingered long enough to be sure that he had his bearings.  [Colour=Pink]"Alright, good luck."[/colour]

With that, she sprinted back through her party's battlelines and back to her wing position, taking care to avoid getting hit by friendly fire.