As Mirabelle traversed the treacherous rocks, the hairs on the back of her neck rose up. Someone's watching me. She paused, swiveling her head around to see if she could spot the culprit. That was her crucial mistake. When turning, she'd moved her left foot without thinking. The icy rock caused her foot to slip, sending her stumbling. She waved her arms in a rather ungraceful movement, heart racing as she desperately tried to regain her balance.
If not for her heavy armour, she may have just been able to make it. The celestial bronze weighed her down, throwing her movements off ever so slightly. It was just enough to send her careening over the edge.
The shock of frigid water hitting her body sent Mirabelle's head reeling. The spot they had picked to cross had seemed shallow at first, but was quite a bit deeper than expected. She came up sputtering, only to be dragged back down by the weight of her metal helmet and breastplate. Desperate to get to the surface, she threw her helmet off and swam towards the surface.
Cold air filled her lungs as she broke through, gasping for air. She managed to wrap her arms around one of the slippery rocks. Some of the Nemesis campers tried to offer help, but it was all they could do to keep from ending up in Mirabelle's situation.
There's no way I can pull myself up onto a rock; it's much too slippery, she realised. Though her limbs were quickly numbing and her teeth had started to chatter, Mirabelle was still determined to keep playing. Perhaps foolishly so. Hardening her resolve, the Aphrodite head counselor started to swim towards the opposite bank, using the rocks to keep from fully submerging once more.
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