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Clang. Clang. Clang.
Frankie set down the forge hammer and leaned back, wiping the sweat off her forehead with the back of her gloved hand. She turned over the red-hot sword with her other gloved hand, admiring her handy work. Her hair was pulled back into a messy ponytail, strands falling out every which way and sticking to her slick face. She had spent all day in the forge, hammering away her anxiety and losing her thoughts in the habitual actions of smithing. She was commissioned to make a new bronze sword by someone from the Dionysus cabin and was more than happy to oblige. Mostly for the distraction it would give her.
Like everyone else, she had been worried sick about the missing campers. Campers didn't get to leave often, so the fact some went missing the first time a group had been let out in awhile was was concerning and heartbreaking to say the least. If Frankie recalled correctly, it was a girl from the Apollo cabin, a guy from the Hermes cabin, and a guy from the Aphrodite cabin. What they left for she wasn't sure. What she was sure of was that their chances of survival at this point were... slim.
Just then, one of her brothers swung open the door to the forge. "Frankie! You're needed at the Big House." He called to her over from the doorway, his voice barely reaching her over the sound of pounding hammers. She turned to look at him, dipping the sword she was holding in a water pail nearby. Tssssssssss...
"Why?" She called back quizzically.
"All I know is that all the cabin heads are needed at the Big House. That means you, sis." He answered, leaving abruptly right after.
Frankie sighed. She figured it was about the missing campers, but she knew that old coot Chiron wasn't going to tell them anything useful. He never did in times like these.
She set the sword to the side, taking off the gloves and throwing them on a work bench as she made her way through the forge to the exit.
As Frankie stepped out into the sunlight and fresh air, she pulled her thick hair out of the ponytail and shoot it out. She was undoubtedly nasty looking, covered in ash and dust, but she didn't care. Chiron would just have to deal with it. She trekked across the camp, barely concentrating on where she was walking. Her mind was completely wrapped up in whatever Chiron was planning on telling them. Maybe he found out they were dead. Maybe they were alive, but captured. Maybe they were alive and on their way. Or maybe they were still just missing, still just dust in the wind.
Eventually, she made her way up to the door of the Big House, not bothering to knock or announce her presence in any other way than barging in. As she entered, she realized some of the other cabin heads were already there. "I'm here." She said plainly, shutting the door behind her and making her way further into the room.
Frankie set down the forge hammer and leaned back, wiping the sweat off her forehead with the back of her gloved hand. She turned over the red-hot sword with her other gloved hand, admiring her handy work. Her hair was pulled back into a messy ponytail, strands falling out every which way and sticking to her slick face. She had spent all day in the forge, hammering away her anxiety and losing her thoughts in the habitual actions of smithing. She was commissioned to make a new bronze sword by someone from the Dionysus cabin and was more than happy to oblige. Mostly for the distraction it would give her.
Like everyone else, she had been worried sick about the missing campers. Campers didn't get to leave often, so the fact some went missing the first time a group had been let out in awhile was was concerning and heartbreaking to say the least. If Frankie recalled correctly, it was a girl from the Apollo cabin, a guy from the Hermes cabin, and a guy from the Aphrodite cabin. What they left for she wasn't sure. What she was sure of was that their chances of survival at this point were... slim.
Just then, one of her brothers swung open the door to the forge. "Frankie! You're needed at the Big House." He called to her over from the doorway, his voice barely reaching her over the sound of pounding hammers. She turned to look at him, dipping the sword she was holding in a water pail nearby. Tssssssssss...
"Why?" She called back quizzically.
"All I know is that all the cabin heads are needed at the Big House. That means you, sis." He answered, leaving abruptly right after.
Frankie sighed. She figured it was about the missing campers, but she knew that old coot Chiron wasn't going to tell them anything useful. He never did in times like these.
She set the sword to the side, taking off the gloves and throwing them on a work bench as she made her way through the forge to the exit.
As Frankie stepped out into the sunlight and fresh air, she pulled her thick hair out of the ponytail and shoot it out. She was undoubtedly nasty looking, covered in ash and dust, but she didn't care. Chiron would just have to deal with it. She trekked across the camp, barely concentrating on where she was walking. Her mind was completely wrapped up in whatever Chiron was planning on telling them. Maybe he found out they were dead. Maybe they were alive, but captured. Maybe they were alive and on their way. Or maybe they were still just missing, still just dust in the wind.
Eventually, she made her way up to the door of the Big House, not bothering to knock or announce her presence in any other way than barging in. As she entered, she realized some of the other cabin heads were already there. "I'm here." She said plainly, shutting the door behind her and making her way further into the room.
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