Business as Usual

Although Amara might be Opito, that never excluded her from the boring chores at camp. In fact, she seemed to be getting even more of them since she had gotten the spot. She had been delivering documents to different places in Camp and New Rome all day and had finally gotten the last document to one of the Senators. Amara stood out on the steps of the Senate House, staring out at the market before her, trying to decide whether or not she should go back to camp or hang around a bit longer. That was when Amara noticed a family friend amongst the shoppers.
Amara approached Cepheus, looking closer at the fruits laid out on the stall table. "Could I get a couple nectarines?" She asked politely, before turning to Cepheus, "Are is your dad going to be at the Camp Jupiter benefit gala this Thursday?" Amara was very familiar with this benefit gala. It was the perfect place for the well off families of New Rome to give back to the campers. Whether that included funding building repair or the purchase of more gold to make into weapons.

Amara shrugged pushing up the sleeves of her white shirt, "Oh, you know, Opito duties. I'm finally starting to get used to this title." It was weird at first, having authority over her brother. But she was able to put that aside knowing that what she was doing was bettering Camp Jupiter as a whole. Whether it be delivering important documents or helping new kids around camp.
Amara paid for the fruit, giving the woman at the stall a smile. "What about you?" she asked, straying away from the fruit stall and continuing down the market street. "What brings the aedile into town?" Although, based on the clothing that he was wearing, she could probably hazard a guess.

"It's always so weird climbing ranks because one minute you're the same as everybody else and the next-" Amara paused to watch the nectarines ripen. She always found powers fascinating. Unlike her cousins and almost everybody else at camp, Amara had no powers. She was basically a mortal that liked to be eaten by monsters. It was entirely unfair. She had three gods in her ancestry and what did she get to show for it? Absolutely nothing.

Amara had lost her train of thought, but Cepheus was quick to bring her attention back. She listened for a moment and nodded, "More festivals sounds wonderful, although if you ask my grandfather, he'll insist they make one about him. I think a festival for the Legion itself would be nice. To commemorate the year and show how far we've grown as a team." Teamwork, that's what Amara liked about the Legion. Family forged by choice instead of blood. Not to say that related family was any less important. She just thought that so many festivals were devoted to the gods, it shouldn't be so hard to devote a festival to the people that celebrated them.

Amara nodded at the list of festivals. She didn't know the festivals too well, usually only the ones for the month. She did take note of the Vinalia Rustica festival, not that it was her cup of tea. Then she noticed Cepheus' mention of her brother. Amara stopped walking and turned to the taller man. She crossed her arms and her smile turned into a smirk.

"Yes, Felix." She said, as if Cepheus didn't already know. She and her brother were often joined at the hip, it was very rare for someone to know her and not him. "Why? Were you thinking of inviting him to the Vinalia Rustica personally?" Oh, she would have to tease her brother endlessly about this.

"Mhmm" Amara said, clearly not convinced. "Of course, his name just slipped your mind." She walked after him, smiling when he nudged her.

"So." She said as nonchalantly as possible (which was not as convincing as she thought), "What happens at this, Vinalia Rustica?" She had never been before in her years of living in New Rome. Perhaps she was too young for it at the time. After all, Venus was the goddess of fertility. Plus, Romans were known for their love of pleasure. Honestly, she figured it was like Valentine's day, but she would take any chance to tease Cepheus about his little crush. Besides, out of all the potential romantic candidates for Felix, Cepheus would probably be one of the best.