Sports Day[OPEN]

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Pin stripped suits where just his kind of thing, and today it was a pink button up shirt that went along with it. He had a bit of gray in his beard and hair, the touch of a wise well seasoned veteran. Here in his camp he could mix and mingle with people. In the wonderful New Rome and Camp Jupiter full of fighters loyal to friends and family. He didn't mind that too much, that they weren't perfectly loyal to him. He had allowed them at least that much, to choose for themselves what they care about. What they want to protect. He was furious at the ones who turned their back out of anger at the gods, but they were foolish children. He'd allow Mars to say those were his kids, or Mercury to claim them. Those two could bicker over who Camp belonged to, who the kids belonged to. Jupiter knew this was his camp, and he knew they didn't belong to the gods. Mortal destiny was shaped by the mortals it effected, and he would never be a tyrant like his father. It was the one thing that ruled his mind, if anyone brought that single thing up he would stop and re think what he was doing. If he was becoming like the old fool.

Blessing the stadium with his smile, he looked down on the teams. It was purely recreational today, some football or what was it Americas called it? Soccer? He might have migrated over with the civilization but that was not his call. Possibly a joke by Mercury to urk him every time it was mentioned. He loved his son, but he was a prankster. As where the little Mercury demigods that liked to run around. His grand kids, some of them with very nice slender legs. Sunglasses where a great invention, Jupiter's eyes could search the crowd, and fall upon the loveliest of ladies without anyone the wiser. Particularly his wife. Cheers erupted from some of the people around, not a large event but it gathered a few on lookers. Friends and family, or even people waiting for their turn to join the game. He couldn't help but bring a few clouds to sprinkle shadows over the athletes. It wasn't the heat of summer just yet, but when you constantly run around a bit of shade could do you some good.

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Cadence loved football. If it wasn't the the photos of Wayne Rooney plastered on the back of her foot locker, or the ball tucked away for a friendly game with her twin brother, it was playing in the circus. She bounced on the balls of her feet as she waited for her turn to play. There was a blow of the whistle as she played with the frayed hem of her shorts to her kit. Her hair was pulled into a pony tail, trying to make sure it wouldn't get in the way. "Oh bullocks! Are you bloody blind you twit?! Red card my arse!" Cadence shouted at the top of her lungs. The poor kid hung his head as he trudged off the field and stood on her side. "well done mate, you were brilliant!" She said, patting the younger boy on the back. He looked up at her with a grin before they both turned their attention back to the game. It wasn't another few minutes before another team member was thrown off the field for aggression issues, three guesses who's child that was. "Rhys, you're in." Cadence nodded as she bounced up and down on her feet before charging into the field. There was a blast of a whistle and she started forward, bouncing the ball on her knee before rainbowing it over head, a quick pass to her team mate ended her time with the ball. She spun quickly as the ball popped up in the air. Cadence bounced it up with her chest before again passing it off as her team mate scored a goal.

There was a sudden flurry and then there was an all out brawl on the field amongst the older participants. She ducked quickly as someone up ended one of the goal posts. "oh bloody wonderful." She groaned, rolling her eyes as she tried to sprint off the field. The two coaches on either side were standing toe to toe, yelling at each other till they were red in the face. Sparks were literally flying, small fires had started, CAdence was ready to just get out and fast. WHAM! Cadence has ran right into someone as she was trying to duck and dodge the participants of the all out brawl. She looked up at the pink shirted guy. "So sorry sir. It was an accident, I swear I meant no harm." Again she looked over her shoulder as it would seem her brother had jumped into the brawl, going face to face with a mercury kid. She sighed before wondering if it was a good idea to try and get her brother out of trouble. But she decided against it, knowing full well he wouldn't listen to her for nothing. "Are you alright sir?" She said, looking him over as she tugged on her short shorts, her ADD kicking up.

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Jupiter had no problems standing there as a leggy blond bumped into him, nice little short shorts letting her show off those legs too. Lightly bronzed skin and a nice athletic build, she wasn't the type to sit on the sidelines. He'd seen her on the field as well, not bad, though she only got to be in one play before chaos erupted on the field. "No worries." a smile flashed across his face, just a bit mischievous, reminiscent of a certain other god who happened to be related to Jupiter. "Looks like a bit of trouble has started on field." he pulled the sun glasses from his face as a few soft clouds passed over head, his stormy gray eyes fixed on the people yelling and fighting for a few moments before they turned to the lovely creature before him. "You played well though, good job." He wasn't quite hitting on her, not yet at any rate. That would certainly be coming though, she had lovely blue green eyes that seemed to shift a bit in the light. That's right, he was looking at her eyes, sun glasses where off now after all.

Out of nowhere in particular, just as long as it was out of sight, he pulled out a collapsed umbrella. A small shake of his hand to adjust the cloth flaps before he tilted it away from the young lady and pressed the button to open it. An invention he very much approved of. A few small droplets of rain specked the circus a moment until he brought the umbrella upright, then a small torrent of rain came forming rainbows in the sun. Sun showers and the strange folk lore that was attached to them, always funny and interesting to hear. "What do you think? Will the rain turn to steam? Their faces are awfully red." he stated jokingly, of course he hopped it might cool some hot heads, especially the ones creating the little sparks of fire. Only a thin white cloud or two in the sky, no lightning, just a cool rain. He held the umbrella more to keep the young lady from getting wet, he could honestly care less. There was also the slight oddity it was only raining in the circus, and some how the main buff of it avoided any elderly. Or it could have just been that the god of storm, and weather was manipulating it as he wished.

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Cadence was all sweaty and hot, not that it had anything in particular to do with the heat, no. The heat wasn't that bad now that she wasn't exerting herself. Her athletic ability was pretty on par, though it was no where near the same degree as children of Mercury or even the children of Nike. She brushed a hand across the back of her neck as she looked up at the older man that was standing there in front of her. He didn't seem to be put off by the fact that she had ran into him accidentally. He was handsome, for an older guy, but some of the older men were rather nice looking. He made a comment about the trouble starting on the field. Cadence couldn't help but roll her eyes at the boys arguing on the field. "They always fight on the field. bloody idiots they are." Cadence shook her head in disdain. "Don't get me wrong, I believe in fighting when it's necessary but is it really necessary to kick up on the football field over a game?" Okay maybe that was too much, she had seen some people really go at it over a game before, the Irish and Germans were pretty bad when someone decided to throw a punch. He then commented on how well she seemed to play. Cadence blushed, complements didn't come by her too easily. Now insults, that was something else entirely. She received more insults than a Venus Child received flirts. "Thank you, but I'm no where as brilliant as some of the Mercury kids out there. They are just too fast for me to keep up with." Cadence held his gaze, looking at his eyes. A nice stormy grey, quite the color for him.

Seemingly out of nowhere, Cadence was covered by an umbrella and there was a downpour. But even with the sun shining, the downpour seemed to cool off the area. Rainbows scattered the area, making Cadence think of the Iris messages that they could send. The beautiful colors couldn't be quite captured by any artist out there. She would try, but it would be hard for her to do it. But she looked up at the guy once more. Suddenly she realized that he wasn't really getting wet, nor were some of the elderly demi-gods and legacies that had come to see today's match. A dawn of realization crossed her face. This wasn't an ordinary man. "Lord Jupiter?" She gasped as she went to kneel. While he didn't look much like the statue that was in the temple, she could see the similarity in him and the first cohort centurion. The regal bearing and the stature of this man, there was no mistaking him for the king of the gods. He had this aura of power, like she felt his word and commands were meant to be followed. "I apologize Lord Jupiter, I should not have been so familiar with you sir." She said, her ears turning redder. HE probably would strike her down for being so disrespectful.