Open Post: La savate et le chausson

[futaille]

Much to his satisfaction, Grantaire has been able to keep up with many of his hobbies unabated during his time at the mansion. Not all of them, though, mostly because they were ones he'd go to specific spots for, and with those spots not being here in addition to an abundance of his other hobbies, they more or less fell by the wayside.

However, a recent chat with Dionysus has reminded him that he has very much neglected his 'hitting things' level. Although he didn't find a crash test dummy, the thought being on his mind ended up in him stumbling upon a small gym tucked away, complete with some equipment including a standing punching bag.

So he's discarded his waistcoat and cravat over a bench and is practicing his savate¹.

¹French kickboxing! During R's time it was basically for streetfighting, and just beginning to get formalized, but there are some cool vintage videos on youtube (Here and here) to give the... vibe.

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[futaille]

Grantaire laughs, delighted, and opens his mouth to take the grape.

[vineleaves]

Yep, Dionysus is just going to be hand-feeding Grantaire grapes now. He is similarly delighted about this turn of events.

[futaille]

They're delicious grapes and it's an even more delicious way to eat them, so he's quite happy about the proceedings.

[vineleaves]

"So what all exactly do you remember about being from my time?" he asks after a few grapes have been eaten. "Did that other Étienne leave you with a working knowledge of the internet, or anything?"

[futaille]

"Not much, to be honest. It's like a strange dream that I have bits and pieces of, but no real context for them."

[vineleaves]

“I tried to give him a way to contact the me of his universe, if that exists. But I guess we’ll never know if it worked or not,” he shrugs.

[futaille]

"I will choose to believe it did."

[vineleaves]

“Oh I hope so. I would hate to think there’s a universe where we don’t end up getting together and it all comes down to him having a different phone number from me, or something silly like that.” Dionysus leans over to give Grantaire a kiss, one hand resting on Grantaire’s thigh as he does so.

[futaille]

He kisses back, of course. "That would be a truly unfortunate near-miss."

[vineleaves]

“Well with any luck they’re on a cute little date right now.”

[futaille]

"An incredibly cute one. And you know it's true, because I'm an oracle."

[vineleaves]

“And, in your oracular wisdom, what does this date consist of?”

[futaille]

"A theatrical production, obviously."

[vineleaves]

He was planning on drawing this out longer, but that reminds him of something more important. “Oh! Oh sweetheart, I actually can’t believe I forgot to mention this to you until now! Aziraphale — ah, actually, not him, his other self, his name was Aleister, which is totally a play on Crowley’s name, which is hilarious to me — anyway, he knew about the adaptation of The Frogs that I’m from! I’m from a Sondheim musical, isn’t that just the absolute best news?”

[futaille]

He blinks, not really understanding most of that. "I'm... glad you're happy about it?"

[vineleaves]

"Sondheim's one of my favorites. Have I made you listen to Sunday in the Park with George yet? It's about a painter. He came after your time though. Also there's approximately two truthful facts in the entire show and the rest is just completely made up, but it's still great. Oooh, I wish I could take you to a production of it, it's usually so gorgeous."

[futaille]

"Certainly can't let facts get in the way of anything," he says, amused.

[vineleaves]

"He painted by putting a bunch of dots of color together instead of actually mixing the paint up first." He mimes painting a bunch of dots on a canvas while singing dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot to the tune of the instrumental part of Color and Light. "I guess eyeballs just combine it all properly so it doesn't matter."

[futaille]

Grantaire thinks that over. "Huh. I suppose from far enough away, it would, yes."

[vineleaves]

"I can probably find a picture of the painting he does during the show in the library for you some time. Or, I mean, other paintings, but that's the most famous one. I think. I might have a skewed perspective though."

[futaille]

"Everyone's biased about something. I have no deadline for you, but if you come across it at some point and want to show me, do feel free."

[vineleaves]

"I mean, I can go try to find a picture of it now, if you want."

[futaille]

"You could do that, or... and hear me out, because I think this is an excellent idea in all particulars... or you could feed me more grapes."

[vineleaves]

He laughs. "Who am I to deny such a request from an oracle?" He gives Grantaire a kiss on the cheek before grabbing another grape to feed to him.

[futaille]

He smiles and quite contentedly nibbles on the grape.