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.

Comments

[vineleaves]

"Let's hope we find one, the other option sounds like entirely too much work."

[futaille]

"It may end up being worth it in the end, but I agree that it would be preferable simply to find an already extant hill."

[vineleaves]

"I guess I could just make a ramp out of vines."

[futaille]

"You could! I had not considered that option!"

[vineleaves]

"Easier than digging up and then mounding a bunch of dirt, or whatever your plan was."

[futaille]

"Well, I was thinking of recruiting Temeraire to help, at least."

[vineleaves]

"Temeraire could be the hill."

[futaille]

"I would be worried about the scales wounding the bubble wrap too early."

[vineleaves]

"That's fair, I suppose. We have such precious little of the bubble wrap, after all."

[futaille]

"Well, we shall consider the dragon if our other options are exhausted."

[vineleaves]

"He's such a little sweetheart. ...Little giant sweetheart."

[futaille]

"It's a little funny. We arrived from different years, but I think we would have been around the same age."

[vineleaves]

“You don’t suppose he’s a long lost twin, do you?”

[futaille]

"Oh, yes. The resemblance is uncanny, isn't it?"

[vineleaves]

“Don’t even know how anyone could tell there was a difference when you two swapped bodies.”

[futaille]

"It was truly inexplicable."

[vineleaves]

"I wonder who I would've gotten swapped with if I'd been around when that happened."

[futaille]

"Hard to tell. Who would you most like to?"

[vineleaves]

"That's a good question. Not sure, really." He thinks it over.

[futaille]

"Or your least favorite, if you'd rather."

[vineleaves]

“I think I would least want to swap with Sunny. No offense to Sunny. I just can think of several problems that would cause.”

[futaille]

"Oh, it would be interesting, though."

[vineleaves]

He laughs. "I don't know that I would call it that, but sure."

[futaille]

"Oh? What would you call it?"

[vineleaves]

He thinks for a second before responding, "Unfortunate¹."


1. I had to.