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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[vineleaves]

"Yes."

[futaille]

"Why thank you!"

[vineleaves]

"Did you honestly not know I like your butt? I have been shirking my duties then."

[futaille]

"You hardly neglect it, don't worry."

[vineleaves]

"Well that's a relief. I wouldn't dream of neglecting it."

[futaille]

"I just assumed you were biased, though."

[vineleaves]

"Oh, I am incredibly biased, but it doesn't change the fact that your butt is nice."

[futaille]

"In that case, I'm very glad you get to enjoy it."

[vineleaves]

"As am I, I promise you."

[futaille]

"Well, maybe I should return to what I was doing so you can watch more."

[vineleaves]

"I am here to supervise," he laughs.

[futaille]

"Supervise to your heart's content!" He returns to fighting the bag.

[vineleaves]

"Will do!"

After a few minutes he makes himself a little snackie of some grapes to munch on. As one does.

[futaille]

He goes at it for a good while under Dionysus's able supervision before he steps back and goes to flop on one of the benches.

[vineleaves]

"Need a snackie?" he asks, holding up the bunch of grapes.

[futaille]

He laughs a little as he looks over at Dionysus. "A snackie?"

[vineleaves]

"Yeah. Thought maybe all that made you hungry."

[futaille]

"Yes, I'll have a snack."

[vineleaves]

He moves to go sit next to Grantaire on the bench and takes one grape, holding it up to Grantaire's mouth.

[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.