futaille | Open Post: La savate et le chausson

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

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

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vineleaves

"As am I, I promise you."

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futaille

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

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vineleaves

"I am here to supervise," he laughs.

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futaille

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

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vineleaves

"Will do!"

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

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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.

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vineleaves

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

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futaille

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

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vineleaves

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

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futaille

"Yes, I'll have a snack."

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vineleaves

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

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futaille

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

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vineleaves

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

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futaille

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

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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?"

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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."

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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.

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futaille

"I will choose to believe it did."

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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.