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A. Enjolras ([personal profile] solo_patria) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu2015-08-08 05:27 pm

Aux armes, citoyens (Video)

[Enjolras has looked better, certainly, though he's about as polished and as formal as he usually is, clad in his new light grey linen coat and waistcoat, even a loose cravat despite the heat. He's certainly sweating for the effort, all the same, his hair showing definite curled frizz that escapes its braid. There's also something about him that looks tireder than usual, but still, his expression is friendly enough as the vid feed starts.]

A great number of things have lately come to my attention, but among the most important is the fact that I must, that it is imperative for me to find activities of a less solitary nature than I've had since our return from...our return from war.

For a long time, it occurred to me that putting aside all reminders of it were the better way but I think, instead, that something active, some way of keeping my most relevant skills fresh, perhaps bettering, them, will be of more benefit here in the long run, and could help me socially as well. If I might train with...

That is to say, I wish to improve my ability with a blade. I fence in the foil discipline, and trained a little in it here, before the war, and can pick up an epee as needed, provided you are not freakishly tall [There's a wink to show it's a joke]. Is there anyone here who might be willing to go a few rounds with me, either for simple exercise, or, perhaps, if we suit and you find that you have things to teach me, for lessons of a sort?


Do please let me know, it may be nice to find action that I might do something with and about again, action I can control I... [That's enough for now, he realizes, breaking off with a little abrupt wave of his hand.]

Anyway, please do let me know.
peacefullywreathed: (some gold-forged plan)

video;

[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-08-08 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Any visual cues are lost on Solomon, obviously, but since he knows this voice he doesn't feel the need to point it out.]

How would you feel about dueling a blind man?

[It's dry, but a legitimate question.]
denyamenti: (shall be in the country of the dead)

Re: video; threadjack oops

[personal profile] denyamenti 2015-08-09 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Are you trying to get him to go easy on you out of sympathy, waheh-maw?
peacefullywreathed: (of life so incomplete)

oops piffle

[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-08-09 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, don't worry. You'll still get the opportunity to thrash me with something sturdier than a snappable blade. Baby steps, and all that.
denyamenti: /withlace (that to offer a hand was something i did)

#yolo no wait

[personal profile] denyamenti 2015-08-09 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
And by sturdier, you mean anything of greater strength than a fork, right?
denyamenti: (ancient dramatist of eminence)

video;

[personal profile] denyamenti 2015-08-09 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ Bakura's pleased to see you're taking up the advice, Enj. ]

You'll feel better for dusting off the skills.
peacefullywreathed: (and you seem to break like time)

[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-08-09 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
I'd just like the opportunity to feel good about myself before I wind up black and blue.
denyamenti: (if but imagination scorn the earth)

[personal profile] denyamenti 2015-08-09 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
... so Raine's gotten quite into her role, then.
peacefullywreathed: (and you seem to break like time)

[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-08-09 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Gentlemen don't kiss and tell.

[See the halo, Bakura? See it?]
denyamenti: (crawl the distance to a safe passage)

[personal profile] denyamenti 2015-08-09 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
If I meet one, I'll know not to ask him.
skeletonenigma: (what did you say?)

audio;

[personal profile] skeletonenigma 2015-08-09 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[The reply is audio rather than video partly out of habit, and partly because Skulduggery still doesn't particularly feel like advertising his brand new state of existence. He'll give it another week before it comes to that.]

Putting aside all reminders of a war is only going to drive you mad.

[Trust him. He knows.]

It's been a while since I took up fencing, but I'd be happy to help you out.
peacefullywreathed: (of life so incomplete)

[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-08-09 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
See? You're already preemptively wounding me, Bakura. Keep this up and I might think you were trying to usurp her position.
denyamenti: (ancient dramatist of eminence)

[personal profile] denyamenti 2015-08-09 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
If I had to choose a sorcerer, the heriret is prettier.
peacefullywreathed: (tread careful one step at a time)

[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-08-09 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
I'm shocked. You didn't strike me as the flower type.
denyamenti: (that more expected the impossible)

[personal profile] denyamenti 2015-08-09 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
And what would you know about my type?
peacefullywreathed: (and you seem to break like time)

[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-08-09 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
I seem to recall something about mermaids ...
denyamenti: (in which I may be walking now)

[personal profile] denyamenti 2015-08-09 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
I politely offered you one, and you turned her down, and I didn't have any Amazons at beck and call.

[ But there is just a tinge of something, in the smart reply. He remembered well that day; perhaps he wished he didn't quite so clearly. ]

... in any case, don't play up your disability to my new bookkeeper too much.
peacefullywreathed: (are the sounds in bloom with you?)

[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-08-09 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Solomon was hoping the funny of that memory would offset some of the edge. He's not entirely sure it worked, so he sticks to the droll to move along.]

I was more afraid his ideals would prevent him from giving me a clear shot. Of course, if you do happen to have something pretty in the near vicinity while he fights me I won't object to the help.

... I wonder if Ravel has anything better to do.
denyamenti: (than to promise where you cannot deliver)

[personal profile] denyamenti 2015-08-09 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps I'll ask him.
peacefullywreathed: (of life so incomplete)

[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-08-09 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
He likes you better, anyway. Perhaps I'll neglect to show up.
denyamenti: (when the headlong light is loose)

[personal profile] denyamenti 2015-08-09 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
You had better show up if asked.
peacefullywreathed: (of life so incomplete)

[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-08-09 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
It's so nice to be wanted.
wolfstrike: (yeah yeah)

Video

[personal profile] wolfstrike 2015-08-09 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
How freakishly tall are we talking about here?

[His tone indicates he's joking.]

I don't mind a little sparring here and there if you're up for it. And I could teach you a move or two.
denyamenti: (and so my heartache grows)

[personal profile] denyamenti 2015-08-09 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Indeed.
peacefullywreathed: (some gold-forged plan)

[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-08-09 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
What would you recommend I begin with, aside from the fork?

[This is more business-like, a genuine question. ... Aside from the bit about the fork.]
unetrustworthy: (dinner's almost ready)

video

[personal profile] unetrustworthy 2015-08-09 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
...can I watch?

[She might not have had a similar skill, but she was curious. It could be an interesting learning experience. Maybe even entertaining, if his opponent was good enough.]

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