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[habitually]

[ A very sullen and grumpy looking boy with a bandaged and freshly-swollen face is coming back into camp. Didn't notice Grantaire was gone? That's okay, it was only for a little over a day. For anyone failing to notice his bruised eyes or bandaged nose, he's also carrying a folded piece of red, white, and blue fabric.

Grantaire finally, after a few weeks, went to see a damn doctor. (No, he's not letting an Apollo kid look at it, thank you-- it's thanks to one of those stupid sun kids he got his nose busted in the first place.) It's obviously not been a pleasant trip outside the barriers, given that his nose had to be re-broken and aligned after it didn't heal properly from last month. He just wants to go back to his cabin and sulk properly. ]


private to enjolras
Hey: Sucker Punch. I got you a new flag. Come to the Dionysus cabin if you want it. And see my x-ray results while you're at it. Asshole.

[ He makes a slight whimper when he scowls, realizing that contorts the broken bone, gingerly touching his poor nose before he dismisses the rainbow. ]

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[impetueux]

[Cosette isn't mean enough to laugh at Grantaire's condition, but she doesn't give him a good look-over, amusement in her eyes.

She's eating an apple from the mess hall, trying and failing to be casual about the whole thing.]

Well don't you look a little worse for wear. What happened to you?

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[habitually]

[ He purses his lips. ]

Fell out of a tree?

[impetueux]

[She purses her lips, arms crossed.]

Try again.

[habitually]

[ Are you mimicking him? ]

What? When Naomi says it, it's cute. When I say it I'm lying?

[impetueux]

[Maybe, you have no proof.]

No, it's lying when it shows all over your bandaged face.

[habitually]

[ Huffing. He's a good liar, how dare you. ]

Well this time a rather bushy-faced Quebecois doctor did this to me to fix what was healing backward.

[impetueux]

[The topic of lying is temporarily forgotten in favor of home.]

Oh you went to Quebec? What city did you go to? Or was it a little local place along the border?

[She takes a moment to actually look at his nose, though she can't see much behind the bandage.]

Well he looks like he did a good job at least. Does it hurt a lot?

[habitually]

...This is a "good job"? [ WHINES. ]

I got some cheap meds [ shaking his pockets to make the pills rattle. ] I'll be fine. It was a little suburb of Montreal about 30 kilometers over the border.

[impetueux]

...Well it's less crooked than it was before!

[She really hopes that's a reassuring smile.]

Oh, that's so close to home...I wish you had told me, I would have gone with you and maybe have gone to see Papa.

[habitually]

I'm sorry, I just kind of snuck away. Didn't wanna make a big deal about it.

[ He smiles back a little. ] Next time I'll be sure to invite you. But hey, here's something at least. I'm sure you have a ton of these though--

[ Pulling a Canadian nickel out of his pocket. ] I knew you guys liked beavers, but... dam.

[impetueux]

Oh I wish you had. I would have liked to go, so don't forget in the future.

[She looks delighted, making a happy little squeal as she grabs the nickel from him.]

You just can't appreciate culture. The beaver's our national animal.

[habitually]

Oh, I know. That says a lot about Canada.

[angeliaforos]

[In his defense? R's nose got broken like, three weeks ago, and Gabriel doesn't know the whole story as to who broke it, or why. Which is when he sees one of his best friends coming back into camp, he stops him.]

Uh, Rem?

[He makes a circle around his own nose in the air with his fingers.]

What happened here?

[habitually]

...Turns out letting it heal on its own wasn't the best thing for it. So. This happened.

[angeliaforos]

They cracked your face open?

[An eyebrow raise.]

You know, you could have just taken nectar the first time around. Probably.

[habitually]

They "fixed it."

[ Looking sulky again. And yes he airquoted. He hates doctors. But that's because he hates getting help as a rule. From anyone. ]

Yeah, well, hindsight's 20/20; and getting a bone broken by a son of Apollo made me feel a little wary of something that's supposed to heal. [ Read: He's a stubborn idiot and has no excuse. ]

[angeliaforos]

You do know that nectar and ambrosia isn't made by Apollo kids, it's- wait, R. Who broke your nose?

[habitually]

It happened after the birthday stunt, who do you think?

[ Flat look. ]

[angeliaforos]

Oh, Christ. really?

[A heaving sigh.]

I didn't know he'd take it that seriously!

[habitually]

I mean, it's Enjolras, everything is serious, but...

[ Grimacing. ] I think it was probably ripping the flag more than stealing it that set him off.

[angeliaforos]

Yeah, that'd do it. It's illegal in the US.

[He doesn't know about France, but he'd wager based on Enjolras' reaction that it was there, too.]

So you got him a new one?

[habitually]

It's what? Really? Even if it was an accident? [ Skeptical look. And the answer is no, it's not illegal in France, for the most part. Enjolras just loves his flag more than Grantaire. ]

I'm not a complete ass, of course I re... bought him a new one.

[angeliaforos]

It's super illegal, R. There's a whole assload of protocol here about how we treat our flags - it's very serious.

[Okay, well, that hopefully will solve a little bit of the problem.]

At least it's an exact replica.

[weneedasign]

[He has to roll his eyes at the new nickname, even if it's better then Frenchie.

He had wondered where Grantaire vanished off too, apparently he'd seen a doctor. There's a bit of a guilty knot forming but Enjolras pushes it aside, grabbing a bit of ambrosia because. Really R.

Enjolras crosses camp, knocking on the cabin door before simply opening it and entering.]

Perhaps this will remind you not to steal from others.

[habitually]

[ He can't use Frenchie, it would be hypocritical. But he'll work on some more for you, Enj. ]

Or maybe it'll just remind me that you have a mean right hook.