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[a_sin_for_him]

The new year certainly was pleasant, wasn't it? I think I enjoy this world's holidays.

[Lust's curled up in her living room on the couch, tucked under a blanket with a mug of cocoa and her 'gear propped up on the coffee table in front of her. Her recently hatched shiny Houndour is half across her lap.]

But now that the holiday has passed, I had a query for those who have formalized exercising routines. I've found myself needing to keep fit not simply for aesthetic reasons, but due to a professional need for peak physical condition. Flexibility, muscle strength, physical reaction time...

I've never had to work to keep up with those things before and the sooner I get some formal discipline in my routine, the better. I'd appreciate any advice or specific schools of practice that could be recommended.

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[a_sin_for_him]

Are there many other holidays?

Oh, dancing's a good suggestion. Though not ballet, I don't think. I've seen ballet dances, I'd fall on my front every five minutes. That's the arena of less buxom women.

I've never given much thought to martial arts before...

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[francia]

[France pauses for a moment, thinking back over what Lust has already experienced in this world. A slow, rather gleeful smile spreads over his face.]

If I remember when you arrived here correctly, you've experienced most of the holidays that are celebrated here, but you have yet to experience Valentine's Day. Has anyone spoken to you about it yet?

Regarding ballet, it's something has has to be built up from a firm foundation of stances and standard movements. Mastery of these positions builds strength and control in the core of the body, which is good for anyone to have, regardless of body type. It has a lot of similarity to most martial arts in that sense. If you're interested, I could show you the basic positions when we both have some free time.

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[a_sin_for_him]

...Valentine's Day? What's that?

I suppose it doesn't hurt to try....

[Lust is skeptical that anything pertaining to ballet would be helpful to her, but she'll give it a shot.]

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[francia]

Valentine's Day is a holiday dedicated to love. People usually celebrate romantic love, usually, and ask out people they would like to get to know better or make plans with those they are already with. Some people celebrate platonic relationships on Valentine's Day, too, and do something fun with friends.

[France's gleeful expression turns not a little bit soppy.]

Envy and I have our anniversary on it.

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[a_sin_for_him]

....oh.

[Well, that's not going to be awkward at all. Sweet, though, that it's their anniversary. And helpful. Holidays make keeping the date that much easier.]

When is this holiday?

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[francia]

It's the 14th of February.

[He is expression turns somewhat conspiratorial.]

Are you going to be getting into the spirit?

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[a_sin_for_him]

[Lust tries to imagine 'getting into the spirit'. She grimaces mildly. She can't see it going very well.]

I like the holidays that revolve around drinking and eating. Seems silly to have an entire day devoted to what should always be important, the people who share our lives.

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[francia]

[France's head tilts slightly. He has to admit, he is somewhat surprised by Lust's reaction, and it makes him think a little. It produces something of a rueful smile.]

I suppose I find it useful to have a day dedicated to those we care about. It's not as much a problem here, but in my world, the type of being that I am doesn't allow me to simply be myself on a regular basis. Valentine's Day, and holidays like it, give me a legitimate excuse of sorts to attend to personal connections on my own terms.

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[a_sin_for_him]

I can understand that. And it's your anniversary, beside.

[She wonders if it's really entirely on France's own terms, as he uses a constructed holiday in the first place, but it's a simple matter of semantics and one she knows better than to voice. But the entire conversation makes her think.]

I suppose it's simply that my personal connections, romantic and otherwise, are already the most important and valued things in my existence. Every day I wake up and continue existing is a celebration of them, in a way.