Boucheron x Alcryst



C Support:

Alcryst: Hello, Boucheron. May I have a moment of your time?
Boucheron: What can I do for you, Prince Alcryst?
Alcryst: I… I came here to beg you to be my coach!
Boucheron: What?!
Alcryst: Ah. You’re right. I would make a horrible student. It was selfish of me to even ask.
Boucheron: No, that’s not… I just meant to ask, what could I possibly teach you?
Alcryst: Well, I… I was hoping you could teach me how to build a physique like yours.
Boucheron: Oh, you want to bulk up, huh?
Alcryst: I know I lack confidence. It occurred to me that my weak frame might be a part of that.
Alcryst: Then I began to picture myself with some actual muscles, and…well…
Boucheron: Heh, I get it. You want to build muscle as a way of building confidence.
Boucheron: Sure. I’d be happy to give you some pointers.
Alcryst: You will? Oh, that’s wonderful! Thank you, Boucheron!
Alcryst: I’m so honored that you’re willing to take a hopeless case like me under your wing.
Alcryst: Compared to you, I’m just so…
Boucheron: OK, my first tip is to stop saying stuff like that! Pull yourself together!
Alcryst: It’s OK. You need not console me. Just know that I am worthless putty in your capable hands.
Boucheron: I think I’m starting to see the bigger hurdles in your path.

B Support:

Boucheron: Seven! Eight! Nine!
Alcryst: I─ I can’t do any more!
Boucheron: What’s wrong, Prince Alcyrst? That was only nine push-ups.
Boucheron: You still have 91 more to go!
Alcryst:
Boucheron: Was one hundred too much to shoot for at first? Should we bring it down to ten?
Alcryst: No, don’t do that. That would dismiss one of the zeroes from the target number.
Alcryst: I’d feel awful for that poor zero, cut from the team because of a weakling like me…
Boucheron: OK. Let’s come back to push-ups later and move on to sit-ups for now.
Alcryst: Oh. All right… How many sit-ups should I do?
Boucheron: A hundred.
Alcryst: Did you say one hundred?!
Alcryst: No. I can’t back out or give up. I have to build muscles and grow more confident!
Boucheron: That’s the spirit! Let’s get started!
Boucheron: One! Two! Three!
Alcryst: F-four! Ugh! I can’t do any more! My sides are being torn apart!
Boucheron: Um, Prince Alcryst. You’re 96 short of your goal.
Alcryst: I want to make it to one hundred─I really, truly do─but my body just can’t do it…
Boucheron: Hmm… That’s a problem, all right.
Boucheron: Why don’t we take a quick break? Let me know when you’ve recovered.
Alcryst: All right. OK… Ow, ow, ow…

A Support:

Boucheron: Ninety-eight! Ninety-nine! One hundred!
Alcryst: Ah, I did it!
Boucheron: You did it, Prince Alcryst! You hit one hundred!
Alcryst: Wow. I can’t believe it! I’m so happy!
Boucheron: I always knew you could. How do you feel? Think you’ve gained any muscle?
Alcryst: Yes, a little bit. If I flex here, I can feel the muscle tighten up.
Boucheron: Wonderful! And does that help your confidence?
Alcryst: Not in the slightest.
Boucheron: Oh…
Alcryst: I apologize, Boucheron.
Alcryst: You wasted your precious time on a lost cause.
Boucheron: You really shouldn’t talk like that.
Alcryst: I still can’t compare to my brother, Diamant. He’s so incredible, and I’m so…so…
Boucheron: Where does this come from?
Alcryst: It’s been that way since I was a kid…or, at least, that’s what people have always told me.
Boucheron: Well, no wonder you don’t have any confidence if that’s what you’ve always heard.
Boucheron: Look, Prince Alcryst. I’m not always so confident either.
Alcryst: Really? Even though you were blessed with an incredible physique?
Boucheron: My muscles are well-developed, but inside, I’m a softie with a terrible sense of direction.
Boucheron: You know what people used to call me? “Big Crybaby” and “Wrong-Way Strong.”
Alcryst: I don’t believe it.
Boucheron: There are some things I’m self-conscious about. But I still get by.
Boucheron: Sometimes I wonder if there’s anyone in the world with true, unshakable confidence.
Boucheron: I bet even Prince Diamant has his doubts about himself.
Alcryst: Even my brother?
Alcryst: Haha, such supportive words for a scrawny pipsqueak like me. I appreciate it.
Boucheron: Ah, think nothing of it. I’d do the same for any of my best students.
Alcryst: I believe it.
Boucheron: You should keep working out. I’d be happy to coach you anytime.
Alcryst: I will. Thank you, Coach Boucheron.
Boucheron: Heh heh, the honor is all mine, Prince Alcryst.