"Make love to me with a motherbuckin' chainsaw!" DJ Harmonicide booms. His twitchy eyes sweep across the crystalline foyer of the Castle of Friendship. "This place is even better than in the smelly postcards! BOOYAKASHAAAA!" He tilts his right ear up, then sports an extra-muscular grin upon hearing the echoes rattle all across the room. "Hah! Knew it! The acoustics in this place are absolutely bitchin!'"
"Mr. Harmonicide..." DJ Capricorn clenches her teeth. She sits at a table, trying to levitate a teacup in a cloud of dainty telekinesis. "A modicum of decency, if you will." She sips, swallows, then murmurs: "We are in a place of royalty, after all."
"Yeah, dude, learn to chillax some," Simon Neighs remarks. He adjusts the headphones around his neck and squints across the chamber. "Princess Twilight invited us! She put us on her platinum list! Let's not screw up a chance in a lifetime, pal!"
"And I think we all know who to thank for such an opportunity," DJ Capricorn says with a coy smirk.
Harmonicide follows the trail of her bergundy voice. His beady eyes rest on me. "Hey! Yo! V to the S! What's with the pacing, girl? You tryin' to stamp out a fire or what?!"
I don't respond to him. I continue trotting in a tight circle, fidgeting... quivering.
"I thought this was your town and all, V!" Harmonicide chuckles loudly. "Shouldn't you be at home here?"
"Give her a break," Simon Neighs drones. "She's got a lot riding on this, Harmonicide. I mean, not only is this going to be a super daring techno takeover of a classic symphony's intermission, but the psychological welfare of her best friend depends on our performance! Assuming Vinyl's gal-pal does show up of course—"
"Ahem." Capricorn glares in Simon's direction.
The stallion blinks, and soon his ears droop savagely. "Erm... eheheh... my bad."
I sigh, almost overwhelmed with magenta for the first time since leaving the Carolineighs.
"Just relax, Vinyl," Capricorn says, smiling gently. Her burgundy voice carries a remarkably soothing texture, instantly taking me back to weeks of cathartic self-rediscovery. "You have all your ducks in a row. What's more, you have friends here... both royal and not."
"Pffft!" Harmonicide rolls his eyes. "I sure as Hell ain't royal!"
Capricorn's eyes are narrow daggers. "That much is certain, my good stallion." She looks at me again. "And if you're worried about our final member, Vinyl, then don't be." She smiles. "After all, when has he ever let you down?"
I nod back, although I bite my lip nervously.
I'm not worried about him letting me down.
It's just that...
...I sometimes wonder how many favors I still deserve.
All of a sudden, hoofsteps echo across the room. I turn to see Starlight Glimmer entering the foyer.
"Uhm... Miss Scratch?" She fidgets, blinking awkwardly. "There's a Randy Bison here to see you and your friends?"
A series of stripes roll into the room. "That's Roadie Beau fo' Sho, Lil' Miss sea cucumber head. I only said it—like—five dayum times."
I'm instantly grinning from ear to ear.
"I... I-I'm sorry, sir." Starlight Glimmer gulps, fidgeting. "It's j-just that... that..."
"Ain't used to hearin' a zebra talk out of rhyme, I'm guessing."
"No! That's n-not it at all!"
"Yeesh. It's called a joke, silly filly! Why's everypony so serious in this here town? Is Princess Twilight spittin' in the water?"
"Eh... eheheh..." Starlight Glimmer breaks into breathy giggles.
Beau smirks. "Awful refreshin' to have someone mouth off about yer mentor, huh?"
"I... uhm..." Starlight clears her throat. "You said it, sir, not me."
"Eh... you need to chillax." Beau strides into the foyer like he owns the place. If I was a slightly different mare, I'd be swooning right about now. Tartarus, I am swooning. "Go in the corner and drain the streaks from yer mane. The adults here gotta chat up some music before we upchuck our muffins, y'hear?"
"Eheh... s-sure thing, sir." Starlight's eyes dart towards me. With a goofy smile, she exits, closing the door behind her.
"Sooooooo..." Beau's nostrils flare, and he smirks. "Do my zebra eyes deceive me, or did the music muse lay four golden eggs right in this here room?"
"Beau..." Capricorn stands up just to curtsey from afar. "Pleasure as always."
"Maiden of the month right there!" Beau points at her with a smirk. "You and me gotta talk later, angel. A little business about hugging the stuffings out of you over saving my girl."
"Heheh... sure thing."
"Beauuuu!" Simon Neighs holds his hoof up. "What's uppp?"
Beau bro-hoofs him with a wink. "Buncha powdered wigs this same time forty-eight hours from now."
"Hah! Dang straight!"
"Hellz yeah!" Harmonicide bounds over, hoof raised. "Stripes have arrived—"
"Uh huh. Yeah. No." Beau strolls past him, then stands before me. He weathers a deep breath... and an even deeper smile.
I stare up at him, grinning, squirming.
"Well, V?" He exhales, his voice shaky. "Here we are."
A magenta squeak escapes my lips. I leap forward.
"Wh-whoah dayum!" He catches me awkwardly. Then, with a whole-hearted chuckle, he hugs me close, patting my shoulders. A long exhale, and I feel him murmur into my ears: "We've come a long away... and she's comin' from even longer..." He nuzzles me close. "...but I swear on my very last tail-hair that we're gonna make these friggin' circles meet."
I nod, sniffling. I allow the warmth of his hug to melt the lump away in my throat.
Beau exhales. At last, we break the hug, and he holds a hoof around my shoulder while smiling at the others.
"So then, y'all..." He winks. "...we've got ourselves an orchestra to crash."
"Indeed." Capricorn pulls out her notes. "Let's get planning."
"Awwww yeah!" Harmonicide pumps a hoof in the air. "Destructive construction! I was born for this!"
Simon Neighs winces slightly. "Uhhh... m-mind if I do the rest of this meeting with my headphones on?"
Chuckles...
Poor Homicide get's no love.
We have wubsign the likes of even which God has never seen!
6836181 And all of a sudden other quotes pop into mind...
"Tell me of your homeboys, Oontz-ul"
"The WUBS must FLOOOOW!"
And many more, each worse than the last...
Harmonicide is really annoying!
Yeah, uh, instead of making them meet... how about making them into one? Because if they just meet, then that would mean that, since circles have infinite sides, the moment in which Vinyl and Tavi 's circles connect would be literally incomprehensible.
This has to be some of the loudest catchiest music you've chosen yet.* Certainly puts the scene in a new perspective. Now I remember why I listen to the music you've chosen instead of just reading the chapter. I probably would've read it with different feelings without it.
Well done!
*And somepony explain to me why there isn't a Vinyl Scratch/ DJ-PON-3 icon!!! I need one!
I'm trying to figure out how she got Randy Bison out of Roadie Beau.
They don't even sound that similar.
Oh, Starlight...
I think, from this point on I'm going to wait until this story is finished before I read any more chapters. I'd like to revel in the awesomeness (or hartache) of this story's conclusion in one sitting.
I'm with Simon on this one. I think I'd be backhanding Harmonicide into the nearest wall after about three minutes.
That said? eeeeeeeeeeeeee! I'm just as excited!
9 more chapters. Just 9 more.
I think that if I ever met Harmonicide, I'd head butt him in the muzzle and tell him to shut the hell up and start behaving. Keeping your stage act off-stage doesn't work very well, as Trixie Lulamoon discovered quite a while ago.
Edit: fixed typo.
Speak Music and Find Love.
Am I the only one that imagines Capricorn having a somewhat British accent?
Somepony's got a crush Shame he's not interested in mare's.
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I've been reading all of Capricorn's dialogue with a light British accent in my head. Its not just you.
6836768 now that you mention it, I can actually see that. Especially considering how the two are written in this story, You're right it would have been very natural and adorable.
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"She who controls the bass, controls the universe!"
This sentence sounds a lot more risque when you remember that you can't pronounce capitalization.
Sorry, Starlight, you're not his type.
... wait... that makes the "Randy Bison" slip even more hilarious. Starlight's mind must be somewhat preoccupied.
Something tells me that Beau is the big brother that Vinyl never had and wished that she had.
I have no shame. The only thing that came into mind was this:
Damn my mind and its constant psychological Rickrolling.
Aww. I love the chapters with Roadie in them. He's so sweet.
Awwwww maaaan, I love Vinyl and Beau's relasionship! (spelled wrong) It makes me smile so frigging hard! Gawd! If only, I ship them in my own little world, its just perfection~
NIcely done!