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// GeodesicDragon: Noisecapades 
// Story: Geoverse: Three Random Things 
// by GeodesicDragon 
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NOISECAPADES


By GeodesicDragon


On a hill overlooking Ponyville, I sat back and relaxed as the night sky lit up with stars. Beside me, Twilight worked feverishly to unpack her telescope from its carry case. I had offered to help but she had politely declined, so I simply watched as she levitated the telescope out the case and gingerly set it down on the grass.

"There we go." Twilight said. "And it only took me five minutes. But at least now we can get some stargazing done."

"No," I replied, "you mean that you can get some stargazing done. I'm just here because I didn't want you to be alone."

"I did this a million times before I met you!" Twilight shot back. "If you don't want to be here, Geo, you can go home."

I thought about doing exactly that for a moment before deciding not to. Instead I moved closer to Twilight and hugged her.

"Nah." I said. "I think I'll stay here and see if I can't get involved with this. Who knows? I may grow to like it as much as you do. But  not only that, I get to spend some quality time with you."

Twilight leaned closer and gently kissed my cheek. After a moment she leaned back and looked into her telescope. She moved it around looking for constellations, occasionally gasping in wonder at a new one Luna had created or chuckling with glee at seeing some of her favourites — Orion and the Ursa Minor being two of them.

I joined her in looking at the sky and eventually I admitted to myself that it was indeed a thing of wonder and beauty. Luna had obviously taken a lot of time to make it just right for everypony who would be looking upon it — such as Twilight and I.

But as we continued to enjoy the evening, a sound on the air made me realise that we weren't the only ones who would be up and about at this time of the evening. The pulsing and pounding bass could only be coming from one place — Vinyl's club.

As the sound reached her ears Twilight – who had been more engrossed in her stargazing – yelped in alarm and fell over, knocking her telescope over in the process. The result was one angry alicorn and a large bump on my forehead.

"What the—" Twilight snarled. "We are trying to have a relaxing evening here, but we can't with that... racket in our ears!"

I helped her to her hooves and stroked her mane in an attempt to calm her down. But if the steam shooting out of her nostrils was anything to go by, it wasn't working. Instead of gazing at the sky and having a good time, glaring in the direction of the club now seemed to be Twilight's top priority.

"If it makes you feel any better, I'll go and talk to her." I said. "She'll listen to me – I was her top security guard after all."

"Okay." Twilight replied. "You go and talk to her. I'll wait here until you get back."

I nodded and started walking towards the club. I soon found myself standing in front of the doors, much to the surprise of the ponies waiting in line and the solitary guard watching over them.

"Geo!" The guard stuttered. "Er, I mean, Prince Geo. W-what brings you here of all places?"

"Hey, Snowflake." I replied. "First of all, cut the 'Prince' crap. I worked with you long enough to call you a friend, and my friends get to call me 'Geo'. Secondly, I'm here to see Vinyl."

"Sure thing, Geo." Snowflake replied, his nervous disposition gone. "Just head on in, you know where Vinyl's office is."

I grinned and patted the mass of muscle on what I hoped was his shoulder as I entered. The club was full of dancing patrons, all of whom were too busy enjoying themselves to notice my entrance.

I walked to the back room where Vinyl's office was located. I knocked on the door once and entered before she had a chance to reply, or even to acknowledge the fact I had knocked.

"Hey!" She shouted as the door swung open. "What's the big idea just walking into my office you—"

"Hey, boss." I interrupted. "Long time, no see."

Vinyl's jaw dropped onto her desk as I entered and sat down. After a moment she composed herself and leaned back in her chair with her usual confident grin on her face.

"Well." She said plainly. "This is an unexpected pleasure. So, Geo, what can I do for you tonight? You here to work?"

I laughed and shook my head.

"If you'll remember," I replied, "you 'dismissed me from your service' when I was coronated. So I'm afraid I can't work for you tonight, as it would be against regulations."

Vinyl blew at her mane and leaned forward, clopping her forehooves together.

"In that case," she grinned, "why are you here?"

I sighed.

"I'm here about the noise." I said flatly. "Twilight and I were trying to enjoy a peaceful night of stargazing when we heard the music blaring out of this place. Any chance you could turn it down?"

Vinyl chuckled.

"No can do, your Highness." She retorted. "Since this place is built so far away from Ponyville, it doesn't have to comply with the anti-noise regulations. Sorry, pal, but you and Twilight are just gonna have to live and let live."

I sighed.

"I had a feeling you'd say something like that." I groaned. "I know that Twilight isn't going to like it, but I also know that she won't let it stop her from studying. Whatever the case, I think I'm in for one hell of a night."

I got up and held out my fist, which Vinyl bumped with a forehoof.

"Sorry to have bothered you, Vinyl." I said. "I'll try and catch up with you at some point, okay?"

"Sure thing." She replied. "Catch ya later, man."

I left the room and headed back into the cold night air. After saying my goodbyes to Snowflake I headed back to the hill, where Twilight was sitting with her wings wrapped around her torso. Her telescope lay to one side as she chewed her lower lip, her eyes narrowed and glaring into the distance.

Her ears perked up as I approached and she turned her head, a small smile gracing her lips as she saw that it was me. I sat down next to her and soon felt a wing being wrapped around me, so I leaned in closer to my wife to allow us to share body heat.

"So..." Twilight said eventually. "What did Vinyl say?"

I swallowed nervously before telling Twilight exactly what Vinyl had told me. Just as I expected, she didn't take it well.

"This isn't fair!" She shouted. "These regulations she is hiding behind need to be rewritten, or repealed altogether!"

I groaned.

"You and I both know that neither of those things is going to happen." I said. "So you can either learn to live and let live, or you could just..."

"... I could just what?" Twilight asked, noticing the fact I had trailed off. I looked at her sheepishly.

"Or..." I sighed. "You could just cast that noise-cancelling spell you used on the night of our coronation..."

I giggled like a schoolgirl as I recalled what we were doing at the time she cast that spell, while Twilight simply shook her head.

"The spell is only designed to drown out noises at or below a certain frequency." She lamented. "So it won't work on Vinyl's music. But you've just given me an idea."

"I have?" I asked blankly. "What did I do?"

"You suggested the noise-cancelling spell which, as I've said, won't help us. So the next best thing to do is block out the noise... by making noise."

I mulled this over for a moment before I grinned.

"You want to have sex?" I asked. "Here? All right then, Twi, but I had no idea you were into—"

Twilight stuck a forehoof over my mouth and shook her head furiously, as her cheeks turned crimson.

"Not like that!" She hissed. "I meant by making a different kind of noise. Just watch and see."

She removed her hoof from my mouth and I looked at her blankly as her horn started to glow. As I watched, the sky began to darken. I glanced behind me to see clouds from the Everfree Forest, which were enveloped in Twilight's magical aura, being moved into position above us.

"If the noise-cancelling spell won't help us," Twilight grinned, "then this should be able to make enough noise to drown out the music!"

"By creating a thunderstorm?!" I yelped. "Are you crazy, Twi? What if somepony gets hurt? Stop this nonsense and let's just do it!"

Twilight ignored my – quite frankly brilliant – suggestion and stopped casting. The sky was now full of ominously dark clouds, which promptly began dumping their contents on us. The sky was lit up with lightning and the rolling roar of thunder — but at least we couldn't hear the music coming from the club any more.

Twilight, noticing the desolate look on my face, lit her horn again. I felt her magic flowing through my body and looked at her. She was completely dry, and so was I.

"All right then." I said. "While I can't say I like the situation, I guess I can't argue with the results."

Twilight stuck her tongue out at me and giggled.

"Did you honestly believe that I wouldn't have thought this plan through before carrying it out?" I shook my head in response and she rolled her eyes. "Of course you didn't. Now let's just sit here and enjoy the rest of the evening."

"But what are we going to look at?" I asked. "The sky is covered in clouds, so there are no stars!"

Twilight's eyes widened and she looked upwards. Sure enough, not a single star was visible. She looked at me again and her left eye started twitching while strands of her mane popped out of place.

Even with the combined noise of a thunderstorm and a busy nightclub, everypony in Ponyville heard the same word that night.

"CRAP!"