//------------------------------// // The Day Of: Part 2 // Story: The New Talent // by Vinyl Mfing Scratch //------------------------------// The Day Of: Part 2 "I'm assuming that since you haven't answered yet that I'm going to have to come back another time?" Thsi made Vinyl snap back to reality. She very much did not want him to have to leave before absolutely necessary, and she was nout about to question his being early. Frankly, she didn't care. If it was anypony else, she would've been questioning them as to why their time had changed, but for him she could make an acception. "Of course not man! Come on inside." She said, gesturing for him to come in and follow her. She led him to her desk and told him to wait where he was. Going in to ther Manager's office, Vinyl informed him that the one they had been waiting for was early, and to come out so everyone can check him out. She hadn't realized she had been so excited while talking to the Manager until he responded to her enthusiasm. "Alright, alright! Calm down Vinyl, it's not like we don't have half a day to do this." He said sternly, but afterwards giving a small laugh. 'She really is excited about this stallion. Maybe he'll take up her old position, since she's taking mine. Heheh.. That'd be a nice thing to see if I ever come back to visit.' "Oh, uh.. sorry." Vinyl said nervously, rubbing the back of her head with a hoof. "I'm just really looking forward to checki- uhh, you checking this guy out is all." She said, giving a nervouse laugh. Vinyl had almost told him that she was planning on going after this particular stallion. That was something she didn't want anyone to know just yet, even though she had unintentionally told Truffles already. Even though she didn't see that as a big deal, since they were pretty close and Vinyl knew she could trust him with the information. "Uh-huh.. Well, lets get to it." He knew that she was hiding something, but decided not to pursue it since he knew Vinyl was a trustworthy pony, and didn't deserve to be questioned if she wished something to remain a secret. As he concluded his thoughts, he found himself to be under the influence of somepony's magic. It wasn't major, just a small push one his flank, which he assumed was to get him out of the office, which explained who's magic it was. "Calm down Vinyl, I'm going. No need to be so antsy." He said, without the laughter after scolding her this time. 'She's a good pony, but man can she get pushy.' After she ceased her attempts to hurry him out, he walked out of his office to find something quite unexpected. A majority of the ponies in the room were sitting in a semi-circle in front of Vinyl's desk, with one pony who he didn't know behind it, hoof-beating. Aparently, they were having a "rap-battle", if you will. One of the other pony's was, seemingly, just finishing up a verse of his own. "... Now that I'm done with you, I'll pass it off to you, Because you're not good enough, You're not tough, Enough, For us." He said the last line with a gesture to the rest of the ponies crowded around them. To this, the new pony just smirked, not once pausing the beat he was creating. Not once slowing his tempo. Not once did the look on his face waver, not that you could see his eyes through his sun-glasses. After a moment of what looked like the new pony was about to choke out, he took a deep breath and prepared himself to begin. He gave a small, amused laugh as he opened his mouth, and began to earn his job, "You know, it's funny, That you think you're so high up, That I can't reach you. But what you really are, Is just a fluffy bunny. In the skin of a beast Now lets have a feast, On this break Because you're not worth it, You're fake. Go back and bake, A cake, In your kitchen. In your empty home. Where you're all alone. But you could've flown, If you hadn't attacked The big guys, With the big guns. And by guys, I mean me, Look into my eyes, So you can understand How you could've been free, Without me, You won't be Anything. So take a good fling, At this thing, That you call a career And when you're done You'll cower in fear And I'll see your ear Flat against your head, While you lay in bed And start to shed, All of your fur, I'll be here Experiencing success, Without the rest Of you who doubt me. This is all I have time for, So have fun on the floor, Crying. While I'm 'Bye-Byeing' " He finished this last line while fading out his beat with one hoof, and waving to the stallion he was battling with the other. Once he was completely finished, all that followed was silence. Everypony in the room besides Vinyl and the Manager had their mouths agape, due to their impressment. Not a single one of them was expecting him to come back so well, or so ruthlessly against his opponent. Vinyl, on the other had, was ecstatic. She was sporting a wide grin, while surpressing cheers of excitement from escaping her mouth. That was what she wanted from him, for now at least. She wanted him to pass his interview with flying colors, and from what she saw from her co-workers, he already did. Their approval wasn't of much interest to her though, as she wanted her Manager to approve. Even though his opinion didn't make it official, as she was to be the new head of the Studio. 'Just because it's mainly my decision doesn't mean it'll be accepted lightly, since I'm pretty biased to this fine piece of pony.' She thought, nearly giggling with pleasure at the thought of the blue stallion being her second in command and her partner. 'Partner and music and a few other things' She thought, giddily. "Very nicely done, my friend." The Studio head said, Vinyl hearing him very clearly since he hadn't stepped away from her since they walked out of the office. "I see you going far in the music industry. Especially since you're a member of our studio now." He said, clacking his hooves on the floor to applaud the dark stallions preformace. As Vinyl heard this, she hugged her manager. 'No. My friend.' She thought to herself. She hadn't considered him a friend until now, seeing how much of a regular pony he actaully was. She was so excited that she hadn't realized she'd been practically strangling the poor stallion. Hopping away from him slightly and apologizing, she gave him another small hug and thanked him for accepting the stallion she had brought here. This had been the best day Vinyl had had in a while. 'Well, more like the most exciting day.' She corrected. At this point, it was almost three in the afternoon. Vinyl decided that she would talk with her favorite dark-blue stallion after everyone cleared out, but for now it seemed that the manager had something he wanted to say because he told her to get everyone's attention for him, because he wasn't feeling up to the yelling that would be needed to be heard of the upraor that had begun greeting the new member of the studio. Aplifying her voice with her magic, she didn't have to strain herself to be heard over the commotion. "Guys, chill out for a few, boss man has something to say." As she finished her sentence and the talking died off, Vinyl stepped back to let her friend take the floor. All eyes fell on him, along with those of the new stallion. Not that his eyes were visible, along with Vinyl's. "Well everypony, it's been a wonderful day for this studio, having recruited such raw talent." He began. "I'm sure he'll go far with us, and proceed to spread our publicity. Now that that's been said, I would like to tell you something that will take effect tomorrow when we open." This made everyone lock there attention on the speaker at this point. "I'll be relocating and Vinyl will be taking my place as the studio manager. I'm hoping that all of you will accept her authority as you've all said before, she would be the best replacement for me." This caused the blue stallion whom had just impressed everyone in the room to almost break his composure with a look of shock. Luckily nobody noticed. Besides Vinyl that is. 'Nice to know he isn't stonefaced. That would've made a relationship kinda boring.' Vinyl thought dreamily. She almost drifted off into her thoughts again when the Manager had asked her to give some words of encouragemeant for the rest of the employees. She was somewhat shocked, but she would have to get used to it since she was going to be working the studio from now on. "Well, there's not too much more to say. We've got a new guy to help us get even more publicity and promote all of our music, our old Manager is leaving and I'm taking his place, which isn't exactly a good thing, but we'll work through it. I'll do my best to do what's best for our studio. I hope you'll all bear with me as I get adjusted to the swing of things, being in charge of the studio. To finish this off, for fear of making myself look like a goof, I'll just say welcome to our new member who'll come to be known as Dj ShoutOut." She concluded and the members of the studio aplaude her speach. "Well, since all of this has occured in just under an hour, I think I'll let you all go home early since none of your shows air today. Have a good day and career, as you probably won't see me for a while." The Manager said this with a tone of sadness, since this was his entire life, right here in the studio that he was being forced to leave, allbeit in good hooves. One by one the members walked up and said their goodbyes and greeting Vinyl as their new Manager. After everyone had left the now Ex-Manager left to clear out his office and Vinyl and her new talent went over to her old desk. "Looks like we're working together now." Said the dark-blue stallion. Vinyl was just happy to be talking with him at this point. "Yeah, and is it cool if I ask you a question?" She asked nervously in anticipation of what she was about to ask this stallion. "As long as I get to ask mine first." He said blunty, surprising Vinyl for what wouldn't be the last time. "Of course dude, go for it." She said, recovering from the shock quickly. "How would you like to... Go out to dinner with me tomorrow?" He asked hesitantly, showing the first amount of real emotion Vinyl had seen from him. Not that she noticed over the pure adrenaline she was experiencing right now. She hadn't expected him to take the first move in the slightest. After a few moments of just staring at him with her jaw hanging slack from her head. She was the happiest pony in the world, in her perspective. But she, of course, had to mantane her composure and shook her head to come back to her senses. "Sounds like it could be fun. What time do you want to pick me up?"