Octavia struggled to hold on to her sanity as her ears were being battered by her best friends' non stop jabbering for the third straight hour. From the moment she opened the doors at her music shop in the morning, Vinyl had been going over every detail of her date the night before.
Every. Last. Detail.
"Vinyl, its not that I'm not happy for you, but I'm trying to work. I've got a lot to do and-"
"That's great, Octy. So, tell me something. Did I go a little too far when I brushed my tail against him?"
Octavia dropped her head into a hoof. There was no getting through to her. She walked over to the wind instrument section in hopes of maintaining some form of personal space, but Vinyl followed right behind like a lost puppy.
"I mean, it wasn't like I straight up gave him an open invitation to the kitchen or anything," Vinyl continued, chin on hoof, "but, you know, I wanted to give him a little snack at least."
"Vinyl, please," Octavia said, putting her hoof over her friend's mouth. "We have customers!"
Vinyl looked around at the floor area dotted with various ponies. "And your point is?"
"Ugh, never mind." She shook her head and trotted back toward the front checkout area where a young stallion was waiting with a small bundle of items.
"How are you doing today, sir? Did you find everything okay?"
The stallion opened his mouth to reply, but Octavia was quickly met with a different voice.
"Anyway, Octy, moving on to a different question..."
The customer coughed nervously and attempted to try speaking once more. "Well, I did, but-"
"I was thinking about running by his place today to say what's up," Vinyl said, oblivious to the stallion right beside her. "But do you think that's a bit too soon?"
"Vinyl, I'm trying to help a customer!" Octavia said, a rumbling growl beginning to resonate in her voice.
Vinyl turned to the stallion next to her who was now supporting an increasingly bent frown. "Oh, hey, what's up man? Anyway, I'm second-guessing the whole stopping by thing 'cause I know there's the whole 'wait three days' call-back rule, but I kinda wanna see him anyway."
"Excuse me," the stallion said," but I'm trying to get some service here."
"Dude, chill. Anyway, Octy, Spike is a really cool dude and I don't want him to think I'm just a one-shot kind of mare-"
"Excuse me?" The stallion butted in once more.
"-'cause I'm not a one-shot mare!"
"Excuse me!"
"But he might think that I am if I don't-"
"EXCUSE ME!"
Vinyl stopped and looked at the fuming stallion next to her, then at her intended audience, who had her face flatly pressed against the counter.
"Woah, rude much?" Vinyl said, pointing at the customer. "Interrupting is totally not cool."
"Well, I'm sorry to interrupt your life story here, but I need to buy these guitar strings and be on my way! Your conversation can wait!"
"Uh, no it can't, bro. Unlike your little deal here, what I'm talking about is important."
With an angry huff, the stallion tossed his items down and stormed toward the exit.
"Wait, sir!" Octavia said, jumping over the counter to go after him. "How about we give you a discount? A free piano lesson?"
Without looking back, the angry stallion stuck his snout in the air and burst out the door.
Vinyl casually walked up to Octavia who had her face pointed toward the ground. "Well, glad he's gone. Who needs that kind of attitude? Anyway, where was I....oh yeah, the three day rule."
In a flash of motion, Octavia swung her body around and met Vinyl face-to-face. "I needed him around! I've been trying to move that particular piece of inventory all week, and you just pushed it out the door!"
Vinyl shrunk beneath the wrathful gaze of Octavia. "Sorry, Octavia, I just wanted your opinion on some stuff. I mean, it was a big night and-"
Octavia let out a deep sigh and shook her head. "Look, Vinyl, I understand you have got a lot on your mind, but right now, I have to work. Please, just leave. I promise we can talk when I get home, tonight."
"Fine, be that way," Vinyl said, nose turned to the air. "I've got better things to do anyway."
"Alright, Vinyl," Octavia said, watching Vinyl head to the exit. I'll see you tonight. Try and stay out of trouble today."
Without looking back, Vinyl trotted out the front door. It wasn't uncommon for her to push Octavia's buttons, but if the bulging veins on her forehead were any sign, she really ticked her off this time.
"Psh, putting inventory in front of her best friend. So not cool." Vinyl looked at her immediate surroundings. It was still early in the afternoon and she had the whole day ahead of her, so she wasn't in the mood to head home yet. But without Octavia, she didn't have a whole lot else to do, seeing as how limited her association with the local ponies had been.
Vinyl rubbed her chin in thought and began walking aimlessly. "What to do, what to do?"
The question of what she wanted to do was actually irrelevant at this point. It was more or less a question of whether or not she should do what she wanted.
She wanted to see Spike.
A small smile spread across her lips as she thought about him. Her heartbeat quickened as she remembered the night before. The effort and care he put into the date. The way he made her laugh and smile with almost everything he said. The way he looked at her every time they touched. The scintillating feel of his claws running through her fur. The texture and taste of his tongue and lips wrapped with hers when they kissed... It made her heart melt to think about it, and that was just the first of what she hoped would be many dates.
She really wanted to see him.
As she walked about in thought, she was completely oblivious to the direction she was headed. That being said, when she raised her head and saw the large tree that was home to the object of her thoughts himself, her mouth hung agape. It would appear that fate itself had solved the conundrum of how she would spend her afternoon.
After a few chin-scratching seconds of pondering her options, Vinyl came to a decision. “Meh, forget the rules. I don’t think it’d hurt to just step in and say hi.”
Unfortunately, the only one home was one overly-stressed purple alicorn princess. One who had been meaning to have a good talk with her life-long friend’s romantic interest.
More music you haven't heard before!
oh man. oh man, oh man, oh man. next chapter, next chapter everything is going to go down.
5659883 Not even joking, the next chapter is going to be like... 6000 words. It's one of the few I've had planned since the beginning of the story.
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well, it feels like it has been seriously planned man. kind of like the last 3 chapters have lead up to this upcoming event being done naturally.
5659905 It was only a matter of time before Twilight and Vinyl had to talk, and I felt from the beginning it would be like this. Vinyl coming to see Spike, getting intercepted by Twilight, and then the awkward conversation begins.
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well, maybe awkward for vinyl, since overprotective motherly sisterly figure interrogating you for the "well-being" of her number one assistant brother son friend.
5659923 Yeah, it's a feeling I know quite well.
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i'm more surprised that you understood what i said than intrigued by what you said.
5659934 I'm quite fluent in gibberish.
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good good
If Vinyl wants to make out with Spike then just do it instead of thinking about it.
Whoo!
Any expectations for when this mega-chapter will be published?
5660125 Hopefully within the next 3 weeks. If only I had the writing prowess of SS&E..then I could update my stuff every other day.
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Hah. SS&E's update rate is ungodly. I don't think anybody could match that. I'll look forward to 3 weeks then.
Okay, my body's ready!
Well, one thing's for sure, Vinyl is crazy about Spike. It's adorable isn't it?
Oh, Vinyl
Now I want to read the next chapter. It sounds like it's gonna be awesome.
Important chapter coming? I can't wait!!!
Whoa
Oh I love those! No foreplay and right to the point.
Yes, awesome big sister Twilight coming up, I can't wait.
Heh, and Vinyl thought that random customer was bad...I suspect he's gonna have nothing on Twilight.
<insert "shit gonna get real" and/or "dis gonna be good" meme(s) here>
'nougth said
5660468 It's hard to draw the fine line between Vinyl's established character and writing her as a tad lovestruck. I'm trying to avoid making her sound like a girly-girl about it, but alas, love can make even the most poised of us a bit lightheaded at times.
So yeah, Vinyl is very much crazy about Spike.
*puts on twilight sound proof headset*
Let's do this.
Oh boy. Here comes over-protective Twilight. Let me just build a bunker for the rest of Ponyville so they don't have to experience it. No, scratch that. We'd have to evacuate from Ponyville and the surrounding fifty mile radius for there to be any survivors. Am I going too far with this?
5666729 Not far enough. Here, borrow my bunkermobile.
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5667484 That isn't going to be enough shelter. We need to get underground into one of those Cold War era shelters and hope that it's strong enough to keep the earth from collapsing on us from the Twi-bomb that's about to go off.
5667988 Why does everyone assume the talk is going to end horribly? By my count Vinyl hasn't done anything wrong and Twilight should be fine with her.
5669521 Well, look at it like this, Twilight is currently freaking out. We all know the extremes she goes to when she freaks out. So, while the end result may turn out fine, it's the beginning and middle that requires the evacuation of Ponyville and the surrounding fifty mile radius.
5669960 ...wait, maybe it's because I haven't read this story in like 2 months, but why is she freaking out?
5670998 .....I'm...not quite sure. I have a terrible memory. I forget fine details like that. Was it even mentioned?
5670998 5671123 Not sure, but I think I had a conversation with LastWords about Twilight essentially being both a sister and a mother figure to Spike, and she sees herself as that as well. So it's pretty much the fact that he's up and going out to these clubs in different cities with someone she hardly knows that causes that maternal side of her to wake up and start doing the thing it does.
5667988
Also, the bunkermobile is just so that you have shelter for as long as possible while escaping the area. By no means could it withstand the force that may be unleashed.
5671123 5671253 Thank you for clarifying that, also if you need shelter...hide in my suit!
I'm the god damn Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagann! I shrugged off the big bang like it was nothing.
5671253 Ah. Okay.
With the bunkermobile, if we get far enough away in it, we might survive.
5673198 We're dealing with a force more powerful than the Big Bang though! And it'll last longer!
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5669521
Yeah, who knows how this is going to end?! *checks chapter outline* Oh wait, I do.
rest in peace Vinyl.
Oh, poopies.
Y'know, Vinyl was kind of a douche here. Was pretty painful to read.
But now I really wanna see Twilight rainboom into Vinyl's face.
Nah, not really. Hurry up, though—you're almost at 1k!
There's no 'next' button...
5703336 Not yet...
That build up is killer I was laying down thinking this chapter was going to be a bit of background on flitter and spike then this happens and I'm all wired up and can't sleep now. Great chapter I cannot wait to read the next one.
More! More I say!
My body is ready, sir.
Dis gun be gud (grabs popcorn)
the stallion said," but I'm trying
1. Spacing is in the wrong place.
Yeah, sounds like Vinyl's got it hard. Rock hard, even.
Well, the time has come for the Princess of friendship to meet the mare that she's only ever heard about from Spike.
Oooooohhhh....this is not going to go well.