Vinyl could feel her usually relaxed vibe tense up with every step she took. Walking past Twilight reminded her very much of when she was just a filly, walking into the Principal’s office at school. Nothing good ever came of that situation.
She took a quick breath to steady her nerves and trotted toward the living area, which was the usual locale for guests to wait.
“Please, have a seat wherever,” Twilight said from behind her. “Feel free to move any papers or anything on the couch cushions.”
“Alright, gotcha,” Vinyl said with a weak smile.
She glanced around in an effort to find the first open seat she could and decided on the couch.
Twilight took a few steps in before stopping to a sudden halt. “Wait, let me go make tea! Do you like tea?”
“Umm… I think?” Vinyl replied.
“Great! Don’t move, I’ll be right back!”
Vinyl shuffled her hooves awkwardly in her seat and prayed to whatever divinity may be watching that Spike would show up and save her from what was to come.
In all of her dating experience, Vinyl had learned three simple rules one must follow:
1. Don’t call back until three days after the first date.
2. Avoid anypony who calls you a stupid pet name after the first date.
3. Most importantly, never get in a one on one situation with a close relative of your significant other.
She was directly violating rule three and she knew it was not going to end well. All she could do was hope for the best.
Her thoughts were interrupted when Twilight entered the room a moment later, levitating two cups of tea.
"Okay, here's one for you," she said, placing one by Vinyl," and here's one for me." She took a seat opposite Vinyl in a single pony chair.
Vinyl took a sip of the tea and immediately had to resist the urge to spit it out. No sugar and she swore that Twilight must have found a way to burn it. But, as per the model marefriend code, you do not want to get on any sort of negative side with your partners' family.
Vinyl smiled and set the tea down on the end table next to her. "Thank you, Princess Twilight."
“Oh, please, just Twilight will do.” Twilight laughed lightly. “I’m still not completely used to the whole royalty thing.”
Vinyl twiddled her hooves together and tried to occupy her eyes with anything other than the pony across from her.
"So, Vinyl?" Twilight asked.
"Umm, yes?"
"You sure seem to have an exciting life, being a musician and all. Do you get to travel a lot?"
"Travel? Oh yeah, definitely. That's one of the best parts, all the different scenes and clubs I get to go to."
"Uh-huh... So, I imagine that some of the places you go to are pretty different from here? I don't know, maybe even...dangerous, one could venture to say?" Twilight shot a firm, yet curious look in Vinyl's direction before gently taking a sip of her tea.
"Dangerous?" Vinyl questioned. "I wouldn't say that. As long as you keep a straight head and know what kinds of things to avoid, you should be okay.”
“Hmm, I see,” Twilight stated.
Vinyl could feel a drop of sweat running down her forehead. She was trying to play it cool, but the tense atmosphere was doing everything in its power to make things difficult.
“So, if I could ask, Twilight, do you know what time Spike will be getting back?” Vinyl glanced over at the door in some failed hope that her saviour would walk in and get her out of there.
“Oh, I’m sure he’ll be back before too long,” Twilight said with a smile.
Vinyl cringed. It was going to be a long afternoon.
“Speaking of Spike,” Twilight began.
Oh, no… Here we go.
“You two seem quite fond of each other, is that correct?”
And there it was.
“Yeah,” Vinyl said, awkwardly rubbing the back of her head. “He’s a pretty great guy.”
“Really? Why do you say that?”
Vinyl rubbed her chin. As per the usual with conversations like these, the question finally came. The ‘let me decide if you’re remotely acceptable to date my son/daughter/other’ question. Give the wrong answer, her chances of getting to see Spike, and possibly the light of day would be diminished. Answer correctly, she’d score major points in the eyes of Twilight, which would be a major boon.
Luckily for her, all she had to do was just speak her feelings. She just needed to add the ‘model girlfriend’ touch to it.
“Well, to start off, he’s sweet. He cares about others. Not only that, but he has self-respect, too. He, for the most part, seems to take care of himself.”
Vinyl looked over at Twilight, searching for any sort of confirmation she was on the right track. Twilight’s gaze was locked on her and wasn’t moving an inch. She gave nothing away.
“Also, he’s really smart. And, well, he’s real. Like, he doesn’t just put on a show to impress anyone, but instead really just acts like himself.” Vinyl chuckled to herself briefly thinking of some of the more interesting conversations her and Spike have had. “I mean, he’s a dork a lot of the times, but he’s a sweet dork.”
Vinyl could feel her heart beat faster the more she thought about Spike. Was she really that into him? Or maybe it was just the piercing gaze from Twilight.
Vinyl flashed a quirky smile over to Twilight, who had only one thing to say after taking a sip of her tea.
“I see…”
*****
That was not what I expected.
Twilight’s face remained a stoic expression of no emotion, but her mind was in a whirl, processing everything she said.
I was for sure she was going to say something like “we like music” or “he’s really cool”, something I could pick apart and find fault in. But no, she has to go and make it all complex with her feelings!
“Hmm, that’s great, Vinyl. I’m glad you really appreciate him like that. He definitely deserves somepony who cares about him.”
Twilight could hear a sigh of relief escape Vinyl. She couldn’t help but chuckle at the power she currently had over the unicorn, the same power she had in the past with Flitter once upon a time. It wasn’t her intention to frighten Vinyl away, but merely pick her brain and investigate her compatability for Spike. Things that were totally her business as Spike’s closest family.
Totally her business.
In light of that, a few more questions seemed to be in order.
“Vinyl, hypothetically speaking… Spike is dying, you need to know what blood type to give him or he’ll die! What do you choose?”
i feel bad for you
having to go through something like that
*hands you my respect*
take it, you earned it
In order to stop Twilight from interfering in their lives, and out of genuine concern for the mare, Spike and Vinyl decide on the best course of action.
Hook up Twilight with Octavia
Scary. What parent does that!? They go on one date and they need to know everything? In my opinion takes more then one date to get to know someone.
What the heck is that question!!!?????
That last question...
What? What? Twilight, why would you ask that? Are you trying to find out if she knows about blood types in general, or Spike's specifically?
Of course, that's assuming that: 1) blood types work in Equestria as they do on Earth and 2) Spike is able to receive blood from ponies even though he is a dragon.
Also, kudos to Vinyl for answering the first question right. Now just Ninety-nine more to go.
oh the third degree, poor Vinyl. i'm almost curious to know how the interrogation Twilight put flitter through was like lol
Wait, even the blood type part? I can understand the 'what do blank mean to you?' question but that last one of a bit out of left field under normal circumstance.
The correct answer to this question, if some psycho ever asks it, is O-
Just so you know if said crazy bitch ever asks you again, or you meet an equally crazy bitch.
Also, for bonus points, if the follow up relates to blood plasma, AB+ is the universal plasma donor type :p
That, was not what I was expecting. Nobody could be prepared to answer that kind of question.
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These are not normal times.
Dang Twilight, you don't hold back. And I have heard of scarier meetings. I once heard about a guy who when he met his girlfriends father the first time, the father was polishing a katana stained red and told a story about how it was a family heirloom called "The Ender" that was passed down through the family.
5883273 Eh, true.
5883411 Are you sure you didn't get that from an anime/manga or fanfiction. That sounds familiar.
This conversation is going well!
*reads last line*
Celestia dammit Twilight.
lol dat last question doe
5883434 I might have. I can't remember.
how would vinyl know the the twilight correct response to that last question? they were only on one actual date. no one should know that question after that short amount.
5883578 Because overprotective twilight.
5883613 even taking that into consideration, it's just an odd thing to ask someone. seriously, who asks that?
If she asked you about the blood thing at the end, I'd probably look at her like she's an idiot. I mean seriously, that's a bit... much.
correct response: type O- , at least if Dragon blood types match up with Humans. O- can be given to someone with any blood type and 9 times out of 10 receive no negative reaction, earning those with this type of blood the nickname "Universal Donors."
The more you know
Blood.
K.
Sounds like something from an elder scrolls game...
What? Why would anyone-even with Twilight's overprotective nature- ask that last question?
5884582
It doesn't help that Spike is a dragon living amongst ponies so they WOULD NOT HAVE BLOOD FOR HIM! Sorry for all the caps, but they hospital seriously wouldn't. Two different species can't give the same blood or have the same blood type. And I'm not even remotely seeing dragons giving blood donations. Because they don't live amongst ponies or the other species (except Spike) and they have insanely hard scales.
The only one who can give Spike blood is himself. If he somehow made donations for just such an emergency.
5885211 Good thing there are alternatives to blood then.
Oh no. this conversation will only become terrible. Because Twilight.
No, Twilight, STAHP!!
This isn't gonna end well...
5883809 I'd seriously doubt dragons would have that connection. You can't donate blood to a different species.
5885211 Yeah, and that's also assuming his blood doesn't have some weird properties like being toxic or corrosive. I actually wouldn't be surprised if Spike didn't know anything about his own blood, with how hard his scales are it's not unlikely that he's never actually bled.
As far as I can recall Twilight has literally no governing power over Spike what so ever. He could up and leave tomorrow and there would be nothing Twilight could do about it. Twilight should be the one watching what shes doing in this situation because its not a matter of Vinyl being good enough for Spike, its a matter of Twilight learning that she doesn't have ANY control over the situation. Even if Twilight doesn't find Vinyl to be a good match there is literally nothing she can do about it.
In essence Twilight needs to learn a very important life lesson, interfering in something you have no control over makes you not just stupid but also a cunt.
WTF, TWILIGHT??!!
Once again Twilight Sparkle is possessive.
Uhh. what
5885961 Is is weird I ask people similar questions to this? ...Like, all the time?
5886006
Uhh. what
Trick question, the answer is "ask him straight out!"
The answer is milkshake
5885577 technically Twilight is the reason they even met
5898631 I'm not seeing how that gives her any right to...well anything really. If someone sets you up on a blind date they don't get carte blanche over the relationship.
5898729 Nah I'm not saying that. I'm saying she is reaping what she sowed. She isn't happy losing her monopoly on Spike and she has nothing to blame but herself.
The only correct answer for that question is... none. One: Spike's dragon's scales are incredibly hard to pierce so I don't think they'd e able to do a traditional transplant. Two: Being a dragon Spike is cold blooded, I don't think he'd respond well to pony blood.
5885577 I agree with madness brony, but Twilight had no part in them meeting up, in fact she didn't even suggest him going there to look for a job! So she doesn't have the rights to even talk to her and personally I think that when Spike finds out about this it will cause him and Twilight to grow farther apart.
5885402
Pig's blood is being used in some research to disprove that little comment, succeeding too from what my father tells me and he was one of the researchers on the project
5904108 Perhaps, but then again pigs are considered very similar to humans anatomically. There are far more differences between species here.
5904409 my only point was to say that you can share blood between species
5904845 Okay yeah, sometimes you can.
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