A charity concert played by the violinist star Melodia Allgrezza, and the chance meeting with the matron of the Heartstrings family leads Octavia to reunite with an old university acquaintance, Lyra Heartstrings. The two of them chat it up and it is revealed that Lyra has a friendly date with Vinyl Scratch, her friend for many years. Octavia is invited along and accepts, joining the two for a night of fun. It quickly develops, however, to something much more than that. For of all the things that Octavia had expected to see when she met up with this Vinyl, it was definitely not a near copy of Melodia Allegrezza.
Curiosity is a virtue, they say, and Octavia's drives her to one question that she will see answered no matter what: What is the relationship between Melodia and Vinyl Scratch? Who are they?
And here we go! My first (chaptered) TaviScratch story! I hope you guys like what you see so far.
I have been sitting with this idea since later summer 2013, and I finally got the chance to write it! This story isn't going to be your usual TaviScratch, I hope, and I will do what I can to mercilessly slaughter and then crush and then burn every trope I come across. I want to bring you guys something unique, and this will be it.
Hop along for a story of love, mistrust, friends and, most importantly, secrets!
Rated Teen for future sexual references, and the likes.
why can't i find it in my RL folder, or my favorites?
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The story hasn't been officially uploaded on the site yet. It's in the queue, though.
4968840 oh.
Oh yessssssssssss.
~Skeeter The Lurker
So you did spell it right. Why was I almost one hundred percent sure it was pretense?
Apparently it can be either. Oh well.
a very solid start
I get the feeling it will make the feature box... or at least I hope so.
I gotta admit that the cover art you picked made me think you had decided to make it humanized (but then I noticed Vinyl's horn :p)
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Look at the cover art. You can see the hints of a muzzle and Vinyl's horn. Plus the skin/coat colour also makes it easy to see.
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It's true that the horn & skin colour is often similar, but then it's most likely anthro
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No need to apologise 
Haha, no problem.
Thats an interesting spin. I will be adding this to my alerts now.
Interesting start you have caught my eye
Intriguing
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hmmm. from 70 to 75. didn't know my fav counted as 5 points,neat
keep up the good work.
Two things;
How did Melodia already leave if Octavia is following her?
2) Why are the comments all offset and scrambled?
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1 - Whoops <.< Been writing Melodia so often before that, thanks for catching it xD
2 - Bug, I think
No, NO! Stop! Stop with the Taviscratch! Too much Taviscratch!
Can't we have just one fic with Vinyl and Octavia that isn't a Taviscratch!
I think there was a little tense switch in the beginning, and your dialogue feels awful stiff.
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Difficult to avoid stiff dialogue when the characters are supposed to be the upper-crust of Canterlot. It should get a bit more lively soon now that they're in a less "uptight" place.
As for the tense switch, could you point it out?
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While I appreciate most any comment, please don't comment if your only reason for it is to complain about the story's content.
Also, here:
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/214144/one-in-the-same
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/17090/no-longer-lost
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/173806/i-changeling
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/145575/stages
Four stories with Vinyl & Octavia that aren't TaviScratch. It took two minutes of searching.
4974051 Kap, honey, stiff, uninteresting, unnatural-sounding dialogue is stiff, uninteresting, unnatural-sounding dialogue no matter who is saying it. It's up to you, the author, to liven it up and make it seem a bit more interesting than it actually is. Don't blame the story or it's characters for things that are out of their control. You are in control of the dialogue. It's up to you to keep us invested.
Now, as far as your tense switch goes–
Oh, look, you fixed it before I mentioned it. Coward. Well, glad you caught it, at the very least. For reference, those first few paragraphs were in present tense while the rest of the story was in past tense. Kap being in sound mind and body, has wisely decided to edit it and be spared disapproving glances. Good on ya.
that or I'm going crazy oh my God I'm going crazy aren't I4974263
I... didn't edit anything?
4974354 I must have seen "Fleur de Lis" and saw the word "is" because I'm dumb.
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Perhaps
Also... stupid comments <.< Hope it gets fixed soon.
This is a wonderful direction to take this pairing. I'm already hooked.
I hope we get to see her perform soon--she said she wasn't as good as Lyra and obviously has "Melodia" on a pedestal, but almost everyone either understates or overstates their abilities. Being able to judge from her music would be more fulfilling. I do like that she isn't arrogant, though--even warming up to electronic music! It's probably a good things she encountered a class/techno mix first, though. Going strait to, say, dubstep, would be more than a little jarring.
I need to learn more about music genres... I really can't keep up with them in more than a vague sense. ComplexTro seems like something I'd like, as I'm quite fond of techno music that brings in normal instruments like orchestrastep
This...all of my yes!
Have a thumb, a fave, and yes, even a moustache! 
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I'm glad you like it
I'm trying to take both Octavia and Vinyl in a different direction than what you most often see. Where people make Octavia uptight and prissy, I want to make her a bit more open-minded.
Where Vinyl is usually carefree, rambunctious and loud, I want to make her a bit calmer and not-so-low-life.
You'll see what I meant later on in the story, hopefully
Well, interesting so far... Looking foreword to reading more.
Keep it up and you get AncientReality
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Here, lemme translate what you're saying to the author for you.
"Why are you writing what I don't like?! Stop writing what I don't like!"
Just because you don't like the content that is written, doesn't mean that you can dictate what the author writes.
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Oh, i didn't expect people to take it seriously like that. I was trying to be comedically overdramatic about it, but turns out people thought I was serious. Sorry about that.
The internet is what it is. Too bad we can't easily communicate using inflection and emotion through text to get a real feel of what people intend to say.
Note to self: Don't use sarcasm on the internet.
Again sorry about that.
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No problem. It's hard to tell the difference between sarcasm and actual seriousness on the internet at times, especially on this site.
Some people tend to use this -> *sarcasm* <- at the end of their sarcastic speech in order to get their point across. just as a word of advice.
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That one was a bit uncalled for, mate. I would like people to be civil in my comment section.
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Well, given how a lot of the fandom seems to look down on certain ships or stories because they are popular/overused/whatever, them being joking is not the first thing you think when you see a comment like yours.
Anywho, I'm glad we cleared it up. Apology accepted, so you don't have to worry about it anymore
Hmm, Vinyl strongly resembles Melodia, likely one appearing after the disappearance of the other? There's only one explanation for this.
She is SUPERMARE! *cue John Williams music*
No no, just maybe the unicorns are one in the same. XD
I like the story, but the premise poses a problem. I have seen stories like this, and they all seem to end the same way. Either the two people are both biologically related, part of an organization, teacher/student, or the same person. If you're planning it to be one of the above, I'd tread carefully. Because this does have a lot of potential to be interesting, but if you aren't wary you might fall into the "overused cliché" category.
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As it stands, I won't say anything about the deal with Melodia and Vinyl, all I will say is that I'm not about to throw the story into a bad cliché canyon.
When it comes to the premise of this story, I've done just about everything to make sure that every major plot point is rid of clichés.
Liking this. *Clicks on star and thumbs-up*
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That's what I was thinking at first, though another good explanation is that they are twins, after all we don't know Melodia's cutiemark. Or a third reason that we have yet to think of Only time will tell, my friend. Only time.
Well, unless your a Time Lord, then you could just hop into a Tardis and read the whole story...
Well, I certainly like it so far. Haven't seen a good Octavia/Scratch story for a while. Maybe I just haven't been looking very hard.
It was good that you made sure to emphasize that while they look incredibly similar, Scratch and Melodia do have physical differences. This Octavia also seems like a lot of fun to read and follow. That being said, I feel like some of this chapter was a little bit... over-written, if that makes any sense. Some things (setting/character descriptions, etc.) seemed that they could have been condensed for easier reading. Also, Octavia's almost complete 180 on her opinion of techno in a couple paragraphs seemed a little forced.
Just trying to offer some thoughts :) Other then that, I really enjoyed the first chapter and am looking forward to more. Gotta love some good Octoscratch!
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While it is possible that some of it is a bit overwritten, the whole Octavia/Techno thing is very much deliberate. You have to remember that Octavia doesn't have a canon personality, and as such I'm free to characterize her as I wish.
That being said, I made sure to mention earlier (in her conversation with Lyra) that she has listened to techno and such before, but not a lot of it. This points towards the fact that she isn't the "techno/electronic music/dubstep etc is bad! It's not classical!" kind of character that she is so often portrayed as. I want her to be more open-minded and, as I showed, having a wider taste in music than just classical.
It's not so much a 180 as it is a "Okay, I thought it was decent before, but this is actually good to listen to!"
4991073 And naturally the thing that I critique is nicely explained in a line I think I totally missed. My apologies on that one, and hey, it's still a great first chapter :D
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You don't have to apologise. It was a single line and, I admit, a bit weak for an explanation... but putting in more would have made it forced, I think
Still, I'm glad you like it
It's good to know that my efforts aren't in vain 
I like this one! It's a solid start, not to mention an interesting take on the OctaScratch ship. I'll be following this with interest, since I always love myself some OctaScratch!
Would fave again.
On the one hand, intriguing concepts. I always liked the idea of Vinyl Scratch having a classical background, and it's the first time I've seen someone suggest Fancy Pants and Fleur de Lis as her parents.
On the other, the perspective isn't very immersive. I feel like the story is being told to me by the 3rd person, like there's an information relay between me and the perspective.
And, of course, it's focused on the music ponies, so I'm going to read it anyway.
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A few corrections: Vinyl's parentage and background haven't been announced yet. So just because she looks similar to another pony (yet still with noticeable differences) does't mean that she is that pony
Also, it is a third person narrative, so you're right when you say that the story is being told by someone outside of the story.
GASP
Why didn't you let me proofread your Author's note?!
What have you done?!
Updates! Yay!
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I think he/she fixed it
Good follow up... Wonder what tomorrow will bring on the shenanigan side of life.... Keep writing
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He did, the sly devil
Awesome chapter. Waiting with no patience at all for more.
You seem friendly and I wouldn’t mind getting you to know better.” Even if she couldn’t see it, Octavia could feel the playful wink Vinyl gave her.
Might wanna switch these two words.
Other than that I look forward to chapter 3.