Octavia sat down, glancing around the bedroom. No way any of those bothersome insects were going to get her, now. She sighed, silently thanking the Princesses for mesh netting and conveniently placed cabins as she left the room. Never thought a two-wheeled device with a foal-seat attached would be fast enough to escape those stinging pests. She paused in the middle of the hallway, thinking to herself. I did not expect to see that elderly stallion with a rocket-propelled wheelchair, though.
She peeked into the other bedroom. There, she saw the living mushroom sleeping and the winged creature, no longer a ball of light, dozing softly on the other's chest. Despite the fact that they were the most annoying creatures she'd ever met - yes, even more annoying than Vinyl was - she couldn't stop herself from smiling at the sight.
She moved to the living room and froze, staring at the largest decoration sitting in the middle of the room. She slowly moved forward, inspecting the dull-gray metal, lifting the visor to peer inside. She took three minutes took fully examine the whole thing before she moved back in front of it.
The suit of armor just continued to sit there, doing absolutely nothing. Octavia frowned, knowing that the metal menace was mocking her. She leaned forward, her muzzle inches away from it, eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"I don't trust you."
"Smart mare."
With a yelp of surprise, she smacked the helmet clean off. Not wanting to wait for anything else to happen, she ran back into the first bedroom, closing the door and locking it.
The helmet slowly lifted up, wobbling through the air and onto the suit, fitting itself back in place. A second later, a panel opened in the wall, allowing a dark red stallion to enter the living room. He spat out a marionette control bar, looking down the hall where Octavia ran. "Sheesh. Mare can't take a joke. Kinda cute, though." Chuckling softly, he opened the front door and left, flying off into the night. "Ponyville, here I come!"
Vinyl stood on a pedestal, wearing her best poker face. She was dressed in an extremely feminine dress that drew attention to the curves of her body. Cobalt blue silk flowed from her body in elegant waves, cyan forming the hems and thin stripes along the length. Her normally wild mane had been pulled back into a intricate braid, and her famous shades had been taken from her.
I. Bucking. Hate this.
It wasn't just the fact that she was wearing such fancy clothing, or even the fact that her mane was combed and styled. No, it was the fact that her latest clients refused to pay her until she finished doing favors for them. She'd already helped the minotaur with a seminar to help 'doormats'. Now she was stuck modeling to get her compensation.
"So," she spoke, trying to keep her boredom at bay, "what caused you to look at Iron Will and say 'Damn! I need him to model for me!'?" She flinched slightly as a flash went off in her face.
Photo Finish smiled, putting her camera away. "I tend to have, shall we say, flashes of inspiration. One day, he comes to Canterlot, doing that silly seminar of his. I take one look at him, and a voice, my inspiration, tells me 'He is the one. The model who will bring your next greatest show!'" She swept her hoof in a wide arc to show her enthusiasm as one of her assistants took the box-camera. She paused, a hoof on her mouth as a sudden thought occurred to her. "I will admit, that was the first time my inspiration had used a voice."
Vinyl was only half-paying attention, pulling out her phone and counting the votes in her boredom. "Uh huh. And what was the wager?"
The fashion photographer stared, confused. "Wager?" An assistant stepped up and whispered in her ear. Understanding crossed her features almost immediately. "Oh! Well, if I won, he would model for me."
Vinyl sat there, waiting for the other mare to continue. "...and if he won?"
She cleared her throat, looking away. "He would not say. I suppose he thought he wouldn't win."
"Or I just hadn't decided what I wanted you to do."
They both turned, staring at the minotaur in question as he squeezed through the pony-sized door. "So, Miss Scratch, who won?"
She put down the phone, looking up at the two of them. "Iron Will won. Can I get out of this dress, now?"
"Why would you want to do that? I think it looks great on you, Vi!"
That voice ... Vinyl froze, recognizing it almost immediately. It can't be. She slowly turned her head to the door, seeing a silhouette from the moonlight outside.
The figure stepped forward, still breathing a bit heavily due to the long flight. He smiled, his maroon eyes flashing in amusement. "Long time, no see, Vi."
She could only stare, a single word making its way out of her mouth.
" ... E-Enigma?"
Her eyes rolled back in her head, her legs giving out as she collapsed onto the pedestal from both embarrassment and shock.
The stallion blinked, surprised by her reaction. " ... nice to see you, too?" He rubbed his peruvian brown mane, unsure about what to do with his now-unconscious friend.
There was a long, awkward moment of pause. Iron Will broke it, turning to Photo Finish. "I will talk with you later about my request. For now, we need to leave these two alone."
She nodded curtly. "Agreed." She walked up and placed a bag with the payment by Vinyl's foreleg before briskly walking away.
"Wait, what?" Enigma turned to see them both leaving him and Vinyl in the room. He stared after them, then looked at Vinyl's body. He turned back to the disappearing former-competitors, called after them, upset.
"At least help me get her back home! I don't even know where she lives!"
The result, at the time the chapter was first published, is Iron Will, 25 to 60. No votes from private messages or my side of the internet this time. There were some confusing comments, to be honest, and I thought the best course of action would be to not include them in the voting because of how vague they were.
And yes, that's my OC. No, he's not going to be in any rap battle. I said no OC's in rap battles until after the last one, and I meant it. And it turns out that my two mid-terms were on the same day that I posted the last rap battle chapter. So I have regular classes for now, not including Applied Voice.
Also, Happy Halloween! I'm going trick-or-treating as Soarin' with my little sister. It's been a while since I've seen her, after all!
The next chapter's rap battle hasn't even been started on yet, so it will be a while before the next chapter. While you wait, please send in questions for the Q&A! There will be no question unanswered (but if there are, there's a good reason why)! Also, I greatly appreciate everyone who not only read this story for the rap battles, but for the story as well. It makes me feel a little better about myself.
Have a nice day!
Enigma out.~
woop
Oh very well then. Would have liked to see Photo win.
...that reference.
1540095i feel somehow responsible for enigma in the story having a love story with vinyl, although you could thank fluttershy
sorry...
So you pretty much made a reference to Happy Wheels and Amnesia (as played by PewDiePie) in the beginning of this chapter? I applaud you sir.
Now let's see how Vinyl reacts to Enigma being there.
-SoI
yay! ALso...HAPPY WHEELS! You reference everything in this story... Also I went as a wonderbolt too...just that...hair spray sucks
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i use a wig.
"It's too long, though. And the color's more fit for my mane, dude."
...sadly, that's true.
I've been waiting for this
I must see a picture of your Soarin costume.
Also, remember to let me help with the next rap. You promised, and this is your not-so-friendly reminder.
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waiting for what, exactly?
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i actually referenced pewdie pie once before. same pony who did the ref in this chapter did it last chapter.
1539948 I knew you were going to put yourself in the story eventually
This fic is one of the funniest ones I've read. Mainly because of the story parts, not the rap battle parts. Don't get me wrong, the rap battles are hilarious too, I just really love the Octavia parts.
Welp, at least Octy wasn't trying to outrun a combine.
Iron Will's got the right idea with not announcing his reward for victory. Whenever you win a bet, make your opponent sweat!
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glad you like them. she is a fun pony to put in random situations.
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not me, per se. a pony who is similar but not exactly the same.
1540035 same difference
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to deal with a certain pink pony
random thought of the day. i read a comment where someone said each of the elements of harmony had an antithesis: the elements of chaos.
now, thinking back, i could see a few of them:
gilda for rainbow dash (testing her loyalty to her friends, as well as abandoning her friend as soon as she confronted her)
trixie for twilight (making her doubt her friendship if she tried to stand up for them, and not being that powerful in magic to begin with, using deception, instead)
flim and flam for applejack (the brothers are liars, through and through. 'nuff said)
iron will for fluttershy (teaching others to be rude and mean, abandoning kindness)
prince blueblood for rarity (the most selfish pony i've ever seen in the show, even counting discorded rarity)
but that begs the question...who's pinkie's opposite?
"Obviously it's Cranky Doodle Donkey."
...fine, vi. explain yourself.
"She's the Element of Laughter, right? He never laughed, and it took her bringing Matilda to him just to get him to smile!"
...that's...actually a valid point...
Congrats on the repeated feature!
What kind of phone does Vinyl have?
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I KNEW IT!!
PDP amnesia reference
But those kinds of things really, REALLY interest me. The whole 'I don't trust you' to suits of armor, the stephano thingy, how CTK holds a skull named 'bones', and how almost every single player takes and humanizes some random object.
It begs the question: is talking to inanimate objects a sign of insanity, or simply a way to deal with stress when alone?
Oh Shovelier, how I adore thee...
...yea, insanity.
Nice, happy trick or treating. Did you buy the costume or was it home made?
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bought it. it was a jacket from hot topic and a wig from animefest. oh, and sunglasses, also from hot topic.
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Nice.
was that red stallion suppose to be PewDiePie? If so then I see the barrels as the next obstacle for octavia.
BARRELS!
Also, I'm intrigued as to how a rap battle against you would go. I am interested, I just have never written any form of rap before. Will this be explained in the Q&A?
Ah, the joy of cameos and short self-inserts *Does the same*
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who said it was a cameo or a short self-insert? you just met the newest member of the rap battle team. granted, he's probably going to be stuck with helping the rappers get equipped with their headsets.
1540781 In any case, a good sight to see
Yeah, truck or treating and such... I was going as katniss but then I found my blue hat and some conviniently colored felt and went as nightmare moon instead. Four king sizes, baby!
You should post a pic of your costume pwease
happy wheels yeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
FAWKING BARRELS MESSING EVERYTHING UP dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/sillyfilly_Derpy_Hooves.png
Hey, Pewdiepie reference!
I was expecting this outcome
And Vinyl..... You treat that Enigma guy right. And quit fainting, you're better than that
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>Soarin' costume
Agreed. Did you make it yourself, or?
I think I've got an idea for a sequel for this.
And it's mostly based off of this:
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that actually sounds funny. when i finish this story, i'll think about doing something like that. whether or not it's enigma or vinyl doing the raps, though...well, we'll see.
and yes, this is a serious reply to a (possibly) silly comment.
1540095 I like that, the villians joining forces to form that team, though I thought you were speaking of the Elements of Disharmony, you know...dark halves to the Mane Six? As seen in season two episode one and two...and my favorite by the way for having evil verisons of them...I'll tell you all about the Dark Elements if you want
And I'll send my question for Q & A in a second
1548576 Sweet!
Is that a Happy Wheels reference?
>>Hello bros, it's Pewdiepony! Today we'll be pranking the citizens of Ponyville, starting with the Cellist Octavia!
first paragraph happy wheels reference
Happy wheels reference? Bike dude + Billy and Wheelchair Guy