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Soft Shake


I like the pretty ponies

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Although it was quite difficult to stomach, Octavia left today open for... absolutely nothing. As she promised. She only hopes that Vinyl wakes up soon so they can at least have an obnoxious music battle some time soon. Its been far too quiet without her.

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Cute story. I always like comfy slice-of-life stuff like this. I wish it was a little bit longer though. You had some minor grammatical errors and some awkward word choice here and there, but nothing too distracting. I would complain about the real-world pop culture reference if that pun at the end hadn't made me chuckle.

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Thanks so much for the feedback! The length and possibly some word choice is because I wrote it for a 1000 words contest, but I agree that this idea probably would have been executed better if I let it be longer. Part of the reason I tried it was because I'm pretty inexperienced at writing short things. And yeah I get that. I had been thinking about replacing the TV with a boardgame but in the end I admit it was just a case of laziness. Glad you liked it though!

I don't think you want to use "falsetto" here. It indicates an artificially higher tone than the singer's natural range. Hence, you know, the "false."

Also, the TV out of nowhere took me out of the story. It's a good tale of a busy mare trying to figure out this "relaxing" business, but that shift disrupted my immersion, and the mandate length never gave me a chance to get it back. Still, thank you for this and best of luck in the judging.

It consisted, sometimes, of wubs. And it was in her falsetto, so it made the DJ's dubstep sound somewhat like it came from the Pony Tones.

hehe, love the references here!

Today was, although difficult for her, very intentionally free. It was written down in her schedule as “nothing day” and it had been planned nearly a whole month in advance. Not even practice was meant to sneak its way in.

A very, very difficult task to accomplish indeed, but it was a promise.

oof, definitely something i imagine a workaholic like Octavia needs to deliberately set in her calendar, all the more so for actually following through being so difficult for her

She pondered, as she hummed and sang in her falsetto, just when Vinyl was going to finally pry herself out of bed.

ah, the perils of a mixed-sleeping-schedules relationship!

Well, no matter. There was still plenty of time left for Vinyl to come out, and for them to blast violently obnoxious music at each other for hours on end in a relentless war of sound waves. Just as soon as she got out of bed…

ehehe, love that their battle in "Slice of Life" is just something they do all the time now

But it levitated out of her hoof and swirled around to stab a slice of pumpkin bread laying out on the counter.

Vinyl!” Octavia swirled around herself to meet with the audacious unicorn standing just behind her, horn aglow with a blanket still draped over her back and tugged over her legs.

ah, a very Vinyl entrance, love it

“Is that good? Are you enjoying that freshly baked pumpkin bread that totally just popped out of nowhere for your convenience?”

Vinyl nodded quite happily and levitated a plate out from the cabinet Octavia had just finished with.

ehehe love that OctaScratch dynamic

“Oh wow, you really do don’t you.” Octavia couldn’t help but chuckle at the unrelenting display of love for the bread, and she could feel her cheeks puffing in a smile of involuntary pride.

aww, so sweet!

Vinyl contently padded the spot next to her, and even scooted a little for room.

She never did that. Usually Octavia just had to move the lazy bum herself.

aww, so sweet!

“Hm. I approve,” she assented. “Although it’s such a ridiculous show, really. The only thing that ram is qualified for is the cooking, not the mending of family relationships and whatnot. It's really quite strange how he thinks he’s so much better than everypony else.”

Vinyl stifled a laugh and cocked her head at her.

“Don’t you even dare! I am nothing like Gordan Ramsay!”

ahaha, love how him being a ram lets his ponified name also be Gordon Ramsay! ah, Equestria is such a fun place

Suddenly, Octavia thought, one quiet day wouldn’t be so bad.

aww!


this was such a cute slice of life, and dang, it's been forever since i've read or seen anything OctaScratch! so it's very nice to see a good rendering of their dynamic again like this, like seeing an old friend you haven't in years. thank you for it!

A sweet little story =)

Cute little story. Always nice when busy people have a moment to breathe, although... well, Octavia seems so uncomfortable with having time off that I'm getting shades of the Batman the Animated Series incarnation of the Clock King. Admittedly, I did just recently re-watch the series and that episode (RIP Kevin Conroy), so maybe that's just me, but... well, let's just say I'm glad things went as well as they did.

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