Octavia and Vinyl Scratch: A Love Story

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEE *smack* Octavia yawned as she got out of bed and stretched her legs. She decided to start the day off with some coffee, so she set hoof to the kitchen.

She raised the mug, taking a long drink, closing her eyes as she did. When she lowered the mug she looked around the kitchen a-bit, surveying it, she steadily drank the warm drink as she let her mind wander.

She was thinking about what her schedule was today, of course, she had recital, but she couldn't think of what else she had to do. "I guess i've got free time tonight," she said aloud, reasuring herself of her non-busy schedule.

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Vinyl rolled on out of bed, practically sleeping as she lazily dragged her hooves into her bathroom to throw some cold water in her eyes, after the deed she walked into her kitchen and poured some of yesterday's left-over coffee into a plastic cup, to lazy to make some fresh.

She took a drink of the cool, tangy liquid. As she drank, she thought about her schedule, since she works at night she had nothing big to do, realizing this she drank the day old coffee with more enthusiasm, thinking about what she would play tonight at her turn tables.

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Octavia was walking home with the black case that held her cello on her back, she strolled carelessly, thinking about her plans tonight, she thought that she might go eat out somewhere, she knew many good bars and restaurants that were fairly close to where she lived. She thought some more, mulling it over inside her head as she walked home.

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Vinyl was lying on a couch watching T.V. as she pondered her gig tonight, it was going to be at this one bar that had recently gone under new management, the new owner hadn't really taken a liking to the once classy type of bar, so he decided to start hiring DJs, to add some new and modern music to the bar. Vinyl smiled in anticipation, almost unable to wait to play tonight.

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Octavia had made up her mind as she was getting ready to go out. She had decided on this nice, quiet bar she knew that was right down the street, it was more or less a classy place, so she put on her pure white collar, along with the bright red bow tie, her usual attire. She looked in the mirror real quick to fix her mane, then off she went.

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Opening the door, Vinyl found her way to the front of the dance pit and up onto the stage where her legendary turn tables sat, pristine, not a speck of dust on them.

She put on her headphones, adjusting the size to a better fit, then she played a few test sounds to make sure EVERYTHING was tip-top. Happy with her work she set the headphones back and went back stage to wait for the bar to open.

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Octavia arrived at her favorite place to find the door was locked, sighing, she knocked a couple times and was welcomed by a stallion with a light brown coat,

"Hello miss, uuh, we don't open for another 15 minutes," He said as we rubbed the back of his head with his hoof.

"I know, I just haven't been out for a while and I was kinda excited about it, heh," Octavia said, looking down, blushing slightly.

The stallion looked at her for a while then moved to the side,

"You can sit and wait at a table, would you like a drink?" Asked the stallion, seeing Octavia to a table near the stage.

"Oh, no, no, I don't drink much, I'll wait a while." She stated to the stallion.

"Ok, suit yourself," he said as he walked away towards the bar.

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Vinyl heard the conversation and peeked behind the light curtain and saw a mare sitting alone, she had a light tanish coat and a straight, charcoal colored mane. Vinyl walked out from behind the curtain, and headed towards the mare. Octavia spotted her and turned her head towards Vinyl and slightly smiled.

"Hi, I'm Vinyl Scratch," she said as she extended her hoof towards the mare.

"Uh, hi, I'm Octavia," she reached out to shake the white unicorn's hoof.

"This seat taken?" Said Vinyl as she pointed to the opposite seat.

"Oh, no, go right ahead!" Said Octavia, perking up at the thought of somepony to talk to.

Vinyl had sat down, looking at the mare on the other side of the table, realizing that she was just gawking like an idiot, she shook her head a-bit and looked back at the mare,

"So, you, Uh, come here often?" The DJ said blankly, hoping she didn't screw up.

"I've come here twice before, it's changed quite a bit since I haven't been here, actually." Octavia said as she took around, her eyes stopping at the turn tables and squinted a-bit in confusion. Vinyl followed her eyes and grinned a goofy, toothy grin. Octavia turned back to the white furred mare, noticing her wide smile, Vinyl obliged.

"Those are my turn tables," stated simply by the DJ.

"Turn .. Tables?" Octavia scrunched up her face in confuzzlement.

"Ya know, what DJs use to make their mixes," Replied Vinyl.

"Dee .. Jay?" said Octavia, completely oblivious.

"Never mind," Vinyl said, pondering up a new conversation when she noticed Octavia's cutie mark.