Author's Notes: Oh my Celestia... This chapter was, quite possibly, more annoying to write than chapter 2... But hopefully it's up to par with the other chapters! Although, in my opinion, it was worst than the others... If only because I feel it doesn't flow right. Oh well, I'm sure I'll re-write it at some point.


Octavia sat quietly in her apartment reading a book, patiently waiting on the arrival of the two ponies who were to be escorting her to the bar she where she would be meeting Lyra, Bon Bon, and Vinyl. Flipping a page as she continued to read her copy of Famous Composers and Musicians: Traditional and Modern, Octavia paused for a moment as she glanced up at the clock on the wall to her left. Noting the time, she placed her bookmark back into her book and trotted to her bedroom to put on her bowtie. It took several minutes of muttered cursing at the lack of the handy horn that unicorns had; but soon she had the confounded thing on and trotted to her dresser to brush her mane.

After she had finished making sure she looked up to her usual standards, Octavia gave a small smile and trotted back out to her living room and took a seat in her chair once more. She didn't have to wait too long before there was a soft knock on her front door, announcing the arrival of the ponies she had been waiting on. Octavia pushed herself up and trotted to her front door, adjusting her bowtie slightly and patting her mane before opening the door and smiling to the couple standing in the hallway; one unicorn and the other a familiar looking pegasus.

"Good evening! You must be Octavia; Vinyl informed Stalwart and myself that you will be joining us this evening and requested that we escort you to the Propeller. Although I'm certain she already told you of these plans. My name is Hope, and this is my partner, Stalwart. Although she prefers to be called Gabe or Gabriel; Celestia only knows why," said the unicorn as she chuckled at Gabe's scrunched up face. Octavia grinned slightly before trotting out into the hallway and locking the door behind her before following the couple out onto the street.

"So, Octavia. How did you get to meet Vinyl?" Hope asked as she walked alongside the grey earth pony while Gabe trotted in front of them. Octavia cleared her throat and adjusted her bowtie, something Hope found amusing, before she replied.

"I actually met her in the lobby a couple of days ago, she was getting mail for some pony who lives on the top floor," said Octavia as she looked around at the scenery they passed, smiling as she noticed some foals playing on a playground they were passing.

"Oh yeah, Stalwart was telling me about that. I'm guessing you haven't had much tiem to get to know Vinyl then," Hope said as she also took note of the foals playing as well as their parents chatting. A small smile tugged on her lips before she turned her attention back to the bassist and spoke up once more.

"Well, what do you do for a living, Octavia? I'm guessing Vinyl mentioned what Stalwart and myself do seeing as she tends to ramble on about things like that," the unicorn said as Gabe gave a huff at constantly being spoken of with her real name.
"Hoooooope, stop calling me by my name; you know I prefer Gabe! You said it yourself when you introduced us," Gabe practically whined much to Hope's delight as she started chuckling along with Octavia.

"Oh, I have a feeling tonight is going to be quite an interesting night," Octavia stated as she looked up at the sky as they continued walking onward. Hope and Gabe glanced at one another before sharing a knowing smile and stating at the same time.

"You have no idea."


The sound of joyous laughter filled the air of the bar as Gabe told the same joke she told every time the usual crowd got together. Beside the rowdy Pegasus sat a white unicorn with a gold colored mane and a cutie mark of an anchor with an eagle carrying it. Gabe slammed her tankard down on the wooden surface of the table she sat at as she let out another loud laugh and wrapped a hoof around Vinyl's shoulders as she pulled the rather nervous looking DJ closer to her side. The unicorn to Gabe's left raised an eyebrow at her partner's behavior but otherwise said nothing as she took a swig from her own glass.

"Ya know, Vinny. Yer mighty cute when ya get a few drinks in ya! Although, I reckon there's a lotta things that ponies would like t- OW! Wazzat for, Hope?" Gabe grumbled as she rubbed the back of her head as the addressed unicorn snorted and turned back around to the bar.

"You know full well what that was for, Stallzie," Hope said with a smirk as she raised her glass to her lips with her magic. A sharp giggle to Hope's left interrupted their conversation as a silver colored unicorn with a tomahawk cutie mark looked over to the trio.

"Gabe, Did you tell Hope about being a pregnant hermaphrodite? That story's hilarious," the silver unicorn let out another loud chorus of giggles and squeals as she started banging a hoof on the table, clearly having had too much to drink. The rusty orange colored pegasus sitting to her left started motioning for her to quiet down.

"Shut up, Hatchet! We're in the bucking library; don't you know that you're supposed to be quiet in the bloody library!" Hissed the pegasus as she glared at her silver companion who only giggled louder. Octavia gave a sigh as she stared into her wine glass before looking over to where Vinyl was whispering into Bon Bon's ear. Lyra seemed to be pretty spaced out by that point and every now and then would glare over to Vinyl and Bon Bon as they'd erupt into drunken giggles.

"What's this about you being a pregnant hermaphrodite, Gabriel?" Hope asked between snickers as she noticed the rather embarrassed blush that worked its way across the albino pegasus' face. Gabe ran a hoof through her buzz-cut blue-dyed mane as she thought about the best way to explain her story, her pink eyes darting around the table at her other companions.

"Well... You know how I wear that red hoodie all the time? Well, I had some golf balls in the pockets and they kept falling out. I was also carrying around a bottle of water in the same pocket; so you can imagine how hard it would be to keep the stuff in my pocket, yeah? Well, the golf balls, as I've said, kept falling out and then I dropped my water and accidentally stepped on it while trying to catch the golf balls.

As I was talking to someone later and telling them about the whole ordeal, I simply told them that my 'balls dropped and my water broke'; and the next thing I know some passing soldiers are giving me weird looks. Next day, there are rumors flying around faster than the Wonderbolts that I was a pregnant herm. Rather awkward to explain to my boss," Gabe poked at her glass as she spoke, not meeting anypony's eye as she chuckled slightly at the memory. Vinyl smirked slightly as she looked over her shoulder to Gabe and nudged her gently.

"It could be worse... You could actually be a pregnant herm, Gabe," Vinyl giggled as she lifted her bottle of Vodka to her lips before taking a swig after speaking. Bon Bon snorted as she fought back a giggle at Gabe's bemused expression. Lyra rolled her eyes as she leaned over to whisper to Octavia.

"Is it just me, or are Bon Bon and Vinyl acting a little friendlier than usual?" Octavia blinked at the question before simply shrugging, she didn't really know the two that well but she did have to admit that they seemed to be acting a little flirtier than they had when she first met them. Lyra narrowed her eyes slightly as she watched Vinyl whisper something else into Bon Bon's ear that caused the cream mare to let out another chorus of giggles.

"I honestly could not tell you; I barely know them, Lyra. Although I do have to admit they seem a tad bit closer than what they were before," Octavia said as she took a sip of wine and raised an eyebrow at the two before glancing to the mint unicorn who was drowning herself in her third glass of cider. Sitting next to Lyra, and grumbling silently into his drink, was an onyx colored pegasus that had a drill for a cutie mark.

"I still can't believe I lost the coin toss. I swear this is the worst night ever! Bucking drunks, all of you!" he hissed through clenched teeth as he glared around the table the group sat at. To his right a cream colored unicorn gave a rather shrill giggle and placed a hoof on his shoulder as she shoved a tankard of mead at him.

"Relachz, Drillspit... Drillhit... Drillwhatever... Have antha dri-" Before she could finish her sentence, she fell face first into the table with a loud thud; causing every pony to turn their attention to her and chuckle. Drill was the only one who didn't seem to find this situation the least bit funny; and judging by the annoyed expression on the face of the pegasus to the cream unicorn's right, he wasn't the only one.

"Ugh. I told Cream to lay off the drinks and that she's a massive light-weight. But did she listen? Nooooooooooo, now I have to carry her drunk flank home and I don't feel like dealing with her in the morning; I hate drunk roommates." The sandstone colored pegasus gave a heavy sigh as she pushed her empty glass away. Looking around at the others before turning to Cream and deciding it was easier to leave now, she sighed and slid off her stool.

"Well, I'd love to hang around, but there's no point in having a passed out drunk at the table. Besides, we have to open the shop tomorrow and I refuse to let her get out of it on the account of a hangover. I'll see you ponies next week," she said as she hoisted the unconscious unicorn onto her back and started to walk out the door. The bartender unicorn looked up from the drinks he was mixing and the glass he was polishing before waving a hoof in farewell.

"Night, Wheat!" he called after her as she raised a hoof in acknowledgment and barely got her farewell in before the door closed. Gabe motioned for the bartender to bring more drinks as she glanced sideways at Drillbit who seemed to grow more agitated at the increase to the bill he was going to be hoofing. The bartender trotted to their table carrying a tray of drinks in his magic's aura. Setting them down, he took a seat on Wheat's vacated stool and smiled at everypony before realizing there were a couple faces he had not seen before.

"I see ye got a few new faces t'night; an' who might ye two be?" He spoke in an odd accent that neither Lyra nor Octavia could understand, causing them to glance at one another before looking back to the bartender and offering him a confused blink.

"I beg your pardon, but what did you say? I'm afraid I cannot quite understand your accent, Sir," Octavia said in a polite tone as she took another sip from her wine glass and awaited an answer while Lyra tried to focus on the male as her vision started blurring slightly. Hope giggled slightly as Hatchet leaned across the table and yelled at the top of her lungs.

"HE ASKED WHAT YOUR NAMES WERE! THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION, I THINK! WHO ARE YOU? WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHA-" Before she could continue; Axe grabbed her shoulders, slammed her back into her seat, and shoved a hoof into her mouth with a loud snarl.

"SHUT UP, HATCHET! I told you we're in the bloody bucking library! You're gonna get us kicked out, ya drunk!" she hissed as she looked around for the 'librarian' before removing her hoof from Hatchet's mouth. The others stared at the two for a long silent moment before Gabe burst out in raucous laughter; causing the others to join in as Axe started gesturing for them to hush. The bartender raised an eyebrow as he chuckled slightly before turning to Gabe. Before he could speak, however, Lyra finally spoke up

"I'm Lyra; and I'm here with Bon Bon," she said as she point as she pointed an unsteady hoof at Bon Bon. Vinyl chuckled as Bon Bon leaned against her slightly for balance, as she stared over at Lyra with a raised eyebrow. Octavia let out an amused chuckle before clearing her throat and speaking up.

"My name is Octavia; Octavia Philharmonica. It is a pleasure to meet you, Mister...?" She let her sentence hang slightly as she awaited his name. The bartender flashed a kind smiled as he inclined his head slightly in greeting before speaking.

"Me name's Barley; I'm the owner an' bartender of this 'ere place," he said still talking in that thick indiscernible accent, causing both Lyra and Octavia to frown slightly as they translated his words in their minds. Octavia offered him a smile as she finally understood what he had said; Lyra having given up on it and simply staring at Vinyl and Bon Bon who had taken up whispering into each other's ears again.

Lyra suddenly stood up and slammed her hooves on the table to balance herself, causing all the other ponies to look at her for a brief moment before going back to their conversational partners. However, Vinyl and Bon Bon kept their attention on Lyra as she hobbled off to the restroom after mumbling about needing to use the facilities. Glancing at each other and shrugging, Vinyl leaned forward and started whispering into Bon Bon's ear once more as Octavia secretly listened in as best as she could; curious as to what was so secret that they couldn't talk out loud.

"I dunno, Bonsie; do you think we should tell Lyra? You see how she's acting now, imagine how she'd act if she found out we've been hiding something like that from her. The last thing we need right now is for her to start assuming things again, I think it's best we keep it between the two of us for now, yeah?" Octavia resisted the urge to raise a brow at what she heard; while Bon Bon gave a slow nod and whispered back into Vinyl's ear.

"I suppose you are right, Vinny. I just don't think we should keep this hidden from her for much longer; she already suspects we're messing around behind her back. If she finds out abo-" Bon Bon fell silent as she noticed Gabe staring straight at her and Vinyl with an eyebrow quirked. Vinyl cleared her throat and leaned across Bon Bon to ask Octavia something.

Lyra had just left the bathroom and was having a hard time standing, the alcohol going to her brain faster than she had realized it would. As she stumbled slowly back to the table she saw Vinyl leaning across Bon Bon, but her intoxicated mind interpreted it as Bon Bon sitting on Vinyl's lap and Vinyl nuzzling her. Blinking rapidly, Lyra bit her lip before storming up to Vinyl and Bon Bon; causing them both to jump slightly as she suddenly shoved her head between them and glared from one to the other.

"What're you doing in Vinyl's lap, Bonnie; an' why are youse two kissing?" Her speech was slightly slurred and it was obvious that she'd had too much to drink and was starting to see things. Vinyl opened her mouth to speak but Lyra simply turned sharply away and stormed off, Bon Bon quickly got to her hooves and took leave after her; calling her name out and trying to stop her. Vinyl pressed a hoof to her face and sighed heavily as she stared into her glass.

Octavia quietly got up, sat in a vacant seat next to Vinyl, and placed a hoof on her shoulder; causing the white unicorn to look up. Octavia frowned slightly as she stared into the purple glasses, she couldn't recall the unicorn ever being without them in the few times she'd seen her. Shoving the thought from her mind as she pondered over what to say to the unicorn; Octavia gave a startled jump when Vinyl suddenly slammed her empty glass on the table and leaned around to Barley.

"Hey, Barley. Mind making me a white russian? It's been ages since I had one and you always make them so well," Vinyl said as the bartender gave a nod and lifted her empty glass to put in the sink to wash later. After a few minutes, he returned with her requested drink and set it down before returning to his place behind the bar; keeping close by in case the others had any drinks orders.

Vinyl took a swig from her new drink and set her glass down, staring into its contents as if not really seeing them there. Lifting her glass in her blue magic aura and twirling the contents around as she continued to study them with mild fascination, Vinyl finally lifted the glass to her lips once more and took another swig. Octavia quietly watched her with a small smile on her face, not really sure why she found it amusing that Vinyl was so entranced by her drink.

Before the bassist could dwell on her thoughts, however, the unicorn set her drink on the counter, levitated a straw over, and dropped it into her drink. After a few seconds of chasing it around her glass, she finally caught it with her tongue and sipped on her drink, eliciting a chuckle from Octavia as she finished off her glass of wine and ordered a glass of brandy.

"Having fun there with your straw, Vinyl?" Octavia inquired as the bartender levitated her drink over to the table. Taking the glass and giving Barley a thankful smile as she took a swig from her glass she watched as Vinyl moved her lips from the straw she'd been chewing on absentmindedly before she replied.

"It's called an emergency induction port, Tapioca," Vinyl muttered in a slight Russian accent as she chased the straw around her glass with her tongue, scowling at it as it evaded all attempts to be grabbed. Gabriel glanced over in time to take note of Octavia's scrunched up face at the name Vinyl called her. Gabe had to admit it was cute, and she realized she now had a nickname for Octavia; whether she liked it or not. Octavia, meanwhile, gave an amused snort as she stared at Vinyl.

"First of all, Vinyl, that's a straw; and second, my name is Octavia, not Tapioca," Octavia couldn't help the smile that tugged lightly on the corners of her lips. Vinyl stared at her for a moment before shaking her head violently, almost throwing her glasses off her nose; luckily she stopped in time to prevent that tragedy from happening.

"I said October. Also, it is an emergency induction straw... port... you know what I mean," Vinyl said as she stared at Octavia once more, a serious expression on her face. The grey mare simply chuckled again as she looked over to Gabe and Hope who both seemed to be preparing to leave. However before either one could speak, Drillbit spoke up.

"Yo, Sticky. I wa-" Before the stallion could finish, Gabe slammed a hoof on the table and scowled coldly at him while Vinyl quickly mumbled something about the bathroom and stumbled off as fast as she could; which admittedly wasn't very fast due to the amount of alcohol in her system.

"Drillbit, I told you to stop confusing Decks with Strings! What is it going to take to get that through your thick skull, boy?" She all but snarled at him. Drillbit shrank back slightly into his seat looking terrified of the furious pegasus. Octavia raised an eyebrow at Vinyl's sudden departure before turning back to watch the confrontation between the albino pegasus and her onyx colored counterpart. Axe glanced to Hatchet as she swayed dangerously and pointed a hoof at Drillbit in an accusing manner.

"You drunk! You chased off Vinyl! What do you have to say for yourself?" She demanded slamming the hoof she had been pointing at Drillbit on the table. Axe facehoofed as she shook her head and sighed, Hope smiled sympathetically at Axe before grabbing Gabe's ear with her teeth; causing the pegasus to give a startled yelp and redirect her attention to her partner.

"What, Hope? You know Decks is not Strings, and to call her such is an insult to both," She mumbled as she rubbed her ear when Hope let go. The unicorn gave Gabe a small smile as she nudged a hoof into her foreleg and shook her head.

"It's all fine and dandy to stand up for your oldest friends, Stalwart, but don't shove the other ones away in the process. Also; it's getting late and we need to go home, we have things we need to do tomorrow," Hope said with a kind smile as Gabe scowled slightly before huffing and crossing her forelegs across her chest. Drillbit smirked slightly as he raised his glass to his lips before speaking.

"Well, well. Guess we see who holds the reins in your relation-" Before he could finish, Gabe lunged across the table at him. Before Gabe could actually grab Drillbit, however; Hope, Axe, and Hatchet had forcefully restrained her with Hope and Hatchet using their magic and Axe using her muscles. Despite this, however, Gabe seemed intent on fighting free and getting ahold of Drillbit.

"WHAT THE BUCK DID YOU SAY?" Gabe snarled as she swung her hooves at him, trying to hit anything she possibly could while the other three restrained her. Vinyl quietly crept up behind Drill,; having left the restroom only seconds before the incident had occurred. Drill noticed her a moment too late as he was shoved rather forcefully into Gabe's reach. The onyx colored stallion's eyes widened as a sinister smile stretched across the albino's face as her hooves wrapped around his shoulders.

"WAIT, GABE! I didn't mean anything by it, I swear! It was just a joke! Please don't hurt me... By Celestia, Gabe, PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!" He pleaded as he cowered underneath that murderous glare Gabe was giving him. The next thing the pegasus knew, he was lying sprawled out on the floor with Gabe finally back on the ground after being held in the air by Hope and Hatchet's magic. Vinyl gave an amused snort as Drill scowled at her for shoving him towards the agitated albino pegasus.
"Okay, well. Now that Gabe has terrorized somepony for the night; we'll take our leave. Octavia, did you want us to walk you back to your apartment since you live in the same building as us or will you be staying longer?" Hope inquired as she glared coldly at Gabe, who looked more than ready to beat Drill should he open his mouth once more.

"Oh, no. I will be staying here a little while longer, Hope. Thank you for the offer though," said the gray earth pony as she turned to Vinyl, who had just sat back down on her stool. As Gabe and Hope walked out of the bar talking to one another, Octavia turned to Vinyl and pondered over the events that had transpired over her being called 'Sticky'. She wondered who these 'Sticky', 'Strings', and 'Decks' ponies were. She'd figured out that Gabe gave everypony some sort of odd nickname, and assumed Vinyl was one of the three; although she clearly wasn't this 'Sticky' character. Before Octavia could ask, however, Drill gave a snort and started to leave.

"Whoa there, Drillbit; you know you can't leave until the rest of us do; you have to pay, remember?" Hatchet said, having sobered up slightly after that little spat between Gabe and Drillbit. The pegasus scowled as he turned to face the unicorn, Axe getting to her hooves in case the stallion should try anything. Drillbit silently studied the ponies around him, his eyes lingering on Octavia for a moment longer than she would like. Before things could get out of hoof, Drillbit dropped a bag of bits on the table and walked out of the bar.

"I'll be talking to Gabe about him when I report in after the weekend; he's been doing this too often lately. C'mon, Hatchet, we should probably get home as well," Axe said, rubbing an eye as she stifled a yawn.

"Right behind ya, Sis," Hatchet replied as she nudged Axe in the shoulder playfully before trotting to the door with the exhausted pegasus. They both paused, however, and offered a farewell to Octavia and Vinyl; both of whom decided they should probably leave as well.

"Alright, Octopus. I guess yer goin' home wiff me, hehe," said the drunken dj as she stumbled outside after bidding Barley a fond farewell and almost falling over a few times as she tripped over her own hooves. Octavia gave a sigh and shook her head, a small smile sliding across it at the drunken pony's behavior deciding it was best to just not argue with Vinyl about her name.

"Where exactly do you live, Vinyl?" Octavia asked, realizing that this was probably something she should have inquired about earlier before the pony got drunk off her flank. Vinyl pointed in a southeasterly direction and mumbled her reply.

"Somewhere over there, in the record." Octavia blinked at the reply she received, 'she lives in a record? What?' Shaking her head as if it would shoo the thoughts away, Octavia tried a different tactic to get a reply from her drunken companion. Deciding to just start walking in hopes that Vinyl would recognize where they were while she was drunk, Octavia ushered the dj along and sighed to herself. If you had asked her a few days ago what she would be doing on friday night, this was most certainly not an answer she would have given you.

'All in all though, I have to admit it was nice to get out of the apartment for a while. I do hope things are okay between Lyra and Bon Bon though. I wonder what Vinyl and Bon Bon were talking about though...' As Octavia got lost in her thoughts, Vinyl started coughing rather loudly; almost as if she were about to get sick. Octavia snapped out of her thoughts and backed away quickly as she heard Vinyl's coughing fit; but a moment later the unicorn stopped coughing and cleared her throat.

"Are... you okay? You're not gonna get sick all over me if I help you walk are you?" Octavia asked a little nervously. Vinyl giggled and pointed at a spot to Octavia's left and stumbled slightly as she did so. Octavia gave her a questioning look as she quickly moved to keep the other from falling onto the dirt and Celestia-knows-what-else covered road.

"You said you're. You do not say you're; you say you are. As for the answer to yer question; It has windows and walls and is a record," Vinyl gave a smart nod, as if her answer made all the sense in the world. As Octavia opened her mouth to respond, she noticed a familiar looking cream mare trotting towards them.

"Oh, hey you two! I guess this is why Vinyl wasn't at her apartment, huh? Heheh..." Octavia raised an eyebrow before looking over to Vinyl who was staring at a streetlamp with her jaw hanging slack. Bon Bon giggled slightly as she glanced at Vinyl as well, drawing Octavia's attention back to the cream colored mare.

"Indeed. However, I thought you and Lyra returned to your own apartment?" Octavia inquired as she watched Vinyl continue to stare, she assumed, into the light. Turning back to Bon Bon and realizing that she was one of Vinyl's older friends, as evidenced by Gabe's familiarity with her, and decided to inquire about Vinyl a bit further. Before she had the chance, however, Bon Bon spoke up to answer her inquiry.

"Well... I did follow her back to the apartment, trying to get her to listen to me. From what I've noticed about her behavior tonight, I'd have to say she's been hiding a massive amount of insecurity about Vinyl and myself. Perhaps it's because of the history we share, or something more than that; who knows? Anyway, she beat me inside and before I could say anything else to her; she locked the door and then I'm guessing moved something heavy in front of it to barricade herself in because I couldn't get the door to open no matter how hard I tried. So, I figured I'd go to Vinyl's apartment, seeing as she's one of my oldest and best friends. Vinyl would never leave me out in a hallway to sleep, unlike Lyra, apparently."

Octavia gave a slow nod as she listened to the other mare's explanation on the situation, turning back to Vinyl who was waving a hoof at the light as if trying catch it somehow. Raising an eyebrow before sighing and shaking her head, Octavia turned back to Bon Bon once more and cleared her throat to draw the cream mare's attention.

"I was wondering about your history myself actually. That one pegasus male... Ah... Drillbit? He started to call her 'Sticky' or something along those lines. Woul-" Before Octavia could finish, Vinyl let out a bloodcurdling scream. Octavia jumped in surprise and whipped around, expecting some sort of crazed pony trying to attack Vinyl.

"GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! OH MY CELESTIA, WHAT THE BUCK IS IT? HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!" Screamed Vinyl as she started flailing around before taking off at a full gallop and running into the lamppost, causing Octavia and Bon Bon to wince at the loud crunch of Vinyl's glasses breaking. Before either pony could inquire about Vinyl's condition, the white unicorn stumbled around for a moment before speaking.

"Stop the world please... I wanna get off," she mumbled before landing with a thud against the pavement, her glasses falling off her face and laying in a mangled heap on the ground. Octavia looked over to Bon Bon who was still laughing heartily at Vinyl's freak out.

"Seriously, Bon Bon, what is so funny?" Octavia asked as she raised an eyebrow.

"You didn't see what Vinyl was freaking out about? A leaf landed on her back and startled her; so naturally she flipped out and knocked herself out. Although that does save us the trouble of having to drag her home. Carrying her is actually much easier, believe it or not," Bon Bon stated as she and Octavia hoisted the unicorn up; Octavia giving a grunt as she settled Vinyl's onto Bon Bon's back.

"Well, at least you're here because otherwise I'd be stuck waiting for Vinyl to wake up since apparently she lives, and I quote; 'in the record with windows and walls'," Octavia said as she pressed a hoof to her temple as Bon Bon trotted of; Octavia trotting over to what remained of Vinyl's glasses and scooping them up before trotting after Bon Bon.

Unbeknownst to Bon Bon, as she trotted by a familiar apartment building, was that a certain mint green unicorn was looking outside and saw her trot by with a familiar unicorn on her back. Lyra's eyes narrowed ever so slightly as she saw her marefriend trotting past with her best friend draped across her back; not having seen the incident before hoof she found it odd that her marefriend would carry Vinyl home on her back so shortly after the incident in the bar. Quietly sliding away from the window and moving to the kitchen, Lyra knew this was going to be a long night as she pulled out a bottle of vodka they kept tucked away.

Back outside, Octavia had caught up to Bon Bon and was following her down the road towards Vinyl's apartment. They walked in silence for the most part, the only sound being Vinyl's occasional snoring or sleep talking; though neither complained. Octavia studied the area they were in with mild interest as she continued walking alongside Bon Bon, not usually straying too far from her apartment unless she was offered a job in another town. A lot of the buildings were old and more than a few were run down and in danger of collapsing, she wondered why they weren't torn down.

After about 15 minutes of walking, the trio arrived to a fairly large building in the shape of a record; or well half of one; it suddenly dawned on Octavia just why Vinyl kept saying she lived 'in the record'. Bon Bon pushed the door of the building open and trotted inside, holding the door open for Octavia to pass through. Octavia trotted in and looked around at her surroundings, realizing that she was inside what appeared to be some kind of office.

"Is this where Vinyl lives?" She asked staring around at the various desks and cubicles. Bon Bon giggled, causing Vinyl to stir and give a groan as she placed her hooves over her head. Octavia raised an eyebrow as Vinyl slid off Bon Bon's back and felt her face for her glasses.

"W-w-where's my glasses?" She asked in a slight panic, keeping her eyes tight shut as she felt around for them. Octavia stepped forward and nudged Vinyl in the shoulder before telling her that she had them. Vinyl used her magic to take them from Octavia's mouth and placed them back on her face, despite how destroyed they were. Opening her eyes she noted how the glass was at least intact enough not to reveal her eyes to the outside world; even if it was scuffed and scratched beyond actually seeing.

"To answer your question, Octavia. Yes, I do live here; in the apartments upstairs. I don't exactly sleep under somepony's desk. I'm not that poor and pathetic." Vinyl said with a scowl before walking away with a scowl plastered across her face. Octavia's ears flattened against her head as she tried to tell Vinyl that she didn't mean it that way. Bon Bon winced slightly and quickly trotted up to Octavia's side and whispered in her ear for her not to worry too much about Vinyl's apparent annoyance.

A few minutes and a couple flights of stairs later, and they were on the apartment level of Vinyl's studio, trotting towards a large door at the end. Vinyl levitated her key to the lock and opened the door with a sigh as she trotted inside, hanging the key on a hook beside the door as she held it open for her two companions to trot in. Once they were inside, Vinyl shut the door and locked it before turning to Octavia and Bon Bon.

"Alright. Octavia, your romm is down that hallway to your left and is the second door on the left; the bathroom is across the hall from your room. Bon Bon," Vinyl turned to the cream colored mare," You can either sleep in my room with me or you can sleep on the couch, I really don't care either way."

"I'll just sleep with you. Its weird sleeping by myself after sleeping beside Lyra for so long, besides I know I can trust you." Said Bon Bon as she trotted down the hall towards Vinyl's room. Octavia inclined her head to the unicorn and trotted down the hallway to the room Vinyl had indicated.

"Good night, Vinyl," said Octavia as she gently shut the door to her room and preparing to go to bed. Vinyl trotted down the hallway to her own bedroom and into her bathroom to brush her teeth and get ready for bed. After a few minutes she climbed into bed beside Bon Bon, who was already sound asleep, and chuckled as she used her magic to turn off the light before levitating her shattered glasses onto the bed-side table to deal with in the morning.