Chapter 8
The two mares walked into the desolate club. The lights weren't displaying their rainbow auras. Vinyls equipment was covered by a drape. Vinyl went right to it and Octavia to the back. Backstage hadn't changed. It was still quite basic and empty. Octavia found a chair and got comfortable, then vinyl walked in.
I walked in to see tavi settled down on a chair. She seemed quite contempt with her quiet backstage.
"tavi I've got a problem" she looked up, her eyes gleaming in the dull backstage lights. "My equipment isn't going to be ready in time for opening... any suggestions?" The slight hint of worry left her eyes and a smile came to her face, it made me feel a little better but smiling isn't going to fix this.
"it will be fine vinyl besides you open in 5 minutes you don't have many choices. You should just keep going you'll be fine" her reassurance did help and I felt confident that I would do just fine. With that I went to my equipment and waited for the club to fill up. Finally after enough ponies were in I started up. The lights strobed in custom to my music, it was just the way i left it… i think. Everything went well until i noticed that sometimes that my music would cut out for a bit here and there. i was wearing sound canceling headphones but i can feel it stop when it did. It didn't seem to bother anypony, actually it looked like they actually liked it! I went through the night leaving it as is. finally 1:30 arrived and the club emptied out. All except one mare who was waiting at the bar.
"Finally vinyl your here ive been trying to get this mare to leave but she says she has something important to tell you." I hired mason in the first place because he could mix up drinks like it was nothing, but he could never get ponies to leave. I guess thats why his cutie mark is two glasses not some security thing or anything.
"i got this mason go on home" with that he galloped his coffee tan body out the door. "now to you, what is it you so desprately have to tell me?" The ocean blue mare turned her head quick to me hitting my face with her neatly combed but yet free flowing black mane.
"miss scratch i presume… yes? alright i have to say that tonights music was unlike anything i ever heard!" i never expected another fan again but hell one is better than none.
"thank you most ponies like my dubstep and its all thanks to those babies!" i pointed at my stereo and other equipment. i looked back at the azure mare. she was confused… why?
"so you got those machines to put in those occasional moments when that cello played?" Wait chello i never recorded a cello on my disks.
"no i don't know of any cello playing i play all tecno mam." and again she hit me with her mane as she turned back to me. With again the confused look.
"well i know a cello when i hear one and it was blended in perfectly with your techno as you call it, but now off the matter i must be off." i opened my mouth to speak and ask her more questions but she was already on her way. I never had any chello in my music….. oh celestia i forgot about octavia playing backstage. With that thought i turned to go talk to her to see her already ready and waiting to leave, sitting on a bar stool.
"octavia were you playing your chello tonight?" she got up and pushed the stool in and walked up to me.
"yes and it seems that some technical malfunctions didn't work out in demise but in your favor hmmm." i forgot about the cutting out of my speakers, since i wasn't able to address that problem when it occured i kept going with it. When my speakers cut out Octavia chello was heard!
"yeah.. YEAH it was a good thing wasn't it. besides what were you playing that somehow worked out so perfectly?" she picked up her case and started towards the door.
"how bout i show you tomorrow im quite tired and i think its past my bedtime." with that we left. i locked up the doors and headed home with tavi.