Tuesday, April 19, 2016 / After School
Today's Horoscope (Virgo): Today is a good day to get closer to your friends.

Music Club...

Octavia and Vinyl both seem quite happy. I move to sit with them. "How are things going?"

"Great!" Vinyl says. "I'm actually almost starting to get along with Tavi's mom now."

Octavia smiles. "Our families have been having dinner together twice a week lately," she says. "And...and I've had many long talks with Mother. I think...she's almost ready to accept that my life choices are mine to make, and that what I need from her is her support."

"That's good." I look at the two of them. "And you two?"

Octavia glances at Vinyl, a faint blush on her face. "We're...figuring it out," she says. She sighs. "I won't lie...I still have doubts and reservations. Not about Vinyl, but...about myself. About what the future holds."

I laugh. "That's any relationship," I say. "If you knew half of what I've been through since I started seeing Twilight..."

"Don't you mean Twilight and Pinkie?" Vinyl asks with a teasing grin.

"Vinyl! Honestly!" Octavia says.

"Dude, seriously, just between us," Vinyl says, "is your dorm like, one big orgy all the time?"

Octavia slaps Vinyl upside the head. "Beast," she says. "Don't mind her," she tells me. "Recently, she's developed a positively obscene imagination."

I shrug. "It doesn't bother me," I say. "Not coming from friends I know don't mean any harm." I grin and lean closer. "Besides, after what me and Twilight did for two hours last night, I can't really complain."

Vinyl lets out a howl of laugher. "DUDE!"

Octavia blushes furiously. "T-t-t-two HOURS?"

After a moment of laughter, I settle down. "Well...I'm glad to hear things are going so well for you girls. Especially you, Octavia. I...I'm glad your mother is shaping up and not being...that."

"You and me both," Vinyl says. She tilts her head. "Family junk's a big deal to you, isn't it?"

I sigh. "Just this past weekend, I started smoothing things over with my own folks." I shrug. "Lately, it seems like I've seen just about every kind of way a family can go wrong. It...it feels good to see a family fixing itself, is all."

Octavia reaches over and squeezes my shoulder gently.

After a moment, Vinyl changes the subject, and we talk about more pleasant things until the end of Music Club. I gather up my things and head back to the dorm to do homework.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 / Evening

After dinner, Fluttershy asks to speak to me in private.

"What's up?" I ask.

Fluttershy frowns slightly. "I need your help," she says. "You've...you've seen those crappy costumes the others programmed into Black Butterfly, right?"

I nod.

"Well...I can't take it anymore!" Fluttershy cries...quietly. "I need to fix them! But..." She fidgets. "I...I want your help. Umm...you know, your advice and input."

"Umm...won't doing this behind their back like...really piss them off?"

"I'd rather them be a little pissed off at me until they get used to the new outfits than have to put up with the most mismatched, random rummage sale reject team ever!"

I laugh. "Okay, okay. Just tell me what you need me to do..."

We spend the rest of the evening designing new battle outfits for the other girls. "Do you think...I should make a new battle outfit for myself?" Fluttershy asks.

I shrug. "Nah, not really. Yours suits you, once you get used to the fact that you're some kind of crazy ninja."

Fluttershy snorts. "Okay, I think we're done here. Thanks." She pauses. "The girls...don't need to know you had anything to do with this. You know...just in case they're mad."

"Thanks." I say goodnight and head back to my room. It's late...

I watch a little TV before bed.

Author's Notes:

Social Link Status:

0. FOOL (Zodiac Investigation Team): rank 9
I. MAGICIAN (Twilight Sparkle): MAX!
II. PRIESTESS (Fluttershy): rank 4 (Rank UP!)
III. EMPRESS (Rarity): rank 5
IV. EMPEROR (Coach Shining Armor): MAX!
V. HIEROPHANT (Vice-Principal Luna): rank 8
VI. LOVERS (Nurse Cadance): MAX!
VII. CHARIOT (Rainbow Dash): MAX!
VIII. JUSTICE (Principal Celestia): MAX!
IX. HERMIT (Coco Pommel): MAX!
X. FORTUNE (Apple Bloom): rank 6
XI. STRENGTH (Applejack): rank 6
XII. HANGED MAN (Octavia Melody): rank 9 (Rank UP!)
XIII. DEATH (Sonata Dusk): rank 7
XIV. TEMPERANCE (Sweetie Belle): rank 5
XV. DEVIL (Juan the Janitor): rank 8
XVI. TOWER (Chrysalis): rank 7
XVII. STAR (Pinkie Pie): MAX!
XVIII. MOON (Trixie Lulamoon): MAX!
XIX. SUN (Vinyl Scratch): MAX!
XXI. THE WORLD (Family): rank 1

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