Vinyl Scratch opened her eyes and paused the music on her phone. Glancing down at the time on the phone she removed her wireless headphones from her ears she looked down the hall toward the bedroom. From it she could hear her lover Octavia getting dressed.
Tonight was the Friday, guest only, reception and opening night for the Music Gone Wild! Festival. A 3 days exposition exploring new, experimental, eclectic, and some cases controversial styles of music. Vinyl was DJing at it tomorrow night, but this evening was a chance to hobnob and hang out with some really cool ponies. Also it would be a great opportunity to check out some outrageous outfits. The festival had specifically asked the artists and their guests to let their imaginations run wild tonight.
The unicorn knew that this style of music was normally not Octavia’s cup of tea, but since they’d started living together the earth pony has been willing to be a bit more experimentative with her tastes, interests, and views.
Still if they didn’t get going soon they’d miss the opening. “Yo! Octy baby! We ready ta go? It’s getting late.”
From the bedroom Vinyl heard a series of strangely metallic click, click, click, clack! Then sound hooves coming down the hallway. There was an unusual clunking metal sound to them. The unicorn stowed her headphones in her purse. She’d finished this and was looking up as her partner came walking into the living room.
“Hey Octy. If you’re ready ta go lets get….” The words on her lips died as she saw the mare standing there in front of her. The earth pony was wearing a very snug, black, vinyl catsuit. Knee-high boots and elbow length gloves of similar material covered her limbs. Around her neck was a collar of black.
However what caught Vinyl’s attention were the numerous padlocks that were attached to boots, gloves, and the front of the catsuit. A final padlock had the earth pony’s cutie mark on it and hung from the collar. The mare stopped and looked at the unicorn.
“Well Vinyl dear what do you think?” The dove grey mare did a quick twirl, and Vinyl was positive she could see her reflection in the glistening black material. The padlocks festooning the mare chattered and clacked as she spun.
Finishing her pirouette Octavia smiled. “So! Do you think this is suitably wild for the evenings festivities?”
“Uh, um, yeah. Yeah, yeah that’s wild.” The unicorn lifted her glasses and stared at her. “Octy. Babe. Where didcha get that?”
“Oh Rarity and couple of our neighbors here in Ponyville helped me assemble it.” She glanced down at her cleavage. “I will admit it’s quite a stunning outfit!”
“Yeah. Stunning. That’s a good word for it.” She looked at her lover in the eyes and grinned. “Ya got the keys for them right?”
Octavia grinned and bit her lower lip a bit. She took her right hand and reached into her cleavage. After a second she pulled a small key ring with about a dozen keys on it. She twirled the ring on her finger. “Are you taking your purse dear?”
The unicorn nodded her head. The earth pony smiled and tossed the ring to her. Clumsily her partner caught them. “Good I’m because I’m not. Be dear and hang to those for me!” She smirked. “Don’t lose them.”
Then she turned and walked toward the front door and out of sight. Vinyl sat there on sofa holding ring of keys. They were still warm to the touch. After a second Octavia peered back around the corner.
“Vinyl are you coming or not?”
The mare stared back at her. “Yeah. I’m coming.”